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Terry Warnecke, 67, passed away Friday, May 3, 2019. Terry was a very outgoing person who was also one of the craftiest mechanics and the most passionate coaches to grace Eastern Washington for over six decades. He was born in Spokane, Washington, on July 31, 1951, to Byron and Marie Warnecke. He graduated from Coulee Dam High School in 1969. Terry married Marcia (Greninger) Warnecke in 1972, and together they raised their two children: TeRay and Brian in Coulee Dam. Terry was a Dam resident, where he worked at NAPA and the State Highway Dept....
William "Bill" Larry McLean left us very suddenly on Sunday, April 28, 2019. Bill was born September 28, 1941, in Wenatchee, Washington, to William "Harold" and Winifred McLean. Bill attended Mold School from 1st to 3rd grade. When the school closed, he transferred to the Coulee City School District, where he graduated in 1959. After graduation, Bill attended WSU, where he was on the Collegiate Judging Team. While at WSU, he lived and worked in the beef barn, gaining insight and training in the...
Jerry Michael (Mike) Sharr, 65, of Grand Coulee, Washington, passed away Thursday, April 25, 2019, from an aggressive cancer. Mike was born Sunday, December 6, 1953, in Eugene, Oregon to Harry Blaine and Amanda Joan Sharr. At age 17, Mike joined the US Army and served his country with pride. "SP-4 Sharr" was stationed in Germany, earning the "Sharpshooter" ranking and receiving the "National Defense Service Medal" prior to his honorable discharge in December 1972. On Saturday, August 24, 1974,...
Mary Ellen Combs was born in Avon, South Dakota, December 22, 1934, to Emanuel and Lydia Hinzman. She passed away April 15, 2019, on her late husband Everett's birthday. Mary Ellen graduated from Avon High School in Avon, South Dakota. She then attended Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Her mom, Lydia, sold the family farm and moved to Sioux Falls while Mary Ellen went to college. After graduation, Mary went to work for the VA Hospital in Sioux Falls. There she met Everett Combs,...
Memorial services for Sonja Everett will be held 1 p.m., Saturday, May 4, at the Coulee Dam Community Church. Sonja passed away February 14, 2019....
John H. McNeil, 67, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2019, at Hospice House of Spokane in Spokane, Washington. He was born March 6, 1952, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane to John R. McNeil and Betty (Little) McNeil. John was raised in Coulee Dam, Washington, where he graduated from Coulee Dam High School in 1970. He went on to graduate from Washington State University, where he earned a BA in Political Science and Economics. After graduation, he returned to Coulee Dam, where he worked as a...
Long time Napa employee GerLong time Napa employee Gerald (Jerry) Lawrence Maitha, formerly of Electric City, Washington, passed away the morning of Thursday, April 18, 2019, at Providence Saint Peter hospital in Olympia, Washington. Jerry was born July 11, 1948, in Trenton City, Mercer County, New Jersey, to Armand E. and Helen Grace Phillips Maitha. He was the oldest of three siblings. While living in Pennsylvania, he married Patty Mullins and they had two children: Christopher Selinske of...
Richard "Dick" Jarrett went to his rest following a brief illness on Sunday, March 7, 2019. Dick and his late wife, Nancy, moved to Electric City in 2003 to spend their retirement serving the small Grand Coulee Seventh-day Adventist Church. Following Nancy's death in 2005, Dick moved to Coulee Dam in 2014. He is remembered by his immaculate lawn, friendly smile, and helpful ways around the Grand Coulee area. He was born in 1934 in Sheridan, Wyoming, to homestead parents Chester and Shirley...
Martin "Marty" Duncan, 72, passed away Friday morning, March 5, 2019, in Grand Coulee, Washington. He was born Saturday, September 28, 1946, in Los Angeles, California, to Edward and Patricia Duncan. While still very young, Marty moved with his family to Juneau in the "Territory of Alaska." Growing up in that land, known as "The Last Frontier," nurtured Marty's lifelong love of the wilderness. A true outdoorsman, Marty was never happier than when he was spending time hunting, fishing or just...
Marvin Lewis Farver passed peacefully on Friday, March 29, 2019, at the Colville Tribal Convalescent Center in Nespelem, Washington. He was born in Tonasket, Washington, on June 10, 1934. He married Marilyn Dow, the love of his life, on January 23,1955, and treasured her for 64 years. Together they raised six children. Marvin loved spending time with his family and passed many hours watching them participate in sports and school activities. He also enjoyed reading, camping and trips to the...
As you may have heard before, it's the "dash" between the day we are born and the day we die that matters! For those who called her mom, grandma, and great-grandma, it's her "dash" that we celebrate today with you, her extended family and friends. You were very important to her! God creates each one of us as a "one of a kind," and Mom was surely that...ONE OF A KIND! The middle of three sisters, she was a tomboy in her younger years. She could out-run, out-hit a baseball and out-throw a football...
Henry Peter Carstensen III (Pete), 67, passed away Thursday, February 28, 2019, in Chandler, Arizona. Pete was born September 15, 1951, in Coulee Dam, Washington, to Henry Jr. and Yvaughnie Carstensen. He lived his entire life in Almira, Washington, on the north ridge. He graduated Almira High School in 1969. From there he attended both Spokane Falls Community College and Whitworth College, where he played football. As a "baby bull" he met Darcy Geib at a dance at the age of 14. This blooming ro...
