Our beloved Mother went home to the Lord, Sunday 27 March 2005 . Born Colleen Donna Pierce, 4 December 1929 in Hope, Idaho to Samuel Sherman Pierce and Edith Pearl (Wiltse). She was the fourth child of eight children. She grew up on the farm at the top of Spring Creek. Attending school in Hope where she graduated the eight grade before attending High School in Sandpoint graduating in 1949 from the old High School on Euclid Ave. She then went to Beautician School on Second Ave. graduating in 1950, but before she could get started working she met Stanford H. Hunt and they were married 5 May 1950 in Plains, Montana.
She would spend the next 18 years following Stan from one logging job or truck driving job to another, in Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and California. Along the way she gave birth to 11 children; 5 boys and six girls. Returning to Sandpoint in 1968, she decided to go back to work and started as a prep cook at the Lite house Restaurant she then moved on to Connie's and and the Manor finally settling in at the Traveler's Restaurant. Her biscuits and gravy were the best in town for many years and her bread pudding was a favorite on the menu. She retired in 1993 so that she could spend more time with her grandchildren and catching up on her soaps.
She lived in the Cambridge Apartments on Cedars Street where you could always find one of the grand kids . Besides her own grandchildren she was Grandma to all the children that resided in the apartments. She could always seem to find a cookie or sandwich, for whoever was passing thru.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 52 years Stanford; one son Steven A. Hunt; two grandsons, Trampas L. Hunt and Vincent D. Mancuso, and one sister Sylvia P. Rhodes.
She would spend the next 18 years following Stan from one logging job or truck driving job to another, in Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and California. Along the way she gave birth to 11 children; 5 boys and six girls. Returning to Sandpoint in 1968, she decided to go back to work and started as a prep cook at the Lite house Restaurant she then moved on to Connie's and and the Manor finally settling in at the Traveler's Restaurant. Her biscuits and gravy were the best in town for many years and her bread pudding was a favorite on the menu. She retired in 1993 so that she could spend more time with her grandchildren and catching up on her soaps.
She lived in the Cambridge Apartments on Cedars Street where you could always find one of the grand kids . Besides her own grandchildren she was Grandma to all the children that resided in the apartments. She could always seem to find a cookie or sandwich, for whoever was passing thru.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 52 years Stanford; one son Steven A. Hunt; two grandsons, Trampas L. Hunt and Vincent D. Mancuso, and one sister Sylvia P. Rhodes.
Our beloved Mother went home to the Lord, Sunday 27 March 2005 . Born Colleen Donna Pierce, 4 December 1929 in Hope, Idaho to Samuel Sherman Pierce and Edith Pearl (Wiltse). She was the fourth child of eight children. She grew up on the farm at the top of Spring Creek. Attending school in Hope where she graduated the eight grade before attending High School in Sandpoint graduating in 1949 from the old High School on Euclid Ave. She then went to Beautician School on Second Ave. graduating in 1950, but before she could get started working she met Stanford H. Hunt and they were married 5 May 1950 in Plains, Montana.
She would spend the next 18 years following Stan from one logging job or truck driving job to another, in Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and California. Along the way she gave birth to 11 children; 5 boys and six girls. Returning to Sandpoint in 1968, she decided to go back to work and started as a prep cook at the Lite house Restaurant she then moved on to Connie's and and the Manor finally settling in at the Traveler's Restaurant. Her biscuits and gravy were the best in town for many years and her bread pudding was a favorite on the menu. She retired in 1993 so that she could spend more time with her grandchildren and catching up on her soaps.
She lived in the Cambridge Apartments on Cedars Street where you could always find one of the grand kids . Besides her own grandchildren she was Grandma to all the children that resided in the apartments. She could always seem to find a cookie or sandwich, for whoever was passing thru.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 52 years Stanford; one son Steven A. Hunt; two grandsons, Trampas L. Hunt and Vincent D. Mancuso, and one sister Sylvia P. Rhodes.
She would spend the next 18 years following Stan from one logging job or truck driving job to another, in Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and California. Along the way she gave birth to 11 children; 5 boys and six girls. Returning to Sandpoint in 1968, she decided to go back to work and started as a prep cook at the Lite house Restaurant she then moved on to Connie's and and the Manor finally settling in at the Traveler's Restaurant. Her biscuits and gravy were the best in town for many years and her bread pudding was a favorite on the menu. She retired in 1993 so that she could spend more time with her grandchildren and catching up on her soaps.
She lived in the Cambridge Apartments on Cedars Street where you could always find one of the grand kids . Besides her own grandchildren she was Grandma to all the children that resided in the apartments. She could always seem to find a cookie or sandwich, for whoever was passing thru.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 52 years Stanford; one son Steven A. Hunt; two grandsons, Trampas L. Hunt and Vincent D. Mancuso, and one sister Sylvia P. Rhodes.
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