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Kathleen "Kathy" (Lobe) Andrews, loving mother, grandmother and friend to many, passed away peacefully at home on August 22nd, 2012 at the age of 69. Kathy was born on March 15, 1943 in Odessa, WA to Leo & Viola (Zeiler) Lobe. She was raised on a wheat farm the oldest of three children. At age 16, she quit high school to marry Larry Ramm. From this marriage, her three beautiful children were born that survive her. On June 25, 1966, she married Kermit (Andy) Andrews in Couer...
LaMar Heimbigner died August 6, 2012 in Odessa. He was born July 5, 1930 to David and Mary Heimbigner at the family home in Odessa, the youngest of their seven children. He was a life-long member and deacon of the Christ Lutheran Church, baptized February 22, 1931 and confirmed November 28, 1948. He graduated from Odessa High School in 1950, where he lettered in football, basketball and track. During high school he worked at Michaelsen's grocery store and took harvest jobs....
Cory Derr died July 25, 2012 at his home in Spokane. He was 45 years old. He was born July 2, 1967, to Richard and Gloria (Martin) Derr. He grew up in Odessa and attended school in Odessa, graduating in 1985. He is survived by his father Richard (Dick) and wife Priscilla Derr, his mother Gloria Martin and husband Herb Usher, sister Lisa (and Richard) Schott, stepbrothers Brian Usher and family and Justin Usher and family, two stepsisters Sherri Barnes and family and Teena...
Vic Kramer died July 27 at his home in Spokane at the age of 97. He was born July 20, 1915, to Peter B. and Marie Kramer on the Kramer homestead in Lincoln County. He attended a one-room country school before attending Odessa and Davenport schools, graduating from Odessa in 1933. He married Agnes Clark in 1939 and farmed until 1980 when they moved to Spokane. He enjoyed visiting with people, playing games and making a joke out of a situation or telling a joke. For his...
Wally Weishaar died July 21, 2012 near Odessa. He was born November 1, 1928 in Odessa to Fred and Louise (Deife) Weishaar and was a lifetime resident of Odessa. He married Gerry Ferguson on July 6, 1951 at Camp Roberts, Calif. He is survived by two daughters Loyce Weishaar (and Bill Keenan) and Cindy (and Scott) Carroll; two grandchildren, Eddy (and Mahki) Carroll and Michelle (and Jacob) Beitinger and great granddaughter, Eliana Beitinger; twin brother Warren Weishaar and...
Al Wraspir of Tucson, Ariz. died at his home on June 29, 2012, at the age of 78. He was born April 23, 1934, in Irby to Louis and Louise Wraspir and was raised on the family farm. He graduated from Marlin High School. He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Rosemarie Ramm and brother Eugene Wraspir. He is survived by his wife JoEllen; sister Joyce (Lorus) Haase of Odessa; sons Michael (Beverly) of O'Fallon, Mo., Jerry of Odessa and Richard (Janet) of Seattle; and daughters Jennifer of Redmond, Melanie Garrison (Ron)...
Helen May Wraspir, 92, longtime resident of Quincy, died at home on June 21, 2012. She was born on March 14, 1920, in Everett to Francis and Ordina Pope. She spent her childhood years in the Everett and Marysville area. She married William Wraspir on January 17, 1942, in Everett. After World War II, they moved to Odessa and in 1952, they moved to Quincy and lived there into their retirement. She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Quincy. She is survived by her children, Morris (Janet) Wraspir of Kennewick, Clyde...
Helen F. Sandygren, 91, died June 18, 2012 in Spokane, Wash. Her home was Harrington, Wash. She was born on January 30, 1921 in Rocklyn, Wash. to Edward and Frieda Mielke. She graduated from Harrington High School in 1939. She is survived by her son, John Sandygren and his wife Lisa; five grandchildren; 2 great grandchildren; brother, George Mielke (Edwina); and sister-in-law Dorothy Mielke, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, her...
