Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Moscow, Idaho and Surrounding Northern Idaho Cities
Teddy Norton
Sep 16, 2021
Teddy Lynn Norton, 74, died Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, at Gritman Medical Center.
Ted was born June 1, 1947, in St. Maries to Roscoe and Wilma Norton. Ted attended St. Maries High School until his sophomore year, when he left school. June 28, 1969, Ted and Bessie Hendrix were married at First Methodist Church in Coeur d’Alene...
Beverly Anderson
Sep 15, 2021
Beverly Chaney Anderson passed away peacefully on September 15, 2021 at Overlake Hospital in Bellevue, WA. She was 90 years old. She had fallen while traveling home from visiting family. She was born on Jan. 23, 1931 in Sparks, NV to Ike and Nina Lincoln Chaney and then six months later they moved back to Chaney Hill near Viola. ...
David Anderson
Sep 15, 2021
David “Dave” Allen Anderson of Moscow, ID, passed away on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at the age of 82.
Dave was born in Troy, ID, on February 23, 1939 to Carl Anderson and Viola Peterson Anderson. Dave spent his childhood in Troy, raised by his parents in a home that still stands on Main Street. The fourth...
Cheong Yau (Chang) Liu
Sep 13, 2021
Cheong Yau Chang Liu, devoted wife and mother of three children, passed away on September 13, 2021 at the age of 86.
Cheong Yau was born on January 9, 1935 in Taichung, Taiwan to father Kun Yen Chang and mother Ye Sue Deng. She died at home in Moscow, Idaho on September 13, 2021. She is survived...
Michael L. Parlet
Sep 12, 2021
Michael Lee Parlet passed away on September 12th, 2021 in Moscow, Idaho shortly before his 77th birthday. Mike was born on October 2nd, 1944 in Lewiston, Idaho to Rita and Cecil Parlet. He was raised with his younger brother Bill on the family farm outside of Pomeroy, Washington where his love of animals and all things outdoors developed. He...
Margaret Isabel (Bonifas) Wallace
Sep 9, 2021
Margaret Wallace, 86, passed away September 9, just a few days shy of her 87th birthday at Gritman Medical Center after a brief illness.
Margaret Isabel Bonifas was the only child born to parents Herb and Isabel (Griffin) Bonifas in Havre, Montana on September 14, 1934. She spent her childhood in Chinook, Montana and graduated from Chinook...
Marlene Louise (Neubronner) Johnston
Sep 9, 2021
Marlene Louise Neubronner Johnston passed away peacefully on September 9th, 2021 at Good Samaritan Village in Moscow. Marlene was born March 31st, 1937 in Hammond, Indiana to Fred and Rosa (nee Reiff) Neubronner. Fred came from a line of several generations of horticulturalists in Neu Ulm, Germany. Rosa was gifted at textile arts and cooking. Together, their influence developed...
Dona Miller
Sep 4, 2021
Dona Jean Miller, nee Herred, was born in Moscow, Idaho on October 18, 1924. She passed away peacefully on September 4th in Pullman WA.
She graduated from Moscow High School in 1943 where she and her sisters enjoyed all the girls sporting events that were available at the time. Dona even pitched a no-hitter during one softball...
Tressa Deboer
Aug 29, 2021
Tressa Jean DeBoer, 84, of Moscow passed away on Sunday, August 29th. Tressa was born in Groningen, the Netherlands to Derk and Trientje Dik on December 26, 1936. In February 1953, when she was 16, her parents moved to Michigan. She learned English while working for a family. She then went into nurse’s training and worked at Pine Rest. ...
Shirley Ann Frafjord
Aug 29, 2021
Shirley Ann Frafjord, of Moscow died Sunday August 29, 2021 at Bishop Place senior Living in Pullman. She was 86.
Shirley was born in Werner, ND on January 6, 1935 to Clifford and Minnie Sivesind. She was raised in Dunn Center, ND and graduated from DC High School in 1953. Shirley attended Dickinson State College for a...
