Jack Alvin Ankney

1953 - 2011  (57 years)

• Name	Jack Alvin Ankney
  Born	26 Aug 1953	Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho U.S.A.
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Feb 2011	Pomeroy, Garfield, Washington U.S.A.
  Person ID	I488	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2013

  
  

  Father	Jack Alvin Ankney,   b. 21 Jan 1926, Bracken, Saskatchewan, Canada ,   d. 1 Aug 1998, Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho U.S.A.  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Phyllis Hope Devin,   b. 26 Mar 1931, Flora, Wallowa, Oregon U.S.A. ,   d. 14 Dec 1998, Nez Perce County, Idaho U.S.A.  (Age 67 years)
  Married	26 Mar 1949	Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho U.S.A.
  	Married at Rev. Cole's Home in Lewiston.
  Family ID	F126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Living   2. Jayson Lee Ankney,   b. 13 Oct 1980, Clarkston, Asotin, Washington U.S.A. ,   d. 12 Oct 2000, Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho U.S.A.  (Age 19 years)
  Last Modified	9 May 2012
  Family ID	F128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  [Obituary, Lewiston Tribune; 18-Feb-2011] Jack Alvin Ankney Jr., 57, Pomeroy Friday, February 18, 2011 Jack Alvin Ankney Jr. passed away at his home in Pomeroy Monday, Feb. 14, 2011, from brain cancer, which he battled for 21/2 years. Jack was born Aug. 26, 1953, in Lewiston, to Jack and Phyllis Ankney. He grew up in Winchester and Sweetwater. He attended school at the St. Joseph Mission School and Lapwai School, graduating in 1972. In his teen years he rode the rodeo circuit in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, in bareback and bull riding. After graduation, he went to work for Potlatch Corp. in the sawmill and stayed there for 14 years before transferring to the pulp and paper side. His progression of jobs included the layboy, wiretier man, cutterman and machine tender or operator, until he became ill with cancer. He retired Dec. 31, 2008, with 36 years at Potlatch Corp. Jack married Cathy Bailey Sept. 6, 1975, in Spalding. They had two children, a daughter, Hope, and a son, Jayson. Their marriage ended in a divorce. On March 15, 1991, Jack met Christine Van Ausdle McGreevy on a blind date set up by Jack's friend, Glenda Albright, and Chris's sister, Carol Whittaker, to take Western swing dance lessons. They were married July 15, 1995, at Coeur d'Alene. With the marriage he gained three more children, Lara, Natalie and Ryan McGreevy. Jack has enjoyed many activities including his horses, pets, hunting, fishing, camping, bicycle riding and taking walks, but especially spending time with family. While younger, Jack played guitar for his children, and enjoyed sketching wildlife animals and doing some watercolor painting. During the past 15 years he has enjoyed teaching his grandchildren to ride horses, shoot a bow and arrow, and enjoy the outdoors. Jack loved going to any horse event, especially rodeos, and he thoroughly enjoyed participating in team penning as a member of the Walla Walla Team Penners Association. Jack enjoyed the last four months, not only spending time with his wife, but telling stories and laughing with his caregiver, Elaine Scoggin. Jack leaves behind his wife, Chris Ankney, whom he called his guardian angel; a brother, Cliff and Vanessa Ankney of Tracy, Calif.; a sister, Twila and Bill Madison of Culdesac; daughters Hope and John Carroll of Pomeroy, Lara and Scott Hagerman of Plains, Mont., and Natalie and Scott Urbiha of Liberty Lake, Wash.; a son, Ryan and Ronda McGreevy of Milton-Freewater, Ore.; and 11 grandchildren, Alex, Kitiara and Katrina Hagerman, Brooks, Chase, Kinsey and Kaycie Urbiha, Caitlin and Braden McGreevy, and Elisabeth and Ben Carroll. There are more special relatives and friends, too many to name. Jack was preceded in death by his parents, Jack and Phyllis Ankney; and his son, Jayson. Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Richardson-Brown Funeral Home, 750 Columbia St., Pomeroy. A covered-dish reception will be conducted at the Garfield County Fairgrounds, 99 Fairgrounds Road, Pomeroy, following the funeral service. Memorials may be made in Jack's name to the Pomeroy Ambulance Fund c/o: Diane Koller, 3102 Kirby Mayview Road, Pomeroy, WA 99347; or the National Brain Tumor Society, 124 Watertown St., suite 2-D, Watertown, MA 02472; or a charity of donor's choice. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.merchantfuneralhome.com. Jack died of brain cancer. 1989 Box 76 Main Street Culdesac ID 83524 208-843-2948 Born at St. Joseph Hospital in Lewiston Idaho. Graduated as Class of 1972 from Lapwai High School in Lapwai Idaho.