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… that the well-attended funeral service for the late Lee Shellman ended with the University of Idaho fight song Thursday. Two Berry Pickers, one with a UI insignia on his clothing, were overheard talking about the unusual ending to the service. Responded the one w/the UI insignia: “It won’t be the last time it’s played at a funeral service.”
Question: Do you still know the words to your school fight song?
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idawa on December 18 at 11:06 a.m.
Came a tribe from the North, brave and bold,
Bearing banners of Silver and Gold;
Tried and true to subdue all their foes!
Vandals! Vandals!
Go, Vandals, go,
Fight on with hearts true and bold.
Foes will fall before your Silver and your Gold
The victory cannot be withheld from thee;
So all bear down for Idaho,
Come on, old Vandals, go!
danofthecommunity on December 18 at 2:26 p.m.
When we lost our oldest son to a car accident in Alaska back in 2001 the story was told about when our family moved up there for a time to work with Youth For Christ.
Our son who was only about 6 or 7 at the time and rode with me in an old Suburban towing a trailer up the Al-Can Highway to Anchorage. Each moring we started the trip with Willie Nelson singing “On the Road Again.”
That was the final song at his funeral and that part still makes me smile.
“…Goin’ places that I’ve never been.
Seein’ things that I may never see again
And I can’t wait to get on the road again…”
Sisyphus on December 18 at 2:34 p.m.
Great story Dan.