Hank Westin Moody

Henry Weston Moody was born November 5, 1921, to Elma Twiggs and William Edward Moody at Blackfoot, Idaho. After a few months, the family moved to Caldwell where he graduated from Caldwell High School in 1939. During the school year his dad lived on the ranch at Horseshoe Bend while his mother and boys lived in Caldwell. During the summer, all lived on the hay ranch and raised buckin’ horses for the rodeo. Every July 4th weekend, Hank and his dad trailed horses all the way from Horseshoe Bend to Vail, Oregon for the rodeo. They also supplied bucking horses for rodeos in Council, McCall, Ten Mile and the early days of Nampa and Caldwell rodeos. During Hank’s senior year in high school he began his grocery career at Safeway in Caldwell as a box boy. After one year, Albertsons came to town and he started working with them and became good friends with Joe Alberston. Hank worked at the first Albertons store in Boise, then in Nampa, then in Caldwell until 1944 when he went into the US Army Air Corp and was sent to boot camp in Salt Lake. He was then sent to SW State Teacher’s College in Missouri and then to William’s Field in Chandler, Arizona (near Phoenix) where he was discharged in 1945 and returned to employment with Albertson’s in Caldwell. In 1950, Hank moved to Seattle and became a realtor for 10 years, then resumed employment with Albertsons there. He assisted in opening stores in Seattle and the surrounding areas. In 1960, he transferred from Bellingham, Washington to Caldwell where he became the Store Director and then opened his own store. In 1973, he began his employment with M & W in Boise. He transferred to Nyssa M & W as store manager for a couple of years, then to Caldwell for 8 years and then to Parma as manager until his retirement. Hank retired from M & W in 1986 and was asked by VOCA (Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance) to go to Lithuania to advise farmers on how to start a retail grocery business to sell their produce. He was provided a chauffeur and an interpreter to aid in communication with the local people. Hank married Claire Sharpe in Caldwell in 1939 to which one son, Michael was born. They divorced in 1954 and he married Louella Irene Hammons in Seattle. They were married for 49 years until her death in 2000. Hank was preceded in death by his wife, Louella Irene, a brother William (Bill) Nathaniel Moody, a full Colonel in the US Air Force and a brother Edward Moody who died at birth. Henry is survived by a son, Dr. Michael Moody (Gena) of Moscow, Idaho and a grandson, Dr. Michael David Kull of Washington DC as well as numerous cousins in the Blackfoot area. During Hanks 25 year grocery career as Store Director and Merchandiser he became well known throughout Washington, Oregon and Idaho, thus making many lifelong friends who loved him and trusted him and will surely miss him. There will be a cryptside service at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at Canyon Hill Cemetery. Hanks online guestbook is available at www.flahifffuneralchapel.com. Service Information