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Dr. Richard Reuben Sackmann, 93, passed away Sunday, December 16th in his Yakima home. He was born November 10, 1919 in the German community of Ritzville Wa. to Martin and Caroline (Hille) Sackmann. He was raised on a wheat farm that was homesteaded by his German immigrant parents. At the age of 12, he set a long jump record and graduated from Odessa High school at age 16. He went on to the University of Washington and received a degree in pharmacy then entered the University...
Trudy Heimbigner died January 10, 2013 in Spokane. She was born July 30, 1932 in St. John’s, New Foundland, Canada to Stan and Lilly (Stevenson) Collins. She grew up in St. John’s and attended school and graduating high school. She later met and married Arnold “Fritz” Heimbigner, and they were married on April 16, 1952 in St. John’s, New Foundland, Canada. They moved back to the states and lived in various communities like Odessa, Harrington and Reardan before settling in Spokane. Trudy worked as a cook at Holy Family Ho...
Cal’s home was Spokane, where he passed away December 29, 2012. He was born in Irby, Lincoln County, WA on June 10, 1923. He graduated from Odessa High School in 1942. Cal was in the Army and the Marine Corps. He served in Iwo Jima where he was wounded and received a Purple Heart. After the military he attended Gonzaga University. Cal owned and operated the Graedel Insurance Agency in Odessa. He farmed the family farm for 24 years. He was a member of the VFW, the Spokane C...
Maxine Divito died December 29, 2012 in Odessa. She was born in 1919 in Tacoma to Joseph and Rebecca Zicha. She married Roy Divito in 1952 in Wilson Creek. She is preceded in death by her husband, parents, three sisters and one brother. She leaves behind a sister-in-law, Eunice Zicha of Lake Havasu City, Ariz. and nieces and nephews Dennis Ackerman of San Jose, Calif., Janis Ackerman Davisson (Alvin) of Ephrata, Judith (Divito) Ford of Odessa, Jeanne Divito Goetz (Tom) of Odessa, Joy Ann Divito Duzon (Jim) of Soap Lake, Dick...
Clarence Eugene Lobe died December 28, 2012 at his home in Odessa, surrounded by family. He was 83. Eugene leaves behind Lova, his wife of 43 years; his children, Bob Burns of Great Falls, Mont.; Marty (Terry) Burghard of Moses Lake, Becky (Skip) Regli of Odessa and Jim (Cindy) Lobe of Omak; six grandchildren, Kris, Steven, Kaylene, Bryce, Amber and Josie; seven great-grandchildren, Christina, Everett, Kiernan, Layla, James, Evan and Trevor and by his sister Barbara (Babs) of Spokane. He is also survived by his children of a...
Elizabeth Dammel, long time Mohler resident, died December 4, 2012, at home at the age of 101. She was the first daughter born to John Peterson Nyberg and Alma Harshbarger Nyberg in Greenacres, Wash. on May 21, 1911. Elizabeth was known as Betty Nyberg when she graduated from North Central High School in Spokane, acquired her teaching credentials from Cheney Normal and became a teacher at the Liberty Lake schoolhouse. She married Ernest Womach in June 1936, and they moved to...
Larry J. Widmer died November 9, 2012, in Dallas, Texas. He was born August 7, 1934 in Spokane, Wash. to Alfred Widmer and Esther Haase. He was a graduate of North Central High School in Spokane (1952) and Washington State University (1956). He is survived by his wife Dorothy Widmer, children Debra Widmer-Reyes, Steven Widmer and Lori Profit; his grandchildren and his sister Gloria James. Larry Widmer was a self-made man. Born on a wheat farm in rural Spokane, he was raised...
Lillian Lubold, age 91, passed away November 1, 2012 at Valley Good Samaritan Day Spring Unit, Greenacres, WA. She was born October 13, 1921 on the Isle of Que on the Susquehanna River, Selinsgrove, PA to Claude and Mary Bailey. Lillian attended Selinsgrove High School, Selinsgrove, PA., where she played first clarinet in the school band along with her future husband, Bob. She was also a member of the Commercial Law Club, a typist on the year book staff and lettered in both...
