Obituaries

Shirley Hillestad

Nov 29, 2015

Shirley Maxine Hillestad, a lifelong Viola resident, died Sunday, November 29, 2015 at Aspen Park Healthcare Center in Moscow at the age of 100. Shirley was born July 28, 1915 in Viola to John and Fannie (Cuthbert) Byers. She grew up and attended school at Viola, graduating high school there. She and Vernon C. Hillestad were married on September 12,...

Laverne Emmett

Nov 22, 2015

LaVerne Y. Emmett passed away Nov. 22, 2015, in Moscow. She was born Feb. 21, 1925, to Bailey K. (Ted) Rugg and Rebecca (Betty) Thompson Rugg in Elk River. LaVerne's father was in the lumber industry and that led to the young family moving often. They lived in Clarkston, Lewiston, northern California and southern Oregon. Most of LaVerne's teenage years...

Dell May

Nov 21, 2015

Dell Nathan May died at his home in Moscow on November 21, 2015 of a respiratory illness. Dell was born on May 19, 1959, to Frank and Zoe May in Pullman, Washington. He attended schools in Pullman until he became ill in his teenage years with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. While he lived primarily in Pullman, Clarkston, Lewiston and Moscow,...

Leslie James "L.J." Warner Wright

Nov 17, 2015

Leslie James Warner Wright, "LJ" son of Les and Jennifer Wright of Potlatch died at birth on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 in Moscow. In addition to his parents, Les and Jennifer, LJ is survived by his grandparents, Jeff and Tawny Nelson of Troy, ID and Jim and Debbie Wright of Kamiah, ID: his great grandparents, grandma Benton of Vancouver, WA;...

Marjorie M. Lunders

Nov 13, 2015

About 4:00 P.M. on November 13, 2015, surrounded by her adoring family, one of the brightest human lights of their lives departed to join her heavenly family and the God she believed was expecting her, the God Who has become accustomed to being addressed by the opening words of her daily prayers, "Thank You, Father, for Your love..." Marjorie Minna...

Kathleen M. "Kay" Montgomery

Nov 3, 2015

A wonderful mother, grandmother, wife, sister, friend, and artist was lost when Kathleen Mary 'Kay' Johnston Montgomery passed away November 3, 2015 at home, surrounded by her family. She was 91. Kay was born outside Meridian, Idaho March 21, 1924 at her grandmother's house, and grew up on Castle Creek in Owyhee County with 5 brothers and sisters. She graduated...

Lila Smith

Oct 28, 2015

Lila M. Smith, a longtime Troy resident, died peacefully at her home on Burnt Ridge on Wednesday, October 28, 2015. She was 78. Lila Marjorie Smith was born in Seattle, Washington on April 5, 1937. She was born of Magnhild "Marjorie" Sortun and Carl Axel" Leonard" Johnson. After living in the Seattle area, Margie and Leonard divorced. Lila and her...

Kenneth Whitney

Oct 25, 2015

Kenneth G. Whitney, 90 of Troy Kenneth George Whitney was born May 11, 1925, in Potlatch, Idaho to George L. and Selma (Anderson) Whitney. He passed away on October 25, 2015, at his home in Troy. Kenneth was raised in Potlatch, attending school there and working throughout his childhood with his brother Bob Whitney usually at his side. He was...

Mary Armstrong

Oct 22, 2015

Mary Elizabeth Armstrong of Moscow died at home on Thursday, October 22, 2015. She was 54. Mary was born August 1, 1961 in Salmon, Idaho to Terry R. and Patricia A. Havemann Armstrong. The family moved to Moscow where Mary grew up, attended school and graduated from Moscow High School. She then attended the University of Idaho graduating with her...

Eileen Breed

Oct 21, 2015

Eileen Breed was born on April 9, 1920 in Helena, Montana to Bill and Irene Redd. As a young girl, with her parents and sister, Murel, Eileen lived above her parent's store, Redd's Grocery, and spent her time dancing and dreaming of becoming a prima ballerina. In 1934, however, in an outbreak in the area, Eileen contracted the Polio virus...

