Obituaries
Tom Thompson Auburn, Wash.
Family memorial service for Tom Lange Thompson, 57, will be Saturday at the family home in Auburn.
Mr. Thompson, who was born in Spokane, died June 8.
He graduated from Mead High School and lived in Spokane for 35 years. He was a baker.
He had lived in Auburn for about 20 years.
He is survived by his wife, Cecilia; three brothers, Kenneth Thompson of Los Angeles, George Thompson of Seattle and Richard Thompson of Colbert; and one sister, Donna Allen of Las Vegas, Nev.
Lorraine Oglesbee Spokane
No service will be held for Lorraine Oglesbee, 64, at her request.
Mrs. Oglesbee, who was born in Temvik, N.D., died Sunday at home.
She and her husband, Harold, moved to Spokane in 1951.
She had worked at J.C. Penney and retired after 23 years. She was also a homemaker.
Mrs. Oglesbee is survived by her husband of 47 years, Harold; two daughters, Kathleen Jenicke and Cynthia Dugger, both of Spokane; two sons, Dennis and Paul Oglesbee, both of Spokane; and three grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Spokane, the American Cancer Society or the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Vivian Strasser Kent, Wash.
A gathering of family and friends of Vivian A. Eden Strasser, 84, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Chandelles Restaurant in Auburn, Wash. Graveside inurnment will be at 2 p.m. June 22 at the Newport (Wash.) Cemetery. Price-Hilton Funeral Chapel in Auburn is in charge of arrangements. Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home, Newport, is in charge of burial arrangements.
Mrs. Strasser, who was born in Spokane, died Monday.
She graduated from North Central High School and worked as a bookkeeper for Great Northern Railway in Spokane for 30 years.
She moved to Alaska and retired in 1975. She lived in Kent, Wash., for 15 years before she moved to Auburn in February.
Her first husband, Lyle Eden, died in 1963.
She is survived by her husband, Rolf; two daughters, Hilary Eden of San Jose, Calif., and Nancy Iniquez of Ripon, Calif.; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Shirley Depee Twin Lakes, Idaho
Memorial service for Shirley Louise Depee, 55, will be today at 11 a.m. at Rathdrum (Idaho) Baptist Church. Inurnment will follow at 2:30 p.m. at Spokane Memorial Gardens, Spokane. Yates Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Depee, who was born in Benewah, Idaho, died Monday.
She grew up in the St. Maries area and moved to the Spokane Valley in 1953. She graduated from West Valley High School.
She married Ted Depee in 1958 and they lived in Spokane and the Spokane Valley. They moved to Twin Lakes in 1979.
She was active in the Rathdrum Baptist Church. She also loved to read and decorate cakes and was active in the lives of her children and grandchildren.
Survivors include her husband of 34 years, at the home; three daughters, Cyndee Engelhardt of Pullman, Julie Pickup of Moscow, Idaho, and Jodi Short of Coeur d’Alene; her mother, Anita Horine of Spokane; one brother, Rick Horine of Athol, Idaho; two sisters, Lynda Coy of Spokane and Joyce Horine of Otis Orchards; eight grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Norma Schmidt Spokane
Service for Norma V. Schmidt, 77, will be at 2 p.m. today at Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home with burial at Fairmount Memorial Park.
Mrs. Schmidt died Monday.
A homemaker, she was born in Merrill, Wis.
She was a member of Plymouth Congregational Church.
She is survived by three daughters, Joanne Rowse and Barbara Chellberg, both of Spokane, and Georgia Hoffman of Wisconsin; three sons, Jerry Schmidt and Walter Schmidt, both of Wisconsin, and Roland Schmidt of Oregon; four brothers; one sister; and 10 grandchildren.
LeRoy Green Nespelem, Wash.
Service for LeRoy James Green, 47, is set for 3 p.m. Thursday at Danekas Funeral Chapel in Colville, Wash.
Burial will follow at Mountain View Park Cemetery in Colville.
Mr. Green, who died Sunday, was born in Republic, Wash.
He graduated from Eastmont High School in East Wenatchee and worked in the timber industry.
He was a member of the Okanogan Eagles Lodge No. 3004.
Mr. Green is survived by two daughters, Andrea Montgomery of Colville and Karen Green of Wenatchee; his parents, Milton and Betty Green of Colville; one sister, Carol Green of Colville; and one brother, Calvin Green of Nespelem.
Douglas Hendrickson Spokane
Memorial service for Douglas O. Hendrickson, 77, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Messiah Lutheran Church. Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Hendrickson, who died Monday, was born in Coteau, N.D.
