Obituaries
Local Obituaries in Spokane County, WA
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...
Lucille Jewel Brookshire
Apr 17, 2018
Lucille “Lou” Brookshire passed peacefully on April 17, 2018 at the age of 83. More than anything she loved her family. We are happy for her because she is with family that she has missed for many years. Her parents George and Edith Palmer, her husband Russell (passed 2016), and most of all her two beloved sons, Fred John (1976),...
Wilma Claudette Beddow
Apr 8, 2018
BEDDOW, Wilma Claudette (Age 58) – Born on April 5, 1960 in San Antonio, TX; entered into rest on April 8, 2018 in Spokane, WA. A Spokane area resident for 23 years. Wilma graduated from McCollum High School (San Antonio, TX) in 1978. Wilma was a loving and giving person who enjoyed volunteering. Over the years, she volunteered at many...
Cynthia W. Noyes
Apr 6, 2018
Cindy Noyes passed away peacefully at the age of 75 in the early morning of April 6, 2018 at Providence Holy Family Hospital in Spokane.Cindy was born in Nebraska on May 10, 1942 to Maurice & Claudia Weichel. The family later moved to California where she graduated from high school in Los Angeles and attended California State College, Los Angeles....
Harry Duane Cowell
Mar 24, 2018
COWELL, Harry D. (Age 87) - Born on October 15, 1930 in Shenandoah, Iowa. Entered into rest on March 24, 2018 in Colbert, Washington. Obituary and Memorial Services details to come.
Patricia Ann Johnson
Mar 16, 2018
Patricia Ann Johnson, aged 92, died peacefully on March 16, 2018 at the Academy Assisted Living Facility where she had resided for the past three years. Patricia was born April 17, 1925, in Spokane, Washington, the daughter of Francis E. Bertsch and Ann M. (Bradley)Bertsch. Patricia is survived by her sister, Colleen Bertsch; and Pat’s three children she had while...
James W Price
Mar 5, 2018
PRICE, James W. (AGE 79) – Beloved husband, father, and grandfather entered into rest on March 5, 2018 in Spokane. Jim was born in Seattle to John and Helen Price. He was a US Navy Veteran who also worked for Rock Island RR, Coors Distributor, and Odom Corp. Jim’s strong and honest work ethic was an example for all to...
Michael Craig Lind
Mar 2, 2018
Mike Lind passed away suddenly March 2, 2018, in the Spokane Valley while driving to work. Mike was born March 13, 1948, in Chewelah, Washington to mother Betty Skidmore Lind and father Charles Henry Lind. The family resided on a farm west of Arden, Washington. Mike, moved with the family to Sagle, Idaho, and a year later to paternal grandparent’s...
Lisa M. Mathis
Feb 26, 2018
MATHIS, Lisa M. (Age 52) – Born on May 19, 1965 in Redondo Beach, CA; passed away on February 26, 2018 in Spokane, WA. A resident of Spokane for 40 years. Lisa graduated from Shadle Park High School in 1983. She is survived by her husband, Larry Mathis; son, Mike Dressel of Spokane; father, Robert Dandurand of Spokane; brother, David...
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