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Florence Jean Aumick, 97, was born April 2, 1918, in the Jewell County, Kan., sod-brick home of Edward Ray and Florence Ruth Pratt. Tuesday, July 7, 2015, from Grand Coulee, Wash., she left to join her Lord Jesus, whom Florence has faithfully served for so many years. Following her 1936 graduation from high school, Miss Florence Pratt married her life's love Edward B. Aumick in Omak, Wash.,on December 31, 1939. A faithful member of Grand Coulee's United Methodist Church, Florence was active in...
Ramona M. Peone 92, was born August 28, 1922, into the Northern California home of Thomas and Sadie D. Denman-Kibby and passed away in her Keller, Washington home on Monday, June 29, 2015. A proud member of the Wiyot Tribe of California, Ramona ("Blue Jay") to her California family), graduated high school in 1940 and thereafter worked painting airplanes in San Francisco, California. Six years later on August 10, 1946, Ramona married Charles E. Peone, Sr. in Kettle Falls, Washington. Ramona...
Doris Angell Miner passed peacefully from the loving arms of her family into the arms of her Lord and Savior on Saturday, July 4, 2015. Doris came into the world on March 12, 1927 at her parent's home in Omak, Wash. She joined four older brothers: Norman, Buster, Fred and Johnny. Her parents Edward and Doris Angell, were delighted to have a little girl. She was the only daughter in the family with little brother Kenny joining her four years later. Being the only girl with five brothers was...
Sophia Ann Betty Tatshama born May 22, 1970, in Republic, Wash., passed away Saturday, July 4, 2015, in Nespelem. A dressing will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday (today) at Precht Narrents Funeral Home, Omak. Rosary will follow at 7 p.m. at the Nespelem Community with a funeral to be held on Thursday, July 9 at 9 a.m. at the Nespelem Community Center with burial at West Fork Family Cemetery on Highway 21 with a dinner to follow at the Nespelem Community Center. A complete obituary will appear in next week’s Star....
Please join us Saturday July 11 at 4:30 for a celebration of life and BBQ for Mick Nachtigal. Please bring a potluck item to share. Jim and Michelle Hemmer's ranch, 3025 Rd. W. NE, Mansfield, WA....
Loren R. Jensen, 85, of Elmer City, Wash., passed away Sunday morning, July 5, 2015, at Nespelem Convalescent Center. Loren was born May 16, 1930, in Webber, Kan., to Raymond and Ocie Jensen and in 1947 graduated high school in Courtland, Kansas. Friday the 13, 1965, turned out to be "Loren's Lucky Day" for that is when he married Miss Joan Loken in Sioux Falls, S.D. A Federal Prison Guard for 15 years and a Glazier at various Spokane glass shops for 20 years, Loren had belonged to "Way of The...
Florence Jean Aumick, 97, was born April 2, 1918, in the Jewell County, Kan., sod-brick home of Edward Ray and Florence Ruth Pratt. Tuesday, July 7, 2015, from Grand Coulee, Wash., she left to join her Lord Jesus, whom Florence has faithfully served for so many years. Following her 1936 graduation from high school, Miss Florence Pratt married her life's love Edward B. Aumick in Omak, Wash.,on December 31, 1939. A faithful member of Grand Coulee's United Methodist Church, Florence was active in...
Loraine M. Fox, 69, Grand Coulee, passed away in the evening of Saturday, June 9, 2015. She was born May 9, 1946. Loraine graduated from high school in Wenatchee. She was a Navy veteran, a wonderful wife and friend. She enjoyed crocheting, embroidery and other crafts. Also tending flowers and the outdoors. She also enjoyed playing cribbage. She will be greatly missed by all concerned. May she now rest in peace forever. A celebration of her life will be held Wednesday, July 1, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Senior Center, Main St., Grand C...
Born in Arlington, Texas, August 24, 1977 - Died Selah, Wash., June 14, 2015. James G. Dodson of Selah, Wash., formerly of Richland, Wash., passed away at his home on June 14, 2015. James is survived by his domestic partner of 13 years, Jennean Brashear; two children, Malachi and Chenoa; his father, Jerry (Gerald) Dodson, his mother, Melissa Mrofka, his sister, Lisa Stewart, a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and friends throughout the state of Washington, and his beloved dogs, Sasha and...
