Obituaries

Grace Bruder Sandpoint

Service for Grace E. Bruder, 82, will be at 10 a.m. today at Coffelt’s Moon Chapel, Sandpoint. Interment will follow at Pinecrest Memorial Park, Sandpoint.

Mrs. Bruder, who was born in Asotin, Wash., died Monday.

She lived in Montana and Washington and attended high school in Lapwai, Idaho.

She attended telegraph school in Spokane and worked for a railroad at various locations in North Idaho before settling in Sandpoint.

Mrs. Bruder was a member of the Eagles Lodge Ladies Auxiliary for many years.

Survivors include her husband, Lester; one brother, Dale Wamsley of Portland; one sister, Zena Carpenter of Lewiston; and many nieces and nephews.

Clara Allen Spokane

Burial Mass for Clara Allen, 91, is planned for 10 a.m. today at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, with burial to follow at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Trentwood.

Mrs. Allen, a 53-year Spokane resident, died Saturday at home.

She was born in Lansing, Mich.

Mrs. Allen taught school in Michigan, Montana and the Central Valley School District before retiring in 1968.

She was a member of St. John Vianney Catholic Church and Alpha Gamma Delta sorority.

Her husband, Ted, died in 1945.

Survivors include three sons, Ken Allen of Coeur d’Alene, Ted Allen of Sterling, Va., and Bob Allen of Boise; three daughters, Mary Catherine Ruud of Sprague, Wash., Laura Davis of Spokane and Margaret Rich of North Plains, Ore.; two brothers, Roy and Carl Giffels, both of Michigan; 24 grandchildren and 17 greatgrandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Spokane.

Dillon Inskip Coeur d’Alene

Memorial service for Dillon Inskip, 83, will be today at 1 p.m. at the Wallace Elks Lodge. Graveside service will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Forest Cemetery in Coeur d’Alene. Yates Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Inskip, who was credited with making the first hole-in-one at the Shoshone Golf Course, died Saturday.

Born in Spokane, he graduated from high school in Wallace. He attended Principia College in St. Louis before returning to Spokane, where he attended a trade school.

He learned the plumbing and heating trade and took over his father’s business in Wallace. He went into a partnership with Syl English as Inskip and English Plumbing and Heating until his retirement in 1985.

Mr. Inskip was a member of the El Katif Shrine, the Masonic Lodge, the Wallace City Council and the Shoshone County Golf Club. He was past president of the Idaho State Plumbing Association and a life member and past exalted ruler of the Wallace Elks Lodge.

He was an avid golfer and was also a saxophone and clarinet player in Silver Valley dance bands in the early 1930s.

Mr. Inskip enjoyed hunting, fishing, reading, animals and car engines.

He was preceded in death by Virginia, his wife of 56 years.

Survivors include one son, Charles Inskip of Kansas City, Mo.; one daughter, Carol Vasiloff of Coeur d’Alene; one granddaughter and three great-grandchildren.

Marjorie Wellington Spokane

Service for Marjorie M. Wellington, 81, is planned for 1 p.m. Friday at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Burial will be at Greenwood Memorial Terrace. Ball and Dodd Funeral Home-South is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Wellington, died Tuesday.

Born in Canada, she moved to Spokane as a child and graduated from Lewis and Clark High School. She received a teaching certificate from Cheney Normal School.

She worked at Diana women’s clothing store and taught in area day cares.

Mrs. Wellington was a member of Bethel A.M.E. Church and the Order of the Eastern Star.

She is survived by three daughters, Katherine Wellington, Jackie Parker and Martha Burnette, all of Spokane; one son, James Wellington Jr., of Fort Scott, Kan.; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Marjorie Boyd Wellington Scholarship Fund in care of Eastern Washington University.

Lois Jacobson Pinehurst, Idaho

Memorial service for Lois Elizabeth Jacobson, 71, will be Friday at 6 p.m. at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Pinehurst. Shoshone Funeral Service and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Jacobson, who was born in Kellogg, died Monday.

She graduated from Kellogg High School and attended North Idaho College.

Mrs. Jacobson worked for Shoshone County as a gatekeeper at the county landfill.

She was a member of the Pinehurst Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

She enjoyed swimming at the Mullan Pavilion.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy, in 1978.

Survivors include two sons, Chris of Kellogg and Skip of Modesto, Calif.; four daughters, Beth Ann Septer of Pinehurst, Aletha Lundbeck of Absarokee, Mont., Marie Le Gault of Thompson Falls, Mont., and Terri Kuntz of Osburn, Idaho; two brothers, Mike Derbyshire of Osburn and Jack Derbyshire of Oregon; four sisters, Mary and Alberta Derbyshire of Pinehurst, Beth Williams of Coeur d’Alene and Marie Wilder of Minnesota; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be sent to TESH in Wallace.

