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God’s hands took another angel home on October 12, 2014. Lydia was born March 19, 1909, in Teplitz, a German settlement near the Black Sea in Russia. After marrying Jakob Knoell in 1940, their entire village was relocated to Germany and they worked on a state-run farm. In 1945, after her husband was captured and spent nearly five years in various labor camps in Western Russia, she became a refugee, supporting herself and her young daughter by whatever means she could. After they were reunited in 1949, Jakob, Lydia, and t...
Ray (Bud) Pfeifer passed away October 3, 2014, in Ellensburg, formerly of the Soap Lake and Marlin areas. He is survived by his two children Marilyn (Michael) Santangelo and Lyle (Marlene) Pfeifer along with his six grandchildren: Joe (Casey) Giovanelli, Maggie Santangelo and Mitchell, Matthew, Brian and Kaitlin Pfeifer. Ray has four brothers Cecil, Dale, Loren and Keith Pfeifer, along with three sisters, Lois Starkel, Lorene Arbuckle and Donna Rainey, and numerous nieces and...
Kim Schmidt died Thursday, August 28, 2014, at his home in Odessa, surrounded by his family after an eight-month battle with cancer. He was 56 years old. Kim was born at Odessa Memorial Hospital December 20, 1957, to Bill and Wilma Schmidt of rural Odessa, the youngest of their four children. He attended the Odessa schools, graduating from Odessa High in 1976. After high school, he worked with his father on their wheat farm, spending winters working construction in Alaska,...
Pamela “Pam” Renee Schooler, 56, died Saturday, August 23, 2014, in her son and daughter’s home in Moses Lake. Pam was born February 22, 1958, in Odessa to Jacoleah Janett Klaudt and Lavern Henry Schafer. She lived in Odessa; Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Kellogg, Idaho and Spokane before moving to Moses Lake recently. She loved raising chickens and writing. She is survived by her children Brady and Heather Brown of Moses Lake; Colby and Marissa Brown of Phoenix, Ariz.; Jason Schooler and Eli Schooler of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; gr...
Curtis E. Finck was born February 28, 1925 in Elgin, N.D. to August and Matilda Finck. Curtis grew up in North Dakota and in 1945 joined the U.S. Army where he served until his discharge in 1946 at Ft. Lewis, Wash. On June 1, 1952, he married Sylvia Bartalamay in Odessa, and they farmed and raised their family. Sylvia passed away in 1998, and Curtis continued to live in Odessa until his death on August 21, 2014 at the age of 89. He is survived by four children: Nancy Gillen,...
Nov. 7, 1936 - Aug. 19, 2014 Ernest (Ernie) Oster Sr. passed away peacefully at home August 19, 2014, in College Place. He was born November 7, 1936, in Odessa, to Jacob Oster, Sr. and Lorena (Giese) Oster. He attended West Valley High School in Spokane and spent eight years in the U.S. Air Force, spending most of his service time at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. He married Marjery (Marjie) Pickens at Millwood Presbyterian Church on January 7, 1958. They later...
Steve Eichenberger, born Aug. 1, 1955, went to meet the Lord on June 17, 2014. He fought a courageous battle against his cancers. Steve moved from the midwest to Idaho in 1968. Upon graduation from college, he was self-employed in construction and the alarm industries. He continued to grow his alarm company, Mountain States Security Systems, until his passing. Steve spent the last 18 years with the love of his life, Janet Winter-Woodburn. Their life together included big game hunting, fishing, and scuba diving at Maui. Steve,...
May 6, 1945 - August 9, 2014 Carl "Rusty" Ryan died August 9, 2014 after a long, hard fought battle with the rare disease, langerhans cell histiocytosis. He was born in San Bernardino, Calif. but was raised in Butte, Mont. It was while attending Butte High that he met and fell in love with Linda O'Neil. In 1968, he married Linda, and they made their life in Odessa, Wash. Carl was preceded in death by his wife, his father William "Red" Ryan and his nephew Jason. Many family...
