Obituaries
Lettie Skeen Coeur d’Alene
Service for Lettie Lauella Skeen, 83, will be today at 3:30 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Mountain View Ward, Coeur d’Alene. English Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Burial will be Saturday in Plain City, Utah.
Mrs. Skeen, who was born in Plain City, died Saturday.
In 1951 she moved from Utah to Sandpoint and, in 1955, to Spirit Lake, Idaho, where she lived until four years ago.
Mrs. Skeen was a homemaker and a member of the Mormon Church and was active in the Relief Society.
Her husband of 33 years, William Skeen, died in 1977.
Survivors include one son, Donald Skeen of Hermiston, Ore.; two daughters, June Wolfrum of Davenport, Wash., and Nelda Bergman of Veradale; nine grandchildren and 15 greatgrandchildren.
Doris Rosenau Coeur d’Alene
Memorial service for Doris Catherine Rosenau, 70, will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at English Funeral Chapel, Coeur d’Alene.
Mrs. Rosenau, who was born in Oshkosh, Neb., died Saturday at home.
She came to the Coeur d’Alane area in 1937 from Nebraska and graduated from Coeur d’Alene High School in 1943.
She married Elmer Rosenau in Coeur d’Alene in 1950.
Mrs. Rosenau was a lab technician at Kaiser Aluminum’s Trentwood plant until her retirement in 1982.
She enjoyed traveling, bowling and golf.
Survivors include her husband, at home; one son, Richard Allen of Everett; one sister, Mavis Justus of Post Falls; and four grandchildren.
Marvin Clark Colfax, Wash.
Service for Marvin Clark, 63, will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Colfax First Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Colfax Cemetery. Bruning Funeral Home, Colfax, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Clark died Sunday at Whitman County Hospital.
He was born in Colfax and graduated from high school there in 1952.
He enlisted in the Navy following high school, and returned to Colfax following his discharge.
He worked as a meat cutter and then for the Whitman County Road Department. He then was employed by the Washington State Department of Transportation until he retired in 1992.
He is survived by his wife, Diane Clark; one son, Russell Clark of Pennsylvania; three daughters, Shannon Turner of Othello, Wash., and Jody Gay and Dee Dee Torgenson, both of Colfax; one sister, Maxine Abbott of Moscow, Idaho; and six grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Eagles Auxiliary fund for cancer research.
Harriet Smith Spokane
Service for Harriet L. Smith, 76, is set for 10 a.m. today at Riplinger Funeral Home. Burial will be at Pines Cemetery.
Mrs. Smith, who was born in Worley, Idaho, died Thursday.
She was a homemaker.
She is survived by one daughter, Kay Meracle of Spokane; one son, Harold Smith of Foristell, Mo.; two brothers, Howard Magnuson of Tacoma and Robert Magnuson of Kendrick, Idaho; and four grandchildren.
Ruben Nelson Kingston, Idaho
Service for Ruben “Eddie” Nelson, 71, will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the United Church of Kellogg. Shoshone Funeral Service, Kellogg, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Nelson, who was born in Pennsylvania, died Saturday at his home.
He moved to Kellogg as a toddler after the death of his mother and was raised by Sten and Stina Nelson of Kellogg.
He graduated from Kellogg High School in 1941 and became an Air Force fighter pilot in World War II. He married Shirley Calvert in Coeur d’Alene in 1954.
Mr. Nelson later became a driver and salesman for the Wonder Bread Co. in Spokane and retired in 1985 after 36 years of service.
Mr. Nelson was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Kellogg Elks Lodge, the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and was one of the founders of the Cataldo Water District.
He was an avid skier and also enjoyed fishing and duck hunting.
Survivors include his wife, at home; one daughter, Lori Nelson of Spokane; one stepdaughter, Beth McCandless Brian of Portland; one brother, Clarence Nelson of Pennsylvania; one sister, Disa Airola of California; and several nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children in Spokane or to Greenwood Cemetery in Kellogg.
Arden Johnson Spokane
Service for Arden O. Johnson, 73, is planned for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Riplinger Funeral Home. Private burial will be at Fairmount Memorial Park.
Mr. Johnson, who died Sunday, was born in Spokane.
He graduated from Lewis and Clark High School and served in the Army Air Corps.
A 72-year Spokane resident, he retired from West Coast Grocers.
He was a member of Audubon Park Masonic Lodge 272, El Katif Shrine, El Katif Shrine Arab Patrol, Royal Order Jesters 65, Spokane Valley Shrine Club and Moonshriners and the Shrine Duck Race Committee. He was Shriner of the Year in 1994.
