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RICHARD RALPH LELAND
November 5, 1928 - September 27, 2010
Richard 'Dick' Ralph Leland, a 36 year resident of the area, passed away on Sept. 27, 2010 at his Marcus, WA home. Dick was 81. He was born on Nov. 5, 1928 in Twin Falls, ID the son of George Sherman and Mary Elizabeth (Ralph) Leland.
Richard began his education in Spokane, WA where he attended through the 6th grade. He continued his education in Buhl, ID. His senior year of high school was attended at the Del Norte High School in Crescent City, CA. After additional training, Richard went to work as a surveyor for the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Service. While in Crescent City, CA he met Jean L. Connelly. On Nov. 30, 1950, Dick and Jean married
at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Spokane, WA. Dick continued his work as a surveyor and took his family from location to location. They resided in several communities within California, Washington and Montana, raising their growing family along the way. Dick eventually settled with his family in the Spokane Valley where he worked for the Rainway Company for several years before turning to road construction with the Les Peak Co. In 1965, the family relocated to Port Arthur, TX where Dick began a theological education at the Living Waters Bible Institute. Following his graduation from the Bible Institute in 1969, Dick pastored at the Victory Temple in Victoria, TX for nine years. He and Jean then traveled to N.E. Washington with a brief stay in Colorado along the way. Dick continued his walk with the Lord in a traveling ministry program. His travels, often with Jean by his side, lead to communities throughout North America, South America, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. In 1986, a heart attack forced him to retire. He and Jean moved to Marcus, WA in 1989. There they served in fellowship with the Seventh Day Adventist Church for over 20 years.
Dick embraced his time in service to the Lord as a pastor and was also a dedicated member of his community, including service as Mayor for the City of Marcus. Dick had a great love of family and a passion for encouraging young people to follow a Christian path. He was a man who spoke his mind with clear intention . His pastimes included fishing, hunting, archery, rock hounding and sharing his special finds with friends and loved ones.
Dick is survived by his wife of 59 years, Jean Leland, at the home; daughters, Danelle Leland of New York, New York, Nancy Johnson of Bellville, TX, Julie Biggerstaff and her husband, James of Liberty, TN; a son, Richard Leland and his wife, Kathy, of Inez, TX; seven grandchildren: Jeremiah Johnson, Elizabeth Johnson-Basso, Zachariah Johnson, Jean Biggerstaff, Brian Biggerstaff, John Biggerstaff and Carolyn Biggerstaff; five great grandchildren: Caleb, Micah, Sarah, Levi and Bella.
Funeral Service: Tuesday October 5, 2010, 1:00 p.m. at Kettle Falls Seventh Day Adventist Church
Irene Marjorie Pulcer
September 2, 1921 - September 24, 2010
Irene Marjorie Pulcer, a lifetime resident of the area, passed away on Sept. 24, 2010 in Colville at the age of 89. Irene was born on Sept. 2, 1921 in Orin, WA the daughter of Guy and Grace (Orr) Dixon.
She attended school in Colville and graduated in 1939 from Colville High School as a twelve year senior. That same year she married
Edward H. 'Bud' Smith. Irene worked as a retail clerk at Kohlstedt Pharmacy while two of her children were small. She then stayed home to raise her children. Their family moved to Northport, WA in 1968 and then to the Peachcrest area near Kettle Falls. In 1974, she started working at R.E. Lee Hardware. Edward preceded her in death in 1980. Irene later married
Rick Mulvaney and they made their home in the Colville area. Rick passed away in 1995. Irene then met and later married
Mr. Stan Pulcer, together residing near Colville. Following his passing in 2008 and her declining health, Irene moved to town where she enjoyed her independence at the Parkview Apartments on Walnut Street and then Parkview Assisted Living. Her deteriorating health required greater assistance and Irene then moved into Buena Vista Nursing Home where she has resided since.
Irene was a wonderful cook who baked up many memories for her children of her warm fresh bread. In the home, she provided a warm and well kept home. Outside of the home, she grew beautiful vegetable and flower gardens. Irene enjoyed knitting, reading and embroidery. She was especially fond of watching a wide variety of birds that gathered around her home.
She was preceded in death by three husbands and her two brothers, Norman and Kenneth Dixon.
