Obituaries
Albert Hoy Spokane
Service for Albert Charles Hoy, 74, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Central Baptist Church. Burial will be at Fairmount Memorial Park. Riplinger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Hoy died Sunday.
He was born in Goshen County, Wyo.
He worked for the Army Corps of Engineers.
He was a member of Central Baptist Church and Carpenters Union Local 98 and was a World War II Army veteran.
He and his family moved to Spokane in 1965. He worked at Boundary Dam and later worked in construction. He retired in 1982 and continued to do miscellaneous jobs for several years.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Wilma; three daughters, Alice Mewes, Mary Rettkowski and Julie Hoy, all of Spokane; three sisters, Wyoma Hoy of California and Alice Bonney and Lola Darnall, both of Wyoming; three brothers, Richard Hoy of Wyoming, Wayne Hoy of Colorado and Dale Hoy of North Dakota; and five grandchildren.
Leo Blomgren Spokane
Memorial service for Leo M. Blomgren, 72, was Tuesday at Northside Church of Christ.
Mr. Blomgren, who was born in Valleyford, died Saturday.
He graduated from North Central High School and served in the Army during World War II.
He worked for Graham Oil Co.and Tri-State Asphalt Co. and retired from Koch Asphalt Co.
He was a member of Eagles Lodge 2, the Teamsters Union and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Wanda; a son, Craig; four daughters, Susan, Janet, Peri and Becky; two brothers, Russell and Gary; a sister, Nadine; 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Michael Nolan Spokane
Private memorial service for Michael John Nolan, 37, will be held. The Cremation Society of Washington is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Nolan was killed July 23 in an accident on Interstate 90. He was born in Spokane.
He graduated from Rogers High School and had worked for the Forest Service.
He is survived by his mother, Yvonne Nolan of Spokane; and two sisters, Carol Burton of Texas and Kelly Nolan of Spokane.
Frederic Howard Spokane
Memorial service for Frederic Norman Howard, 85, is planned for 10 a.m. today at Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home.
Mr. Norman died Thursday from complications due to cancer.
He was born in Sandpoint.
He moved to Spokane from New York when he was 17. He graduated from Lewis and Clark High School and the University of Washington, where he was a member of Sigma Chi.
He and his first wife, Lucille “Chic” Garnett, lived in Spokane. He served in the Army Air Force during World War II and was stationed in England and France.
Following the war he returned to Spokane and opened a lawn and tree care business.
His first wife died in 1969.
He is survived by his wife of 23 years, Dorothy “Betty” Howard; two sons, Garnett Howard of Vienna, Va., and Frederic Howard of LaCrosse, Wash.; a daughter, Mary Stuart of Otis Orchards; and two granddaughters.
Harlow ‘Mac’ McConnaughey Sandpoint
Visitation for Harlow Mills “Mac” McConnaughey, 85, will be today from 1-5 p.m. at Coffelt’s Moon Chapel in Sandpoint. Service will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at First Christian Church in Sandpoint. Mr. McConnaughey, who was born in Iowa, died Sunday.
He lived in Iowa until the Great Depression, when he traveled to find work. He moved to Seattle in 1937 and worked for the Department of War during World War II.
After the war, he co-owned and operated the Talache Lodge on Lake Pend Oreille, where he moved in 1947. He moved to Sandpoint in 1951 and became an auto salesman, later opening his own car lot in Sandpoint in 1958 before selling real estate in 1971.
He retired in 1976.
Mr. McConnaughey was active with the Bonner County Sportsmen’s Association and worked with the Department of Fish and Game to acquire public land on Shepherd Lake near Sandpoint. The Sportsmen’s Association was also instrumental in keeping the government from testing nuclear materials at Lake Pend Oreille.
Mr. McConnaughey also operated the Silver Butte Mining Co. for many years.
He was a member of First Christian Church, the Eagles Lodge, and Lakeside Masonic Lodge 42 and was a life member of Elks Lodge 1376.
Survivors include seven children, John “Terry” and Harlow “Bud” McConnaughey, both of Sandpoint, Helen Chaney of Spokane, Victoria Whipple of Colorado, Susan Hedeen and Brian McConnaughey, both of Virginia, and Gaye Bloxom of Arizona; one brother, John McConnaughey of Vancouver, Wash.; 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Wayne Eberspecher Eugene, Ore.
