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Lila Fae Allenberg |
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May 10, 1922 ~ October 14, 2016 |
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October 17, 2016 |
 Lila
Fae Allenberg passed away Friday, October 14,
2016, at the Community Restorium at the age of
94. Lila was a member of the First Baptist
Church, 6711 El Paso Street, Bonners Ferry,
where services will be held for all her family
and friends at noon Friday, October 21.
Private graveside services will precede at
Grandview Cemetery.
Lila was born on May 10, 1922, in Linton, North
Dakota, the 14th of 19 children born to Norbert
Curtis Billingsley and Elizabeth Alvira (Vera)
Coon Billingsley. The family moved to Montana
when she was about three years old and then to
Moyie Springs when she was 14.
On Christmas Eve 1938, she married Frank H.
Allenberg after making him promise that he would
provide her with a milk cow and garden. He kept
his promise and she had a milk cow until her
children were raised and a garden until she
moved to the Restorium.
They had three children; Virginia, Richard and
Luana.
She helped clear fields, make hay, and take care
of the ranch in the Moyie Springs area, working
hard but also taking time to ride her horse and
take the kids fishing and huckleberry picking.
She was a founding member Curly Creek Hall and a
member of the Curly Qs Extension Club. After her
children were raised she worked for several
years as a dental assistant for Dr. Ghigleri.
Following the death of her husband of
fifty-seven years she continued living on the
ranch until moving to the Community Restorium in
2011, where she continued enjoying life and the
excellent care she received there.
Preceding her in death were her parents,
husband, son Richard and sixteen siblings.
She is survived by sisters Mary Ann Perovich of
Missoula, Montana, and Dorothy Firebaugh of
Coeur d’Alene, daughters Virginia (Tom Roy)
Cowley of Bonners Ferry and Luana McUne of Coeur
d’Alene, seven grandchildren, 10
great-grandchildren, one great-grandchild and
many nieces and nephews.
Memorials in Lila’s memory may be made to the
Friends of the Restorium. |
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