[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 174 (Monday, December 5, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1588]
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                 COMMEMORATING THE LIFE OF RAMONA NEILL

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                        HON. MICHAEL K. SIMPSON

                                of idaho

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, December 5, 2016

  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Speaker, Ramona (Johnnie) North Neill of Blackfoot, 
Idaho passed away at the age of 88 on December 4, 2016 at the Gables of 
Blackfoot Assisted Living and Memory Center. Mona was born September 6, 
1928 and raised in Kirksville, Missouri to Oscar and Zelma Jewell 
North. She lived there until the age of six when the family moved to 
Blackfoot, and attended grade school, junior high, followed by 
graduating from high school in 1946.
  In December 1949 she met the love of her life: James (Jimmy) K. Neill 
who was an Employee of Idaho Power Company and was part of the Mobile 
Line Crew that was upgrading the Electrical Power Grid in Blackfoot. 
Their relationship quickly blossomed and they were married on May 26, 
1950 in Winnemucca, Nevada. From there, Jim and Mona lived primarily in 
Boise, Idaho until they moved permanently to Blackfoot, Idaho in the 
summer of 1956 where she lived at the family home on Riverton Road up 
to the time that her health forced her to move last year.
  Mona enjoyed outdoors trips with her husband and children, attending 
every scout, school, sports activity of her sons and the grandchildren 
residing in Blackfoot as well as visiting or following the adventures 
of her two grandchildren in Washington state.
  Mona is survived by her sons: David K. Neill (Marie Carter, 
deceased), Blackfoot, Kim O. Neill (Christi Ann), Bainbridge Island, 
Washington, and James Todd Neill (Melody Renee), Scottsdale, Arizona, 
her four grandchildren: Cassandra Lynnette Neill, San Diego, 
California, Thomas K. Neill (Laura), Boise, Idaho, James K. Neill 
(Emily), Washington, D.C. and Andrew Albert Neill, Washington, D.C.
  She will be laid to rest at Dry Creek Cemetery in Boise, Idaho where 
she will be next to her late husband James K. Neill.

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