Delta 'Sandi' Hull, 80

Delta ‘Sandi’ Hull, 80

Funeral service for Delta “Sandi” Hull, age 80, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, at Yates Funeral Home, 744 N. Fourth St., Coeur d’Alene. Visitation will be 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, at Yates Funeral Home. Interment will be at Riverview Cemetery. Arrangements are provided by Yates Funeral Home. Online registry and condolences may be found at www.yatesfuneralhomes.com.

Delta Sandra (Sandi) Hull was born Feb. 22, 1938, in Klickitat, Wash., to Walter Williams and Dorothy Elizabeth (Hoops) Williams. She was surrounded by family when she passed on Jan. 10, 2019, in St. Maries, Idaho, while in the tender care of Valley Vista Care Center.

Delta had seven children: Jacquiline Hogan (deceased), Russ Hogan (Carla) of Worley, Idaho, Howard Hogan (Patricia) of Dalton Gardens, Idaho, Tim Hogan Creedmoor of North Carolina, Loren Scott Hull (deceased), Reneé Hoops of Spokane Valley, Wash., and Donald Hull (Julie) of Ione, Wash., 16 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and 7 great-great-grandchildren.

In addition to their own large family, she and her husband, Butch, often opened their home to people who needed a meal, a friend or a place to live for a few weeks or a few years. No matter what, there was always room for one more plate at her table and one more place to lay your head.

Sandi grew up on the Brouse family farm outside Worley, Idaho. She attending school in Worley. A piece of her heart always remained in Worley. She always wanted to go back to the farm. She always had stories to tell of her friends and the days of her youth.

She lived most of her life in the Coeur d’Alene/Post Falls area. Always caring for others, she worked as a restaurant server in her younger years and finished the last 30 years or so of her career cooking in a nursing home, and then providing residential care and vocational training to people with developmental disabilities.

For many years, her house was the gathering place. The coffee pot was always on and people just dropped in for a cup and a visit. She enjoyed hosting large family gatherings like Christmas, Thanksgiving and Fourth of July celebrations. She was a great cook and prepared much of the food for these events. She also enjoyed hosting pinochle parties for family and friends. Most of all, she loved spoiling her grandchildren.