Boundary County ID Archives Obituaries.....Ponsness, Lloyd Evertte  November 22, 1995
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Bonners Ferry Herald, , Nov. 22, 1995
   Lloyd Evertte Ponsness died November 22, 1995 at the Community Restorium in
Bonners Ferry, Idaho.  Services will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church in
Bonners Ferry, Saturday, December 2, 1995 at 2 p.m.
   Lloyd Evertte Ponsness was born march 1, 1912 to Lars and Bertha Ponsness in
Badger, Iowa.  Despite being injured at birth and not able to walk for several
years, Lloyd recovered and lead an active life.
   Lloyd married Dorothy Eastwood in Webster City, Iowa on May 18, 1935 they
lived in Iowa and Minnesota till moving West, settling in Rathdrum, Idaho in
1947.  Lloyd, Dorothy and their 4 children spent much of their time hunting,
fishing, shooting trap, and prospecting for uranium in the Priest Lake area. 
Lloyd was employed from 1947 to 1953 by Kaiser Aluminum, Trentwood as a machinist.
   In 1962 he invented a shotgun shell reloading tool and the company of
Ponsness-Warren, Inc. was established in 1963 in Rathdrum.  He retired in 1972
due to ill health.  His retirement years were spent fishing and hunting.
   Lloyd and Dorothy moved to Bonners Ferry in 1986 and in 1988 he started
Border Bait.  They spent 5 years driving 500 miles a week delivering bait.  His
granddaughter Shelley Simonsen and her husband Eric have taken over the family
route.
   Preceded in death by wife Dorothy, 6 brothers and 3 sisters, Lloyd is
survived by daughters Janet Lange of California, Carol Spirs, of England, sons
Dennis of Porthill and Stan of Alaska,  Lloyd and 13 grandchildren and 1 great
grandchild.


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