Ronald Dale Nystrom

Ronald Dale Nystrom passed away on Saturday, Sept. 13 at The Hospice House of Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho, from complications of having had two strokes earlier in the week.

There will be a memorial service for Ron on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 11 a.m. at the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home with a luncheon to follow at The Rusty Moose Tavern and Grill, everyone is welcome. Ron will be laid to rest at Lakeview Cemetery in Kenmare N.D.

He was born on Nov. 5, 1932, to Alvin and Agnes Nystrom in Minneapolis Minn. He was the first of six children. His siblings to follow him in order are : Darold, Milo, Carol, Marlyce, and Jeanette.

Ron graduated from high school in 1950 from Kenmare, N.D. He then attended a year or so of college before enlisting into the Army in 1952. He was an MP and served in the Korean War.

He married Albertina Schwalich on Sept. 3, 1960, in Minneapolis, Minn. They later moved to Portland, Ore., where Ron had bought into a mill — Linton Plywood.

They adopted their only child, Dan Alvin, in July 1968; he was born July 4, 1968 and they took him home on July 5. He was so proud of his son that Ron took up photography as a hobby and loved taking pictures of him.

In the early 1970s the family moved to Priest Lake, Idaho, where he built, owned and operated his own sawmill, followed by another move to Portland and then to Bonners Ferry where he started a veneer mill called C-ply. Ron and Al divorced in 1987.

Ron owned and operated a secondhand store downtown Bonners Ferry for years. Then he retired and enjoyed playing cribbage with his friends and visiting at the Eagles Club. In 2012 he began to have some health problems in which he was still slightly recovering from. He has been residing at the Restorium in Bonners Ferry where he always had company.

Ron was preceded in death by his father, mother, brother Milo, and sister Marlyce. He is survived by his son Dan Alvin, wife Jill, granddaughter Melissa (Bryant) Brown and great granddaughter Aurora Brown, numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Family and friends are invited to sign Ron’s book at www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Bonners Ferry Funeral Home.