Valate Goodwin Purvis Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Valate Purvis of Pingree, Idaho, born in Blackfoot, Idaho, who passed away at the age of 57, on May 1, 2021. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. You may also light a candle in honor of Valate Purvis or send a beautiful flower arrangement to the funeral service.
Valate Goodwin Puvis, 57, of Pingree, Idaho, lost her very short battle with uterine cancer on May 1st, 2021, surrounded by family and friends at Portneuf Hospital in Pocatello, Idaho. She became too perfect for this world, so God had to call her home.
Valate was born November 22nd, 1963, in Blackfoot, Idaho, to Samuel Edward “Eddy” Goodwin and Joyce Seward Goodwin. She was the 7th of 12 children.
Valate attended and graduated from Snake River High School in 1983. She graduated from the University of Phoenix with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology. She worked as a Certified Family Home Provider caring for her youngest brother Tracy and her father Eddy. She had many different jobs in her short life, but the most important to her was always the role of mom and then the role of Memaw (Grandmother). When asked when she was a child what she wanted to be when she grew up, she said all she ever wanted to be was a mom. Valate was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, where she served in many callings. Her favorite was in Primary.
Valate had a passion for helping people. She was the type of person that would give you the shirt off her back and her last penny. She had aspirations to be a child psychologist, and had started her masters degree to do so. Her great-niece Paige Turner was very dear to her as she spent a lot of time taking her to medical appointments. Children and animals always loved her; they could tell that she was a genuine and caring person. She was one of the kindest and most selfless people you could ever meet. She often went without but always made sure her children had everything they ever needed. She would say “We don't need money when we have love to give. All you need is love”. She was so compassionate, a peacemaker, and did not have a single jealous bone in her body. She was truly happy for everyone and extremely patient. She was a very virtuous and godly woman.
Valate was very close with her very large family. She said, “Family is so important, yeah? Well look how big our family is! Not too many people can say that they have THIS many people to love and be loved by, unconditionally." Most of her nieces and nephews, and many of her children's friends, thought of her as their second mom. She was blessed to have all of her family. She treated her adopted family and married family the same as blood; to her, they were. There was not a single person that she met that didn’t love her and she loved all of them. She was very close with her best friend Hortense Nelson. She had many friends from her ward in Rockford and everywhere else.
She was predeceased by : her mother Joyce Seward Goodwin; her sister Beth Goodwin; and her nephews, David "DJ" House, Mark Earley, Sean, Joseph and Luke Goodwin.
She is survived by : her children, Steven Craig Purvis, Stephanie Purvis, Bryan Jacob Purvis, Casandra Purvis (Mikael Kent Ahlstrom), and Britney "Dani" Purvis; her grandchildren, Dawson (Harmony) Warner, Airabella Purvis, Katelynn Purvis-Ferguson and Aria Ahlstrom; her father Eddy Goodwin; and her siblings, Randy (Sheri Goodwin), Cindy (Lynn Turner), Sandy (Peter Kadish), Kathy (David Earley), Lynette (David House), Amy (Todd Bischoff), Mike (Lisa Goodwin), Edward "Ed" Goodwin, JoLyn (Kirk Vance) and Tracy Goodwin. She is also survived by many nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, and uncles.
