Obituaries
Ludwig ‘Louie’ Mayewski Davenport, Wash.
Service for Ludwig “Louie” Mayewski, 76, was Oct. 29 at Strate Funeral Home in Davenport. Burial was at Mountain View Cemetery in Davenport.
Mr. Mayewski died Oct. 26 in the Spokane Valley at his daughter Jody’s home.
He was born in 1921 in Hanover Township, Pa.
He served in the Army during World War II and was in B Company, 34th Tank Battalion, with a rank of private first class. He was a military policeman and was honorably discharged from Fort Lewis, Wash., in 1946.
He received the Good Conduct Medal and the Victory Medal.
He married Iona Motycka in 1943 in Davenport.
Mr. Mayewski worked for the state Department of Transportation as a truck driver for more than 35.
He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 7480 in Davenport.
His wife died in May
Survivors include two daughters, Karen and Jody Mayewski, and a son, Roger Mayewski, all of the Spokane Valley; two brothers, Joe Mayewski of Ashley, Pa., and Bernard Mayewski of Breslaw, Pa.; and a granddaughter.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Davenport Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 7480 in care of David Ware, Davenport, WA 99122.
Leone (Cossette) Lavin Bellevue, Wash.
No service will be held for Leone (Cossette) Lavin, 76.
Mrs. Lavin, who died Monday, was born in Flaxville, Mont.
She married Owen Lavin in Spokane 52 years ago and had worked for the Alcoa plant in Mead during World War II.
She and her husband moved to Bellevue 25 years ago.
Mrs. Lavin is survived by her husband; three daughters, Kati Kelly of Spokane, Mary Holt of Woodinville, Wash., and Tricia Lavin of Kent, Wash.; two sons, Owen Lavin Jr. of Denver and Joel Lavin of Seattle; two brothers, Donald and Clifford Cossette, both of Spokane; three sisters, Kathleen Barnett of Mercer Island, Wash., Lucille Murphy of Hartstene Island, Wash., and Edith Brogan of Spokane.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Joseph Cherrey Jr. Spokane
Private service for Joseph E. Cherrey Jr., was held. Ball and Dodd Funeral Home-South is in charge of cremation.
Mr. Cherrey, who died Wednesday, was born in Colby, Kan.
He attended Newport High School and had lived in Spokane for about 20 years.
He worked as a mechanic for Valley Garbage and Otto Meier Trucking. He retired in 1991.
Mr. Cherrey was a volunteer with REACT and Day Out for the Blind. He was a member of Eagles Lodge No. 2 and the Filipino American Association.
Survivors include three sons, Sherman Cherrey of Vancouver, Wash., Sheldon Cherrey, stationed with the Navy, and Tony Frazier of Salem, Ore.; a daughter, Shawn Frazier of Colorado Springs, Colo.; two sisters, Frances Phanco of Spokane and Anabelle Smith of Petoskey, Mich.; and three grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Filipino American Association.
Ethel Bush Spokane
Service for Ethel V. Bush, 78, is set for 1 p.m. Monday at Riplinger Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Spokane Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Bush, a lifetime Spokane resident, died Wednesday.
She graduated from Lewis and Clark High School and was a homemaker.
Her husband, Walter Bush, died in 1993.
She was a member of the Ivanhoe Chapter No. 80 of the Order of the Eastern Star, the Ladies Oriental Shrine, the Valley Shrine Club’s Moonshriners Ladies, and ES-SUR Club No. 3.
Mrs. Bush is survived by a daughter, Nancy Holmes of Spokane; two sons, Kenneth Bush of Spokane and Timothy Bush of Bellingham; a brother, George Swanson of Spokane; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Children.
Elsie Becker Spokane
Memorial service for Elsie Becker, a longtime Spokane resident, is set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Sunset Mausoleum Chapel at Fairmount Memorial Park. Riplinger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Born in Warden, Wash., Mrs. Becker died Tuesday. She was 88.
She graduated from Lewis and Clark High School and had worked as a laundry operator and caretaker for the elderly.
Mrs. Becker was a member of the Eagles Lodge No. 2 Auxiliary and Westminster Congregational United Church of Christ.
She is survived by a daughter, Leora Potts of Spokane; a son, Lloyd Rummer of Colville, Wash.; a brother, Louie Miller, and a sister, Lydia Bakken, both of Spokane; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, Inland Empire Division.
Elizabeth Leinweber Colfax, Wash.
Service for Elizabeth Leinweber, a longtime Whitman County resident, will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Peace Lutheran Church in Colfax. Burial will be at the Colfax Cemetery. Bruning Funeral Home in Colfax is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Leinweber, who died Thursday, was born in Endicott, Wash. She was 97.
She graduated from Endicott High School and four years later married Alex Leinweber in Colfax.
The couple lived in St. Maries for about six years and then returned to Whitman County to farm in the Wilcox area. They also farmed on Rebel Flat for about 20 years before moving to their farm west of Colfax, where they lived for 28 years.
She was a member of Peace Lutheran Church.
Her husband Alex, preceded her in death.
She is survived by a son, Gene Leinweber, and a daughter, Louise Hutchens, both of Colfax; a foster sister, Margaret Ferney of Seattle; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Peace Lutheran Church or the Whitman Hospital Foundation.
