Cordelia Rosalie Pfennig, 80

Cordelia Rosalie Pfennig passed away peacefully on the evening of Dec. 8, 2019, in her home while surrounded by her loving family. Rosalie was born in Prescott, Ariz., on April 9, 1939. As a child she moved to Burke, Idaho, and later graduated from Wallace High School.

Shortly thereafter, she met and married the love of her life, Dalton Pfennig. They had four children and celebrated life together for an amazing 50 years of marriage until Dalton passed in 2009.

Rosalie loved gardening and had quite a green thumb. She was also very talented in the culinary arts and loved to bake and cook meals for family and friends, especially around the holidays.

She was an absolute selfless soul, and when Dalton was left paralyzed following a construction accident in 1975, she held the family together and led them to triumph over tragedy. She was the most patient, kind, selfless, compassionate, loving and resolute person anyone would ever have the privilege to know and definitely was the rock of the family.

She was preceded in death by her sister, Mary Plummer, and brothers Tom Cleveland and Jack Cleveland. She is survived by her brother, Bob Cleveland and wife, Carol; sister, Joy Trower and husband, Dave; son, Michael Pfennig and wife, Lou; daughter, Pamela Phelps and husband, Robert; daughter, Tammy Lange; and son, Charles Pfennig and wife, Pam. She was blessed with nine wonderful grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren, with another on the way, that she absolutely cherished.

A memorial service to celebrate her life will be scheduled for this coming spring at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Coeur d’Alene. Family and friends can visit her tribute wall at www.englishfuneralchapel.com to share memories or photos.