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- Post Register
June 2, 2016
Terry Bruce Arrington, 76, of Shelley, Idaho, died May 28, 2016, at his home.
He was born June 13, 1939, in Fromberg, Mont., to Allen Merle Arrington and Elsie Louise Talbot Arrington. He grew up in the Butte-Drummond area of Montana. Terry graduated from high school in 1957 in Drummond.
He attended the U.S. Armed Forces Institute, where he received training in electronics. He took many additional classes in the Navy and later at Idaho State University. Terry served in the U.S. Navy from 1958 to 1970. He was a chief petty officer at the time of his discharge.
On July 14, 1979, he married Phyllis Woodyard in Idaho Falls.
Terry worked at the Dynamatics Lab from 1970-74; Morris Knutson from 1974-1977; and the Idaho National Lab for EG&G from 1977 until his retirement in 1995. Following his retirement, Terry drove commercial trucks for a short time before forming Laznco Sprinkler Company. Terry also worked for Colog of Denver for several years. Terry was a volunteer at the Idaho Falls Food Bank, and as of April 2014, he had volunteered for 5,315 hours. He held a private commercial pilot's license. He enjoyed car racing, sailing, fishing, camping, woodworking and traveling, both domestically and internationally.
He was a man of the highest principle and could do anything he set his mind to. "A thing worth doing should be done as perfectly as one is capable."
Terry is survived by his wife, Phyllis Arrington of Shelley; sons, Gerald (Karen) Arrington of Sebastopol, Calif., and Michael (Tricia) Arrington of Ballston Lake, N.Y.; a stepson, Jim (Jennifer) Williams of Golden, Colo.; a stepdaughter, Shelley (John) Myers of Little Rock, Ark.; a stepdaughter, Lacey (Bill) Pedler of Golden; and eight grandchildren.
Terry was preceded in death by his parents and his only sibling, a brother, Loren Dean Arrington.
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