Boundary County ID Archives Obituaries.....Harms, Frances Ruth Smith July 30, 2007
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Bonners Ferry Herald, Thursday, August 16, 2007
   Frances Ruth Smith Harms was born on Nov. 15, 1933, to Sam M. and Susie Unruh
Smith in Gray County, Kan. She peacefully passed away at home on July 30, 2007,
at the age of 73. Funeral services was held on Aug. 3, at the Mt. View Mennonite
Church in Bonners Ferry with burial following in the Mt. View Mennonite Cemetery.
   Frances grew to womanhood in the Copeland, Kan., community.
   On May 23, 1948, after giving her heart to the Lord Jesus, Minister Vernon
Nightingale, baptized her into the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite. She
embraced this faith to the end.
Frances was joined in marriage to me, Eugene Harms on Jan. 16, 1952, by Minister
Vernon Nightingale. We began our married life in Ulysses, Kan., and enjoyed a
very close relationship for 55 years. This union was blessed with four sons and
one daughter.
   We spent 26 years in Ulysses, Kan., on the family farm. Family and friends
enjoyed her homemaking skills and hospitality. We, as a family, appreciated her
charitable spirit toward others. In 1978 we moved to Bonners Ferry, Idaho, where
she spent the last 28 years of her life. She loved the mountains and found joy
in observing nature, listening to birdsong, and tending her many beautiful
flowers. Spending time with her grandchildren was very special to her. She often
prayed for them.
After a five month battle with cancer, the family was blessed with her radiant
face and smile as the Lord came to take her home.
   Those left to cherish memories are her husband, Eugene Harms, Bonners Ferry,
Idaho; and four sons, Arnold and Diane Harms, Ivins, Utah; Cecil and Carol
Harms, Murtaugh, Idaho; Troy and Sue Harms, Bonners Ferry, Idaho; Wade and
Elaine Harms, Hazelton, Idaho; one daughter; Doreen and Jeremy Amoth, Bonners
Ferry, Idaho; 19 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three brothers, Vernon and
Evelyn Smith, Ulysses, Kan.; Ervie and Pearl Smith, Dodge City, Kan.; Milton and
Shirley Smith, Dodge City, Kan.; four sisters, Irene Unruh, Copeland, Kan.,
Viola and Lee Koehn, Montezuma, Kan.; Verda and John Koehn, Stover, Mo.; Doris
and Bill Friesen, Perrinton, Mich.; one brother-in-law: Pete Koehn, Cimarron,
Kan. She was preceded in death by her parents and one sister.
Please visit the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home website at
www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com and sign the guest book.



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