Obituaries

Benning Jenness

Jun 5, 2015

Benning F. Jenness, of Moscow, Idaho died Monday June 1, 2015 at his Moscow home. He was born to George Benning Jr. and Erna Franke Jenness in Woodland, California on July 31, 1935. Schooling began in the one room Clover School near Madison, California, continued at Esparato High School, University of California at Davis and he graduated from the University...

Michael Coulter

Jun 5, 2015

Michael D. Coulter of Moscow died Friday, June 5, 2015 in Moscow. He was 53. Mike was born June 11, 1961 in Mountain Home, Idaho to Gerald D. and Joyce Bish Coulter. He grew up and attended school in Pocatello and Boise, graduating from Borah High School in 1978. He joined the Army Infantry in 1980 and served in Germany....

Herman Ronnenberg

Jun 5, 2015

Herman Wiley Ronnenberg, 68, of Troy After a long and brave battle with cancer, Herman Wiley Ronnenberg, Ph.D., passed away on Tuesday, June 2, 2015, at the age of 68 with his son and daughter by his side. He is survived by his son, Wiley Ronnenberg, his three grandchildren, Corey, Jessica and Logan, and his great-grandson Atlas. He is also...

Frank Luzzo

Jun 1, 2015

Francis ("Frank") Ross Luzzo Beloved Grandson, son, brother and uncle to a large family, Frank Luzzo passed away at his home in Troy, Idaho on Monday, June 1st, 2015. Frank was 61 years old and had been courageously battling colon cancer and its complications for the better part of a decade. Frank was born in Wallace, Idaho on October 23rd,...

Vivian Lee Uhlir

May 29, 2015

Vivian Lee Uhlir of Moscow, and a life-long Bovill resident, died Friday, May 29, 2015 at Good Samaritan Moscow Village. She was 87. Vivian was born October 2, 1927 at Bovill to Byers and Clara Ann (Beck) Sanderson. She grew up and attended school at Bovill and was valedictorian of the first combined class of Bovill and Deary High School...

Jerry Musick

May 29, 2015

Jerald Lee "Jerry" Musick unexpectedly passed away on Wednesday, May 27th at his home in Moscow due to an apparent heart attack. Jerry was born to James "Lee" and Dorothy "Muriel" Musick on November 12, 1944 in Olympia, Washington. When Lee completed his tour of duty with the Army in World War II, the family moved to Flannigan Creek outside...

Travis Cleveland

May 24, 2015

Travis Darren Cleveland, 24, died in an automobile accident on Tuesday, May 19th near Juliaetta, Idaho. Travis was born May 21st, 1990 in Moscow, Idaho to Todd and Cathy Cleveland, and big sister Carrie, and their lives were forever changed. He spent his first few years in Moscow, but moved to Lewiston when he was two and began building a...

Myrna Kneale

May 23, 2015

Myrna Kaye Kneale of Moscow went to be with her Lord & Savior Jesus Christ Saturday, May 23, 2015. She was 70. Myrna was born June 11, 1944 at Malta, Montana to Chester and Sylvia Severeide Field. The family moved to Colfax where she attended school, graduating from Colfax High School in 1962. While in high school she began working...

Bradley Williams

May 23, 2015

Brad was born to Leonard Keith and Diane Eleanor (nee Barrett) Williams on June 21, 1960 in Plainfield, New Jersey. He passed away on May 23, 2015 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho after a brief illness. The family moved to Ardmore, Oklahoma in 1973. Brad graduated from Ardmore High School in 1978. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in animal...

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...