ALASTRA, Pauline E.


The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Sunday, January 16, 2000 Pauline E. Alastra, 85, of Prescott, Arizona, a longtime Magic Valley resident, died Thursday, January 13, 2000, at Prescott. Pauline was born December 4, 1914, in Twin Falls, Idaho, to Charles and Ivy McIntyre Dopson. She grew up in Kimberly, Idaho, graduating from Kimberly High School in 1932. She then went on to attend Idaho State University in Pocatello. It was at the university that she met and later married James Alastra. The couple moved to Pendleton and then to Kimberly, Idaho. They later moved to Gooding. Upon James' retirement, they moved to Arizona to be near their daughter. Surviving are her husband of 65 years, James Alastra of Prescott, Arizona; a daughter, Donna Leoplld, also of Prescott; a son, Donald Alastra of Gig Harbor, Washington; sisters, Naomi Dopson of Hansen, Idaho, Louilla Anderson of Portland, Oregon, and Alma Brown of Forest Grove, Oregon; two half sisters, Juanita Gillmore of Twin Falls and Lavon Jenks of Lower Lake, Calif.; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The funeral will take place at 2 p.m. Wednesday, January 19, 2000, at Sunset Memorial Park in Twin Falls, with the Rev. Jerry Steele of Crossroads United Methodist Church in Kimberly officiating. Viewing will take place on Wednesday at White Mortuary Chapel from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.