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Annis June Stevenson was born Jan. 5, 1936 in Kingston, Jamaica. She lived and worked in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada where she met and later married James Stevenson. They were married 53 years until her passing on Sept. 17, 2016. They were stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base and years later settled in nearby Medical Lake. She worked at the Fairchild Bowling Lanes until her retirement and then worked at food services for Eastern Washington University. While at EWU, she...
Jo Carol Whiteley, 80, went to be with our Savior on Sept. 29, 2016 in Spokane, Wash. after a long battle with a progressive illness. She was born on June 29, 1936, in Alderson, W.V. to Herbert and Beulah Arbaugh. Jo Carol married her high school sweetheart, Carl, on March 23, 1955 in the Baptist church. She was primarily a homemaker and a devoted Air Force wife. She was the mother of five children, 13 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. They traveled all over the...
Kathleen was born in Baker City, Ore. Jan. 28, 1929, to Erma and Ray White. She was raised in the Oregon towns of Bridgeport, Sumpter and Baker. As an only child, Kathleen had many memories and stories about her childhood in Sumpter, where riding her horse and hanging with her very best friend were her passions. Kathleen graduated from Baker High in 1947 and married in 1950. After living in San Diego, Salt Lake City, and Baker again, she and her husband moved to Portland,...
John Edward Holloway, 87, passed away Sept. 4, 2016 at Cheney Care Center. He was born on Feb. 16, 1929 in Eagleville, Mo. to John and Vera (Stuck) Holloway. John was the youngest of seven children and the son of an Iowa farmer. He went to school in Dunlap, Iowa and received a GED while in the military. John then entered the U.S. Army on May 16, 1947 and served one tour of combat in Korea as a convoy guard. On May 16, 1950, he left the Army and joined the U.S. Air Force. His...
Ethyl Helen (Walker) VandeBerg, 102, was born March 26, 1914, to Bert and Louise Walker in Owen, Wisc. She joined a 3-year-old sister, Violet, at the farm. She passed away at home Sept. 7, 2016. Ethyl attended a rural, eight grade school and graduated from high school in Granton, Wisc. From the age of 8, when she was recovering from a ruptured appendix, she wanted to be a nurse. However, 1932 was the Great Depression time, and the easiest thing to do was to go the county...
Mildred M. (Milli) Thompson, 86, passed away Aug. 31, 2016 in Sun City West, Ariz. She was born Dec. 24, 1929 in Watonga, Okla. to Ira and Rosie Wright. She attended schools both in Watonga, Ohio and Live Oak, Calif. Widowed from Carl V. Collins in 1956, Milli persevered through difficult times to obtain her bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Oregon and married Duane G. Thompson in 1958. She taught in Harrisburg and Springfield, Ore. before moving to Cheney...
Donald Wayne Smith was born Sept. 5, 1929 to Jessie May and William Grover Smith of Joliet, Ill. He grew up the youngest of several brothers and sisters. Don considered his stepfather, Henry Fippinger, his true dad. Joining the Army Air Forces in January 1948, his military service brought him to Spokane and Fairchild Air Force Base. While stationed there he met the love of his life, Ruth. Their first date was at Fish Lake Resort near Cheney. Their courtship lasted three...
Gordon went home to heaven and into the arms of Jesus on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016 in Spokane, Wash. Born Aug. 21, 1927 in Spokane to Emma and Harley Crabtree, the oldest of two children, he was raised in Greenacres and graduated from Central Valley High School in 1945, where he was one of the starting five on their state championship basketball team. He joined the U.S. Army and met his future wife, Colleen Masters, when he was stationed at the Yuma Proving Grounds and they...
Renate Helga Herrmann went home to be with the Lord on Sept. 2, 2016 at Spokane Hospice House. She had been suffering from leukemia. She was born on May 25, 1933 in Johannesburg, Germany. She married Karl H. Herrmann on March 27, 1954 in Germany. They came to the U.S. by way of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and settled in the Spokane area. In 1980, she and Karl went to Australia and decided to live there for three years. However, Renate did not like it there, so they came back to...
Elaine Barbara (Heinrichs) Zemler Passed on to heaven on Sept. 3, 2016, in Medical Lake, Wash., at age 81. Born in Carroll, Iowa, July 18, 1935 to Peter and Rose Heinrichs, Elaine was the second of five children and spent most of her young life in Wilmont, Minn. She, her sisters and cousins, won the 1953 county championship playing for the Wilmont Skellygirls Girls softball team, sponsored by Heinrichs Garage, her father's business. She maintained an interest in all sports...
Carol J. Eastlund Carol J. Eastlund, age 86 passed away June 6, 2016 in Spokane, Wash. She was a survivor of gall bladder cancer, but lost a long, devastating battle with dementia. Carol was born in Dover, Idaho on Jan. 23, 1930 to Oscar and Lucy Robinson. She grew up in Sandpoint, graduated from Sandpoint High School and attended the University of Idaho. Carol married Robert "Bob" Eastlund and moved to Cheney. They had two daughters, Robin and Shelley. Carol opened a daycare...
Gary A. Rietz, 69, of Cheney, passed away Aug. 19, 2016 in Medical Lake. He is survived by his wife Robin Rietz, daughter Danniell Rietz, two sisters, Myrna Moe (Ron Moe), Denise Rietz; four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and extended family. He was preceded in death by his parents Gilmour and Helen Rietz and his son Gareth Rietz. Graveside services will be held at Spokane Memorial Gardens at 2:30 Friday Aug. 26, 2016. Reception following at his home in Medical Lake....
