Obituaries

Dec 23, 2018

Erick John Naar of Moscow died December 23, 2018. He was 69.

Erick was born August 1, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, and the eldest of seven children to Donald and Jean Rich Naar. He served in the Air Force during Vietnam and worked in the automobile business for over 40 years. Erick was the beloved husband of...

Dec 22, 2018

Donald E. Smith (Smitty), 94, of Moscow passed away December 22, 2018.  He was born in Moscow on October 29, 1924 to Harry E. Smith and Callie L. (Trout) Smith.

Don graduated from Moscow High School in May 1942. He enrolled that September at the University of Idaho and became a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. ...

Dec 17, 2018

Lillian R. Turk, 97, passed away at home Monday, Dec. 17, 2018.  She was born May 18, 1921 in Butte, Montana, to Mary Gallagher McGowan and Manus McGowan.  Both her parents were from County Donegal, Ireland.  Lillian attended Butte schools, and graduated from Butte High School in 1939. The family of Lillian’s future husband, John W. Turk, owned a...

Dec 16, 2018

Kent Dunnam of Troy died Sunday, December 16, 2018 at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. He was 82.

Kent was born August 13, 1936 at Stamford, Texas, the only child of C. W. “Bill” and Linnie Adkins Dunnam. He grew up and attended school at Rule, TX, graduating from high school there. He then attended...

Dec 14, 2018

Jean wrote her own obituary as follows;

Jean Rudolph, 97, died December 14, 2018 of heart failure.  She was born in Iowa to Carlton and Theresa Cummings, who moved to Moscow in 1929.  He was head of the U of I Music Dept. and later started the Vandaleers singing group.  He raised Arabian horses in his retirement.  ...

Dec 11, 2018

Vernon Floyd Pratt passed away in Moscow, Idaho on December 11, 2018.  He was born on December 14, 1933 to Emma Daumke Pratt and Harold David Pratt of Germania Township, Todd County, Minnesota, their 8th and youngest child.  He attended Rural District 97, just down the road from his parent’s farm, a schoolhouse which his father had helped build....

Dec 8, 2018

June Leas White of Moscow and a longtime Bovill-Deary resident, died Saturday, December 8, 2018 at her home. She was 77.

June was born June 10, 1941 in Tacoma to Victor R. and Dorothy York Pearson. The family moved to Bovill when she was 7 years old. She attended school at Bovill and Deary. Both of her...

Dec 7, 2018

Karin Elaine Preston, 75, of Troy, Idaho, greatly loved wife of Charles Michael Preston for almost 54 years.

Karin was born October 23, 1943, in Pt. Pleasant, WV, and she died at home holding her husband’s hand on December 7, 2018, in Troy, Idaho.  Her birth name was Karin Elaine Taylor, and her parents were William Archie...

Dec 2, 2018

KENNETH V. KARDONG, 75

February 7, 1943-December 2, 2018

Kenneth Victor Kardong, professor emeritus of the College of Sciences at Washington State University passed away on December 2 in the peaceful surroundings of Hospice House South of Spokane following a 10-year struggle with cardiomyopathy and the complications of a recent stroke.

Ken was...

Nov 30, 2018

Tammy Sweat-Chipman was born December 8th, 1962 in Lehi, Utah as the daughter of Paul & Elaine Crandall.  From the minute she was born, Tammy was focused on living every second of life to the fullest. Tammy married Rick Sweat of American Fork, UT in the fall of 1979 and shortly thereafter the duo welcomed their daughter Kasee and...

Nov 30, 2018

Jerry Alvin Dean, Sr., beloved husband, father, uncle and ‘Papa’ to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, died of causes related to kidney failure on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. He was 80 years old.

He was born April 9, 1939, in Rochester, Minn., the twin brother of Jimmy Dean and one of five children born to Kenneth and Mabel...

Nov 30, 2018

Sheighle Rae Hoobler of Moscow passed away Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at her home. She was 28. Our hearts are broken at her sudden passing.

Sheighle was born September 7, 1990 to Jennifer Hoobler and Steve Hoskins. She attended Russel and Lena Whitmore Elementary, Moscow Junior and Senior High Schools. She took piano lessons in grade school...

Nov 29, 2018

A celebration of the life of Jama Lynn Sebald, who died Nov. 29, 2018, of complications from cancer, will be held Jan. 26 at 2 p.m. in the 1912 Center in Moscow.  Small in stature, she led  a huge life helping thousands of University of Idaho students obtain their academic degrees in a 32-year career as a Financial Aid...

Nov 23, 2018

Roy W. Scoles of Princeton died Friday, November 23, 2018 at his home. He was 85.

Roy was born on March 18, 1933 in Orofino to Truman and Bessie (Adams) Scoles. He graduated from Dayton High School and shortly after he was drafted into the Army and served our country during the Korean War.

On...

Nov 18, 2018

Aaron D. Heath, a devoted family man and avid outdoorsman is finally free to do the things he loved.  Aaron died Sunday, November 18 after battling ALS for 2 years.

Aaron was born to Michael and Judy Heath on April 15, 1978.  As a young child he grew up in Texas chasing horney toads and catching rattle...

Nov 16, 2018

Jeanne LaVelle (Burke) DeMeerleer passed away Friday November 16, 2018 at Good Samaritan Society, Moscow Village. She Was 96.

Jeanne was born to Roy & Grace (Couch) Burke in Elma WA.  On July 3, 1922. She died in her sleep at Good Samaritan Village in Moscow ID. Nov 16, 2018 & now resides in Heaven. Jeanne was...

Nov 14, 2018

Martin I. Stout of Genesee passed away Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at Kootenai Health in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. He was 84.

Martin was born at the Stout family home in Uniontown, Washington on October 15, 1934 to Clay C. and Mary Alice (Nave) Stout. He grew up on their family’s farm there and attended school in Colton,...

Nov 12, 2018

Former Hamlin County (South Dakota) resident Helen Marie Stormo passed away on Nov 12, 2018, in Moscow, ID, where she moved after her husband Charles passed away in 2015.  For most of her life, she and her family lived on a family farm where she did her best to instill in her offspring the values of patience, generosity, the...

Nov 11, 2018

Charles Kovis, loving husband, wonderful father, brother and friend, and preeminent Moscow criminal defense attorney, died November 11, 2018 of multiple myeloma in Spokane, Washington.  Charles (Chuck) was born in Great Falls, Montana in 1951, the son of Jerome Kovis and Florence Redding Kovis.   He was raised in Montana, the Territory of Alaska, and Owyhee County, Idaho.  After graduating...

Nov 8, 2018

Patricia Jo Koster was born December 2, 1937, in Moscow, Idaho, to Jackson H. and Doris L. Lawton. Unfortunately, too soon and most suddenly, the angels appeared and escorted Pat, our loving and talented wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt, to her eternal home, November 8, 2018. A Moscow native, Pat did not stray far from home to find...