Virginia (Ginny) Mae Elder

Virginia Mae “Ginny” Elder, 84, of Sagle, died Friday, Oct. 8, 2010 at her home. Memorial services will be conducted at 11:00 AM, Saturday, October 16th in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel, with Dale Coffelt officiating. Virginia was born May 1, 1926 in Sandpoint the daughter of Harold and Gladys Graves. She attended local schools and graduated from the 8th grade at Kootenai and attended Sandpoint High School. She married Edgar “Bud” Elder on Dec. 26, 1953 in Sandpoint. She was a 4-H Leader, teaching sewing. She worked as a checker for Safeway, M & J Market and the Warehouse Market. She also tended bar at the Tam for many years. Ginny enjoyed bowling, and making quilts for her family. The real joy of her life was fishing and working in her garden. She is survived by 4 children: Debra Broehl of Sandpoint, Linda Williams of Sagle, Barbara Chapman of Sagle, Jim Morrow of Missoula, MT; 11 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; 2 sisters: Karen Brown of Colburn and Kay Loe of Twin Falls, Idaho. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, daughter, Sally, and 1 sister Joanne Hankey.