Patricia Wilcomb Papers

Patricia Ann Jordan Wilcomb was born January 3, 1927 in Boise, Idaho to Pauline Floy Leevy and John Cecil Jordan. She grew up in the North End Neighborhood attending Longfellow Elementary School, North Junior High, and graduating from Boise High School. She attended the University of Oregon to study voice and opera for two years before transferring to the University of Idaho with her future husband Dick Wilcomb where she continued studying opera. After graduating with a BA in Music, Dick and Patricia went back to Boise where they were married in 1948. They raised three children together and helped run Jordan-Wilcomb Construction, a company her grandfather started in 1910 and which continues under the leadership of her surviving family members.

Patricia became active in several non-profit organizations including the Junior League, the Boise Symphony Board, Boise Philharmonic Board, Meals-on-Wheels, the Boise Art Gallery, All Saints Episcopal Church Choir, the Tri Delta Sorority, and the Boise Civic Opera. She was integral in the creation of Boise Civic Opera, signing the articles of incorporation in 1973, as well as performing in several productions in the early 1970s.