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Ronald Dale Nystrom: |
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November 5, 1932 ~ September 13, 2014 |
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September 16, 2014 |
Ronald Dale Nystrom passed away Saturday,
September 13 at The Hospice House of Couer d’
Alene, from complications of having had two
strokes earlier in the week. There will be a
memorial service for Ron on Saturday, September
20 at 11:00 a.m. at the Bonners Ferry Funeral
Home, with a luncheon to follow at The Rusty
Moose Tavern and Grill. Everyone is welcome. Ron
will be laid to rest at Lakeview Cemetery in
Kenmare, North Dakota.
He was born on November 5, 1932 to Alvin and
Agnes Nystrom in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was
the first of six children. His siblings to
follow him in order are : Darold, Milo, Carol,
Marlyce, and Jeanette.
 Ron
graduated High School in 1950 from Kenmare,
North Dakota. He then attended a year or so of
college before enlisting into the Army in 1952.
He was a military policeman, and served in the
Korean War. He married Albertina Schwalich on
September 3, 1960 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
They later moved to Portland, Oregon, where Ron
had bought into a mill: Linton Plywood. They
adopted their only child Dan Alvin in July 1968,
he was born July 4, 1968 and they took him home
on the 5th. So proud of his son that Ron took up
photography as a hobby and loved taking pictures
of him. In the early seventies the family moved
to Priest Lake, Idaho where he built, owned, and
operated his own sawmill. Another move to
Portland and then to Bonners Ferry, Idaho, where
he started a veneer mill called C-ply. Ron and
Al divorced in 1987.
Ron owned and operated a second hand store in
downtown Bonners Ferry for years. Then he
retired and enjoyed playing cribbage with his
friends and visiting at the Eagles Club. In 2012
he began to have some health problems, which he
was still slightly recovering from. He had been
residing at the Restorium in Bonners Ferry where
he always had company.
Ron was preceded in death by his father, mother,
brother Milo, and sister Marlyce. He is survived
by his son Dan Alvin and wife Jill,
granddaughter Melissa (Bryant) Brown, and great
granddaughter Aurora Brown, numerous Nieces,
Nephews, and cousins.
Family and friends are invited to sign Ron’s
book at www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com
Arrangements are entrusted to the care of
Bonners Ferry Funeral Home. |
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