Jeannette Ruth Levig

On November 23, 2021, Jeannette Johnson Levig took the hand of Jesus and entered her final rest.

She was born April 23, 1926 in Zearing, Iowa to Dwight Elmo Johnson and Mabel (Armstrong) Johnson.

After graduating from Lincoln Township in Zearing, she studied at various colleges and graduated with a geology degree at age 46.

She married Edwin Lincks in 1944 in Chesterland, Ohio and had 4 children.  After the dissolving of this marriage, she married Leslie H. Levig in 1959 and moved to Bonners Ferry, Idaho.  To this marriage was born one daughter.

In 1972, Les and Jeannette, with their 2 youngest daughters returned to Bonners Ferry where they have lived ever since with the exception of 1 year that they spent in Tanzania, Africa as volunteers for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.

Jeannette had been very involved with the Girl Scout programs in her youth through 1961.  She later transferred this energy to teaching Sunday School and working with foreign exchange students through the Youth for Understanding program.

She loved to work in her yard, and paint, travel and study.  She also loved pursuing her family history.

She was preceded in death by both parents, brothers, Everett and Donald Johnson, her sons, Dennis and Donald Lincks and one still-born son, her husband, Leslie and one grandson, Timothy Lincks.

Surviving are her three daughters, Cathy Hatcher (husband Rick) of Afton, TN, Beth Butters (husband Leslie) of Bonners Ferry, ID, Lynn Self (husband Ron) of Naples, ID and two daughters-in-law, Rona and Sharon Lincks, both of Bonners Ferry, 7 grandchildren and their spouses and numerous great as well as great-great grandchildren.

Viewing will be held at Bonners Ferry Funeral Home on December 7, 2021 from 4:00 to 8:00 pm. Funeral Services will be held at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Bonners Ferry on December 8, 2021 at 11:00 am with interment to follow at Grandview Cemetery.

Memorials can be made to the Ed Project in Zambia, Africa by going to https://edprojectzambia.com or by dropping a check off at Verizon Wireless.

The family would like to thank the staff at Sunset Home for their loving, attentive care of our mother during her final months.