Eugene Delbert Barber

Eugene D. Barber passed away February 4, 2011 at the Boundary Community Hospital in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Funeral services will be held February 8, 2011, at 1:00 pm in the Church of Christ in Bonners Ferry with Clifford Utter officiating. Interment will be held at the Grandview Cemetery in the spring with full military rites. Gene was born November 6, 1930 in Bonners Ferry to Dell and Grace Leslie Barber. He graduated from Bonners Ferry High School in 1949. He worked in the Sunshine Mine in Kellogg, Idaho for a short time and then enlisted in the Air Force the same year. Gene enjoyed hunting and fishing and was an avid sportsman. He also shot competitively and placed 11th in the Nation. He purchased the O.K. Tire Store from his father in the late 1950’s and continued to operate it until his retirement in September of 2000. He was a past Master of the Masonic Lodge and a member of the Moyie Shrine Club for more than 50 years. Gene was also a charter member of the Bonners Ferry Eagles. He was preceded in death by his parents and two former wives. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, one sister, Eva Daniels of Salt Like City; one son, David of Los Angeles; one daughter, Lorrie of Spokane; cousins, Ruth Ann Wilson and Pat Miles of Bonners Ferry. He is also survived by three nieces and their families and his long time friends Art Linnemeyer, Dave Winey, Cliff Kramer and other friends too numerous to name. Donations may be made to the Shriner’s Hospital in lieu of flowers.