Edna, age 82, passed away on Wednesday, June 6, 2012, in East Wenatchee at the Highline Care Center. A Celebration of Life picnic/potluck will be held Saturday, June 30, 2012 at 1p.m. at Spring Canyon Park in Grand Coulee....
Lucille Copeland died June 6, 2012 at her home after a prolonged terminal condition. She was born in Odessa, WA on January 4, 1920. She attended Odessa High School, Kinman Business School, Eastern Washington State College (BA), and Whitworth University (MA). Mrs. Copeland was a teacher with Community College District 17 from 1962 until her retirement in 1987. She served as senior faculty member for a number of years at SFCC in the School of Business. She was a 55-year member of Crestline Baptist Church, Spokane, Wash., where...
Harry Tracy of Odessa died May 24 in Spokane. He was born to Harry E. Tracy and Carrie Heilman Tracy on April 9, 1935 in Hellmer, Idaho. Harry was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Wayne and Floyd Tracy; and his son, Harry William Tracy (called Billy). He is survived by his wife Margaret M. (Peggy) Tracy in Odessa; his twin brother, Larry Gale Tracy; two daughters, Laura Dale Dodd (Steve) and Carrie Ann Cordes (Kurt); and his grandchildren. Harry was a Vietnam...
Iva A. Thrall passed away peacefully at the Odessa Memorial Healthcare Nursing Home on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at the age of 91. She was born on March 24, 1921 to Phillip and Annette Pfeifer. She was the fourth of 12 children. She attended the White Hall School north of Wilson Creek for one year and then went to the Marlin School for the next 11 years. Being from such a large family, Iva learned household duties at a young age. It was her responsibility to help with the bakin...
Alma Leona Lobe died peacefully on March 28, 2012 in Odessa, WA. Born on December 15, 1924 in Lind, WA, she married Art Wederspahn on Nov. 17, 1941, in Coeur d'Alene, Ida. They lived in Portland, Ore., then moved to Odessa where they operated a dairy farm. In 1954, Art and Alma moved to Greenacres, Wash., where they also operated a dairy farm. From there, they moved to Spokane and lived for some 50 odd years. Alma worked as manager of the bakery department at Albertsons. Art...
Lydia B. Urquhart died March 29, 2012 in Puyallup, Wash. She was born April 12, 1912 to Herman and Magdalena Ramm at Ruff. She lived her early years on the family farm near Ruff. Lydia married Alistair Urquhart in 1937. They lived in Marlin and Sunnyside. After Alistair’s death, Lydia moved to Spokane and eventually to Puyallup. Lydia is survived by a daughter, Barbara Clark of Puyallup, and a son, George Urquhart, of Enterprise, Ore.; four grandchildren; James Clark and S...
Harry Fink of Hayden, Idaho died April 1, 2012, at the age of 95. He was the middle child of nine born to Conrad and Anna Fink on April 7, 1916. He was a man of his word, called it like it was and known for his bartering ways. Harry married his high school sweetheart, Lauretta Schauerman in 1937. They were married 51 years prior to her passing. They welcomed seven children into their lives. He was a hard-working farmer most of his life. He also worked for the Idaho Fish and...
Martha Marie Roth Wederspahn Humphries died March 1, 2012. She was born July 14, 1919 in Lind, the eldest of four children of George and Bertha (Roloff) Roth. She and her brother Emil, and sisters Venita and Louella, grew up on the family farm. When she was about 13, her father was killed in an automobile accident, and her mother moved to Odessa with her children, where Bertha met and married Conrad Schauerman.The family became much larger with seven stepbrothers and sisters....
Long-time Odessa resident Ruth Suchland died Tuesday, March 7, 2012 in Puyallup at the age of 86. She was born April 6, 1925 in Odessa to Henry and Kathryn Derr. She was a 1943 graduate of Odessa High School and married Reinhold Suchland in February of 1948. Over the years she owned and operated several restaurant and antique businesses in Odessa. She is survived by her children Dick Suchland and wife Barbara of Auburn, Wash., Craig Suchland and wife Michele of Anchorage,...
