Mabel Irene Hunter was born April 11, 1915 on a farm near Falls City, OR. to Warren Allen and Fern (Johnston) Allen. Her father died when she was three months old. Her mother later married John H. Baker. She had two brothers, Clark and Melvin Allen, and a sister Nellie born to John and Fern.

Mabel attended a one room rural elementary school and graduated from Laurelwood Academy in western Oregon. She studied nursing at Walla Walla College and trained at Portland Sanitarium.

She married Earl Hunter in 1940 and both graduated from NNU in Nampa, ID.

As a registered nurse she was able to find work in hospitals or nursing homes where ever Earl pastored and hold clinic in foreign countries, as well as purchase medicine freely.

Her mission work extended to four continents in the countries of Guatemala, Bolivia, Nigeria as well as the U.S.A. Each of her four children were born while in different ministry assignments: Earl Jr. in Grand Coulee, WA; Ron in Coeur d’Alene; Wanda in Guatemala; and Sam in Bolivia.

She and Earl have lived in Coeur d’Alene for the past 29 years of their retirement with active involvement in Mission trips, Church, VFW Auxiliary, and family.

Death came on December 5, 2012 in Hayden while living at Well Spring Meadows retirement facility.

Mabel was preceded in death by her brothers Clark and Melvin, her sister Nellie and her oldest son Earl Hunter Jr. She is survived by her husband Earl, sons Ronald and Samuel and daughter Wanda as well as numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren and nieces and nephews.

A memorial service is scheduled for January 19, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. at the Coeur d'Alene Church of the Nazarene, 4000 N. 4th St. Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Yates Funeral Homes has been entrusted with the care of final arrangements. Please visit Mabel’s memorial and sign her online guest book at www.yatesfuneralhomes.com.