Myrna L Watkins

Myrna Lavey Phillips Carlson Watkins, age 86, passed away May 5, 2022. She was born August 15, 1935 in Mesa, Idaho to Leslie (Jack) and Almeda Phillips. She was raised with three sisters and a brother on an apple orchard and later moved to Northern Idaho where her dad followed the lumber industry. She graduated from Bonners Ferry High School in 1954. She met and married C. Warren Carlson in Bonners Ferry at the end of 1954. The following year, she gave birth to her first son Wayne and then Richard five years later. She was employed by several businesses in Bonners Ferry and notoriously known for working at a department store named the Pink Lion. She was involved at Trinity Lutheran Church by volunteering to help make many quilts for their ministry and participating in the Women’s circle. Her favorite hobbies were planting a garden every year and being outside in the mountains and forest to camp, hike, hunt and fish with her loved ones.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Warren Carlson; parents, Jack and Almeda Philips; brother, Roy (Bud) Phillips; sister, Connie Sue Hatch; daughter in-law, Linda Carlson; second husband, Willie Watkins; and son, Richard Carlson. She is survived by her son, Wayne Carlson of Post Falls, Idaho;  daughter in-law, Nancy Carlson of Bonners Ferry, Idaho; sister, Marva (Ed) Miller of Kingman, Arizona; sister Sally (Rick) White of Jacksonville, Texas; Grandsons, Kyle Carlson of Portland, Oregon; Gregg (Francis) Carlson of Moyie Springs, Idaho; Kelly Carlson of Marysville, Washington; Granddaughters, Monica (Ted) Humphrey of Corpus Christi, Texas; Amanda Carlson of Sandpoint, Idaho;  6  Great-Grandsons; and 4 Great-Granddaughters . She is also survived by many other cousins, nieces, nephews, family members and close friends.

Funeral Services will take place at Trinity Lutheran Church in Bonners Ferry, Idaho May 14, 2022 at 2:30 p.m. Burial Services will be held at the Grandview Cemetery following the funeral service.