Clela was born at home in Gooding, Idaho on August 13, 1932 to parents Paul and Marguerite Daniel. She joined older siblings Pauline and Raymond. Her early life was full of hard work and fun as the youngest in a loving farm family. Chores, church, school and extended family filled her days.
Clela married the love of her life, Roger Stamy, on April 4, 1953. They moved frequently as Roger’s career with the US Forest Service took them to ranger stations in Washington and Oregon. Their three children, Cathy, Mike and Kim enjoyed an idyllic childhood in small towns surrounded by forests, rivers and closeknit communities.
Clela and Roger retired from his last Forest Service post in Baker, Oregon in 1984 and moved to North Powder, Oregon after buying acreage and building a house. They enjoyed many happy years there before moving to Boise in 2014.
Clela was first and foremost a wife, mother and homemaker. But she was so much more than that. She was a lifelong learner, musician and outstanding friend. She read widely. The last book on her side table was James Michener’s, Centennial , a 909-page epistle that she was several chapters into. She cooked, sewed, knitted, crocheted, embroidered, canned, wrote and gardened.
Music was her life’s blood. She learned to play the piano on the farm from her grandmother and was still striving to practice an hour a day up until three weeks before her death. Countless piano students, including her three children, benefited from her teaching. She directed church choirs, school choirs and operettas in the communities she lived in through the years and played in worship teams in the churches she faithfully attended her whole life.
She loved Jesus, her family and her friends. Until her death she was enjoying her daily prayer and Bible study time and daily conversations keeping up with four generations of her family and friends far and wide.
She was proceeded in death by her husband, Roger, her grandparents, parents, siblings and daughter-in-law. She is survived by her children: Cathy Guy (Patrick), Micheal, Kimberly Porter (Duncan)
Grandchildren: Kathryn Clark (Garren), James Stamy (Terra), Kristina Knies (Philip), Andrew Porter (Catherine), Jenna Porter, Julia Porter
Great Grandchildren: John Clark (Terri), Kaitlyn Eador (Dalton), Erik Stamy (Kylie), Seth Stamy (Hannah), Philip Knies, Caleb Knies
Great Great Grandchildren: Elizabeth Stamy, Lincoln Clark, Freya Stamy.
A memorial service will be held, 11:00 am, Saturday, February 25, 2023 at Bowman Funeral Parlor, 10254 W. Carlton Bay Dr., Garden City, Idaho.
To watch the memorial service, please visit: https://vimeo.com/805256359
Remembrances in lieu of flowers can be made to: Wreaths Across America www.wreathsacrossamerica.org