1930 Census Distr 29, SD 16, Yellowstone Co., MT (img 1)

Memorial service for Chester Emery Tempers, 73, will be April 2 at 1 p.m. at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1474, 3004 E. Queen Ave. Neptune Society is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Tempers, who was born in Nibble, Mont., died March 6. He was a resident of the Spokane area for 19 years.

He served in the Army from 1952 to 1954 and was in the 179th Infantry Regiment. He received the Korean Service Medal with two Bronze Stars, the Combat Infantry Badge and the United Nations Service Medal.

He married Wilma Jones in 1956.

Mr. Tempers was a hot metal pourer for Kaiser Mead for 29 years, retiring in 1985.

He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, horseshoes, bowling, camping, motorcycling, swimming and water skiing.

Survivors include a daughter, Ilagene Perry of Spokane; two sons, Cyrus Tempers of Spokane and Roscoe Tempers of Valley, Wash.; two sisters, Ruth Welsch of Spokane and Stella Sellmer of Heron, Mont.; a half-brother, Manford Tempers of Hot Springs, Mont.; three stepbrothers, Walt Behmerwohld of Athol, Idaho, Harry Behmerwohld of Heron, Mont., and Every Behmerwohld of Hot Springs; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

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Posted: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 10:00 am in Bonner County Daily Bee newspaper

Stella Tempero Sellmer went home to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on Sunday Jan. 9, 2011, at her home in Heron, Mont. She was preceded in death by her husband Bill. They celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on Sept. 25, 2010, just before Bill went home to be with the Lord.

Stella was born March 30, 1927 in Newburg, Ore. Her family moved from there to Libby, Mont., and then to Billings, Mont. In the fourth grade, she moved to Heron, where she resided most of her life.

Stella has five daughters, Irene Anderson of Thompson Falls, Darlene Stover of Noxon, Sandra Sellmer of Spokane, Wash., Ginger Hageman and Diane Marich both of Heron, Mont. She has 12 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.

Stella was an extraordinary woman and worked along side her husband in their logging business. She drove cat and ran chainsaw, bucking up logs in the landing while he drove loads of logs to the sawmill.

She was a loving mother who always had time for her girls. She is well known for her love of the Lord and His people and was never too busy to help people in need. She is known for her extraordinary faith in God and being a mighty prayer warrior whose prayers moved the hand of God.

She was a woman who never backed down from what she felt was right. She served on the Heron School Board and was instrumental in saving the Heron community center and school building when they were being put up for sale. She served on the Methodist church board for years and was a licensed lay minister with them. She taught Sunday school, held VBS each year, led women’s Bible study and was president of the Ladies Aid Society while at the Heron Methodist Church. During this time she was also a member of the Solid Rock Church.

She worked very closely with her daughter, Pastor Irene Anderson, putting on retreats for women and youths for 15 years. When New Life Fellowship church began in 1993 Bill and Stella left the Heron Methodist Church and Solid Rock Church to become members of New Life Fellowship in Thompson Falls.

She will be truly missed by all who knew her.

Funeral services will be held at New Life Fellowship Jan. 22, 2011, at 1 p.m. Mountain Standard Time with dinner served immediately following. There will be a graveside service at Heron Cemetery following the dinner.

Family and friends are invited to sign Stella’s online guest book at www.coffeltfuneral.com.

Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Coffelt Funeral Service of Sandpoint, Idaho.