Irene is survived by her two daughters, Rebecca 'Becky' Smith of Colville, Sandra Schneider of Riverside, WA; son, James 'Jim' Smith and his wife, Judy of Colville, four grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren and 1 great-great grandchild.
Memorial donations can be made to: Shriner's Hospitals, P.O. Box 2472, Spokane, WA 99210-2472
DAVID ALAN COOPER SR.
June 12, 1935 - September 24, 2010
David Alan Cooper Sr., an 18-year resident of Evans, WA went to be with his Lord on Friday, September 24, 2010 at Mount Carmel Hospital in Colville, WA.
Dave was born to John Bailey and Lyda (Paddock) Cooper on June 12, 1935 in Kimball, Minnesota. He was 9th of 10 children born to the dairy-farming family. He attended the Stickney Hill Country School, a one-room schoolhouse, until he transferred to Kimball high school where he graduated in 1953. He joined the Navy in November of 1954, and married
Louise JoAnn Hannemann (Jo) in February of 1955. They moved around the country in the Navy until his honorable discharge in 1958. Dave and Jo moved to Renton, WA for a short time, then settled in Kent, WA in 1967 where they raised their family until his retirement from the Boeing company in 1992. During his 32 years at Boeing, Dave worked at all the Pacific Northwest plants doing a variety of jobs, from electronics technician to parts finishing. He loved his time on the flight line.
Children began joining the family with a son in 1960, and a daughter in 1962, but the Coopers needed more children and eventually began adopting. They didn’t stop until their children numbered 10. He enjoyed his children, he loved helping with homework, he loved discussing his faith (and anything else), and he taught them to play 'pickle' in the front yard. He and his son and son-in-law bought motorcycles in the mid-1970’s, and he and Jo could be seen (with a baby in a front-pack on Jo) driving around the state. That ended with an accident that left him with a permanent limp in 1979. But, not to be deterred, they all sold their bikes and bought four wheel drive rigs and Dave began four-wheeling in a Landcruiser he named 'The Bush-Baby'.
Dave had started on a dairy farm, left the farm for many years, and returned to the farm when they retired to Evans on 150 acres. His eldest four children had left home, but he still had 'the boys' and Jayme. He loved the pace of life and having his children experience it. He loved the Lord, having been ‘born-again’ in 1969, and was a faithful church member at the various churches he attended throughout his life, finishing at the Northport Presbyterian Church. It was important to him that people understood the difference between knowing about God, and knowing him personally. He witnessed faithfully to those who did not know God, and encouraged those that did to know Him better. His door was always open, his coffee pot always on, and he was always ready for a discussion - politics and religion were NOT off-limits. He loved music and had a strong tenor voice. He loved singing by himself or with anyone who would join him. A special song on Sunday was not an option, and he would fill in as often as necessary to make sure that the service included a 'special'. Leading hymns was second nature to him, keeping time in his unique metronome-style.
He loved his country, its constitution, and was a member of the American Legion and the National Rifle Association. He loved to travel and made bi-yearly, then yearly trips with his family to visit his relatives in Minnesota. It was at the end of one of these adventures that included his daughter Kim and her family that he was taken ill and passed away the same evening surrounded by many loved ones including his wife, daughters Bobbi and Jayme, and son, Chris. He lived his life doing what he loved, with the people that he loved until the day that God took him.
Dave was preceded in death by his parents, John Bailey and Lyda Cooper, of Kimball MN, his brothers: Jack, Fredric, Woodrow, and Robert, and his sisters: Elizabeth, Peggy, Rachel and Nancy. His surviving brother, Bill, lives on what remains of the family farm in Kimball, MN.
Dave is also survived by his wife of 55 years, JoAnn, of Evans, WA; Sons: David Jr. and wife, Belinda of Enumclaw, WA; Aaron and wife, Kathy of Cle Elum, WA; Tony of home; Chris and wife Ronnie, of Colville; Micah (Scooter) of home; Joshua of Kettle Falls, WA, Tim of Moses Lake, and daughters: Kim and husband, Fred of Colville, WA; Bobbi Blanchard and husband, Chris of Colville, WA; Jayme of home. He has 32 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren with two additional great-grandchildren coming next spring.
Danekas Funeral Chapel & Crematory have been entrusted with the arrangements.
