Obituaries

Thomas (Tom) Allen Zornes passed away on the afternoon of July 27, 2021 at Sacred Heart Medical Center. Tom was born on April 27, 1943 in Spokane, WA. He was the second child of Robert and Emily (nee Miller) Zornes. He graduated from Lewis and Clark High School in the spring of 1961 before enrolling at Gonzaga University where he earned a BS in Physics. Following graduation, he immediately began his career with the United States Army. He was an ordinance officer, rising to the rank of...

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...

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  Lora L. (Nowack) Neal, 81, a longtime resident of Garfield, WA, passed away on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at Brookside Manor in Hood River, Oregon. Lora was born on April 2, 1940 in Potlatch, ID, to Leo and Lora (McCown) Nowack. The family lived in Potlatch, ID, where Lora attended school and graduated from Potlatch High School in 1958.  Lora later attended the University of Idaho following graduation. Lora married Archie Neal on Sept. 1, 1961 in Potlatch, ID, and the couple made...

Virginia Sue Winningham Drake, beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away surrounded by family in the early morning on July 11th, 2021. She was 98 years old. Sue was born October 9th, 1922, to Alida (Bogan) and Neal Winningham, in Colby, Kansas, one of an eventual eight children. As a young girl, she and her siblings, along with their mother, followed their father to California in the aftermath of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. Throughout her life, Sue was an...

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Mary Ann Delzer (Harlan) passed away peacefully on the evening of July 5th, 2021 at the age of  83 surrounded by her loving family. She was born on October 19th, 1937 to Charles and Nellie Harlan in Potlach, ID. She grew up in Garfield, Washington and graduated from high school there in 1955. She married Donald B. Delzer on March 6th, 1957. She attended Eastern Washington State College in Cheney, WA where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Education on August 3rd, 1962. In 1966...

  Anna Lou Conditt, 76, passed away on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, at the Good Samaritan Society - Moscow Village at Moscow, ID.   Anna was born on April 12, 1945, at Moscow, ID to Edward and Rena (Cole) Bysegger.  She was raised on the family farm on East Deep Creek, north of Potlatch, that was homesteaded by her paternal grandparents who had emigrated from Switzerland. She attended public school in Potlatch, played...

Mary Esther (Weeks) Bear Mary Esther (Weeks) Bear, 70, a resident of Garfield, WA passed away on May 12, 2021 at her home in Garfield, WA. Mary Esther (Weeks) Bear was born Aug. 16, 1950, to Kenneth and Esther (Mueller) Weeks in Baudette, Minn. She spent her childhood in the Lake of the Woods area alongside her older brother, Leslie. In 1969, she graduated from Baudette High School as a member of the National Honor Society. The following summer was spent working in Yellowstone National...

Gary L. Largent, John Largent to family, friends and neighbors, 88, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 16th ,2021 at Kootenai Health in Coeur d’ Alene after suffering a fall on Sunday at his home in Moscow. John: husband, father, cousin, grandpa, great grandpa and friend to nearly everyone he met, was born in Colfax, Washington, to Fred and Josephine Parvin Largent, on July 6, 1932.He spent his early childhood on a farm at the base of Kamiak Butte, attending grade school in...