Obituaries

Lena Engelhart Lind, Wash.

Graveside service for Lena E. Engelhart, 81, will be at 1 p.m. today at Lind Cemetery. Danekas Funeral Home in Ritzville is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Engelhart died Tuesday at home.

She was born in Lind.

In 1934 she married Chris Engelhart. He died in 1968.

Survivors include three sons, Walter Engelhart of Reno, Nev., Richard Engelhart of Federal Way, Wash., and Robert Engelhart of Spokane; two brothers, Henry Gust of Spokane, and Charlie Gust of Pennsylvania; one sister, Marjarie Burkholz of Spokane; and one grandchild.

Memorial contributions may be made to Lind Emergency Medical Technicians.

Shirley Clark Spokane

The cremated ashes of Shirley M. Clark will be spread in the North Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River in the spring.

Mrs. Clark, 62, died Dec. 10 in Tucson, Ariz., where her daughter lives.

She was born in Enaville, Idaho.

She had lived in Spokane for more than 30 years, and moved to the Washington coast in 1980, with her husband, David Clark. They later moved to Sitka, Alaska, where she owned a fitness center in Sitka for the past nine years.

She is survived by her husband, David; and two daughters, Barbara Macri of Tucson, and Kelli Elwell of Spokane.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Esther Wolfe Spokane

Service for Esther A. Wolfe, 87, is planned for 1 p.m. Tuesday at Pines Mausoleum Chapel. Burial will follow at Pines Cemetery. Hazen and Jaeger Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Wolfe, who died Thursday, was born in Massillon, Iowa. She graduated from high school in Riceville, Iowa.

She had worked for Quaker Oats Co.

She moved to Spokane 31 years ago and was a homemaker.

She was a member of Full Gospel Assembly of God Church.

Survivors include her husband of 53 years, Recil; and one sister, Ella Scheidegger of Osage, Iowa.

Thomas Vaughn Lynnwood, Wash.

Private service for Thomas J. Vaughn, 78, will be held. Solie Funeral Home in Everett, Wash., is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Vaughn, a former Spokane resident, died Friday at home.

He was born in Riverside, Tenn.

He had worked for Kaiser Aluminum in Mead for 33 years. He moved to Lynnwood for 7-1/2 years ago.

He is survived by his wife, Jane; three sons, Thomas Vaughn Jr., of Spokane, Gary Vaughn of Lopez Island, Wash., and Robert Vaughn of Seattle; two daughters, Nancy Worley of Snohomish, Wash., and Karen Vaughn of Lynnwood; one sister, Ruth Bolan of Massillon, Ohio; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Irene Wilson Spokane

Memorial service for Irene Mary Jane Wilson, 86, is planned for today at Rockwood Manor. Ball and Dodd Funeral Home-South is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Wilson died Wednesday.

She was born in Wapato, Wash., and graduated from high school there.

She graduated from Washington State University with a degree in home economics.

She moved to Spokane in 1945. She had worked as a teacher in Pullman and Bellingham, Wash. She was a homemaker.

She was active in the Shriner’s organization, Meals on Wheels and the Martha Chapter of Westminster Congregational Church.

Her husband of 47 years, Carl Wilson, died in 1979.

She is survived by two daughters-in-law, Ellen Bacon of Woodinville, Wash., and Mary Ann Wilson of Spokane; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.

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