BESSIE 'BETTY' (BRAIN) NIELSON
Aug. 29, 1920-Sept. 21, 2010
Bessie 'Betty' Nielson, a 29-year resident of the Colville area, passed away on Sept. 21, 2010, in Colville at the age of 90. Betty was born on August 29, 1920, in Conisbrough, Yorkshire, England, the youngest of four children to Mark and Celia (Coppock) Brain.
She preferred to be called Betty; her family called her Bett. This is probably because as a young girl some kids at school taunted her with the nickname "Better Butterbun." She did not like this.
As a little girl in Conisborough, she tells us, she would play in Conisborough Castle with her brother Reg. Naturally, their parents forbade them to do this, but that made it all the more enticing.
Conisborough Castle today is an attraction to which tourists pay admission to see, but that was part of Mom's childhood playground.
She apparently had a mischevious streak. When asked the naughtiest thing she ever did, she said she brought a bunch of friends home for a birthday party her Mom didn't know she was supposed to be putting on.
At a young age, the family moved to Headington, a village close to the more well-known Oxford, England. The 1920s were a simpler time, but living in England was perhaps even simpler than here. She tells us she shared an attic bedroom with her sister. Her favorite toys were a doll she shared with her sister, and paper dolls cut from the labels of jam jars. The Christmas stocking contained nuts, candy and an orange. They had no TV. When she was very young they didn't even have electricity, but later when they did there was a radio which they took turns listening to with headphones. Their water was heated by the fireplace, and even at the time of her parents' death in 1976, they had no refrigerator. Food was stored in a pantry, without ice, and milk, eggs and meat were delivered to their door. They would go for a family walk on Sundays. They did not have a car; they walked, rode bikes or took the bus. Her grandparents lived 70 miles away, so they took the train when visiting them.
One Christmas tradition surrounded the Christmas pudding, a rich, moist, cake-like dessert. They would all take turns stiring the batter while making a wish. A six-pence coin was baked into the pudding, and whoever found it in their serving was supposed to have their wish granted.
Mom never indicated that she was dissatisfied with this simple life; rather the contrary. She lived simply all her life; her needs and wants were few, and she was happy this way. She surrounded herself with very few possessions, and the ones she had were rich with past and meaning.
Growing up in England, mom attended school 11 months of the year from the age of 5 until she was 16. She cleaned house for someone she refers to as Lady Morgan Brown, a rich lady who gifted Mom with a couple of special items mom especially treasured. She also worked in a local bakery as a pastry chef assistant. This, she said, is where she learned to bake pies. (It is Fern's opinion that nobody made better pie crust than Mom.)
She later worked for several years at the Post Office. During World War II, she worked in an aircraft manufacturing plant drilling and rivetting metal aircraft parts. Once, she says, a co-worker accidentally nailed her hand with the rivet gun. Just a flesh wound, but very painful!
Mom didn't talk a lot about the war, but the threat of bombing frequently sent her and her family into air-raid shelters. At night, they would have to cover their windows with black cloth so the light didn't give them away to flying bombers.
Mom was in her early 20s when she met DeWitt Nielson, an American soldier, at a Red Cross station in Oxford. Their courtship consisted of long walk and bike rides, a movie, visiting a local pub. Dad loved to tell the story of waiting for Mom at Martyr's Memorial, the designated meeting spot, and seeing her coming fast down the hill in a red dress -- "a red streak, " he would say.
Dad proposed to Mom after the war had ended and he had returned to America. We marvel at how brave she must have been to leave her family and country, travelling across the ocean on the Queen Elizabeth I, not even knowing if she would like America, but committing herself to a life here. She said it was a difficult decision and she was sometimes homesick; she missed her family because they had always been very close, but she never regretted it. They were married
on Jan. 8, 1947, in Ontario, OR, at Dad's parents' farm. Their first daughter, Susie, was born on their first anniversary.
Mom's brother Mark, "Reg" and his wife Joyce also immigrated to the United States. None of them had much money, but they had a lot of fun times together. There was always much laughter in the house when they were together!
The first few years they lived on Dad's dairy farm, also in Ontario.
They were building a house but hated all the rain the area got so they moved to Weiser, Idaho, in the early 1950s. There, they operated a dairy farm and also raised sheep along with assorted other farm animals -- horses, pigs, chickens, ducks, dogs and cats. She enjoyed socializing with the Grange and the Busy Bee Club, a women's group.
