Garland Edward Newton, 87

Garland Edward Newton, 87, passed away, Tuesday, July 20, 2004, in Sandpoint.

A memorial service celebrating Garland's life will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 25, 2004, at the Sandpoint United Methodist Church with the Rev. Darryn J. Hewson officiating. Viewing will take place at the Lakeview Funeral Home between 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. Private interment will take place at Pinecrest Cemetery on Monday.

Garland was born July 10, 1917, in Harrison to Edwin and Jewel Newton. He grew up and attended schools in Harrison, and graduated from Harrison High School in 1937. He went on to serve in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

On July 29, 1939, he married Christina Baillie in Coeur d'Alene. They lived in Spokane, where Garland worked for Western Pine Lumber Company. He began working for General Telephone Company in 1948. They moved to Sandpoint in 1954 where he worked as a lineman with Elmer "Nick" Nikkola, primarily in the Hope and Clark Fork communities.

000200000457000003F4451,Garland retired in 1979. He and his wife bought the first lot in the Moran Addition of Sandpoint and built there home there in 1956.

Garland coached many baseball teams including American Legion, and taught hunter safety for many years. He was a member of the international Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and a life member of Eagles Lodge. He enjoyed many years of annual hunting trips to the St. Joe with his three sons and more recently a grandson. He was an ardent fan of baseball and football.

A faithful and loving husband, Garland is survived by his wife, Christina, at the home in Sandpoint. They would have celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary next week. He is also survived by three sons and their families: Garland L. "Skip" (Helen) Newton of Sandpoint, David (Ann) Newton of Spokane, and Rod (Kris) Newton of Troy, Mont.; 7 cherished grandchildren and 8 beloved great-grandchildren; two brothers, Don Newton of Coeur d'Alene and Paul Newton of Wenatchee; two sisters Julie Hurlburt of Lincoln, Wash., and Pearl Fairchild of Spokane Valley, Wash.; and many adoring nieces and nephews.

00020000043C00000845436,Memorials may be made to the charity of your choice.

Lakeview Funeral Home in Sandpoint is handling the arrangements. Please visit Garland's online memorial at www.lakeviewfuneral.com and sign his online guest book.

Carol Ann Glimco Powell

Carol Ann Glimco Powell went to be with the Lord on March 23, 2004, at her home in Ririe; her husband and friends were with her at her bedside.

A memorial service will be held on July 24, 2004, at the Assembly of God Church, officiated by Pastor Randall Beal. A lunch will be served after the service; if you are able, please bring a salad to share.

She was born June 24, 1952, in Chicago, Ill., to James E. and Lorraine Glimco.

She lived in Tucson, Ariz., before moving to Idaho, where she lived in Pocatello, Moyie Springs, Sandpoint, Coeur d'Alene and lastly, Ririe.

On April 5, 2002, Carol married the love of her life, Brett Powell.

She was a member of the Sandpoint Assembly of God Church. She enjoyed camping, scuba diving, hang gliding, riding motorcycles and just sitting on her front porch in Ririe watching the world go by.

0002000004AD00000C7B4A7,She says her greatest accomplishment was managing an Arby's restaurant in Pocatello. The happiest days of her life were spent with Brett, her husband, and they shared many happy moments in their short time together.

Survivors include her husband, her parents, four stepdaughters and four sisters, two grandchildren as well as many friends.

Wilma Boag Mortensen, 91

Wilma Boag Mortensen, 91, passed away on July 17 after a two-month battle with pancreatic cancer.

She was a resident of Sandpoint for the past four years. She relocated to Idaho from Alexandria, Va., with her daughter and son-in-law, Sue and Bruce Vogelsinger, who followed their twin daughters and the first of Wilma' s great-grandchildren to the beautiful community of Sandpoint.

Born in Milton, Iowa, Wilma graduated from Iowa State University in 1934. The following year she married her college sweetheart, Charles Mortensen, an architecture graduate from Omaha, Neb. In 1941, the Mortensens moved to the Washington, D.C. area where they resided, with the exception of two years in California during World War II, until Wilma moved to Sandpoint in 2000. Mr. Mortensen, former trade association executive, died in 1995.

00020000065F00001122659,Wilma worked her way through college during the Great Depression and taught for a year following college to pay off college loans. She majored in home economics and was a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority.

An avid golfer, Wilma was a charter member of the Belle Haven Country Club in Alexandria, Va. She won many golfing awards and continued to play regularly well into her 80s.

She and her husband enjoyed traveling and took part in many Elder Hostel tours in this country and abroad. Trips on their own were frequently planned to include both golf and historical sites. Wilma and Charles entertained frequently and she was an accomplished seamstress who made most of her own clothes.

Wilma lived in her own house in south Sandpoint, next door to one of her granddaughters, and managed her own affairs until the last few months of her life. In fact with her indomitable spirit, and thrifty Depression-era mentality, she recently refinanced the 30-year mortgage on her house to obtain a lower interest rate.

In Sandpoint, she was a member of PEO, the new Pi Beta Phi Idaho Panhandle Alumnae club, Friends of the Library, Community Assistance League and their bridge group, and a supporter of the Pend Orielle Arts Council, Panida Theater and The Festival at Sandpoint.

In addition to her daughter, she is survived by her son Charles Robert Mortensen of Martinsburg, W.V.; granddaughters Julia Vogelsinger Andrick and Sera Vogelsinger Johnson, both of Sandpoint; Scotia Mortensen and Solveig Mortensen of Frederick, Maryland; and five great-grandchildren, all in Sandpoint. Her daughter, Maren Mortensen, preceded her in death.