John D. "Jay" Bieren

Oct 18, 2015

John (Jay) D. Bieren

John D. Bieren, better known to his friends and family as Jay, a lifelong Moscow resident, died Sunday, October 18, 2015 at Sacred Heart Medical Center. He had just turned 70. Jay was born October 14, 1945 in Moscow to Leo H. and Eleanor Broemeling Bieren. He grew up and attended St. Mary's Catholic...

Keith Packard

Oct 14, 2015

Keith D. Packard, of Moscow, died Wednesday October 14, 2015 at his home in Moscow. He was 61. Keith was born in Pocatello, ID on March 28, 1954 to William and Aimee Packard. When Keith was a young boy the family moved to Moscow, where he attended Moscow schools and graduated from Moscow High School in 1973. Immediately following high...

Thomas D. Curtis

Oct 14, 2015

Thomas Dale Curtis of Moscow died at his home October 14, 2015. He was 55. Tom was born September 9, 1960 in Santa Ana, California to Robert and Dorris Thompson Curtis. He grew up and went to school in Orange County, California. Tom moved to Idaho in 1989 and to Moscow in 1999. He spent most of his years sharing...

Betty Jane Hammerberg

Sep 30, 2015

Betty Jane Hammerberg of Moscow died Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at her daughter's home. She was 88 Betty was born March 6, 1927 at Marshalltown, Iowa to John and Harriett Johnson Tomlinson. She grew up and attended school there. She and Maynard Armstrong were married in Marshalltown in 1943. They made their home in Waterloo, Iowa and together had three...

Jim Demeerleer

Sep 17, 2015

James B. "Jim" DeMeerleer, a longtime Moscow businessman and civic leader, died peacefully at his home with his family on September 17, 2015. Jim was 73. Jim was born June 3, 1942 at Aberdeen, WA to Walter and Jeanne (Burke) DeMeerleer. He grew up and attended school in Tacoma, graduating from Lincoln High School there. He then enrolled at Washington...

Lillian Mills

Sep 17, 2015

Lillian Louise Mills of Pullman died Thursday, September 17, 2015 at Pullman Regional Hospital. She was 89. Lillian was born March 5, 1926 at Ingram Island, Oregon to William A. and Mary E. "Nellie" Woolley Badorek. The family moved to Klamath Falls, OR when she was young, where she attended schools, graduating high school there. She and John Mills eloped...

Pauline Hermann

Sep 11, 2015

Pauline Marie (Zenner) Hermann, of Genesee and a life long area resident, died with family at her side on Friday, September 11, 2015 at Pullman Regional Hospital. She was 96. Pauline was born May 15, 1919 at Uniontown, one of 10 children of J. Peter and Gertrude (Zellerhoff) Zenner. She grew up there and attended the Taufen Country School near...

Tony Hall

Sep 10, 2015

Tony Robert Hall, 40, of Gainesville, GA passed away unexpectedly from a heart attack on Friday, August 21 in Macon, GA. Tony was born in Kellogg, ID on March 23, 1975 to Connie and Ken Hall (Moscow, ID). He moved to Boise, ID in 1977 and to Moscow, ID in 1981 where he went through all 12 years of school,...

Mose Kimberling

Aug 16, 2015

Mose M. Kimberling, of Moscow died Sunday August 16, 2015 at Gritman Medical Center in Moscow. He was 75. Mose was born October 5, 1939 in Myrtle, Idaho to Paul and Ruth Kimberling. The family relocated to Moscow when Mose was 3. Mose attended Moscow school and graduated from Moscow High School in 1958. On August 20, 1960 Mose married...

Colby Chappell

Aug 15, 2015

Our beautiful Colby Buren Chappell was born November 13, 2013 and passed away 21 months later, August 13, 2015. He was loved and cherished every day of his life by his family and all those that met him. He is now free of the pain from the Canavan's Disease that limited his life. He is welcomed in heaven by seven...