Adjusting from life in civilized England and the rougher life of a farm wife must have had a few comical moments. One story Dad loved to tell was the first time Mom prepared a lunch of roast chicken for the hay crew. He says she put the whole roasted chicken on the table with its gizzard still intact. Luckly, he noticed it before the men, and was able to quickly whisk it away and remove it before they noticed.
In August 1954, Betty became a U.S. citizen, for which she had studied and had to pass a test.
Their second daughter, Fern, was born in 1957.
The summer of 1962 was spent looking for a different home. For a few months the family lived in a trailer, first parked on the property of Dad's parents, and later in the Newport area, at Diamond Lake. Late that summer they moved to Newport, WA, a rural property on the Pend Oreille River, where they farmed for a few years before Dad began to work in logging.
Mom was a devoted wife and mother. She made delicious bread, pies, cookies and other desserts on a regular basis. Dessert was almost always part of the evening meal. The household was never without home-baked goods and wholesome foods made from basic, often home-grown ingredients. Mom loved being a homemaker, gardening and preserving home-gown food for the winter, sewing her daughters' clothes and making hand-knit sweaters, hats, mittens, socks and afghans, and baby sets for her grandchildren. But she did hate driving the eight miles to town along a relatively narrow country road shared with logging trucks. She was almost 30 when she learned to drive a car (taught by Dad on the cattle fields in Ontario) and never enjoyed doing it.
The quiet rural life was sometimes difficult for Mom. She had lived with neighbors close by for the first 27 years of her life, and she did miss going to the theater and out for tea or to a pub, attending the occasional horse race and having friends and family close by.
Entertainment in Weiser and Newport was very limited, with very few TV channels and horrible reception. We have many happy memories of our family playing card and board games in the evenings.
There were many times when Susie and Fern put their mother's nerves to test: Such as the horseback riding in Weiser. The forbidden national forest bordering their property in Newport -- all the more enticing for hikes because of the ban. The time the girls and their cousins Terry and Mark poled a flooded raft to an island in the middle of the Pend Oreille River with Fern, a little girl then yet unable to swim, huddled in the middle. (Mom was shrieking from the shore, ordering them to come back.) All those evening drives into Newport for high school basketball games, on the rain-slicked icy river road. Not to mention the daily bus ride to and from school, 10 miles each way, much of it on a narrow mountain road even more treacherous than the river road. (Mom's persistent efforts got the bus route changed so we didn't have to ride it on that part.) She took such things in stride pretty well, considering how much stress it must have caused.
Mom and Dad enjoyed camping. Our family camped a couple of times each summer, and after Susie and Fern had grown and left home, Mom would accompany Dad to his logging job sites -- often several hours from home and too far for a daily commute. They would camp for weeks at a time near the logging site in a small trailer.
Mom and Dad moved to Arden in 1981, to be closer to where Susie and her family lived and for better logging opportunities. He retired within a few years of that move. They enjoyed building houses, and built two in Arden and then two in Kettle Falls. In 1995 they moved to a home in Chewelah, but Dad had been fighting cancer for a few years and he died shortly after the move. Mom, heartbroken and lonely, then moved to an apartment in Colville, where she lived alone until her death. She remained devoted to Dad until the end, and continued to always wear the rings he gave her.
Their passion during those retirement years was visiting the ocean.
Their camping excursions typically led them west, and the huckleberry picking of Eastern Washington gave way to blackberry picking in Western Washington. Later, they would rent an apartment near Sequim, WA, where they spent more than one winter. They loved to go for long walks on the beach, looking for treasures. And Mom loved to visit lighthouses.
Mom continued to knit fine items for her daughters and grandchildren well into her 80s. She was also an avid reader -- usually westerns by Louis L'Amour and Zane Gray, and she loved mysteries.
Betty always cherished her English heritage, and spoke lovingly of her homeland. She did return for four visits: First, with 4-year-old Susie, but not again until the late '60s, when she visited with her brother and daughter Fern. She visited her homeland again with Susie in 1971 and with Dad in 1972.
While in Newport Betty frequently worked at the county fair, helping to judge food items and knitting and sewing. She also enjoyed working at election booths, when ballots were still counted by hand. She and Dad belonged to the local grange, which would hold social events.
They also enjoyed getting together with friends to play Pinocchle.
They loved to play Pinocchle. Mom's brother Reg and his wife Joyce had also immigrated to the United States, and when we got together for holidays, camping trips and other family events there was always a lot of card playing.
