Obituaries

Donna Mae Wallen

Jan 2, 2016

Donna Mae Wallen, a life-long Moscow resident, died Saturday, January 2, 2016 at her home. She was 77. Donna Mae was born April 11, 1938 in Moscow to Donald Elton and Charlotte Ardice Sprecker Morton, attended Moscow schools, graduating from Moscow High School in 1956. She attended Kinman Business College in Spokane and returned to Moscow working as a secretary...

Donald R. Weisenstein

Dec 30, 2015

Donald Richard Weisenstein, 92, of Moscow passed away peacefully in his home on December 28, 2015. Don was raised in Butler, PA. During World War II, Don served in the U.S. Navy for three years, where he attained the rank of Lieutenant, j.g. and was assigned to a destroyer escort, in the Pacific, operating with the fleet of Admiral Halsey....

David Nesbitt

Dec 30, 2015

David Nesbitt, of Moscow, was born August 19, 1962 in Honolulu Hawaii to Valerie Wall and Michael Nesbitt, he passed away on Christmas Eve. At the time of his death he was studying at the University of Idaho. A jack of all trades he held jobs that varied between a firefighter, mechanic, logger and gas station attendant. He was a...

Shirley Jo Rathbun

Dec 24, 2015

Shirley Jo Rathbun, 83, passed away December 24, 2015 in Moscow, ID. She was the daughter of Arnold and Cleo Anderson. Shirley was born August 7, 1932 in Elk City, ID. She attended elementary school in Moscow, ID and high school in Pullman, WA. She married the love of her life, Loris Rathbun on December 2, 1950 in Lewiston, ID....

Fred E. Kohl

Dec 19, 2015

Fred Ernest Kohl of Moscow went to be with his Lord on Saturday morning, December 19, 2015 at his home. He was 92. Fred was born on a ranch near Carmen, Idaho on November 8, 1923, the sixth of seven children of Fred and Precious M. (Neal) Kohl. He attended the one-room Lower Carmen grade school through the eighth grade...

William F. "Bill" Mccabe

Dec 11, 2015

William F. "Bill" McCabe of Moscow died Friday, December 11, 2015 at Good Samaritan Moscow Village. He was 87. Bill was born May 10, 1928 in Montrose, South Dakota to Henry and Bernice (Gildea) McCabe, one of 5 children. Bill attended schools in Montrose through the eighth grade when the family moved to Walla Walla, Washington. He finished school there,...

Demaris Childers

Dec 8, 2015

DeMaris K. Childers, a longtime Moscow resident, died Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at Syringa General Hospital in Grangeville. She was 74. DeMaris was born February 26, 1941 at Potlatch to Alvin L. and Dorothy Parnell Carscallen. She grew up and attended school there and was a member of the Potlatch Riding Club, graduating from Potlatch High School. She was a...

George Grobmeier

Dec 7, 2015

George O. Grobmeier, a longtime Moscow resident, died in Spokane, Washington on December 7, 2015, at the age 87. George was born in Carrollton, Kentucky on May 21, 1928, the son of Osmond and Margaret (Long) Grobmeier. His siblings included Emma Gene, Charlie and Joe. George grew up and went to school in Carrollton. At the age of 16, George...

Lois Granlund

Dec 4, 2015

Lois Lee Rankin Granlund of Moscow, Idaho, returned home to the Lord on Friday, December 4, 2015 at Good Samaritan Village at the age of 94. Lois was born to Oscar and Vera Rankin in Moscow, on October 7, 1921-the oldest of 4 children. Her father died unexpectedly of meningitis when she was 6 years old. At that time her...

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...