Dennis Dean Merry died peacefully on September 7, 2018, at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center. He was with his wife and mother. He was born to Merle Dean and Harriet Louise (Throckmorton) Merry on April 15, 1949 in Colfax, Wash. He attended Colfax High School and graduated in 1967. He attended Spokane Falls Community College and majored in Horticulture before enlisting in the U.S. Army, 1968-1970. He served in Vietnam, stationed with Company B of the 101ST Airmobile Division as a Chinook...
Thelma "Sandy" Elkins
Sep 13, 2018
Thelma Jean (Sandy) Elkins, April 13, 1925 to August 28, 2018. Sandy Elkins, 93, passed away peacefully at Platinum Care in St. George, UT, on August 28, 2018. She was born April 13, 1925, to Robert G. Elder, and Myrtle Eloise Flynn Elder in Garfield, Wash. Sandy is survived by her sister, Fran Weible in Richland; grandsons, Thomas Pulliam and Chad Stanfield; stepson, Brian Elkins (Melissa) in Hailey, Idaho; and sister-in-law, Joanie McWilliams (Dave) in Fla. and many nieces and nephews. She...
Mildred co*cking
Sep 13, 2018
Mildred co*cking, longtime Colfax homemaker, passed away Sunday, September 9, 2018, at The Courtyard in Colfax, where she had resided for the last five years. She was 99. A funeral service to celebrate her life will be held on Thursday, September 13th, at 11:00 a.m., at the First Baptist Church with Pastor Dean Ellis officiating. Burial will follow in the Colfax Cemetery. A viewing for Mildred will be held on Wednesday from Noon to 5:00 p.m., at Bruning Funeral Home. She was born April 11, 1919...
Mary Ann Sheer
Sep 13, 2018
Mary Ann (Hinnenkamp) Sheer passed away peacefully on September 4, at Hospice House of Spokane. Born on March 14, 1928 in Colfax, Wa., the seventh of eight children. She spent her early life on a farm between Colfax and Dusty. While in high school, the family moved to a farm in Steptoe, Wash. Growing up on the farm she learned the value and rewards of hard work. Mom's many talents included sewing, knitting, cooking, baking and she was a pro quilter. Having quite a green thumb, she always had...
Wanda Kay Dirks-Hill
Aug 30, 2018
Wanda Kay Dirks-Hill was born on Feb. 3, 1939, in Lamont to Cecil and Catherine Colyar and died from complications related to cancer on Aug. 11, 2018, in Spokane. Kay graduated from Lamont High School and married Clinton Dirks in September of 1957. Together they raised four children on a farm north of Sprague. After raising their children, Kay enrolled in Eastern Washington University and earned her teaching degree. She taught for several years in the Sprague School District. Kay was actively...
Beverly Jean Hattan
Aug 30, 2018
A graveside memorial service for Beverly Jean Hattan, 64, will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018, at 2 p.m. at the Freeze Cemetery north of Potlatch, Idaho, with Pastor Kathy Kramer officiating. Urn burial will follow the service. A gathering and potluck luncheon will follow at the Scenic 6 Park at Potlatch. Beverly passed away on Aug. 23, 2018. Beverly was born on Aug. 1, 1954, at Moscow, Idaho, to Arnold and Geneal (Hansen) Bircher. She attended the Potlatch schools and graduated from the...
Fred Emmett Williams
Aug 30, 2018
Fred Emmett Williams died on Aug. 13, 2018. He was born to Fred O. and Mary Jane Williams Dec. 27, 1945, in Syracuse, N.Y. He spent his childhood in Garfield, Wash., and graduated in 1964. He attended WSU and during that time met and married the love of his life, Sharon Hawk, in 1967. Upon graduation he taught math and coached one year in Yakima before enlisting in the USMC from 1970-73. Because of his strong math background, the Marine Corp. chose to train Fred in the new and expanding field...
Howard Leinweber
Aug 30, 2018
Howard Victor Leinweber, 80, of Colfax, Wash., passed away August 25, 2018, at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center in Colfax. Howard was born Nov. 21, 1937, in Colfax, Wash., to Victor & Leona (Utke) Leinweber. He grew up in Endicott and Colfax, completing his education at Colfax High School. Howard went to work for his uncles on the family farm following school, later working for 20 years at Ben's Auto Body Shop. Howard returned to farming from which he retired. On April 18, 1960, Howard marrie...
