[Vision2020] Fwd: [Vandal] OBIT: Dr. Len Labine

[Joe Campbell]

Former neighbor. Sad to see him go.

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Dan Carscallen <areaman at moscow.com> wrote:

> In 1986, my folks recorded one of the Bear Football games off of KRPL, and
> that's the first time I ever heard my name on the radio.
>
> I've missed hearing Doc do the Bear games the last few years, and this news
> makes me sad.
>
> So, for Doc,  "Be a good sport, will ya."
>
> DC
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From:* <RobieGRuss at aol.com>RobieGRuss at aol.com
> *Date:* May 13, 2011 9:09:31 PDT
> *To:* <vandal at uidaho.edu>vandal at uidaho.edu
> *Subject:* *[Vandal] OBIT:  Dr. Len Labine*
>
> From the L*ewiston Tribune*
> Lewiston, Idaho
> Friday, May 13, 2011
>
> *Dr. Leonard C. Labine, 91, Moscow**
> *
>
>
> The voice of the Moscow Bears signed off for the last time Sunday morning,
> May 8, 2011, at Aspen Park in Moscow. *Leonard C. (Doc) Labine* was born
> Feb. 16, 1920, in Nashua, N.H., to Louis and Illa Labine.
>
> He was raised by his mother and grandmother, Mae Campbell, until he moved
> with his mother to attend the University of Idaho. Len and his mother
> enlisted in the U.S. Army together while he was at UI. He was a member of
> the Kappa Sigma Fraternity and played basketball, baseball and football for
> the Vandals as a freshman.
>
> While at UI he met Camille Short. They moved to Louisville, Ky., to attend
> dental school at the University of Louisville. Doc was in the Army and the
> Navy, serving during World War II and the Korean War. His mother died during
> WWII in an avalanche on Mt. Vesuvius in Italy. His marriage to Camille ended
> in divorce.
>
> He married Gloria Del Valle in Moscow in 1977.
>
> Doc, as he was known for many years, practiced dentistry for 50 years in
> Moscow, broadcast football and basketball for the Moscow Bears for 37 years
> and had a sports show at KPRL for many years at noon and dinner time, where
> he would end his program each session with a "Be a good sport, will ya." He
> also broadcast area sports for Troy, Deary and Kendrick, as well as the
> Vandal freshman basketball and baseball games. In addition, when the Vandal
> football team was in the Idaho Athletics Association playoffs and Bob Curtis
> was with the football team, Doc would broadcast Vandal basketball.
>
> He simply loved sports. His highlight might have been when he was inducted
> into the North Idaho Sports Hall of Fame. He was on the North Idaho Sports
> board for many years inducting many of Idaho's famous sports figures so he
> was proud to be included with all of the sports greats. His last years were
> spent working for the Moscow School District at the junior high. He enjoyed
> the interaction with the staff and students. He was an avid Vandal booster
> and served as the president of the Latah County Chapter, as the chairman of
> the annual fundraiser, and served on the National Vandal Booster Board.
>
> Doc was a life member of the Moscow Elks No. 249 and enjoyed serving as the
> marshal of the annual Ken Jordan Sole Survivor Tournament until his health
> kept him from continuing. He also was a member of St. Mary's Catholic
> Church, and the Moscow Bear Boosters.
>
> Len is survived by his wife Gloria; daughter, Suzanne and husband Jerry
> Jacksha; sons, Lance and wife Robin, Chuck and Lon; his stepsons, Fernie and
> wife Kathy, Carlos, and Rudy and wife Tanya; stepdaughters, Belinda and
> husband Tim Laird, and Candy and husband Tony Kevan; with numerous
> grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and a very dear friend Jeanne Stout.
>
> In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Moscow Bear Boosters or
> the Vandal Boosters.
>
> A celebration of life for the "Voice of the Bears" will be conducted later
> this summer.
>
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