Bobie Harrison Eby
Bobie
Harrison Eby, 81, passed away on February 20,
2014, in the Boundary Community Hospital ER in
Bonners Ferry as a result of complications of
COPD. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday,
March 1, in the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home
Chapel. Private interment will follow at
Grandview Cemetery.Bobie was born on December 29, 1932, in Valentine, Nebraska, to Joseph Lincoln and Eva L Eby. As a child he moved with his family to the Moyie Springs area in 1937, where the family purchased a farm at Dawson Lake.
He received his education in Boundary County, graduating from Bonners Ferry High School. After his education he entered the U.S. Army and served in Korea. While in the Service he met and married Shirley Anne Berlin on January 31, 1953, in Olympia, Washington.
After his discharge from the Army in April of 1953, he spent the next few years moving from state to state working in the woods, in sawmills and as an auto body repair man before moving back to Bonners Ferry in 1975. He worked for the Idaho Department of Transportation, where he worked until his retirement in 1997. He has resided in Bonners Ferry until his death.
Throughout his life he spent many hours fishing, camping and hunting. He also enjoyed playing the guitar and traveling. Bob loved working in his garden and was very generous in sharing all he grew. He was well known in the community and from time to time would take is guitar and entertain at the senior center.
Survivors include four sons; Bobie and wife Yolanda, Donnie and Jerry, all of Spokane, and Loren and wife Penny of Laclede, Idaho; brothers Richard (Rich), Moyie Springs and Lester (Short), Omak, Washington, sisters Sandy and Mary Ann, both of Spokane, Gladys (Peggy) of Portland, Oregon. nine grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren
Family and friends are invited to sign Bob’s book at www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Bonners Ferry Funeral Home.