Peggy J. Lockwood of Hermiston, Oregon, was born on October 4, 1922 in Winona, Washington, to parents, Lacey Eugene Means and Johannah W. Lust Means. She died on April 21, 2018 in Hermiston, Oregon, at the age of 95 years. Peggy was raised, attended school and graduated in Endicott, Washington. She then attended beauty school in Spokane, Washington, for a time before getting married and starting her family. She was a stay-at-home mom in Spokane and later Colfax, Washington, before moving to...
Virgil Jeffries
Aug 23, 2018
Virgil Eppa Jeffries, was born Feb. 7, 1932 in Colfax, Washington, to Bert and Naomi Jeffries. He was the fourth born of six children. Virgil served this country in the Navy for three years and nine months and the Air Force for five years and three months. He was an Airman first class who was honorably discharged. Virgil worked and lived in Fairbanks, Alaska, Seattle, Washington, Springdale, Oregon, then retired in Gresham, Oregon. He worked as a machinist. In his later years, he enjoyed...
Gordon Hamilton
Aug 23, 2018
Gordon Wilbur Hamilton, lifelong St. John resident, passed away August 18, 2018 at the Whitman Hospital in Colfax. He was 89. A graveside service will be held Monday, August 27th at 11:00 AM, at the St. John Cemetery followed by a reception at the Community Building. Pastor Denny Hinds will officiate. Gordon was born August 13, 1929 on the family farm near St. John to Delbert and Lillie White Hamilton. Early years were spent helping around the farm and raising livestock to be shown at livestock...
Ruby Brown
Aug 23, 2018
On July 16, 2018, Ruby Irene Krom Brown passed away. Our beloved mother was born and raised on the family farm near Dusty, Washington. She was confirmed in German, in what is now the The Country Bible Church and graduated from Lacrosse High School in 1941. She joined her sisters, Margaret and Alma, in Spokane upon graduation and went on to further her education at Kinman Business University. She was subsequently employed as an executive secretary at Bell Telephone, her penmanship and shorthand s...
Rod Herman
Aug 16, 2018
Rod Herman, a resident of Martinez, Calif., died June 28, 2018, after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Herman was a member of the Colfax High School class of 1968 and had hoped to attend this year's 50-year reunion. Born May 15, 1950, to Ed and Ruby Gerlitz Herman, he was raised in Colfax where he was a three-sport athlete at CHS. He started college at Washington State University. He later left college, but returned and received a degree summa cum laude in 1988. He was employed as an applications analyst for Chevron in the Bay Area of...
Sydney Sullivan
Aug 16, 2018
Sydney Saint "Syd" Sullivan passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 5, 2018. Syd was born on December 3, 1930, in Spokane to George E. and Hazel G. (Long) Sullivan, joining three brothers (George, Daniel, Bernard) and later by another brother (Clark), and two sisters (Audrey, Beulah). He graduated from Washtucna High School in 1948. Syd is survived by his wife Janice, his children Karen Kinch (Rod), Susan Sullivan, Steve Sullivan, Laurie Brown (Mike), Eleanor Brodahl (Ted), Kyle Stark (Laura) a...
Helen Nagle Graham
Aug 9, 2018
Celebration of life for Helen M. (Sally) Graham will be held at the Palouse Community Center Aug. 11, from 2 to 5 p.m. and at the Linden Golf and Country Club in Puyallup Aug. 18, from 2 to 5 p.m. She died July 2, 2018, following an extended illness. Born the last of eight children to Granny and Dad Nagle of Palouse Jan. 3, 1933, she lived the first 19 years of her life on a wheat farm near the Washington-Idaho border. She graduated from Palouse High School in 1950. During those high school...
Darlene M. Hester
Aug 9, 2018
Darlene M. Hester, 80, a resident of LaDow Court Assisted Living in Garfield since November of 2017, died July 30, 2018, at LaDow Court in Garfield where she had been residing since November of last year. A funeral service will not be conducted and urn burial will be at the Garfield Cemetery. Born July 18, 1938, at Spokane to Daniel V. and Myrl (Hoffman) Dvorak, she spent her early childhood in Spokane and moved to Elberton when she was in the fourth grade. She graduated from Garfield High...