Helen Elisabeth Fifield, 82, resident of Coulee Dam, Washington, left this world for her heavenly home on Sunday, June 7, 2015, in Boise, Idaho (where she had been living with her daughter for the past few months). Helen was born on January 30, 1933, in Juneau, Alaska, to Elbert and Bernice (Berggren) Day. She married Robert D. Fifield on April 27, 1948, in Sedro Woolley, Wash. Helen earned a Master’s in Education degree from Seattle Pacific University in 1986. After dropping out of high school to marry as a teenager, Helen worked full-time a...
Joseph T. Doney, 40, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, May 24, 2015. Cremation has taken place and a Celebration of Life will be held on Thursday, June 25 (his birthday), in Havre at Pepin Park from noon until 5. Big Sky Cremations in Helena has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit: www.helenafunerals.com to leave a message of condolence for the family. Joey was born June 25, 1974, in Havre to Louis J. St. Marks and Lois Dolly Doney. He lived in many cities over the years including...
Peggy Lea Sandgren, 64, was born December 7, 1950, into the Walla Walla, Washington home of Lee and Beverly Dodson and died Thursday, May 28, 2015, at her Grand Coulee, Washington residence. Peggy graduated from Walla Walla High School then attended Walla Walla, Spokane Falls and Pasco Community Colleges and following in her mother - Beverly's footsteps became a cook in restaurants, eventually preparing meals side-by-side with Beverly for members and guests of the Grand Coulee Senior Center....
Jack Raymond Green, 86, formerly of Wapato, Wash., passed away in his sleep Monday, June 1, 2015, at Othello, Washington. He was born September, 19, 1928, in Spokane, Wash., to Raymond and Dorothea (Lamb) Green. Jack grew up on the family ranch near Elmer City, Wash., farming with horses. He rode his horse to school at North Star, and Nespelem, and graduated from Mason City High in 1947. He attended 2 years of diesel mechanic training at Spokane Trade School. Jack was a cattleman and loved horses. He worked all his life as a rancher and...
Ernest “Ernie” Donald Jones, 71, passed away at the Desert Springs Hospital, Las Vegas, Nev., on August 8, 2014. He is survived by his wife of 50 years Cheryn “Chey” Jones; his children: Cory Jones and Caycee Jones (Jimmy) Hamilton. Ernie cherished his family and always placed them first.. He also devoted his life too public service. After graduating from High School in Coulee Dam in 1961, he served four years in the U.S. Navy, obtained a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice and worked as a mediator for the U.S. Department of Justice in Atlanta,...
Sara Ann (Sally) Johnson passed away Thursday, May 7, 2015. She was born on August 16, 1917, in Dayton, Wash., to Nancy Della Harless and Walter Chessman. She was the youngest of five siblings and spent most of her life in Eastern Washington. She dearly loved her stepfather, Claude Fisk, and often told stories about him. Sally graduated from Rosalia High School. She married Wesley C. Johnson on September 6, 1937, as he entered the Army and went to Germany to serve in World War II. They later rai...
Donna Mae Rickard , 101, died May 9, 2015. She was born in Chico, California to Cipriana Genevieve Avalos and Elmer LaFonso on June 24, 1913. After she graduated from Chico High School, she attended Chemawa Indian School, taking typing and shorthand and became a secretary to the superintendent of the school. She met Fred Rickard there and they were married in 1935. In 1950, they moved to Nespelem, Washington, on the Colville Indian reservation. She became secretary to the superintendent of the...
Anna Ruth Francis-Jack "Ky ow ta nii", 61, began her circle of life in the Nespelem, Wash., home of Terry Simon Francis Sr. and Dora Rose Owhi-Francis on February 3, 1954, and unexpectedly completed her circle from her Nespelem home on Tuesday, Apr. 21, 2015, leaving a great sadness in the hearts of all. Affectionately known as "Panda or Hon" to those who knew and loved her; Anna graduated college with a BA in General Studies from EWU and was working on her Masters in Urban and Regional...
