Obituaries
Gerald ‘Pat’ Robinson Spokane
Visitation for Gerald “Pat” Robinson, 42, will be from noon to 8 p.m. today at Ball and Dodd Funeral Home-North. Service is set for 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Riverside Memorial Park.
Mr. Robinson, who died Sunday, was born in Odessa, Wash.
He graduated from Rogers High School and served in the Navy for 20 years. He retired as a chief petty officer in February.
His wife, Pamela Robinson, died last November.
He is survived by three sons, Aron Allum of Monroe, Wash., and Ryan and Jody Robinson, both of Spokane; two daughters, Lori Robinson and Sara Kaysen, both of Spokane; and his parents, Charles and Eloise Robinson, three sisters, Judy Robinson, Lynne Merrill and Eloise Veale, and six brothers, Robin, James, Charles, Ronald, Roger and John Robinson, all of Spokane.
Elda Russell Spokane
Service for Elda R. Russell, 100, will be at 3 p.m. today at Riplinger Funeral Home. Private burial will be at West Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. Russell, who died Monday, was born in Cordell, Okla., and had lived in Spokane for 93 years.
He was a farmer in the Four Mounds Prairie area and was a member of Central Seventh-day Adventist Church.
He is survived by one son, Edward Russell of Spokane; one daughter, Alice Schafer of Walla Walla; two stepdaughters, Joyce Belcom of Seattle and Claudia Holland of Havelock, N.C.; one sister, Nettie Traaen of Chewelah, Wash.; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Three Angels Broadcasting Network, P.O. Box 220, West Frankfort, IL 62896-0220.
Clyde Tarbert Spokane
Memorial service for Clyde O. Tarbert, 87, is planned for 2 p.m. today at Thornhill Valley Funeral Home.
Mr. Tarbert, who died Monday, was born in Deer Park and was a longtime Spokane resident.
He worked for and retired from Murphy Brothers Construction Co.
He was a member of Eagles Lodge No. 2 and the International Operating Engineers Union Local No. 370.
His wife, Dortha Tarbert, died in 1987.
He is survived by two sons, Melvin Tarbert of Spokane and Terry Tarbert of Anacortes, Wash.; one daughter, Nola Russel of Spokane; three sisters and two brothers; one granddaughter, three grandsons and one great-grandson.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or the American Heart Association.
Freda Rodgers Odessa, Wash.
Visitation for Freda Rodgers, 78, is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Heritage United Congregational Church Chapel in Odessa. Service will follow at 2 p.m. at the chapel. Burial will be at Odessa Cemetery. Strate Funeral Home in Davenport, Wash., is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Rodgers, who died Sunday, was born in Batum, Wash., and was a longtime Odessa resident.
She was a member of Heritage United Congregational Church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary.
She is survived by her husband of 49 years, Conley Rodgers; and one sister, Hulda Ingram of Renton, Wash.
Memorial contributions may be made to Odessa Emergency Medical Technicians.
Henry Beck Spokane
Memorial service for Henry H. Beck, 77, will be at 3 p.m. Friday at the Green Bluff Grange, followed by a visitation hour. Riplinger Funeral Home is in charge of cremation.
Mr. Beck died Saturday.
He was born on the family homestead in Green Bluff and was a hay and potato farmer on the same homestead farm. He was also a machinist and an inventor of machines to improve the agricultural process, including one of the first self-propelled potato harvesters in the area.
He graduated from Mead High School.
He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Linda; two sons, Paul Beck of Albuquerque, N.M., and David Beck of Mead; two daughters, Linda “Patty” Platz of Reno, Nev., and Bonnie Beck of Bristol, Conn.; one half-sister, Elsie Bergstresser of Mead; and four grandchildren.
Mitch Wilson Wellpinit, Wash.
Wake for Mitch Wilson, 64, will be at 7 p.m. today at the Spokane Tribal Longhouse in Wellpinit. Service is set for 10 a.m. Friday at the longhouse. Burial will be at Hubert Cemetery in Ford, Wash. Ball and Dodd Funeral Home-South is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Wilson, who died Monday, was born in Wellpinit.
He had worked as a logger and played in a band called the Rhythm Chiefs.
He was a member of the Spokane Tribe of Indians.
He is survived by one son, David Wilson of Elmer City, Wash.; and three sisters, Evaleen Corral, Melinda Morning Owl and Mary Lou Wilson, all of Wellpinit.
Alvin Hieb Spokane
Visitation for Alvin W. Hieb, 84, is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today at Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home. Service will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home. Burial will be at Greenwood Memorial Terrace.
