Eunice C. Long, 78

A graveside service for Eunice C. Long, 78, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, at Evergreen Cemetery in Plummer. Pastor Kathy Lee Kramer will officiate at the service. Mrs. Long passed away Friday morning, Aug. 23, 2013, at her rural Plummer home.

She was born Eunice Charlene Huntwork on Nov. 30, 1934, near San Jose, Calif., to Dale and Mildred (Pearson) Huntwork. She attended schools in San Jose and graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in 1952. She then attended San Jose State College where she received a degree in law enforcement. After graduating from college, Eunice worked as a police officer for the San Jose Police Department for the next 14 years.

In 1973, Eunice moved to Plummer. She married Clyde Long on April 17, 1974, in Coeur d’Alene and the couple made their home near Plummer where Mr. Long farmed and ranched. Eunice went to work for the Benewah County Sheriff’s Office in St. Maries as a dispatch officer. Eunice retired from the department on Dec. 1, 1995. The couple continued to make their home in Plummer.

Eunice’s hobbies included flowers and horses. She was a member of the Orchid Society and grew orchids for many years. She also enjoyed showing and raising paint horses, and had shown two Grand Champion paints during the early 2000s.

Survivors include her husband, Clyde Long at the Plummer home; one brother, Richard (Carol) Huntwork of Glendale, Calif.; three nieces, Cindy, Rose and Susan; and a brother and sister-in-law, Orville and Pepita Long of Benton City, Wash. Also surviving is her family of Benewah County Law Enforcement officers.

Memorial gifts may be given to Hospice of North Idaho, 9493 N. Government Way, Hayden, ID 83855.

Kramer Funeral Home in Tekoa, Wash., is handling the arrangements.