Esther A. Gardner died peacefully October 9, 2012, at her home in Sonoma CA., where she had lived since 1991. She is survived by her daughter Janet Kirby, one sister Gertrude Glanzman, numerous nieces, nephews, grand nieces, grand nephews and friends. Esther was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Robert A. Gardner and six siblings. Born in Odessa WA, she moved to Seattle upon high school graduation where she lived for 69 years. Esther was a 50-year member of the Ark Chapter #86, Order of Eastern Star; a member of...
Simonson, Paul G. was born Aug. 10, 1952, in Pocatello, Idaho, to George and Deloris (Borgens) Simonson. He attended school in Aberdeen, Idaho, graduating in 1970. Immediately after graduation the family relocated to Ritzville to farm the Borgens Family homestead. Paul went on to college at Columbia Basin College in Pasco and obtained a degree in Applied Welding Science. He worked as a welder in the Seattle shipyards as well as in the Tri-Cities in the Hanford area. He...
Keith A. Smith, LtGEN USMC (Ret.), age 83, of Vienna, Vir. died Friday, September 7, 2012, surrounded by his family. Beloved husband of Shirley L. Smith; father of Kelly Smith, Timothy Smith, Holly Smith, Cynthia Smith, Lynn Derbyshire, Thad Smith, Tadgh Smith, Tara Rose and the late Captain Vincent Smith, USMC; brother of Mildred Deife and Robert Smith. He is also survived by 17 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at US Marine Memorial Chapel, Quantico, Vir. on October 5....
Ella Scheller died October 20, 2012 in Odessa. She was born June 4, 1918 in Warden to John J. Laib, Jr. and Christina (Heizelman) Laib. She is survived by her daughter-in-law Christina Scheller of East Wenatchee, grandson Karl Scheller of Portland, Ore., one sister, Annette Gray of Vizalia, Calif. and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Reuben in 2001, son Donald in l971 and three brothers Albert, Raymond and Milton. She was a member...
Evie Weber, formerly of Odessa, entered into God's arms on September 29, 2012. She resided at the Guardian Angel Homes in Liberty Lake, Wash. Born to Anna (Franson) and Robert White of Ritzville on May 16, 1930, Evie grew up 12 miles north of Ritzville along Crab Creek at Rocky Ford. A hard working farm girl, she attended the country school, along with her siblings, one half mile from her home until entering Ritzville High School and graduating in 1948. It was in high school...
Doris (Jones) Amen passed away on October 6, 2012 in Carlsbad, Calif., at the age of 93. She was the daughter of Walter and Ethel (Piatt) Jones, born on February 3, 1919 on her Grandmother Jones' farm north of Dayton, Wash. She was the second of three girls raised by her parents on their wheat farm. She first attended a one-room school for six years, New Hope Grade School, and then studied at Dayton where she graduated from high school as valedictorian in 1936. Doris attended...
Walt Larson of Ellensburg died September 23, 2012. He was born April 30, 1924, in Glendive, Mont. and grew up in Circle, Mont., the fifth of 10 children of Ben and Josephine Larson. He was proud to be a World War II veteran, entering action on D-Day + 1 at Omaha Beach and serving in Europe as part of a Signal Radio Intelligence company. Walt married Mary Lou Harrison September 17, 1948 in Billings, Mont. In 1949, he graduated from the University of Montana with a degree in...
George Richard (Dick) Brockway, 89 years old, died at Samaritan Hospital on September 11, 2012. He spent the last 13 years living in Soap Lake, Wash., and he had previously lived in Ephrata for 43 years. He was born in Helena, Montana on January 28, 1923 to Harry and Martha Brockway. George was married to Lucille on September 30, 1944 for 52 years. He was enrolled in the United States Navy in 1942 and served aboard the USS Nevada during WWII and was honorably discharged in...
Mary Frick, 85, a longtime resident of Moses Lake died September 12, 2012. Mary was born October 10, 1926 in Kittanning, Pa. to Eugene Ralph and Frances Maude Boarts. She graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with degrees in music, history and geography. She was a teacher in the Clallam Bay, Marlin and Ephrata school districts. While teaching in Marlin she met and married David W. Frick. She was confirmed into the St. John’s Lutheran Church in Kittanning and attended Salem Lutheran Church in Marlin. She was a memb...
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...
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...