Born in Elgin, N.D., Mr. Hieb died Monday.
He was a 45-year Spokane resident and had worked as a crane operator for 15 years.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Adeline Hieb; one son, Garfield Hieb of Chattaroy; one sister, Hildagard Hottman of Spokane; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
James ‘J.D.’ Fish Spokane
Funeral for James “J.D.” Fish, 16, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Riplinger Funeral Home. Burial will be at Greenwood Memorial Terrace.
J.D. died Monday in an automobile accident.
He was born in Spokane and was a junior at Ferris High School.
He is survived by his father, Doug Fish of Spokane; his mother, Marilyn Fish of Las Vegas, Nev.; two brothers, Darin of Bothell, Wash., and Ruben of Long Beach, Calif.; one sister, Dina of Yucaipa, Calif.; and his grandmothers, Ruth Fish of Spokane and Janet Neito of Ashland, Ore.
Memorial contributions may be made to Fourth Memorial Church.
Herbert Twombly Spokane
Memorial service for Herbert D. Twombly, 73, is set for 7 p.m. today at Riplinger Funeral Home.
Mr. Twombly, who died Saturday, was born in Prairie City, Ore.
He worked in retail sales and had lived in Spokane for more than 25 years.
He is survived by one son, Terry Twombly of Moses Lake; one sister, Letta Bradford of Prairie City; one granddaughter and one great-grandson.
Frank Parks Elk
Service for Frank Eric Parks, 82, will be at 2 p.m. today at Lauer Funeral Home in Deer Park.
Mr. Parks, a longtime dairy and cattle rancher, died Sunday.
He was born in Burtrum, Minn., and was a farmer in the Elk area.
His wife, Mildred Parks, died in 1992.
He is survived by two sons, Wayne Parks of Spokane and Harold Parks of Galesburg, Minn.; one brother, Howard Parks of Yakima; one sister in California, and six grandchildren.
Roy Besse Spokane
Service and entombment for Roy O. Besse, 96, was held Wednesday at Sunset Chapel at Fairmount Memorial Park. Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Besse, who was born in Spokane, died Saturday.
He graduated from Lewis and Clark High School and served in the Army during World War I.
He worked for the Great Northern Railway for 48 years as a train dispatcher and retired in 1968.
His wife, Doris, died in 1973.
He is survived by one brother, Jack Besse of Spokane.
Jewelle Corkrum Spokane
Private cremation service will be held for Jewelle Fannette Corkrum, 84. Riplinger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Born in in Billings, Mont., Mrs. Corkrum died Friday.
She graduated from North Central High School and had lived in Spokane for more than 37 years. She was a homemaker.
Her husband, Percy Corkrum, died in 1979.
She is survived by one brother, Merle McDonald of Spokane; and one sister, Ruth Lindren of Olympia.
Evelyn Hill Spokane
Service for Evelyn L. Hill, 76, is set for 2 p.m. Friday at Sunset Mausoleum Chapel at Fairmount Memorial Park. Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Hill, who died Monday, was born in Ironwood, Mich.
She had worked in Seattle and had lived in Spokane for 15 years.
In Spokane she worked for D.N. & E. Walters Wholesale Drapery Store.
She was a member of Eagles Aerie No. 2.
Her husband, John Hill, preceded her in death.
She is survived by one son, Raymond Hill of Seattle; one daughter, Ramona Larson of Spokane; one sister, Elsie Patterson of Spokane; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Wilma Lunceford Missoula
Graveside service for Wilma Gail Lunceford, 74, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Riverview Cemetery in Hamilton. Daly-Leach Chapel in Missoula is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Lunceford, a former Spokane resident, died Oct. 10 of cancer at Riverside Health Care Center in Missoula.
She was born in Lewistown, Mont.
She worked as a nurse and lived in Spokane for 20 years before moving to Missoula in 1993.
She is survived by one son, Donald Lunceford of North Pole, Alaska; one daughter, Diane Witcher of Concord, Calif.; her twin brother, Willis Foreman of La Habra, Calif.; one sister, June St. John of Missoula; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Lucy Brugliera Spokane
Funeral Mass for Lucy Brugliera, 94, was Wednesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Burial was at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Mrs. Brugliera, who died Sunday, was born in Italy and came to the United States in 1912. She had lived in Spokane since 1949.
She was a member of Sacred Heart Parish.
She is survived by one daughter, Ann Powers of Spokane; two sons, Victor Brugliera of Apple Valley, Calif., and Michael Brugliera of Fort Wayne, Ind.; 13 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and one great-greatgrandchild.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Spokane, P.O. Box 2215, Spokane, WA 99215.
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