Beulah M. Beauchene, 93

Beulah M. Beauchene, 93, of Sandpoint died Sunday, May 24, 2009 at Life Care Center of Sandpoint. 

Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM, on Monday, June 1st, in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel.  Pastor Ken Smith, First Baptist Church, will be officiating.  Interment will be in the Pack River Cemetery.

Beulah was born in Bainville, Montana on April 27, 1916 the daughter of Albert and Maude Mattingley.  She grew up, and attended schools, in Montana.  On Jan. 24, 1940 she married Ernest Beauchene in McCabe, Montana.  In 1951 the family moved to the Bronx area, near Sandpoint.  They operated a family farm until moving to Sandpoint in 1974, Ernest passed away in 1979. 

She was a member of the First Baptist Church and volunteered at the Sandpoint Senior Citizens Center.  She enjoyed her flowers, gardening, quilting, raising farm animals, and the squirrels in her yard.  She married William “Bill” Ogden on Aug. 28, 1982 in Sandpoint and he passed away in 1992.

She is survived by  3 sons Al Beauchene in Hayden, ID; Roger and Gary Beauchene both in Sandpoint; a daughter Elsie Ground in Brewster, WA;

9 grandchildren, 9 great grand children; and a brother Robert Mattingley in Bainville, Montana.

She was also preceded in death by her parents, her brothers Raymond and Bernard, and a sister Bessie.

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

Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Coffelt Funeral Service.