Edith D. "Swanee" Whitelaw, 91, went on to meet her Lord Jesus early Wednesday morning, March 13, 2019, from Keller, Washington. Swanee entered this world at Holmes City, Minnesota, on Friday, December 9, 1927, into the home of Gust and Anna Pearson-Swanson. As a co-founder and sustaining member of Keller Community Church of Keller, Washington for over 50 years, she faithfully served as the church Treasurer/Secretary and as Cook for Vacation Bible School. A graduate of Abbott School of Nursing...
Jack Arthur Grier, 67, passed away Sunday, February 24, 2019, in Spokane at Sacred Heart Medical Center, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Coulee Dam, Washington, October 2, 1951, to Tommie C and Margaret A Grier. In 1971, Jack graduated from Lake Roosevelt High School. Jack was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Kathy Wickman, of Electric City, Washington. He is survived by Sandy (Eugene) Ritter, Selingsgrove, PA; Thomas (Sherry) Grier, Electric City; Jill (David) Jurgensen, Bonners Ferry, ID; Alan (Reneé) Grier,...
There will be a memorial service for Lena Mae at Coulee Dam Community Church in Coulee Dam, Washington, on Saturday, March 16, 2019, at 1 p.m. Lena Mae passed away Sunday, February 24, 2019....
Dale Lee Green, 74, of Grand Coulee, Washington passed away Sunday morning, January 27, 2019, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. Born Saturday, December 30, 1944, in Boise, Idaho, Dale was a loving, kind and giving man and will be truly be missed by all who knew him. A member of "Plumbers and Pipefitters U.A. Local 26," Dale began his career in 1964, proudly working alongside his Union Brothers and Sisters as a Worker and Supervisor. Upon his retirement, Dale left behind many coworkers...
Marie Kateri Grant, 95, beloved and respected Elder, left us Wednesday morning, February 27, 2019, from Nespelem, Washington. Marie was born Wednesday, January 16, 1924, to Moses and Alice Francis Sherwood-Paine, into one of three Native families living in the Chewelah Valley of Washington state at that time. As a child, Marie remembered her mother made buckskin gloves for Doc Carson, who served the medical needs of the valley families from his horse and buggy. Doc Carson was Marie's...
Lena Mae Haegen, 92, went to be with our Lord on Sunday, February 24, 2019. She died at her place of residence in Spokane, Washington, after a lengthy struggle with dementia. She was born August 2, 1926, to Mary and Julius Barnes in Woodruff, Kansas. Her family moved to Trenton, Nebraska, while Lena Mae was still a toddler. She attended school in Trenton where she met her future husband on the very first day. In January 1947 she married her high school sweetheart, and love of her life, Phil...
Surrounded by family, Sonja Everett, our beloved mother, grandma, great-grandma, great-great-grandma and friend, peacefully entered into her new life in God's care on Thursday, February 14, 2019. Sonja's life was characterized by resilience, perseverance and a tireless love for everyone in her family. Born and raised in Nürnberg, Germany, Sonja was the only child of her mother and stepfather, Hans and Erna Wïld. She spent her teen years in Chojnice, Poland. As WWII was ending, Sonja and her m...
Lena Mae Haegen, 92, went to be with our Lord on Sunday, February 24, 2019. She died at her place of residence in Spokane after a struggle with dementia. A full obituary and memorial service information will be published at a later date....
With extreme sadness we said goodbye to Barbara Jean Cole, lovingly known as "Bobbi", who passed peacefully on Thursday, January 24, 2019, at 11:50 a.m. in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Barbara was born in Turlock, California, to James and Leta Cole on November 29, 1943. She was the youngest of three children. The family moved to North Hollywood, California where Bobbi attended the brand-new Polytechnic High School. As a member of the inaugural class, she maintained friendships with her high school...
Kenneth H. Bowman, 86, passed away Monday, January 14, 2019. He instructed us "NO LONG-WINDED OBITUARY!" We were told to say "the old fart was here and now he is gone!" His dry sense of humor kept us smiling up to the end. As his children, we want to acknowledge all that he did in his lifetime. Number one was loving us all unconditionally. He married his "sweetie," Eloise Ayling, on April 7, 1950, and they went on to spend the next 66 years together until her death in January 2017. Dad was a...
Vonna Lee Harrison, 76, passed away Thursday, January 17, 2019, in Spokane, Washington from pancreatic cancer. She was born in Tonasket, Washington September 28, 1942, to the late Sidney Lloyd Atchison and Harriet May (Newman) Atchison. Vonna grew up in Tonasket, and she maintained ties to the community through former classmates and family. She was a long time resident of the Grand Coulee area, and was known to many as the former manager and owner of the Sage Inn (Sierra's) Restaurant and...
Allan Graham, age 88, passed away on Tuesday, December 22, 2018, in Spokane, Washington. He was born in Blenheim, Ontario, Canada, on March 30, 1930. He was raised in Windsor, Ontario, and, in 1952, joined the United States Air Force. He was stationed at Stead Air Force Base in Reno, Nevada where he met his wife, Alyce. They were married in Reno in 1957. Allan and Alyce had three children, all born in Reno. After Allan's honorable discharge from the USAF in 1956, he worked for the Bureau of Mine...
It is with great sadness that the family of Randall Henry Bjorklund announces his passing after a 10-year struggle with Alzheimer's and the recent discovery of a glioblastoma brain tumor. Randy passed on the afternoon of Monday, January 7, 2019. He was 64 years old. Randy grew up in the Grand Coulee Dam area and graduated from Lake Roosevelt High School in 1973. He served our country with the Navy for four years, stationed twice in Japan. His married life began with Claudia Hartman on December...
