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LaVern M. Dinning
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September 7, 1933 ~ December 16, 2013 |
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December 27, 2013 |
 LaVern M. Dinning, 80, passed away Monday,
December 16, 2013, in Coeur d'Alene. A memorial
service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday,
January 4, at St. Pius Catholic Church, E625
Haycraft Avenue, Coeur d'Alene.
Lavern was born September 7, 1933, in Rush,
Colorado, to Mary Walker and Roland Dinning. He
married Eunice Vandenberg on May 3, 1953, at St.
Ann’s Catholic Church, where they both were
members.
He and his wife settled down in Bonners Ferry
where he fathered his two daughters and his
massive garden.
He retired in 1993 after working for the City of
Bonners Ferry Water Department.
Vern loved the outdoors and often enjoyed
hunting, fishing, gardening and feeding all
manner of animals that visited his home. It was
in the rivers and woods of Bonners Ferry that he
taught his grandchildren to catch frogs and
grasshoppers, fish with his home-raised
earthworms and to enjoy nature to its fullest.
Quite the rascal, he was always quick with a
joke or a goofy observation. He loved stealing
noses and food off of plates when you weren’t
looking. Driving in his truck he would honk and
wave at strangers, cows and horses and even
street signs to the delight of his young ones.
He had an exceptionally green thumb and a garden
that produced preserves, pies and vegetables to
no end (with the help of his wife). The pride of
his garden was the hazelnut trees that gave him
buckets of nuts every fall.
Lavern is survived by his wife Eunice and his
two daughters, Connie Blacketer and LaDonna
Dinning and son-in-law Victor Blacketer. He is
also survived by his grandchildren Paul, Hayden
and Cassie Blacketer, sister Mary Ula Schaller,
brother Gifford Dinning and a large and much
loved extended family.
Arrangements are entrusted to Yates Funeral
Home, Coeur d'Alene. |
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