Peter Adam Weber passed away peacefully at the home of his daughter on July 9, 2014, in Mapleton, Utah. He was 89 years old. He was born on the family farm near Ritzville, Washington on May 11, 1925 to John and Lucy Weber. He was the fifth of 10 children. He grew up on a wheat farm near the community of Packard. He attended school in a small schoolhouse near the farm and graduated from Ritzville High School in 1943. He participated in several sports while in high school and wa...
Born November 15, 1927 into the Odessa, Washington home of Clement and Clara Scrupps-Groh, Helen passed away at Spokane's Sacred Heart Hospital, surrounded by her family during the morning hours of Saturday, August 2, 2014. Following her graduation from Odessa High School, Helen moved to Wenatchee, where she worked as an operator for the phone company. It was here that she met her life's partner of 48 years, Robert A. "Bob" Pierce. They were married in Odessa on November 28,...
Amelia Homburg passed away on July 26, 2014 at Manor Care in Spokane, Washington at the age of 89. She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Marie, her husband, Jake Homburg, her son, Jake, Jr, a daughter, Rosemary Groves and two brothers, Karl and Reinhold. Amelia was born in Tacoma, Washington on March 28, 1925 to George Wirtenberger and Marie Elizabeth Thaut. She is survived by her son, Ronald George Homburg, two grandchildren, Rhiana and Trevor, a sister, Gerda Reid, and numerous nieces and nephews. Amelia was...
Loren was born on June 9, 1929 in Irby, Wash. to Jakie and Rhyle (Swent) Horst and went to be with Jesus on Saturday, July 19, 2014 at the age of 85. Loren attended Odessa High School and graduated from Colville High School in 1948. He served in the United States Army from February 1951 to January 1953, during the Korean War, then served five years in the Army Reserve. He then returned home to work on a farm. He married Darlene J. Kagele on March 16, 1954 in Coeur d' Alene,...
Ron Frederick died July 8, 2014 at his home in Odessa at the age of 78. Ron was born May 30, 1936 in Odessa to Louis and Alma (Giese) Frederick. He attended school in Odessa until tenth grade, joined the U.S. Army at age 17 and had his 18th birthday in Korea during the Korean War. After the war he worked in Spokane at White Block Co. and Calkins Machinery, later moving back to Odessa to farm. Ron later went to work for the Odessa Trading Company as a machine yard foreman. He...
Billie Helen Mills passed away on July 12, 2014 at Lincoln Hospital in Davenport at the age of 75. She was surrounded by family and our Lord Jesus. She was preceded in death by her parents William and Helen Martin and her brother Gale Martin. Billie was born in Ritzville on October 4, 1938 to William (Laddie) and Helen (Ramm) Martin. She was the only daughter and older sister to Bob Martin, Jim Martin and Gale Martin. In 1956, she graduated from Odessa High School and married...
Tyke died June 28, 2014 in Colville. She was born May 22, 1942 in Marlin to George and Lillian Starkel, the youngest of five children. She is preceded in death by her parents, her brother Jerry Starkel and her sister Joyce Oberg. She is survived by her sisters Carol Spies and Gloria Doak, her children Leisa Hurley and Scott (Rhonda) Case of Colville, five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at Christ Lutheran Church in Odessa on July 26 at 1 p.m....
Merlin Traylor was born on December 24, 1930 in Wessington Springs, South Dakota to Thomas and Kathryn Traylor. After Kathryn's death in 1935 his father moved the family first to Tacoma and then to Spokane. Merlin completed high school and then went on to Gonzaga University and Washington State University earning his degree in Zoology at the age of 19. During this time he met his soul mate and the love of his life, Beverly. They were married in 1950. Merlin moved from being a...
