Obituaries

Wayne Price

May 22, 2015

Wayne Martin Price, of Moscow died Friday May 22, 2015 at Hospice House in Coeur d' Alene. He was 62. Wayne was born March 21, 1953 in Pittsburgh, PA to George and Marie Price. He grew up in Pittsburgh until High School when he attended Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, NY graduating in 1971. In 1973, Wayne joined...

Dorothy Anderson

May 21, 2015

Dorothy Louise Anderson was born January 10, 1933 near Uniontown, WA to Richard D. and Catherine M. Sprenger Stout. She passed away on May 21, 2015 at Guardian Angel Homes. Cause of death was infirmities of age and Parkinson's disease. She attended the Hall School in the country near her home, and then Colton Grade School and High School. She...

Joyce Brown

May 20, 2015

Joyce B. Brown Hermann of Genesee died Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at her home. She was 82. Joyce was born April 12, 1933 at Winnemucca, Nevada to George and Ruth Reed. She grew up and attended school at Winnemucca and Paradise Valley, Nevada. She and Phil Borengraeber were married and later divorced. Joyce moved to Lewiston in 1980 and worked...

Mary Horney

May 16, 2015

Mary Ruth (Wingett) Horney

July 4, 1931 - May 16, 2015

Mary Ruth Horney, 83, died on Saturday, May 16, 2015, in Payson, Arizona. She leaves behind her loving husband of 60 years, Ernie, two daughters and sons-in-law, Susan and Bruce Williams, Carrie and Craig Swaby, four grandchildren Leah Douglas, Tal Williams, Sam Swaby, and Caleb...

Margaret Grace Heath

May 4, 2015

Our beloved mother, Margaret G. Heath, known as Grace, passed away at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston on May 4, 2015 at age 90. She was a Juliaetta resident. Grace was born on April 29, 1925 at Ahsahka, Idaho, the youngest child of William and Katherine Kleinsmith. Grace spent her young childhood days to age 10 in Lewiston...

Ardene Gray

Apr 29, 2015

Ardene Phyllis Ganschow Gray, of South Beach, Oregon passed away on April 29, 2015 at the home of her daughter Elizabeth J. Leonard and son-in-law Gene of Moscow, Idaho. She was 80. Ardene was born August 2, 1934 in Mitchell, South Dakota to George and Alberta Thielebein Ganschow. She married John Franklin Rhodes on March 17, 1952 and they were...

William O. Olesen

Apr 27, 2015

William O. Olesen, Jr. of Moscow, one of the Great Generation, passed away Monday, April 27, 2015 at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was 89. Born in Asotin, Washington to William O. and Hattie H. Olesen, Bill was a man of great character and many dimensions. Independent from the ground up, his life was one of service...

Steven D. Johnson

Apr 25, 2015

Steven Douglas Johnson began life November 6, 1962, born to Douglas & Helen Johnson in Santa Barbara, CA. He joined sisters Victoria and Lori. In December 1980 Steven, with his gentle spirit, embraced us - John & Lucretia Carlson as his parents, guardians, and family along with Diane & Steve Rathbun, Craig & Janneth Carlson and Lorene & Chris Middleton...

Ken Johnson

Apr 24, 2015

Kenneth Albert Johnson of Troy died Friday, April 24, 2015 at Gritman Medical Center in Moscow. He was 71. Ken was born July 9, 1943 in Moscow to Archie F. and Virginia C. (Olson) Johnson. He grew up and attended school in Deary, graduating from Deary High School in 1961. Ken served in the US Navy from 1961-1966 aboard the...

Bruce Bumgarner

Apr 21, 2015

Frank Bruce Bumgarner, "Bruce", passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family on Sunday, April 19, five days shy of his 80th birthday, after a hard fought battle with cancer. He was born at home in Moscow, Idaho to Thomas and Marguerite (Yangel) Bumgarner on April 24, 1935, living his entire life in Moscow. He attended Ursuline Academy,...

