Obituaries
Leo Johnson Sandpoint
Service for Leo R. Johnson, 76, will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at Coffelt’s Moon Chapel in Sandpoint. Burial will follow at Pinecrest Memorial Park in Sandpoint. Coffelt Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Johnson, who was born in Nebraska, died Saturday.
He moved to Sandpoint in 1935 and graduated from Sandpoint High School in 1938. He attended the University of Idaho, receiving a bachelor of science degree in education and a master’s degree in school administration.
He served in the Army in England and Europe during World War II and later in Japan, Korea and Washington, D.C. He retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1964.
Mr. Johnson returned to Sandpoint after his military career and taught school and was principal at Kootenai and Sandpoint Junior High schools before retiring in 1981.
Mr. Johnson was a member of the Sandpoint Eagles and Elks lodges.
Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Lillian “Ruth”; three sons, Leo Johnson Jr. and and Mark Johnson, both of Spokane, and John Johnson of Sandpoint; a daughter, Judith “Judy” Hanson of Oregon; three brothers, Neal Johnson of Seattle, Don Johnson of Arizona and Billie “Beaner” Johnson of Sandpoint; a sister, Joyce Teeples of Ellensburg; six grandsons and a granddaughter.
Spencer Kent Oroville, Wash.
Service for Spencer E. Kent, 5, is planned for 2 p.m. today at Riplinger Funeral Home. Burial will be at Greenwood Memorial Terrace.
Spencer died Friday as a result of a house fire in Oroville. He was born in Spokane and had moved to Oroville in August.
He is survived by his father, Tim Noble of Spokane; his mother, Joni Kent of Oroville; a sister, Sierra Kent, and a brother, Sawyer Kent, both of Oroville; and his grandmothers, Cheryl Knowles of Medical Lake and Genevieve Hughes of Yakima.
Brother Lloyd St. Marie Spokane
Funeral Mass for Brother Lloyd E. St. Marie, S.J., will be at 7 p.m. today at St. Aloysius Catholic Church. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Mount St. Michael Cemetery. Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Brother St. Marie died Sunday. He was 79.
He was born in Crookston, Minn.
He came to Spokane in 1937 and attended Gonzaga University for one year. He left college to join the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus, as his brother, the Rev. Lou St. Marie, S.J., who taught English at Gonzaga, had done earlier.
He worked as a cook for 10 years before becoming a carpenter.
He returned to Gonzaga University in 1970 and became the cabinet shop manager after working on the general maintenance crew for the campus.
While at Gonzaga, Brother St. Marie created hundreds of bookcases, desks and oak tables used in buildings on campus. He also built the altar in the Jesuit House Chapel.
He is survived a brother, Larry St. Marie of Mesa, Ariz., and a sister, Sister Cecile St. Marie of Crookston, Minn.
Ruth Irving Spokane
Visitation for Ruth (Bean) Fuller Irving, 103, is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today at Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home. Service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church. Burial will be at Riverside Memorial Park.
Mrs. Irving, who died Sunday, was born in Norway, Maine.
She graduated from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, and taught school in Maine and Massachusetts before she moved to Illinois. She graduated from the Chicago Art Institute and worked as the principal of an evening high school.
Following World War I she represented the YWCA in France as coordinator for war brides joining their husbands in the United States.
She married Henry Fuller in 1925, and they moved to Spokane in 1928. He died in 1947.
She received a master’s degree in art from Columbia University and returned to Spokane and taught art at Cheney High School.
She married Henry Irving in 1953. He died in 1967.
She was a member of First Presbyterian Church and the Eastern Washington State Historical Society.
She is survived by a half-sister, Ruby Tashjean of Haverhill, Mass.; a stepdaughter, Beatrice Beals of Pennsylvania; a grandson, two stepgranddaughters, five great-grandchildren and several stepgreat-grandchildren.
Thelma Trampush Chewelah, Wash.
Service for Thelma Violet Trampush, 80, will be at 11 a.m. today at St. Mary of the Rosary Catholic Church in Chewelah. Burial will be at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Jump Off Joe, Wash. Schanzenbach Funeral Home Chewelah is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Trampush, who was born in Plankinton, S.D., died Sunday.
She moved to Chewelah in 1935 from South Dakota.
She worked as a cook in a sawmill and married Frank Trampush in 1939. He died in 1966.
She is survived by five sons, Donn Trampush of Spokane, Jeff Trampush of Alaska, and Jim, John and Tom Trampush, all of Chewelah; two daughters, Rosemary Anderson of Spokane and Margie Lewis of Post Falls; a brother, Donald West of Belle Fourche, S.D.; 19 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Charles MacNamara Spokane
Memorial Mass for Charles Woodward “Charlie” MacNamara, 69, was Tuesday at St. Patrick Catholic Church. There will be private inurnment.
Mr. MacNamara, who was born in Buhl, Idaho, died Thursday.
He grew up in Buhl and attended St. Martin’s College.
He received a degree in accounting and was the assistant treasurer at Gonzaga University. He had also worked as an accountant.
Mr. MacNamara worked at St. Patrick School as a custodian for 12 years.
