Julie Garron died Sept. 6, 2011, in the Idaho mountains she loved.

She was born March 24, 1951, in Sandpoint to Wanda and Bert Wilkinson. Her father was a Rodeo Champion and Engineer. Her mother married Bert in Chicago, Ill., and raised 12 children in Sandpoint.

Julie was an active member of the Candlelight Christian Fellowship. Her greatest love was for the Lord and her life was a true testament to him in her volunteer work and her witness of his mercy for us. She was the founder of Caregiver's Selah, a charity that assists caregivers with injured or ill family members, a champion for the Alzheimer's Foundation and the member of many local boards. She was also the owner of Garron Long Term Care Design which assisted people with the long-term care plans.

Julie was an extraordinary, compassionate, faithful and wise woman that was a great blessing to all who knew her. Her interests included family, camping, ATVs, gardening, sewing and reading. Since she was a child she spent summers in the mountains of Idaho communing with God and picking huckleberries which gave her the greatest joy.

Julie Garron is survived by her husband, Michael Garron; daughter Jacquelyn Scheele; son-in-law Mark Scheele and her granddaughters, Rhiannon and Rowan Scheele; her six sisters, Catherine Anderson, Patricia Beringer, Judith Young, Sandra Hazelbaker, Shirley Greene and Bonnie Kennedy; and her three brothers, Bert Wilkinson, John Wilkinson and Joe Wilkinson.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Bert and Wanda Wilkinson; her brother, Robert Wilkinson; her sister, Dorothy Koster; her nieces, Susan and Linda Wilkinson, Diane Ellenbecker, Becky Bettencourt, Kathy Taylor; and her nephews, Michael Anderson and Douglas Ellenbecker.

A celebration of her life will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011, at Candlelight Christian Fellowship in Coeur d'Alene.

Please donate to a charity of your choice in lieu of flowers. Julie's favorite charities were the Alzheimer's Foundation and research for Breast Cancer.

John 14:1-3 Jesus said, "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also."