Obituaries
Allen Larson Spokane
Service for Allen R. Larson, 70, was Tuesday at Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home. Burial was at Fairmount Memorial Park.
Mr. Larson, who was born in Deer Park, died Dec. 21.
He had lived in Spokane for 45 years and worked as service manager for Buchanan Chevrolet and West Valley Mazda until he retired.
He served in the Army during World War II as a medic.
He married Ethel Kinsella in 1946. She died in 1991.
Mr. Larson was a member of the National Rifle Association and the Spokane Rifle Club and was a senior volunteer with the Spokane Police Department for many years.
He is survived by two daughters, Jan Staebell of Spokane and Patty Thorpe of Nine Mile Falls; one brother, John Larson of Spokane; and five grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Brian Orchard Scholarship Fund, 924 W. Sinto, Spokane, WA.
David Miller Liberty Lake
Graveside service for David S. Miller, 60, will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Pines Mausoleum. Entombment will follow. Hazen and Jaeger Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Miller, who died Friday at home, was born in Carnation, Wash.
He was a 25-year Spokane resident and had worked as a roofer and maintenance man before he became a park ranger for Spokane County at Liberty Lake.
He served in the Navy during the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife of 33 years, Joydine; five sons, Fred Parker, and Damon, Dean, Alan and Jeffrey Miller; two daughters, Bobbi Smith and Cathy Stanton; his mother, Margarete Miller; two brothers, Homer and John Miller; two sisters, Geraldine Wood and Diane Prinzhorn; 18 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Gerald Foster Post Falls
Graveside inurnment for Gerald R. “Gary” Foster, 51, will be Friday at 1 p.m. at Evergreen Cemetery in Post Falls. English Funeral Chapel in Post Falls is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Foster, who was born in Wallace, died Saturday.
He was a lifetime area resident and graduated from Post Falls High School. He worked as a metal inspector for Kaiser Aluminum’s Trentwood plant for 30 years.
Mr. Foster was a member of the United Steel Workers of America and a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association.
Survivors include his son, John Martin of Post Falls; one brother, Denny of Rathdrum, Idaho; one stepsister, Nancy Foster of Post Falls; and his grandmother, Bessie Beattie of Coeur d’Alene.
Frieda Thielen Spokane
Visitation for Frieda A. Thielen, 65, is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today at Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home. Trisagion service will be at 5:30 p.m. today at the funeral home. Service is planned for 11 a.m. Friday at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church with burial at Riverside Cemetery.
Mrs. Thielen, who died Sunday, was a lifetime Spokane resident.
She had worked at Perfect Photo for many years and in the Expo ‘74 Greek food booth.
She participated in many of the Greek dinners at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, where she was a member.
She was also a member of Daughters of Penelope.
Her husband, Eugene Thielen, died in 1989.
She is survived by several cousins, including George Zographos of Switzerland.
Memorial contributions may be made to Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church.
Melissa Wageman Spokane
Memorial service for Melissa Mae Wageman, 40, will be at 1 p.m. today at Riplinger Funeral Home.
Mrs. Wageman was killed Friday.
She was born in Yakima and had lived in Spokane since she was an infant.
She graduated from Shadle Park High School and worked part time as a waitress.
She is survived by one son, Troy Wageman, at home; her mother, Patricia Many of Spokane; her companion, Duane Moon of Spokane; and two brothers, Jerry Many of Colbert and Greg Many of Spokane.
Elsie Kifer Colville, Wash.
Graveside service for Elsie Josephine Kifer, 82, will be at 1 p.m. today at Mountain View Park Cemetery in Colville. Danekas Funeral Chapel in Colville is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Kifer, who died Tuesday, was born in Northport, Wash.
She married Ralph Kifer in 1933 in Colville. They lived in Marcus, Wash., for a short time and then moved to a ranch home near Barney’s Junction near Kettle Falls, Wash.
Her husband died in January
She is survived by one son, Roy Kifer of Marcus; one daughter, Marilyn Price of Kent, Wash.; one sister, Ruby Fosback of Kettle Falls; eight brothers, Ed Frostad of Marcus, Martin and Ronald Frostad, both of Kettle Falls, Norman Frostad of Chewelah, Wash., Walt Frostad of Coeur d’Alene, Lawrence Frostad of Seattle, John Frostad of Spokane and Melvin Frostad of Vancouver, Wash.; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.
Anna Broemeling Clarkston, Wash.
Service for Anna Mary Broemeling, 90, will be at 9 a.m. today at Kimball Funeral Home in Pullman.
Mrs. Broemeling, who died Sunday at Clarkston Care Center, was born in West Germany.
She moved to Alberta as a child and married Peter Broemeling in 1924.
They settled in Uniontown, Wash., in 1929 and moved to Pullman in 1944. Mr. Broemeling died in 1992.
Mrs. Broemeling was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pullman and the Pullman Senior Citizens.
