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At Kempthorne’s funeral, Dad and Pop Dirk remembered along with the public servant

by Shannon Tyler / Idaho Statesman
| May 17, 2026 1:06 AM

He lived to serve, taking on the title of mayor, U.S. senator, Idaho governor and presidential Cabinet official. 

To his children, former Gov. Dirk Kempthorne was simply “Dad,” though.

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