Obituaries

Apr 10, 2019

Thomas Edward Harner, two year old son of Arch and Cat Harner of Moscow, passed away on Wednesday evening, April 10, 2019, at Providence Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital in Spokane.

Thomas was born December 8, 2016, in Moscow. Days after his birth, Thomas was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, which would require years of chemotherapy, transfusions, immunotherapy,...

Apr 8, 2019

Anne Marie (Johnson) Bell passed away on April 8, 2019 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.

Anne was born in a little two room house in Dunn Center, North Dakota on November 26, 1942 to Frank & Marian (Gage) Johnson.  The family moved to Idaho in February 1943, living on Hatter Creek and later in the...

Apr 6, 2019

Jean Cadwell Bridges, of Troy, died Saturday April 6, 2019 at her home in Troy. She was 86.

Jean was born the second of five children in Scotts Bluff Nebraska on November 20, 1932 to Carlos and Iris Jean Cadwell. She grew up in the Midwest, until WWII started and her father enlisted in the Marine Corp....

Apr 4, 2019

Robert Leizear “Bob” Bird died of pulmonary fibrosis Thursday, April 4, 2019, at Bishop Place retirement community in Pullman. He was 91.

An avid reader and golfer, and a devoted husband and father, Bob had moved to the Palouse in 2017 with Amy, his wife of 66 years. Bob worked for five decades as a metallurgist specializing...

Mar 31, 2019

Evelyn Faye Mock of Moscow died Sunday, March 31, 2019 at Gritman Medical Center. She was 84.

Evelyn was born December 4, 1934 at Belgrade, Montana to William C. and Florence Kent Powell. She grew up and attended school in Montana, graduating from Bozeman High School.

She and Robert C. Mock were married April 29,...

Mar 11, 2019

Kelley Marie Kimbley of Moscow died Monday, March 11, 2019 at Gritman Medical Center. She was 33.

Kelley was born July 3, 1985 at the Naval Hospital in Oakland, CA to Thomas D. and Kathy (Burroughs) Kimbley. She attended various schools as her father was in the Navy, up to the 7th grade, then Kendrick High School,...

Mar 9, 2019

Alfred Henry Pepe, Moscow, Idaho Al Pepe, of Moscow died peacefully on March 9, 2019 at Aspen Park Care Center in Moscow.

Al was born August 21, 1920, to Henry and Filomena Pepe in New Hyde Park, N.Y. He worked in construction, operating heavy equipment for forty years.  He met Ida Stella in 1940 and they were...

Mar 6, 2019

Wilma “Billie” Linell Scott, of Moscow, died Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at Good Samaritan Moscow Village. She was 94.

Billie was born August 15, 1924 in Richfield, Minnesota, the youngest child of Russell and Alice Linell. She was raised in Wadena, MN and graduated from high school in 1942. After high school Wilma joined the US Navy...

Feb 25, 2019

John F. Warren of Princeton died Monday, February 25, 2019 at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. He was 52.

John was born September 13, 1966 in Walla Walla to Ernest M. and Martha R. (Porter) Warren. The family moved to the Troy-Deary area when he was young, attending school at Deary and Potlach. Later he worked as...

Feb 23, 2019

Margaret Ruth Matson Flint, of Moscow, died Saturday February 23, 2019 at Good Samaritan Moscow Village. She was 87.

Margaret was born in Spokane, WA to Louie and Margaret Olsen. She grew up in Spokane and attended local schools. In 1947 she married William “Shorty” Matson, they had six children and were married for 23 years, and...

Feb 19, 2019

Clara Lenore Kaufmann Doherty Dockter, age 97, passed away with several members of her family beside her, on February 19, 2019 at Life Center in Lewiston ID.  She was born August 2, 1921, in Lewiston, ID to Clara Gertrude Forsmann of Cottonwood Flats, ID. & Frank Ferdinand Kaufmann of Green Springs, IL.  She was 1 of 13 children.

Feb 11, 2019

Althea Mae Studebaker Spencer Obituary

On February 11, 2019 our family matriarch, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother & great-great grandmother, Althea Mae Studebaker Spencer passed away in Vancouver, WA., at age 94, where she resided at Noble Adult Family Home facility.  Alzheimer's took a precious and fiercely independent woman and left us with a different individual.  God and Heaven...

Feb 7, 2019

John F. Porter started his journey on Christmas day in 1942 where he grew up on a farm in Caldwell just outside Boise. He had an even temperament and a love of knowledge. As a teen he enjoyed wrestling and earned the degree of Eagle scout. He was a natural teacher and enjoyed sharing his wisdom. In college he...

Feb 6, 2019

On February 6th, 2019, Alan Michael Vogel 55 of Viola, Idaho passed away after a courageous battle with colon cancer.  Alan was born May 15th, 1963 to Fred and Marjorie Vogel in Cottonwood, Idaho.  He was raised in Nezperce, Idaho along with his 5 siblings.  He always spoke fondly of this tightknit community and how much he cherished growing...

Jan 30, 2019

Lon Vincent Boothby

October 15, 1958 - January 30, 2019

Lon Boothby of Deary, Idaho passed away January 30, 2019 from sudden heart complications. He will be remembered by all who knew him as a man of great character, deep kindness and generosity, and loving humor.

Lon was born October 15, 1958 in...

Jan 30, 2019

Thomas E. Bitterwolf died suddenly at his office on the University of Idaho Campus on Wednesday, January 30, 2019. He was 72.

Tom “Doc” Bitterwolf was born in New Orleans, LA on January 19, 1947 and it was certainly the experience of growing up in a fun loving city with caring and nurturing parents, Alvin J. and...

Jan 26, 2019

Col (Ret) William D. “Bill” Hosking, of Moscow, died Friday, January 26, 2019 at his home in Moscow. He was 91.

The son of the Rev. & Mrs. William T. Hosking, he was born in Kewanee, Illinois on January 8, 1928. He attended Knox College, graduating Cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, in 1949 and the Hartford...

Jan 23, 2019

Vivien Opal Herman died in her Genesee home on Jan 23, 2019, at 88, after enjoying a full long life.  She was born in Johnson, WA to Opal (Spence) and Forrest White on Nov. 11, 1930, for which Opal called her “my Armistice baby”.  At 6 weeks old, she survived whooping cough because Aunt Ivy made her onion and...

Jan 20, 2019

Dorothea B. (Carstens) Hagen of Princeton went to be with her Lord on Sunday, January 20, 2019 at her home.

Dorothea was born the oldest of five daughters to Reimer and Hazel Mae (Bunch) Carstens on August 11, 1926 in Garfield, WA. Growing up in Princeton, a place she always called “home”, she attended a one room...

Jan 13, 2019

John W. Coddington, of Kennewick, and formerly of Moscow, died January 13, 2019 at his home. He was 47.

John was born February 17, 1971 in Lincoln City, Oregon to Donald and Diana Davis Coddington. John grew up in the Willamette Valley and graduated from Willamina High School in 1989. He attended Oregon State University where he...