Joan Ballod, 84, of Spokane, Wash., formerly of Coulee Dam, Wash., died peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, January 18, 2015 at Brookdale/Harbor Crest Center in Spokane. Born April 10, 1930, in New Glarus, Wis., she is predeceased by her husband, Harry Richard Ballod (1978) of Coulee Dam. Joan was a homemaker, with a love of being active in the sun, the snow and on the dance floor while living in Coulee Dam, and Spokane. Survivors include her two sons and daughter: Jeffrey (Candace) of Chelan,...
Edith Gertrude Kinzer Sackett, age 98, passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2015 at Harmony House Nursing Home in Brewster, Wash. Edith was born in a two story ranch house just outside of Uniontown, Washington on March 6, 1917. She was the seventh child of 16 children of John Kinzer and Louise Bosse Kinzer. She had six brothers and nine sisters, including three sets of twins born after her. Edith was treated as one of the boys and at an early age she learned to ride a saddle horse and was one of t...
Dortha A. Reid, 101, passed away peacefully Wednesday, April 22, 2015, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. Dortha was born April 3, 1914, to August and Watie Henkel in Wenatchee, Wash. She was the eighth of 12 children and was raised in Wenatchee. Dortha married Kenneth E. Reid on January 17, 1936, in Magna, Utah. She worked at Remington Arms in Salt Lake City during the war. They returned to Washington state in 1948, and moved to Electric City in 1950. Ken and Dortha owned their own...
Dale Lee Clark was born Dec. 4, 1946 in Nespelem, Wash., to Calvin Clark and Rose Adolph. He passed away Wednesday, Apr. 22, 2015. He lived most of his early years in Keller, Wash., on a ranch with Rose and Stanley Squetimkin. He also spent much of those early years with his Grandma and Grandpa Adolph (Joe and Agnes), in Disautel, at the old place. He loved being with his grandparents and uncles, especially Bull and Frank. This is where he started his love of stories, nature, hunting, and...
Bob Melton passed away on Sunday, Apr. 19, 2015, in Spokane. He was born October 28, 1939, to Otis and Dorothy Melton. He graduated from school in Page, Ariz., in 1958, and joined the Army after graduation. In 1960 Bob married Patricia Warren in Redding, Calif. They had two daughters Chrissy and Teena. Bob joined the Iron Workers and helped build several dams, including Oroville Dam and Bulard’s Bar Dam, in California, Libby Dam in Libby, Mont., and in 1971 moved to Grand Coulee to work on the Third Powerhouse of Grand Coulee Dam. In 1975 B...
Mary Magdalene (Ernest) Palanuk was born on Valentine's Day, 1915, in Stratford, Oklahoma. She went on to Glory Thursday, April 16, 2015. Mary moved to Grand Coulee with her brother Edward and wife Margaret after his return from the Navy in 1938. She worked in the Almira area helping with housework, then for Dover and Sue Perry at Dover's, a local cafe. At work, she met Marvin Stephen (Mike) Palanuk, "The Handsomest Man She Had Ever Seen." After two weeks of courtship, they were married on New...
Eileen Lucretia (Kurth) Sanders, 77, of Princeville, Hawaii, passed away peacefully on Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, in Bellevue, Wash. Eileen was born on September 4, 1937, in Almira, Wash., to the late William and Audrey (Peddicord) Kurth. She attended Grand Coulee High School and graduated in 1955. She went on to earn a teaching degree from College of the Puget Sound in 1959 and married George L. Sanders that same year. Eileen worked as an elementary school teacher in the Puyallup, Washougal, Camas and Federal Way School Districts for 27 years,...
Sarah went to be with the lord on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at her home in Coulee Dam. She was born on December 3, 1946, to Clyde and Sarah Payne in Seattle, Wash. Sarah was a great wife, mother and friend who will be deeply missed by all. She was preceded in death by both parents and her brothers Bobbie and Ernie Payne. Survivors include her husband of 34 years Robert Hamlin; sister Tudi (Ed) Moss, brother Micheal Payne and her five children: Melinda (Chris) Wonch, Cory (Bobbie) Allman, Tiffany...