Obituaries
Tom Moore Post Falls
Service for Tom Moore, 65, will be today at 1 p.m. at First Assembly of God Church in Coeur d’Alene. English Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Moore, longtime Kootenai County assessor, died Tuesday.
He was born in Lexington, Ky., and moved in 1963 to Republic, Wash., where he served as Ferry County assessor for several years.
He had served in the Air Force and was stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane.
He moved to Kootenai County in 1977 and began working for the assessor’s office. He was elected assessor in 1983 and served in the position until his death.
Mr. Moore was past president of the Assessors Association, former chairman of District 1 Elected Officials, legislative chairman of the Assessors Association, executive board member of the Idaho Association of Counties and was the recipient of the Mills-Adler Award for Outstanding County Elected Officials. He also served on the State Tax Commission.
Survivors include his wife, Blanche; two sons, Doug Moore of Yakima and Don Moore of Colorado; five daughters, Cheryl Greve and Clarice Klaus, both of Spokane, Debbie Moore and Tarice Nelson, both of Post Falls, and Nancy Albers of Rathdrum, Idaho; two sisters, Geraldine Humfleet and Mary Combs, both of Kentucky; and 13 grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to North Idaho Cancer Center, 700 Ironwood Drive, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814, or the Post Falls Baptist Church, 1608 Spokane St., Post Falls, ID 83854.
Turner Davis Spokane
Visitation for Turner F. Davis, 91, will be Friday from 3-8 p.m. at Yates Funeral Home. Service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Forest Cemetery in Coeur d’Alene.
Mr. Davis, who was born in Spokane, died Monday.
He grew up on a farm in Huetter, Idaho, and graduated from Coeur d’Alene High School. He worked for the Ohio Match Co. after graduation and moved to Spokane in 1946 to start a 20-year career with the Northern Pacific Railroad.
Mr. Davis moved to Finley, Wash., in 1951 and owned Finley Grocery Store before retiring in 1966 and becoming a cattle rancher and grape farmer.
He moved to Spokane in 1991.
He was a member of the Finley Grange and Spokane Elks Lodge and a former member of the Spokane Moose Lodge and the Coeur d’Alene Eagles Lodge.
Mr. Davis was preceded in death by his wife, Winona, in 1991. Survivors include a daughter, Norma Jean Holdaas of Liberty Lake; a stepdaughter, June Glover of Kennewick; sister, Georgina Buckle of Spokane; two grandsons, Marc and Terry; and six stepgrandchildren.
Jane Larkin Longview, Wash.
Memorial service for Jane (Crandall) Larkin, 89, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Longview. American Burial and Cremation Services at Dahl’s Ditlevsen-Moore Funeral Home in Kelso, Wash., is in charge of arrangements.
Miss Larkin, a retired dance teacher, died Monday at Canterbury Inn Retirement Home in Longview.
She was born in Spokane and graduated from high school in Spokane. She traveled to Italy and New York to study ballet and performed as a dancer in New York for Major Edward Bowes at the Capital Theater and in California with the Albertina Rasch Ballet for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the late 1920s. She also appeared in the Marx Brothers movie “Cocoanuts”.
She moved back to Spokane and taught at the newly opened National Music School and later operated dance studios in the State Theater Building and other locations in Spokane.
She also choreographed musicals for Gonzaga University and the Civic Theater.
Miss Larkin retired when she was 70 and moved to Rancho Bernardo, Calif. She had lived in Longview for three years.
Survivors include a niece, Sara Jane Spencer of Longview; one great-nephew and three great-nieces.
Memorial contributions may be made to Columbia Theater, 1231 Vandercook Way, Longview, WA 98632.
Edward Meredith Worley, Idaho
Private family service for Edward O. Meredith, 81, will be held later. Yates Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Meredith, who was born in South Dakota, died Sunday.
He graduated from Latah High School and worked on the railroad and farmed.
He moved to Seattle and worked in the shipyards during World War II.
Mr. Meredith returned to Plummer, Idaho, in 1944 and moved to Worley in 1946. He managed the Worley Co-op until opening his own mechanic shop in 1951. He also drove a bus for the Worley School District for 32 years.
Mr. Meredith had served as Worley city clerk for 18 years and also was a justice of the peace.
He owned a construction company and was a member of the Worley Masonic Lodge, the Scottish Rite and Shriners and the Elks and Eagles lodges.
Survivors include his wife, Elaine; a son, Glen Meredith of Worley; three daughters, Janet Miller and Pat Vens, both of Spokane, and Charlene Wadell of Worley; two brothers, Ardell “Murph” Meredith of Post Falls and Elwood Meredith of Nebraska; one sister, Alice Thompson of Tensed, Idaho; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
John Schultz Las Vegas, Nev.
