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Marjorie Unruh |
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October 30, 1923 ~ July 30, 2014 |
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August 2, 2014 |
Our dear mother, Marjorie, was born on October
30, 1923, to Enoch and Hannah Dirks in Winton,
California. She was the eighth child of ten.
When she was two years old her family moved to
Durham, Kansas, where she grew up and received
her education in the Red Top Schoolhouse. These
happy years were spent with her family and with
a large family of cousins living nearby. In
1937, when she was fourteen, they moved to
Bonners Ferry, Idaho. She lived here the rest of
her life.
She accepted God during a series of revival
meetings when she was seventeen. At that time
she received peace with God, and was baptized on
February 10, 1941, by Minister Frank Wenger.
Over the next several years she worked for
different families, boarding with them because
of the gas rationing during the Depression
years. One job was in Newport, Washington, where
she milked cows and gathered eggs. She also
worked at a dry cleaners for some time.
On May 9, 1948, she was married to our father
Virgil Unruh. Their love for each other lasted
over sixty-two years, until Dad was suddenly
taken from her. It seemed like there was a
special closeness and care for each other during
the sunset years.
Together they raised a family of eight children
on their dairy farm in northern Idaho. Her life
was very busy with the duties of raising a large
family, but the door was always open to many of
our cousins, neighbors, and friends. Our mother
never had a driver's license and was truly a
keeper at home; always being there for us
children. A large garden and a busy kitchen were
the hallmark of our mother. She had a very quiet
disposition, but her children and grandchildren
always felt her love. As she grew older she
enjoyed knitting, crocheting, and quilting,
making many gifts for all of us. Her
grandchildren enjoyed the baked goodies and
candy that were always there.
We know that in spite of hardships and the
challenges of life, she never lost her faith in
her Lord Jesus Christ, letting him refine her
life. She carried a real concern for our souls
and we felt her support and prayers. She wrote
many letters to loved ones serving time in the
mission field.
In her older years, Mom quietly endured much
physical pain, and was brave until the end. She
spent her last five and one half years in a
nursing home, and we as a family are very
thankful for the loving care she received there.
We appreciate that she is released from her
suffering and have confidence that she is at
rest in the Lord.
She peacefully passed away July 30, 2014, with
family at her side, reaching the age of ninety
years and nine months.
She is survived by five sons and three
daughters, Gerald and Janice, Bonners Ferry,
Idaho; Joyce and Glenn Banach, Dodge City,
Kansas; Roger and Cheryl, Bonners Ferry, Idaho;
Leanna and Randal Wedel, Bonners Ferry, Idaho;
Mark and Robin, Yuma, Arizona; Ruth and Ancel
Schmidt, Bonners Ferry, Idaho; Loren and
MaryLou, Ronan, Montana; Dalton and Rolanda,
Othello, Washington; thirty-nine grandchildren;
sixty-two great grandchildren; one sister Doris
Jantz; sisters-in-law, Martha Dirks; Opal Dirks;
Lillie and Cyril Mastre; Virginia Unruh; Annie
Unruh; Regina Unruh; brother-in-law, Leonard and
Ruth Unruh. She was preceded in death by her
husband, her parents, six brothers and two
sisters, one grandson, two grandsons-in-law and
one great grandson.
Funeral services are Monday, August 4, at 10:30
a.m. at Mountain View Mennonite Church in
Bonners Ferry with burial following in the
Mountain View Mennonite Cemetery.
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