Obituary for Gary David Palmer

"Its a big loss for all of us. I remember when Gary myself and Scott Brandon where in the peace corps"

"Sending my condolences and love to the Palmer family. Gary was an absolutely wonderful human beingsmart, funny, talented, kind, considerate, engaging. He was my role model for his gentle guidance and his listening. I miss him and hope he knew the admiration I still hold for him even after all these decades. I am grateful to have known him as a former student and friend."

"I vividly remember the first time I met Gary in 1975. It was one of those beautiful mid-summer days and we were living in the Loman cabin then. An old green pickup with a camper on the back drove up the driveway. I didn't recognize the rig and when it stopped, a man and three young boys hopped out of the truck.


He introduced himself and said that he was a high school classmate of Glen Rolofson's. I knew who he was then because I had already heard the stories about Glen and his friend, Gary who lived one winter in the Loman cabin several years back. That was the moment that a great friendship began.

His wife, Carole, had a beautiful singing voice and many times on weekends we would get together to play games and/or sing some tunes. Two of her favorites were, Can't Help Lovin' That Man and Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue. She was an elementary school teacher and began in Clark Fork and then transferred to Farmin Elementary. Sadly, she passed away several years before Gary.

We all had many things in common since I was from Nebraska as were Glen and Gary. Naturally, that meant we were all Nebraska football fans.

I would take care of their 4th son, Brandon, from the time he was 3 months old until he was about 4 years old. During that time David thought of Brandon as his little brother and became pretty miffed when Brandon's older brothers, Chris, Brett and Jason, would show up from school and take over.

It was a rough time economically in this area and after about ten years, Gary and family left for a really big adventure to teaching positions with the armed services in Germany. We saw them only a couple of times after that, but now their oldest son, Chris, lives in Sandpoint. We really enjoy visiting with him every once in awhile.

This is an excerpt from my blog at: https://retiredmtnlady.blogspot.com/2022/03/remember-good-times.html"

"I was blessed to have several very special uncles. Rest in peace Bud."

"My Sympathy and prayers to the family. My brothers and I would go to the farm and I remember Gary always being outside working. He was always kind. I've thought about him often over the years. With Love, Cathy Ellis"

"We express our love and sympathy to all of Garys' family. I have fun memories of seeing Gary at the home and events of his family thru the years. You all will be in our thoughts and prayers. In friendship, Sharon Otto Duffy"