Leaving a volunteer life of 81 years,Ida Papert died January 28th.Ida moved to Dallas from Shreve-port, La. in 1952, to find, as shesaid "a husband, family and happylife". She found all of that with herhusband of 53 years, Sam Papert,Jr., her children, Sammy, Peggy andLee, and her grandchildren LexiEarle and Adam Gabrielsen. She isalso survived by nieces and nephewsBeth Balman of Dallas, Sid Balman,Jr. and his wife Barbara of Washing-ton, D.C., Rosalie and Johnny Wil-liams of Lewisville and Larry andEmily Kern of Dallas; cousins, Blan-che Keno of Chicago and RobertMothner of Austin. And, of course,her "sister" Vivian Evans.After her marriage to Sam in 1953,Ida pursued a life of commitment tothe City she loved. Many of hervolunteer activities revolved aroundtheir children