Obituary of Lillie Marie Long

Lillie Marie Long (86) resident of St. Maries, ID died February 25, 2013 at St. Maries. Lillie was born May 3, 1926 to John and Maudie (Read) Ivey at Stringtown, OK. She grew up at Stringtown and attended school there. She married Don Curson in 1941 at El Paso, TX. The marriage produced two children. They were divorced in 1946. She married Thomas C. Long on Feb. 19, 1946 . They made their home in various towns throughout the Southwestern United States. She was a homemaker all her life. She moved to St. Maries the first time, in 1956. She lived back and forth between Idaho, Oregon, California and New Mexico, where ever her husbands career in the timber industry took the family. They settled back in St. Maries in 1990. Her husband died in 2010. Lillie enjoyed camping, gardening and cooking. She also loved to walk the beaches near Coos Bay , Oregon and collect agates on the beach. Her favorite enjoyment was just going for sight seeing rides with her family and friends. She was a member of the St. Maries Foursquare Gospel Church . Lillie is survived by her daughter Virginia Potman of St. Maries, her sons and daughters-in-law Calvin and Helen Long of Lompoc, CA and Brian and Sheila Long of Laclede, ID and her daughter-in-law Alice Curson of Salem, OR. Also surviving are 22 grandchildren, numerous great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by sons Wayne Curson and Stephen Long and daughters Inez Tate and Nancy Francis Moore as well as brother John Ivey and sister Edna J. Ivey. No services are planned at this time. She and her husband's ashes will be laid to rest with her mother at Glide, OR. Visit her online memorial and sign her guestbook at www.hodgefuneralhome.com Read Lillie Long's Obituary and Guestbook on www.hodgefuneralhome.com.