Friday, December 19, 2008
While we were in Idaho we stayed with Aunt Michelle and Uncle Neil, they are great! we were very blessed to spend time with them. They live on the best piece of land and I loved waking up each morning and just enjoying the view from their living room. The children had a blast and made MANY fun memories...from playing with doll clothes that Lois the Great hand made, cheering their cousin Broke at her b-ball game, running around with cousin Meagan, to playing on the Giant stack of hay bails in the back yard!
So on our way to Idaho we stopped and saw the arches in Utah... We had a fun time trying to get to the arch and tried very creative and a lot harder ways to get there than the very well worn easy path that if we had looked around a bit longer we could have found.... but then never a dull moment in the Bolander household would not ring true in our ears today.
Lois Bolander, 84
Tuesday, 09 December 2008
FIRTH — Lois Bolander, 84, passed away Friday, December 5, 2008, at her home in Firth. She was born on February 12, 1924 in Firth, ID to Barber Dewayne Dye and Ila Mae Johnson Dye. She graduated from Firth High School as valedictorian of her class after only eleven years of school. On May 24, 1943, she married Gary Bolander in the Salt Lake LDS Temple and lived her entire life in Firth except for a year each in Choteau, MT and Evanston, WY. Lois loved Idaho and expressed her gratitude many times for living in this area. She especially loved and appreciated all of her friends and neighbors wherever she lived, whom she felt had all enriched and blessed her life. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and loved her posterity and Diane and Shelley Nelson, who were like family to her. Lois was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many capacities through the years. She and Gary served a mission in the Idaho Falls temple visitorâ•˙s center and later served as temple workers for seven years, where they made close and lasting friendships. She loved her final calling as a primary teacher and was tremendously grateful for the children she taught.Lois loved to sing, and her beautiful soprano voice was enjoyed by many throughout the years. She was an excellent seamstress, a superb cook, loved writing poetry, and enjoyed hobbies of painting, and camping in the great Idaho outdoors. She will be missed by all, but has left a great legacy to carry on.She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Gary Bolander of Firth, sons Kent (Vicky) of Bellingham, WA, Ralph (Donna) of Evanston, WY, Bruce (Judy) of Las Vegas, NV, daughters Sharleen Wilson (Don) of Idaho Falls, Michele Hepworth (Neil) of Blackfoot, Jan Shields (Aaron) of DeRidder, LA; 24 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by 5 brothers: Dewayne (Janiece) of Rose, William (Millie) of Weirsdale, FL, Dale Nebeker (Marnie) of Bountiful, UT, Brent (Linda) of Idaho Falls, Kerry (Irene) of Kimberly, ID and sister Barbara Taylor (Preston) of Inkom, ID. She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister Ila Dufer (George) and a grandson.Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, at the Kimball Ward Chapel, (744 N. 600 E.) in Firth with Bishop Boyd Peterson, conducting. The family will receive friends Wednesday 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Nalder Funeral Home (110 W. Oak St.) in Shelley and from 9:30 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. Thursday prior to services at the church. Interment will be in the Firth Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.nalderfuneralhome.com.
Tuesday, 09 December 2008
FIRTH — Lois Bolander, 84, passed away Friday, December 5, 2008, at her home in Firth. She was born on February 12, 1924 in Firth, ID to Barber Dewayne Dye and Ila Mae Johnson Dye. She graduated from Firth High School as valedictorian of her class after only eleven years of school. On May 24, 1943, she married Gary Bolander in the Salt Lake LDS Temple and lived her entire life in Firth except for a year each in Choteau, MT and Evanston, WY. Lois loved Idaho and expressed her gratitude many times for living in this area. She especially loved and appreciated all of her friends and neighbors wherever she lived, whom she felt had all enriched and blessed her life. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and loved her posterity and Diane and Shelley Nelson, who were like family to her. Lois was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many capacities through the years. She and Gary served a mission in the Idaho Falls temple visitorâ•˙s center and later served as temple workers for seven years, where they made close and lasting friendships. She loved her final calling as a primary teacher and was tremendously grateful for the children she taught.Lois loved to sing, and her beautiful soprano voice was enjoyed by many throughout the years. She was an excellent seamstress, a superb cook, loved writing poetry, and enjoyed hobbies of painting, and camping in the great Idaho outdoors. She will be missed by all, but has left a great legacy to carry on.She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Gary Bolander of Firth, sons Kent (Vicky) of Bellingham, WA, Ralph (Donna) of Evanston, WY, Bruce (Judy) of Las Vegas, NV, daughters Sharleen Wilson (Don) of Idaho Falls, Michele Hepworth (Neil) of Blackfoot, Jan Shields (Aaron) of DeRidder, LA; 24 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by 5 brothers: Dewayne (Janiece) of Rose, William (Millie) of Weirsdale, FL, Dale Nebeker (Marnie) of Bountiful, UT, Brent (Linda) of Idaho Falls, Kerry (Irene) of Kimberly, ID and sister Barbara Taylor (Preston) of Inkom, ID. She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister Ila Dufer (George) and a grandson.Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, at the Kimball Ward Chapel, (744 N. 600 E.) in Firth with Bishop Boyd Peterson, conducting. The family will receive friends Wednesday 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Nalder Funeral Home (110 W. Oak St.) in Shelley and from 9:30 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. Thursday prior to services at the church. Interment will be in the Firth Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.nalderfuneralhome.com.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Christmas - wow, it's amazing how one little word can invoke such a flood of unexplainable and insurmountable feelings. I sit here with a whirlwind of emotions and thoughts.
