Terry Allen Conklin (1971-2024) was born December 14th to Sandra (Quiggle) and Jerry Conklin (1942-2024) in Jerome, Idaho. Terry was lovingly referred to as a cowboy by his children for spending his youth riding horses and herding cattle with his father in Devil's Dive, up Willow Creek Summit.

In 1990 he joined the U.S. Army. While stationed in Panama, he served as an airborne medic, jumping out of airplanes to heal his friends, fellow soldiers, and country. His service led him to a lifelong career in medicine. He worked as an emergency room physician in hospitals across the nation, Redington-Fairview General Hospital, Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, and Fairbanks Memorial Hospital in Alaska, where he watched his children grow.

He met his wife, Heather (Arthun), in high school and they married four years later. His daughter often describes their meeting as something out of a rom-com "He was on the football team and she was a nerd, they met on a blind double-date, and when he got home he told his mom that he, 'was going to marry that girl.'" They were married for almost 32 years.

Terry and Heather had three children, Abigail, Jack (2007-2009), and Thomas, who have carried his sass and pride since birth.

Terry loved quoting Marvel movies with Abigail, spending father-son time with Thomas, teaching both of them to shoot, watching Thomas play water-polo, crying over stories Abigail wrote for him, adding tattoos to his sleeves, claiming Stitch from Lilo and Stitch was his spirit animal, and listening to Bruce Springsteen and the Dropkick Murphys on long drives. He lived loudly and held space in the lives of many including brothers, a brother-in-law, nieces, nephews, colleagues, and friends who love him deeply. He felt deep gratitude towards those he looked up to including his Grandpa, Maurice Quiggle, his Uncle, Don Quiggle, his Great Grandma, Vella Quiggle, and his father-in-law, Harold Arthun (all of whom are now deceased).

In the final years of his life, Terry loved learning about and relating to Norse mythology, including stories about Odin, Thor, and Tyr. In Nordic legened, those who die bravely in battle are given the honor of spending the afterlife in Valhalla with Odin, the father of the Gods, where they are invited to drink and dine until Ragnarök, and on for eternity. Terry died due to a traumatic brain injury on Monday June 24th, 2024 surrounded by the ones he loved most. He hung on to life until his daughter could drive to Michigan to say goodbye and his mother's plane could land. His family believes that Terry met the criteria of a brave death on the battlefield. He will now join his son, Jack, at Odin's feast.

Sweet dreams Daddy, we love you more than you will ever know.

In lieu of flowers, please light a candle in your homes in remembrance.