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Lauretta May Walters |
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June 30, 1918 ~ March 17, 2017 |
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March 26, 2017 |
Lauretta Tase Walters passed away peacefully at
the Boundary County Restorium on March 17, 2017.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, April
6, in the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home Chapel,
Bonners Ferry, with private interment in
Grandview Cemetery.
Lauretta was born on June 30, 1918, to Charles
and Emma Tase of Flint, Michigan. She loved
learning and was the oldest of four children.
Her family enjoyed hunting, camping, fishing as
well as many other outdoor activities.
Her father built a house car which they used as
a camper. They would go to northern Michigan to
cut Christmas trees in the fall to provide
income for the family. Lauretta fondly told of
one fall when they had taken their Christmas
trees all the way to Florida and made a family
expedition out of it.
She also had a passion for baseball. She was an
avid Chicago Cubs fan. Perhaps this stemmed from
a trip her father took her in 1932 to see the
Cubs lose the World Series to the Yankees, led
by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. She watched and
cheered happily as the Cubs won the top prize
last fall.
She had always said she wanted to live long
enough to see her Cubs win the World Series.
WWII gave Lauretta a chance to serve the country
she loved. She enlisted in The United States
Navy as an Aircraft Machinist Mate specializing
in instrument assembly, and was honorably
discharged after two years of service. The main
reason she left the service was because she had
met and soon married her husband, Leroy P.
"Walt" Walters.
The couple were stationed in San Diego,
California, until they moved to Moyie Springs
and bought their homestead in 1956, where they
lived together until Walt's untimely death in
1995.
Walt and Lauretta enjoyed their homestead and
built their own house as well as a comfortable
life together. They enjoyed traveling which,
included three different excursions to Alaska,
each lasting one to three months.
They were also active in HAM radio, where they
would talk to and meet with people from around
the world.
Lauretta also accompanied her dear friend Cheryl
Sharp on The Honor Flight in 2014. This was an
amazing and wonderful experience for her. She
knew she was blessed to have a dear friend like
Cheryl.
She continued to live at their home until
influenza weakened her enough to force her to
Boundary County Community Hospital on February
4, 2017, and eventually Boundary County
Restorium to live her last days.
Lauretta enjoyed gardening, picnicking, family
gatherings, shopping, games and puzzles of all
kinds. She was a longtime member of the Curly
Creek Curly Qs. Although she had no children of
her own, she was adopted grandma loved by three
generations of the Rob and Kim Pluid family.
She saw many changes in her life. Technology and
gadgets intrigued her and kept her mind always
busy. She was the only person we knew who read
every manual cover to cover.
Lauretta was also a giving person, when she no
longer had need her motor home she gave it to
Boundary County Search and Rescue an
organization she had much respect for. |
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