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Tonia Carruth 1975 – 2021 It is with great sadness that the Carruth family announces the passing of Tonia Carruth, 45, on Feb. 15, 2021. Tonia was born on Aug.21, 1975 to Eddie Dixon and Debra Chalmers in Talmage, Calif. Tonia decided to serve our country and went into the Air Force right after high school. She was an Information Management Specialist for the 92nd Air Refueling Wing at Fairchild Airforce Base in Spokane. During her tenure in the military, she received numerou...
Phyllis Elizabeth Wilkerson 1925 -2021 Phyllis Elizabeth Wilkerson, 95. Born June 12, 1925 in Chicago Ill. to Edward and Kathryn Sayler. Went to be with our Lord on Feb. 16, 2021. She is survived by her daughter Diana (Daniel) Thew, and son Wayne (Wanda) Wilkerson; grandchildren Jason (Mikayla), Jody (Emily); great-grandchildren Brady, Willow and Wren. Preceded in death by her parents, husband Bill, brother Stan and grandson Joshua Wilkerson. She went to high school in A...
Ione Nita Behm (1926-2021) Ione Nita (Howe) Behm, 95 of Cheney, Wash. passed away peacefully in her sleep on Feb. 14, 2021, surrounded by her loving family. She was one of nine children born to Clifford Rudolf Howe and Veronica (Paddock) Howe in the small town of Houghton, South Dakota. There she attended elementary school and later graduated from Hecla High School. As a student at Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota, she majored in early childhood edu...
James Goodrich (1943- 2021) James Goodrich (77) peacefully passed away at the Cheney Care Center in Cheney, Wash., on Feb. 3, 2021. He was born June 23, 1943 in Vernal, Utah to Merrill and Agnes Goodrich. He was the third of four children. The family moved to Moses Lake, Wash. in 1950 where James grew up working on the Goodrich Brothers farm. He worked in the automobile rental business in Seattle and San Francisco in the 1960s. He was then introduced to truck driving, where...
M. James Kintschi 1930 - 2021 It is with joy in the promise of our Lord's gracious gift of eternal life that we announce the passing of our Dad, Morris James (Jim) Kintschi, into the presence of the Lord. He died at the age of 90 on Feb. 17, 2021 in Spokane Valley, Wash. Dad was born on July 19, 1930 in Cheney, Wash. to Morris and Anna (Tanner) Kintschi. He had three older sisters, Irene, Bernice and Marie, and two younger sisters, Shirley and Deanna. He loved being the only...
Floyd Allen Cook passed peacefully in his sleep following complications from a massive stroke on Feb. 5, 2021 at Hospice House, Spokane, Wash. Allen was born on July 2, 1938 to Floyd and Emelia Cook. At the age of 2 his family moved from Ellensburg, Wash. to Cheney, Wash. where his father taught at Cheney High School. In high school Allen participated in football and track setting track records in 1957. Allen worked at gas stations as a "gas pump jockey" (according to Diane's...
Donald Henry "Don" Thorstenson (1944 -2021) Donald Henry "Don" Thorstenson, 76, of Medical Lake, Wash. entered into his Heavenly home, surrounded by his loving family, during the early morning hours of Jan. 30, 2021. Born on Nov. 23, 1944 in Mobridge, S.D., Don was the second child and only son of Henry Theodore and Anne Marie (Stepenenko) Thorstenson. Though born in Mobridge, Don spent his childhood on the family farm in Timber Lake where he attended a one room schoolhouse cl...
Darlene Midgley Isaacson (66), graduated from this life on Wed., Jan. 20, 2021. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandma, sister, aunt, and friend to all who knew her. She was born in Ogden, Utah on July 5, 1954, to loving parents, and grew up in Utah, Ind., Calif., and Wash.. After graduating high school in Cheney, Wash., Darlene attended Brigham Young University where she met her husband, Jeff, and graduated with a degree in Elementary Education. After a short stint as an...
