Lois Lorene Smith, 93

Lois Lorene Smith, 93, of Bonners Ferry died Friday, Feb. 22, 2008.

The funeral will be held 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, at Bonners Ferry Funeral Home.

Lois was born March 15, 1914, in Hollis, Okla., to Jesse James and Pearl Omar Mears. She was the fourth child out of six. Lois outlived her three brothers and two sisters.

Shortly after her birth, the family moved to Texas where her father farmed until moving to New Mexico in 1930 to open a grocery store and service station.

Lois married Foster Lee Mayo on Dec. 24, 1933, and they lived in Clovis, N.M., until the 1940s before moving to Carlsbad, N.M., then Artesia, N.M., and Farmington, N.M., in 1957.

She married Carl Smith on June 1, 1976. He was a dispatcher for the Farmington Fire Department. They moved to Salt Lake City in 1983 and remained there until moving to North Idaho in 2002.

Lois was a housewife and bookkeeper for several companies including the Sam Thomas Motor Co. in Carlsbad. She owned and managed Avery Restaurant in Farmington until the 1970s.

Lois continued to work part time in the restaurant business until retiring to raise a cock-a-poo pup named “Barney” and some of the world's biggest and most beautiful roses.

Her favorite hobbies were fishing, crocheting, gardening, dancing and playing Dominoes and Solitaire. Lois made world-class Mexican food and cornbread dressing to die for.

She is survived by her husband, Carl, of Bonners Ferry, a son, Foster; daughter, Trish, of Bonners Ferry; grandchildren Kevin and Lori of Chattaroy, Wash.; great-granddaughters Brittany of Salt Lake City and Chelsea at Washington State University; six nephews; four nieces; and three grand pups.

The family is extremely grateful to the medical and care staff at the extended care facility in the Boundary Community Hospital. Lois received world-class care from world-class caring people.

At 7 a.m. Feb. 22, 2008, she began a new adventure - reuniting with old friends and family, seeing new places, and playing again with Barney among her roses.