Obituaries

Darlene J. Butler, 85, a resident of Potlatch, ID passed away on Tuesday Nov. 26, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Society Moscow Village in Moscow, ID. Darlene was born on June 25, 1934 at Ball Bluff, Minn. to William and MaryAnne (Van Steenburg) Wilson.  She attended her schooling in Minnesota. She married Donald Butler on July 8, 1951 and the couple made their home in Minnesota where they operated a dairy farm there.  The couple sold the farm in 1972 and moved to Alaska. ...

Ellis L. Emerson, 93, a resident of Potlatch, ID passed away on Tuesday morning Nov. 19, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Society – Moscow Village in Moscow, ID.  Ellis was born on April 13, 1926 at Wenatchee, WA to Roy M. and Rita (Barbour) Emerson.  Ellis attended his schooling in Moscow, ID and finished his education at Potlatch, ID graduating in 1944.  Ellis entered into the United States Army on July 20, 1944 and served with the Company B 69th Signal Battalion, serving...

Teddy Joel English, Genesee, ID.  The Man.  The Myth.  The Legend.  Men wanted to be him.  Women wanted to be with him.  Ted left us October 27, 2019.  Ted loved PBR, Rainier, bacon, playing horseshoes, driving back roads, watching old westerns, dancing, babies, pie, telling jokes, listening to old country music on vinyl, yard sales, thrift shops, and Jim Beam.  Not necessarily in that order.  He hated mean people and hypocrites.  Not...

  A Graveside memorial service for Audrey Cada, 97, will be held on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, 10:30 A.M. at the Freeze Cemetery, Potlatch, ID with the Pastor Kathy Kramer officiating.  A potluck dinner for family, friends will be held at the Potlatch Senior Citizens building following the service.  Mrs. Cada passed away on Oct. 26, 2019 at the Gritman Medical Center in Moscow, ID. Audrey was born on July 24, 1922 at Harvard, ID to Benjamin and Cecile (Canfield) Stewart. ...

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Meredith J. Willcox      June 20, 1974 – September 14, 2019 Meredith Jane Willcox, 45, passed away Saturday, September 14,  2019  at her home surrounded by her loving family in Portland, Oregon after a courageous 4 year battle with Colon Cancer. Meredith was born   June 20, 1974, in Richland, WA, the second daughter of Doug and Judy Willcox. Meredith lived in Kennewick, WA for 7 years and moved with the family in 1981 to Palouse, WA. There...

“Bob” (Robert Irvine) Carpenter passed away Tuesday, October 15 at the Hospice House in Coeur d’Alene after a short illness. He was born September 19, 1927 in Independence, OR, to Idabel (George), and Raymond Carpenter. He lived a full life, years longer than he or anyone anticipated. His Father died when he was young while searching for jobs during the Great Depression, and Bob moved around and lived in several north central Idaho towns with his widowed Mother who was a...

Delbert Ray Turnbough died peacefully and suddenly October 7, 2019. He was born July 10th, 1948 to Elmer and Zula Turnbough. Delbert was the 7th of 8 children, but the first born in Spokane after his parents relocated their family to the Northwest from Steelville Missouri. His favorite times were those spent with his family. He especially loved it when the Missouri family came to visit. Del graduated from Medical Lake High School in 1966. He went to work at Nabisco. In 1973 he married his...

Ray Watson Davis, 63 Ray W. Davis left for his next great adventure on September 14, 2019. Born in Pomeroy September 20, 1955 to Watson (Tod) and Merna Mae (Clark) Davis, Dad was quite the handful for his parents.  After moving to Dayton, Dad was known around town as part of the Davis “tribe”, siblings who made their mom’s hair gray early. Together with friends, he was constantly in some form of...

Elizabeth “Betty” Lucille Brabb, known to her family and many friends as “Boo”, was born March 29, 1936, at the family home in Filer, ID, the seventh of nine children of Gilbert and Florence DeKlotz.  She attended Washington School and Central School in Filer, then graduated from Filer High School in 1954. Betty attended the University of Idaho where she pledged the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and, at the suggestion of her sorority sister (and soon to be...