Delores M. Pruitt
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April 10, 1928 ~ August 21, 2012 |
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August 22, 2012 |
 Dolores Pruitt, 84, passed away on August 21,
2012, at Boundary Community Hospital in Bonners
Ferry, Idaho.
Dolores was born on April 10, 1928, on a small
farm outside of Hugo, Colorado, to Ida Elizabeth
Dinning and Charles Henry Dinning. They were
known as Charlie and Lizzie to their family.
Dolores had two older brothers, Edward and
Dwaine and an older sister, Janie. She also had
a younger brother, Darrell. Dwaine and Janie
died before she was born. She grew up with her
brothers, Ed and Darrell.
When Dolores was five, her family left Colorado
because of the droughts and moved to Charlie's
sister's dairy farm in Burns, Oregon. The family
stayed there for about a year and then moved to
the Copeland area north of Bonners Ferry. Her
family bought a farm there and that is where she
and her brothers were raised.
Many of the family followed them from Colorado.
Dolores spoke of grandparents, aunts and cousins
all living with them or near them from time to
time. Dolores had many fond memories of growing
up in the Copeland area and attending the one
room schoolhouse at Copeland where her dad drove
the school bus.
When Dolores was 17, she married Tex Cannon.
They had two boys, Gary and Wayne, and several
years later a girl named Candice was born.
They were divorced, and in 1962, Dolores married
Leo Pruitt. Leo had three children. In 1963,
Stan Pruitt was born to Dolores and Leo. Dolores
and Leo moved around for a few years while Leo
managed grocery stores, but then they returned
to Bonners Ferry, where they settled down to
raise their large family.
Leo went to work for the city water department
and Dolores as a waitress in a local restaurant.
Dolores was a waitress for most of her life,
spending her last 25 working years as waitress
and restaurant manager at the Panhandle
Restaurant. She worked many weekend shifts so
she wouldn't have to schedule the gals with
young families to work them.
Mom was a hard worker her entire life, but her
greatest passion was her family. She loved
spending time with her family.
When she was young, she loved to spend time
outdoors picnicking, going for drives and
huckleberry picking. She loved going to her
kid's and grandkid's school and sporting events.
She rarely missed a game or event until she was
no longer able to go, and even then she wanted
to hear all about them.
She enjoyed living close to her children and
grandchildren in Bonners Ferry, helping out
whenever she could. She spent many hours taking
care of her grandchildren and they all love her
dearly. She enjoyed keeping in touch with her
older sons with weekly Sunday phone calls and
she kept the entire family up to date. She also
enjoyed many trips with her older sons to Hawaii
and on other various adventures and spoke of
them often.
In her last few years, Dolores moved in with her
daughter and son in law, Candice and Mike. She
enjoyed sitting on the porch in the evenings and
visiting with Candice, Mike and the grandkids.
She also enjoyed lunches with her daughter in
law, Sheila, and great family breakfasts, cooked
by her son, Stan. The family spent many
memorable holidays together.
Our Mother was a wonderful Mother and
Grandmother. Words do not describe the depth of
our love for her. There will be a huge hole in
our life without her. There is no replacing her;
she was one of a kind. We will miss you Mom. No
one makes pies like you!
Family and friends are invited to sign Dolores’s
book at
www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are entrusted to the care of
Bonners Ferry Funeral Home. |
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