Chirls "Charly" S. Duty, Sr.
Jul 31, 2011
Chirls "Charly" S. Duty, Sr., 82, a long time Farmington resident, passed away Sunday, July 31, 2011 at his home. A private family graveside will be held in the Mountain View Cemetery at Farmington. Memorial Services will be held Saturday, August 20th at 3:00 pm at the Farmington Seventh Day Adventist Church. Charly was born December 20, 1928 in Pauls...
Jack Wesley French
Jul 30, 2011
Jack Wesley French, Spokane resident, passed away July 30, 2011 at the Hospice of Spokane. A memorial service will be held Saturday, September 3, 2011 at Maplewood Gardens Retirement Center in Spokane at 10 a.m. Urn burial will follow in the Colfax Cemetery. Jack was born September 1, 1928 in Queen City, Texas to DeWitt and Myrtle French. He was...
Kathleen Lucille Ford Scholz
Jul 30, 2011
Kathleen Lucille Scholz (nee Ford) (1909-2011) was one of the last pioneers. She grew up in del Rio, Washington, which, throughout her life, was her favorite place to take a drive. When American Indians passed through their property, Grandma hid the kids in the barn. The kids, of course, sneaked out of the back of the barn to visit their...
Mary Lee Jackson Anderson
Jul 27, 2011
Mary Lee (Jackson) Anderson (July 14, 1925 ~ July 27, 2011) A private family graveside service for Mary Lee Anderson, former area resident, will be held Saturday, August 6th, in the Colfax Cemetery. Mary passed away July 27th in Othello, WA. after a long illness. She was 86. She was born July 14, 1925 to Fred and Martha Mae Jackson...
Jack S. Garrett
Jul 21, 2011
Jack S. Garrett Former wheat farmer and life-long eastern Washington resident, Jack Stewart Garrett, passed away on July 21, 2011 after battling cancer for several years. Funeral services will be held on Sunday July 24, 2011 at 2 pm St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Parish at 330 E. Boone Avenue, Spokane, WA. Jack was born on December 30, 1934 in Spokane,...
Fujiko Sakamoto
Jul 14, 2011
Fujiko Sakamoto, Colfax resident, passed away Thursday, July 14, 2011 at Whitman Hospital in Colfax after suffering a heart attack at her home. She was 96. Family graveside services were held Saturday, July 16th at the Colfax Cemetery. Fujiko was born August 27, 1914 in Parlier, California (Fresno County) to Kumazo and Mineru Yoshinaga. She moved back to her parent's...
Reva June Organ
Jul 13, 2011
Reva June Organ passed away peacefully at her home on July 13, 2011. Services will be held on Saturday July 23 at 10 am at The United Methodist Church in Colfax Washington. Graveside services will follow at the Colfax cemetery. Reva was born on June 24, 1932 in Wenatchee, WA to E. Vance and Lana Urness. She moved to Colfax...
Karen Kristine (Heilsberg) Johns
Jul 9, 2011
Karen Kristine (Heilsberg) Johns, 59, of Colfax, passed away Saturday, July 9, 2011 at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, July 16th at 11:00 am at the Colfax United Methodist Church. Viewing will be Thursday & Friday at Bruning Funeral Home. Burial will be at the Colfax Cemetery. Karen was born March 8, 1952 in...
Esther V. Koch
Jul 8, 2011
Esther V. Koch, 99, of Spokane Valley, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, July 8, 2011, in Spokane Valley. Born on November 24, 1911 in Colfax to William & Pearl Lee, the Lee family made their home in Penawawa where William had an orchard. When Esther's mother passed away, she was only 12 years old, so...
Lorraine E. Jones
Jul 2, 2011
Lorraine E. Jones, long time Colfax area farm wife, passed away Saturday, July 2, 2011 at the Whitman Health & Rehab Center in Colfax. She was 82. A Memorial Service celebrating her life will be held Saturday, July 9, at 4:00 pm at the Colfax United Methodist Church. She will be laid to rest privately at the Colfax Cemetery. Pastor...
