James Lincoln 'Bo' Sorrell

RONAN — James Lincoln “Bo” Sorrell, 58, went to be with his family and stickgame partners on Thursday evening, Jan. 11, 2007.

Born in Yakima, Wash., on Feb. 12, 1948, to Ernest Leonard Sorrell and Annie Catherine (Finley) Sorrell, he was raised in Washington and Montana. Bo went to school in St. Ignatius and then to high school in Flandreau, S.D.

He then joined the U.S. Navy and served on the USS Kitty Hawk. Upon his discharge he worked as a lineman for the telephone company and then in environmental sanitation for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes until a back injury caused him to slow down. Most recently he was going to school at Salish Kootenai College in Pablo.

He was preceded in death by his parents Ernie and Annie; son Jimbo; brother and sisters Wesley, Jenny, Judy and Karen; and longtime friend Lorna “Honey” Grant Sorrell.

Survivors include his wife Chris of 26 years; children Isadore (Kirsten), Jay, July, Mitchell (Brenda), Bruce (Susie), John, Danny, Jason (Nikola), Shawn R. (Sheila), O’shawna (Gary), Shaunda (Joe), Janella “Pooh Bear” (Willy), Mickkie (Anthony), Viola (Wesley) and Rochelle (Rocky); brothers Ernie “Rawhide” (Mary Lou), Joe, Gene (Anna) and Dan (Dorsey); sisters Ida (Sonny) Curley, Alice Ryan, Eva (Reed) Anderson, Gigi (Curtis) Yazzie and Judy (Joe) Andrew; godmother Sophie Tellier; 28 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Funeral services were held Jan. 15 in the Longhouse. Interment with military honors was in the Snyelmen Sntmtmne.