Obituaries

Margaret Thornton

Dec 18, 2017

Margaret V. Thornton of Moscow died Monday, December 18, 2017 at her home. She was 96, and will be remembered as a kind and loving soul. Margaret was born August 2, 1921 at Wendell, Idaho to Martin and Lois Swanson Ward. She grew up on the family farm with her siblings until her sophomore year when the family moved to...

Kathleen M. Oller

Dec 17, 2017

Kathleen Marie Oller of Moscow died Sunday, December 17, 2017 at her home. She was 72. Kathy was born July 15, 1945 in Moscow to Clayton P. and Nellie R. Oliver Mulalley. She grew up and attended school at Troy. She and Wesley E. Oller were married March 14, 1964 in Moscow. They made their home in Moscow where she...

Gregory Preece

Dec 10, 2017

Gregory John Preece, 65 years old passed away unexpectedly on December 10, 2017 at his home in Lakeside, Oregon.

Greg was born in Burbank, California on Dec. 5 1952 to parents Richard and Antoinette Preece. The family moved to beautiful Lake Tahoe, California in 1958, where he grew up. He migrated to Moscow, Idaho in the early...

Sister Dolores Helbling

Dec 9, 2017

Sister Dolores Helbling, osu, (baptismal name----Margaret Dolores Helbling) a member of the Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union Community for 73 years peacefully answered the call of God to "come home" on December 7, 2017. A service of prayer and remembering stories of Sr. Dolores' life will be on Friday, December 15 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church,...

Carolyn Kay Ravenscroft Smith

Dec 7, 2017

Carolyn Kay Ravenscroft Smith passed away Thursday, December 7, 2017, surrounded by her children at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. Carolyn was born July 22, 1944 to Vernon and Harriett (Burkhard) Ravenscroft in Moscow, Idaho and grew up on the family farm in Tuttle, Idaho. She graduated from Hagerman High School and the University of Idaho with a degree...

Thomas P. "Tom" O'Brien

Dec 6, 2017

Thomas Patrick O'Brien, of Harvard Idaho, died Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at his home. He was 75. Tom was born on April 19, 1942, in Hoboken, New Jersey to Thomas J, and Marion Soldati O'Brien. He was raised in the Hoboken area and attended local schools, graduating from Demarest High School in 1960. After graduating, he joined the United States...

Kert C. Colvin

Dec 1, 2017

Kert C. Colvin of Moscow was pronounced deceased at his Moscow home on Friday, December 1, 2017. He was 44. Kert was born August 23, 1973 in Oxnard, California to Brice and Jan Garrison Colvin, both former Moscow residents. He graduated from Rio Mesa High School in Oxnard in 1991. Kert attended Ventura Junior College for two years following graduation,...

Donna Jean Hamilton

Nov 30, 2017

Our mom was the world's best sister, wife, mother & Grandma; she passed Thursday Nov 30th 2017 surrounded by her family. She was 77. Our mom was born April 14th 1940, in Eureka, California to Paul and Zola Deeds. Our mom married our dad, the love of her life David (Gene) Hamilton on Nov 10th 1956. Together they had a...

Max Bingman

Nov 26, 2017

Max Eugene Bingman passed peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on Sunday, November 26, 2017, at the age of 90. Born on February 4, 1927, in Pomeroy, Washington, to George and May Bingman, Max was raised on a farm outside Moscow and attended school in a one-room country schoolhouse. In 1945, he graduated from Moscow High School, was...

Marguerite Lorraine Ashland

Nov 18, 2017

Marguerite Lorraine Ashland passed away peacefully at home with family by her side early Saturday November 18, 2017. Lorraine was the eldest child of William Charles Tifft and Marguerite Howe Hubbell. Her life began April 9, 1928 in Seymour, Connecticut, a sleepy little town on the banks of the Naugatuck River. She attended school and graduated with honors from Seymour...

