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Bernice Christopher
Bernice Christopher, 92, a longtime Albion, Wash., resident, died of age-related causes Monday at her son's home in Moscow, Idaho.
She was born Feb. 8, 1905, to Henry "Mack" and Lizzie Hope Chambers on a farm near Albion. She was reared and attended school in Albion, graduating from high school there.
She married Peter Glenn Christopher in Moscow Jan. 24, 1925. They made their home on a farm near Albion until 1933 when they moved to town. They later purchased a small farm at Albion and operated it while he worked at Pullman Grain Growers.
They had lived with their son in Moscow for the past 10 years. Her husband died in October 1987.
She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star at Albion and the Albion Community Church. She enjoyed gardening, especially flowers, and being involved with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren's activities. She will be remembered for always having the cookies baked and the coffee brewing.
Surviving are her sons, Kelvin Christopher of Moscow and Melvin Christopher of Plummer, Idaho; a sister, Grace Wayne of Tacoma; eight grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband, a brother, Thomas Chambers and two sisters, Wilma Chambers and Nida Bidle, all died previously.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Albion Community Church with Pastors Dave and Web McGarrah of the Moscow Nazarene Church officiating. Burial will follow at the Colfax, Wash., Cemetery.
Viewing will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at Short's Funeral Chapel in Moscow.
The family suggests memorials may be made to the Albion Community Church or to the Albion Historical Society.
Charles 'CB' Byron Jones
Charles "CB" Byron Jones, retired Washington State University purchasing agent and longtime Pullman, Wash., resident, died from complications of Alzheimer's disease Saturday at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, Idaho. He was 85.
He was born Jan. 6, 1912, to Thomas and Mary Elenor Green Jones in Berkeley, Calif. He was reared and attended schools in the Bay area. After high school, he attended the University of California at Berkeley.
He graduated in 1936 with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.
He started and operated an electrical business in the Bay area for a few years.
He had met Marion Muir McVeigh at the University of California and they had been dating for quite a while. They married June 21, 1941, in Spokane.
When the United States entered World War II, he was in the U.S. Army and stationed in Everett, Wash., for a brief time. They then moved to Boston where he did radar research and electrical engineering for the military at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
After contracting polio, he was honorably discharged from the Army and in 1946 the couple moved to Pullman where he went to work for Washington State College, now WSU, as a purchasing agent. One of his jobs was to purchase surplus military equipment and supplies such as desks and bunk beds to be used at the school.
He helped to establish central stores and central receiving before retiring from the university in 1972.
As a resident of Pullman for 45 years, he served the community well. He was a member of the Kiwanis Club, he repaired organs in many area churches and kept the Pullman School District's clocks on time. He was a "handyman" in the truest sense of the word. His son Bill Jones said, "he could fix anything."
He built their family home and several apartments around Pullman and he loved electronics, operating a television and appliance repair service out of his home on City View Street.
He will be remembered as a man who was always willing to help others. During his last few years in Pullman, he regularly attended Emmanuel Baptist Church. In July 1993, "CB" and Marion Jones moved to the Royal Plaza Retirement Center in Lewiston. Since August he had been a resident of the Idaho State Veterans Home in Lewiston. His wife died Sept. 11.
He is survived by four sons, Richard L. Jones of Seattle, R. Thomas Jones of Pullman, Henry M. Jones of Sherwood, Ore., and William B. Jones of Bainbridge Island, Wash.; two daughters, Juliet Ann Rabine of Seattle and Mary K. Gilmore of Spokane; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Viewing will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Kimball Funeral Home in Pullman.
Funeral Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Pastor Elmer Hiebert, a close family friend, and Pastor Bob Harvey of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Pullman will officiate. Burial will follow at the Pullman City Cemetery.
The family suggests memorials be made to the Emmanuel Baptist Church Missions Fund or the Union Gospel Mission in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 323, Pullman, Wash. 99163.
Jake A. Kinzer
Jake A. Kinzer, 81, a resident of Tacoma, died of cancer Sunday at St. Francis Hospital in Tacoma, Wash.
He was born on June 13, 1915, to Peter P. and Katharina "Katie" Ottilia Scharbach Kinzer, the seventh of 12 children, in Uniontown, Wash. He was reared and educated in the Uniontown area.
After high school he worked in Uniontown for a time and later worked on the Grand Coulee Dam. In 1936 he moved to Tacoma and was a pioneer in building Puget Sound Plywood Mill. He retired from there in 1982.
In 1943 he was drafted and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps.
He married Maxine Konen Feb. 8, 1945.
He was a member of the St. Theresa Catholic Church and the American Legion.
