Obituaries
Donna Kewandawaha Spokane
Memorial service for Donna Marie Kewandawaha, 47, is set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The Cremation Society of Washington is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Kewandawaha, who died Tuesday, was born in Newport, Wash.
She was a 34-year Spokane resident, and had worked as a certified nursing assistant in nursing homes until 1987.
She was a member of Hillyard Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Her husband of 20 years, Raymond Kewandawaha, died in 1990.
She is survived by one daughter, Elizabeth Kewandawaha of Spokane; her mother, Pearl Ann Reedy of Spokane; two sisters, Pat Roberts of Spokane and Nancy Wiemer of Asotin, Wash.; three brothers Darrel and Joe Reedy, both of Spokane, and Bill Brant of La Grande, Ore.
Donald Lee Spokane
Memorial service for Donald Walter Lee, 53, is planned for 10 a.m. Saturday at Corbin Community Center. Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Lee, a 46-year Spokane resident, died Jan. 24.
He was born in Spokane.
He worked as a welder.
Survivors include his wife of 34 years, Beryl Lee; two sons, Donald and Jeremiah Lee, both of Spokane; two daughters, Tommie Irving and Lisa McKay, both of Spokane; one brother, Melvin Lee, and one sister, Marilyn Kilgore, both of Spokane; and four grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association or the American Cancer Society.
Frank Jackson Spokane
Memorial service for Frank Dale Jackson, 81, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Garfield Christian Church. Inurnment will be at a later date at the Colfax (Wash.) Cemetery. Bruning Funeral Home of Colfax is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Jackson, a former Garfield, Wash., resident, died Jan. 27.
He was born near Colfax.
He worked for the Whitman County Road Department before retiring in 1976. He had lived in Spokane since 1980.
He is survived by one daughter, Valarie Nelson of Rosalia, Wash.; one son, Robert Jackson of Spokane; his companion, Thelma Gady of Spokane; one sister, Mary Anderson of Othello, Wash.; and two grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Lilac City Care Center.
Persh Harris Spokane
Private memorial service for Persh Harris, 82, will be at the chapel at Riverside Memorial Park. Hazen and Jaeger Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Harris, who was born in Tyler, Wash., died Monday.
He graduated from high school in Tyler and served in the 1st Cavalry in the Philippines during World War II. He received the Bronze Star.
He worked as a powder man for several construction companies for more than 20 years before retiring in 1978.
He was a member of the Medical Lake Masonic Lodge.
He is survived by two sisters, Ulale Gipson of Marysville, Wash., and Rouha Rose of Seattle.
Clara Sheldon Spokane
Service for Clara Sheldon, 96, will be at 2 p.m. today at Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home. Burial will be at Greenwood Memorial Terrace.
Mrs. Sheldon, who died Sunday, was born in Staples, Minn.
She was a homemaker and had lived in Spokane for 50 years.
Her husband, Walter, died in 1973.
She is survived by one sister, Frances Eaton of Portland.
Eva Nichols Eugene, Ore.
Memorial service for Eva C. Nichols, 84, will be held at a later date in Brainerd, Minn., where she was born.
Mrs. Nichols died Jan. 23.
She had lived in Spokane for more than 25 years and had worked in the accounting department at The Spokesman-Review.
She worked at senior citizen centers in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., and in the Springfield/Eugene, Ore., area, and worked with the blind in Springfield/ Eugene.
She is survived by one son, William Nichols; one daughter, Shirley Grafmiller; four brothers, Donald Caughey of Brainerd, Presley Caughey of Lake Havasu City, Colvin Caughey of Auburn, Wash., and Frank Caughey of Alamo, Texas; one sister, Betty Jane Bolton of Langley, Wash.; eight grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lilac Blind Foundation.
George Blackbird Pinehurst, Idaho
Rosary and vigil service for George C. Blackbird, 81, will be today at 7 p.m. at St. Rita’s Catholic Church in Kellogg. Service will be Friday at St. Rita’s at 10 a.m. Shoshone Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Blackbird, who was born in Spokane, died Sunday.
He moved to the Silver Valley in 1941 and worked as a miner for 46 years. He retired from Asarco and the Galena Mine in 1980.
He enjoyed gardening and loved the Chicago Cubs baseball team. He was a member of St. Rita’s Catholic Church.
Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Joy; a son, Mike Blackbird of Post Falls; a daughter, Gaye Atha of Medimont, Idaho; two brothers, Lawrence of Deer Park and Steve of Boise; a sister, Adeline Dougherty of Shelton, Wash.; and five grandchildren.
Kenneth Olson Spokane
Visitation for Kenneth J. “Ken” Olson, 83, is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Riplinger Funeral Home. Service will start at 2 p.m. Private burial will be at Spokane Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Olson died last Thursday in Yuma, Ariz., while on vacation. He was born in Grangeville, Idaho.
He is survived by his wife, Anne, at their Spokane home.
He worked as a supervisor at the Hays Park Post Office for 35 years.
Mr. Olson served in the Navy during World War II and was a member of Audubon Park Masonic Lodge No. 272, the Scottish Rite Bodies, the El Katif Shrine, Elks Lodge No. 228 and the American Association of Retired Persons.