Walter, Darius J. (Age 70) Our dad passed away peacefully at his home in Lamona, WA. He was reunited with his parents, Rev. Elias and Rachel Walter, brothers John (Annie) and Joe, two sons Daniel Jacob (5 mos.) and William Eugene (12 yrs.). He was born in Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada, where he resided until the age of 30. When he was 21 years he married his wife of 49 years, Rebecca Hofer of Turner, MT. They moved to Lamona in 1972. They raised their family: Thomas, David...
Fiess, Norman Robert, (d. 2-12-2012; b. 4-16-1936) Norman R. Fiess, a longtime resident of the Reardan/Edwall area in Eastern Washington, passed away peacefully in Richland, WA on Sunday, February 12, 2012. Born in Wilbur on April 16, 1936 to Charles and Evelyn Fiess, Norm was raised in Wilson Creek until moving with his family to Edwall. Norm graduated from Reardan High School in 1954 and received his Accounting degree in 1958 at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma. He then returned to Edwall where he worked the family far...
Daniel Hopp, long-time Colville resident, died February 2, 2012 in Colville at the age of 91. He was born in Odessa, the son of Conrad and Anna Margaret (Bostrom) Hopp. Dan moved with his family to Lamona in 1925, where he attended school through the sixth grade and worked on the family farm. He then attended seventh and eighth grade in Odessa. Due to the needs of the farm, he was unable to continue his formal education. On February 17, 1946, Dan married Mary Lou Long in...
Les Stehr, 78, passed away peacefully, January 11th at Harborview Medical Center after experiencing a stroke. Les was born in Odessa, Washington on May 14, 1933 to his parents Fred and Helen Stehr. He is survived by his daughter Laurie Krone (Dave), grandchildren Tanner and Bradey, brother Tom Stehr (Julie), sister Peggy Burk (Arch), along with many step children, step grandchildren, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother Ron Stehr. Les was...
Myra M. Walter died November 23, 2011, at her home in East Wenatchee. She was 96. Myra Margaret Elizabeth Miller was born August 19, 1915, in Ritzville to Weston Otis Miller, a country lawyer, and Elizabeth Walters Miller. She attended Ritzville schools until her junior year, then graduated from Roosevelt High School in Seattle in 1933. She attended Whitman College and Washington State College (now WSU), graduating with a Bachelors of Education degree in 1938. She was a...
Ole Burbank died January 9, 2012 in Battle Ground, WA one month before her 98th birthday. She was born February 16, 1914, in Wilson Creek to Charles and Esther Schumacher. Ole raised her family in San Jose, Calif., and then she and her husband followed their children to Battle Ground in 1974. Ole was a caretaker, homemaker and foster parent her entire life. She had a special fondness for children and animals and continued to provide in-home child care up until her late 70s....
John Erber died January 18, 2012 in Marlin at the age of 61. He was born March 14, 1950 in Minot, ND to Arnold and Jane (Whitson) Erber. He attended Lynch Immanuel parochial school and Glenburn High School. After employment in the agriculture industry, he moved west and later found work in Eastern Washington. For over 20 years he was employed as a cattle ranch manager on Peterson Ranch and helped build stock trailers for Steve Cannon. He was a member of Cannawai Grange and...
Howard Kenneth Michaelsen, age 84, died peacefully at home with family December 28 after a short bout with cancer. He was born to Henry and Anna Michaelsen in Odessa May 1, 1927. Howard graduated from Odessa High School and was drafted straight into the Army, serving in World War II from 1945 to 1947. Upon his return he attended Washington State College for three years, where in 1948 he met his future wife. He was then recalled by the Army and was stationed at Colorado...
