Wayne Connell Dehlbom, 79

Wayne Connell Dehlbom, 79, peacefully passed away on Jan. 17, 2014.

Family members circled the room in prayer as he departed.

There will be a celebration of his life at Dalton Gardens Church of Christ (4th and Hanley, Dalton Gardens) at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014.

He was preceded in death by his parents: Mable Jane (Blackwood) Dehlbom of Havre, Mont., and Clarence (Kelly) Eugene Dehlbom of Bonners Ferry, Idaho.

Wayne was born in 1935 and was raised on the Silver Bow ranch between Chinook and Havre, Mont. He graduated from high school in Chinook in 1953, and college at Northern Montana College in Havre in 1960.

He married Mary Joy Becklen in 1960 and their first child, Kelly Lynn (Dehlbom) Martin was born in Havre in 1961. They moved to Kellogg, Idaho, in 1962, when he got an opportunity to work in machine maintenance at Bunker Hill and she taught school at Lincoln Elementary School in Kellogg. Their second child, Wayne Scott Dehlbom was born in Kellogg in 1964. In 1972, they were divorced and Wayne moved to Pinehurst where he was residing when he passed away.

During the 1970s, he married Bonnie E. Jamieson who had five children. They were divorced in 1982. Bonnie and her son, Ross, preceded Wayne in death.

Bonnie’s surviving children: Sheryl Reagan, Paula Johnson, Brian Jamieson, and Sue Jamieson reside in the Pinehurst area.

Wayne is survived by former wife/best friend Mary Rex, Post Falls; their children: Kelly Martin (Ron Pedro), Pinehurst; Scott (Lynelle) Dehlbom, Hayden; sister Reva Blackwood, N.M. Grandchildren: Shaun Dehlbom, Spokane; Kerry (Aaron) Ayers, Soap Lake, Wash. ; Ed Widmer, Soap Lake; Cory (Bobby) Covey, Post Falls; Jay Widmer, Post Falls; Chris (Cassie) Dehlbom, Coeur d’Alene; and Micaela (Taylor) O’Dell, Coeur d’Alene; and five great-grandchildren, with another one expected.

Please visit Wayne’s online memorial at www.yatesfuneralhomes.com and sign his guest book.