Obituaries
Louis ‘Tony’ Wagner Coeur d’Alene
Service for Louis A. “Tony” Wagner, 67, will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the Bethel Baptist Church in Coeur d’Alene. Yates Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Wagner, who was born in Sidney, Mont., died Monday.
He served with the Navy during World War II.
He moved to Spokane in the 1950s and attended Kinman Business College. He then worked for various construction companies in the Northwest, primarily in Oregon.
He retired in 1975 and moved to Coeur d’Alene.
Mr. Wagner enjoyed fishing, camping and woodworking and was an active member of Alcoholics Anonymous and the Bethel Baptist Church. He was a lifetime member and post commander of the Coeur d’Alene Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Survivors include his wife of 32 years, Ruby; three sons, David Wagner of Coeur d’Alene, Richard Hayes of Spirit Lake and Pat Hayes of Portland; a daughter, Crystal Corder of Post Falls; and four grandchildren.
Memorials may be sent to a local chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Rex ‘Doobie’ Anderson Clark Fork, Idaho
Private family service for Rex Roy “Doobie” Anderson, 40, will be held at a later date. Coffelt Funeral Service in Sandpoint is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Anderson, a lifetime Clark Fork resident, died Saturday when the car he was a passenger in fell through ice on Lake Pend Oreille near Hope.
He was born in Sandpoint and lived in Clark Fork, graduating from Clark Fork High School in 1974.
He worked locally as a logger and miner and enjoyed hunting and fishing and spending time with his friends. He had played pool for the Out of Bounds Saloon in Clark Fork.
Survivors include a son, Jacob of Moses Lake; his mother, Evelyn Anderson of Clark Fork; two brothers, Gregg and Boyd, and one sister, Cindy Conn, all of Clark Fork; three nieces and two nephews.
Dorothy Sagerer Sandpoint
Private family service for Dorothy Sagerer, 67, was held earlier. Interment will be at Pine Crest Memorial Park in Sandpoint. Coffelt Funeral Service of Sandpoint is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Sagerer, who was born in Long Island, N.Y., died Jan. 31. She lived in various cities in New York before moving to Sandpoint in 1978.
Mrs. Sagerer enjoyed crocheting, rug making, stamp collecting and crafts. She was a member of the Wrencoe Community Club and the Bonner County Extension Council.
Survivors include her husband of 49 years, Joseph; a daughter, Susan Thieme of Sandpoint; and a grandson, Joseph.
Lester Hobart Davis Laclede, Idaho
Private family service for Lester Hobart Davis, 63, will be Saturday. Coffelt Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Davis, who was born in Colorado, died Saturday. He attended school in Hayward, Calif., and later served with the Air Force.
He moved to Bonner County in 1979 and lived in various towns, including Sandpoint and Dover, Idaho, before settling in Laclede in 1993.
Mr. Davis enjoyed fishing and hunting and loved refinishing woodwork.
Survivors include his wife of 25 years, Dottie; three sons, Marty and Danny, both of Spokane, and Lester of Laclede; two daughters, Angela Wolfinjer of Priest River, Idaho, and Melissa Davis of Laclede; a brother, Ray of California; two sisters, Jeannie Cimo and Carol Barada, both of California; and eight grandchildren.
Louis Feucht Silverton, Idaho
Memorial Mass for Louis Francis Feucht, 79, will be today at 11 a.m. at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Wallace. Inurnment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Mullan, Idaho. Shoshone Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Feucht, who was born in Slickpoo, Idaho, died Monday.
He moved to the Silver Valley in 1941 and worked as a mill operator at various local mines.
Mr. Feucht was a member of the Knights of Columbus and St. Alphonsus Catholic Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Regina. Survivors include three daughters, Delphine Fisher of Tacoma, Charline Tillotson of Post Falls and Karen Dunnigan of Mullan; a brother, Urban Feucht of Lacey, Wash.; three sisters, Rose Marie Feucht of Wisconsin, Dolorosa Feucht of Cottonwood, Idaho, and Theresa Wessels of Florida; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to the Silver Wood Good Samaritan Center in Silverton or the Children’s Village, 1350 Hanley Ave., Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814.
