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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,...
Howard W. Kramer passed away on March 25, 2014 in Kirkland, Wash. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, March 29 at 11 a.m. at the Odessa cemetery. Strate Funeral Home, Davenport, Wash. is caring for the family. A full obituary will be in next week’s paper....
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...
Katherine (Schmauder) Gies was born in Ruff Washington, March 12, 1921, and passed away at Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center on March 9, 2014. She was the last of seven children born to Frederick and Katherine Schmauder and freely admitted over the years, that she thoroughly enjoyed being the somewhat spoiled, frequently outspoken and always adventurous "little Katie." Growing up on the family farm, between Moses Lake and Ruff, suited Katie just fine, as she was a self-proclai...
Debbie Praetorius died peacefully at her home on February 26, 2014, after a long battle with cancer. She was born August 4, 1958 in Millington, Tenn. to Louis Wayne and Violet Mae Frederick. The family moved to Odessa in the summer of 1971, where Debbie attended school, graduating in 1977. She then went on to Big Bend Community College where she received her Secretarial Science degree. She married Lee Praetorius June 14, 1981. They lived in Odessa, farmed and raised a family....
Lila Mae (Kuest) Godwin joined her beloved husband, Curt, in heaven on February 18, 2014. Lila was born May 4, 1933 in Odessa, Washington, the third of seven children born to Edwin and Lydia (Els) Kuest. She grew up in Odessa and graduated from Odessa High School. Lila married the love of her life, James (Curt) Godwin, and together they raised their three children, Sheryl Ann, James (Jim) Curtis Godwin Jr, and Pamela Kay in Spokane, Washington. Lila held a variety of jobs...
Carolyn Cronrath was born to Louis and Marie (Brammer) Heitmann October 27, 1926, in Gifford, Idaho. She graduated from Gifford High School in 1944. After high school, she worked as a secretary for Buckley State Custodial School until entering Kinman Business College in Spokane and graduating December 21, 1945. She attended Pacific Lutheran College in Parkland, Wash. for spring semester 1946. In late 1946, she went to work for Pacific Telephone and Telegraph in Yakima as a service representative. In summer 1951, she attended...
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...
Tom Goetz passed away December 27, 2013, and is survived by his high school sweetheart Jeanne (Divito) Goetz from Wilson Creek. They were married in 1964. Tom was born in Paris, Texas to James and Geraldine Goetz on February 5, 1944. Later he moved to Marlin with his parents to be raised on their family farm. He is also survived by his three sons; Treg, Marcus and Cody; one daughter, Julie, and two daughters-in-law, Julie Goetz and Taylor Goetz. He leaves behind six...
Bea Lyon died Saturday, January 4, 2014, in Spokane. She was born in Spokane January 16, 1948, to Edward and Elsie (Heimbigner) Zeiler. She spent her early years on a wheat farm a few miles northeast of Odessa. She enjoyed riding horses and having many dogs and cats as pets. Bea attended Odessa schools, graduating in 1966. Bea attended Kelsey Baird Business and Secretarial School. In 1968 she married William Lyon. The couple lived for a short time in Tekoa, before returning...
Richard "Ric" Wraspir lost his three-month battle with cancer on November 30, 2013 at the age of 54. He was the youngest son born to Alfred and Marilyn Wraspir on October 22, 1959. He was preceded in death by his father Alfred J. Wraspir, grandparents Louis and Louise Wraspir and Melvin and Bessie Marie Northrip. He is survived by his wife Janet, daughters Ashley and Cammie (Lorissa) Wraspir, mother Marilyn Edwards of Seattle, brothers Michael (Beverly) of O'Fallon, Mo., Jerry...
Kathy Scrupps died December 24, 2013, in Odessa. She was born April 6, 1955 in San Francisco to Timothy and Shirley Calnan. Kathy is survived by her husband Jay Scrupps at the home; three sons, Walter (and Chris) Barry, Chris (and Amber) Scrupps and Ryan (and Kelsey) Scrupps; along with five grandchildren, Brynne, Kade, Brielle, Gavin and Alma; her mother Shirley Calnan; brother Casey (and Yvonne) Calnan; four sisters, Teri (and Ben) Reihl, Shelley (and Matt) Severson, Mary...
Marie E. (Ramm) 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 Villa...
Jim Goetz died December 17, 2013 in Odessa. He was born a few miles north of Odessa on April 16, 1918. His parents were Emanual and Matilda (Almer) Goetz, known as Tillie. Jim was the oldest of five brothers and outlived all of them. He farmed most of his life on the family farm north of Marlin. He joined the Army in 1942 and while stationed in Texas met and married his wife of 71 years, L. Geraldine Smith, known as Jerry. Jim was wounded in combat in the Philippines and received the Purple Heart. After the war he returned to...
Daisy Estelle (Vaughn) Brightwell was born in Rapid City, South Dakota on August 22, 1940 to Louis Franklin and Ruth Eldora (Beaird) Vaughn. She was baptized in Wall, South Dakota at the Methodist Church in 1954. She died in the early morning on December 9, 2013. She worked for many years at the famous Wall Drug in Wall, South Dakota. Her children, the loves of her life, were Donald Louis Brightwell (Donna), Ruth Christine Garcia, Duane Eddie Brightwell (Pam), Jerry Lee Brightwell (Linda) and Joseph Tom Brightwell. She is...
Virginia Esther Parn, 91, a longtime Hoquiam area resident, died Monday, December 2, 2013, at Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen. She was born June 18, 1922, in Odessa, Wash., to Jacob P. and Katherine (Lenhart) Weizel Virginia was raised on the family farm between Odessa and Ritzville. She attended school and graduated from high school in Odessa and then the Eastern Washington University in Cheney, where she earned her degree in Education. Virginia taught at Central Elementary and Lincoln Elementary Schools in...
Mary Ann Burghard was born to Henry L. and Ruth Schafer on May 2, 1922 in Ritzville, Washington. She died of pancreatic cancer on November 19, 2103. Mary Ann was raised on the Packard farm and attended Ritzville schools graduating with top honors in 1940. The love of her life, Herb, started riding her school bus when she was in the 9th grade. Herb and Mary Ann were married on August 23, 1941 enjoying 72 years together. Herb and Mary Ann were proud to raise three children in Od...
Jaineen Fairley, aged 65, of Ephrata, died Monday, October 21. A memorial will be held for her Sunday, November 3, at 2 p.m. at the meeting place of the Church of Christ, 31 Crest Drive, Ehprata....
