Anthon Hokanson Edwards

Anthon H. Edwards, 94, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho, on Wednesday, December 27, 2006. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 noon, Thursday, January 4, 2006 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Stake Center, 602 Schweitzer Cutoff Rd., Sandpoint, Idaho. Burial will follow at Pack River Cemetery in Sandpoint, Idaho. Family and friends may call from 9:00 – 11:30 am, Thursday, January 4, 2007 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Stake Center, 602 Schweitzer Cutoff Rd, Sandpoint, Idaho. Anthon was born on Oct. 22, 1912 in Thayne, Lincoln County, Wyoming the son of Leroy and Ingar Naomi Fredrikke (Hokanson) Edwards. He graduated from Star Valley High School, Afton, Wyoming. He worked in that area on farms, at the local fish hatchery and became a meat cutter in Jackson Hole. He moved to Sandpoint in 1949. He retired from working on the Boiler at Pack River Lumber Company in Dover, Id. In the early fall of 1939, he met his eternal Companion, Ruth Lillian Edwards (deceased 2001), at Bear Lake County Fair (Montpelier), ID. They were married on March 21, 1940 in the Logan Temple in Logan, Utah and celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary in 2001 and now they are enjoying there 66th together once again. Anthon and Ruth were blessed with ten children. He is survived by seven children, Carl Edwards, Martinez, CA, Roger Edwards, Salt Lake City Utah, Neal Edwards, Linda Edwards, Ronald Edwards, Sandpoint, Barbara (Edwards) O’Neil, Quitman, MS, Robert Edwards, Sandpoint; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife Ruth, three sons; Doyle Edwards, Leroy, Jr. Edwards, Sandpoint, and Larry Edwards, Colorado Springs, CO. and his brother Eldred H. Edwards.