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Florence Arlene Carey |
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March 18, 1924 ~
February 15, 2017 |
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February 16, 2017 |
Florence Arlene Carey passed away peacefully
into the loving arms of the Lord, with her
daughters by her side, on February 15, 2017, at
Boundary Community Hospital following as short
illness. Services will be held at 11 a.m.
Saturday, February 25, at United Methodist
Church, Bonners Ferry.
Florence was born in Corona, California, on
March 18, 1924, to Ella J. (Prankey) and Elmer
J. Spiering. She joined two sisters, and a
brother arrived nine years later.
The family relocated several times while she was
growing up, residing in South Dakota, Montana
and Washington. She graduated from high school
as Valedictorian at Darrington, Washington, in
1942.
She joined the Army in 1944 and served as a
military police officer. She met Charles (Chuck)
E. Boyce on a train while in the service and
they were married in LaJunta, Colorado, in 1945.
Five children were born from their union.
They later divorced.
Florence married James D. Carey in 1962 in
Bonners Ferry. They were married 26 years when
he passed away in 1988.
Florence worked 37 years at the Boundary
Community Hospital, starting in 1967 as a tray
girl in the kitchen. She worked her way up to be
food service supervisor. She retired from that
position in 1995 and continued to work two days
a week tending the salad bar and baking cookies.
She is well known by many hospital employees for
her great potato salad.
She enjoyed family get togethers, huckleberry
picking, camping, fishing, cooking, music and
dancing. In her later years, she enjoyed
walking, cross word puzzles and going for rides
to enjoy the beautiful scenery.
Florence moved to the Boundary Community
Restorium in 2012 to recuperate from a broken
shoulder. After a few weeks there, she decided
that she did not want to live alone any longer
and she resided at the Restorium until her
death.
She enjoyed all the activities, bible studies,
entertainment, residents and staff.
Florence had a great sense of humor, a quick wit
and she was an inspiration to all. She gave her
love freely and always saw the best in everyone.
No one was a stranger to her. She will be
greatly missed.
She was a member of the Friends of the
Restorium, Hospital Auxiliary, VFW and the
American Legion. She was also involved with the
grief support group though the years. In 2013
she went on the Inland Northwest Honor Flight to
Washington, D.C.
Florence was preceded in death by her parents,
sisters Margaret and Delores, brother Fred,
daughter Terry, sons Jim and Curtis, husband Jim
and grandchildren Dale Diller and Daniel Eby.
She is survived by daughters Gayle (Don)
Alexander, Cathy (Robert) Wells and Barbara
(Roy) Lefebvre, five grandchildren, six great
grandchildren and seven
great-great-grandchildren. |
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