Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Moscow, Idaho and Surrounding Northern Idaho Cities
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...
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...


