Obituaries

Local Obituaries in Spokane County, WA

Laura Rose Slentz

Laura Rose Slentz

Mar 18, 2023

Laura Slentz, 83, was born on September 10, 1939 in Spokane, Washington and passed away on March 18, 2023 also in Spokane. 

 

Laura Slentz

Laura Slentz

Mar 18, 2023

Laura Slentz, 83, born on Sept. 10, 1939 in Spokane, Washington, passed away on March 18, 2023 in Spokane, Washington. 

Audrey L Ferguson

Audrey L Ferguson

Mar 13, 2023

Audrey L. Ferguson was born on March 14, 1939 in the colorful city of Watsonville, CA. Her family went on to move to various states from Minnesota to eventually Kansas, which is where they stayed until returning to California many years later. There Audrey met a striking young soldier, Jim Ferguson. They married in 1959 and moved when the military...

Neal Christopher Gleaton

Neal Christopher Gleaton

Mar 8, 2023

Neal Christopher Gleaton was born July 9, 1967 in Yakima, Wa. He passed March 8, 2023 of vascular disease.

Neal lived his early life in Yakima and Prosser before moving to Addy in 1979. In 1985 he graduated from Columbia River Christian Academy, and then went to Walla Walla Community College for 2 years before leaving college to help his...

Dave Lockard

Dave Lockard

Mar 7, 2023

David W. "Dave" Lockard of Spokane, Washington, passed away March 7, 2023. He was 81. He was born May 5, 1941, in Canton, Illinois, to H. Wayne and Shirley (Williams) Lockard. He graduated from Canton High School in 1959. He attended Western Illinois University and the University of Idaho, where he earned both a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Mining...

Susan Kaye Emery

Susan Kaye Emery

Mar 5, 2023

Susan Kaye Emery passed away peacefully on March 5, 2023.  Susan was born and raised in Spokane.  She and her husband of 43 years also lived in Laughlin, NV.  Susan is preceded in death by her husband, Jerry Emery and her son, Steven Richard Greene.  She is survived by her two daughters, Jodi Sue McCarthy, who was by her side,...

Marjorie P. Jurey

Marjorie P. Jurey

Mar 4, 2023

Margie entered into eternal rest at the age of 96, with family by her side.

Margie was born at the home of her grandparents, in Fishtail, Montana. The daughter of David A. Scott & Laura Yates Scott, Margie was the younger sister of Mabel, and the older sister of David, Myra, and Irvin " Scotty" Scott. At about the age...

Florence Ione Kleven

Florence Ione Kleven

Feb 27, 2023

Florence Ione Kleven died peacefully on February 27, 2023 at her residence in Lynnwood, WA.  She was 92 years old.   She was born in Northwood, ND on January 26, 1931, the middle of 8 children.  Her husband, Elmer Kleven preceded her in death in 2013.  They were married 62 years.  A devoted mother and grandmother she is survived by two...

Ron Ethridge

Ron Ethridge

Feb 25, 2023

James Ronald “Ron” Ethridge was born May 26th, 1948, in Columbus, Georgia to James “Aldon” Ethridge and LaTrelle Lanier Ethridge. His childhood was spent moving with his parents and brother, Roger “Rocky” Ethridge, to many locations for his father’s work as an Army Civil Service Chief Ammunition Inspector. Time was spent in Funuoka, Japan, Boerne, TX, Ankara, Turkey, Sidney, NE,...

LEE COX

LEE COX

Feb 17, 2023

Lee Wesley Cox passed away peacefully at 3:12pm on February 17th, 2023, at Sacred Heart Medical after a week of fighting his family made the difficult decision to take him off life support and donate his organs. Lee was born on July 14th, 1981, in Bellflower, CA and graduated class of 2000 at La Seirra Highschool. He moved to Spokane...

Ethel "Jean" Grout

Ethel "Jean" Grout

Feb 5, 2023

Ethel “Jean” Grout, 88, of Spokane WA, went home to the Lord the morning of Feb 5th 2023 after a lengthy illness.