Mr. Johnson is survived by his wife, Ethel Johnson; three daughters, Diane Davisson and Deborah Andres, both of Spokane, and Denise Johnson of Mesa, Ariz.; one son, Richard Johnson of Danville, Calif.; one sister, Verna Felice of Spokane; and four grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children.
Ada Bauer Fairfield
Graveside service for Ada Wilson Bauer, 90, is set for 3 p.m. today at Riverside Memorial Park in Spokane. Schanzenbach Funeral Home of Fairfield, is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Bauer, who was born in Bonney Lake, Wash., died Thursday.
She was a homemaker and had lived in the Cheney-Spangle area for 60 years.
She was a member of the Spangle Community Church.
Mrs. Bauer is survived by one son, Walt Wilson of Spokane; one sister, Hazel Camp of Cheney; four grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Spangle Community Church.
Charles Bullock Spokane
Memorial service for Charles A. Bullock, 83, is planned for 1 p.m. today at Thornhill Valley Funeral Home with private inurnment.
Mr. Bullock died Saturday at Sullivan Park Care Center.
He was born in Shenandoah, Iowa, and moved to Spokane in 1960. He worked for Fox Milling for eight years and for West Valley School District as head custodian for nine years before retiring in 1977.
He had served in the Army during World War II.
His wife, Myrtle, died in 1989.
Survivors include two sons, Robert Bullock of Sierra Vista, Ariz., and Charles Bullock II of Spokane; one daughter, Cheryl Ables of Spokane; one sister, Edna Howard of California; six grandchildren and one greatgrandchild
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association.
Velma Schmidt St. Maries
No service will be held for Velma Marie Schmidt, 84, at her request. Thornhill Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Schmidt, who was born in Roby, Ill., died Sunday in a Spokane hospital.
She was a 34-year resident of St. Maries and had worked as a bookkeeper.
She is survived by her husband of 34 years, William Schmidt; two sons Robert “Bud” Fransen of Spokane and Donald Fransen of Seattle; four brothers, three sisters, two granddaughters and one greatgranddaughter.
Raymond Beaulieu Coeur d’Alene
Memorial Mass for Raymond A. Beaulieu, 88, is set for 10 a.m. today at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Coeur d’Alene.
Mr. Beaulieu died Thursday at Sacred Heart Medical Center.
He is survived by his wife, Eleanor, at Spokane Valley Good Samaritan Homes; one son, Alfred Beaulieu of Westbridge, British Columbia; two stepsons, Gene Hyde of Post Falls and Neil Hyde of Spokane; one stepdaughter, Norma Bratlie of Spokane; one sister, Florene of Vancouver, Wash.; one brother, Tom Beaulieu of Libby, Mont.; and numerous grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Thomas Catholic Church or the Good Samaritan Homes in Greenacres.
Olga Crisp Medford, Ore.
Graveside memorial service for Olga M. Crisp, 86, was Monday at the Hope Cemetery in Hope, Idaho.
Mrs. Crisp, who was born in Missouri, died July 3 in Medford, Ore.
She grew up in Idaho Falls and was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church. She married Orville Crisp in 1934, and they lived in Hope for 22 years. Mr. Crisp died in 1950.
In 1956 Mrs. Crisp moved to Spokane, where she lived for 33 years. She worked for the Old National Bank from 1956 until her retirement in 1974.
In 1989 she moved to Medford, where she lived with her daughter for a year. In 1990 she moved into Hearthstone Manor in Medford.
Mrs. Crisp was an active member of Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Spokane and St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Medford and also was active in the Corbin Senior Center.
She was a volunteer for Meals on Wheels and was a member of the Hobnailers Hiking Club in Spokane.
Survivors include two daughters, Susan Wright of Medford and Gail Dickson of Renton, Wash.; one brother, Henry Niemeier of Shelley, Idaho; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
LeRoy Monson Spokane
Memorial Service for LeRoy Marlin Monson, 48, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Plymouth Congregational Church where he was a member. Private inurnment will be at Riverside Cemetery. Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Monson died Thursday while fishing near Homer, Alaska.
He was born in Spokane and graduated from Cheney High School.
He was a carpenter until he became disabled in 1976.
Mr. Monson was an advocate for disabled sports and founded a yearly water-ski clinic for disabled persons. He also coached a youth wheelchair basketball team, played for the Spokane Cyclones and was a member of the National Disabled Water-Ski Team.
He is survived by his parents Marlin and Marie Monson of Spokane; one brother, Roger Monson of Seattle; and one sister, Shirley Hood of Moscow, Idaho.
Memorial contributions to be made to the American Diabetes Association.
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