In this 2003 photograph, Bethine Church looks at a picture of her late Husband Sen. Frank Church, D-Idaho, at her home in Boise. Bethine Church, 90, the grand dame of the Idaho Democratic Party, died Saturday. (AP file photo: Matt Cilley)

Bethine Church, the widow of four-term Idaho Sen. Frank Church and the grand dame of Idaho Democrats, died Saturday, her son said. In a Facebook post, Chase Church said Bethine Church died "from old age," and had spent her past two weeks at home on hospice care. She was 90. Bethine Church was the daughter of Chase Clark, an Idaho governor in the 1940s. She grew up in Mackay and Idaho Falls. Frank Church grew up in Boise. They married in 1947. Sen. Church was the most influential Idaho politician ever. Bethine was his partner in his public career/Idaho Statesman. More here.

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