Obituary: Owens, Eunice A.
Age 86
OWENS,
Eunice A.
(Age 86)
Born May 16, 1925, in Cooperstown, ND, passed away on February 15, 2012, from a short, courageous battle with cancer at Holy Family Hospital, Spokane, WA.
Eunice worked as the first woman bank teller in Cooperstown, ND for a year after graduating from high school.
She went on to attend Nurses training at St. Johns Hospital, Fargo, ND during WWII than worked for two years as a staff nurse at St. Lukes Hospital in Spokane, WA.
On June 15, 1950, she married Kermit Owens.
For thirty-five years she managed her husband’s law office until the practice was sold in 1994.
Mrs. Owens was preceded in death by her parents, John and Effie Anderson: her husband Kermit Owens; and her sister Helen Frietag.
She was married to Kermit for over 50 years.
Mrs.
Owens was a devoted wife and mother.
She is survived by: sons, Stephen and John Owens both of Spokane, daughters, Dorella Johnson of Kirkland, WA, Eileen Owens of Kirkland, WA , Nancy and husband Jeff Fallgren of Bellevue, WA: sisters Alice Klein of Huntington Beach, CA, sister Betty Anderson of Riverside, CA, Gladys Anderson of Cooperstown, ND and brother Clifford and wife Ovidia Anderson of Cooperstown: four grandchildren: James, Jacinda, Kristina and Ryan, one great-grandson Aiden, two great grand-daughters Kylie, Aliyah and numerous nieces and nephews.
Mrs.
Owens had been a resident of the Spokane community for over 64 years.
A funeral service and celebration of life will be held on Monday, February 20, 2012 at 12 noon at Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home, 2203 N. Division; Burial at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 21 ,2012 at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s Association in memory of Mrs. Owens’ husband Kermit Owens.
Please visit Eunice’s tribute and leave a condolence at www.hennesseyfuneralhomes.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to: