Obituaries

Jonathan Work Seattle

Family service for Jonathan Woodward Work, 22, was held. Mr. Work committed suicide Thursday in Seattle where he had lived since earlier this year.

He was born in Spokane and was a student at Lewis and Clark High School through his junior year. He graduated from Hanford High School in Richland in 1991.

He had been a junior at Whitman College in Walla Walla and had attended Washington State University.

He worked in Walla Walla for the Umatilla Forest Service on the Eastside Ecosystem Management Team. He had also worked with the Regional Youth Service Corps in the Tri-Cities and as a river guide on the Rogue River in Oregon.

He moved to Seattle earlier this year and had been working in Seattle and Bellingham, Wash.

He is survived by his parents, Jerry and Sharon Work of the Tri-Cities; three brothers, Steve Work of Bellingham, Ron Work of San Clemente, Calif., and Alex Work of Seattle; his grandparents, Clare and Edna Mae Woodward of Portland, and Judy Work of Richland.

Memorial contributions may be to the Jonathan Woodward Work memorial fund in care of Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 99362, to be used for student projects for the preservation of natural habitat environments.

Wallace Averett Blanchard, Idaho

Graveside service for Wallace Edwin Averett, 70, was held Saturday Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport, Wash.

Mr. Averett died Aug. 5 a Fairbanks Memorial Hospital in Alaska, while on vacation.

He was born in Weiser, Idaho, and graduated from high school there.

He enlisted in the Navy and served through World War II. He was called back to serve in the Korean War for a year and a half.

He went to work the Union Pacific Railroad in Weiser, and for 17 years, in Cascade, Idaho, where he retired in 1986. He and his wife, Berta, then moved to Blanchard.

He was a member of the Blanchard Grange and the railroad union.

Survivors include his wife of 48 years, Berta; three sons, Larry Averett of Livingston, Mont., Guy Averett of Mesa, Ariz., and Austin Averett of Blanchard; two sisters, Doris Pritchard and Mildred McMullen, both of Weiser, and eight grandchildren.

John Sheckler Kellogg

Memorial service for John Frederick Sheckler, 76, will be today at 2 p.m. at the Christian Life Center, 308 Mission, Kellogg. Coeur d’Alene Memorial Funeral Home in Coeur d’Alene is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Sheckler, who was born in Hanover,Kansas, died Wednesday at Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d’Alene.

He lived in Oklahoma City during his youth and later homesteaded in Utah with his family.

He served in World War II with the 11th Army Air Corp as a medic in Alaska.

In 1942 he married Helen Beck and later moved to Colorado and then Yakima. He settled in the Silver Valley and worked for Bunker Hill Mining Co. as a miner and truck driver before retiring in 1979.

He enjoyed hunting, fishing, bird watching and arrowhead collecting.

Survivors include his wife, at home; sons, Fred Sheckler of Snohomish, Wash., and Keith Shockler of Sandpoint; daughters, Carol Alstad of Genesee, Idaho, and Tracey Weikel of Kent, Wash.; sisters, Kathryn Tucker and Lillian Hatton, both of Colorado; six grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Raymond Ochs Colville, Wash.

Service for Raymond Chester Ochs, 63, is set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Colville United Methodist Church. Cremation will follow. Danekas Funeral Home in Colville is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Ochs, who died Thursday, was born in Missoula.

He had worked for Boeing Aircraft Co., for 24 years in the industrial design department, and was involved with the design of the moon Landrover, the Minute Man missile project, and the Super Sonic Transport aircraft.

He and his wife, Bettie, moved to Colville in 1976 from Kent. Mr. Ochs worked for Colmac Industries for 18 years.

He is survived by his wife of 40 years; three daughters, Katherine Ackerlund of Kent, Vickie Newton of Deer Park, and Teri Bell of Spokane; two sons, Patrick Ochs of Federal Wash., Wash., and Michael Ochs of Tucson, Ariz.; two brothers, Richard and Gerald Ochs, both of Colville; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

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