Boundary County ID Archives Obituaries.....Spurgeon, George Oliver June 10, 1968
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Bonners Ferry Herald, Thursday, June 19, 1968
 
Funeral Services Conducted Here for George O. Spurgeon
   George Oliver Spurgeon, 84, passed away at the local hospital June 10th.  He
had been a patient there one week.
   He was born April 6, 1884 in Osborn, Kans., the son of George and Esther
Sweeney Spurgeon.  He made his home in the mid-west, and in 1913 he married Anna
Buck in Iowa.  She preceded him in death in 1932 and Mr. Spurgeon accepted the
responsibility of being the sole parent to their seven children.
  In 1944 he moved his family to Bonners Ferry and in 1946, he married Florence
Clute at Libby.  She preceded him in death in 1963.  He was employed as a mill
worker, then worked in shipyards during World War II.  He later was custodian at
the First National Bank of Bonners Ferry for many years.
   He is survived by three sons, Frank of Bonners Ferry, Claude of West Covina,
Calif., and Dwight of Ft. Bragg, Calif., three daughters, Mrs. Irene Burton and
Mrs. Bessie Barrett of Bonners Ferry, and Mrs. Trany A. Brindes of LA Puente,
Calif.; five step-daughters, Mrs. Pearl Purinton and Mrs. Myrtle Hoagland,
"Bonners Ferry, Mrs. Florence Workman of Post Falls, Mrs. Grace Brudeseth, St.
Maries, and Mrs. Estella Mae Laird of Clifton Heights, Pa.; a brother, Roy of
St. Joseph, Mo.;' a sister, Mrs. Belle Medford of Longview, Wash.; also 40
grandchildren and 64 great-grandchildren.  He was the adopted "grandpa" to many
youngsters in Bonners Ferry.  he was preceded in death by a son, Charles, who
was killed in France during World War II.
   Funeral services were held June 15th, at Hillcrest memorial chapel, with
Pastor Donald Hippe officiating.  Burial was in Grandview cemetery.  Pallbearers
were Edward Purinton, Donald Hoagland, Sr., Lon Huggins, Paul Norman, Robert R.
Stephens and Carrel Hurst.


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