Boundary County ID Archives Obituaries.....Palmer, Edwin Ernest (Butch) December 20, 2006
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Bonners Ferry Herald, December 28, 2006
Edwin Ernest (Butch) Palmer, 66
   Edwin Ernest (Butch) Palmer (66) passed away unexpectedly at his Copeland
area home on Dec. 20, 2006.  Funeral services will be held on Friday Dec. 29,
2006 at 11 a.m. in the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home Chapel with private internment
in the Grandview Cemetery.
   Butch was born on March 22, 1940 in Bonners Ferry, Idaho to Edwin L. and
Rebecca C. (Fruck)  Palmer.  He attended schools in Bonner County graduating
from Bonners Ferry High School in 1959.  After his graduation he joined the U.S.
Navy and served for four years returning to Bonners Ferry in 1963.  Due to his
fathers poor health Butch took over the farming operation on the C. W. King
property in Districts 4 and 13.  After the death of his father he cared for his
mother devotedly until her death.  Butch continued farming in the districts
until his retirement.
   Butch had an extended family in the area and would make his rounds to all the
community coffee shops, businesses and homes I the winter months to catch-up on
all the latest happenings.  In many ways Butch was still a kid at heart.  His
first love was for his tractors and his old caterpillar D2 crawler he referred
to as Mom’s.
   Butch will be remembered as a kind and generous friend and neighbor.  The
hardest working farmer, a title that he inherited from his parents.  He will be
greatly missed by his family and friends.
   Throughout his life his love for farming and work but he also enjoyed his
annual fishing trip to Parker Creek and discussing the problems of the world
with friends and how to fix them.
   He is survived by his sister, Myrna Ransier of Auburn, Wash., and numerous
nieces, nephews and cousins.  He was preceded in death by his parents, brother
Richard Hershman and sister Louise Grunerud.


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