Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Moscow, Idaho and Surrounding Northern Idaho Cities
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...
Eileen Giovannetti
Aug 6, 2015
Eileen Mary Giovannetti, of Troy, died Thursday August 6, 2015 at Gritman Medical Center in Moscow. She was 94. Eileen was born January 18, 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio to Edward and Helena Sweeney. She was raised in Lakewood and attended local Catholic Schools, and Lakewood Junior College following high school. Eileen attended the National School of Radio Broadcasting. In order...
Elaine Meyer
Aug 2, 2015
Elaine Meyer, 89 of Moscow passed away peacefully Tuesday morning, July 28 at Gritman Medical Center. She was ready for a rest and decided to join her beloved Jim to celebrate his birthday! Elaine was born April 6, 1926 in Omaha, NE to Dorothy and Robert Ellis . She lost her mother when she was only 12 but grew up...
Michael Doherty
Jul 30, 2015
Michael J. Doherty of Troy died Thursday, July 30, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family. He was 68. Michael was born December 1, 1946 in Lewiston to Cornelius and Clara Kaufmann Doherty. The family moved to Walla Walla, WA, then California, before settling in Moscow. Michael graduated from Moscow High School in 1964, and then attended the University...
Florence R. Lyle Haynes
Jul 29, 2015
Florence Ruth (Butterfield) Lyle- Haynes, daughter of Ben and Bessie Butterfield, died Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at Avalon Care Center in Pullman. She was 96. She was born March 27, 1919 in Prosser, WA. The family lived at LaCrosse, WA during her school years. She was an outstanding basketball player in school, graduating in 1938, and then moving to Pullman....
Elly Strohm
Jul 27, 2015
Elly J. Strohm, a former Troy and Moscow resident, died Monday, July 27, 2015 at Whitman Senior Living Center in Pullman. She was 89. Elly was born June 3, 1926 at Council Bluffs, Iowa to William and Augusta Mathiasen. In 1936 the family moved to Mississippi and Elly graduated from Moss Point High School. She attended Business College, and went...
Tom Boyd
Jul 27, 2015
Thomas G. Boyd of Genesee died Monday, July 27, 2015 at Aspen Park Healthcare in Moscow. He was 86. Tom was born September 5, 1928 at Filer, Idaho to Cecil W. and Gladys Craven Boyd. He graduated from Twin Falls High School in 1946, and came to Moscow to attend the University of Idaho, graduating with a business degree in...
Craig Ladwig
Jul 25, 2015
Craig Ladwig, a longtime Moscow resident, died Saturday, July 25, 2015 at his Lake home at Harrison surrounded by his family. He was 76. Craig was born July 2, 1939 at Wilbur, WA to Wilfred E. and Alice V. Payne Ladwig. He grew up and attended school in Spokane, graduating from North Central High School in 1957. He joined the...
Matthew Oulman
Jul 23, 2015
Matthew James Oulman of Moscow died Thursday, July 23, 2015 at Gritman Medical Center. He was 64. Matt was born May 21, 1951, in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Donald and Marcella Bjerke Oulman. His family later settled in Spokane where Matt graduated from North Central High School in 1969. He then went to work for Zinn's and Sons Electrical and Fire...
E. Lorene "Rene" Heilman
Jul 17, 2015
E. Lorene "Rene" Heilman, a life long Moscow resident, died Friday, July 17, 2015 at Bella Vista Adult Home in Pullman surrounded by her family. She was 84. Rene was born July 26, 1930 in Moscow to Paul L. and Mary F. Keogh Germer. She grew up and attended Moscow schools. She worked as a waitress at The Derby Café...
Jean Martling
Jul 14, 2015
Jean Strevell Martling, 89, of Moscow, Idaho, passed away at Good Samaritan Village on July 12. She was born in Mineola, L.I., New York to the late Harry and Anna Strevell on March 14, 1926. Jean graduated early from Mineola High School, and then worked for Western Electric in New York City during WWII. She met her future husband, William...
David Winn
Jun 17, 2015
Dave Winn of Troy died at his home with his family on Wednesday June 17, 2015. He was 83. Dave was born March 23, 1932, in Stockton, California, to Clarence and Doris Williams Winn. He attended grade school in Stockton. When his parents moved to Sonora, California, he attended a one-room schoolhouse at Ward's Ferry. He graduated high school at...


