Margaret Rachel Racicot

Margaret Rachel Racicot, age 87, passed away on June 30, 2004 in La Grande, Oregon. The second daughter of Edgar and Elsie Taylor, Margaret was born on October 6, 1916 in Juliaetta, Idaho. She started grade school in Juliaetta and finished her last two years of high school at Boise High School in Boise, Idaho, graduating in 1934 with high honors. While attending Boise High School, Margaret was active in drama and sang in the acapella choir.

During World War II, Margaret served as a substitute teacher in Genesee, Idaho, teaching all grades from first to twelfth. After WWII, she enrolled at North Idaho College of Education (now Lewis Clark State College) where she met her future husband, Dennis Racicot. The couple were married December 28, 1947 in Sandpoint, Idaho. Following her marriage, Margaret continued her teaching education, earning her two year teaching certificate in 1948. She served as a substitute teacher for the next twenty two years.

For Margaret, her family was always the most important part of her life. She and Dennis were married for almost forty nine years, living first in Sandpoint, then Juiaetta, Idaho. From Juliaetta the Racicot family moved to Pilot Rock, Oregon. Following ten years in Pilot Rock, Margaret and her family moved back to Idaho, living in Deary. For the last three years, Margaret made her home in La Grande, Oregon near her daughter.

Throughout her life, Margaret was a devoted Christian woman. She sang in many church choirs, was an avid reader and enjoyed cooking. Each year while her husband served as the Deary High School principal from 1975 to 1986, Margaret cooked the Senior Breakfast for the graduating Senior class.

Margaret is survived by two sons, Victor Racicot and wife, Elizabeth of Lewiston, Idaho and Tim Racicot and wife, Vicki of Federal Way, Washington and by a daughter, Becky Kramer and husband Ken of Imbler, Oregon. She is also survived by two grandsons, Kenneth Kramer, Jr. and Carson Racicot and one granddaughter, Kelsey Racicot. Her husband, Dennis, passed away in 1996. Margaret was preceded in death by her oldest daughter, Jane Day in 1988 and by two brothers and a sister.

Margaret's family suggests that people wishing to make memorials send them to the Bovill Presbyterian Church, 405 Fouth Street, Bovill, Idaho, 83806. The family plans a Memorial Service for Margaret on July 31, 2004 at the Bovill Presbyterian Church.