Boundary County ID Archives Obituaries.....Lynch, Laurel Jeanne August 30, 2005
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Bonners Ferry Herald

   (Laurel) Jeanne Lynch passed away on August 25, 2007 at the Boundary
Community Nursing Home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. 
   A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 11:00
am in St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Bonners Ferry with private internment at a
later date. 
   I was born November 14, 1918 and it was way too cold to fish that day. 
   My mother, Kate Wade Schneckloth and my father, Emil Schneckloth decided
right there and then that I was the last of the siblings to be. 
   Violet was the only sister they gave me has now passed on. Merle was the
oldest brother and has also passed, and Gus who now lives in Sacramento, CA with
his oldest daughter at a wondrous 92 years young. 
   But back to me ..... After graduation I worked in Seattle for the telephone
company during WWII, and also at a chiropractor’s office.   Then I met the love
of my life, Rolfe Davis Hottell. 
   I married  Rolfe in 1947 and I was so fortunate to gain my first 3 children,
Jim Hottell (Now deceased), Bob (Betty) Hottell lives now in Curlew, WA), and
Jan (Jim) Meneely, living in Kootenai, ID. 
   We then happily made the next 2 additions to our family Dave (Jeannette)
Hottell, living in Emmett, ID and Beth (Ray) Holmes, lives in Bonners Ferry, ID. 
   What a household we had .... and somehow we found time to fish. Rolfe passed
away in 1957.
   It took years but I finally found a new fishing and living partner in Leonard
Lynch, we married in 1967. 
   He added to my children with his, Maurice Lynch lives in Jacksonville, FL and
Claire Long who passed away last year.. 
   My goodness 7 children and they have all given me many grandchildren I will
tell you about them later. 
   While I lived in Sandpoint, ID I worked for the Sandpoint News Bulletin as a
teletypist, then worked for Pete Thompson when he decided to start the Sandpoint
Daily Bee, and finally retired after working for City Hall. 
   In the meantime I fished. I retired in 1971 and we moved to Bonners Ferry
where I gained so many good, good friends and I fished. 
   Leonard passed on in 1979. I was fortunate to then have my grandson, David
Holmes, become my fishing and traveling partner. 
   My first real illness was viral pneumonia in 1984. I never really recovered
from that time on but I still fished whenever possible. My children were always
there for me. 
   My son Dave Hottell and his wife took me in for several years until I became
strong enough to return home to my North Idaho. 
   For the last several years I have not been able to fish..... But I still have
had many stories. Some say I have had a terrific sense of humor, but most of all
want all to know my love of my family and friends. 
   Oh yes, the family I was going to tell of my grandchildren: Bobby Dale
Hottell, Carrie Carlson, Jacque Turner, Jeri Colin, Julie Halliday, Jennifer
Watts, David James Hottell, Angelique Kursman, Nerissa Frahm, Justin Holmes, and
David Ray Holmes. These all are my angels and they have been kind enough to give
somewhere around 24 great grandchildren and I believe even a few great-great
grandchildren: 
   What a blessed life I have had …but on August 25, 2007, my daughter Jan said
those before me are planning a party for me—hope we go fishing. 


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