Elma G. Burch, 80

Elma G. Burch, 80, passed away on Sept. 21, 2005, at Huckleberry Retirement Home.

Mass and burial services will be held in Michigan.

Elma enjoyed sewing, gardening, reading and dancing. She felt her most important accomplishment was raising her children.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Russ Burch; and oldest daughter, Karen Sue. She is survived by four children, Janice Lovejoy of Eaton Rapids, Mich., Pat Closson of Sandpoint, Idaho, Becky Freeman of Dewitt, Mich., and Russ Burch Jr. of Walnut Creek, Calif.

Any donations may be made to Bonner County Hospice.