Donald M. Brudie

Apr 20, 2015

Donald Mathew Brudie, 89, passed away on April 20, 2015, at Kindred Health Care in Moscow. He was the only son born to Martin and Clara (Krantz) Brudie on February 8, 1926, in Minot, North Dakota. At the age of six the family transitioned to north Idaho where Don was educated in a one room schoolhouse and lived in a...

Charles Royce

Apr 16, 2015

Charles Edward Royce, Jr. passed away at his home Thursday, April 16, 2015 after a heroic fight with cancer. He was 55. Chuck was born December 20, 1959 in Cottonwood, Arizona. He grew up and went to school in Tucson, graduating from Tucson High School. He enjoyed working at his grandpa's camera store throughout high school, expanding on his passion...

Robert Graff

Apr 16, 2015

Robert W. "Jock" Graff, of Moscow, died Thursday April 16, 2015 at his home in Moscow, surrounded by friends and family. He was 69. "Wandering spirits, if indeed ye wander ... grant me this faint happiness, or take me, as your companion from the joys of life." - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Jock was born October 30, 1945 in Waukegan, Illinois....

Jeanne C. Vaughn

Apr 13, 2015

Jeanne C. Vaughn of Moscow died Monday, April 13, 2015 at Pullman Regional Hospital. She was 91. Jeanne was born March 15, 1924 in Pocatello, Idaho to Leroy and Muriel Lathrop Ruggles. She grew up and attended school there, graduating from Pocatello High School. She then attended Idaho State College (now University). She married Harry W. Vaughn on December 24,...

Harold W. Poteet

Apr 9, 2015

Harold W. Poteet, Jr. of Viola died Thursday, April 9, 2015 while cutting wood near Viola. He was 62. Harold was born October 22, 1952 at Weaverville, CA to Harold W. and Amy Lee Upton Poteet. He grew up and attended school at Paradise, CA, graduating from high school there. He worked as a carpet layer, tractor driver in the...

D. "Gene" Hamilton

Apr 3, 2015

David "Gene" Hamilton, the world's greatest husband, daddy and grandpa, of Bovill, died Friday April 3, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family. He was 79. Gene was born July 28, 1935 in Vardaman, MS to Toy and Maudie Hamilton. He grew up in Mississippi until he was 13 when the family moved to Ashland, OR. Gene lived in...

Alvin Paca Bohman

Mar 28, 2015

Alvin (Paca) Bohman, 90, a life-long Troy resident, died of natural causes, Saturday, March 28, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family. Alvin was born September 11, 1924 in Troy, Idaho to Johan Gustaf (Olsson) Bohman and Hilma Alida Westberg Bohman. He grew up on the family farm on Little Bear Ridge. He attended grade school at Little Bear...

Dorothy Parton

Mar 27, 2015

DOROTHY ANN CARLSON PARTON Dorothy was born July 29, 1930 in Holdrege, Nebraska. Her parents were farmers, and she was baptized at the Lutheran Church. After leaving the farm, she spent several years in Grand Island, Nebraska. When she was 12, the family moved to Denver. She was deeply impressed by her new Junior High School-it had a pool! She...

Roy Krauss

Mar 26, 2015

Roy L. Krauss of Moscow died Thursday, March 26, 2015 at Aspen Park Healthcare. Roy was born August 18, 1926 at Ennis, Montana to John E. and Florence Daems Krauss. He grew up and started school at Norris, MT, then attended high school at Harrison, MT and graduated from Gallatin County High School at Bozeman. He worked at Montana Hardware...

Judith Ann Whitesel

Mar 20, 2015

Judy Whitesel of Springfield, VA, daughter of William and Violet Olson, was called to our Lord on March 13, 2015 at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA after a long battle with Polycystic Kidney Disease. She was 72. Judy grew up in Potlatch and was a graduate of the University of Idaho. She is survived by her son, Lance and...