Bernice Elaine Boe

Bernice Boe, 86, of Post Falls, Idaho, went to be with the Lord on Memorial Day, Monday May 28, 2018 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. She was born to Hubert (Hube) and Lydia (Heit) Fredericks on November 29, 1931 in Hysham, Montana. She was the oldest of five children.

Bernice grew up in the Livingston, Montana area. She met James (Jim) Boe of Big Timber, Montana, while working as a waitress in Livingston. They were married on April 17, 1949 in Big Timber.

Shortly after their third child was born, they moved to the Harrison Flats in Harrison, Idaho where they farmed and ranched. They raised cattle and to this day the family still carries on the tradition of raising, butchering, cutting and wrapping their own beef. Bernice also worked as the Administrative Assistant for she and Jim’s insurance business for many years.

Bernice was a member of the Harrison Grange, the Pomona Grange, was a 4H Leader, and had just received her 50 year membership pin with the Sons of Norway. She attended the Rathdrum Bible Church after they moved to Post Falls, Idaho in 1999. Mom cared for Dad as his Parkinson’s Disease progressed until his passing on March 5, 2003.

Mom and Dad loved to travel. They ventured to many countries by air and sea. They also pulled their 5th wheel trailer all over the United States with the Good Sam club. They became “snowbirds” and spent many winters in Arizona. They never met a group of pinochle players they didn’t join and after Jim died Mom became an avid Bunco player.

Besides her husband and parents, Bernice was preceded in death by their oldest child, Stephen James Boe, and her four brothers, Melvin, Carl (Ike), Jack and Lester Fredericks. She is survived by daughter, Debbie and husband Charlie Simpson of Post Falls, Idaho; son Alan and wife Judy Boe of Moscow, Idaho; and daughter-in-law Laura and husband Larry Sanders of Rathdrum, Idaho. Bernice also has 8 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Other survivors include five sisters-in-law, many nieces and nephews, and numerous cousins.

Memorial services will be held at the Grange Hall in Harrison, Idaho on Sunday, June 3rd at 2:00 PM and also at the Lutheran Church in Big Timber, Montana on Saturday, June 9th at 2:00 PM.