Patricia Zinkgraf Spokane
Memorial service for Patricia Joann Zinkgraf, 60, will be at 1 p.m. today at Mead United Methodist Church. The Cremation Society of Washington is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Zinkgraf died Wednesday from cancer.
She was born in Spokane.
She had worked for Robinson-Windward as a commercial seamstress until retiring earlier this year because of her illness.
Survivors include her husband of 27 years, Bob Zinkgraf; her parents, Ken and Dee Hamrick of Loon Lake, Wash.; three daughters, Fredreca Hicks and Dawn Temple, both of Spokane, and Rona Forkner of Deer Park; three sons, Bill Mack of Spokane, Rick Temple of Deer Park and Robert Temple of Maui, Hawaii; 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Norma Panther Spokane
Memorial service for Norma L. Panther, 68, will be at 1 p.m. today at Gethsemane Lutheran Church. Thornhill Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Panther, who was born in Tioga, N.D., died Wednesday.
She graduated from high school in Snoqualmie, Wash.
Before she moved to Spokane in 1947, Mrs. Panther lived in Meadowbrook, Wash.
She worked for Bell Telephone Co. from 1946 to 1949 in Spokane and Seattle.
She was member of Gethsemane Lutheran Church.
Survivors include her husband of 47 years, Donald; three sons, Dennis Panther of Fairfax, Va., Les Panther of Spokane and William Panther of Goldendale, Wash.; two daughters, Louise Bolser of Leavenworth, Wash., and Donna McCoul of Newman Lake; a brother, Orman Moe of North Bend, Wash.; two sisters, Lila Greve of Brookings, S.D. and Linda Culp of Rathdrum, Idaho; and nine grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Spokane.
Anna Wilson Spokane
Service for Anna L. Wilson, 90 will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Heritage Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Fairmount Memorial Park.
Mrs. Wilson died Wednesday.
She was born in Scandia, Kan., and had lived in Spokane for 71 years.
She worked in the insurance industry for more than 15 years until 1967.
She married Roy Wilson in 1966.
Mrs. Wilson was a member of Eagles Lodge No. 2, the Elks Lodge, Veterans of Foreign Wars No. 1474 and the Sons of Norway.
She is survived by her husband of 30 years, Roy Wilson; two stepsons, Dennis Wilson of East Granby, Conn., and Roy Wilson of Spokane; four stepdaughters, Patricia Wilson of San Francisco, Jean Blake of Marshall, Texas, Kay Bocian of Albuquerque, N.M., and Margaret Bland of East Wenatchee, Wash., 13 stepgrandchildren and five stepgreat-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Union Gospel Mission or Hospice of Spokane.
Maggie Thompson Spokane
Service for Maggie M. Thompson, 93, was held at Mission Community Presbyterian Church. Burial was at Greenwood Memorial Terrace.
Born in West Union, W.Va., Mrs. Thompson died Monday.
She was a 40-year Spokane resident and had worked as a care provider for the elderly and as a cook for Deaconess Hospital. She retired in 1968.
She was a member of Mission Community Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include two sons, Marlowe Thompson of Summerville, S.C., and Ronald Thompson of Ivor, Va.; three daughters, Dorothy Kimber of Spokane, Bertha Price of Centralia, Wash., and Elsie Dawson of Clark Fork, Idaho; 12 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the church.
Patricia Gardiner Spokane
Visitation for Patricia J. “Pat” Gardiner, 53, is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at Ball and Dodd Funeral Home-North. Graveside service will be at 1 p.m Monday at Fairmount Memorial Park.
Ms. Gardiner died Wednesday.
She was born in San Mateo, Calif.
She moved to Spokane in 1986 and started an internship with Anna Ogden Hall in gardening and house laundry. She stayed there for three years.
Ms. Gardiner also worked on the production line for Zak Designs for a year.
She is survived by a son, David Gardiner Jr., of Seattle; and three sisters, Mary Raney of Provo, Utah, and Joyce Morgan and Donna Smith, both of Bakersfield, Calif.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Anna Ogden Hall for Women and Children.
Hazel Burroughs Spokane
Service for Hazel V. Burroughs, 88, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at ShermanKnapp Funeral Home in Newport, Wash. Burial will follow at Newport Cemetery.
Mrs. Burroughs, a former Pend Oreille County resident, died Wednesday.
She was born in Sisseton, N.D.
Her family moved to Pend Oreille County when she was young and she helped her mother, who was a cook in logging camps.
She married John “Teddy” Burroughs in Coeur d’Alene in 1926.
She continued to work in logging camps and helped clean and cook in the Wictor Larson Hotel in Usk, Wash. She and her husband later opened Ted’s Cash Market and Butcher Shop.
Mrs. Burroughs also worked at Bemis Grocery Store in Usk and was a star route mail carrier prior to World War II. She worked at the Pennell Fur Farm for 14 years and retired when she was 62.
She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary in Cusick, Wash., and the Calispel Garden Club and was a charter member of the Pend Oreille Hills Saddle Club.
Her husband preceded her in death.
Survivors include two sons, Ted Burroughs of Mead and Jerry Burroughs of Beaverton, Ore.; a sister, Lillian Thomas of Usk; and four grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Pend Oreille County American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 592, Newport, WA 99156.
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