Mom was a widow for 15 years. She missed Dad terribly. But she was a devoted mother and grandmother, continued to enjoy knitting, reading and taking long walks. She enjoyed putting puzzles together and mounting them to be hung on the wall, something she and Dad had enjoyed doing together. For a few years she volunteered at the Stevens County Keller Heritage Center and Habitat for Humanity. And even in her later years she made the most amazing pies.
Mom was the last of her family's generation. Her brother, our Uncle Reg, passed away just this spring.
She is already terribly missed. We think she is at peace now and happy to be with Dad again.
She was preceded in death by DeWitt, her husband of almost 49 years; one sister and two brothers.
Betty is survived by her two daughters, Susie Zawadzki and her husband, Ed of Colville, Fern Christenson and her husband, Doug of Lacey, WA; five grandchildren, Eric Zawadzki and his wife Erin of Colville, Tyson Zawadzki of Spokane, WA, Ian Zawadzki of Woodland Hills, CA, Kayla and Cami Christenson of Lacey, WA; two great grandchildren, Kendall and Alli; nephews, Mark and Terry Brain of Pasco, WA.
A funeral service for Mrs. Bessie 'Betty' Nielson was held at 11:00 a.m. on September 27, 2010 at the Danekas Funeral Chapel in Colville, WA. A graveside service and vault interment followed at the Mountain View Park cemetery in Colville, WA. Memorial contributions may be given to either Habitat for Humanity or the Stevens County Historical Society. Danekas Funeral Chapel and Crematory is entrusted with the arrangements.
Ruby Arleen Peone
November 22, 1963 - September 21, 2010
Ruby Arleen Peone, a resident of Inchelium, WA passed away following a five year battle with cancer, on Sept. 21, 2010 in Inchelium at the age of 46. She was born on Nov. 22, 1963 in Colville, WA the daughter of Erval Joseph Peone and Mary Lou (Cohen) Louie.
Ruby was raised in Oroville, WA where she attended school. She was a 1982 graduate of the Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon. While in school, Ruby was active in sports and played both basketball and softball. She was also an active supporter of other athletic events as a cheerleader. Following high school, Ruby attended Spokane Community College and later transferred to Eastern Washington University. She graduated in 1986 with a Fisheries Biologist degree. Ruby then spent two years in Canada where she met Maynard Terbasket. They were married
in 1990 and made their home in Inchelium. Ruby and Maynard soon started a family with the birth of their son, Wade. In 1991, she began working for Colville Tribal Fish and Wildlife and specialized in stream fisheries enhancement. She loved her work for it complimented her passion for the outdoors. In 2003, Ruby and Maynard divorced. She remained in Inchelium and met Mike Stensgar. Together they had a son, Michael Jr. Two years later, Ruby was diagnosed with cancer and began a courageous fight for life. In 2008 the cancer settled in to remission. Ruby worked in the office and assisted with the G.I.S. mapping. She was recently struck with the return of cancer and bravely attempted treatment. Unfortunately the cancer returned in the fall of 2009 in full force.
Ruby loved her role as a mother and her Native American heritage. She spent countless hours in the outdoors, hunting game of all size, camping, hiking and riding horses. Ruby also enjoyed drying deer meat and watching scary movies with her boys. She harvested many loads of firewood for the benefit of other community members. Her upbeat and energetic approach to life was a gift to those around her.
She was preceded in death by her father, Erval Peone, sister, Rose Peone, and brother, Chuck Peone.
Ruby is survived by her sons, Wade Terbasket and Little Mikey Stensgar of Inchelium; mother, Mary Lou Cohen of Kemous, B.C.; sisters, Rebecca Peone of Nespelem, Renee Peone Estrada of Tonasket; brother, Joe Peone of Inchelium and two grandsons, Wade Jr. and Hunter Terbasket.
Rosary: Thursday September 23, 2010, 7:30 a.m. at Inchelium Community Center
A graveside service will follow the Funeral Mass at the Hall Creek cemetery in Inchelium, WA
Lester 'Les' Antone Vetsch
May 31, 1937 - September 19, 2010
Lester ‘Les’ Antone Vetsch, 73, passed away on September 19, 2010, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, Washington. Lester was born in Waverly, Washington on May 31, 1937 becoming the second son to Antone ‘Tony’ and Martha (Bliesner) Vetsch.