Memorial service for John E. “Jack” Schultz, 83, was held at Boulder Lakes R.V. Resort in Las Vegas.
Mr. Schultz, a former Spokane resident, died Oct. 29.
He was born in Duluth, Minn.
He owned Columbia Cabinets in Spokane from 1947 until he retired in 1978.
He and his wife traveled and spent the summers in Washington. They settled in Las Vegas three years ago.
He was involved with the Boy Scouts, Kiwanis and the Big Game Council.
Mr. Schultz was a member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Spokane.
He is survived by his wife, Helen; two daughters, Joan Goodwin of Hoquiam, Wash., and Carolyn Sheldon of Picayune, Miss.; a sister, Evelyn Crelling of Tacoma; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to Safe Harbor Hospice, 3910 Pecos-McLeod, Building D, Las Vegas, NV 89121.
John Janni Spokane
Service for John B. Janni, 85, is planned for 2 p.m. today at Ball and Dodd Funeral Home-North. Burial will be at Fairmount Memorial Park.
Mr. Janni, who died Monday, was born in Northport, Wash., and moved to Spokane when he was 11. During World War II he made shoes at Geiger Field. He later worked as a logger in Washington, Idaho and Oregon and retired in 1973 from School District 81 as a bus driver.
He was a member of the Racing Pigeon Club.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Enid Janni; three daughters, Sharon Haffner of Spokane, Saundra Tesseyman of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Pamela Powell of Auburn, Wash.; two sisters, Rose LeMaster and Carol Bisbee, both of Spokane; a brother, Frank Janni of Genesee, Idaho; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Parkinson’s Educational Program, 10105 N. Larchwood, Spokane, WA 99208.
Dick Colvin Tekoa, Wash.
Service for Dick Colvin, 96, is planned for 11 a.m. today at Thornhill Valley Funeral Home.
Mr. Colvin, who was born in Bagnell, Mo., died Monday.
He lived in the Clayton, Wash., area from 1948 to 1966 and in Spokane from 1966 to 1976. From 1976 to 1992 he lived in St. John, Wash., and moved to Tekoa in 1992.
He worked as a farmer, dairyman and millwright and was a Grange member.
His wife, Ethel Colvin, died in 1994.
He is survived by two sons, Bill Colvin of Spokane and Jim Colvin of Portland; a sister, Nellie LaPrairie of Jefferson City, Mo.; six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Memorial contributions may be made to Tekoa Care Center.
Edna Mae Stein Spokane
Graveside service for Edna Mae Stein was Wednesday at Fairmount Memorial Park.
Mrs. Stein, 91, died Monday.
She was born in Hannibal, Mo., and was an 88-year Spokane resident.
She was co-owner of Hank’s Restaurant.
Her husband, Henry Stein Sr., preceded her in death.
Mrs. Stein is survived by a son, Henry Stein of Spokane; a daughter, Juanita Stein of New Mexico; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph Care Center.
Agnes Murphy Spokane
Service for Agnes Mary Murphy, 80, will be at 11 a.m. today at Holy Cross Cemetery Chapel. Burial will follow.
Mrs. Murphy, who died Monday, was born in Spokane and graduated from Lewis and Clark High School.
She lived in Boise for several years before returning to Spokane, where she spent most of her life.
She was a member of the Eastside Community Senior Citizens Center.
Mrs. Murphy’s survivors include a son, Dennis Murphy of Boise; a sister, Loretta Thompson of Spokane; three grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Morning Star Boys Ranch.
Ermin Keller Williams Valley, Wash.
Memorial service for Ermin J. Keller, 69, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Aloysius Catholic Church. The Cremation Society of Washington is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Keller died Saturday.
He was a 28-year Spokane resident, and was a farmer in Williams Valley in Clayton, Wash.
He served in the Army and Army Air Corps during World War II and the Korean War.
Mr. Keller’s survivors include his wife of 27 years, Helen Keller; two daughters, Kristi and Lori Keller, both of Spokane; a son, Eric Keller of Goldendale, Wash.; a brother, Quentin Keller of Clarkston, Wash.; and a granddaughter.
Memorial contributions may be made to Morning Star Boys Ranch.
Diane Parrish Colville, Wash.
Service for Diane Elizabeth Parrish, 37, was held Tuesday. Shoshone Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Parrish, who was born in Wallace, died Nov. 7. She attended schools in Wallace and moved to the Colville area in 1988.
Survivors include two sons, Nick Angle of Prichard, Idaho, and Richard Finlay of Republic, Wash.; her mother, Nadine Parrish of Colville; two brothers, Dean Parrish of Coeur d’Alene and Royal Parrish of Osburn, Idaho; four sisters, Vonnie Pemble and Kris Garitone, both of Mullan, Idaho, Terri Dexter of Nevada, and Wilma Wilson of Missouri; and her grandfather, Walt Almquist.
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