Roberta "Bobbi" Rako (1930-2021) Roberta "Bobbi" Rako (Age 90) Roberta peacefully went to Heaven on Jan. 8, 2021, at her daughter's home in Cheney, Wash. with family and friends by her side. Misty her dog went ahead of her on Jan. 3, 2021. Bobbi was born to Robert and Addie Lincoln on July 3, 1930, in Spokane, Wash., and was raised in Tekoa, Wash. She moved to Spokane, Wash. at the age of 15 and graduated from Lewis and Clark High School. Bobbi was one of the first women city...
Rose Marie Reilly (1959-2021) While a resident of Cheney, Wash. in recent times, Rose Marie Reilly a.k.a. Wissy was always a Cincinnati kid. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Rebecca & Samuel E. Reilly, Jr. on Nov. 7, 1959, she joined two siblings, at the time; and, in fairly short order, became one of five including: Mary Reilly Mulligan (Lenore), John Reilly, Paul Reilly (Lenny) and Becky Reilly. Rose attended St. Williams Elementary School and graduated from Seton High School in...
Richard Earl "Dick" Christenson passed away Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 in Spokane Valley, Wash. He was born Aug. 29, 1930 in Ritzville, Wash. to Martin C. and Irene M. (Jones) Christenson. Graduating from Moses Lake High School in 1948, Dick received his B.A. in Education in 1952 and Masters of Education in 1961, both from Eastern Washington College of Education. Dick served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War from 1952 through 1955, followed by eight years in the Army Reserve....
Capt. Donald E. Early, (U.S. Air Force Ret.) 9/24/1940 – 1/11/2021. Don Early, avid outdoorsman, devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather passed away peacefully on Jan. 11, 2021, at age 80. Don was born in the Florida Panhandle village of Niceville in 1940 to Grady Early and Katie (Wells). Graduating from high school but still too young to join the Navy, Don joined the Merchant Marines, serving for six months before turning 18 and enlisting in the Navy. T...
Xandra Leigh Victor, (Age 56). Beloved daughter, mother, wife, stepmother and grandmother was born in 1964 to Brad and Diane McHenry. She passed away on New Year's Day, 2021 in Cheney, Wash. after a long chronic illness. She is survived by her mother Diane, her twin children Joe and Haile, husband Ardell, two step-children; Christina and Jared and grandchildren; Renee', Asher, Addy Jo and Zechariah. Also by various aunts, uncles, and cousins. Xanny grew up at Williams Lake, at...
Rosalie C. Williamsen Long time Medical Lake resident, Rosalie C. Williamsen, 91, passed away peacefully in her sleep Jan. 2, 2021 and joined her husband, Rev. Stanley Williamsen in heaven. Rosalie was born in August of 1929 in Edinburg, N.D. to parents Amund and Helen Nygard. At age 16, Rosalie graduated high school from Hillcrest Academy in Fergus Falls, Minn. Following graduation, she moved to Seattle to attend the Lutheran Bible Institute and be near her sister Arlett. She...
Patricia Ann Tresko Patricia Ann (Cowell) Tresko passed away on Dec. 30, 2020 in Spokane, Wash. surrounded by her loved ones. She was born in Lincoln, Neb. on July 4, 1959, to Ron and Mary Cowell. She is survived by her four daughters; Katie, Laura, Amanda, and Monica, their father John Tresko, grandson John, and her two brothers, a sister and their families. Patty obtained her initial education degree from Gonzaga University and completed two masters’ degrees through E...
Dennis Albert Hanks passed away at his home in Cheney on December 26th, 2020. Dennis was born to Albert Lorenzo Hanks and Ethyl Francis Oviatt in Wessington Springs, ND on December 6th, 1950. A Memorial Service will be Saturday, January 9th at 1:00 PM at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located at 2536 N. 6th in Cheney, WA. Full obituary to follow....
