Ruth "Rudy" Marie Chauvin

Ruth Marie "Rudy" Chauvin, 86, a resident of the Forest Grove community passed away on November 24, 2018 at the Marquis Care Home in Forest Grove.
Rudy was born on April 25, 1932 in Wendell, ID. She was one of four children born to Paul and Pearl (Bryan) Miller. She was raised in and around Wendell, ID and attended Wendell High School. Following high school Rudy lived in Idaho Falls until 1958 when she moved back to Wendell. In 1962 she moved to Mountain Home, ID.
She met her future husband, Robert Chauvin, while applying for a job. they soon began dating and they married on April, 1962 in Reno, NV. They made their home in Mountain Home until 1967 when they moved to Gooding, ID and in 1971 they settled in Boise, ID. They had one daughter, Renee. Robert passed away in 1991 and in the late 1990's Rudy moved to Gooding, ID and then in 2005 to Forest Grove, OR to be closer to her family.
Rudy was a loving and devoted mother to her family. She was also a working mother and provided for her family through working in the restaurant business as a cook, server and caterer. She was also an owner/operator, with her husband, of the Circle Bar in Bliss, ID.
She enjoyed gardening, reading books and knitting. She was a great cook and enjoyed playing cards with her family. Robert and Rudy enjoyed dancing, traveling and playing golf together. She liked to keep a neat and tidy home that was welcome to everybody. Family was very important to Rudy and she often had her family especially her grandchildren over for the holidays.
She is preceded in death by her loving husband, Robert and her parents.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law; Renee and Tom Hoskins of Wilsonville, three siblings and their spouses; Dixie and Otis Lumpkin of Twin Falls, ID, Carolyn and David Sliman of Gooding, ID, Marilyn and Neal McPeters of Prince George, Virginia, two grandchildren; Thomas "Rob", and Kathleen " Kip" three great grandchildren; Rabecca, Jacob, Jonathyn, and two great great grandchildren; Lilly and Raelyn.