Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Moscow, Idaho and Surrounding Northern Idaho Cities
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...
Carol Price
Mar 18, 2015
Carol Price, 86, passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2015 in Moscow. She died at home with her family at her side. Mildred Carol Price (neé Mayo) was born in Waltham, Massachusetts September 22, 1928, to Mildred and Fred Mayo. After finishing high school and attendance at an academy for learning advanced clerical skills, Carol worked several years as an executive...
Pat Wells
Mar 17, 2015
Pat Wells, 73, died on March 14 at his home following a valiant battle with PSP (progressive supraneuclear palsy) a serious degenerative neurological disease which is an atypical Parkinsonism. Pat, born October 23, 1941 in Moscow, Idaho, lived in Moscow his entire life. He was a proud husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather who was also a 33-year veteran of...
Margaret Littlejohn
Mar 17, 2015
Margaret Ann Littlejohn, 66, passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2015 in Moscow. Margaret was born July 22, 1948 in Newton-Stewart, Scotland to Quintin and Ruby Littlejohn. She immigrated to the United States as an infant with her parents and became a US citizen at the age of 4 1/2 years old. Margaret held a strong connection to her Scottish heritage...
Ronald Robinson
Mar 17, 2015
Ronald A. Robinson (Ron) was born August 31, 1923 in Nampa, Idaho to Leroy and Amy (Ecker) Robinson. Ron passed away from natural causes at Gritman Memorial Hospital. At seven years of age Ron's family moved to Melba, Idaho where he graduated high school. In the fall of 1941 he enrolled at the University of Idaho with a Union Pacific...
Harlan Guy
Mar 10, 2015
Harlan (Bud) Hamilton Guy of Wilton, California, passed away at the age of 88 on Tuesday, March 10, 2015. He was on his farm outdoors with his wife, Elisa at his side. Born August 14, 1926, to Creighton and Edith (Hamilton) Guy in Moscow, Idaho. Bud was raised on the family farm outside of Moscow and was the fourth of...
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...


