Arlene Lois Washburn, 80

Kenai resident Arlene Lois Washburn, 80, passed away Sunday, May 1, 2016, at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska, from multiple health complications.

Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Bell Tower Funeral Home, 3398 E. Jenalan Ave., Post Falls, Idaho. She will be laid to rest next to her husband.

Arlene was born Feb. 15, 1936, in Milwaukee, Wis. She graduated from high school in Oxford, Wis. She also attended North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. She also served in the U.S. Navy in 1957.

Arlene worked for the Coeur d’Alene Police Department and also the Post Falls Police Department, retiring in 1987.

She was a member of the Falls Full Gospel Church Assembly of God. She enjoyed flying, painting, knitting, making wedding cakes, fishing, playing piano and guitar, and gardening.

“Arlene was always full of love, life and energy. Her family was the most important thing to her in her life and they always came first. She was dedicated to the Lord and loved playing and singing gospel hymns. Her generosity knew no bounds and she will be greatly missed,” her family wrote.

Arlene was preceded in death by her husband, Dale Washburn; her father, Howard Smith and mother Myrtle Mitchell.

She is survived by her daughter, Sherrie Dyroy, son and daughter-in-law Bert and Jenni Washburn, all of Kenai, Alaska; granddaughters Danielle Bailey and husband, Troy, all of Kenai, and Michelle Dyroy of Coeur d’Alene; grandson Michael Washburn of Sandpoint, Idaho; great-grandsons Orion and Grayson Bailey, both of Kenai; sister and brother-in-law Joy and Dave Krey of Madison, Wis.; brothers and sisters-in-law Howard and Carol Smith of Oxford, Larry and Jan Smith of Baraboo, Wis., and Curtis and Kay Smith of Madison, Wis.; numerous nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

Arrangements in Alaska were by Peninsula Memorial Chapel in Kenai. Please sign her online guest book at AlaskanFuneral.com.