Anita C. Frederick passed away on June 25, 2014. She was 76 years old. Anita was born in Odessa, Wash. on October 3, 1937 to Theodore and Francis. She was the oldest of five children. A 1955 graduate of Odessa High School, Anita was involved in Girl Scouts and was a life guard at the Odessa pool in the summers. In December of 1955, Anita married Leland Frederick, and together they raised five children. In 1963, she and her family moved from Odessa to Sprague, Wash. Anita was...
Jack Birchard died May 3, 2014, at Cottage in the Meadows in Yakima, surrounded by family and friends. His life of 91 years provided much joy and happiness. He was born April 23, 1923, to Frank and Rose Birchard in Shawnee, Wyo. and spent his childhood in Wyoming before moving to Eugene, Ore., where he met Shirley Glasgow. They married in August of 1946. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1942 to 1945 aboard the USS Tripoli. Following the war, he attended Paci...
Leland Frederick died April 27, 2014, at the age of 85. He was born in Odessa on April 17, 1929 to Louis and Alma Frederick, the oldest of four children. A 1947 graduate of Odessa High School, Leland excelled in football, basketball and baseball. As a senior, he was selected to the State All-Star Baseball Team as a right-handed pitcher. Leland served in the U.S. Army in Korea from 1951 to 1953 and patriotically flew the U.S. flag every day for the rest of his life. In 1955,...
Marie Braun died December 26, 2013, at Lincoln Hospital in Davenport at the age of 89. She was born January 12, 1924, in Odessa to Gottlob and Mary Ramm. She grew up with six sisters on a farm southeast of Odessa. She graduated from Odessa High School in 1942. On December 29, 1950, Marie married Elmer Braun, and they lived in Ritzville until they bought a farm in Deer Park. Elmer preceded her in death on May 20, 1999, and Marie moved to the Davenport Retirement Village in...
The obituary for LeRoy Buchman last week should have included the name of his son, Scott Buchman, of Odessa. The Record regrets the error....
LeRoy Milton Buchmann, born May 1, 1935, passed away on April 3, 2014 at the age of 78. He lived the last nine years in Soap Lake, and had also lived in St. John and Odessa for many years. He is survived by his children: Cindy Hemmerling of Monte Vista, Colorado, Greg Buchmann of Odessa, Joseph Buchmann of Woodinville, Wash. and numerous brothers and sisters. Buchmann worked as a mechanic for Odessa Trading Company and St. John Hardware & Implement for many years. A celebration of life service is to be announced. The family...
Howard Kramer died peacefully on March 25, 2014, in Kirkland, Wash. at the age of 93. He was a longtime resident of Odessa until he moved to Kirkland in 2007 to be closer to family. He was born in Dryden to John and Anna (Weber) Kramer. He married Lola Retz in 1952 in Odessa. Howard was an X-ray technician for many years at Odessa Memorial Hospital. He is survived by daughter Gail (and Ron) Schroder of Kirkland, son Steve Kramer (and partner Ray Krisor) of Seattle and grandson Gavin Schroder of Kirkland. He is also survived...
Troy Lee Price, former long time Wenatchee Valley resident, passed away March 26, 2014 from an extended illness at his home in Odessa, Wash. He was surrounded by family members. Troy was born July 23, 1953 to Calvin Roscoe and Ruby Lee Price in Muleshoe, Texas. They preceded him in death along with his youngest sister, Terri Lee Kesterson. He was survived by his special companion, Kathryn Gregorich of Odessa; one daughter, Anjolene Price of Peshastin, Wash.; two brothers,...
Mollie Heinrich Wolf Grant Reed, the youngest of ten children, was born January 27 1918 to Katharina (nee Ottmar) and Gottlieb Heinrich at Willa, North Dakota. The Heinrichs, Germans from Russia, immigrated to the United States in 1905 from Neuburg, south Russia, near Odessa. Ten months after she was born her mother died in the 1918 flu epidemic. She was raised by the Schotz family, a distant cousin of her mother with 14 children of their own. At age five, her father was able to move the family all back in together at...