Within the first few years of Lester’s life, the family moved to the Chewelah area where Lester considered himself a lifetime resident. He enjoyed the beauty of the valley and surrounding area and seldom traveled beyond it.
Throughout his life, Lester held a variety of jobs from gravedigger with his uncle at the Chewelah Memorial Park, to bartender at the Oasis Tavern. In his later years he had his own lawn maintenance business. He rebuilt many of the lawnmowers he used from old discarded mowers. From an early age, Lester enjoyed woodworking becoming a hobby craftsman. His latest project was making ornately carved walking sticks.
Being a bachelor, Lester cherished time with family and friends. He spent many years caring for his aging mother, visiting her daily during her last years at St. Joseph Long Term Care. He was very content to sit and share a cup of coffee with friends. Lester considered it an extra bonus when a visit included being invited to dinner. Lester’s gentle, generous nature, wide smile and hearty chuckle will be greatly missed by those whom had the privileged to know him.
Lester was preceded in death by his parents; his brother Lyle; nephew Bobby; and niece VaLorie Welch. He is survived by his sister-in-law Elaine Vetsch of Chewelah; niece BaLinda Matlock and her husband Rodger of Omak, Washington; niece Sandra Stone and her husband Ron of Jackson, Michigan; great nieces Shana and Lindsey Matlock and Sarah Stone; great nephews Kyle and Dustin Welch, Joshua and Jeremy Stone and Scott Matlock; numerous cousins and their families.
A funeral service for Lester was held on Saturday, September 25, 2010 at the Danekas Funeral Chapel in Chewelah, Washington. Burial followed the service at the Chewelah Memorial Park. Memorial contributions can be made to the St. Paul Lutheran Church, 202 N. Second St. W., Chewelah, Washington. The Danekas Funeral Chapel & Crematory has been entrusted with arrangements.
PHYLLIS MARIE STUDEBAKER
August 25, 1918 - September 17, 2010
Phyllis Marie Studebaker, age 92, went to her rest in Jesus on September 17, 2010 in Colville, Washington. Phyllis was born on August 25, 1918, the daughter of Phillip and Charlotte (McManus) Gehman, in Boise, Idaho.
Phyllis grew up in the southern Idaho area. She went to San Diego, California to finish high school. While taking night school, Phyllis met Robert Lee Cunningham, who was in the Navy and finishing his high school diploma. They were married
on August 13, 1938. Her only child, Robert Lee Cunningham Jr., was born on July 25, 1939. During this time, Robert Cunningham Sr. was sent to Pearl Harbor Naval Station, to help in the naval operations. They were living in an apartment in Honolulu, Hawaii on that fateful day of December 7, 1941. Phyllis often talked of the Naval Corpsman that knocked on their door to tell Robert he needed to return to the base as they were under attack. Phyllis and the other Navy spouses and their children were sent to the States for their safety. Phyllis and Robert Sr. divorced in 1942.
In 1945, Phyllis married
George Knoten while in Nevada. He deserted her shortly thereafter. In 1962 she met Leland Studebaker while living in California. They married
in 1963. Leland had a little home with 1+ acres of land just out of Vallejo, California. He preceded Phyllis in death in 1964.
Phyllis’ granddaughter, Judy, and her husband Bill, moved her to Colville in April of 2001. She resided at her son’s home until it became necessary for her to move into a local nursing home in 2008. Phyllis loved her Lord very much, and was very active in the local Seventh-day Adventist Clothing Bank. It wasn’t until her health started to decline, that she ever missed a day of work at the clothing bank. Phyllis loved everyone, and never missed an opportunity to try to help others live a healthier life.
Phyllis is survived by her son, Robert Lee Cunningham Jr and his wife, Phyllis of Colville, Washington; two grandsons, Joseph Lee Cunningham and his wife, Charissa of Colville, Washington, and Jay Leon Cunningham and his wife, Marinda of Spokane, Washington; her granddaughter, Judith Leanne Bitton and her husband, William of Colville, Washington; 3 great grandsons and 2 great granddaughters.
A Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Sunday, October 24, 2010 at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Colville, Washington. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations can be made to the Colville Seventh-day Adventist Clothing Bank at 138 E. Cedar Loop, Colville, Washington. The Danekas Funeral Chapel & Crematory has been entrusted with arrangements.
