Jewel (Parrott) Blades, 67

Jewel (Parrott) Blades went peacefully at home “to be with her Heavenly Father” July 18, 2011, in Twin Falls, Idaho, after a very courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.

Jewel was born on Dec. 14, 1943, in Twin Falls.

A very devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt, she loved most of all to be surrounded by and spend time with her family. She also loved to camp, fish, spend time gardening and watch the birds at her birdfeeders. 

Among numerous jobs, Jewel worked at Buttrey Foods for seven and a half years. In 1994, she and her husband started and are still operating Jewel's Home Care where they have been blessed to help many.

Roger and Jewel moved to Montana where they built a home but returned to Twin Falls after she became ill to be around her family.

She is survived by her loving husband and best friend, Roger Blades; three children from a former marriage, Tami (Rudy) and Scott Brown of Anchorage, Alaska, Amy (Rudy) Jaquith of LaGrande, Ore., and Rick Rudy of Boise, Idaho; and three stepchildren, Belinda Blades and David Day of Boise, Mitch and Sandy Blades of Kalispell, and Lee Blades of San Francisco. Jewel had 15 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her siblings, Bruce Parrott, Pat and Anita Parrott, Larry Parrott, Freda and Smitty Smith and Carol Featherston; and many other extended family members.

She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and one sister. 

The family suggests memorials be given to your favorite cancer research organization.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, July 22, at Rosenau Funeral Home in Twin Falls. Burial will follow at the Twin Falls Cemetery.