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Erwin Milbert Voegele
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June 2, 1922 ~ March 25, 2013 |
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 Erwin
M. Voegele, 90, passed away on March 25, 2013,
at Ace Elder Care in Bonners Ferry. Funeral
services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April
6, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Bonners Ferry.
A graveside service will follow at Grandview
Cemetery.
Erwin was born June 2, 1922, to John and Paulina
Voegele in Hosmer, South Dakota. He served in
the Navy from 1944 to 1946, and married Wilma
Georhing June 20, 1948.
They moved to Bonners Ferry in 1959, and Erwin
went to work for Bob Meeker at Meeker's Machine
Shop, where he worked for 25 years.
After retiring at age 62, he led led a full and
active life. He loved to fish and was an. He was
an avid gardener. He enjoyed playing pinochle,
loved to dance to country and western music, and
played piano and organ at many local occasions.
He spoke fluent German.
He was a charter member of the Bonners Ferry
Eagles and a former elder at Trinity Lutheran
Church.
Erwin is survived by children Darnell and wife
Patti and Peggy Voegele, all of Bonners Ferry,
and Pam Bryant and husband Calvin, Elma,
Washington; brothers Lester Voegele and Myron
Voehele; sisters Ida Adams and Irene Niewsma,
both of South Dakota, and Mavis Peach, Rosemont,
Minnesota; grandchildren Darrell, Angela, Heidi,
Bruce and Hollie; three step-grandchildren,
seven great-grandchildren and many nieces and
nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, his
parents and three brothers.
Family and friends are invited to sign Erwin’s
book at
www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are entrusted to the care of
Bonners Ferry Funeral Home. |
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