Clara Belle Thompson
May 17, 1935 – September 20, 2012
My amazing Aunt Clara passed away today. She grew up as a farmer’s daughter and was the sassy, barnburner, black sheep of the family. A real firecracker. At 19, Clara was the hot DJ at KGEM in Boise, ID (Idaho is the “Gem state”), and had her own radio jingle that opened each show that she sang herself (listen above). The show would broadcast from the rooftop of Boise’s hip burger drive-in diner, “Howdy Pardner.”