Lyle James Morehouse, 79, of Langley, Wash, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, as a result of congestive heart failure complications. He was born on May 9, 1937, in Cut Bank, Mont., the son of Les and Carol Morehouse and eventually a big brother to six sisters. Although the family settled in Cheney, Lyle's earliest memory took him back to Big Sky Country - riding horseback with his grandma searching for sage grouse to put on the dinner table - and shaped his belief in hard work,...
Norma Jean Pierce passed away on Aug. 3, 2016 in Spokane at the age of 88. Norma was born March 1, 1928 in Spokane to Otto and Edith Wegner. She grew up on a farm near Reardan and graduated from Reardan High School with the class of 1946 with valedictorian honors. She attended Eastern Washington State College and received a bachelor's degree in education in 1949. While at Eastern, she met her husband, Stan Pierce. They were married Nov. 25, 1949 in Reardan. Norma taught school...
JoAnn M. Ableman, 85, a former Punkin Center community resident and a resident of Cheney, passed away on July 24, 2016 at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon, Wash. JoAnn was born on May 31, 1931 in Wilbur, Wash., the daughter of Merle and Barbara (Wilson) Bacon. She was raised in several rural communities during her childhood and graduated from Prosser High School with the class of 1949. She spent her adult years mostly in Cheney and Medical Lake. On Jan. 10, 1953 she was...
Margret G. (Rosenzweig) Fischer passed away quietly on Friday, July 29, 2016 surrounded by family. Margret was born to Carl and Helene Rosenzweig on Sept. 8, 1923 on a homestead near Cheney. She married James D. Fischer, Sr. on April 12, 1958. Margret was preceded in death by her parents, eight brothers and sisters, and her husband. She is survived by her daughter Marti Lockwood and husband Phil; daughter Peggy Haslebacher and husband Dan; son Jim Fischer and wife Rhonda; her...
On July 15, 2016, Luella Joy Dow, 84, concluded the story of her life peacefully by saying "I just want to go home," and so she did. She was born on Dec. 12, 1931 to Dale and Grace Milner in Deer Park, Wash. She attended Williams Valley School, Deer Park High School and Whitworth College. Luella married Wallace Dow on Sept. 29, 1957, and moved to Cheney. She lived on their farm south of Cheney for almost 60 years. She loved the country and was fortunate to spend most of her...
Kane Briggs passed away at the young age of 24 on July 3, 2016. Kane loved life, lived it to the max and touched every life he was part of. Graduating from Christian Heritage School in 2010, he was a varsity athlete and loved anything that got him outside and his adrenaline going like wakeboarding, dirt biking and snow skiing. After high school Kane proudly served in the U.S. Army, including a tour in Iraq with the 82nd Airborne Division. He was very much loved and will be mis...
Ray Hamel, 76, a longtime Cheney resident, Eastern Washington University professor and former member of the City Council passed away June 25, 2016. He was born Oct. 29, 1939. Ray 's education began early and those values were reflected in all that he did during his lifetime. His commitment to education, to community and to family centered his life. Growing up in Madison, Wis., he served on the Mayor's Commission on Human Rights during his senior year in high school, and, as a...
Lorraine (King) Schloss passed from this world after a long fight with Alzheimer's disease on June 14, 2016. She was born Sept. 20, 1934. She left behind her husband of 63 years, Floyd; three children, Dana, Kari and Curtis; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; two sisters, Wynnora (King) Willis and Rosetta (King) Dymond. Lorraine met Floyd, her future husband, while attending Eastern Washington State College in Cheney. Both received their teaching degree from...
Mahlon Dale Loomer, beloved husband of Martha (Kingma), passed away peacefully on June 19, 2016, at his home in Issaquah, Wash. Dale was born May 23, 1924, in Toledo, Ohio, and grew up in Bellingham, Wash. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps during World War II, became a pilot, and was deployed to Europe where he served in England and France. He retired from the U. S. Air Force as a lieutenant colonel in 1971 and lived on Silver Lake for 41 years. Over the course of his Air...
Gary Lee Bosworth, 65, passed peacefully into the Lord's loving hands on June 16, 2016 in Spokane, Wash. He succumbed to complications from leukemia. He is survived by his wife Kathryn Bosworth at the home; sons: Jeremy (Angie) Bosworth of Tyler; James Bosworth, Post Falls, Idaho and Miles (Nicki) Bosworth, Rathdrum, Idaho; grandsons: Austin Johnson-Bosworth, Kaden and Skye Bosworth; granddaughters Brianna (Jake) Robb and Saige Bosworth; great-grandchildren Landon and Emma...
Our beloved Kay (Davis) Donnerberg, 54, passed away June 8, 2016 at her home in Cheney after a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. Kay was born in Van Wert, Ohio on June 10, 1961. She passed peacefully surrounded by her family and now gets peace with our savior. She is survived by her husband Jeff Donnerberg; their two children Jess Donnerberg and Jenna Andrews (Donnerberg); grandchildren Reggie and Ari Andrews; parents Regina and Don Price and her four siblings...
Linda Jean Stredwick passed away March 17, 2016 at age 61 in Burien, Wash. from complications of juvenile diabetes. She was born July 3, 1954 to Ruth and Ralph Stredwick of Pasco, Wash. After the family moved to Cheney, Linda grew up and attended Cheney High School, where she became an awesome singing talent. Her talents and vitality took her to become a member of the Cheney High School Ambassadors, participate in many plays and musicals and she was crowned Cheney's Junior...
John Merrill Goodrich, 79, passed away on April 24, 2016. John was born in Vernal, Utah Sept. 27, 1936 to Merrill and Agnes Goodrich. In June, 1950, the family moved to Moses Lake, Wash. John graduated from Moses Lake High School in 1954 and joined the U.S. Marine Corps the following September. He was an expert rifleman and served with the rifle team. He received his advanced training as an electronic engineer. After completing his enlistment in September 1957, he was...
