Obituaries

Earnesteen ‘Todi’ Albert Spokane

Graveside service for Earnesteen Donzelle “Todi” Albert, 72, will be 2 p.m. May 18 at Riverside Memorial Park. Heritage Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Born in Winchester, Idaho, Mrs. Albert died Tuesday.

She was a homemaker and had owned a business.

She was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars No. 1474 Ladies Auxiliary Memorial.

Mrs. Albert is survived by two sons, Robert Stern of Chattaroy, and Arthur Stern of Spokane; three daughters, Diane Stobie, Patricia McMurtrey, and Marilyn Concie, all of Spokane; her stepfather, Theodore Fawcett of Spokane; two brothers, Bob and Don Morris, both of Redding Calif.; 12 grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.

Memorial contributions may be made to Habitat for Humanity.

Betty-Anne Parr Seattle

Service for Betty-Anne Parr, 62, will be held Wednesday in Auburn, Wash. English Funeral Chapel in Coeur d’Alene is in charge of local arrangements. Yahn and Son Funeral Home in Auburn is in charge of service arrangements.

Mrs. Parr, who was born in California, died Wednesday from injuries received in an automobile accident near Medimont, Idaho.

She lived most of her adult life in the Seattle area and spent summers in Mullan, Idaho. She was a mother and a homemaker, and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.

Survivors include her husband, William; son, Bill Parr of Mullan; two daughters, Denise Ballensky of Mullan and Christie Lynn of Seattle; one brother, Howary Nye of Seattle; six grandsons and two granddaughters.

Chuck Smyth Spokane

Visitation for Chuck M. Smyth, 78, is scheduled from noon to 8 p.m. today at Thornhill Valley Funeral Home. Service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Mr. Smyth, a lifetime Spokane resident, died Thursday.

He served in the Army during World War II.

He was a member of the Plumbers Union No. 44 and operated Chuck Smyth Plumbing and Contracting. He had also worked for Womach Plumbing and Conboy Plumbing.

He was a member of Alcoholics Anonymous and spent summers in Priest River, Idaho.

Mr. Smyth is survived by his wife of 60 years, Lila Smyth; one son, John Smyth of Seattle; three daughters, Sharon Farnham, Sandy Campbell, and Pat Bentley, all of Spokane; two sisters, Pat Breeden of Priest Lake, Idaho, and Sheila Gee of Seattle; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Ruth Leetch Osburn, Idaho

Service for Ruth Marie Leetch, 82, will be today at 4 p.m. at the Kellogg Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Greenwood Cemetery in Kellogg. Shoshone Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Leetch, who was born in Crawford, Neb., died Friday.

She moved to the Silver Valley in 1942 and was a homemaker.

Survivors include her husband, Earl; three sons, Earl Leetch Jr., of Post Falls, Bill Leetch of Osburn and Jim Leetch of Smelterville, Idaho; two sisters, Lelia Nickerson of Kingston, Idaho, and Betty Sweikhardt of Longview, Wash.; 10 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter.

Michelle ‘Mickey’ (Lunceford) Fullwiler Post Falls

Memorial service for Michelle “Mickey” (Lunceford) Fullwiler, 40, will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at English Funeral Chapel in Coeur d’Alene.

Ms. Fullwiler, a lifelong Coeur d’Alene resident, died Friday.

She had been a waitress and recently was employed by Harpers Furniture in Post Falls.

Her survivors include one son, James Fullwiler of Marysville, Wash.; one daughter, Natalie Fullwiler of Marysville, Wash; her mother, Helen Lunceford of Coeur d’Alene; her father, James Lunceford of Spokane; five sisters, Jeani Quade, Kelli Streeter and Dana Robinson, all of Coeur d’Alene, Mikey Mohauff of Oregon and Karen Collins of Molene, Ill.; and three brothers, Jerry Lunceford of Kamiah, Idaho, Jim Lunceford of Coeur d’Alene and Don Lunceford of Arkansas.

Lora Kennedy LaCrosse, Wash.

Service for Lora Mae (Draper) Kennedy, 89, will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Bruning Funeral Home in Colfax, Wash. Burial will follow at Colfax Cemetery.

Mrs. Kennedy, who died Thursday, was born at the Draper homestead near Elberton, Wash.

She graduated from high school in Prosser, Wash.

In 1927, she married George Kennedy. They lived and farmed in the Elberton area for 18 years before they moved to Spangle in 1947. They later moved to Kellogg, where they lived for eight years. Mrs. Kennedy graduated from the University of Idaho in 1959 with a teaching degree.

Mrs. Kennedy taught in Moses Lake from 1961 until 1972, when she retired. They returned to the farm in Elberton in 1973 and moved to LaCrosse in 1993.

Her husband died in 1994.

Mrs. Kennedy is survived by two sons, Paul Kennedy of Winston-Salem, N.C., and Brandt Kennedy of Portland; one daughter, Rita Arrasmith-Stratford of Billings, Mont.; 10 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to Selbu Lutheran Church or the Winston-Salem Downtown Church Center.

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