Marcella Lee (Elston) Abell
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| March 16, 1945 ~ May 6,
2011 |
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May 26, 2011 |
 Marcella
Lee (Elston) Abell, 66, passed away May 6 at
home attended by her husband, Gareth, and her
son Gareth II. After having struggled for
twenty-six years as a paraplegic confined to a
wheelchair, she succumbed to natural causes. A
celebration of her life will be held at the
gymnasium of Valley View Elementary School in
Bonners Ferry at 10 a.m. Saturday May 28.
In lieu of flowers, money should be sent to the
PTA at Valley View Elementary.
She was born in Kendalville, Indiana, March 16,
1945, and raised in Niles, Michigan, where her
father was a pastor. Marcella attended Anderson
College in Anderson, Indiana, where she met her
husband of 46-years, Gareth. While attending
Anderson College, she had her daughters, Katie
and Melanie. After graduating from Anderson, she
taught in the Anderson School District while
obtaining her MA from Ball State University and
having her third child, Gareth II. Her family
moved to Bonners Ferry when she got a job at
Valley View Elementary in 1977. Mrs. Abell
taught for eight years in Anderson, Indiana and
for 24 years at Valley View.
Hers was an active life and one where she served
the Lord in all that she did. With the outdoors
and the small farm their family owned, she loved
north Idaho. Spruce Lake and the Roman Nose
Lakes were places she loved, while the four Snow
Creek Falls were her all-time favorites.
She is preceded in death by her father, one
brother and a sister. Marcella leaves her
husband Gareth, of Bonners Ferry, daughters
Katie White, Kennewick, Washington, and Melanie
Newton, Post Falls, and her son, Gareth II,
Coeur D'Alene.
Katie and her husband Mike gave Marcella a
wonderful granddaughter, Amanda. Melanie and her
husband Jon gave her two grandsons, Tyler and
Kyle. Gareth II and his wife Jenny have two
beautiful children, Riley and Kara. Two other
young men have adopted Marcella as a mother and
she loved them as she did her own children. Mike
Tritt and his wife Lisette with their daughter
Sofia call Marcella mom and grandma. Mike is
currently stationed in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Robert Lee Nelson and his wife Laura Lee also
chose her as a mother. They have three children
Shyanne, Hunter, and Mackenzy of Post Falls.
Marcella also leaves her mother, Edna Mae
Elston, sister, Helen Fuqua, and brother Marion
Elston, all of Florida. There are too many
cousins, nephews and nieces and great nephews
and nieces to list. She loved them
unconditionally.
As a teacher, she worked with many children, and
as a person she affected thousands of people by
her example and her life. She made the world a
better place and she will be missed. |
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