Obituaries
John Stoneman Spokane
Graveside service for John Warren Stoneman, 95, is scheduled for 11 a.m. today at Dartford Cemetery. A memorial service will follow at noon at Whitworth Presbyterian Church. Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Stoneman, a lifetime resident of Spokane, died Sunday.
He was born and raised on his parents’ Peone Prairie homestead. He married Jaunita Karen Hansen in 1924.
In 1930 he moved his family to the Hansen property on the Little Spokane River. In 1940 he bought the Ziegler farm in Dartford. He worked as a carpenter for a short time in Colville, Wash., and then helped construct the Kaiser Aluminum plant near Mead. In 1949 he moved to Medical Lake, where he was superintendent of the dairy at Eastern State Hospital. In 1951 he returned to Dartford. In 1955 he started the Ri Villa development of residential homes.
His wife, Juanita, died Aug. 2, 1984, the first day at their new home at Hawthorne Manor. He lived there for two years.
Mr. Stoneman married Beryl McIlvanie in 1986, and they moved to her home on the Little Spokane River. In February 1994 he moved to Royal Park Care Center, where he resided until his death.
Survivors include his wife; his children, Marjorie McFaul and Mason Stoneman, both of Twin Lakes, Idaho, Don Stoneman of Sequim, Wash., Jon Stoneman of Camano Island, Wash., and Karen Hollingsworth of Vancouver, Wash.; one brother, William Stoneman of Puyallup, Wash.; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Lillian Cronk Coeur d’Alene
Service for Lillian P. Cronk, 85, will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Coeur d’Alene Memorial Funeral Home. Private burial will follow at Coeur d’Alene Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Cronk, who was born in Coeur d’Alene, died Tuesday.
She was raised in Worley, Idaho, where she graduated from Worley High School in 1928. She lived on a farm near Worley until moving to Coeur d’Alene in 1950.
She enjoyed her flower garden and knitting.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 38 years, Ivan.
Survivors include two sons, Keith of Hayden and David of Worley; four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of North Idaho, 280 Prairie Ave., Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814.
Beth Tereasa Neumayer Bonners Ferry, Idaho
Mass of Christian Burial for Beth Tereasa Neumayer, an infant, was held Tuesday. Bonners Ferry Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Beth died Saturday approximately 11 hours after birth.
She is survived by her parents, Joe and Tereasa Neumayer; one brother, Eric; two sisters, Brenna and Sara; her grandparents, Jim and Joanne Neumayer, and Ron and Jimi Mael; and numerous aunts and uncles.
Laura Nichols Airway Heights
A memorial service for Laura M. Nichols, 75, will be held in Cottonwood, Idaho, at a later date. Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Nichols, who was born in Cottonwood, died Jan. 14.
She was a 1937 graduate of Cottonwood Public School and graduated from St. Joseph’s School of Nursing in 1941. She was working at Grangeville General Hospital when Pearl Harbor was attacked. She served as an Army nurse from 1943 to 1945.
Her name appears on the Women in Military Service for America monument at Arlington National Cemetery.
Her post-military career included work at Providence Hospital in Wallace, Kadlec Hospital in Richland, Fort Harrison Veterans Hospital in Helena, Lakeland Village in Medical Lake, Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane and 14 years at the Fairchild Air Force Base Hospital.
She retired in 1982.
Survivors include one daughter, Joselle Kuntz of Airway Heights; one son, William Nichols of Spokane; one sister, Alice Slater of Spokane; one brother, Sam Butler of Spokane; three grandchildren and one great-grandson.
Donald Ells Post Falls
Service for Donald S. Ells, 24, will be today at 1 p.m. at the Calvary Lutheran Church in Post Falls. English Funeral Chapel in Post Falls is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Ells, a former Silver Valley resident, died from heart related complications Saturday at Silver Mountain near Kellogg.
In 1986 he moved to Post Falls from Osburn, Idaho, and graduated from Post Falls High School in 1989. He later graduated from North Idaho College and last year graduated from the University of Idaho. He served with the University Accounting Club and was an Honor Society member in high school and college.
Mr. Ells was recently a staff accountant for Advanced Input Devices.
He was a former member of the Silver Mountain Ski Patrol.
Survivors include his wife of two years, Tonya; his parents, Donald and Veda Ells, of Post Falls; one sister, Tami Hansen of Newman Lake; his grandparents, Lucille Allenton, and Bill and Elaine Ells, all of Spokane; and two nephews.
Bessie Stebbins Spokane
Memorial service for Bessie L. Stebbins, 60, is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. today at the Otis Orchards Seventh-day Adventist Church. Thornhill Valley Funeral Home is in charge of cremation.
Mrs. Stebbins, born in Bridgesdale, Colo., died Jan. 12.
