Earline Mcateer

Earline McAteer BUHL Earline McAteer, age 85, of Buhl, died May 20, 2013, at her daughter's home. Services will be 2 p.m. today at Buhl Church of God with Rev. David Kelly and Rev. Michael Feltman officiating. Burial will follow in Pate Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. She was preceded in death by her husband, John McAteer; her parents, Oliver and Daisy Channell; her sisters, Pauline Dell and Verona Kelly; and her brothers, Victor Channell, Mitchell Channell, and Barney Channell. Survivors include her children, Rita Connell (Dave), Jimmy McAteer, and Belinda Thomas (Joe); her sister, Kathleen Booth; her brother, Herman Channell; six grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; and Lindsey, a special little girl she helped raise. Pallbearers will be Jim McAteer, Ron Estes, Edward Channell, Dothan Kelly, Wayne Baker, and Joe Sullivan. Her nine great-grandsons will also serve her. Honorary pallbearers are friends of the Buhl and Coker communities. We want to thank everyone who has helped with mother in any way during her illness. I want to personally thank my husband Joe who opened up his heart and home to my mother and the many people who came and went every day to help with her care. We also want to express how much we appreciate all Gail Moore has done. She not only took excellent care of mother but also took care of Joe and me and our 12 animals during this season of our lives. We also want to thank Lisa and Shalette from Hospice Complete who did a great job in providing for mother's needs. We also want to thank mother's favorite visitor Joe Davis who could make mother talk and smile when no one else could. Earline was a lifelong resident of the Buhl community. Mother's whole life was lived to love her family, her church, and God, which she did with her whole heart for so many years until her mind and memory was lost to Alzheimer's disease. For almost the last two years she had been bedridden. She still remained the kind and gentle person she had always been, never complaining. My heart goes out to anyone that has a loved one with this terrible disease. You will truly be missed by all of your family and friends, and also by kitty cat Sambo, who spent endless hours lying in bed right beside her.