Obituaries
Local Obituaries in Spokane County, WA
Charles C Callen
Jun 16, 2018
CALLEN, Charles C. “Chuck” (age 81) – Entered into rest on June 16, 2018 in Wellton, AZ, having been a resident there this past 2 years. Born in Jerome, Idaho, Chuck attended Wendell H.S. and the University of Idaho prior entering the USAF in 1956.Following military service, he returned to southern Idaho where he started his family; and there he...
Richard Roy Wunderlich
Jun 11, 2018
WUNDERLICH, Richard Roy (age 79)- Entered into rest on June 11, 2018 in Chattanooga, TN. Funeral Service: Monday, June 25th, 2018 at 11 AM at Sunset Mausoleum Chapel on the grounds of Fairmount Memorial Park Cemetery. Interment with military honors to follow.
Robert Lee Hoskinson
Jun 10, 2018
Robert “Lee” Hoskinson, age 80, was called home on the morning of Sunday, June 10. He was surrounded by family as he made his peaceful transition. Lee was born on February 11, 1938, the older of two children born in El Paso, Texas to Thomas Lee Hoskinson and Tommie Elvora Chastain. As a young child, his family moved to Southern...
James B Karnes
Jun 9, 2018
Karnes, James B. (age 95) - Entered into rest on June 9, 2018 in Spokane, WA .
LaVon June Baker
Jun 8, 2018
BAKER, LaVon June (age 89) – Entered into rest on June 8, 2018 in Spokane, where she had lived most of her adult life. Born on October 28, 1928, in Spencer, ID, to Everett and Rose Lemmons, LaVon graduated from Kettle Falls High School (1946) and Kinman Business University (1949). She was preceded in death by her husband, Leland in...
Donna Mae Gabriel
Jun 8, 2018
Donna Mae Gabriel(September 2, 1948 – June 8, 2018)Donna Gabriel, 69, of Spokane, WA died Friday, June 8, 2018. She was born on September 2, 1948 in Eureka, SD, to George & Violet (Bauer) Gabriel.Donna graduated from Shadle Park High School in 1966, and then served in the US Army RA WAC, receiving an honorable discharge in April 1969 after...
Marjorie Jean Gady
Jun 8, 2018
GADY, Marjorie J. A life well lived. Marjorie came into this world November 22, 1933, the daughter of Henry and Marion Becker. Marge went home to be with the angels June 8, 2018. Marjorie was married to the love of her life, James Gady on October 12, 1956. They were high school sweethearts who made a lifetime commitment to each...
LeRoy Stanley Benedict
Jun 7, 2018
BENEDICT, LeRoy Stanley “Benny” – Passed away Thursday, June 7th at the age of 93. He was born in Evanston, Wyoming on March 20, 1925. Benny spent his childhood in the Bay area of California and after high school joined the Army Air Corp which later became the U.S. Air Force. He was a member of a bomber crew and...
James Timan Onstad
May 29, 2018
James (Jim) T. Onstad (age 91)- Entered into rest on Tuesday May 29th, 2018. Jim was preceded in death in 2016, by the Love of his Life, “His pretty eyed babe in the whole wide world”, Evelyn Onstad. Jim was born in Deer Park WA, to Timan and Eva Onstad, graduated from Deer Park High school, and entered the Navy...
Lyle Ross Crafton
May 28, 2018
CRAFTON, Lyle R. (Age 99) - Lyle was born on July 14, 1918 to William R. and Nellie M. Crafton on a small farm near McMinnville, Oregon. Lyle was 6 years old when the family moved to Portland, Oregon where his father had a Roofing and Shingling business. Lyle started working for his father at the age of 11 and...
Leila "Winnie" Sowl
May 28, 2018
SOWL, Leila “Winnie” (Age 95) – Winnie passed away on May 28, 2018. She was born in Wenatchee, WA in February 1923 to Otto and Eva Garrison. She also lived in Moses Lake, WA and Butte, MT while growing up. After high school she moved to Spokane and went to work at Galena Air Depot doing radio repair and installation...
Bernice Jane Lewis
May 24, 2018
Bernice Jane (Marshall) Lewis (Age 93) Bernie was called home to heaven on May 24, 2018, one day after her 93rd birthday, and is now reunited with her husband, daughter and all of her beloved family that went before her. Bernie was born on a farm in the Union Flat area of Pullman on 5-23-25 to loving parents George Albert...
Mark Steven Knight
May 18, 2018
Ofc. Mark Knight, PFC-Retired. 01/11/50-05/18/18. Passed away peacefully with his wife, Cindi, by his side after a 3.5 year battle from a virus in his brain. He was born in Kellogg, ID. His family moved to Mead, WA after his father’s death in 1959. Mark graduated from Mead High School Class of ’68. He worked at Mead Market with his...
Robert Wilson Barzee
May 15, 2018
Robert "Bob" Barzee (age 72) of Spokane passed away Tuesday, May 15th, 2018 at home with family. Born April 6th, 1946 in Spokane, the son of Charlotte Parker and Wallace Barzee. After graduating from Colville High in 1964, he enlisted in the Navy and served two tours as a Sonar tech in Vietnam. He was honorably discharged in 1969. He...
Doris "Betty" Brooks
May 10, 2018
Doris Betty Brooks Doris Betty Brooks passed away peacefully May 10, 2018, in Post Falls, Idaho. Betty was born August 25, 1920, at her family home near Arden, Washington, to Nora Ada (Lee) Skidmore and Everett Arthur Skidmore. Betty attended Orin school, grades 1-8, then Colville High School in 1938. Following High School, Betty attended barber and beautician school in...
Janie Lea Sorensen
May 8, 2018
SORENSEN, Janie Lea – Born on October 6, 1951 in Seattle, WA, entered into rest on May 8, 2018 in Spokane, WA. She was preceded in death by parents, George E. and Viola W. Foster of Vancouver, WA. Janie went to be with her Lord and personal Savior Jesus Christ the Messiah. She accepted Christ into her life at 13...
Patrick Jay Gallagher
May 6, 2018
Patrick Jay Gallagher of Colbert, formerly Colville, WA. passed away Sunday, May 6, 2018. Born in Iron River, Michigan on June 28, 1935, proud son of James and Helen Gallagher. He attended Iron River schools where he was noted as an outstanding athlete. Foregoing a football scholarship at Marquette, he chose instead to play for the Marquette basketball team. His...
Donna C Holm
May 6, 2018
HOLM, Donna Carla (Beckman) –Entered into rest on May 6, 2018 in Spokane, WA. Born on May 29, 1933 in Portland, OR to parents, Carl A. Beckman (Sweden) and Pearl Carr (Olean, NY), Donna always had a wonderful singing voice and joined two dear friends in high school to form the “Harmonettes”.The “Harmonettes” were well received in their hometown and...
Roxana Rae Borchers
May 1, 2018
Borchers, Roxana Rae (age 81) Entered into rest on May 1, 2018 in her home town of Spokane, Wa. Born in Spokane on August 27, 1936. Roxy graduating from John R. Rogers High School in 1954. She then graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Education from EWU. She was a 1st grade teacher for Spokane School District 81 and Mead...
Gertrude Cutchen
Apr 21, 2018
CUTCHEN, Gertrude (Age 95) – Gertrude Langston Cutchen passed away on April 21, 2018 in Spokane, WA. She was born at home on January 17, 1923 to Walter William and Maggie Eunice McCoy in Sardis, Alabama. She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Parley Nathaniel Cutchen; and her oldest son, Jed (Donna) Cutchen. Gertrude is survived...
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