Ronnie Eugene Schell

Ronnie Eugene Schell, 88, died March 16, 2020 at the Veterans Administration hospital in Spokane. He was born July 23, 1931, in Portland, Ore. to Adolf and Katherina (Giebelhouse) Schell.

Ronnie grew-up around Portland.

As a youngster, he sold newspapers on the street corners.

Ronnie had a beautiful singing voice and talked about the time he was selected from a group of people to sing on the radio and at several social functions.

The family moved to Ruff, Wash., where he worked on his father's dryland wheat farm.

Ronnie attended grade school and high school in Moses Lake, Wash., where he met G...