Wauneta Hazel Zantow

Wauneta H. Zantow, 79, of Dover passed away Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011 at her home after losing her battle with lung cancer. Funeral services will be conducted 2:00PM, Sunday, November 6, 2011 at Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Friends may call at Coffelt's Funeral Chapel from noon until time of service on Sunday. Interment will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Wauneta Hazel Perry was born to Darrell and Mary Perry on April 27, 1932 in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. She moved to Dover, Idaho when she was 5 years old and remained in Dover her entire life. She attended schools in Dover and Sandpoint, Idaho and attended the Dover Baptist Church along with many of her childhood friends. On March 1, 1951 she married Arthur “Art” Zantow in Sandpoint, Idaho and they were together for 43 beautiful years. Together they had 5 children. She was known for treating their spouses as one of her own and was deeply respected for that. In 1979 empty nest syndrome prompted her to secure a job with the Sandpoint Manor where she became a housekeeper and eventually became head of housekeepers. In September 1992 she retired to care for her husband Art, who was extremely ill. He passed away in 1994. After a time she reconnected with a childhood friend, Bob Becker. They had some great times traveling with the Good Sams Club and hanging out with old friends and making new ones along the way. Bob Becker, Mitch & Marilyn Becker, Kelly & Doug Burt as well as their children and entire family became a very important part of Wauneta’s life. She loved them all very much. Wauneta was a very social person who loved people and had a great memory for faces. She will be remembered for her radiant beauty and her caring heart. She will also be remembered for her love for her family and her extended family, for her beautiful flower gardens, her arts and crafts, and her interest in family history and her love for all of her family. Besides her husband Art, Wauneta was preceded in death by her parents, Darrell and Mary Perry, her brothers, Paul, David & Huey Perry, her sister Nancy Crabb, brother-in-law, Bob Kalb and her daughter-in-law, Joni Zantow and a granddaughter Jamie Zantow. She is survived by her 5 children: Teena Weisz, Bill (Alena) Zantow, Cindy (Herman) Crosswhite, Trudi (Larry) Morton, Perry Zantow; her sisters: Doe (Wayne) Herman, Arlene Kalb; brother-in-law: Ted Crabb; sisters-in-law: Marj Tilley and Phyllis (Virgil) Hulse aunts: Jeannie (Ed) Quist, Dorothy Perry, an uncle: Cliff Reynolds, numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. Her 17 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren were the light of her life.