Reita Stueckle
Aug 9, 2018
Reita Yvonne (Bryson) Stueckle, beloved wife, sister, mother, grandmother and great grandma, passed away Friday, August 3, 2018 at the home of her grandchildren in Colfax. She was 87. Funeral services will be held on Friday, August 10th, at 10:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Colfax. Viewing will be at Bruning Funeral Home on Wednesday and Thursday. Reita will be buried in the Dusty Cemetery. She was born to James and Pauline Bryson on May 20, 1931 in Callaway, Nebraska. She moved to...
Victoria Gehring
Aug 9, 2018
Victoria Ann (Henning) Gehring, St. John area native, died August 5, 2018 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, following a long term illness. She was 67. Victoria was born October 7, 1950 in Colfax, Washington, to Joe and Florence Henning. She grew up on the family farm at Sunset, Washington, attended schools in St. John and graduated with the St. John High Class of 1968. She was active in the Rainbow Girls with her mom. Victoria moved to the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley and worked in various jobs including...
Frances Joan Hardgrove
Aug 2, 2018
Born 12/21/27 in Spokane, WA to Fabian McKeon Smith and Edith Culver Smith. Fran attended St. Augustine's grade school, Holy Names Academy and graduated with a degree in education and music from Dominican College, San Rafael, CA in 1949. Prior to her marriage to John W. Hardgrove on November 30, 1951, she worked as a medical secretary in Spokane, WA. After living in Spokane for 35 years, her husband was transferred and she traded in the city life for rural Oakesdale, WA. where she lived for 16...
Joanne Kay Howard
Aug 2, 2018
Devoted wife, proud mother, loving sister – passed away peacefully on March 16, 2018 in Kirkland, Washington, surrounded by loved ones. She was 66 years old. Joanne was born on June 10, 1951 in Spokane, WA to parents Merle and Vivian Fish. Despite complications from Spina Bifida, Joanne's sunny outlook and determined spirit enabled her to defy medical expectations. She enjoyed a happy childhood, and graduated from Shadle High School in 1970. Joanne earned her Associate's Degree before b...
Pamella French
Aug 2, 2018
A memorial service will for Pamela French of Potlatch will be Saturday, Aug. 4, at 10 a.m. at the Church of the Nazarene in Princeton, Idaho. Pastor Kathy Kramer will officiate and a reception will follow at the church. She died July 20, 2018, at the University of Washington Medical Center due to complications following heart surgery. Born Aug. 31, 1944, in Garfield to Glen and Claudine Atkison, she attended schools in Potlatch and married her high school sweetheart, Darrel French, June 30,...
Trina Franklin Brumley
Aug 2, 2018
Trina Louise Brumley, 60, long-time Colfax and Prosser resident, died Thursday, July 19, 2018, at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. She was born Feb. 19, 1958, in Renton, only daughter of Melodie Rae (Malone) and Ernest Harold Franklin. A private family celebration will be held at a later date....
Marilyn Ruth Aeschliman
Jul 19, 2018
Marilyn Ruth Aeschliman passed away on July 5, 2018, in Arlington, Texas at the age of 87. She was born in Memphis, Tenn. on October 29, 1930, to Vassar and Harry Ashburn. She graduated from high school in Memphis in 1949 and moved to Sacramento, Calif. to live with an older sister. She was employed for two years at the Sacramento Bee Newspaper before entering Whitworth College in Spokane to train for Christian Service. It was necessary for her to drop out of college after two years because of s...
Mary Phyllis Allan
Jul 19, 2018
Mary Phyllis Allan, 85, of Colfax, passed away July 12, 2018, at the Whitman Health and Rehab Center in Colfax, Wash. Mary was born July 31, 1932, in Steptoe, Wash. to Ernest & Mary Ellen (Linn) Roberts. She grew up and attended school in Steptoe, spending summers in Dusty on the Schultz family farm. Mary played basketball while in school and graduated from Steptoe High School. She married George W. Hall and together they made their home in Steptoe. After their divorce, Mary moved to Spokane...
Vickie Lynn (Carter) Drewes
Jul 19, 2018
Vickie Lynn (Carter) Drewes, 57, passed away July, 3, in Sacramento, Calif. A graveside service will be held at the Viola Cemetery on August 11th at 10 am. Vickie was born in Moscow, Idaho, on December 2, 1960, to Max and Eileen Carter; and was a 1979 graduate from LaCrosse High School. She was preceded in death by her parents Max and Eileen Carter; and her brother, Raymond Carter. She is survived by siblings Sue Mayberry (Libby, Mont.), Melvin Carter (LaCrosse, Wash.), Norene Kosloski (Grand...
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