Roland C. Cook
Jun 29, 2011
Roland C. Cook, lifelong Endicott resident, passed away Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at Whitman Hospital in Colfax. He was 84. A funeral service will be held Saturday, July 2nd at 10:00 AM at Trinity Lutheran Church in Endicott with burial following at the Endicott Cemetery. Pastor Philip Misner will officiate. Viewing will be Friday afternoon from 2:00 to 5:00 at...
Mildred Jean Shields
Jun 27, 2011
Mildred Jean Shields, Pullman resident, passed away June 27, 2011 at Pullman Regional Hospital. She was 75. She was born September 11, 1935 in Colfax to John and Cornelia (Moor) Shields. Mildred spent her early life growing up in Colfax before she completed high school in Wenatchee in 1953. Mildred returned to the Palouse area and graduated from Washington State...
Lewis L Gaiser
Jun 21, 2011
Lewis Loyd Gaiser, 94, lifelong inspirer and resident of the Palouse, passed away on June 21, 2011 while in the comfort of his loving home. Lewis was born on December 2, 1917 as one of nine siblings in Moscow, Idaho to Jacob and Elizabeth Gaiser. He was raised on a family ranch until the great depression when he became a...
Jack Lee Hulstrom
Jun 20, 2011
Jack Lee Hulstrom, Silver Valley resident, passed away June 20, 2011 at the Silverwood Good Samaritan Center in Silverton following a year long struggle with leukemia. Jack was 72. No public memorial service is planned and Jack will be laid to rest privately by his family. He was born in Denver, Colorado to Andy and Della (Meusborn) Hulstrom on August...
Fidel Moises Reyes
Jun 16, 2011
Fidel Moises Reyes, 89, quietly passed away on June 16, 2011. Fidel was born May 28, 1922 in Colon, Cuba to Juaquin and Ana Josefa Reyes. He lived in Cuba until 1965, when he, his wife Josefina, and son, Denny emigrated to Colfax to be reunited with his older children. In 1962, Fidel sent his children, Audie, Evy, and Juan...
Joan (Luft) Schussman
Jun 14, 2011
Joan (Luft) Schussman, 80, of Moscow and formerly of Colfax, WA passed into Our Lord's loving arms on June 14, 2011 at Gritman Medical Center in Moscow, ID. What a loving, quiet and gentle spirit she was. She was an inspiration to everyone who knew her. Joan was born Nov. 25, 1930 in Colfax, WA to John & Pauline (Bidel)...
Kenneth R. Davis
Jun 13, 2011
Kenneth Raymond Davis, lifelong Colfax resident, passed away Monday night, June 13, 2011 at Whitman Hospital in Colfax. He was 84. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, June 21st at 1:00 pm in the chapel at Bruning Funeral Home. Pastor Lynn Nelson will officiate. Ken was born in Colfax to Elzie and Neola (Nichols) Davis on September 26, 1926....
Joyce Powell Bryan
Jun 10, 2011
Obituary for Joyce Powell Bryan Joyce Powell Bryan passed away on June 10, 2011 at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Washington from Leukemia. Joyce was born in Buffalo, New York to Samuel and Kathryn (Mergler) Powell on February 5, 1932. Joyce grew up in Buffalo where she graduated from Kensington High School in 1949. As a young adult one...
Mary Jo Hughes
Jun 8, 2011
Mary Jo Hughes, 80, a lifelong Endicott, WA resident passed away on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at the Whitman Hospital & Medical Center in Colfax, WA. Mary Jo was born Jan. 11, 1931 in Endicott to John & Christine (Fries) Weitz. She grew up and attended school in Endicott, graduating from Endicott High School in 1948. Mary Jo worked for...
Helen Virginia Mills
Jun 7, 2011
Helen Virginia Mills, long time St. John resident, passed away Tuesday, June 07, 2011. Funeral Services will be Monday, June 13th, at 11:00 am at the St. John United Methodist Church. The graveside service will take place earlier at 10:00 am at the St. John Cemetery. Viewing will be Friday from 9 to 4 at Bruning Funeral Home in Colfax....
