Obituaries

Hazel Susan Kissler died January 27, 2011 in Gig Harbor. She was born October 21, 1926 , in Lind. Hazel was a resident of the Tacoma area for 47 years and attended Unity Church. She was a secretary for Washington State Attorney General, before working for several years at Western State Hospital. Hazel was an avid reader and enjoyed solving crossword puzzles, was a big fan of Mariners baseball, and loved to organize family barbeques and picnics. She created beautiful crocheted...

Otto Amen (98) died April 24, 2011 in Spokane. He was the son of George and Anna (Schafer) Amen, born July 22, 1912 on a farm between Ritzville and Odessa. He graduated from Odessa High School in 1930, then worked on the family farm and in Odessa before attending Washington State College. At college, he met Doris Jones, whom he later wed. Otto worked his way through college washing dishes, cleaning chemistry laboratories and stocking merchandise at clothing stores. He...

Jacque Sewall died April 13, 2011, in Davenport at the age of 74. Her home was Harrington. She was born March 28, 1937, in Fargo, N.D. to Golda Frederick. She married Edward Sewall in Coeur d 'Alene, Idaho on January 29, 1954. She is survived by her husband, Edward, at the home. She is also survived by her children: Tim and Cindy Sewall of Lincoln, Wash., Kathy and Mike Hoob of Harrington and Kelley and Eric Timm of Harrington; seven grandchildren, five great-grandchildren,...

Louis J. Pavliska, age 95, died in Spokane Valley April 3, 2011. His home was in Odessa. Louis was born, the eldest of four children, to Joseph and Anna (Trejbal) Pavliska on April 22, 1915 in Dubois, Idaho. He attended school in Odessa and graduated high school in 1933. In 1935, he took over the family farm and continued to operate it for 45 years until retirement in 1980. In 1941, he married his sweetheart, Elsie E. (Kissler) Pavliska and in 1944, a son Galen J. Pavliska,...

Loren L. (Laddie) Schlimmer died March 31, 2011 in Odessa at the age of 80. Laddie was born October 8, 1930, in Odessa to Conrad E. and Hattie (Schorzman) Schlimmer. He grew up on the family farm located north of Odessa and attended school in Marlin, graduating in 1948. While in school he played basketball and baseball for the Marlin Wildcats. Laddie began his service in the U.S. Army at Camp Roberts, Calif., in 1951, shipping out to South Korea in 1952, where he served on a...