He is survived by several nieces and a nephew.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Charles W. MacNamara Scholarship Fund in care of St. Patrick School.
Dorothy Yancer Spokane
Private cremation service was held for Dorothy Irene Yancer, 63.
Mrs. Yancer, who died Monday, was born in Lewistown, Ill.
She had lived in Spokane for 20 years and was an apartment manager.
She is survived by a son, Alan Coulter of Moses Lake; a brother, W. A. Roth of Kendrick, Idaho; a sister, Anna Green of Pocatello, Idaho; and two granddaughters.
Nancy Lucas Priest River, Idaho
Memorial service for Nancy Alice Lucas, 58, was Sunday at the Free Methodist Church in Priest River.
Born in Minneapolis, Mrs. Lucas died Friday.
She was raised in California, and she married Charles Lucas in 1958. They moved to Priest River later that year.
Mrs. Lucas was a youth group leader and taught Sunday school at the Free Methodist Church. She was also a 4-H leader for the Bear Paw club.
She is survived by her husband; three daughters, Melody Androes of Spokane, Deborah Fouquette of Coos Bay, Ore., and Shelly Chaney of Priest River; two sons, Timothy Lucas of Priest River and Jonathan Lucas of Spokane; her mother, Florence Valez of Priest River; four sisters, two brothers and 16 grandchildren.
Monty Joe Stensgar Spokane
Service for Monty Joe Tonasket Stensgar, 28, will be at 10 a.m. today at the Spokane Tribal Longhouse in Wellpinit, Wash. Burial will follow at the Wellpinit Catholic Cemetery. Riplinger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Born in Spokane, Mr. Stensgar died Friday.
He was a graduate of Chemawa Indian School and worked in construction.
Mr. Stensgar was a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes.
He is survived by his wife, Lola Campbell; six sons, Seth Shawn, Cody Joe, Kyle J., Drew Devon, Garrett Allen and A.J. Lee; his father, William Stensgar of Omak, Wash., and his mother and her husband, Sophie and Alex Tonasket of Spokane; two brothers, William John Stensgar and Beau James Tonasket; and two sisters, Carla Ann Stensgar and Billie Jo Kohler.
Oren Daly Post Falls
Visitation for Oren Francis Daly, 81, will be Friday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at English Funeral Chapel in Post Falls. Mr. Daly, who was born in Montana, died Sunday.
He served in the Army from 1939 to 1945 and moved to Post Falls in 1955. He later retired from Kaiser Aluminum.
He was a member of the Eagles Lodge and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Survivors include his wife of 42 years, Geneva; a son, Merl Rada of California; two daughters, Sheila Hildebrandt of Post Falls and Donna Melville of Spokane; a brother, Glen Daly of Montana; a sister, Marge Fladlin of Montana; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Don Scott Spokane
Memorial service for Don H. Scott, 57, wire editor for The Spokesman-Review, will be at 2 p.m. today at Heritage Funeral Home.
Born in Morrilton, Ark., Mr. Scott died Thursday.
He studied journalism for two years at Bakersfield (Calif.) College and served in the Marine Corps Reserve from 1957 to 1962.
He worked at the Bakersfield Californian newspaper, the San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News and the Honolulu Advertiser before he arrived at The Spokesman-Review as a copy editor responsible for compiling the daily news wire report. He worked for the Spokane newspaper for 18 years.
Survivors include his father, Oscar Scott of Portland; a brother, Jerry Scott of Oregon City, Ore.; and a sister, Betty Hartford of Tillamook, Ore.
Nina Richardson Spokane
Service for Nina Harms Richardson, 85, will be at 11 a.m. today at Sunset Mausoleum Chapel at Fairmount Memorial Park. Burial will follow. Her son, Bishop William J. Harms II, will officiate.
Born in Mantorville, Minn., Mrs. Richardson died Sunday.
She grew up in South Dakota and Wisconsin, and moved to Spokane in 1945 from Rice Lake, Wis., She worked for The Crescent in alterations for more than 20 years.
Her husband, Leslie Richardson, died in 1963.
She is survived by four daughters, Katheryn Yanzick of Chattaroy, Florence Eberle of Selah, Wash., Anita Lundquist of Spokane and Janice Yancey of Clayton, Wash.; two sons, John and William Harms II, both of Spokane; a sister, Helen Akey of Virginia, Minn.; a brother, Harry VanDerHyde of Ocean Shores, Wash.; 20 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
William ‘Ray’ Butler Spokane
Memorial service for William R. “Ray” Butler, 84, is set for 10:30 a.m. today at North Hill Christian Church. Burial will be at Greenwood Memorial Terrace. Heritage Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Butler, a longtime Spokane resident, died Sunday.
He was born in Gregory, S.D., and graduated from high school there.
He served in the Navy for four years and continued to work for the government in the civil service in Washington, D.C., until World War II. He served overseas as a chief petty officer in intelligence for three years during World War II.
He married Mabel Childs in Nebraska in 1940, and they moved to Spokane in 1948.
Mr. Butler was a member of North Hill Christian Church.
He is survived by his wife; a son, Stanley Butler of Boston; a daughter, Linda Phipps of Roswell, N.M.; and two grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association of Eastern Washington.
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