Maxine E. McDowell, 88

Maxine E. McDowell, 88, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho, on Monday, Oct. 20, 2008.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008, in Coffelt's Funeral Chapel. Father Dennis C. Day, St Joseph's Catholic Church, will officiate and internment will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park.

Maxine was born in Eldora, Iowa, on Oct. 27, 1919, the daughter of Jacob and Nellie Fromm.

She moved to Clark Fork, Idaho, in 1932 and then to Dover, Idaho, in 1934.

She attended local schools and married Raymond McDowell on July 3, 1937, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. She had twin sons Michael and Patrick McDowell.

She moved to Priest River in 1949 and cooked for Albert Wah in the Pend Oreille Café.

In 1964 she moved to Sandpoint, working for Leonard Haugse at the Pastime Café. She also cooked at Don's Drive In, Connies, and the Schweitzer Lodge. She enjoyed doing embroidery work and reading. She loved to cook for her family and her friends.

She is survived by her two sons, Patrick F. McDowell and Michael R. (and Carol) McDowell, both of Sandpoint; two grandchildren, Valerie Syth and Scott McDowell; great-grandchildren Samantha Campbell, Amanda Syth and Haley Syth, all of Sandpoint; her sister, Margaret Heck of Spokane, Wash.; three nephews, Paul and Jim Fromm and Ed Hildreth; a brother-in-law, Dorance Hildreth; her extended family, Margie McDowell, Wade Syth, her special friends at Valley Vista, and the Huckleberry Retirement Home.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Raymond; two sisters, Leona Lindt and Wilma Hildreth; a brother, Richard Fromm; a brother-in-law, Bill Lindt;, and a sister-in-law, Francis Fromm.

Family and friends are invited to sign Maxine's online guest book at www.coffeltfuneral.com.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Coffelt Funeral Service of Sandpoint.