Charles Allen Eddleman

Former Bonners Ferry resident Charles Allen Eddleman, 83, died Aug. 8, 2007, in Roseville, CA. Memorial Graveside Services will be held on Saturday, October 6, 2007 at 1:00pm at the Grandview Cemetery in Bonners Ferry, Idaho Chuck was born March 18, 1924, in Claremore, Okla., to John and Aileen Eddleman. He grew up in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Chuck earned a full foot¬ball scholarship to University of Arkansas in 1942, but only attended six months before leaving to serve in General Patton's 3rd Army, 738th Field Artillery Battalion. Chuck marched through Normandy, northern France, Rhineland, Alsaca and celebrated victory in Poland. He returned to the United States in 1946. Chuck later was an engi¬neer in San Francisco, on the Alaskan highway and for the city of Pendleton, Ore. He also was public works super¬intendent in Morgan Hill, Calif., and city engineer for Modesto, Calif. While in Pendleton, he met his wife, the former Vivian Kirkwood. Chuck retired at 45. He and his wife moved to Bonners Ferry, where they purchased The Hemlocks, a restaurant¬-cabin business on 40 acres. Charles moved to Roseville in 2005. He is survived by a sister, Shirley Eddleman Hackert of Roseville; a brother, James Eddleman of Tangent, Ore.; nieces and nephews, John, Carailee, Mathew, Estelle, Charles, Nancy and Jodie; and 10 grandnieces and grand¬nephews. Chuck was preceded in death by his wife in 1990 and a sister, Lillian Eddleman Henderson. Memorials can be made to the American Legion.