Elsie Baumann Spokane

Service for Elsie Dorothy Baumann, 95, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Pines Mausoleum with burial at the Pines Cemetery. Thornhill Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Baumann, a 76-year Spokane resident, died Saturday.

She was born in London.

She moved to British Columbia as a child, and to Lind, Wash., with her first husband, Chester Gilmore, in 1919. She later moved to Spokane.

Mr. Gilmore died in 1940.

Her second husband, Emil Baumann, died in 1990.

She was a member of the Rebekah Lodge.

She is survived by one son, Earl Gilmore of Hawaii; one daughter, Doris Ross of Spokane; two grandsons, one granddaughter and one greatgrandson.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Spokane Valley United Methodist Church.

Alice Muirhead Post Falls

At her request, no services are planned for Alice Marie Muirhead, 77, who died Sunday. English Funeral Chapel of Post Falls is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Muirhead, who was born in Germany, came to the area in 1985 from Los Angeles.

She was a machine operator for the Postal Service.

Survivors include four sons, Bob Schlauch, Ron Schlauch and Robert Danny Muirhead, all of California, and Arthur Muirhead of Lewiston; two daughters, Mary Jane Small of California and Ramona Slover of Post Falls; one brother, Ray Meyers of Florida; and one sister, Mary Ellen Mensinger of Georgia.

Memorials may be sent to the Post Falls Senior Center, 1205 E. Third Ave., Post Falls, ID 83854.

Emalee Johnson Spokane

Memorial service for Emalee L. Johnson, 85, is set for 2 p.m. today at Sunset Mausoleum Chapel at Fairmount Memorial Park. Riplinger Funeral Home is in charge of cremation.

Mrs. Johnson, who died Saturday, was born in Russia.

She had lived in Spokane for more than 80 years and was an elementary school teacher. She retired in the 1950s.

She was a member of the Lutheran Church.

Mrs. Johnson’s husband, Iver, died in 1983.

Survivors include one son, Tom Johnson of Spokane; one daughter, Carolyn Johnson of Seattle; one sister, Florence Senn of Spokane; and three grandchildren.

Lula Gardiner Spokane

Service for Lula C. Gardiner, 87, is planned for 3 p.m. Friday at Hazen and Jaeger Valley Funeral Home. Burial will be in Wellington, Kan.

Mrs. Gardiner, who was born in Plains, Kan., died Monday.

She graduated from nursing school in Illinois in 1930.

She had lived in Spokane County for 20 years, and was a member of the Springdale Grange, the Springdale Homemakers Club and the Baptist church.

Her husband, Ralph Gardiner, died in 1986.

Survivors include three daughters, Irene Koehler of Spokane, Shirley Thomas of South Dakota and Ruth Lawson of Coeur d’Alene; 13 grandchildren and 20 greatgrandchildren.

Leontine Miller Spokane

Memorial service for Leontine Marie LeJalu Miller, 95, will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Ball and Dodd Funeral Home-North. Inurnment will be at Greenwood Memorial Terrace in Spokane. Ball and Dodd Funeral Home-North is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Miller, who was born in France, died July 11 at home.

She married Wilson Miller in 1919 while he was serving with the Washington State Cavalry in France. They homesteaded in Peace River, Alberta, and moved to Burke, Idaho, in 1923.

During World War II, she worked as a French instructor at the University of Idaho teaching Army interpreter students.

In 1944 she moved to Mingan Air Base in Canada, where her husband was serving. She managed the civilian dining hall there. She moved to Wallace after V-E Day.

In 1947 she followed her husband to Texas, where she served as interpreter for the wounded men from the French ship, the Grande Camp, which had exploded in a Texas harbor.

The following year, Mrs. Miller and her family returned to Idaho, to the Coeur d’Alene River near Prichard, Idaho, where her husband and a son owned Miller Logging and Sawmill.

Her husband died in 1972 and she moved to Spokane.

Survivors include two sons, James and John Miller, both of Coeur d’Alene; one grandson, one granddaughter and two greatgrandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Spokane or the Kootenai Humane Society.

Jason Boatsman Spokane

Memorial Mass for Jason E. Boatsman, 20, is planned for 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Otis Orchards. Thornhill Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Boatsman drowned Sunday in the Spokane River at Boulder Beach, near Upriver Dam.

Born in Spokane, he was employed at Maaco’s Body and Paint.

Survivors include his parents, Eugene and Debra Boatsman of Spokane; and his grandmothers, Jeanette Boatsman-Boje of Blanchard, Idaho, and Mable Olmstead of Spokane.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

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