He graduated from the University of North Dakota and was a member of Lambda Chi fraternity.
He was a World War II Army veteran.
A 46-year Spokane resident, Mr. Hendrickson had been the owner of Hendrickson Hearing Co.
He was a charter member of Messiah Lutheran Church, and a choir and chorus member. He was also a member of Moose Lodge No. 161, the Elks Lodge and the Sons of Norway.
Survivors include his wife, Pauline Hendrickson; two daughters, Patricia Moen and Pamela Lucas, both of Spokane; one son, Mark Hendrickson of Spokane; two stepdaughters, Meta Lale of Sonoma, Calif., and Penny McMullian of San Antonio, Texas; one stepson, John Baker of Spokane; one brother, Stanley Hendrickson of Mesa, Ariz.; two sisters, Alice Goodman and Caroline Olson, both of North Dakota; and numerous grandchildren and stepgrandchildren.
Joy Smith Spokane
Memorial service for Joy E. Smith, 83, is set for 11 a.m. Friday at Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home.
Mrs. Smith, who was born in Titonka, Iowa, died Monday.
A homemaker and longtime Spokane resident, Mrs. Smith was a member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church and the Sorelle Club.
She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Robert Smith; one daughter, Karen Robertson; two sons, Barton and Samuel Smith; two sisters, June McClain and Bonnie Kohler; one brother, Warren Lamoreux; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Fritz Steiger Dusty, Wash.
Service for Fritz J. Steiger, 83, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Colfax First Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Colfax Cemetery. Bruning Funeral Home in Colfax, Wash., is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Steiger, died Monday while riding his saddle mule in the Blue Mountains near Troy, Ore.
He was born in Dusty, where he lived and farmed all his life.
His first wife, Geraldine, died in 1952.
He is survived by his wife, Grace; three sons, Monte Steiger of Genesee, Idaho, Lynn Steiger of McMinnville, Ore., and Duane Steiger of Dusty; two stepsons, Tom Jeffries of St. John, Wash., and Jim Sodoroff of Endicott, Wash.; one brother, Art Steiger of Spokane; two sisters, Rose Chilton of McMinnville, and Emma Arnst of Valier, Mont.; and numerous grandchildren.
Joetta Morott Spokane
No service will be held for Joetta L. Morott, 61. Thornhill Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Morott, who died Monday, was born in Iowa.
An 18-year Spokane resident, she had worked at Trudeau Marina for two years.
Survivors include one son, Joel Hulse of Newman Lake; two daughters, Terry Bumgardner of Spokane and Tracy McDowell of Mineral, Wash.; one sister, Betty Hartwig of Rathdrum, Idaho; and five grandchildren.
Gordon Hockaday Spokane
Memorial service for Gordon Vincent Hockaday, 92, is set for 2:30 p.m. Friday at Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. Ball & Dodd Funeral Home-South is in charge of cremation.
Mr. Hockaday, who died Sunday, was born in Nampa, Idaho.
He graduated from the University of Idaho and was certified life underwriter for Equitable Life Insurance Co. He retired 10 years ago.
He had lived in Spokane for 60 years.
Mr. Hockaday was a founding member of the Spokane Country Club, and a member of the brotherhood of St. Andrews, the Cousteau Society, Masonic Lodge, the Sierra Club and the Democratic Party.
His first wife, Edna Hockaday, died in 1983.
He is survived by his wife of nine years, Helen Hockaday; a sister, Louise Hockaday Webb of Everett; and three grandchildren.
May ‘DeDe’ Carson Vancouver, Wash.
Memorial service for May Eloise “DeDe” Chapman Carson, 78, will be at 1 p.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church, Vancouver. Private burial will be at Pines Cemetery in Spokane.
Vancouver Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements, with Riplinger Funeral Home in charge of burial arrangements.
Mrs. Carson, who died May 13, was born in Spokane.
A homemaker, she had lived in Vancouver for the past 15 years. She was a previous 63-year Spokane valley resident.
Her first husband, Hal Chapman, died in 1964.
She is survived by her husband, Harry Carson; one son, Michael Chapman of Seward, Alaska; two daughters, Glorian Teagarden and Mari Ovens, both of Vancouver; three stepdaughters, Margaret Paterson and Kathy Butler, both of Portland, and Joanne Denny of Olympia; one sister, Eudora Kopet of Lincoln City, Ore.; and nine grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church Scholarship Fund or to Hospice Southwest, P.O. Box 1600, Vancouver, WA 98668.
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