Wilma Irene Page

Wilma Irene Page, 90, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Saturday, August 23, 2008. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 AM, Friday, August 29th, in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Father Dennis C. Day, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, will officiate and interment will follow in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Wilma was born in Madera, CA on Oct. 15, 1917, the daughter of Dante and Norma Venturi. In 1935 she graduated from high school in Santa Maria, CA. She worked as a bank teller for the Bank of America, in Merced, CA, for 17 years. On Feb. 23, 1959 she married Fred Page in Merced, CA. The family moved to Hope, ID in 1966 and she volunteered for the Bonner General Hospital Auxiliary for 27 years. She liked to knit and read, however, her greatest pleasure came from preparing meals for her family. Wilma was a member of The Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Clark Fork, ID and St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Sandpoint, ID. She is survived by her husband Fred Page, Jr. in Hope, ID; 2 sons John (and Lynn) Rutherford in Montecito, CA; Fred (and Elizabeth) Page the III in Chino, CA; and 3 grandchildren Ryan Rutherford, Emily Page, and Katherine Page. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother Elmer.