Marilyn Jenkins

Nov 18, 2017

Marilyn K. Jenkins, 80, a lifelong resident of Genesee, passed away peacefully at Gritman Medical Center in Moscow surrounded by her loving family on Saturday evening, Nov. 18, 2017, due to complications from battling cancer and other health issues for several years. She was the eldest of three daughters born Dec. 4, 1936, in Puyallup, WA to Henry and Marie...

Carma Foiles

Nov 14, 2017

Carma Jean Foiles, 95, was born in Loveland, CO to Earl and Mabel Worden on Oct. 13, 1922. She passed away Nov. 14, 2017. Carma met her future husband, Marvin Foiles, at Loveland High School. They attended different colleges, but did not lose touch. While growing up in Loveland, Co. Carma spent summers working with her sisters as a maid...

Sherwood Hall

Nov 14, 2017

The world said goodbye to a kind and gentle soul as Sherwood James Hall III of Moscow died Tuesday morning, November 14, 2017. He was 69. Sherwood was born in October, 1948 in Jacksonville, Florida to Sherwood and Elaine (Fairbanks) Hall. When he was young the family moved to California. Sherwood especially enjoyed hunting, fishing and camping in the Gualala...

Joyce Packard

Nov 12, 2017

Joyce Lea (King) Packard, 86, Viola

Joyce Lea (King) Packard, 86, of Viola entered into the loving arms of her Savior on November 12, 2017. She was born on May 24, 1931, south of Potlatch, Idaho at the family home on Rock Creek Road, to Kenneth & Helen (Mustian) King. She attended school in Potlatch, Idaho, graduating in...

John A. Weber

Nov 10, 2017

John Anton Weber of Moscow died Wednesday, November 8, 2017, at the age of 70.

John was raised in Moscow as one of eight children born to Jack and Rose Weber. John attended school in Moscow ultimately earning a Master of Business Degree from the University of Idaho. He had a varied and full work career in sales...

Duncan Leonhardy

Nov 4, 2017

On Oct. 31, 2017, Duncan Leonhardy, age 53, passed away while surrounded by the loving presence of his family. He was born in Lawton, Okla., to Frank and Lucille Leonhardy on May 3, 1964. From there, the family moved to Pullman where Duncan attended public school and, later, graduated from Washington State University in 1994, majoring in criminal justice...

Lucille "Sam" Leonhardy

Nov 4, 2017

Lucille "Sam" Leonhardy was born December 3, 1935 in Oakland, California to Mildred and Nick Hughes, a Sgt. Major in the Army. As an "Army brat," she lived in Japan, Guam, the Philippines, and several other places, graduating from High School in Honolulu, HI, before heading off to the University of Oregon where she earned a degree in Sociology. Later...

Eugene "Norm" Mcgough

Nov 1, 2017

Eugene Norman (Norm) McGough, 91 years old, died at Aspen Park Healthcare, Moscow Idaho, on 24 Nov 2017, from complications of a long illness. Born 23 July 1926, to Ray and Rose McGough of Sprague, WA, Norm lived most of his life in Moscow attending parochial and public schools. As a young boy he did many odd jobs, to include...

Grant Silvernale

Oct 31, 2017

Grant Josiah Silvernale, Jr., passed away in Moscow, Idaho, on October 31, 2017. He was 90 years old. He was born on March 2, 1927, in Walla Walla, Washington, to Grant Josiah Silvernale, Sr., and Leanor M. (Hall) Silvernale. He had fond memories of growing up on the South Hill in Spokane with his three siblings, Mary, Lawrence (Larry), and...

Rainville Peggy J. Carr

Oct 27, 2017

Peggy Jean Carr-Rainville, a recent Pullman resident died Tuesday morning, October 24, 2017 at Bishop Place in Pullman. She was 89. Peggy was born Aug. 7, 1928 in Oregon City, Oregon to Ruth and Perry Hogan. Peggy spent many years as a housewife and worked 30+ years at Edward Hines Lumber Co. in Hines, Oregon as a millworker. Peggy was...