She is survived by four sons, Louis Broemeling of San Marcos, Calif., Vincent Broemeling of Emmett, Idaho, Mark Broemeling of Prineville, Ore., and Cletus Broemeling of Cheney; four daughters, Phyllis Broemeling of Clarkston, Lucy Romine of Walla Walla, Marlene Barner of Pullman and Helen Gabbert of Manhattan, Kan.; one sister, Martha McCarthy of Alberta; 16 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
Melvin Ocheltree Greenacres
Service for Melvin L. Ocheltree, 88, will be at 1 p.m. today at Hazen and Jaeger Valley Funeral Home. Burial will be at Fairmount Memorial Park.
Mr. Ocheltree, who was born in Hatton, Wash., died Saturday at home.
He served in the Army prior to World War II.
He moved to the Kellogg area from Richland and worked in the mines. In 1948 he moved to Greenacres.
He worked for Kaiser Aluminum in Trentwood from 1946 until his retirement in 1972.
He was a member of the American Legion.
His wife of 61 years, Esther Ocheltree, died in 1993.
He is survived by one daughter, Marlene Gailey of Oak Harbor, Wash.; three sons, Gary and Dennis Ocheltree, both of Spokane, and James Ocheltree of Liberty Lake; 23 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.
Memorial may be made to the American Diabetes Association.
Peter Moran Spokane
Service for Peter A. Moran, 84, is set for 10 a.m. today at Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home. Burial will be at Fairmount Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Moran, who died Sunday, was born in Pittsburgh. He had lived in Spokane for 61 years.
He married Irene Talbot in England in 1944.
He owned Millers Tavern.
During World War II, he served in the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division.
He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1474 and Eagles Lodge No. 2.
Mr. Moran is survived by his wife Irene Moran; two sons, Stuart Moran of Spokane and Stephen Moran of Deer Park; one daughter, Tina Baerwald of Spokane; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Richard Mulvaney Colville, Wash.
Burial Mass for Richard Lee “Rick” Mulvaney, 71, will be at 2 p.m. today at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Colville. Graveside service will follow at Calvary Cemetery in Colville. Danekas Funeral Chapel in Colville is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Mulvaney, a 16-year Colville resident, died Saturday.
He was born in Princeton, Mo.
He had worked as a deputy sheriff in Pateros, Wash., and worked as a miner in Republic, Wash., for 13 years.
In 1978 he moved to Colville and worked at the Colmac plant. He invented the “gas saver,” an after-market automotive product he marketed for several years.
He had also managed several bowling alleys and had operated a service station.
He married Irene Smith in Colville in 1984.
Mr. Mulvaney is survived by his wife, Irene Mulvaney; two sons, Mike Mulvaney of Kennewick and James Mulvaney of Colville; five daughters, Joanie Owens of Columbus, Mo., Joy Sells of Lamona, Mo., Theresa Mulvaney of Monroe, Wash., Melissa Mulvaney of Sequim, Wash., and Lisa Cole of Redmond, Wash.; two stepdaughters, Becky Smith of Colville and Sandra Schneider of Spokane; two sisters, Irene Shippy of Bethany, Mo., and Maxine Gorden of Independence, Mo.; four brothers, Bill and Warren Mulvaney, both of Spokane, Eddie Mulvaney of Deer Park and Robert Mulvaney of Independence; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Red Cross.
Sarah Tuveson Spokane
Memorial service for Sarah A. Tuveson, 78, was Wednesday at Heritage Congregational Church. There was private inurnment.
Born in Spokane, Mrs. Tuveson died Dec. 19.
She graduated from Lewis and Clark High School in 1935 and had worked as a librarian in Wyoming and Chewelah, Wash.
She was a member of the Heritage Congregational Church.
In 1949 she married Bonde Tuveson in Spokane. He died in 1984.
Mrs. Tuveson is survived by one son, Albert Tuveson of Odessa, Texas; and three grandsons.
Memorial contributions may be made to Ogden Hall.
John Bonner Spokane
Memorial service for John Joseph Bonner, 69, will be at 10 a.m. today at Hazen and Jaeger Valley Funeral Home.
Mr. Bonner, who was born in Bayonne, N.J., died Monday.
He served with the Navy from 1944 to 1945.
He had lived in Spokane for more than 17 years.
Mr. Bonner was a transportation specialist in New Jersey and in Spokane.
He is survived by his wife of 29 years, Patricia Ann Bonner; one son, Barry Bonner, and one daughter, Mary Beth Donelan, both of Spokane; three sisters, Teresa Clark of Toms River, N.J., Beatrice Magner of Newark, Del., and Marie Laterman of Virginia.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Grace Busse Toledo, Ore.
Graveside service for Grace Alberta Busse, 84, a former longtime Spokane resident, will be at 1 p.m. today at Fairmount Memorial Park in Spokane. Bateman Funeral Home in Newport, Ore., is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Busse, who died Sunday, was born in Alberta.
She worked as a cook for 20 years and lived in Spokane from 1918 until 1972. She had lived in Toledo since 1977.
Her husband, Ray Busse, died in 1979.
She is survived by three daughters, Irene Vogel of Sweet Home, Ore., Phyllis Jeremiah of Phoenix, Ariz., and Pearl Gower of Elk; two sons, Frank Miller of Sumner, Wash., and Rick Teller of Tacoma; three sisters, June Slater, Marjorie Harris and Violet Erhart; two brothers, Dave and Pete Porter; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
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