Obituaries

Lynnette Anne Dodge

Aug 22, 2016

Lynnette Anne Dodge of Moscow died Friday, August 19, 2016 at Good Samaritan Moscow Village. She was 65. Lynnette was born Sept. 20, 1950 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Arthur W. and June R. Amborn Hofner. The family moved to California where she attended school in Orange County and graduated from Tustin High School. She and Jack Dodge were married in...

Thomas Fairchild

Aug 19, 2016

Dr. Thomas Newman Fairchild's wonderful life ended on Saturday, July 30th at 7:30 p.m. Tom died at home with his wife Linda Britton-Fairchild, his son David Fairchild and his daughter Megan Pestka present at his side. His children had great love and admiration for their father and visited him as often as they could during his last years. Tom was...

Lillian M. Estes

Aug 18, 2016

Lillian Marie Estes, a lifelong area resident, died Thursday, August 18, 2016 at Kindred Aspen Park Healthcare in Moscow. She was 90. Lillian was born March 23, 1926 at Moscow to Oscar and Isabel M. Allen Severson. She grew up and attended school in Potlatch. She and Don Swatman were married in Moscow in 1944. They made their home near...

Shirley Ann Bikkie

Aug 16, 2016

Shirley Ann Bikkie of Moscow, affectionately called "Sam" by her husband James of over 64 years passed away Tuesday, August 16th, 2016 at Avalon Care Center in Pullman, WA at the age of 87. Shirley was born May 4th, 1929 in Brainerd, Minnesota to Clarence "Cax" and Dorothy Ann Gordon Grant. She grew up and attended school there, graduating from...

Constance Connie Joy Driver

Aug 14, 2016

Longtime Moscow resident and human rights activist, Constance (Connie) Joy Driver, passed away quietly in her home Sunday afternoon, August 14, 2016. Connie was born March 4, 1948 at Menorah Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri to Myrl and Ann Harman. She was raised in Upland, California, a true 1960s California girl. A lover of sports, she competed in many high...

Robert A. Ramsay

Aug 8, 2016

Robert Arthur Ramsay was born December 3, 1973 in Vancouver, WA to Donald Ramsay, and Mary Freeman. He is survived by his wife Samantha and two sons, Ryan (11), Reidar (8), his parents, his brother Matthew, and other immediate family. Rob was an incredibly loving father, husband, and friend. He demonstrated humility, generosity, kindness, and a general respect for all...

Wanda Mae Brown

Aug 2, 2016

Wanda Mae Brown of Kendrick died Tuesday August 2, 2016 at her home in Kendrick. She was 57. Wanda was born May 22, 1959 in Garberville, CA to David and Donna Deeds Hamilton. When she was a young girl the family relocated to Kendrick and she attended local schools. Wanda met Daniel Brown at a Sadie Hawkins dance at the...

Helen Lucille Green

Jul 25, 2016

Helen Lucille Green of Moscow died July 25, 2016 at her home surrounded by her family. She was 90. Lucille was born April 1, 1926 in Leavenworth, Kansas to Elmer J. and Laura M. (Dyson) Logan. She grew up and attended school, graduating from high school in Kansas. During WWII she worked for the Continental Hat and Cap Company, which...

Ida A. Paddock

Jul 24, 2016

Ida Argia Paddock passed on into the arms of Jesus on her way to heaven on July 24, 2016 at her Moscow home. She was 84. Ida was born January 11, 1932 in San Francisco to Natale and Serena Fobelli. She grew up and attended schools there, graduating from Commerce High School. She and William Richard Paddock were married February...

Dwaine A. Johnson

Jul 21, 2016

Dwaine A. Johnson of Deary died Tuesday, July 19th at Good Samaritan Moscow Village. He was 80. Dwaine was born January 9, 1936 at Opportunity, WA to Ike and Goldie Larson Johnson. He grew up and attended schools in Tensed and Plummer. He started working with his father logging at an early age until he was 18 when he then...

