May 26, 1928 - Apr. 5, 2016
Date of Service: Apr. 9, 2016
Leonore Henthorne was born on May 26, 1928 in Gelenkilen, Germany. She was the 6th of 8 children born to Otto Schoff and Frieda Neubert. She spent her childhood in Germany. Her father was a coal miner and died of black lung disease in December 1961. Her mother was a housewife and died of natural causes in July 1983. After her husband died, she never remarried. Her two brothers Otto and Gurter were in World War II from 1939 to 1945. Gurter was in a Russian prison camp for 5 years and Otto was killed in action.
Leonore married her first husband, Bernard Strehl on November 17, 1955 in Gelzenkirchen-Buer, Germany. He passed away February 26, 1971. Then 7 years later, on May 31, 1978 Leonore came to the United States, because her Bother Karl and Sister Rosalinda Lived in Spokane, Washington. She lived there until 1984. It was there that she met her second husband Vernon Russell Henthorne. They moved to Wendell, Idaho where he drove truck and she ran a restaurant. Vernon passed away November 13, 1991. She moved from Wendell to Rupert in 1991 and leased Larson dairy on baseline road for a year then ran Rassmussen dairy in Springdale, Idaho. On October 25, 1995, she no longer ran this dairy. In the winter of 1995 she moved to Aremore, Idaho. She had a dairy there until she sold it in 2000. She then moved to McCammon, Idaho and lived there until she came back to Burley in 2001 and lived with Kerry Kossman and his wife. She lived there until 2002 when she and Kerry purchased her a home on Normal Avenue in Burley. She took care of Kerry's mother, Ella kossman at this residence until she passed away. After that she started working for CSI office on Aging doing volunteer work. On January 22, 2006 she injured her back in an accident and was no longer able to work. She moved in with Joe and Lela Vallejo and lived there for several years. Then she again lived for a short time with Kerry and Kathy until health issues forced her to move into Highland Estates where she resided until her death.
She is proceeded in death by her parents Otto and Frieda Schott and her siblings Frieda, Otto, Hildegard, Rosalinda, Gurter, Karl and Heinz. She is survived by her "adopted son" and caretaker Kerry Kossman and family. Very special friends, Joe and Lela Vallejo and family as well as many friends and people of the Mini-Cassia area who also became part of her American family.
Funeral Service
Date of Service: Apr. 9, 2016
