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Julia Marie Morton Hankey |
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July 20, 1920 ~ November 16, 2016 |
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November 21, 2016 |
Julia Marie Morton Hankey, 96, went home to be
with the Lord and Savior on November 16, 2016,
at Boundary Community Hospital surrounded by
four of her five children, and also by phone
from her youngest son Paul, who resides Hawaii.
Services will be held at Mountain Springs Church,
6789 Main Street, Bonners Ferry, at 1 p.m.
Saturday, November 26.
Following the service will be pot luck reception
at Naples Fire hall.
Julia was born July 20, 1920, in Bottineau,
North Dakota, to William and Mae Morton. She was
the third of four children. The family moved to
Boundary County and homesteaded just north of
Dawson Lake, near Meadow Creek, where she grew
up and went to school.
She worked at the Les Wyman Ranch, where she met
and married Fred Martin Williams. They had two
girls; Patsy Mae and Evelyn Marie Williams.
Martin was a logger and self employed. They
moved around a lot living in Idaho, Washington
and Montana. The marriage ended and Julia moved
back to Idaho with the girls.
She worked briefly in a Chinese restaurant in
Bonners Ferry and taking care of Lilly Hanson.
She enjoyed working there because Frank and
Lilly were nice people and the kids worked hard
but also had fun. Julia took over the house
work, cooking, cleaning, etc. until Lilly was
well – then Julia moved to Naples.
In Naples, Julia worked at the school and also
had a cleaning job. That is where she was swept
off her feet by the love of her life, Donald
Roger Hankey, whom she married October 8, 1954.
They bought a house next to the Naples mill and
had a family of three children; Frank Donald,
Paul Albert and Christine Ann Hankey.
Julia loved her family so much, loved holding
her grandbabies and enjoyed her friends! Julia
was loved by everyone who knew her, but had a
dear special lifetime friend, Amy Anderson, who
was a devoted friend for 60 years.
Julia loved cooking Sunday dinners where
everyone was always welcome. She loved music,
dancing, flowers, gardening, sewing, picnics,
camping and fishing. She lived her last eight
years in the care of Ace Elder Care in Bonners
Ferry.
Julia is survived by children Patsy (Williams)
Humphrey and Evelyn (Williams) Haase, both
residing in Kennewick, Washington, Frank and
Diane Hankey, Ponderay, Paul Hankey, Hawaii. and
Christine and Timothy Ramirez, Naples.
Julia has 16 grandchildren, 42 great
grandchildren and 28 great-great grandchildren.
Julia was preceded in death by her mother and
father, Mae and William Morton, sisters Helen
Vaughn and Wilma ( Billy) Cassidy, brother Roy
Morton and her husband, Donald Roger Hankey.
Feel free to come and share in the life of Julia
Marie (Morton ) Hankey whom we were so blessed
to know and love. She will always be the rock of
our family and greatly missed. |
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