Obituaries
Leonard Folland Spokane
Service for Leonard E. Folland, 65, is set for 3 p.m. today at Ball and Dodd Funeral Home North. Cremation will follow.
Mr. Folland, who died Thursday, was born in Charlson, N.D.
He moved to Spokane in 1943 and graduated from Rogers High School.
He moved to Ritzville and worked for the Columbia Gas Company from 1961 to 1974 as a gas fitter. Mr. Folland was a member of the Ritzville Volunteer Fire Department and also served as fire chief.
He moved to Goldendale, Wash., in 1974 as a representative for Washington Water Power’s natural gas division. He retired in 1987 and returned to Spokane.
He was active in the Goldendale Volunteer Fire Department, Meals on Wheels and had served in the Air Force during the Korean War.
Mr. Folland is survived by his wife of 46 years, Shirley Folland; a son, Doug Folland of Ulysses, Kan.; a daughter, Diane Abney of Spokane; a sister, Evelyn Simonson of Lakewood, Colo.; and five grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Driscoll Boulevard Baptist Church.
Richard Simmons Nine Mile Falls
Service for Richard E. Simmons, 51, will be at 2 p.m. today at Heritage Funeral Home. There will be private burial at Greenwood Memorial Cemetery.
Mr. Simmons, who was born in Iowa City, died Thursday.
He served in the Air Force from 1965 to 1969 and was also active in the Air Force Reserves.
Mr. Simmons retired in January after 29 years as a planner and estimator of building projects for the General Services Administration.
He had lived in Spokane for 12 years.
He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Patricia Simmons; a son, Chad Simmons, and a daughter, Andrea Simmons, both of Spokane; a brother, Mike Simmons of Iowa; three sisters, Karen, Sharon and Rosemary, all of Iowa.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association.
Alice Bundy Chewelah, Wash.
Graveside service for Alice Beatty Bundy, 92, is set for 11 a.m. today at Chewelah Memorial Park. Schanzenbach Funeral Home in Chewelah is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Bundy, who died Wednesday, was born in Lewisburg, Tenn.
She married Emmery Bundy in 1934 in Elko, Nev., and they moved to Chewelah in the early 1940s and farmed.
Mrs. Bundy was a member of the Chewelah Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Her husband preceded her in death.
She is survived by a brother, George Whitesell of Vallejo, Calif.
Dorothy (Gallagher) Davis Spokane
Service for Dorothy A. (Gallagher) Davis, 75, will be at 1 p.m. today at Ball and Dodd Funeral Home-North. Burial will follow at Fairmount Memorial Park.
Mrs. Davis, who died Wednesday, was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
She had lived in Spokane from 1944 until 1960 and worked for a company involved in the construction of missile sites. She transferred with the company to Altus, Okla., in 1960.
She later moved to Kansas City, Mo., and worked as a civilian for the Marine Corps from 1970 until 1982, when she retired and returned to Spokane.
Mrs. Davis was a member of the Spokane Valley Quilters.
Survivors include her husband of 35 years, James Davis; a son, Michael Dennis of Portland; a daughter, Sharon Reed of Dinuba, Calif.; three sisters, Wanda Radford and Shirley McConnell, both of Spokane, and Beverly Scaulis of Vancouver, Wash.; a brother, Norman Gallagher of Spokane; four grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Irene Welch Spokane
Vigil service for Irene H. (Kleinknecht) Welch, 83, will be at 7 p.m. today at Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home. Funeral Mass is set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Charles Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Fairmount Memorial Park.
Mrs. Welch, a lifetime Spokane resident, died Thursday.
She had worked as a civilian secretary for the military, for The Spokesman-Review and Spokane Chronicle advertising department, the Federal Land Bank and Spokane School District 81.
She was a member of St. Charles Parish, the National Association of Federal Retired Employees, the American Association of Retired Persons and the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia.
Mrs. Welch is survived by her husband of 60 years, James Welch; a daughter, Elizabeth Wilson of Spokane; and two grandchildren.
Christa Logsdon Deep Creek, Wash.
Service for Christa L. (Henderson) Logsdon, is set for 1 p.m. Wednesday at Riplinger Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Reardan (Wash.) Cemetery.
Mrs. Logsdon, who died Thursday, was born in Andalusia, Alaska.
She had lived in Spokane since 1971 and was a homemaker.
Mrs. Logsdon is survived by her husband, Raymond; two daughters, Raenia Ferns and Manya Milligan, and a son, Robert Logsdon, all of Spokane; three brothers, Joe, Malcom and Max Henderson; three sisters, Helen McGlaun, Vivian Clark and Eloise Stewart; and six grandchildren.
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