Sarno Judy Loaiza

Jul 15, 2016

Judy Loaiza-Sarno of Moscow. Passed on Wednesday, July 13th in her Moscow home after a long battle with cancer. She was 78. Judy is survived by two sons, Tom Loaiza of Fairbanks, Alaska, and Mark Loaiza of Troy, Idaho. Additionally, she is survived by many grandchildren and great grandchildren. At her request there will be no services. She requests that...

Nancy Jean Blewett

Jul 13, 2016

Nancy Jean Blewett passed from this life into the Presence of God at 2:10 A.M on July 12, 2016 after a six year illness caused by the disease COPD. Nancy spent her last days at her Genesee home and passed peacefully in the presence of her family. Nancy was born Nancy Jean Duff in the winter of 1947. Her parents...

Jean Van Dyke

Jul 12, 2016

Jean Knapik Van Dyke of Deary died Friday, July 8th at Kootenai Health in Coeur d'Alene. She was 81. Jean was born May 8, 1935 in Moscow to Frank and Clara C. Hobel Knapik. She grew up and attended Moscow schools, graduating from Moscow High. She and Jerry Van Dyke were married in Moscow on December 3, 1953. They made...

Coveta Dahmen

Jul 8, 2016

Coveta Yuvon Dahmen of Moscow died Friday, July 8, 2016 at Gritman Medical Center. She was 82. Coveta was born January 9, 1934 in Rush Springs, Oklahoma to Jim Bradley. and Janie James. Jim Bradley, Janie, Cauzet (sister), and Veta left Oklahoma around 1938 leaving the "Dust Bowl" for better fortune elsewhere. The Family settled far from the dusty farmlands...

Verlene E. Mccoy Gourley

Jul 7, 2016

Verlene Evelyn McCoy Gourley of Moscow.

At the age of 80 years old, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on July 7, 2016 in Pullman. She was born to Otto and Veneta McCoy on April 17, 1936 in Moscow. She grew up and went to school in Moscow and Palouse, graduating from Palouse High School....

Richard H. "Dick" Davis

Jul 3, 2016

Richard H. ("Dick") Davis passed away peacefully on July 3, 2016, in Pullman, WA. Dick, born on August 7, 1920, to the late Robert R. and Lillian A. Davis, resided in Moscow, ID, for the past twenty years. Dick was born August 7, 1920 in Penticton, BC, Canada. The family moved to the Wenatchee, WA area where he started school....

Brian Hutcheson

Jun 30, 2016

Brian James Hutcheson, age 47, passed away Tuesday June 21st, at his home in Juliaetta. Services are Friday, July 1st, 1:00 p.m., at Short's Funeral Chapel, in Moscow, with burial to follow in the Juliaetta Cemetery. A covered dish reception will follow at the V.F.W. Hall, in Kendrick. Brian was born December 17, 1968, in Moscow to Robert James and...

Russell Lavern Olson

Jun 22, 2016

Russell LaVern Olson, 88, died of cancer peacefully at his Troy home on Saturday, June 18th, surrounded by his family. Russ was born June 10, 1928 in Deary to Otto and Freda Nelson Olson. He was raised on the farm on Osterberg Road and learned at a very young age to work the farm. Russell used to ride his horse...

Rex R. Benson

Jun 17, 2016

Rex R. Benson passed away on Wednesday June 15th at Good Samaritan Moscow Village. He was 91. Rex was born on April 24, 1925 to Henry W. and Lena P. Benson in the Onaway home that he lived in most of his life. The master bedroom was his birthplace. He started public school at the Onaway Grade School on the...

Teresa M. "Terry" Knauss

Jun 16, 2016

Teresa Marie Knauss (80), a longtime Moscow resident, died Thursday, June 16, 2016, of cancer, at her home in Moscow surrounded by her family. Terry was born October 8, 1935 in South Amboy, NJ to Edward and Margaret O'Brien. While attending Seattle University, she met Robert F Helbling. They were married in Seattle in 1957 and later moved to Moscow...