Boundary County ID Archives Obituaries.....Leslie, Miriam Elizabeth Butler August 21, 1985
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Bonners Ferry Herald August 29, 1985
Miriam Leslie passes
   Miriam Elizabeth Butler Leslie died on August 21, in the Bonner General
Hospital in Sandpoint. Funeral services were held on Monday, at II a.m. in the
United Methodist Church in Bonners Ferry with Rev. Bill Green officiating.
Interment followed in the Grandview Cemetery.
   Miriam was born May 17, 1919 at home on the ‘Island” at Bonners Ferry, the
third child of Bill and Nora Sage Butler.  Her mother passed away when. She was
eleven years old.
   Miriam attended schools in Banners Ferry and worked as a cook in logging
camps and restaurants in Bonners Ferry. On August 7, 1937 she married Roy Buffin
and to this marriage three children, Carol. Pat and Gene. They made their home
in Meadow Creek and Moyie Springs where Roy worked for the railroad.
   Roy preceded Miriam in death on March 22. 1944 leaving her with three
children to care for Miriam worked again as cook, managing as best she could
during those past war years.
    She married Bill Leslie on October 2, 1945 in Thompson Fails, Montana.  They
had two children. Ruth Ann and Steve.
   They made their home most of their married life on the North Bench near
Bonners Ferry, where Bill worked in the woods and they always had a small farm.
They left for short periods of time to the Kellogg and Republic Washington areas
where Bill worked as  miner. They always called
Bonners Ferry home.
   Miriam’s most valuable possessions and sometimes her only possessions were
her children. She prided herself in being able to grow her own food and be
self-sustaining. She enjoyed music,
birds, flowers, and watching people. She was an avid outdoors person.
   Miriam is survived by her stepmother, Grace Gonzales; one sister, Ruth Klahn;
five children. Carol Townsent of Jackson, Missouri. Pat Miles of Banners Ferry,
Gene Buffin of Coeur d’Alene. Ruth Ann Wilson of Bonners Ferry, and Steve Leslie
of Hayden Lake; two stepsons. Bill
Leslie of Roseville, California and Jerry Leslie of Redmond, Washington;
seventeen  grandchildren. Rhonda, Elizabeth, Elmer and Leroy Townsend, Patsy,
Donna, Laurrie. And Walter Miles, Gene, Jeff. Tony, and Shelly Buffin. Shawn and
Kelly Wilson and Michael.. Annaka and Misty Leslie; six great-grandchildren,
Crystal,  Jennifer, Jake, James. Britt and Steven; four nieces, two nephews and
many friends.
   Miriam was preceded in death by her parents,  husband, Roy Buffin and Bill
Leslie, two brothers, Bud and Bill Butler, two sisters. Ethel Douglas and Ruby
Hatchett. 




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