Jake is survived by his wife at their Tacoma home; two sons, Russell Kinzer of Tacoma and Darrell Kinzer of Renton, Wash; a daughter, Vicki Kinzer-Mason of Leavenworth, Wash.; two sisters, Caroline Frei of Craigmont, Idaho, and Vivian Butterfield of Tacoma; one brother, Ted Kinzer of Genesee, Idaho; four grandchildren; three great-grandsons; and many nieces and nephews.
Viewing will be Monday at Kimball Funeral Home in Pullman from noon to 5 p.m.
The rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Monday at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Uniontown. A Mass of Christian burial
will be celebrated at Tuesday at the church at 10:30 a.m. The Revs. Dan Weber and Lyle Konen will be the celebrants. Burial will follow at Uniontown Catholic Cemetery.
The family suggests memorials be made to a favorite charity.
O. A. Leonard
O. A. Leonard, 91, a longtime Pullman and Whitman County resident, died Saturday at Pullman Memorial Hospital in Pullman, Wash.
He was born Feb. 18, 1906, to Byron and Gertrude Schultz Leonard in LeContes Mills, Pa. In 1907 The family moved to a farm in the Stratton District east of Pullman.
He completed the eighth grade at the Clinton Rural School, and graduated from Pullman High School in 1927 after the family moved into town. He was captain of the undefeated football team his senior year.
He worked on the construction of Bohler Gym at Washington State College, now university, where he drove horse teams, hauling the needed materials.
On July 14, 1929, he married Marjorie Kuykendall in Pullman where they made their home. She died in April 1988 and he had been a resident of Pioneer Square in Pullman since.
During the Depression he worked different jobs, including cab driver and mail carrier. In 1931 he went to work at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Experimental Station located three miles north of Pullman. During his years at the farm he helped with work that led to major changes in farming, including crop rotation and contour farming, resulting in soil conservation and improved crop yields. In 1971 he retired after spending many years as farm foreman.
Leonard and his wife enjoyed square dancing and belonged to the Gay Nineties dance group. He continued with shop work and metal working and created many artistic and useful items. He enjoyed reading and, after losing his eyesight, listened to books on tape, through the Blind Association.
He was honored with lifetime memberships after serving more than 60 years in both the Whelan Grange and the Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include a daughter Karen Dunn of Walla Walla, Wash.; a son Ron Leonard of Carmichael, Calif.; a brother R.K. Leonard of Moses Lake, Wash.; and four grandchildren.
Viewing will be at from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and noon to 6 p.m. Friday at Kimball Funeral Home in Pullman.
The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home with the Rev. Rand O'Donnell of Simpson United Methodist Church officiating. Masonic Rites will be presented by Whitman Lodge No. 49 F. & A.M. Private family graveside services will take place at Pullman City Cemetery at a later date.
Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association, in care of Nancy Shell, 524 Linden Drive, Lewiston, Idaho 83501 or to the Washington Services for the Blind, 55 W. Mission, Spokane, Wash. 99201.
Donald M. Johnson Sr.
Donald M. Johnson Sr., 92, longtime Garfield banker and civic activist, died Friday at his home in Garfield, Wash., from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He had recently been diagnosed with cancer.
He was born Jan. 14, 1905, the youngest of eight children of Everett Carpenter Johnson and Christina Clark Johnson in St. Charles, Minn., where he was reared and educated. He attended Carlton College at Northfield, Minn., and spent three years at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
In April 1927, he came to Garfield where his father and uncles had established the Garfield National Bank in 1902. Don began work as assistant cashier with his older brother, Everett Clark Johnson Jr., who was cashier.
He was married on Nov. 8, 1927, to Blanche Turnley of Rosalia, Wash. They had two sons, Donald M. "Greg"˙Johnson and Robert Turnley Johnson.
Don was active in the civic life of Garfield, having served on the City Council for 10 years; city treasurer for 10 years, and as mayor of Garfield for two years. He was past master anchor Lodge No. 88, F & AM at Garfield and a 60-year member of the Masonic Lodge.
Other affiliations include a lifetime member of the El Katif Shrine in Spokane, Wash., and the Whitman County Shrine Club; Hi-Yu Indians Trapshooters; life-member of the Spokane Gun Club; and member and past patron of the Order of the Eastern Star.
His wife died in 1949 following a stroke at a Washington State College-University of Idaho football game where their son "Greg" was serving as an Intercollegiate Knight usher. Two years before her death, their younger son Robert had died in October 1947 at the age of 14 following a football head injury at Rosalia, Wash.
Don served as president of the Whitman County Banker's Association; president of Group II of Washington State Bankers' Association; member of the Executive Committee of the Washington State Bankers' Association; and president of the State National Bank of Garfield from 1960 to 1975. Don retired as bank president in 1975, but remained as chairman of the Board of Directors of State National Bank of Garfield.
Don remarried in May 1950 to Doris Woolverton. They had three sons, Kirk Johnson, Clark Johnson, and Jeffrey Johnson. His second wife died in 1975.
