Obituaries
Opal Holdaway Silverton, Idaho
Graveside service for Opal J. Holdaway, 79, will be today at 11 a.m. at the Coeur d’Alene Memorial Gardens in Coeur d’Alene. Shoshone Funeral Service of Kellogg is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Holdaway, who was born in Helena, died Nov. 3.
She graduated from high school in Helena in 1935 and married Ben Holdaway later that same year.
She moved to the Silver Valley in 1941, and was a mother and homemaker.
Mrs. Holdaway loved gardening and working in her yard.
Her husband died in 1969.
Survivors include two daughters, Lestie Tilton of Maple Valley, Wash., and Carol Dagenais of Helena; one sister, Jean Raymond of Kirkland, Wash.; four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Victor Foster Spokane
Visitation for Victor M. Foster, 66, is planned from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday at Gretna Green Chapel followed by services at 2 p.m. The Cremation Society of Washington is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Foster died Monday at home.
Born in Custer, S.D., he served in the Air Force and worked for the Navy as a civilian electronics technician and instructor. He was later employed by Spokane Community College as an electronics instructor, retiring in 1985.
He had lived in Spokane and Chewelah, Wash., since 1974.
He is survived by his wife of 11 years, Dolores Foster of Spokane; his mother, Helen Foster of Spokane; three sons, Robert Foster of Deer Park, Patrick Foster of Wallace and Carl Willmott of Puyallup, Wash.; three daughters, Emelita Caraballo of Fairchild Air Force Base, Sonia Macapagal of the Philippines, and Vicky Noggle of Silver Lake, Idaho; three sisters, Vivian Greenway of Fairbanks, Alaska, Vera Hines of Post Falls and Maxine Davis of San Diego; and 10 grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Spokane, 1325 W. First No. 200, Spokane, WA 99210-2215.
Edith Pederson Coeur d’Alene
Service for Edith Christine Pederson, 82, will be today at 2 p.m. at Yates Funeral Home in Coeur d’Alene. Burial will follow at Forest Cemetery in Coeur d’Alene. Yates Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Pederson, who was born in Redcliff, Colo., died Monday at home.
She moved to Sandpoint at a young age and attended schools there. She graduated from Coeur d’Alene High School, went on to attend Coeur d’Alene Beauty College and worked as a beautician for several years.
She married Reuben Pederson in 1942. He preceded her in death in 1990.
Mrs. Pederson enjoyed music and was a member of the Forget Me Not Birthday Club. She loved crafts and had served as a volunteer at Coeur d’Alene Homes and was active in PTA.
She was also a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church, the Eagles Auxiliary and served as past Nobel Grand of the Naomi Rebecca Lodge in Coeur d’Alene.
Survivors include a daughter, Judy Stebbins of Coeur d’Alene; one brother, Carl Johnson of Coeur d’Alene; three sisters, Evelyn Forsell and Josephine Blakley, both of Montana, and Emma Frisch of Spokane; two grandchildren, one great-grandchild and numerous nieces and nephews.
Barbara (Naccarato) Lundy Priest River, Idaho
Service for Barbara E. (Naccarato) Lundy, 50, will be today at 11 a.m. at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Priest River. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Newport, Wash. ShermanKnapp Funeral Home in Newport is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Lundy was born at Elbin Field Air Force Base in Florida.
She died Wednesday at Newport Community Hospital from cancer.
She has lived in Priest River since she was an infant and worked as a bartender at several establishments.
She is survived by her husband, Bruce; one son, Wayne Davison of Priest River; and one brother, Mark Naccarato of Chewelah, Wash.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Pete Shea Hayden Lake
Memorial service for Pete Shea, 47, will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Friends Church in Hayden Lake. Coeur d’Alene Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Shea, who was born in White Plains, N.Y., died Sunday at home.
He married Joice Collier in 1970 while serving in the Navy and they moved to Hayden Lake in 1981.
Mr. Shea was co-owner of Lake City Security, a company that provides security services to Kootenai Medical Center.
He enjoyed building and flying model airplanes and spending summers with his family on area lakes.
Mr. Shea was a member and past president of the local Aero Modeling Club.
Survivors include his wife, at home; one daughter, Shannon of Coeur d’Alene; his parents, Patrick and Christine Shea of Abilene, Texas; one brother, Patrick Shea of California; one sister, Jean Ver Wiere of Abilene; two grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be sent to Hospice of North Idaho, 280 Prairie Ave., Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814, or to the American Cancer Society for Genetic Research.
Paul Cassell Kellogg
Memorial service for Paul H. Cassell, 78, will be Saturday at 10:30 p.m. at the Church of the Nazarene in Kellogg. Shoshone Funeral Service of Kellogg is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Cassell, who was born in Kansas, died Saturday.
He was a Pearl Harbor Navy Veteran and married Mabel Rhodes in 1963.
Mr. Cassell moved to North Idaho in 1967 from California. He had worked for GTE Northwest for many years and retired in 1976.
He enjoyed telephone work, horses and motorcycles. He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed snowmobiling and traveling in his motorhome. He was a former member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Survivors include his wife, at home; one son, Jim Peterson of Osburn, Idaho; two daughters, Shirley Peterson of Osburn and Sheri Lyons of Kellogg; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Vivian Hager Spokane
Memorial service for Vivian Hager, 80, is set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Rockwood Manor. Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Born in Coeur d’Alene, to R.R. and Addie Cady Hagadone, Mrs. Hager died Tuesday.
She had lived in Spokane for 50 years and taught English at North Central High School for more than 10 years.
She was a member of First Baptist Church.
Her husband of 52 years, Daniel Hager, died in 1985.
Mrs. Hager is survived by one daughter, Catherine Graville of Caldwell, Idaho; one granddaughter and one grandson.
Memorial contributions may be made to Rockwood Residents Foundation, 2903 E. 25th, Spokane, WA 99223, or First Baptist Church, 212 S. Lincoln, Spokane, WA 99204.
M. Louise Simmons Coeur d’Alene
Service and burial for M. Louise Simmons, 81, will be at a later date in Great Falls, Mont. Yates Funeral Home of Coeur d’Alene is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Simmons, who was born in Glasgow, Mont., died Monday.
She grew up in Richland, Mont., and later moved to California, where she graduated from high school. She went on to graduate from the Montana Deaconess School of Nursing and married Dick Dailey in 1937. He died in 1961 and she retired from nursing in 1976.
She married Frank Simmons in 1976 and had lived in Colfax, Wash., and Apache Junction, Ariz., before moving to Coeur d’Alene in 1986.
Her second husband died in 1986.
Mrs. Simmons enjoyed crocheting and crafting stained glass. She was a member of the Senior Citizens, the Rambling Rovers and the Great Expectations Club. She also enjoyed playing cards.
Survivors include four sons, Dick, Jerry and Dan, all of Great Falls, and Patrick of Portland; three daughters, Mary Anderson of Coeur d’Alene, Alice Borchers of Newport News, Va., and Catherine Haupt of Ogden, Utah; two brothers, Jack Gray of Coeur d’Alene and Gordon Gray of Glasgow; 18 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
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