Gerald Dale Patterson

Gerald Dale Patterson was born to Glenn and Evelyn Wright Patterson on August 30, 1936, in Bonham, Texas.

 He found quiet peace at the end of a struggle with cancer at home with his wife Bobbie by him on May 14, 2015.  He was not good at being sick and he was blessed by closing his eyes peacefully for a final time.

 At an early age the family moved to Huntington Beach, California, where he attended school and was a great running back on the high school football team.  He married Aurora Garcia at an early age and that marriage was blessed with two daughters.  They were later divorced and Gerald left California and came to Cascade, Idaho where lived for the rest of his life.

 Gerald left corporate life in California and started several small businesses in Cascade where he served on City Council, on the Hospital Board, and on Planning and Zoning.  In 1979 he purchased 50 acres of undeveloped land from J.R. Simplot and started the work of his life.  In 1982 he married Bobbie Byrne Doss and together they began a life together to accomplish Gerald’s dream of building a wonderful RV Park that would be a wonderful summer home for hundreds of people who would come and spend their time in Cascade.

 Gerald spent every day to the day of his death completing and overseeing the development of Arrowhead RV Park on the south end of Cascade.  He did not have a lot of financial resources, but he had a vision, determination, a strong back and an incredibly brilliant creative mind.   There was never a challenge or a need that Gerald could not find an answer to.  You just had to give him the time to picture the solution in his mind and he would go and build the answer.  One day he decided to try his hand at wood carving.  He was more determined than gifted but he saw the potential and now Arrowhead is the home of more than 60 wonderful totem poles carved by guest from around the country.

 Gerald took a piece of bare land and converted it to a very special place that has been a wonderful second home to so many people over the past 35 years.  Arrowhead RV Park will live on as a tribute to his vision, his determination, his endless hard work, his great mind and his devotion to building only the best.

 Gerald is survived by his wife, Bobbie, his two daughters Ena Hinton (Merrill), Enet Kegan (Peter), granddaughters Michelle and Lisa, his devoted grandson, Christopher, and three great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and Bobbie’s family.

 A Celebration of Gerald’s life with be held at Arrowhead RV Park on his birthday, August 30th. Arrangements are under the direction of the Nampa Funeral Home, Yraguen Chapel. An online guest book is available at www.nampafuneralhome.com

If anyone would like to make a contribution in Gerald’s name, St Jude’s Children Hospital would be his choice.    

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