Lila Fae Allenberg passed away Friday, October 14, 2016 at the Community Restorium in Bonners Ferry at the age of 94. Lila was born on May 10, 1922 in Linton, North Dakota, the 14th of 19 children born to Norbert Curtis Billingsley and Elizabeth Alvira (Vera) Coon Billingsley. The family moved to Montana when she was about 3 years old and then to Moyie Springs, Idaho when she was 14.
On Christmas Eve 1938 she married Frank H. Allenberg after making him promise that he would provide her with a milk cow and garden. He kept his promise and she had a milk cow until her children were raised and a garden until she moved to the Restorium. They had three children, Virginia, Richard and Luana. She helped clear fields, make hay, and take care of the ranch in the Moyie Springs area, working hard but also taking time to ride her horse and take the kids fishing huckleberry picking.
She was a founding member Curly Creek Hall and a member of the Curly Qs Extension Club. After her children were raised she worked for several years as a dental assistant for Dr. Ghigleri. Following the death of her husband of fifty-seven years she continued living on the ranch until moving to the Community Restorium in 2011 where she continued enjoying life and the excellent care she received there.
Preceding her in death were her parents, husband, son Richard and sixteen siblings. She is survived by sisters Mary Ann Perovich of Missoula, MT.; and Dorothy Firebaugh of Coeur d’Alene, ID; daughters Virginia (Tom Roy) Cowley of Bonners Ferry, ID; and Luana McUne of Coeur d’Alene;, ID; 7 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and a great-grandchild and many nieces and nephews>
Lila was a member of the First Baptist Church where services will be held Friday (Oct. 21) at 12:00 noon for all her family and friends. Private graveside services will precede at Grandview Cemetery. Memorials in Lila’s memory may be made to the Friends of the Restorium.
On Christmas Eve 1938 she married Frank H. Allenberg after making him promise that he would provide her with a milk cow and garden. He kept his promise and she had a milk cow until her children were raised and a garden until she moved to the Restorium. They had three children, Virginia, Richard and Luana. She helped clear fields, make hay, and take care of the ranch in the Moyie Springs area, working hard but also taking time to ride her horse and take the kids fishing huckleberry picking.
She was a founding member Curly Creek Hall and a member of the Curly Qs Extension Club. After her children were raised she worked for several years as a dental assistant for Dr. Ghigleri. Following the death of her husband of fifty-seven years she continued living on the ranch until moving to the Community Restorium in 2011 where she continued enjoying life and the excellent care she received there.
Preceding her in death were her parents, husband, son Richard and sixteen siblings. She is survived by sisters Mary Ann Perovich of Missoula, MT.; and Dorothy Firebaugh of Coeur d’Alene, ID; daughters Virginia (Tom Roy) Cowley of Bonners Ferry, ID; and Luana McUne of Coeur d’Alene;, ID; 7 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and a great-grandchild and many nieces and nephews>
Lila was a member of the First Baptist Church where services will be held Friday (Oct. 21) at 12:00 noon for all her family and friends. Private graveside services will precede at Grandview Cemetery. Memorials in Lila’s memory may be made to the Friends of the Restorium.
Lila Fae Allenberg passed away Friday, October 14, 2016 at the Community Restorium in Bonners Ferry at the age of 94. Lila was born on May 10, 1922 in Linton, North Dakota, the 14th of 19 children born to Norbert Curtis Billingsley and Elizabeth Alvira (Vera) Coon Billingsley. The family moved to Montana when she was about 3 years old and then to Moyie Springs, Idaho when she was 14.
On Christmas Eve 1938 she married Frank H. Allenberg after making him promise that he would provide her with a milk cow and garden. He kept his promise and she had a milk cow until her children were raised and a garden until she moved to the Restorium. They had three children, Virginia, Richard and Luana. She helped clear fields, make hay, and take care of the ranch in the Moyie Springs area, working hard but also taking time to ride her horse and take the kids fishing huckleberry picking.
She was a founding member Curly Creek Hall and a member of the Curly Qs Extension Club. After her children were raised she worked for several years as a dental assistant for Dr. Ghigleri. Following the death of her husband of fifty-seven years she continued living on the ranch until moving to the Community Restorium in 2011 where she continued enjoying life and the excellent care she received there.
Preceding her in death were her parents, husband, son Richard and sixteen siblings. She is survived by sisters Mary Ann Perovich of Missoula, MT.; and Dorothy Firebaugh of Coeur d’Alene, ID; daughters Virginia (Tom Roy) Cowley of Bonners Ferry, ID; and Luana McUne of Coeur d’Alene;, ID; 7 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and a great-grandchild and many nieces and nephews>
Lila was a member of the First Baptist Church where services will be held Friday (Oct. 21) at 12:00 noon for all her family and friends. Private graveside services will precede at Grandview Cemetery. Memorials in Lila’s memory may be made to the Friends of the Restorium.
On Christmas Eve 1938 she married Frank H. Allenberg after making him promise that he would provide her with a milk cow and garden. He kept his promise and she had a milk cow until her children were raised and a garden until she moved to the Restorium. They had three children, Virginia, Richard and Luana. She helped clear fields, make hay, and take care of the ranch in the Moyie Springs area, working hard but also taking time to ride her horse and take the kids fishing huckleberry picking.
She was a founding member Curly Creek Hall and a member of the Curly Qs Extension Club. After her children were raised she worked for several years as a dental assistant for Dr. Ghigleri. Following the death of her husband of fifty-seven years she continued living on the ranch until moving to the Community Restorium in 2011 where she continued enjoying life and the excellent care she received there.
Preceding her in death were her parents, husband, son Richard and sixteen siblings. She is survived by sisters Mary Ann Perovich of Missoula, MT.; and Dorothy Firebaugh of Coeur d’Alene, ID; daughters Virginia (Tom Roy) Cowley of Bonners Ferry, ID; and Luana McUne of Coeur d’Alene;, ID; 7 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and a great-grandchild and many nieces and nephews>
Lila was a member of the First Baptist Church where services will be held Friday (Oct. 21) at 12:00 noon for all her family and friends. Private graveside services will precede at Grandview Cemetery. Memorials in Lila’s memory may be made to the Friends of the Restorium.
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