Dee Mansfield Obituary
Our Hero, Father, Grandfather, and friend Dee Ray Mansfield passed away unexpectedly on June 30th, 2021, at ERMIC, surrounded by his three living daughters.
Dee was born April 7th, 1934, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, to Clifford and Annivhe Mansfield. He was the second born of five children. He loved his siblings, Jay, Annice, Kay, and Sherm. Dee was raised in Samaria (Malad), Idaho, during his entire childhood years. Dee graduated from Malad High School in 1952, where he excelled in football, baseball, track and field, and boxing. Being a natural-born athlete, he became a 2-time Golden Glove champion and received a full-ride scholarship for football to Snow College in Ephraim, Utah. Dee married the love of his life on January 1st 1956, in Las Vegas, Nevada, and was later sealed to his wife and children on May 1st 2004, in the Idaho Falls Temple. With this marriage, he brought seven children to the union, Michael Dee, Lorelei, Teresa, Martin Troy, Allison Pearl, Mitchell Ray, and Monica. He loved his children and would have given us the shirt off his back. We are honored to have had him as our Dad.
Dee and Alice bought their home in Shelley, Idaho, in 1964, where they have resided until now. This home has become special to the entire family as a gathering space, especially for Shelley Spud Days which is located across the street from the park it is held.
Dee was a hard worker his entire life. He worked hard from the age of 8 on the family ranch in Samaria and later worked on several farms in the area. After he attended college, he worked at several gas stations in California and Idaho and owned and operated a few with his brothers. Dee and his brothers also owned and ran Mansfield Yamaha (now Bott Yamaha), and Thrifty rent a car in Idaho Falls. After the sale of this business, he got his Real-estate license and sold homes for a few years until the opportunity of starting Custom Gutters presented itself. Dee worked hard and made this business very successful.
Dee had a passion for fishing and passed this passion onto his sons, sons-in-law, and grandsons. He was happy and smiling when he was able to share his passion for fishing with others.
Dee had a witty sense of humor and would make us all laugh. He was a joy to be around because he could be silly, embarrass us, and make sure we all knew it was important to have fun. We never knew when he would say a one-liner that would catch us off-guard and then would be followed by, “a for sure,” belly laugh.
Dee was an honest man full of integrity, the kindest human, and greatly loved by all that knew him.
Dee is survived by 6 of his 7 children, 33 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild, and 2 siblings. He is preceded in death by his loving wife of 65 years, Alice, who passed away on May 6th, both of his parents, Clifford and Annivhe, 2 brothers, Jay and Kay, his daughter Allison, 4 grandchildren, and 1 great-granddaughter.
Dee’s funeral will be Saturday, July 10th at the Shelley 1st, 4th, and 8th ward building, at 184 North Park Avenue, starting at 11 am. You many watch the funeral service broadcast live by going to the following link https://sites.google.com/view/shelleystake/sacrament and selecting 1st, 4th and 8th building. The family will receive friends and family Friday evening, from 6-7:30 p.m. at Nalder Funeral Home (110 West Oak in Shelley). Burial will be at the Shelley Hillcrest Cemetary.