Jean was born on June 25th 1934 to Alonzo & Fannie Studebaker in Alma, MI. She was surrounded by the love of her parents and 8 brothers and sisters. After graduating from Alma High School, she went on...

Rose "Susy" Mary Harney

Rose "Susy" Mary Harney

Feb 3, 2023

Rose “Susy” Mary Harney (née Haverkamp) passed away on Friday, February 3rd at the age of 75, surrounded by family and close friends Kathy, Tami, and Deanna. Rose is survived by her husband, Dwayne Harney; her three daughters, Laura Utter, Beth Henson, and Jeanette Harney; sons-in-law Jeff Utter and Jeff Henson; grandchildren Aaron, Evan, Logan, Nathan, Megan, Lily, and Tucker;...

Daniel Robert Warren

Daniel Robert Warren

Feb 2, 2023

Daniel Robert Warren was born May 16, 1946 in Spokane, Washington to William C. Warren and Francis Elaine (Cook) Warren.  Dan was raised in Coolin, Idaho at Priest Lake, Idaho, where his father and grandfather had homesteaded. Dan graduated from Priest River High School in 1964. He then attended Spokane Community College where he studied photography.

Dan loved photography, motorcycle...

Roger Lee McDonald

Roger Lee McDonald

Feb 1, 2023

Roger Lee McDonald 

Born March 20th, 1940 in Greenbluff to Floyd and Ruth (Helvey) McDonald who preceeded him in death. Roger was raised with his six siblings, Lois, Evelyn, Floyd, Rich, Marilyn, and Gary.

Roger grew up in Hillyard and Orchard Prairie and married Nancy Barden with whom he had five sons; Douglas, Baron, Daniel, James, and Jesse. He...

Ardys Haupt

Ardys Haupt

Feb 1, 2023

Ardys Haupt, our loving and supportive, generous and kind mother died February 1, 2023 at the age of 96.  She was preceded in death by her husband Fred, with whom she shared a fabulous marriage and 57 years of life together.  She is also preceded in death by her four siblings, Lyle, Audrey, Wayne, and Beverly.  She had a fabulous...

Marilyn Adele Carter

Marilyn Adele Carter

Jan 28, 2023

Marilyn Adele Carter, 83, born October 9th, 1939 was called to the Lord on January 28th, 2023. Marilyn was raised in Spokane and attended Lewis and Clark High School. She earned a BA in Sociology from Whitworth college and worked for the State of Washington in the welfare department.

Marilyn married Gordon Kirk in 1961 and together they had two...

Rose Marie Rogers

Rose Marie Rogers

Jan 28, 2023

Rose Marie Rogers passed away January 28th, 2023 at 88 years to the day. She left us all with a legacy of love and knowing that it is always family first. She came from a strong Italian background and it was evident in the many meals she prepared. She’ll always be remembered for her buttered corn, dollar pancakes and ravioli....

Jayme Cozzetto

Jayme Cozzetto

Jan 26, 2023

Obituary to come soon

Daryl Von Triplett

Daryl Von Triplett

Jan 20, 2023

Daryl Triplett was born on Leap Year Day in 1940 in Cheney. WA to Dorothy (Kaiser, Craig) and John Triplett. In his later childhood years, he enjoyed the companionship of his stepfather Howard Craig. Daryl spent most of his years in Spokane attending North Central High School, Eastern Washington Univ. and Whitworth Univ. During that time, he also spent two...

Edward John Palac

Edward John Palac

Jan 19, 2023

Edward John Palac passed away January 19th 2023 in Spokane, WA, surrounded by his family.

Edward was born on May 12th 1937 to Joseph and Irene Palac in Cook County, IL.

He served 4 years in the Navy, from 1955 to 1959. After serving in the Navy he worked for the United States Postal Service starting April 12th 1960 until...

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