Survivors include her husband, Donald Stebbins; one son, Russell Stebbins of Greenacres; one daughter, Margaret Wright of Otis Orchards; one sister, Flora Baltzer, and one brother, Donald Whittaker, both of Blackfoot, Idaho; and two grandchildren.
Shirley Moody Coeur d’Alene
Memorial Mass for Shirley B. Moody, 65, will be today at 2 p.m. at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Coeur d’Alene. Yates Funeral Home in Coeur d’Alene is in charge of arrangements.
Ms. Moody, who was born in Helena, died Saturday.
She grew up and was educated in Butte, Mont., where she lived for 41 years. She later moved to the Silver Valley and lived there for 10 years before moving to Coeur d’Alene in 1982.
Ms. Moody enjoyed meeting new people and loved cooking, traveling and spending time with her family.
Survivors include one son, James Bagley of Minnesota; three daughters, Geri Stearns and Judy Murinko, both of Spokane, and Shelley Thomas of Coeur d’Alene; two brothers, Don Dumaine of Missouri and Dan Dumaine of Auburn, Wash.; two sisters, Eileen Sargent of Missouri and Helen Ziemkowski of Bothel, Wash.; longtime friend Jerry Johner of Coeur d’Alene; 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be sent to The Women’s Center, 2201 N. Government Way, Suite E, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814.
Laura Brooks Spokane
Memorial service for Laura Brooks, 50, is scheduled for 7 p.m. today at Life Center Church. Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home is in charge of cremation and arrangements.
Mrs. Brooks, who was born in San Francisco, died Saturday.
Survivors include her husband, Ron Brooks; her son, Cody Brooks; and her mother, Arloine Dedrick.
Donald Olson Spokane
Memorial service for retired Superior Court Judge Donald Nels Olson, 78, is scheduled for 2 p.m. today at Salem Lutheran Church. Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Olson, who was born in McCabe, Mont., died Friday.
He came to Spokane 60 years ago from Montana and was a graduate of Washington State University and Gonzaga Law School.
He served in the Navy during World War II.
Mr. Olson was a Superior Court Judge in Spokane from 1973 until his retirement in 1982. Previously he had served as a court commissioner from 1970 to 1973 and was an attorney in private practice for many years. He had also served as deputy prosecutor for Spokane County.
His wife, Jean Weber Olson, died in 1983.
Survivors include two sons, Paul Olson of Seattle and Todd Olson of Redondo Beach, Calif.; three brothers, Robert Olson of Boise, and John Neubauer Jr. and Calvin Neubauer, both of Wolf Point, Mont.; and five grandchildren.
Hazel Michaels Leavenworth, Wash.
Service for Hazel Pearl Michaels, 90, is scheduled for 11 a.m. today at Thornhill Valley Funeral Home. Burial will be at Pine Grove Cemetery in Rathdrum, Idaho.
Mrs. Michaels, who was born in Napa, Idaho, died Sunday.
She had been a resident of Leavenworth for the past five years and lived in Greenacres for 48 years.
She was a homemaker.
Her husband, Walter Michaels, preceded her in death.
Survivors include three daughters, Loraine Barto of Spokane, Marjorie Peoples of Leavenworth and Kay Jarman of LaPine, Ore.; one son, Melvin Michaels of Kent, Wash.; 11 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Harry Kadoya Spokane
Service for Harry H. Kadoya, 75, is scheduled for 7 p.m. today at Highland Park United Methodist Church. Interment will be at Greenwood Memorial Park. Ball and Dodd-South is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Kadoya, a lifetime resident of Spokane, died Saturday.
He was a graduate of Lewis and Clark High School.
He managed the Hifumi En apartments until his retirement in 1990 and officiated and taught with the Seiki-kan Judo Club.
Survivors include his wife, Aiko Kadoya; one daughter, Nancy Wallin of Klamath Falls, Ore.; one brother, Tom Kadoya of Spokane; two sisters, Emi Kataoka and Eva Aoyama, both of Spokane; and two grandchildren.
Nellie Sweat Chewelah, Wash.
Service for Nellie K. Sweat, 89, is scheduled for 11 a.m. today at the United Church of Christ in Chewelah. Burial will follow at Chewelah Memorial Park. Schanzenbach Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Sweat, who was born in Bond County, Ill., died Sunday.
She graduated from Western Washington College of Education in Bellingham in 1951.
She taught in Foster, Aladin, Wellpinit, Valley and Chewelah, Wash., where she retired.
She was a member of the United Church of Christ, the Washington Education Association, the National Education Association and the Stevens County Retired Teachers Association.
Survivors include one son, Clay Sweat of Chewelah; four daughters, Virginia Rotondo of Otis Orchards, Kathryn Klick of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, Darlene Maxwell of Phoenix, Ariz., and Lulubelle Stocker of Newman Lake; one brother, Levi Barton of Seattle; 16 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
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