Obituaries
Harriet Kendall St. Maries
Graveside service for Harriet M. Kendall, 86, will be today at 2 p.m. at Woodlawn Cemetery in St. Maries. Yates-Hodge Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Kendall, who was born in Plentywood, Mont., died Sunday.
She grew up in Whitefish, Mont., and married Harry Kendall in 1941. He died in 1959, and she moved to Spokane that same year.
Mrs. Kendall worked as a cook for Rivercrest Nursing Home and later worked for A.B.M. Janitorial Service in Spokane. She retired and moved to St. Maries in 1978.
She enjoyed painting, quilting and spending time with her grandchildren.
Survivors include a son, David of St. Maries; three daughters, Juanita Pomerinke of Loon Lake, Wash., Florence Hodgson of Seattle and Deana Pauley of Spokane; one sister, Lenore Munson of Seattle; 16 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Jason Komberec Spokane
Visitation for Jason Blaine Komberec, 25, is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today at Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home. Service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home with burial at Fairmount Memorial Park. Mr. Komberec died Monday.
He was a lifetime Spokane resident and graduated from Ferris High School.
He worked as a wholesale car dealer for Post Falls Mazda and Appleway Toyota and operated Kacelak Inc., a car dealership in Spokane.
He also raced go-carts.
Mr. Komberec survivors include his parents, Harold and Naomi Komberec of Spokane; his grandparents, Charlie and Edith Hayes of Osburn, Idaho; two brothers, John Walker of Spokane and Clinton Komberec of Auburn, Wash.; and four sisters, Connie Blum, Theresa Davis and Leslie Anne Ross, all of Spokane, and Sue Sessions of Deer Park.
Memorial contributions may be made to Calvary Chapel, 511 W. Hastings Road, Spokane, WA 99218-2815.
Ernest Hettinger Valley, Wash.
Service for Ernest W. “Ernie” Hettinger, 21, will be at 2 p.m. today at Riplinger Funeral Home, followed by burial at Fairmount Memorial Park in Spokane.
Born in Spokane, Mr. Hettinger died Monday in a car accident.
He was a graduate of Mary Walker High School in Springdale, Wash.
He is survived by his mother, Norma Hettinger of Valley; his father, Robert Beck of Alaska; one sister, Bobbie Rae Hettinger of Valley; and his grandmother, Pauline Mae Jessup of Spokane.
Lee Gillette East Wenatchee
Service for Lee Gillette, 86, will be at 11 a.m. today at Jones and Jones Funeral Home in Wenatchee.
Mr. Gillette, a former Spokane resident, died Saturday.
He was born in Wenatchee and graduated from Wenatchee High School and the University of Idaho.
He married Gertrude Denney in 1933 in Caldwell, Idaho, and they moved to Boise, where he worked as an accountant with Boise Grocery and Link’s Business College.
They moved to Wenatchee in the 1940s and to Spokane in 1957.
In Spokane he served as the head of the Small Business Administration and later had his own accounting firm.
His wife, Gertrude, died in 1979, and he remained in Spokane until 1981.
Later that year he married Helen Allen in Seattle, and they moved to Wenatchee.
Mr. Gilette was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity, the Shrine, the Masonic Lodge, and the Order of the Eastern Star.
His wife, Helen, died in 1992.
Survivors include one son, Kern Gillette of Pittsburgh, Pa.; two daughters, Mary Lee Brown of Kodiak, Alaska, and Sandra Gillette of Seattle; two stepsons, John Allen of East Wenatchee and Gordon Allen of Snohomish, Wash.; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Shriners Children’s Hospital Burn Center of Spokane.
Maria (Krogue) Page Spokane
Graveside service for Maria L. (Krogue) Page, 90, will be at 1 p.m. today at Riverside Memorial Park. Ball and Dodd Funeral Home-South is in charge of arrangements.
Born in Malin, Ore., Miss Page died Sunday.
She moved to Spokane in 1920. She lived with her aunt and uncle, Sarah and Al Page, and acted as caretaker for them.
Her uncle had owned the Page Mine in Warden, Idaho.
She is survived by three cousins, Nolan and Leonard Krogue, both of Ogden, Utah, and Carl Krogue of Spokane.
Ursula Trunkey Spokane
Memorial Mass for Ursula M. Trunkey, 84, will be at 10 a.m. next Wednesday at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center chapel. Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Ms. Trunkey, who was born in Spokane, died last Thursday.