Vigil service for Wayne Douglas Eberspecher, 37, is set for 7 p.m. today at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Otis Orchards. Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the church. Burial will be at St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery in Trentwood. Hazen and Jaeger Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Born in Spokane, Mr. Eberspecher died Saturday at Salem (Ore.) Memorial Hospital due to medical complications.
He graduated from Colfax High School in 1977.
He worked in Midwest oilfields as a driller. He was injured in 1984 and was confined to a wheelchair.
He became active in wheelchair basketball and racing and started a team in Eugene, Ore.
He is survived by a son, Anthony; his parents, Tom and Eva Eberspecher of Spokane; two brothers, Tom of Bainbridge Island, Wash., and Gary of Spokane; and a sister, Patty Sellers of Rathdrum, Idaho.
Harry Kirkpatrick Spokane
No service will be held for Harry Dean Kirkpatrick, 80, at his request. Riplinger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Kirkpatrick, who was born in Miles City, Mont., died Sunday.
He had lived in Spokane for more than 22 years and worked for the Army Corps of Engineers for 35 years.
He was a World War II Navy veteran.
His wife, Catherine, died in 1993.
He is survived by a daughter, Linda Fleming of Spokane; two sisters and two grandsons.
Glenda Edwards Deer Park
Graveside service for Glenda I. Edwards, 71, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Spokane Memorial Gardens. Riplinger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Edwards, who died Monday, was born in Dixon, Mont.
She was a longtime Spokane resident and was a homemaker.
She was a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Survivors include her husband of 47 years, Adolphus; three sons, Clayton Edwards of Deer Park, Mark Edwards of Chattaroy, Wash., and Roger Edwards of Mead; three sisters, Alice Skiles of Oroville, Wash., Claribell Brown of Wyoming and Sadie Campbell of Hood River, Ore.; a brother, Lucus Smith of Kennewick; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Lucille Covich Anderson Spokane
Vigil service for M. Lucille Covich Anderson, 80, will be at 7 p.m. today at Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home. Service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Sunset Chapel at Fairmount Memorial Park.
Mrs. Anderson died Sunday.
She was born in Anaconda, Mont. and had lived in Spokane since 1920.
She graduated from Marycliff High School.
She worked at Ideal Laundry and later at Washington State Employment Security until she retired.
She was a member of the Croatian Fraternal Union Lodge 488, St. Charles Catholic Church and the Ladies Elks and was on the board of the Fairmount Memorial Association.
She was also active with United Blind and Day Out for the Blind.
Two husbands died before her: George Covich in 1964 and Carl Anderson in 1989.
She is survived by a son, Michael Covich of Maui, Hawaii; a daughter, Mary Ann Barnard of Seattle; a stepdaughter, Christina Anderson of Seattle; a brother, John Brucick of Spokane; a sister, Dorothy Pixley of Van Nuys, Calif.; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Vera Stenhouse Spokane
Private graveside service for Vera E. Stenhouse, 94, was Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Riverside Memorial Park.
A lifetime Spokane resident, Mrs. Stenhouse died Sunday.
She graduated from North Central High School and Northwest Business College.
She was a member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church and Alycone Chapter 97 of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Her husband, William Stenhouse, died in 1985.
She is survived by several cousins.
Della ‘Pat’ Woods Sandpoint
Graveside service for Della “Pat” Woods, 81, will be today at 1 p.m. at Pinecrest Memorial Park in Sandpoint. Coffelt Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Woods, who was born in Colville, Wash., died Saturday.
She grew up in Colville, graduating from Colville High School. She went on to work for a timber company in the Okanogan area, later moving to Chester and operating a general store and post office.
She moved to the Sandpoint area in 1951, working for W.I. in Bonners Ferry before retiring in 1978.
Mrs. Woods was preceded in death by her husband, Robert.
Survivors include a daughter, Kathleen (Ray) Ousley of Sandpoint; two brothers, Phil McNearney of Sandpoint and Steve McNearney of Priest River, Idaho; two sisters, Kelsey Hatcher and Gerry Reed, both of Spokane; and three grandchildren.
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