Obituaries

Feb 27, 2016

Mary Elsie Carlson, a longtime Troy resident, died Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Good Samaritan Moscow Village. She was 99. Mary Elsie was born February 10, 1917 at Absarokee, Montana to Walter E. and Edna Mae Kemph Littler. She started school in Montana, also attending at Viola, ID and graduated from Mt. Ellis Academy in Bozeman, Montana. She attended Walla...

Feb 25, 2016

Catherine L. "Kay" Christopherson of Pomeroy and formerly of Deary, died Thursday, February 25, 2016 at Garfield County Hospital and Care Center. She was 92. Kay was born September 20, 1923 at Pompey's Pillar, Montana to William D. and Pearl E. Kinnamon Skiles. She grew up and started school in Montana and the family moved to the Palouse area in...

Feb 24, 2016

Kent Wick, of Moscow, died Wednesday February 24, 2016 at Kootenai Health in Coeur d'Alene . He was 71. Boy Kent Wick was born on June 24, 1944 to his proud parents Clarence and Helen Wick and his brother Dale in Duluth, Minnesota. Kent grew up in Duluth running the halls of the Arrowhead Hotel that his parents owned and...

Feb 22, 2016

Gary A. Loomis, of Bovill, passed away on Monday, February 22nd, 2016 at Aspen Park Kindred Care Center in Moscow, surrounded by his family. He was 75. Gary was born May 10, 1940 in Moscow, ID to Arthur (Art) and Dorothy (Linderman) Loomis. He lived in Renton, WA and various towns in the area until settling in Bovill in 1949...

Feb 19, 2016

Dr. William Ward "Bill" Taylor, of Moscow, ID, passed away peacefully at home on February 16, 2016 in Moscow with his wife, Patty, by his side. Bill was born in Twin Falls, ID to George O. and Orpha Ward Taylor on July 18, 1931. He grew up on a farm, where according to legend, his mother made a pie EVERY...

Feb 19, 2016

Joseph P. McCaffrey, (64) of Moscow, died Friday February 19, 2016. Joe spent the last 21 years trying to live with a malignant brain tumor.

Joseph was born in April 1951, in Providence, Rhode Island to Joseph and Esther McCaffrey. He grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island and graduated from Pilgrim High School in 1969.The first in...

Feb 17, 2016

Pastor Steve McClure, born Nov. 2, 1968, to Mel and Gaye McClure in Seattle, Wash., was called home by his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to his eternal reward in heaven on Feb. 14, 2016. He was 47. Steve graduated from Tyee High School in Seattle and attended Concordia College in Portland, Highline College and Western Washington University where he...

Feb 15, 2016

Lynnette Scalise, of Moscow died February 15, 2016 at her home in Moscow. She was 54 Lynnette was born December 26, 1961, in Oakdale, Louisiana to Shirley and Betty Strother. Lynnette attended school in Louisiana and graduated in 1979. In 1981, Lynnette moves to Moscow where she made her home. She went to work for the USDA office in 1988...

Feb 13, 2016

Jamie Sutcliffe passed away unexpectedly on Saturday February 13, 2016 at his home in Viola, ID. Jamie was born August 16, 1961 in Seattle, WA to Jim and Anita Sutcliffe. He was the second of six children and dubbed "Big Blue" by his Grandad for his blue eyes. He went through school in Redmond, WA, graduating from Redmond High School...

Feb 13, 2016

Gary Heilman, a lifelong area resident, died Saturday evening, February 13, 2016 at his home in Troy. He was 64. Gary William Heilman was born July 9, 1951 at Moscow to William J. "Willie" and Rene "Shorty" Germer Heilman. Gary grew up and attended Moscow schools, graduating from Moscow High School in 1970. He attended North Idaho College for a...

Feb 13, 2016

Evelyn June Paul, 68, passed away February 13, 2016 of cancer. She had been a resident of Syringa Chalet Nursing Facility in Blackfoot, Idaho for the past month. The family is grateful for the supportive, compassionate staff and the care she received while she was there. Evelyn was born March 13, 1947 at Colfax, WA to Lawrence and Grace (Stewart)...

Feb 13, 2016

Bertha "Beth Metzker" Hanson, of Moscow died Saturday, February 13, 2016, at Gritman Medical Center in Moscow. She was 84. Beth was born on September 24, 1931 in Napoleon, North Dakota to Gustav and Katharina Schnabel. She grew up in Napoleon and attended area school, graduated from Napoleon High School in 1950. Beth attended college in Tennessee, where she met...

Feb 5, 2016

Peacefully on Feb. 5, 2016 at her home in Avon, Margarette M. Halseth Cox passed from this life into her eternal life. She was 96. She was born July 19, 1919 at the Halseth Montana homestead in Conrad, Mt.; shortly thereafter her family moved to Kendrick, Id. to the Halseth homestead on Big Bear Ridge. She graduated from Kendrick High...

Feb 4, 2016

Mertia Ann Nelson Kohl of Moscow went to be with her Lord on Thursday morning, February 4, 2016 at her home. She was 89. Mertia Ann Nelson was born August 8, 1926 in Baker, North Dakota to Eric Edstrom and Bertha Zuella Smith Nelson, the sixth of eight children. She attended elementary and high school in Baker, graduating in 1942...

Jan 30, 2016

Mildred (Moody) Garth Christian passed away peacefully at Good Samaritan Village in Moscow on Saturday, January 30, 2016 at the age of 91. She was born January 4, 1925 in St. Marys, PA to George and Katherine Pfaff Garth. She attended local schools and graduated from Penn State University. Upon graduation, she worked for the county as a social worker....

Jan 28, 2016

Lou Stevens, a longtime Moscow resident, died Thursday, January 28, 2016 at Community Health and Hospice in Longview, WA. She was 93. Lucille Lorene "Lou" Steele was born January 16, 1923 at Sedalia, Missouri to John Milton and Sarah Ann (Sallie) Meyer Steele. She grew up there and graduated from Smith-Cotton High School in 1942. That year she married Dave...

Jan 27, 2016

Dallas "Buzz" I. Purnell died Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at Bishop Place in Pullman following a courageous battle with cancer. He was 75. Buzz was born March 11, 1940 in Moscow to Willie and Arnona Flanigan Purnell. He grew up and attended Moscow schools. He served in the U.S. Army in Germany for three years working with tanks and artillery....

Jan 27, 2016

Loving husband and father, Dr. Al J. Lingg, of Moscow, Idaho died on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at Gritman Memorial Hospital in Moscow. Aloysius Joseph Lingg was born March 26, 1938, in Mt. Hope, Kansas to Aloysius and Mary Martin Lingg. He grew up in Andale, Kansas on the Lingg family farm. After graduating from high school in Andale, Kansas,...

Jan 25, 2016

Ben Jerry Smith of Deary and a lifelong area resident, died Monday, January 25, 2016 at Good Samaritan Moscow Village. He was 81. Jerry was born August 27, 1934 at Kendrick to Ben Isreal and Evalina R. Slatter Smith. He grew up attending schools at Park, Avon, Bovill, Deary and graduated from Kendrick High School in 1952. He worked at...

Jan 22, 2016

Wayne Stuart Belles went home to be with his Lord and Savior the morning of January 22, 2016. He died of pancreatic cancer. He was born to Clarence and Alice Belles on July 17, 1937 in Sedro Woolley, Washington. After graduating from Sedro Woolley High School, he received his Bachelors and Masters in Agronomy from Washington State University and his...