Obituaries

Marjorie L. Emerson, 90, a resident of Potlatch, ID passed away Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018 at Gritman Medical Center in Moscow, ID. She was born on Jan. 22, 1928 at Decker, Montana to Clifford and Bessie (Fiscus) Ireland.  She attended her schooling In Montana, Deary, ID and graduated from the Moscow High School in 1945. She married Ellis Emerson on Oct. 24, 1948 at Deary, ID and the couple made their home in the West Cove area near Palouse, WA.  In 1968 she started working for the...

Isla P. Thompson, 85, passed away Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018 at Memory Villas at Bishop Place in Pullman, WA where she resided for the past year.  She was born on Jan. 3, 1933 at Palouse, WA to Brace and Ethel (Wiley) Maryott.  She attended the Palouse Schools graduating Valedictorian of her class in 1951.  She later attended Kinman Business College in Spokane for one year. She married Bob Thompson on March 9, 1952 at Palouse, WA and the couple traveled quite extensively as Bob...

A graveside memorial service for Violet L. Matson, 93, will be held on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, 2:00 P.M. at the Rock Creek Cemetery, Potlatch, ID with Pastor Kathy Kramer officiating.  Violet passed away on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018 at Aspen Park of Cascadia in Moscow, ID. She was born on Feb. 27, 1925 at Garfield, WA to William and Georgianna (Goodman) Fisher.   After graduating from Palouse High School, met and married first husband Troy Kimbrough together they had 3 children...

Mark Allan (Butch) Kuehner was born at Gritman Medical center early in the morning of June 21, 1946 to Clarence and Eva (Thompson) Kuehner. He joined sister Carol to make the family complete.  The family purchased a farm on the east end of Kamiak Butte and moved there when Mark was a toddler, and he lived there for the majority of his life. His father died when Mark was about 10 years old, and his mother moved the family for a short time to Lewiston, ID while she attended LCSC to get...

Leonard E. Main, 83, of Palouse, Wash., passed away Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, at the Memory Villas at Bishop Place in Pullman, Wash. He was born on May 25, 1935, near Palouse to Walter and Nora (Holmes) Main. He attended his schooling in Palouse and graduated from Palouse High School in 1953. Leonard married Virginia Proctor on Dec. 3, 1956, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and the couple made their home in Palouse. Leonard started working for Potlatch Forest Inc. in Lewiston, Idaho, before...

A graveside memorial service for Beverly Jean Hattan, 64, will be held on Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. at the Freeze Cemetery north of Potlatch, Idaho with Pastor Kathy Kramer officiating.  Urn burial will follow the service.  A gathering and potluck luncheon will follow at the Scenic 6 Park at Potlatch. Beverly was born on August 1, 1954 at Moscow, ID to Arnold and Geneal (Hansen) Bircher.  She attended the Potlatch schools and graduated from the Potlatch High...

Helen M. “Sally” Graham Born the last of eight children of Granny and Dad Nagle of Palouse, Washington on January 3, 1933, Helen M. “Sally” Graham passed away on July 2nd following an extended illness.  Sally spent the first 19 years of her life on a wheat farm near the Washington-Idaho border.  She graduated from Palouse High School in 1950 and enjoyed reminding friends that the school song was titled, “Plow Farmers Plow” based on the former...

 Vickie Lynn (Carter) Drewes, 57 passed away July 3rd, 2018 in Sacramento California. A graveside service will be held at the Viola Cemetery on August 11th @ 10am. Vickie was born on December 2, 1960 in Moscow, Idaho. She graduated from LaCrosse High School in 1979. She was preceded in death by her husband Richard Drewes, her parents Max & Eileen Carter and a brother Raymond Carter. She is survived by siblings Sue Mayberry (Libby MT),Mel Carter (Lacrosse, WA), Norene...

There are rare people who come into our lives and we know immediately we've been graced by a brilliant light, with a joyful spirit and bright mind, whose ease brings comfort to the soul. That is how we know and will always remember Pam French. Our beloved Pam passed away on July 20, at the University Of Washington Medical Center after complications following heart surgery. She battled courageously for quite some time while enduring much pain and multiple medical procedures. Pam was born...

Darlene M. Hester, 80, a resident of Ladow Court Assisted Living in Garfield since Nov. of 2017 passed away on July 30, 2018 at Ladow Court. Darlene was born on July 18, 1938 at Spokane, WA to Daniel V. and Myrl (Hoffman) Dvorak.  She spent her early childhood in Spokane and moved to Elberton, WA when she was in the 4th grade.  She graduated from the Garfield High School in 1956. After High School, Darlene joined the United States Air Force and learned computer programming while...