Ethel Ruth Putzier Coeur d’Alene
Memorial service for Ethel Ruth Putzier, 86, will be today at 2:30 p.m. at the Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall, 720 Poplar Ave., Coeur d’Alene. Yates Funeral Home in Coeur d’Alene is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Putzier, who was born in Hoople, N.D., died Sunday. She moved to Coeur d’Alene in the late 1950s.
She loved spending time with her children and enjoyed teaching sewing. She was an avid gardener.
Mr. Putzier was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Irvin. Her survivors include five sons, Marvin of Oroville, Wash., Rollin of Post Falls, Irvin of South Dakota, Carl of Hermiston, Ore., and Galen of Tacoma; five daughters, Colleen Kemmer of South Dakota, Sharon Rohrbach of Coeur d’Alene, Sheila Skidmore of California, and Joannie Lucey and Harriet Littlejohn, both of Spokane; three brothers, Arthur Storrud of Nevada, and Cecil and Jerry Storrud, both of Montana; seven sisters, Lila Thomas and Esther Abbey, both of Arizona, Lois Ballard and Verna Knutson, both of Montana, Mabel Brandvold of New Mexico, Rhoda Abbey of South Dakota and Bernice Wildhagen of Missouri; 36 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren.
Loren Bauer Spokane
Vigil service for Loren Albert Bauer, 82, will be at 7 p.m. today at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Funeral Mass is planned for 10 a.m. Friday at the church. Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Bauer, who died Monday, was born in Dyersville, Iowa.
He owned Custom Laboratories and had lived in Spokane for 52 years.
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, YMCA, the Moose, Elks and Eagles Lodges, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and the St. Vincent de Paul Society.
He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Marjory “Margie” Bauer; five daughters, Carolyn Helton, Jeanette Boren, Bonnie McCollum, Lorie Silva and Terri Martin, all of Spokane; three brothers, Joseph Bauer of Paul, Idaho, Harold Bauer of Olalla, Wash., and James Bauer of Leslie, Idaho; two sisters, Hazel Clark of Blackfoot, Idaho, and Bernita Grady of Vaughn, Wash.; 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Poor Clare Nuns or the American Cancer Society.
Jennie Hansen Valley, Wash.
Service for Jennie M. Hansen, 86, will be at 1 p.m. today at Strate Funeral Home in Davenport, Wash. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Davenport.
Born in Valley, Mrs. Hansen died Monday at McKay Memorial Nursing Home in Soap Lake, Wash., where she had lived for the past two months.
She graduated from Davenport High School and from Washington State College.
She married Joseph Hansen in Davenport in 1936. They made their home in Grand Coulee, where she ran a dry cleaning plant. They later lived in Nespelem and Orient, Wash., where they raised cattle.
They retired in 1970 to Soap Lake.
Her husband died in 1990.
She is survived by two daughters, Terry Garza of Soap Lake and Kay Hastings of Colville, Wash.; six grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter.
Memorial contributions may be made to McKay Memorial Nursing Home in Soap Lake or the Grant County Historical Society.
Roland Hyer Spokane
Memorial service for Roland E. Hyer, 86, is set for 1:30 p.m. today at Ball and Dodd Funeral Home-North.
Mr. Hyer died Monday. He was born in Spokane and graduated from North Central High School.
He served in the Washington National Guard and served in the Navy during World War II in a construction battalion.
He worked for Washington Water Power Co. as a journeyman lineman and retired in 1971 after 25 years.
He was a member of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 77 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1474.
He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Barbara Hyer; one son, Terry Hyer of Anchorage, Alaska; two brothers, Donald Hyer of Salem, Ore., and Willmer Hyer of Sacramento, Calif.; two sisters, Doris Jorges of Spokane and Norma Mattausch of Kirkland, Wash.; and two grandsons.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Faith Bible Church building fund.
