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Leslie H. Levig |
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October 1, 1923 ~ July 11, 2015 |
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July 14, 2015 |
 Leslie
Levig died peacefully in his home July 11, 2015
after an extended illness. Funeral Service will
be Thursday, July 16, at 11:00 a.m. at Trinity
Lutheran Church on Cody Street.
Les, son of Harold and Ella (Haagensen) Levig,
was born October 1, 1923, at Sacred Heart,
Minnesota. He moved to Bonners Ferry in August,
1942, with his parents. He served with the
United States Army from February, 1943 to March
1946. After his discharge, he worked as a
carpenter in Fairbanks, Alaska, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, and San Diego, California, but the
lure of Bonners Ferry always made him return to
“God’s Country” to work in construction, or to
help his dad farm, or work at the Moyie Lumber
Company mill.
He met his future wife in 1943 at the Iowa State
College campus in Ames, Iowa, where the army had
sent him for specialized engineering training.
He introduced her to his roommate who dated her
after Les and she stopped seeing one another.
The roommate and Jeannette were married in May,
1944. Of this union four children were born:
Cathleen, Dennis, Donald, and Beth. When Les
discovered his old friends were divorced, he
started corresponding with Jeannette and went to
Chardon, Ohio, where they were married. He
brought his newly-made family back to Bonners
Ferry in a twenty-passenger school bus, which
the Boundary County School District had ordered
from Ohio. To this union a daughter, Lynnette
was added.
After two years working in Bonners Ferry, doing
construction, the family moved to the San
Francisco Bay area where Les was superintendent
for the James Smith Construction Company.
In November 1972, Les, Jeannette and the two
youngest children, Beth and Lynn, returned to
Bonners Ferry where Les combined farming and
carpentry. In 1977, they started Levig Wholesale
Nursery specializing in cold hardy plants. Les
served in the National Guard and was on Boundary
County Planning and Zoning Committee, Trinity
Lutheran Church Council, Bee Line Water Board,
president of the Idaho Nursery Association, and
the Kootenai Valley Nursery Association.
In 1997 Les and Jeannette spent a year in
Tanzania, Africa, working with ELCA World
Missions.
Les was preceded in death by his parents, a
sister, Lois Wells, and his sons, Donald and
Dennis Lincks, and grandson Timothy Lincks.
He is survived by his wife, Jeannette, daughters
Cathy (Rick Hatcher), Beth (Les Butters), Lynn
(Ron Self), Dennis’s wife (Rona Marcy), and
Donald’s wife (Sharon Barcklay), along with
numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, and
one great, great grandchild, sisters Dorothy
Mincher and Lenora Rudman and many nieces and
nephews.
Immediately after the service, there will be a
celebration of Les’ life downstairs in the
fellowship hall to honor his sense of humor.
Come and join the family and friends as we share
our favorite “Les” stories. |
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