Boundary County ID Archives Obituaries.....Branom, Mabel (Sammie) March 12, 2003
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Bonners Ferry Herald, Thursday, March 27, 2003

Mabel (Sammie) Branom, 93, passed away March 12, 2003 at the Life Care of Boise
in Boise, id.
   Sammie was born Aug. 12, 1909 in Panoka, Alberta, Canada to Jack and Carla
hertz.  The family moved to Santa Cruz, Calif. And settled in Bonners Ferry, Id.
When Sammie was six years old.  She picked her nickname while playing basketball
in high school.
   Sammie received her teaching degree from Lewis-Clark Normal School and taught
at North Side in Bonners Ferry.
   She married Duncan Branom in 1933 and moved to Lewiston in 1937.  Sammie was
a great support to Dunc in all his endeavors.  They farmed together in Tammany
until 1984, when they moved into town.
   Sammie loved to play golf (and had a hole-in-one) at the Lewiston Country
club and was an avid bridge and cribbage player.  She exhibited boundless energy
and loved the mountains, where she would fish and hunt for wild mushrooms.  She
always kept her sense of humor and had a smile for others.
   She was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Dunc; son James;
granddaughter Suzanne Henderson Porter; and sister Vada Hughes.
   Sammie is survived by two daughters, Barbara Henderson of Boise, Id. And pat
Fellows of Great Falls, Mont., grandchildren Tom and wife Cindy Henderson,
Michael C. Fellows, Steven B. and wife Susan Fellows, Jonathon J. and wife
Rebecca Fellows, and Robert D. and wife Carla Fellows; along with numerous
great-grandchildren.



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