The radio has been on with beautiful Christmas music sounding through the halls of our home. It's amazing how happy this music makes me and the children - today they had 'Feliz Navidad' on about as loud as they could and they were singing at the top of their lungs. Then just as fast the reverence of 'Oh Holy Night' fills our soul and the true meaning of Christmas is brought so sweetly back to the forefront of all we do. Christ who came and sacrificed so dearly and gave so freely. This season is truly a season of rejoicing and gratitude.
We made it home from Idaho Tues. morning and we feel so blessed. Blessed that we were able to visit with Grandma/pa Lois & Gary the Great. Grandma passed this morning and we are ever so grateful for her loving and caring life. For her Christlike attitude and her hugs and kisses. We know that we were blessed to talk with her when we did and are so grateful to have had that chance.
We saw cousins, brand new baby cousin, aunts, uncles, friends. Aunt Michelle and Uncle Neil let us stay with them and our hearts are so grateful for their sacrifice. We were able to spend the night with all of Cory's brothers and sisters and his parents - what a blessing family is. I can't say that I have ever had such an overwhelmingly powerful understanding of the importance of family and the joy that comes when we are all reunited as we were. I am so grateful for this experience and how wonderfully perfect everyone was. We even were able to see the newest addition to the family, Sydney Rose and I hogged her the whole time...yup I'm a baby hog!!!
We had a bit of trouble on the way home - for those who don't know...our vehicle broke down on our drive home and it delayed us a bit then once we were finally all good to go we were on the road again when out of no where a buck jumped out in front and did some major damage to the suburban. We prayed that our vehicle would make it to Texas and that we would all be safe, so we are all safe in Texas once again. The truck well it's totaled but runs, and most importantly our prayers were heard and answered.
So May the joy of Christmas ring true in your hearts, the act of gratitude in all you do and the joy of family in everyone you meet. Feel our love and know that our heart beats in many places because you each have a bit of it.
The radio has been on with beautiful Christmas music sounding through the halls of our home. It's amazing how happy this music makes me and the children - today they had 'Feliz Navidad' on about as loud as they could and they were singing at the top of their lungs. Then just as fast the reverence of 'Oh Holy Night' fills our soul and the true meaning of Christmas is brought so sweetly back to the forefront of all we do. Christ who came and sacrificed so dearly and gave so freely. This season is truly a season of rejoicing and gratitude.
We made it home from Idaho Tues. morning and we feel so blessed. Blessed that we were able to visit with Grandma/pa Lois & Gary the Great. Grandma passed this morning and we are ever so grateful for her loving and caring life. For her Christlike attitude and her hugs and kisses. We know that we were blessed to talk with her when we did and are so grateful to have had that chance.
We saw cousins, brand new baby cousin, aunts, uncles, friends. Aunt Michelle and Uncle Neil let us stay with them and our hearts are so grateful for their sacrifice. We were able to spend the night with all of Cory's brothers and sisters and his parents - what a blessing family is. I can't say that I have ever had such an overwhelmingly powerful understanding of the importance of family and the joy that comes when we are all reunited as we were. I am so grateful for this experience and how wonderfully perfect everyone was. We even were able to see the newest addition to the family, Sydney Rose and I hogged her the whole time...yup I'm a baby hog!!!
We had a bit of trouble on the way home - for those who don't know...our vehicle broke down on our drive home and it delayed us a bit then once we were finally all good to go we were on the road again when out of no where a buck jumped out in front and did some major damage to the suburban. We prayed that our vehicle would make it to Texas and that we would all be safe, so we are all safe in Texas once again. The truck well it's totaled but runs, and most importantly our prayers were heard and answered.
So May the joy of Christmas ring true in your hearts, the act of gratitude in all you do and the joy of family in everyone you meet. Feel our love and know that our heart beats in many places because you each have a bit of it.
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