Orville A. Bayless

Orville A. Bayless, 91, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Saturday, May 2, 2009. Memorial services will be conducted at 11:00 am, Tuesday, May 5th in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Orville was born in Garvin, Oklahoma on October 1, 1917, the son of Joe and Nancy Ellen Bayless. He graduated from high school in Oklahoma in 1935. During WW II he worked construction building airplane hangers for the government. In 1948 he moved to Grangeville, Idaho working as a logger, cement contractor, and home builder. He was a member of the Carpenters Union. He retired in 1980 and moved to Sandpoint, Idaho in April of 2008. Orville enjoyed fishing, horseback riding, and hunting. He is survived by 2 sons Orville A. (and Sharon) Bayless, Jr. of Ponderay, ID; Kenneth L “Butch” (and Cha) Bayless of Olympia, WA; 2 grandchildren, 5 great grand children and 1 great great grandchild; 2 sisters Lydia Towles and Hazel Kuffler both in Parsons, KS. He was preceded in death by his parents, 2 brothers Bud and Leon; a sister Leonal Williams, and a grandson Denny.