James "Jim" Arnold Nelson
Aug 28, 2021
James (Jim) Arnold Nelson, 76, passed away peacefully on August 28, 2021 following complications from his skin cancer treatments at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle. After retiring, Jim returned and resided on the farmstead that was his birthplace on Burnt Ridge in Troy, Idaho. He was a beloved brother, husband, father, grandfather, uncle, fixture in the Troy community...
Veneta Wicker
Aug 27, 2021
Veneta Carol Law Wicker, 89, died Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, at Good Samaritan Village in Moscow, Idaho.
She was born Feb. 8, 1932, in Port Angeles, Wash., the second of two daughters to Joseph Ellis and Willetta Pearl Gersbach Law. She graduated from Port Angeles High School, attended Seattle Pacific College and achieved certification as a registered...
Patricia Tassanari
Aug 25, 2021
Patty was born on July 25, 1947, in Spokane, Washington, to Dale O. and Shirley J. Johnson. She grew up on a farm on Russell Ridge, up the Gilbert grade from Orofino. She had two younger sisters: Cheryl, who is nine years younger, and Margaret, ten years younger. Patty rode the bus to school in Nezperce, Idaho, and in...
Cynthia Ann (Proctor) West
Aug 23, 2021
Cynthia Ann (Cyndi) (Proctor) West was born August 7, 1968 in Moscow, ID to Wanda and lovingly adopted by Les and Bernice Proctor as their daughter on that same day.
She graduated from Deary High School and took some classes at the University of Idaho. Cyndi worked as a CAN; at Winco bakery; Cyrus O’Leary as a...
Patsy M. (Turner) Yenney
Aug 20, 2021
Patsy M. Yenney, 89, of Deary, Idaho, passed away Friday, Aug. 20, 2021 at Aspen Park in Moscow. She was surrounded by her loving family.
She was born in Boise, Idaho on December 3, 1931 to Donald and Ruth (Pollard) Turner. Pat’s father was a miner, which required the family to move quite a bit. Some of...
Marjorie Mattson
Aug 19, 2021
Our beloved mother Marjorie Helen Nibler Mattson went to be with her Lord and family August 19, 2021 at the age of 95. She was born to Walter and Genevieve Nibler on January 21, 1926 in Long Beach, California. Marjorie was the second of seven children.
Marjorie graduated from Colton High School in 1944 then attended Holy...
Cortland Jenner Northdrop Iii
Aug 18, 2021
Cortland (Cort) Jenner Northrop, III
Cort Northrop, 76, died on August 18, 2021, at his home in Moscow, Idaho, after fighting the good fight against pancreatic cancer. He was born September 13, 1944, in Boise, Idaho, to Cortland (Pat) Jenner Northrop, Jr., and Julie Davis Northrop. For three years he reveled in being the only child and...
Jill Anne (Frensdorf) Anderson
Aug 15, 2021
Jill Anne (Frensdorf) Anderson, born June 14, 1949, was surrounded by loving family when she passed away on August 15, 2021 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.
Jill was born in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho to Harold and Doris (McEuen) Frensdorf. She attended Coeur d’Alene High School, and enjoyed swimming at Sander’s Beach, skiing, and serving as Vikette...
Dennis R Fullerton
Aug 13, 2021
Dennis “Butch” Fullerton, 78, died on August 13, 2021 at his home in Moscow after a brief illness.
Butch was born on January 29, 1943 in Hamilton, Montana to Theodore and Elizabeth “Betty” Fullerton. He was active in the Boy Scouts of America and a member of the Order of the Arrow. After graduating from Hamilton High...
Gerald "Jerry" L. Curnes
Aug 13, 2021
Gerald L. (Jerry) Curnes passed away peacefully from natural causes with his family at his side, on August 12, 2021. He was born January 29, 1935, on the kitchen table at the family home in Indianola, Iowa. His Uncle Dale was so excited to spread the news of his birth around town, that he backed the family car into...