Katherine Anderson Spokane
Funeral Mass for Katherine G. Anderson, 79, is set for 10 a.m. today at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. Entombment will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery. Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Anderson, who died Sunday, was a lifetime Spokane resident.
Her husband, Ray “Andy” Anderson, preceded her in death.
She is survived by two sons, James and Richard Noll, and two daughters, Judy Kelly and Susan Gruss, all of Spokane; one brother, Jack Stinebaugh of Puyallup, Wash.; seven grandsons and two stepgreat-granddaughters.
Olive Raymond Spokane
Service for Olive R. Raymond, 77, is set for 10 a.m. Friday at Fairmount Memorial Park chapel. Private burial will follow. Riplinger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Raymond, who died Monday, was born in Versailles, Mo.
She was a 42-year Spokane resident, and had worked for the Spokane Chamber of Commerce for 17 years. She had also worked for Old National Bank for 10 years.
She was a member of the Lidgerwood Presbyterian Church and had been a Sunday school teacher and a member of the board of deacons.
Survivors include her husband of 55 years, Clinton Raymond; one daughter, Lorraine Barnum of Huntsville, Ala.; two sisters, Mary Corbett and June Ashley, both of Kansas City, Mo.; and one grandson.
Myrtle Poore Spokane
Visitation for Myrtle M. Poore, 89, is scheduled for noon to 8 p.m. today at Thornhill Valley Funeral Home. Service will be at a later date.
Mrs. Poore, an 80-year Spokane County resident, died Sunday. She was born in Hay, Wash.
She married Brooks Poore in 1925. They moved to Spokane in 1943 and owned a variety and fountain store. She also worked as a clerk for Newberry’s and Sears.
Her husband died in 1968.
She is survived by one daughter, Lois Sjostrom of Veradale; one stepgranddaughter; six great-stepgrandchildren and eight great-great-stepgrandchildren.
Bennie Calabretta Osburn, Idaho
Memorial service for Bennie Calabretta, 77, will be Friday at 3 p.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church in Osburn. Shoshone Funeral Service of Wallace is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Calabretta, who was born in Harrison, Idaho, died Tuesday.
He lived in the Silver Valley all of his life and worked for the Bunker Hill Mining Co. for 36 years before retiring in 1978.
Mr. Calabretta loved fishing, flying, Harley-Davidson motorcycles, hunting, camping and family recipes. He was a member of the Bunker Hill 20-Year Club and Bethany Lutheran Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Bernice.
Survivors include a son, Bennie Calabretta of Osburn; two daughters, Paula Dodge of Osburn and Barbara Tiede of Spokane; one brother, Paul Calabretta Jr. of Kellogg; four sisters, Barbara Calabretta of New Jersey, Marion Duff of Spokane, Rosie Basta of Walla Walla and Carmela Purjue of British Columbia; 16 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Memorials can be sent to the Shoshone Medical Center Foundation, c/o Administration Office, 204 Oregon St., Kellogg, ID 83837.
Leslie Green Spokane
Service for Leslie Melvin Green, 77, is set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Gethsemane Lutheran Church. The Cremation Society of Washington is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Green, who was born in Spokane, died Monday.
He served in the Navy during World War II and returned to Colfax, Wash., after the war.
In 1949 he married Edna Schierman. They lived in Colfax and he worked for numerous contractors.
In 1961 he went to work for the Department of Transportation. The couple moved to Spokane in 1972, and he retired in 1981. He also worked for Holbrook and Son for 10 years after he retired.
He was a member of Colfax Elks Lodge No. 1794, Eagles Lodge No. 3682, Colfax American Legion Post 41, and Spokane Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1435 and was an associate member of Valley Elks Lodge No. 2328.
His wife of 46 years, Edna Green, preceded him in death.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Spokane.
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