PHOTO BY KAREN BOSSICK

Robert Elgee, a retired judge, has joined the Board of the Hospice and Palliative Care of the Wood RiverValley.

Elgee is a fourth-generation Idahoan. After private practice in Boise from 1978-1992, hewas appointed Blaine County Magistrate in 1992. Former Gov. Dirk Kempthorne appointed him  a District Judge in 2004. He retired in 2017 after 25 years as a Blaine County Judge.

Elgee’s wife Jayne retired in 2020 from St. Luke’s Wood River, having worked as an OR nurse, charge nurse and manager. They raised five children here, all Wood River High graduates.

Wood River Hospice was established in 1984 as a community non-profit. Community donations allow the hospice to provide hospice services at no cost to patients and their families.

Current board members include Micki Chapin, Pam Fairfax, Bruce Collier, Robert Reniers, Lynn Campion-Waddell and Al Stevenson.