She served as a nurse in the Army in France during World War II and served as head nurse in the emergency room at Sacred Heart Hospital for many years.
She is survived by several cousins.
Agnes Thatcher Wellpinit, Wash.
Funeral Mass for Agnes Thatcher, 61, will be at 10 a.m. today at the Spokane Tribal Longhouse. Burial will be at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Wellpinit. Ball and Dodd Funeral Home-South is in charge of arrangements.
Born in Wellpinit, Mrs. Thatcher, died Saturday.
She was a homemaker and a member of the Spokane Tribe.
She is survived by four daughters, Debbie and Pam Thatcher, both of Spokane, and Annette and Bernadette Thatcher, both of Portland; two sons, Kevin and Darren Thatcher, both of Spokane; one brother, Milo Thatcher of Wellpinit; three sisters, Lillian Louie of Portland, Betty Timentwa of Malott, Wash., and Mary Jane Thatcher of Yakima; two half-sisters, Katherine Andrews of Wellpinit and Christine Garcia of Spokane; and 14 grandchildren.
Mary Rarick Hayden Lake, Idaho
Service for Mary Teresa Rarick, 73, will be Friday at 1 p.m. at English Funeral Chapel in Coeur d’Alene. Burial will follow at St. Thomas Cemetery in Coeur d’Alene. English Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Rarick, who was born in Spokane, died Tuesday.
She moved to Coeur d’Alene in 1935 to live at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Academy Boarding School.
She married Douglas Rarick in 1942 and became a homemaker.
She was a member of St. Thomas Catholic Church and belonged to many volunteer organizations. In the 1980s, she devoted most of her time to the 3-C’s cancer charities.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1975.
Mrs. Rarick’s survivors include three sons, Bob of Hayden Lake, Tim of Coeur d’Alene and Jim of South Dakota; one daughter, Mary Rarick of Kirkland, Wash.; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be sent to the Alzheimer’s Association, North Idaho Chapter, P.O. Box 1294, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814.
Michael Bleck Spokane
Private memorial service will be held for Michael D. Bleck, 40. Hazen and Jaeger Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Bleck, a lifetime Spokane resident, died Monday in a car accident.
Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Margaret and C.L. Hill of Spokane; two brothers, Gary Bleck of Spokane and Larry Bleck of Portland; and two sisters, Carol Sperber and Linda Lockert, both of Spokane.
Katherine “Kate” Stephan Spokane
Visitation for Katherine “Kate” Stephan, 94, will be from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today at Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home. Service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Stephan, who was born in the Ukraine, died Sunday.
Her family immigrated to New York in 1906 and then established a homestead in North Dakota.
She married John Stephan in November 1921. She and her husband moved to Spokane in 1936 and Mrs. Stephan was a homemaker. Her husband died in 1972.
She is survived by one son, Edgar Stephan of Spokane; four brothers Bill Nuemiller of Conrad, Mont., Pete Nuemiller of Aberdeen, Wash., John Nuemiller of Burlington, Wash., and Otto Nuemiller of Olympia; one sister, Annie Reich of Bismarck, N.D.; three grandchildren, one great-grandchild and one great-great-grandchild.
Gail Bombino Spokane
Memorial service for Gail L. Bombino, 45, is set for 2 p.m. Friday at Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home.
Born in Wallace, Mrs. Bombino died Tuesday.
She was a homemaker and had lived in Spokane for 27 years.
She married Donald Bombino 26 years ago in Priest River, Idaho.
She was a member of a neighborhood women’s club.
Mrs. Bombino is survived by her husband; two daughters, Trudy Collier of Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and Kristi Hall of Spokane; her mother, Alberta White of Stafford, Va.; one brother, William Bair of Post Falls; two sisters, Carol Simmons of Spokane and Sandy McIntyre of Frenchtown, Mont.; and three grandchildren.
Memorial contributions be made to the American Heart Association, 9 S. Washington, Spokane, WA 99201.
Florence Paulson Spokane
No service will be held for Florence M. Paulson, 67, at her request. Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Paulson, who died Sunday, was born in Brainerd, Minn., and had lived here 43 years.
She was a homemaker.
Mrs. Paulson is survived by three sons, Leroy Paulson of Newport, Wash., and Rodney and Bruce Paulson, both of Spokane; one daughter, Wanda Gossett of Spokane; four sisters; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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