Emily Susan Bourguignon, 78

| August 24, 2022 1:00 AM

Emily Susan Bourguignon, 78, passed away on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, at her home in Careywood, Idaho.

Viewing for friends and family will be held on Monday, Aug. 29, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Lakeview Funeral Home in Sandpoint. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, at the Mountain View Cemetery in Athol, Idaho.

Sue was born October 25, 1943, in Hollywood, California, to John and Lillian Power. She grew up and attended schools in the San Fernando Valley. On July 2, 1960, Sue married Michael Erne and moved to Simi Valley. In 1968 they moved to San Diego where she raised a family, became an ironworker and owned a western feed store. In 1971, they divorced.

Sue then married Jack Bourguignon in 1976. They moved to Careywood in 1987. In 1997 Jack passed away.

Sue then met and spent the next 25 years with Bud Murr. During these years she was active in the recovery community. She was also known as the “Jerky Lady” and had an orange van and trailer called the Jerky Shack on Highway 95.

Sue enjoyed being with people and helping out her community. Every Thanksgiving, she prepared meals for the Athol Community Center. Her hobbies included raising her own meat and growing her own vegetables, painting, fishing, and traveling. She enjoyed trips to Hawaii and to the Calgary Stampede Rodeo. She was a great cook and baker.

She is survived by her son, Bryan Erne of Hayden, Idaho; stepson, Brian (Joann) Bourguignon of Oceanside, Calif.; Bud Murr of Sandpoint; seven grandchildren, Bre, Clay, Tyler, Randi, Arielle, Sean and Josh; and one great-grandson, Callan; her two sisters, Ruth Ann Gray of Laughlin, Nev., Johnna Swift of Newbury Park, Calif.; and her brother, Tom Power of Camarillo, Calif.

Sue was preceded in death by her parents; her late husband, Jack Bourguignon (1997); her son, Gregory Erne (2010); and sister, Melinda Lobel (2007).

Lakeview Funeral Home in Sandpoint is handling the arrangements. Please visit Sue’s online memorial at www.lakeviewfuneral.com and sign her guest book.