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Charles Adon Brittenham
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July 6, 1927 ~ April 7, 2013 |
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April 9, 2013 |
 Charles
Adon Brittenham, 85, passed away on April 7,
2013, at his home near Moyie Springs. Funeral
services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, April
12, at the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home, with
interment following in the Washington State
Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake, Washington.
Charles was born on July 6, 1927, in Orange
County, California.
Those preceding him in death are his mother,
Rebecca Marie Brittenham. and his father, Elmer
Lyle Brittenham, both born in Chicago, baby
brother Otto Brittenham born in Chicago, and
sisters Mary Louise Brittenham, Lois Brittenham,
and Lucille Machado of Oregon. Charles lost a
dear stepson (nephew) Ben Jefferies in 2003 from
an auto accident. To Charles, he was as his own
son and he grieved over his loss.
Charles raised a stepson from his first wife,
who took on the Brittenham name, David Valenus
Brittenham, who resides in Texas.
Charles has one living sister, Marietta Belshaw,
of Coeur d’Alene.
Charles and his first wife, who was David
Brittenham's mother, came to Bonners Ferry and
Moyie Springs in 1972 to leave the city for
these beautiful mountains. They resided on Route
2 during this time, close to the Montana border.
In 1991, his first wife passed away at home.
In 1992, Charles married Patricia Lovell in
Troy, Montana. She was previously married in
Illinois and raised five sons, Phillip Noble of
Colorado; Robert Glidewell of Arizona, Thomas
Ray Glidewell of Florida; John Gregory Glidewell
of Illinois and Lonnie Lee Glidewell of
Illinois.
Charles and Patricia were great friends and
worked very hard to improve their home on Route
2. The joy and love and dedication to each other
were seen by friends and neighbors. Together
they shared all they had for those who came
their way in need, whether it was food, clothes,
a place to stay or work.
The little cabin on their property was salvation
for many who needed a temporary home. Patricia
became a C.N.A. and she and Charles opened their
home for the aged and they were cared for as
family.
Charles was a very spiritual person and he once
sang in the “Billy Graham” Crusades in
California. When he came north he worked with a
forest service crew to close 600 miles of forest
service roads in Boundary County.
Charles served in WWII era and was stationed at
Fairchild Air force base in Spokane. While there
he was struck by a yellow cab while riding his
motorcycle and suffered broken bones and was put
in a full body cast for one and a half years.
In spite of that he fought back to walk and
worked for 26 years in construction with his
father. Before entering the service he worked at
age 16 in the Cal ship yards in California. The
youngest to be allowed. He and his father worked
there at the same time. Charles was responsible
in saving the ship yards from blowing up from a
gas leak, thus sparing several thousand lives.
He later worked for Douglas on airplanes for the
war effort.
He will be greatly missed. His love of country,
service, family and most of all his God and his
great faith in Christ still emulates his home
where he shared with Patricia.
Hunting in the Bob Marshalls Wilderness, also up
by the Frazier River area in Canada, fishing all
over Idaho, hiking in the mountains, "close to
heaven” he always said and who can question that
who lived in Idaho. Charles believed deeply in
the resurrection and his desire was to be again
in Northern Idaho with Patricia. Without the
hope of Christ, his forgiving love and his shed
blood for us where would we then have that great
hope?
Family and friends are invited to sign Charles’s
book at
www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are entrusted to the care of
Bonners Ferry Funeral Home. |
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