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Thelma K. (Brown) Manus Hill |
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July 21, 1921 ~ June 8, 2014 |
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July 2, 2014 |
Thelma K. (Brown) Manus Hill passed at the age
of 92 on Sunday, June 8, 2014 in
Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Graveside memorial
services will be held at Grandview Cemetery,
Bonners Ferry, at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, July 25.
On Saturday, July 26, at 1 p.m. a celebration of
Thelma's life will be hosted at the Lynn and
Toni Manus residence in Otis Orchards,
Washington, for friends and family.
Thelma, of Moyie Springs, Idaho, born on July
21, 1921 in Mount Pleasant, Utah, to parents
Alexander A. and Pearl Brown.
Moving many times during the Great Depression,
the Browns settled in Melba, Idaho, where Thelma
met and married Quinton Manus. They were married
on August 17, 1940 in Murphy, Idaho. During WWII
Quinton worked in Hawaii in cleanup of Pearl
Harbor; in the shipyards in Portland, OR; and
farming in the Melba area. They moved several
times, and once lost all of their belongings in
a house fire. Thelma, pregnant with Kevin, saved
Kathleen and Lynn from the fire.
In 1949, the family moved to Boundary County,
Idaho, living first in the Perkins Lake and
Curley Creek areas, where Quinton logged and
worked for Boundary County, and Charyl was born.
In 1951, the family moved to Bonners Ferry,
where Quinton worked for Meeker's Machine Shop,
and Michael was born. Quinton and Thelma started
a new pulpwood business, and in 1955 the family
moved to Moyie Springs, where Quinton built and
operated a sawmill and increased the size of the
pulpwood business. Thelma remained a mother and
homemaker, while helping with the business
bookwork for many years.
In 1971, Thelma and Quinton divorced. Thelma
later met George Hill, and they married on
December 14, 1974 in Pullman. They lived in
various places for the next several years, with
George passing in Vancouver, WA on May 13, 1981.
Thelma returned to Moyie Springs, where she
lived until moving to the Boundary County
Community Restorium and later to the Boundary
Community Hospital, Extended Care Nursing Home
where she lived until her death.
Much of Thelma's later years were spent reading
and researching for a book she was writing.
Although she never finished writing the book,
she read hundreds of books in the preparation.
Thelma is survived by daughter Kathleen English
and her husband Ken of Moyie Springs, Idaho; son
Lynn Manus and his wife Antonia of Otis
Orchards, Washington; daughter Charyl Mesenbrink
of Pocatello, Idaho; son Michael Manus and his
wife Kim of Newport, Washington; a sister Sandra
Wilson and her husband Glenn of Keizer, Oregon;
a brother Jay Dean Brown and his wife Omera of
Melba, Idaho; sisters-in-law Betty Brown of
Melba, Idaho, and Ellen Raye Brown of Sandy,
Utah; brother-in-law Jim Vrooman of Wasilla,
Alaska; and their respective families. She
leaves 15 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren,
7 great-great grandchildren and many nieces and
nephews.
She is predeceased by husbands Quinton Manus and
George Hill; a son, Kevin Manus; twin
great-grandsons Brady and Carter Manus; siblings
Donald A. Brown, Dorothy Brown, Elden H. Brown,
Beth R. Vrooman, Mervin R. Brown, Lois A. Brown,
and Wayne A. Brown; and sons-in-law Joseph
Mesenbrink and Thomas Bertling.
A Memorial Fund for Thelma has been established
with the Friends of the Restorium Inc., P.O. Box
1362, Bonners Ferry, ID 83805.
The family expresses many thanks to the
caretakers at the Boundary County Community
Restorium and Boundary Community Hospital,
Extended Care Nursing Home where Thelma received
exceptional care the last years of her life. |
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