Harold Enfield (Bud) Brazier, 92

Harold Enfield (Bud) Brazier, 92, passed away at his home at Brighton Court, in Spokane Valley, Washington on July 5. 

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, July 12, 2010, at 11 a.m. in the St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, with interment in the Grandview Cemetery.

 Bud was born on July 25, 1917, in Brainard, Minn., to William E. and Altamae (Enfield) Brazier. He spent his early school years in Spokane, and moved at an early age to Bonners Ferry, Idaho, where he worked with his father, Bill. 

Bud served in WWII as a sergeant in the US Army from Sept. 11, 1940, until discharge on June 27, 1945. On July 20, 1944, he married Barbara Rae Egan in Bonners Ferry, Idaho.

 He worked as the Manager of the American Legion Club in Bonners Ferry where he sang in Local shows and for funerals and weddings. Bud also worked for Bonners Ferry Lumber Company as a check scaler and later retired from Pack River Lumber Company.

 Throughout his life Bud enjoyed hunting, fishing, playing games and cards with family and friends. He was a master of backyard barbecues especially prime rib and spent many hours camping, traveling to various campsites in the Pacific Northwest.

They sold their home and moved into Spokane where they lived with their daughter and have spent the last five years at Brighton Court an assisted living complex.

 Their home was always open to everyone.

 Survivors include two daughters: Candee A. Freeman of Spokane; Julie S. Cook and husband Gary of Coeur d’Alene; grandchildren Christopher J. Freeman of Spokane; Waco J. Freeman of Spokane; Deborah J. Freeman of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, Leslie A Shelton and husband Paul of Bonners Ferry; Lori L. Hill of Rathdrum, Idaho, and Lisa R. Cook and husband Pete of Bonners Ferry and eight great-grandchildren.

 Family and friends are invited to sign.

Bud's book at www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Bonners Ferry Funeral Home.