Mariam Lenhart

Miriam Lenhart, age 87, of Odessa, Washington, passed away on January 20, 2014.

She was born in 1926 to William and Ida Wahl of Lind, and was raised on their family farm in the Ralston area. She graduated from Ritzville High School in 1944.

Miriam married Laurence Lenhart of Odessa in 1949. A daughter, Cheri, was born in 1950 and a son, Gary, in 1953. The family spent some years in California before returning to the Odessa area in 1967 to farm the Lenhart family land. Miriam and Laurence retired from farming in 1989 and moved into Odessa, where Miriam lived until her passing.

Miriam had a life...