Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Caldwell. Rev. Stanley Andrews of the Boise First United Methodist Church will officiate.
Mrs. Gorley, a homemaker, was born Jan. 20, 1902, at Gratiot, Ohio, a daughter of Frank T. and Ethel Bell Bonifield. She grew up in Gratiot and married Wilbur L. Gorley on Nov. 30, 1922, at Brownsville, Ohio. They lived in Zanesville, Ohio, until moving to Caldwell in 1945. Her husband died Sept. 28, 1975, and she moved to Boise in 1977.
She was a member of the Boise First United Methodist Church and the Rebekah Circle of the church.
Survivors include a son, Richard L. Gorley of Spokane, Wash.; a daughter, Ann Spence of Boise; a brother, James R. Bonifield of Zanesville; a sister, Ella Mae Williams of Zanesville; six grandchildren, Pam Schillinger of Mineral, Wash., Christy Gorley of Seattle, Rick Gorley of Spokane, Karen Spence Dirkse of Yakima, Wash., Steve Spence of Gooding and Stan Spence of Caldwell; and 12 great-grandchildren. Three brothers and a sister died earlier.
Memorials may be made to the Mountain States Tumor Institute.
Friends may call today from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Alden-Waggoner Chapel in Boise.
--transcribed and contributed by Dan Fowler, Findagrave member #47339884
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Caldwell. Rev. Stanley Andrews of the Boise First United Methodist Church will officiate.
Mrs. Gorley, a homemaker, was born Jan. 20, 1902, at Gratiot, Ohio, a daughter of Frank T. and Ethel Bell Bonifield. She grew up in Gratiot and married Wilbur L. Gorley on Nov. 30, 1922, at Brownsville, Ohio. They lived in Zanesville, Ohio, until moving to Caldwell in 1945. Her husband died Sept. 28, 1975, and she moved to Boise in 1977.
She was a member of the Boise First United Methodist Church and the Rebekah Circle of the church.
Survivors include a son, Richard L. Gorley of Spokane, Wash.; a daughter, Ann Spence of Boise; a brother, James R. Bonifield of Zanesville; a sister, Ella Mae Williams of Zanesville; six grandchildren, Pam Schillinger of Mineral, Wash., Christy Gorley of Seattle, Rick Gorley of Spokane, Karen Spence Dirkse of Yakima, Wash., Steve Spence of Gooding and Stan Spence of Caldwell; and 12 great-grandchildren. Three brothers and a sister died earlier.
Memorials may be made to the Mountain States Tumor Institute.
Friends may call today from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Alden-Waggoner Chapel in Boise.
--transcribed and contributed by Dan Fowler, Findagrave member #47339884
Gravesite Details
According to her husband's memorial, her name is Emma Kathryn. According to her grave marker and obituary, her name is Kathryn Emma.
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