Obituaries

Larry L. Weber

Mar 8, 2015

Larry L. Weber, of Moscow, died Sunday March 8, 2015 at his home. He was 70. Larry was born October 21, 1944 in Moscow to Floyd and Naomi Weber. He grew up on the family farm south of Pullman and attended school in Pullman, until high school when he transferred to Colton and graduated high school. In 1966 Larry married...

Janet I. George

Mar 4, 2015

Janet Irene George, born Janet Irene Riggins on August 28th 1939 in Grangeville Idaho, passed away March 1st 2015 at age 75 in Moscow Idaho, quietly in her sleep. Janet was the daughter of Ira Dale Riggins and Josephine Riggins, together with her sister Beatrice (Bea). They moved around in early years but moved to Pullman in 1948. Janet's father...

Sean Betts

Mar 1, 2015

Sean Ryan Betts, a proud Idaho native, died Sunday, March 1, 2015 in Moscow. He was 23. Sean was born February 7, 1992 in Moscow to Kerry J. and Karen J. Anderson Betts. The family lived in Troy until 2003 when they moved to Moscow where Sean finished school, graduating from Moscow High School in 2010. Sean had worked as...

D. Craig Hays

Feb 24, 2015

D. Craig Hays of Bovill died Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at Tri-State Memorial Hospital in Clarkston. He was 54. Craig was born July 10, 1960 in Moscow to Donald S. and Diana Waldron Hays. He grew up and lived all of his life in Bovill, graduating from Deary High School. He started working weekends logging with his dad at the...

Darlene Mckenzie

Feb 21, 2015

Darlene McKenzie, a longtime Troy area resident, died Saturday, February 21, 2015 at Whitman Senior Living Center in Pullman. She was 88. Darlene was born November 2, 1926 at Gifford, Idaho to Leo and Edith Waterer Messinger. She grew up on the family farm in the Cottonwood Creek area and attended elementary grades at the Magpie School. She then went...

Dolores Howard

Feb 19, 2015

Dolores Howard of Moscow died in her own home on Sunday February 15th. She was born on July 19, 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dolores was raised by her mother Agnes Wernke, and graduated from Arsenal Tech High School in Indianapolis. She married Robert Howard on July 31, 1942. Dolores worked as a telephone operator, and as a secretary in a...

Donald L. Sheets

Feb 15, 2015

Donald Lee Sheets of Moscow died Sunday, February 15, 2015 at Gritman Medical Center. He was 65. Don was born July 9th, 1949 to Gordon N. and Norma Sheets. A country doctor assisted with the home birth, about 4 ½ miles outside of Norwood, Colorado. As Donald's family moved around the West, he studiously attended school in Spencer, ID, Death...

Harry Martin

Feb 9, 2015

Harry Martin, 96, passed away peacefully with his daughter Bonnie and caregivers at his side at Whitman Senior Living Community in Pullman on Sunday, February 8, following a long, slow decline in health. He was a lifelong Latah County resident. Harry was born on June 12, 1918, to August and Olga (Siegrist) Martin at Viola, Idaho. Harry attended Flannigan Creek...

Don R. Eastman

Feb 7, 2015

Don Eastman, born December 15th, 1941, grew up in St. Maries, Idaho swimming the St. Joe River and roving the woods-experiences that cemented his deep and abiding love for wild waters and wild country. He enlisted in the Army at seventeen, working at the Nike Missile Site in Redmond, Washington, and in Texas where he married and had two children-Donnie...

William "Bill" Boles

Feb 5, 2015

William Robert Boles passed away peacefully at his home in Troy, Idaho on February 5th, 2015 at the age of 75. Bill was born February 1st, 1940 in Orofino, Idaho to Albert and Lora Boles and was the youngest of four children. He graduated from Elk River High School in 1958 with a mere 10 other students. Bill married Marilyn...

Doris L. Lawton

Feb 5, 2015

Doris L. Lawton was born in Oakesdale, Washington on September 15, 1917 to Lafayette and Lula Davis Yarnell. She married Jack Lawton on April 11, 1936. The angles escorted her home on February 5, 2015. She was 97. Doris and Jack made their home in Moscow, Idaho, where he operated a gas station on the Northwest corner of Sixth and...

Ann H. Berry

Feb 2, 2015

Ann H. Berry

1942-2015

"The planet lost a good person, but the universe gained a bright star" Ann Berry, long-time Moscow, ID resident, passed away at her home in Yachats, OR on January 20, 2015, her 73rd birthday, following a brief illness. Ann was an inspiration to her family and many friends. Her compassion ran deep, her insight...

Deanna Lynn Wilks

Jan 30, 2015

Deanna Lynn Wilks, longtime Moscow resident died January 30, 2015 in New Port Beach, California. She was 54. Deanna was born July 31, 1960 in St. Maries, Idaho. She grew up in Moscow, attended local schools and graduated from Moscow High School in 1980. Deanna will be greatly missed by all who knew her, for her gentle heart was something...

Kenneth E. Quick

Jan 30, 2015

Kenneth Eugene Quick of Meridian, Idaho, and a former Moscow resident, died January 30, 2015. He was 83. Ken was born October 12, 1931 at Claremore, Oklahoma to August K. and Opal B. Nelson Quick. He grew up, attended school and graduated from high school there in 1949. He then enrolled at Oklahoma State University before joining the U.S. Navy...

James M. Lee

Jan 29, 2015

James M. Lee of Troy died Thursday, January 29, 2015 at Gritman Medical Center in Moscow. He was 75. Jim was born January 5, 1940 on a small farm 4 ½ miles Southeast of New Plymouth, Idaho to Harold E. and Gladys M Barrickman Lee. He grew up on the farm, attended school and graduated from high school. He joined...

William H. Jackson

Jan 28, 2015

William Hagan Jackson of Moscow went home to be with his Lord and Savior at his home on Wednesday, January 28, 2015. He was 68. Bill was born January 31, 1946 at Baltimore, Maryland to Hagan L. and Margaret W. Westphal Jackson. He grew up, attended school and graduated from high school at Baltimore. Bill then enrolled at Pennsylvania State...

Sue Hovey

Jan 19, 2015

It is with heavy hearts that we mourn the death of Sue Hovey. However, it is with great honor that we celebrate her life. She was a wonderful wife, mother, teacher and friend to so many. Sue wanted her obituary to note that she was born February 12, 1932, during a depression brought on by the Republican Party and died...

Thelma V. Whitcomb

Jan 18, 2015

Thelma V. Whitcomb, a life-long Deary area resident, died Sunday, January 18, 2015 at Precious Elders Family Home in Pullman. She was 82. Thelma was born August 17, 1932 at Avon, the ninth child of Joseph and Jessie White Taylor. She grew up and started school at Deary, then to Moscow, graduating from Moscow High School in 1950. She then...

Belinda Niebuhr

Jan 16, 2015

Belinda (Smith) Niebuhr was tragically taken by violence on January 10, 2015 in Moscow, Idaho, after courageously saving many of her co-workers. She is the beloved mother of Andria and Shannon Niebuhr and Zackery, Kayleigh and Jessie Patterson. Her devoted fiance was Don Fristoe. She is also survived by her parents, Connie and James Smith and Chuck and Marilyn Trissell....

Terri Grzebielski

Jan 15, 2015

"This will be our reply... to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before." - Leonard Bernstein Terri Grzebielski passed away Saturday, January 10, 2015, a few days after her 61st birthday. A celebration of Terri's life will be held Saturday, January 17 at 3:30 p.m. in the ballroom of the Bruce M. Pitman Center (formerly the...