Obituaries

V. Lee Taylor, 87, of Garfield, WA, passed away on Friday, January 8, 2021, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Lee was born on October 22, 1933, in Keller, WA, to Vergil and Dorothy (Dalrymple) Taylor.  Lee graduated from the Garfield High School in 1952. Lee joined the United States Army and served in Germany during the Korean War. Lee married Patricia Burnett on April 21, 1956, in Coeur d’Alene, ID, and the couple made their home in Elberton, WA.  The couple...

Jack Smith, Jr. (Chief Smith) passed away peacefully on December 16, 2020, in Spokane, Washington, after a lengthy and heroic battle with lung cancer. Jack was born on November 13, 1948 in Shelton, Washington to Georgia and Jack Smith, Sr., the second of five children. He graduated from R.A. Long High School in 1966 and began his career as a firefighter for the Longview Fire Department. Jack married his high school sweetheart, Lynn Karnes, on June 21, 1969, and they made their home in...

Larry M. Zeller, 69, a resident of Palouse, WA passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020 at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, WA. Larry was born on April 20, 1951 in Moscow, ID to Leroy and Alice (West) Zeller.  Larry attended the Palouse Schools and graduated from Palouse High School in 1969.  Larry later attended the Spokane Community College in Spokane, WA. Larry married Vee Underwood on September 17, 1973 in Gadsden, Alabama.  Larry was serving in the...

John W. "Jack" Gilbert, 73, of Potlatch, died Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, at Miss Dorothy Adult Family Home, of age and Vascular Dementia. If you knew my Dad, you can appreciate two of his “Did you know that today in history ….” for Dec. 17. So, in 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful man-powered airplane flight. That date is also the anniversary of Hollywood stuntman Stan Barrett became the first man to travel faster than the speed of sound at...

Karen Viola Sallila Kelly, 77, was born on January 22, 1943 to Elmer “Al” and Viola Hanka Sallila in Astoria, Oregon and died on December 23, 2020 in Pullman, Washington.  Karen’s mother died when she was 9 months old so she was raised for the first seven years of her life by her Finnish speaking maternal grandparents, Gregorious and Mary Hanka, on the family homestead outside of Embarrass, Minnesota.  Al married Mae Peldo and Karen moved to Astoria to be with...

Kathy Lee Kramer, age 73, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2020 at her home in Tekoa from cancer. Kathy Lee Mecklenburg was born on January 20, 1947 at Ames, Iowa to Norman and Mae Fern (Rounds) Mecklenburg. She was raised in Mapleton, Iowa, attended schools in Mapleton, graduating from high school in 1965. Following high school, she attended Morningside College in Omaha, Nebraska and received a degree in education and became an elementary school teacher. She taught school until the birth...

Johnora “Jo” Johnson, 94, passed away on Nov. 24, 2020 just two days shy of her 95th birthday at her home in Palouse, WA surrounded by her loving family. Jo was born on Nov. 26, 1925 at Longview, WA to William Dean and Rachel (Pate) Capps.  She attended her schooling at Winlock, WA, and graduated from the Winlock High School in 1943.  She attended Washington State University from 1944 – 1948 where she received a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology.  She...

Lonnie R. Coleman, 71, a resident of Moscow, ID passed away on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020 at the Schneidmiller House in Coeur d’Alene, ID. Lonnie was born on January 24, 1949 at Sandpoint, ID to Leslie and Ramona (Reynolds) Coleman.  He attended his schooling at Coeur d’Alene, ID and later attended a year of College at North Idaho College. Lonnie joined the United States Army in 1968 and was discharged as SP-4 in 1970. Lonnie served in Vietnam and he was also awarded the Silver...

Gary Scott Kilborn passed away November 14, 2020. Scott was born in Moscow, Idaho March 2, 1973 to Larry and Judy (Wagar) Kilborn. Scott lived most of his life in the Potlatch, Onaway area. Scott had a great love for music, art and most of all his dog Spike. Scott is survived by two brothers, Paul (Tammy)Kilborn and Bill Kilborn of Onaway. Nieces Tara, Mallorie, Megan, Nephews Josh, Michael and Nicholas. One great nephew and two great nieces. Aunts, Uncles and numerous cousins. Scott is...

Audrey Joan Merrill left us on November 1, 2020 at her current home in the Memory Villa at Bishop Place, Pullman, WA. Her beautiful smile, kindness, and spunk will be missed by everyone that knew her. We would like to thank all the caregivers at Bishop Place and Regency Senior Living for the wonderful care receive over the last years of her life. She was born March 31, 1938 to Jones McCown and Audrey (Martin) McCown in Potlatch, Idaho. She was raised on the family farm beside Freeze...