Obituaries

Dick Salisbury

Apr 8, 2017

Richard Lee "Dick" Salisbury, 75, of Moscow, Idaho passed away unexpectedly April 8, 2017 at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston. A celebration of his life will be held at the Moscow Church of the Nazarene at 2:00 pm, Friday April 14th. Dr. Randall Craker will be officiating. Dick was born July 30, 1941 at Caldwell, ID to Milton...

Don Birchmier

Apr 8, 2017

Donald J. "Birch" Birchmier, of Lewiston and a longtime Moscow resident, died Sunday, April 8, 2017 at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. He was 93. Don was born January 28, 1924 in Moscow to Gus and Amy Jacksha Birchmier. He grew up and attended school in Moscow, graduating from Moscow High. He attended the University of Idaho for a time...

Betty June Conrad

Apr 6, 2017

Betty June Andreoff Conrad was born September 2, 1927 in McLaughlin, South Dakota to Dick and Pearl Andreoff. Betty is part of the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma through the lineage of her mother, Pearl. In the midst of the Dust Bowl and depression, Betty's family moved from their family farm in South Dakota to Oklahoma to live at her mother's...

Sheila Wells

Apr 3, 2017

Sheila Wells, 72, died surrounded by her loved ones on April 3 at her home in Moscow, Idaho. She had been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer only 2 weeks prior. She had also been quietly battling Parkinson's disease for over 10 years. Born Sheila Ane Baker, on June 30, 1944 in Moscow, Idaho, she lived there her entire adult...

Dwaine J. "Marty" Marten

Mar 26, 2017

Dr. Dwaine (Marty) Marten, 83, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather died peacefully Sunday afternoon at Good Samaritan, March 26, 2017, with his family at his side. Dwaine John Marten was born to Otto & Lillie Marten on January 2, 1934, at Clarissa, Minnesota. He liked giving his birth date, saying, "1, 2, 3, 4." When Dwaine was nine...

Kenneth D. Brood

Mar 22, 2017

Kenneth Donald Brood of Palouse died Wednesday, March 22nd at his home. He was 87. Ken was born January 1, 1930 in Moscow to John R. and Mary B. Kaiser Brood. He grew up on the family dairy farm and attended a country school. After school Ken continued working on the family farm. While attending a square dance he met...

Patrick Nunan

Mar 21, 2017

Our father, husband and grandfather, Patrick Joseph Nunan, 87, passed away on Saturday, March 18, 2017. In the months and weeks preceding his death, he was surrounded by people he loved and who loved him. We are certain that Patrick's father, an immigrant from a large family in Ireland, would be exceedingly proud of his son's career as a banker,...

Aleta Belle Kresge

Mar 17, 2017

Aleta Belle Kresge was born March 3, 1926 to Harrison J. and Eva M. Finuf in Manhattan, Kansas, the youngest of three children. Her family (along with grandparents and many aunts, uncles, and cousins) lived in Manhattan through most of Mom's junior year in high school. Mom idolized her brother and became quite a tom boy enjoying playing baseball and...

Walter Runkle

Mar 7, 2017

Walter Eugene Runkle, beloved husband father and grandfather, of Troy died Tuesday March 7, 2017 at his home in Troy after a long battle with cancer. He was 82. Walter was born on October 17, 1934 in Zanesville, OH to John & Trudy Runkle. The oldest of 10 children Walter attended school through the 10th grade then went to work...

Jim Sprenger

Mar 3, 2017

Jim Sprenger of Lewiston and a longtime Moscow resident, died Friday, March 3, 2017 at Gritman Medical Center. He was 84. Jim was born July 13, 1932 in Genesee to Joseph M. and Jessie B. Kane Sprenger. He grew up with his brother, Joe, Jr., on the family farm and graduated from Genesee High School in 1951. Jim joined the...

Nola Johnson

Mar 2, 2017

Nola was born Oct. 13, 1933, to Frank and Beulah (Dollar) Herrmann, receiving much spoiling at the hands of parents with two older boys - Doyle and Maynard. She spent her early years in Moscow and made the short move to Troy when a fire claimed the family home. Nola finished high school in Troy and met the love of...

Darrel Comstock

Mar 2, 2017

Our dear husband and father, Darrell "Bruce" Comstock, sat down in his favorite chair and peacefully went to sleep and walked into his heavenly Father's arms. Bruce was born in the family home in Palouse, WA to George and Wayve Comstock on July 4, 1922. He enjoyed his childhood on the family farm with his brothers Jerry and Don. He...

Kathy Devoe

Feb 26, 2017

Kathy DeVoe of Moscow died Sunday, February 26, 2017 at Good Samaritan Moscow Village. She was 69. Kathryn Hamilton was born February 6, 1948 in Colfax to Don E. and Mary Elizabeth McCabe Hamilton. The family lived in Pullman and moved to Spokane after her brother, Don, Jr. was born. Her brothers Doug and Charlie were born in Spokane. Following...

Pete Pfeifer

Feb 26, 2017

Peter Joseph Pfeifer of Moscow died Sunday, February 26, 2017 at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Lewiston. He was 82. Pete was born February 23, 1935 at Richardton, North Dakota to Michael and Magdalen Schutsman Pfeifer. When he was two years old, the family moved to the Clarkston-Lewiston area and he attended St. Stanislaus Catholic School. At the age...

Kurt Olsson

Feb 26, 2017

Dr. Kurt Oliver Olsson died on February 26, 2017 at Sacred Heart Medical Center from complications following a heart attack. Kurt was born on September 16, 1941 in Chicago, IL to Karl and D. Sally Carlson Olsson. He spent much of his childhood living and attending school in the North Park community of Chicago, where he and his family were...

Jamie Lee Pointon

Feb 23, 2017

"Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free." - Harold S. Kushner

An amazing soul and mother of two, Jamie Lee Pointon, of Deary, passed away Thursday, February 23rd, at just 31-years-old. Jamie was born September 28, 1985 in Moscow to her loving parents Don L. Pointon and Sandra D. Wikum. She grew up in the area and...

Ann Sherrill Richarz

Feb 21, 2017

Ann Sherrill Hay Richarz of Moscow passed away on February 21, 2017, in Pullman, Washington. She was 89. She was born on September 26, 1927, in Lubbock, Texas. Raised in the tiny Panhandle town of Sudan, Texas, she enjoyed a childhood that included riding her beloved palomino Concho across the open prairie with her sister and friends. After graduating from...

Marjorie J. Meyer

Feb 15, 2017

Marjorie J. Meyer of Moscow died Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at her home. She was 89. Marjorie Jeanne (Colberg) Meyer was born September 24, 1927, in Stockton California. Her parents Arthur and Ethel Colberg were medical missionaries in Shuchang, Honan China, where Marjorie spent most of her childhood. When she was 12, Marjorie moved to St. Peters Minnesota where she...

Glenda R. Becker

Feb 12, 2017

Glenda Ruth Hall Becker, age 81, died of natural causes on February 12, 2017. She was born on July 8, 1935 in American falls to the late Glenn and Gertrude Hall. She lived in Washington D.C. during World War II, and in Moscow, Idaho following the war. The Hall family settled permanently in Boise Idaho, where Glenda graduated from Boise...

Sister Mary David Hartse

Feb 7, 2017

Sister Mary David Hartse, osu age 88

Sister Mary David Hartse osu, (baptismal name-Lenora May) a member of the Ursuline Community in Moscow, Idaho peacefully answered the call of God to "come home" on Tuesday morning, February 7th, 2017 at Good Samaritan Moscow Village. Sister Mary David will lie in state at Short's Funeral Chapel at 1225 E...