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Charles (Chuck) Huff |
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November 06, 1935 ~ January 24, 2015 |
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January 27, 2015 |
Charles (Chuck) Huff died on January 24, 2015 at
Hospice of Northwest in Hayden, Idaho. Services
will be held on Saturday, January 31 at 11:00
a.m. in the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home in
Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Interment will be at a
later time in the Porthill Cemetery, Porthill,
Idaho.
Chuck was born in Bonners Ferry, Idaho on
November 6, 1935 to Charles C. Huff and Emma
Bouzek Huff. Chuck lived the majority of his
life in the Copeland/Porthill area of Boundary
County at the foot of his beloved Hall Mountain.
After the death of his parents, he and his wife
moved into his childhood home where they resided
at the time of his death.
Chuck attended Porthill and Mt Hall elementary
schools, graduated from Bonners Ferry High
School and went one year to North Idaho Junior
College in Coeur d’Alene. Chuck never quit
learning, he enjoyed studying mining and geology
and his library is full of books on subjects
like the Glacier Lake, Missoula, and Wolves in
Russia, prompted by the recent introduction of
wolves. In the last few years Chuck learned to
use a computer and was so impressed with the
World Wide Web.
In 1963 Chuck married Isabel Wolff Shuman in
Bonners Ferry, Idaho. In this marriage he
included her 3 children, Rose, Mike and Phillip.
To this family was added daughters, Mary and
Faye.
After college Chuck worked for Kelson Lumber
Company, owned and operated a Mobil bulk fuel
company and was a member of the Idaho National
Guard.
Chuck belonged to the Kootenai Valley Rifle and
Pistol Club, shooting in competitions throughout
the Northwest. In 1962 he won the regional
championship.
Chuck worked at the lumber mill in Moyie Springs
through five different owners, ending with
Louisiana Pacific, he was employed there
seventeen years, most of that time as a
certified lumber grader. In 1980 he left the
mill and worked his own land until his
retirement.
Together Chuck and Isabel farmed, raised sheep
and developed an outstanding herd of Black Angus
cattle. Chuck logged and managed his timber
ground using his expertise as a lumber grader to
market his logs. A recent acquisition was a
saw-mill where Chuck happily produced finished
lumber from his own trees.
Chuck was instrumental in the development of
Hall Mountain Water Association and volunteered
many hours to Porthill Cemetery and Hall
Mountain Volunteer Fire Association. He was
elected several times to serve on the Farm
Service Agency Board.
Throughout his life, Chuck was an avid
sportsman. His prowess as a marksman kept the
larder full of elk and deer meat, and happy
hours spent fishing the beautiful waters of
Idaho and Montana added variety.
Chuck is survived by his wife of fifty years,
his daughters, Mary Wagner and husband Dave of
Coeur d’Alene, Faye Huff Williams and her
husband George, of Troy, Idaho; step-children,
Rose Waters and husband, Dann of Hayden Lake,
Mike Huff of Moyie Springs and Phillip Huff of
Hayden, ten grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his infant daughter,
Elizabeth, and his parents.
Family and friends are invited to sign Chuck’s
book at
www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com
Arrangements are entrusted to the care of
Bonners Ferry Funeral Home. |
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