Memorial contributions may be made to Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children.
Rolland Van Dorn Spokane
Visitation for Rolland D. Van Dorn, 90, is scheduled for noon to 9 p.m. today at Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home. Memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Spokane Valley Baptist Church with burial at Riverside Memorial Park.
Mr. Van Dorn, who died Monday, was born in Spokane.
He graduated from North Central High School and worked for The Spokesman-Review as a pressman for more than 40 years. He retired in 1970.
He had been secretary, treasurer and deacon at First Assembly of God Church for 42 years.
He was active in the tenant financial organization at Holman Gardens Retirement where he and his wife lived.
Mr. Van Dorn is survived by his wife of 68 years, Helen; three daughters; Alice Craddock, Caryl Marcus and Sandi Fulton, all of Spokane; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Bernhard Johnson Ministries, 13320 E. Mission Ave, Suite 344, Spokane, WA 99216.
Joseph Nappi Sr. Spokane
Vigil service for Joseph Nappi Sr., 77, will be at 7 p.m. today at Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home. Funeral Mass is planned for 11 a.m. Friday at St. Charles Catholic Church. Burial will be at Fairmount Memorial Park.
Mr. Nappi, who died Sunday, was born in Syracuse, N.Y.
He joined the Civilian Conservation Corps as a teenager and traveled to Priest River, Idaho, to clear forests and build roads. He then received a football scholarship to Gonzaga University.
In 1941 he married Laura Colang.
He served as a Navy officer during World War II and studied Japanese language at a military school in Boulder, Colo. Following the war, he served as a researcher and interpreter in the Japanese war crimes trials in Tokyo. He returned to Spokane and received a law degree from Gonzaga University.
He was in private practice and was a law professor at Gonzaga University for 45 years. He served as president of the Spokane County Bar Association in 1969.
Mr. Nappi was a member of the Knights of Columbus and St. Charles Catholic Parish.
He is survived by his wife; two sons, Joseph Nappi Jr. of Spokane and Robert Nappi of Laurel, Md.; four daughters, Lucia D’Angelo of Malvern, Pa., CarolLynn Deutsch of Medical Lake, Janice Hughes of Veradale and Rebecca Nappi of Spokane; 15 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, Eastern Washington Chapter.
Mary Bradford Spokane
Memorial service for Mary Isabel (Tool) Bradford, 87, is planned for 2 p.m. Friday at Manito United Methodist Church. Ball and Dodd Funeral Home-South is in charge of cremation.
Mrs. Bradford, who died Monday, was born in Murdock, Neb.
She and her husband, O.E. Bradford, moved to Spokane in 1946 to start the Bradford Insurance Co. Mr. Bradford, her husband of 48 years, died in 1980.
She graduated from Stephens College in Columbus, Mo., and from Eastern Washington State College. She taught school in Spokane, Pine City and Kettle Falls, Wash., before she retired.
She was a member of Manito Methodist Church and was a painter and quilter.
Mrs. Bradford is survived by two daughters, Sherrel Roshdy of Spokane and Ann Shopbell of Grand Junction, Colo.; and one granddaughter.
Memorial contributions may be made to a scholarship fund at Mesa State College in Grand Junction, Colo., that has been set up in her name.
Louis Vingo Spokane
Memorial service for Louis M. Vingo, 75, will be at 1 p.m. Friday at St. Aloysius Catholic Church. Private inurnment will be at a later date at Holy Cross Cemetery. Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Vingo, who was born in Spokane, died Monday.
He graduated from Gonzaga Prep and the University of Minnesota.
When he was 16, he enlisted in the Washington National Guard. He received a medical discharge in 1940.
The day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and served in the European Theater during World War II as a tail gunner on a B-17.
He flew 47 missions, one of which was on the “Memphis Belle,” as a member of the 324th Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group. He was wounded in action and received the Purple Heart.
He also was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with five Oak Leaf Clusters, the Bronze Star, the Air Force Commendation Medal and the American Defense Medal.
Mr. Vingo retired from Fairchild Air Force Base in 1967 after 26 years of service.
He then worked for the state Employee Securities Tax Division as an auditor and retired in 1982.
He is survived by one son, Michael Vingo of Gig Harbor, Wash.; two daughters, Carmella Goodell and Laurie Nagyfy, both of Spokane; one brother, Charles Vingo; three sisters, Mayme Gerimonte, Jessie Sacco and Mary Vingo, all of Spokane; and five grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Veterans Administration Nursing Home Hospice Unit.
Charles Pray Spokane
Memorial service for Charles Louis Pray, 77, is planned for 11 a.m. Friday at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Inurnment will be at Holy Cross Cemetery. Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Pray, who was born in Prescott, Wash., died Sunday.
He graduated from Rogers High School. He worked as a flight instructor and a ground school instructor in the Air Force.
He was a member of the Brotherhood of Friends, the Fairchild Officers Club, the Washington Air National Guard Boosters Club, and St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church.
He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Constance Pray; three sons, Charles Pray of Denver, Timothy Pray of Germany and Shawn Pray of Spokane; one daughter, Sue Johns of Spokane; and six grandchildren.
Memorial Contributions may be made to Morning Star Boys Ranch.
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