Virginia Eva Decker Unruh, 82

Virginia Eva Decker Unruh, 82, peacefully passed away in her sleep on April 8, 2015, at Evergreen Assisted Living in Buhl, Idaho.

Funeral services were held on April 11, 2015, at 11 a.m. at Buhl Mennonite Church.

Virginia was born to Isaac and Susie Dirks Decker on Dec. 29, 1932, at Sedgwick, Kan.

Virginia received her education and spent her childhood and youth years on the family farm. Growing up in a lively household, she even did the chicken chores the morning of her wedding. While in her youth, she was converted and baptized into the Church of God in Christ Mennonite. She remained faithful to these vows through life.

On Nov. 25, 1956, she was united in marriage to Paul Unruh at Halstead, Kan. To this union were born one daughter and three sons, one of which died at birth.

They were blessed with 50 years together. Paul passed away in 2007. Their early married years were spent in Bonners Ferry, Idaho.

They, together with their children, spent a very special two and one half years in Navajo land at the Greasewood and Wide Ruins missions.

Those years were a big highlight for her. In 1974, they moved to Buhl, Idaho, where they raised their children on the farm.

In 1979, the family moved to Bruneau, Idaho.

Six years later she and Paul moved back to Buhl, where she spent the remainder of her life.

Virginia was a lover of roses and enjoyed spending time outdoors working in her garden and tending to her flowers.

Virginia had a special gift of putting bouquets together which she then shared with many people. She liked to sing and her song never left her.

Left to cherish precious memories are children, Kenneth and wife, Virginia, Bonners Ferry; Susan and husband, Roland Koehn, Buhl; Bruce and wife, Vicki, Buhl,; 12 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; one sister, Evelyn and husband, Marion Jantz, Nevada, Mo.,; step sister-in-law, Annie Unruh, Bonners Ferry; brother-in-law, Leonard and wife, Ruth, Grafton, N.D.; sisters-in-law, Lillie and husband, Cyril Mastre, Grant, Neb., and Regina Unruh, Bonners Ferry.

She was preceded in death by her husband, one infant son, her parents, four brothers, and four sisters.