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Pauline 'Polly' T. Sorensen
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| July 23, 1930 ~ April
13, 2011 |
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April 16, 2011 |
 Pauline
(Polly) T. Sorensen was born on July 23, 1930,
in an alley in Springfield, Ohio, to Raymond
Thurell and Flora Marie (Organ) Gray.
She came to passing on this day, April 13, 2011,
after a year long battle with cancer. She fought
it long and hard until her last few days.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, April
23, 2011 at 1 p.m. at the Free Methodist Church
in Bonners Ferry, with interment in the Paradise
Valley Cemetery.
When Polly was raised in Springfield, Ohio, it
was during the Depression. She said it made you
tough and only the tough survived. She said that
you went without, "if you didn't have it, you
didn't need it."
She is preceded in death by her husband Harry
(Swede) Sorensen, son Donald E. Sorensen,
brothers and sisters Chucky Gray, Ruth Bame,
Raymond Gray and Carol Wendling.
Survivors are Dennis (Robin) Sorensen of Grants
Pass, Oregon; Jerry (Gayle) Sorensen of Selma,
Oregon; Steve (Mary) Nestell of Reno, New York;
Susan Nearing of Bonners Ferry, Toni Perry of
Hanford, California; Dale Sorensen of Bonners
Ferry and a special daughter Valerie Sorensen,
also of Bonners Ferry. Surviving sisters are
Betty Wendling of Chicago, Kathy (Ron) Zilke of
Kentucky and Gretta (Don) Huffer of Maryland;
and 13 grand children, 24 great grand children
and two great great grand children.
Polly worked as a waitress for many years before
retiring to Bonners Ferry with her husband Swede
in April, 1980. She enjoyed fishing, gardening,
sewing, crocheting, playing pinochle and baking.
The cookie jar was always full of fresh baked
peanut butter cookies to have with hot coffee.
She was also known for her dilly bread, and
every neighbor got a fresh loaf just out of the
oven. There was a "totty" for the neighbors in
the evening when they stopped by. She cherished
the time she spent with friends, family and
especially her grandchildren. She was a proud
member of the Legion Auxiliary, Eagles Lodge and
a local Monday card club.
At the families request please make donations to
the Kootenai Cancer Center in Sandpoint, Idaho,
in Polly's name.
Family and friends are invited to sign Polly’s
book at
www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are entrusted to the care of
Bonners Ferry Funeral Home. |
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