Nina Ellen Pomeroy-Hames, 89

Nina Ellen Pomeroy-Hames, 89, of Sandpoint, Idaho, died Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at her home.

Memorial services will be conducted 11 a.m. on Monday, April 11, at Coffelt Funeral Service, with her son, Pastor Jon Pomeroy of the Sandpoint Church of God officiating. Private family inurnment will follow in Pinecrest Memorial Park.

Nina was born Feb. 16, 1922, in Graft, Baca County, Colo., the daughter of Ray and Dora Kendall Campbell. She moved to Las Animas and then to Canon City, Colo., in 1934. She graduated from high school in 1941 and attended Gordon Bible College for five years.

She also taught one year at the school and served as matron of the women's dorm for two years. While there, she met Warren Pomeroy and they were married on Christmas day 1946. On March 5, 1947, they moved to Eureka, where Warren pastored for 20 years. They later moved to Kalispell where they lived for five years while Warren received further schooling. They moved to Sandpoint on Dec. 15, 1972, and Nina served as a waitress for a time, and later worked as a dietary aide at Sandpoint Manor for 23 years. 

Following Warren's death, Nina married Frederick Hames on Nov. 11, 1999, and he preceded her in death in 2001.

Nina was a lifelong devoted Christian and served alongside her husband as he pastored in Eureka and Sandpoint for 45 years.

She is survived by one daughter, Elaine, and Bob May, of Bozeman; two sons, Charles W. Pomeroy of Portland, and Jon and Cathy Pomeroy of Sandpoint; seven grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and one sister, Naomi J. Bechtel, of Roseville, Calif.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Warren Pomeroy and Frederick Hames; one son, Edward Pomeroy; one granddaughter, Lisa; two brothers, Larry and L. Burton; and two sisters, Adella and Emma.

The family suggests memorials to the Sandpoint Church of God, 221 S. Division, Sandpoint, ID 83864.

Family and friends are invited to sign Nina’s online guest book at www.coffeltfuneral.com.

Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Coffelt Funeral Service.