Bonnie Z. Arnold, 88
Bonnie Z. Arnold, of Prichard, Idaho, passed away July 23, 2014. She was born in a logging camp at Smith Creek, Enaville, Idaho, Jan. 21, 1926. Record has it that 3 1/2 feet of snow accumulated that particular day, stopping the log camp in its tracks.
Bonnie lived in the Kingston area until 1936 when her folks Thorne C. and George E. Doolittle bought the McKim ranch in Roselake, Idaho. There, she farmed and learned to log with a team of horses. She worked in the woods with her dad while attending school graduation from Roselake High in 1945. She lettered in basketball as well as learning several M.V.P.s, and a variety of first-, second- and third-place ribbons. Her love of basketball followed her all through her life. She became a Super Fan of Gonzaga Bulldogs for many, many years.
In 1946 she married Robert E. Arnold, settling in Kingston, Idaho, to raise their family, Bobby and Judy. From the late 1950s until the 1964 freeway took them out, she worked for Johnson's Cafe as a waitress. She later drove school bus for District 391 which was up her alley, as she knew the parents and/or grandparents of nearly all of the children she attended to. In 1984, her and Bob sold their place in Kingston and moved into the dream house they built in Prichard and remained there until 2013 which brought them to live with their daughter, Judy, in Deer Park.
Bonnie is predeceased by her husband, Bob; son Tim; mother T.C. Doolittle (Ma Doo); father George Doolittle; brothers Guy and Lee; and one sister, Gwynne Mueller Roberts.
She is survived by her son, Robert L. Arnold of Hayden Lake, Idaho; daughter Judy of Deer Park, Wash.; and sister Iris Buchanan of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; many nieces and nephews; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
She lived a long and rewarding life, helped many and loved all. She will be loved and remembered by so many.
Her final resting place will be Hunt's Cemetery in Kingston.
We little knew that morning that God was going to call your name. In life we loved you dearly, in death we do the same. It broke our hearts to lose you. You did not go alone, for part of us went with you the day God called you home. You left us peaceful memories, your love is still our guide; and though we cannot see you, you are always at our side. Our family chain is broken, and nothing seems the same, but as God calls us one by one, the chain will link again.
Thank you "Tum" for the unconditional love you have given and taught us, the wisdom you have passed on to us and the happiness you have bestowed upon us as a family and as individuals.
You will and are greatly missed but never forgotten. Our love forever and a day.
Until we meet again,
Your Loving Family