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Della Lorraine Huggins Mercer |
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April 7, 1931 ~ December 31, 2015 |
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January 6, 2016 |
 Our
loving Mom, Grandma, Sister, Aunt and friend
peacefully went Home on December 31, 2015, after
a brief illness. She was surrounded by her
children and grandchildren, whom she dearly
loved. She was 84 years old.
Della was born on April 7, 1931 to Andrew and
Della Mae Huggins, in Colorado Springs,
Colorado. She moved with her family to Kent,
Washington when she was 4, relocating to Bonners
Ferry when she was 11, where the Northside of
town became her home. Della attended the old
Northside Grade School and Bonners Ferry High
School. She worked for the Boundary County
Community Restorium, and retired from there in
the mid 90’s. She made many lifelong friends at
The Restorium.
Della married her high school sweetheart, Don
Mercer on July 1, 1949 at the Hitching Post in
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. They celebrated 65 years
of marriage together in 2014.
Don and Della lived on the Northside of Bonners
Ferry where they raised their five children.
Family was the most important thing to them and
most holidays and birthdays were celebrated at
their home. She was the heart and soul of her
family, and she took great pride in all of her
children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Many of life’s challenges were solved around her
kitchen table over dinner or a cup of tea in
their family home.
Della was proceeded in death by her parents,
Andrew and Della Mae Huggins, brothers, Lon,
Loren and Wilber Huggins, husband Don, son
Timothy and great granddaughter Lila Swift.
Della is lovingly remembered by her Aunt Estella
Mae Laird, brothers, Harold (Beverly) Huggins
and Wally Huggins, daughters, Roxy (Sam)
Tortorelli, Pam (Greg) Mead, Colleen (Travis)
Towles and Kelly (Abe) Juarez. Grandchildren,
Jason Mercer, Jacque (Toby) Gladwell, Mikki
(Toni) Mead, Walker (Richelle) Mead, Tyler
(Ashley) Mead, Luke Mead, Timothy Lederhos,
Sarrah (Levi) Falk, Cassadi (Danny) Swift,
Courtney (Zach) Horsley, RaeLynn (Clint) Juarez
Wellman, Brady Juarez. Great Grandchildren,
Joci, Kade, Rowan, Claire, Matthew, Travis,
Josef, Sam, Shiloh, Jazmyn, Christopher,
Nicholas, Brady, Ellie, Grayson, Addie, Brody,
Corbin and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and
friends.
Please join her family in a celebration of life
on Saturday January 9 at 2:00 p.m., Mountain
Springs Church, 6789 South Main, Bonners Ferry,
Idaho.
Memorials may be sent to: Hospice of North
Idaho, 9493 N. Government Way, Hayden, Idaho
83835 or www.hospiceofnorthidaho.org or call
208-772-7994. |
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