Obituaries
Bessie Camp Cheney
Graveside service for Bessie Camp, 95, is set for 10 a.m. today at the Spangle Cemetery. Cheney Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Camp, who was born in Walla Walla, died August 18.
She married Clifford Camp in 1923 in Ritzville, and they moved to Spangle where they farmed.
She was a homemaker.
Mrs. Camp was a member of the East Cheney Grange.
Her husband died in 1995.
Survivors include two sons, Lester Camp of Oakesdale, Wash., and Richard Camp of Spangle; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Cheney Care Center, 2219 N. Sixth St., Cheney, WA 99004 or to the Spangle Cemetery Fund, 25917 S. Cedar St., Spangle, WA 99031.
Harold Harvey Cheney
Memorial service for Harold W. Harvey, 67, will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Cheney United Church of Christ. Thornhill Valley Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Mr. Harvey, who died Wednesday, was born in Billings, Mont.
He graduated form Billings Senior High School and received a degree in music in 1953 from the University of Montana.
Mr. Harvey served in the Air Force, primarily with the 695th Air Force Band, that was stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont.
In 1954 he married Marie Duff.
He taught music in the Superior, Mont., public schools and returned to the University of Montana in 1955 and received a master’s degree in music education.
Mr. Harvey then taught in the public schools in Helena and moved to Cheney in 1958. He was a high school band director and music teacher and retired in 1987.
Mr. Harvey was a member of the Theta Chi fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha music professionals’ fraternity, Spokane Falls Community Band, the University of Montana Alumni Band and the Washington Retired Teachers Association.
He also volunteered at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge and was instrumental in revitalizing the bluebird nesting program.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Michael Harvey of Ferndale, Wash., and David Harvey of Richland; two daughters, Julie Harris of Naches, Wash., and Sylvia Goddard of Vancouver, Wash.; and five grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Spokane.
Lynn ‘Don’ Keith Spokane
A graveside service for Lynn ‘Don’ Keith, 69, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Marshall (Wash.) Cemetery. Heritage Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Born in Hollywood, Calif., Mr. Keith died Thursday.
He served in the Army from 1946 to 1949.
In 1955 he married Gwendolyn Chastain in Elk Grove, Calif.
He later worked as a mining engineer from 1959 to 1988.
Mr. Keith was a member of the Citizens Committee of Safety and the National Rifle Association.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Fred Keith of Spokane; two daughters, Brenda Mitchell of Tum Tum, Wash., and Laura Glover of Sacramento, Calif.; and seven grandchildren.
Robert Seay Spokane
Memorial service for Robert G. Seay, 50, will be 7 p.m. today at the Union Gospel Mission. Ball and Dodd Funeral Home-North is in charge of the arrangements.
Mr. Seay, who was born in Chicashea, Okla., died Thursday.
He graduated from high school in the Oklahoma area in 1965.
Mr. Seay served in the Marine Corps from 1964 to 1968, during the Vietnam War. He received the Good Conduct Medal and the Purple Heart.
He moved to Spokane in 1982 from Roseburg, Ore.
He worked for Sullen Construction as a computer programmer until 1990.
He served with Pointman Ministries with the Union Gospel Mission.
Survivors include his wife of 10 years, Deanna; two sons, Chris and Bryan Seay, and a daughter, Samantha Seay, all of Spokane; a stepdaughter, Jenifer Hamersky of Spokane; his mother, Elsie Jones of Norman, Okla.; a brother, Don Hoishington of Loveland, Colo.; two sisters, Patti Switz of Long Beach, Calif., and Barbara Seay of Norman, Okla.; his stepmother, Marvel Seay of Sandy, Utah; and a granddaughter.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Union Gospel Mission.
Gladys (Frank) Duncan Stockton, Calif.
Memorial service for Gladys (Frank) Duncan, 88, will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Grace Baptist Church in Spokane. Wallace-Martin Funeral Home in Stockton, Calif., is in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Duncan, who was born Las Animas, Colo., died Monday.
She had lived in Spokane since 1959 and was a homemaker.
She crocheted caps for children, donating hundreds of them to Telephone Pioneers, Our Place, Grace Baptist Church and Ogden Hall.
Mrs. Duncan moved to Stockton in April.
Her memberships included the Twin Oaks Baptist Church in Stockton and Grace Baptist Church in Spokane.
She is survived by a daughter, Rita Allen of Stockton; a sister, Irene Hall of Colorado Springs; and a grandson.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of San Joaquin, 2609 E. Hammer Lake, Stockton, CA 95210.
Louise Grunerud Silver City, N.M.
Service for Louise M. Grunerud, 68, will be today at 10 a.m. at Bonners Ferry Funeral Home. Burial will be held at Mountain View Cemetery in Bonners Ferry.
Mrs. Grunerud, who was born in Bonners Ferry, died Monday.
She lived in Bonners Ferry for many years before moving to New Mexico.
Survivors include her husband, Edward; three daughters, Lynn Cook, Leah Schmidt and Sharlene Grunerud, all of New Mexico; a son, George Grunerud of Chile; a sister, Myrna Ranfier of Auburn, Wash.; three brothers, Edwin “Butch” Palmer of Bonneville, Idaho, Donald Hershman of Centralia, Wash., and Richard “Bud” Hershman of Auburn, Wash.; her father, James Hershman of Centralia; and five grandchildren, Jennifer, Ruth, George, Dustin and Kevin.
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