Agnes F. Hummels, of Post Falls, Idaho, departed from this life to be with her
Lord and Redeemer on August 17, 2018. After a lengthy painful struggle, she spent the
last days of her life peacefully at Hospice of North Idaho surrounded by loving family.

This amazing woman was born Agnesa Feodrovnа Aristovoulova, on May 26,
1929 in Harbin, Manchuria, (now China) of Russian parents and grew up during violent
times in Shanghai, China. There she met Glen L. Hummels, a handsome American
from Nebraska who was serving as a sailor stationed in Shanghai. At the end of his
Naval commitment, Glen switched to the Army in order to entice Agnes to marry him,
who claimed that she “wasn’t about to marry a sailor because sailors have a girl in every
port!” Then, less than a week after they married on December 17, 1948, they were
forced to flee China as the Communist regime took over. Once in the U.S., she served
her new country as a faithful military wife and homemaker in Ft. Riley, Kansas; Ft.
Benning, Georgia; Ft. Richardson, Alaska; and 2 lengthy assignments at Ft. Bliss,
located in El Paso, Texas, where she and Glen settled upon his retirement from the
military.

Agnes loved children and when her three had flown the coup, she opened her
home as a daycare to neighborhood children, who now as adults remember her fondly.
She also loved dogs, especially Golden Retrievers. After an automobile accident left
Glen incapacitated, Agnes faithfully and lovingly cared for him at home for six years
before he passed in 2003. She remained in El Paso, living with the youngest of their
three children, John Hummels. She reluctantly left her beloved El Paso in 2010 to move
with her son John to Post Falls, Idaho, residing not far from her eldest child, Cathy
Guinn of Athol. Agnes is also survived by her daughter, Debra Parise, of Corona, CA.,
who blessed our children-loving mom with four grandchildren—Matthew Parise, Nicole
Espino, Jessica Hydro, and Rachel Parise, all of whom then blessed her even more with
a total of 10 great grandchildren. Agnes has two younger sisters Irene Capotosto of
Cranston, R.I, and Jeannette Hendryx, the youngest, who sadly passed before her in
2013.

Quoting her grandchildren: “Agnes had a joyful heart, a giving soul, a stern
hand, and a loving touch.” “My babushka has always been there for me even when I
was screwing up.” And quoting her son: “ She was beautiful inside and out! Everyone
she met fell in love with her! She had an amazing life and story to tell. But most of all,
she had a servant’s heart. She was always giving and she always put others first
before herself. Loving God and loving people is what she was all about.” A Celebration
of Life was held at her daughter Cathy’s house in Athol, ID.

A Memorial Mass will be celebrated 10:00 a.m. Monday, August 27, 2018 at St. George’s Catholic Church in Post Falls, ID. In lieu of flowers, the family would encourage donations to Hospice of North Idaho, 2290 W. Prairie Ave, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83815