In October 1977, he married Virginia Jacobs Dilts of Walla Walla, Wash. They continued to make their home in Garfield and spent winters in Yuma, Ariz. She died in 1994.
Survivors include three sons, D.M. Johnson, Jr. of Cheney, Wash.; Clark Johnson of Garfield, Wash. and Jeff Johnson of Spokane, Wash.; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two sons, Robert and Kirk; by four brothers, Archie, Clark, Robert and Sam; and by three sisters, including Katherine Fisk and Margaret Birch.
Memorial gifts may be given to the Garfield Emergency Medical Technicians, or to the Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, 911 W. Fifth, Spokane, Wash., 99204.
A graveside memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Garfield Cemetery in Garfield, Wash. The Rev. King Rockhill of the Garfield United Methodist Church will officiate at the service. Cremation will be held prior to the services.
Kramer Funeral Home of Palouse, Wash is in charge of the arrangements.
Dennis J. 'Denny' Morrison
Dennis J. "Denny" Morrison, 78, who helped shape education in Washington for more than four decades, died of complications related to cancer Saturday at Palouse Hills Nursing Center in Pullman, Wash.
Morrison was assistant to the president at Washington State University and served more than 20 years on the Pullman School Board and nine years on the state Board of Education.
A memorial celebration of his life will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pullman. The Rev. Tom Caswell will officiate the service. Arrangements are under the direction of Kimball Funeral Home of Pullman.
President of the Washington State School Directors Association in 1974, Morrison was a member of the board of directors of the National School Boards Association from 1977-83. He also served on the executive committee of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and the national committee to celebrate the centennial of the Land Grant College Act that established schools such as WSU. Morrison began a 39-year career at WSU in 1947 as an editor of the Office of Publications. He later was assistant to the director of the Institute of Agricultural Sciences and news services director from 1954-67.
Born in Sac City, Iowa, to John Brown and Mamie Gibson Morrison on March 18, 1919, he graduated from the University of Missouri in journalism and worked as a reporter and editor for the Huronite and Daily Plainsman newspapers in South Dakota.
He married Eleanor Devine in 1941.
During World War II, Morrison was a pilot instructor, public relations officer and editor in the Army Air Force. From 1945-47, he was editor-in-chief of the massive Strategic Bombing Survey, which assessed the effectiveness of Allied strategic bombing of Germany and Japan.
He retired from WSU in 1986 as assistant to the president. He worked with many university external groups including the Washington congressional delegation, alumni and advisory committees, and he assisted with fund-raising programs.
His honorary and professional associations included Sigma Delta Chi/Society of Professional Journalists, Crimson Circle, American College Public Relations Association, Council for Advancement and Support of Education, Omicron Delta Kappa, Washington FFA, and the Phi Mu Alpha music honorary.
Besides education, his other special interests included children and other people, golf, and free-lance writing.
He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Eleanor, at their Pullman home; daughters Susan Percival of Seattle, Sharon Morrison of Manhattan, N.Y., and Judith Morrison of Redlands, Calif; son John Morrison of Las Vegas; a sister, Berneice Ferguson of Charleston, Ill.; and six grandchildren. He was preceded in death a brother, Wilbur.
Memorials are suggested to the Dennis J. Morrison Memorial Scholarship Fund in care of the WSU Foundation or the Pullman Education Foundation in memory of Dennis J. Morrison, Seafirst Bank, attention Linda Mittelhammer, 425 E. Main St., Pullman, Wash. 99163.
Scott L. Richardson
A music-oriented memorial service for Scott L. Richardson will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Moscow. The Rev. Dean Stewart will officiate at the service and Harry Wells will be the organist.
Richardson, 35, a University of Idaho graduate, died of a brain tumor April 26 at his home in Kirkland, Wash. Refreshments will be served after the service.
Lillian Dickey
Lillian Dickey, 89, a resident of Colfax, died of age-related causes Tuesday at the Whitman Convalescent Center in Colfax, Wash.
She was born July 15, 1907, to Martin and Anna Johnson Jones in Earlgray, Saskatchewan, Canada. Her early life was spent in Earlgray, then the family moved to Regina, Saskatchewan, where she was reared and educated.
She married Robert W. Dickey June 5, 1943, in New Westminster, British Columbia. Following the marriage they made their home in the Seattle area.
She owned and operated a women's clothing store in the Ballard area.
They moved to Colfax in 1967. Lillian owned and operated Dickey's women's store for several years. Her husband died in 1977.
Lillian was a member of Plymouth Congregational Church.
Surviving is a brother Cliff Jones of Vancouver, British Columbia, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the chapel of Bruning Funeral Home in Colfax with the Rev. Bob Ingalls officiating. Burial will follow in the Colfax Cemetery.
The family suggests memorials may be made to the Whitman Hospital Foundation.
The Bruning Funeral Home in Colfax is in charge arrangements.
