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Paul Kenneth Karr
May 28, 1944 ~ September 7, 2016
September 12, 2016
Paul Kenneth Karr peacefully passed away on Wednesday, September 7, 2016, at Boundary Community Hospital. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, September 16, at the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home.

There will be a gathering at the Rusty Moose after the service for friends and family who would like to share stories and remember Paul.

Paul was born May 28, 1944, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Houston, Texas to Eugene B. and Olga M. Karr. At three months of age, the family moved from Houston to Rockville, Nebraska. There they lived with Grandpa and Grandma Sullivan while his father was in the army during World War II.

Paul spent his childhood in Rockville working at the family business and building his love of cars. He graduated from Rockville High in 1962. That fall he went to work with the Bureau of Reclamation in Fontanelle, Wyoming. That is where he met the love of his life, Jeannie Robbins. They were married on February 15, 1965.

Paul and Jeannie had two children and lived in many different places before settling in Bonners Ferry in 1972. Paul enjoyed being in the woods and working with many people in the community, building things out of wood and classic cars.

He had a quick wit, a big heart and an opinion on everything!

Paul is survived by children Gary Karr, Coeur d’Alene, and Jennifer English, Bonners Ferry, grandchildren Jessica Karr, Christopher English and Kelsey English, brother Dave Karr and wife Cheri and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Paul was preceded in death by his parents and his beloved wife Jeannie.