March 12, 1935 – November 29, 2022
Lynn Campbell Tate left us on Nov. 29, 2022, for her next great adventure.
A devout and faithful Episcopalian, she was at peace as she passed surrounded by her family, who agreed to let her go and join Stan.
Her strong faith gave comfort to her and her chilstarted dren as she passed.
A memorial Eucharist and Service was held at St. Michael’s Cathedral in Boise on Jan. 14.
Lynn, a proud Kappa from Lewiston, married the love of her life Stanton Tate, a BETA from South Boise while attending the University of Idaho.
She supported her little family, as Stan studied at U of I and baby daughter Teri learned to sit up.
Upon graduation, they left Moscow and headed east to Princeton, New Jersey, where Stan pursued a degree at Princeton University Seminary.
Lynn again supported the family working with a loving pediatrician, who assisted with the birth of her second child, a son Scott.
First stop after graduation from Princeton was a tiny community church in Hysham, Montana, where as a pastor’s wife, Lynn found her calling: to provide comfort for those who might be lost or hungry.
As the community church family grew in the small town, so did Lynn’s family, when she gave birth to her third child, Phil, who was born to ski.
After spending several grad-school summers in McCall at Smokejumpers Camp, in 1962 Bishop Foote invited Stan and Lynn to move to McCall full time and serve St. Andrew’s in McCall and St. Mark’s in Cascade while also serving as the local caretakers of Paradise Point.
While raising her family in McCall with a beautiful lake in the summer and two ski hills in winter, Lynn developed a local network of friends as she began a career of service in mental and behavioral health services, one which would eventually include her work in child services, youth rehabilitation services, and adult services for individuals with various neurological and behavioral issues.
With a family move to Boise in 1970, Lynn began formal studies in Social Work at Boise State University as she continued to work for CPS, raise an incredible family, grow a garden, sew quilts and save lives.
After ridding themselves of their children and in order for Lynn to seek her Master of Social Work from Portland State University, they moved to Corvallis where Stan took a position at Church of the Good Samaritan that included overseeing the college Canterbury House.
While attending graduate school full time, Lynn raised another young Episcopal family, students which produced two Bishops, several Deacons and a flock of loving young people.
After Lynn received her MSW, Lynn and Stan returned to Idaho, moving back to Moscow where it all began.
While Stan attended to St. Mark’s in Moscow, Lynn redoubled her social work ministry impacting lives all across northern Idaho.
While they both worked steadily to make life a little better when they could, they also prioritized their time together and spent almost every weekend they could at their little cabin on the lake in McCall – their favorite place in the world.
Lynn finally retired from working for the state, and they moved closer to their family and built a gentleman’s farm south of Meridian.
When Stan became ill with vasculitis, Lynn remained his primary caregiver.
Upon Stan’s passing, Lynn’s family scooped her up and took her to live in the Terraces of Boise in Harris Ranch.
As an early resident, true to form, she made a lot of friends and seemed to help every new person she met get grounded while she stayed active in PEO and the Kappas.
In addition to her small group of girlfriends, she found a new partner to travel and enjoy life with Syd Tate, her cousin by marriage and with whom she was able to travel throughout Europe and to a number of distant American destinations.
Lynn leaves behind an adoring bother Bruce and his wife Cyndi; three loving and proud children, Teri and husband Dan McColly, Scott and wife Lori, Phil and wife Angie; a large loving family including a dear foster daughter Karen Dellgard and an enormous number of friends and admirers.
Lynn will be dearly missed.
The family wishes to thank everyone at the Terraces for making the last seven years of her life so enjoyable and safe.
If she were here, Lynn would request any memorial gifts to be sent to St. Michael’s Episcopal Cathedral or The Idaho Foodbank.