Age 86 - Helen Jackson of Tyler, Wash. passed away Dec. 10, 2020. Helen Beverly Lamphier Jackson was born to Walt and Pauline Lamphier on March 1, 1934. Helen graduated from Sprague High school in 1951. Helen and Leroy (Harold) were joined in marriage on Feb. 28, 1952. Helen and Harold had three sons and a daughter. Helen cherished, loved and gave everything she had to her children. Helen was full of life and activities! If she wasn’t at home gardening, baking or playing the p...
Julie Hay was born as Julie Fay Garvin on 3/10/1961 in Moses Lake, Wash. to her mother, Carol Garvin Parker, and her father John Garvin. She lived in Moses Lake, Ventura, Calif., Spokane, Wash., Cheney, Wash., Port Orchard, Wash., Snoqualmie, Wash., Spokane Valley, Wash., Bend, Ore, and The Dalles, Ore. Julie was preceded in death by her father, John Garvin; sister, Lucinda Harmon, father- and mother- and brother-in-law as well as several aunts, uncles and cousins. She was...
Carl Morris Whiteley, 84, went to be with our Savior on Dec. 2, 2020 in Spokane, Wash. after a long battle with a progressive illness. Carl was born on Feb. 13, 1936 in Tulsa, Okla. Carl was the son of Morris and Jean Whiteley. He married his high school sweetheart, Jo Carol in the Baptist church on March 23, 1955. Carl served in the USAF for 28 years traveling to Saudi Arabia, all over the United States including two assignments in Alaska. He retired as SMSGT in 1983 at FAFB....
Joann F. Shreeve passed away peacefully of kidney failure Friday, Nov. 27, 2020 surrounded by family. She was born March 14, 1933 and grew up in Missoula, Montana. She attended Loyola Sacred Heart all girls Catholic High School and graduated in 1955 from University of Montana with a bachelor's degree in Education with an emphasis in Home Economics and English. She taught one year in Conrad, Montana before marrying Bill Shreeve June 2, 1956 and joining him in Johnstown, Colo....
With considerable sadness, we, the family of Joe Stone share the news of his recent passing and reflect on his momentous life story. Joe was the third born child to Wes Stone and Darlene Ritter (then Stone), on Oct. 22, 1964 in Moscow, Idaho. As a child he was diagnosed with a rare metabolic disease that affects the kidneys known as Cystinosis, which at the time had very little medical research to promise an optimistic future for his life. When Joe was extremely young, his...
David Mack Perry (aged 69) left us on Friday, Nov. 20 in Spokane Valley. Once, way out west, there was this fella… A man by the name of David Perry... But he liked to be called… the Dude. You see, the Dude was a man of the people. Born in 1951 in Ithaca, N.Y. to John and Mary Perry as part of an Army family, they moved all over this great land of ours with stops in Germany, El Paso, Queens, Tacoma and finally settling down in Medical Lake, Wash. Medical Lake became his muc...
Chet Bettcher, of Spangle, Wash. passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020 on his 78th birthday. He was born in Portland, Ore. on Dec. 2, 1942 and attended Rainier High School in Sea-Tac. In his younger days he enjoyed bull riding, playing softball and hanging out with friends. An avid Seahawks fan from the beginning, he never missed a game. On Aug. 31, 1990 he married his best friend, Ann Bettcher at the Hitching Post. During his career...
David Mack Perry (aged 69) left us on Friday, Nov. 20 in Spokane Valley. Once, way out west, there was this fella... A man by the name of David Perry... But he liked to be called... the Dude. You see, the Dude was a man of the people. Born in 1951 in Ithaca, N.Y. to John and Mary Perry as part of an Army family, they moved all over this great land of ours with stops in Germany, El Paso, Queens, Tacoma and finally settling down in Medical Lake, Wash. Medical Lake became his muc...
Reginald "Reggie" Nichols went home to the Lord on November 18, 2 020 after a long, brave battle against pulmonary fibrosis. Reggie was born July 25, 1944 in Bloomfield, Mo. Upon graduation from Bloomfield High School, he attended Southeast Missouri University earning a bachelor of science degree in education. During his junior year of college, he joined the U.S. Air Force and was in the first class under Operation Bootstrap to receive his degree. After college graduation,...
