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Obituaries for March 6, 2008 |
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Lucille L. Smith, 84, Weippe
Lucille was born Sept. 20, 1923 to H. B. (Burt) and Theda Heywood in Spokane, WA. She was raised on the family ranch five miles east of Weippe. She attended school in Weippe, graduating in 1942. In 1943 she moved to Spokane, WA to work in the war effort for the U.S. Government. After the war, she moved back to Weippe. Lucille married J. Wesley Laws in 1947 and made her home in Weippe for the next 58 years. In 1959 she joined the Postal Service and became Postmaster of Weippe, retiring in 1985. In 2005 she moved to Brookside Landing in Orofino. Lucille is survived by brothers Jim and Les Heywood of Weippe; sons James Laws of Mize, MS, Richard Laws of Orofino, and Dave Ballo of Kennewick, WA; nine grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers George, Clyde and Harry Heywood, sisters Betty Gibbar and Fay White, and son Bud Laws. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Weippe EMTs, P.O. Box 154, Weippe, ID 83553. Pine Hills Funeral Chapel and Crematory is in charge of arrangements. |
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Clair J. Steadman, 67, Weippe Clair J. Steadman, 67, Weippe, died Saturday, March 1, 2008 at his home in Weippe. Cremation has taken place and at his request no services will be conducted. Pine Hills Funeral Chapel and Crematory is handling arrangements. |
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Delmar L. Anderson, 86, Lewiston
Delmar attended Weippe schools and graduated from Weippe High School in 1940. He served in the Army Air Force from 1942-1945. He was a World War II prisoner of war and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He married Osie Marie Thornton on Nov. 5, 1945 in Vancouver, WA. They lived in Weippe until 1951 when they moved to Headquarters. He retired from Potlatch Corporation in 1985 and moved to Lewiston in 1987. Delmar was a devoted and loving husband and father. He especially loved his grand children, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. He loved to camp on the North Fork with his grandchildren as they were growing up. Later he enjoyed fishing and spending time with his special friend Ed White. He is survived by his wife Osie of Lewiston; two sons, Dennis and Rene Anderson of Headquarters and Gary and Anna Anderson of Seattle; three daughters, Darlene and Bill Bolen of Weippe; Donna and Steve Snyder of Lewiston and Bonnie Anderson and her friend Frank Allen of Clarkston; fourteen grandchildren, thirty great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren; a sister Mildred Johnson of Lewiston; a sister-in-law Betty Anderson of Weippe and a special sister-in-law Karen and Brent Jameson of Lewiston. Survivors include a foster daughter, Cindy Albright and three foster children. He was preceded in death by his parents, four sisters, Gladys Osterberg, Grace Sather, Alice Allgood, and Irene Snyder; two brothers, Albert Anderson and Clifford (Kippy) Anderson. Funeral services were held March 2, 2008, at Malcom’s Brower-Wann Funeral Home in Lewiston. Those wishing may make memorial contributions to the Gina Quesenbury Foundation, P.O. Box 506, Lewiston, ID 83501 or a charity of your choice. |
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Gail Marie Frazier, 93, former resident
Gail was born May 24, 1914 in Grangeville to George and Carrie (Stantial) Sly. She moved to Greer in 1919 and graduated from Orofino High School in 1932. She attended Northwest Business College on a scholarship in Spokane, WA. She married Cliff Rutter in 1933 and they operated a service station in Greer until Cliff went into logging. They later divorced in 1944. She married Bill Frazier and they had a ranch on Eureka Ridge until they divorced in 1951. Gail worked as a checker at the Glenwood IGA in Orofino until she retired in 1973. During this time among many things she took up oil painting and worked in outfitter hunting camps. Retirement was not enough for Gail so she joined the Older American Program with the US Forest Service. She worked for Dan Davis, a wildlife biologist, and loved being out of doors. Hunting and fishing were priority, but just being in the woods, camping and sitting around a campfire were the highlights of a weekend from work. She was known as “the Moose Lady,” counting moose at Elk Summit in the Powell Ranger District for 11 years. The isolation was to her liking and she even identified each moose by naming them. She worked on quilt pieces in her solitude and later made and sold many quilts. When that program ended in 1982 she worked out of the Lochsa Ranger District in recreation. Gail retired from the Older American Program in July 2003. She spent a total of 24 years with the Forest Service. She enjoyed her workmates and wrote to many of them until the time of her death. In July of 2004 she moved to Portland to spend her retiring years with her daughter and grandchildren. Gail is survived by her daughter Ledora Ann Hampton and grandchildren, Sheri, Jim, Kenny and Kim; four great grandchildren and one great great granddaughter. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 6 at the Kamiah Community Presbyterian Church in Kamiah. Reverend Luann Howard will officiate. Another memorial service will be held in Portland at a later date to be announced. Remembrances may be made to the Salvation Army. Arrangements are by Trenary Funeral Home of Kooskia. |
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Owen (Sonny) Sexton, 52, Lewiston A military service for Owen O. (Sonny) Sexton Jr., 52, of Lewiston who passed away Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008 at Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d’Alene will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 8, 2008 at Trenary Funeral Home in Kooskia. A private family burial will follow. A gathering will be held at 6 p.m. at the Wrangler in Lewiston. |
Lucille L. Smith passed away March 3, 2008 at Clearwater Valley Hospital
in Orofino.
Delmar L. Anderson passed away Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008 at St. Joseph Regional
Medical Center in Lewiston at the age of 86. He was born to Clarence and Otillia
(Lundgren) Anderson 