Obituaries
John Johnson Spokane
Visitation for John M. “Johnny” Johnson, 85, is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today at Ball and Dodd Funeral Home-North. Family service will be at 9 a.m. Friday at Sunset Chapel at Fairmount Memorial Park. Burial will follow at Fairmount Memorial Park. Memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Fourth Memorial Church.
Mr. Johnson, who was born in Michigan, died Monday.
He was a 71-year Spokane resident and graduated from North Central High School.
He was the manager of White’s Boots for more than 45 years.
Mr. Johnson was a member of Fourth Memorial Church and Fourth Memorial Number One bowling team.
He is survived by his wife of 22 years, Therese Johnson; and a sister, Gladys Dandois of Susanville, Calif.
Mabel Rasmussen Spokane
Visitation for Mabel V. Rasmussen, 86, is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today at Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home. Service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Sunset Mausoleum Chapel at Fairmount Memorial Park. Burial will follow.
Mrs. Rasmussen, who died Monday, was born in Yankton, S.D.
She was a homemaker and had lived in Spokane for 45 years.
Her husband, Lewis Rasmussen, died in 1986.
She is survived by three sons, Harley Rasmussen of Spokane, Marvin Rasmussen of Mead and Ivan Rasmussen of Elk; a brother, Ferris Percy, and sister, Naomi Daracunas, both of Spokane; eight grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
John Peters Spokane
Visitation for John W. Peters, 80, is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and Friday at Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home. Service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Spokane Memorial Gardens.
Born in Leland, Idaho, Mr. Peters died Friday.
He and his wife, Lucille, lived in Spokane, and Mr. Peters worked for Kaiser Aluminum in Mead for nearly 30 years.
He retired in 1974, and they moved to Sandpoint before returning to Spokane.
Mrs. Peters died in 1994.
Mr. Peters is survived by a daughter, Cheryl Carty of Spokane; and three grandchildren.
Ethel Robinson Eddy Sandpoint
Service for Ethel May Robinson Eddy, 78, will be held today at 11 a.m. at the Bonners Ferry (Idaho) Funeral Home. Private burial will take place at the Moravia Cemetery.
Ms. Eddy, who was born in Moravia, Idaho, died Sunday.
She grew up and attended schools in Moravia until moving to Missouri in 1928. She returned to Moravia in 1935 and graduated from Bonners Ferry High School before going on to attend Lewiston Normal College, graduating in 1937.
Ms. Eddy taught school in various Boundary County schools, including Moravia, MacArthur, Copeland, Sheridan and Bonners Ferry.
She later taught at Southside and Valley View Schools, retiring in 1978. Ms. Eddy recently moved to the Mountainside Care Center in Sandpoint.
Survivors include a sister, Constance Hollenbeck of Bonners Ferry.
Joann Buchite Newport, Wash.
Graveside service for Joann Carol Buchite, 63, will be at 2 p.m. today at Newport Cemetery. Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Buchite, who died Sunday, was born in Cheney and graduated from Newport High School.
She was the manager of the Fairco Mini Mart in Oldtown, Idaho, for 11 years.
Survivors include a daughter, Linda McFall of Newport; a son, Tom Buchite of Libby, Mont.; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Elfred Martinson Coeur d’Alene
Viewing for Elfred Nels Martinson, 75, will be held Friday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Short’s Funeral Chapel in Moscow. Service will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will follow at the Moscow Cemetery.
Mr. Martinson, who was born in Montana, died Sunday from a heart attack while vacationing in the Caribbean.
He grew up near Kalispell, Mont., graduating from Kalispell High School. He moved to San Diego in 1941 and worked for Consolidated Aircraft building airplanes for World War II.
Mr. Martinson joined the Army and served in the Pacific and Korean Theaters during World War II, being discharged as a master sergeant in 1946.
He returned to the Pacific Northwest after his military discharge and settled in Moscow, where he worked as a finish carpenter and cabinetmaker.
He moved to Oregon in 1974 and worked as a motel manager, purchasing the Travelure Motel in Aberdeen, Wash., in 1977 and retiring after 15 years.
He moved to Lacey, Wash., in 1990 before moving to Coeur d’Alene in 1996.
Mr. Martinson was a member of the Aberdeen Eagles Lodge.
Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Dorothy; a son, Craig Martinson of Deary, Idaho; four daughters, Shirley Smith, Bonnie Brainard, Janice Newsome and Karin Larson, all of Moscow, Idaho; two brothers, Bill Martinson of Spokane and Carl Martinson of Polson, Mont.; four sisters, Ann Lucas, Opal Larson and Nora Stricker, all of Montana, and Della Dooley of Oklahoma; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Mary ‘Bess’ (Brislawn) Oliver Spokane
Service for Mary E. “Bess” (Brislawn) Oliver, 83, is set for 1 p.m. Friday at St. Charles Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery. Heritage Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Oliver, a 65-year Spokane resident, died Monday.
She was born in Sprague, Wash., and graduated from Sprague High School and Kinman Business College in Spokane.
She worked in the insurance industry in Spokane and retired in 1975.
Mrs. Oliver was a member of St. Charles Parish, the Jesuit Auxiliary, the Sorelle Club, Spokane Insurance Women and Lilac City Caravaners.
Her husband of 52 years, Harry Oliver, died in 1993.
She is survived by a daughter, Carol Mulvey of Spokane; a brother, Marcian Brislawn of Spokane; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Laura Mae Shorter Colville, Wash.
Service for Laura Mae Shorter, 78, is planned for 11 a.m. Friday at Danekas Funeral Chapel in Colville. Burial will follow at Mountain View Park Cemetery in Colville.
Mrs. Shorter, a lifetime Colville resident, died Monday.
She graduated from Colville High School and married Ansel Shorter in 1939.
They farmed in the Echo Valley area until 1958, when they moved to town.
Mrs. Shorter was a member of the Colville Eagles Lodge and the Colville Valley Grange.
Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Joanne Mach of Edmonds, Wash., and Lynn Williams of Mountlake Terrace, Wash.; a sister, Lois Chapman of Vancouver, Wash.; four grandchildren and one great-grandson.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.
Peggy Spatafore Spokane
Graveside service Peggy P. Spatafore, 85, was held at Riverside Memorial Park.
Mrs. Spatafore, who was born in South Dakota, died Sunday.
She had lived in Spokane for 53 years and was a homemaker.
Survivors include two sons, Art Prichard of Colbert and Don Prichard of Spokane; a sister, Esther Jones of Great Falls, Mont.; four grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Duane ‘Dusty’ Hutsell Spokane
Memorial service for Duane A. “Dusty” Hutsell, 47, is planned for 11 a.m. Friday at Heritage Funeral Home.
Mr. Hutsell, who was born in Wallace, died Thursday.
He graduated from Lewis and Clark High School and Washington State University.
Mr. Hutsell worked as a taxi driver for the Yellow Cab Co. for 20 years.
He is survived by his parents, Claude and Alberta Driggs of Spokane; and three brothers, Darrell Hutsell of Kings Valley, Ore., Gary Hutsell of Portland and Mike Hutsell of Spokane.
Honey Zorn Spokane
Memorial service for Honey Zorn, 78, is planned for 10 a.m. Friday at St. Peter Lutheran Church. Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Zorn, who was born in Atlanta, died March 7.
She attended the University of Washington, received nurse training in Seattle and received her registered nurse degree.
During World War II she worked for Boeing. She later moved to Montana and worked at a tuberculosis hospital in Butte, where she met and married her husband, Glen Zorn.
They came to Spokane 37 years ago. She worked at Edgecliff Sanatarium as a registered nurse and social director.
Mrs. Zorn was a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband.
She is survived by two daughters, Glenine Hartliep of Renton, Wash., and Billie Todd of Spokane; a son, Glen Zorn of Kirkland, Wash.; and seven grandchildren.
Julie Dimitroff Spokane
No service will be held for Julie C. Dimitroff, 78, at her request. Heritage Funeral Home is in charge of cremation.
Mrs. Dimitroff, who was born in Waiakea, Hawaii, died Monday.
She was a former San Francisco resident and retired to Rockford in 1976. She moved to the Spokane Valley 19 years ago.
Survivors include her husband of 56 years, William Dimitroff; two sons, Robert Dimitroff of Bay City, Mich., and Rickey Dimitroff of San Francisco; a daughter, Susan Hylton of Spokane; a sister, Barbara Tapia of Oakland, Calif.; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Mary Jo Hagerty Spokane
Graveside service for Mary Jo Hagerty, 66, will be Friday at Mountain View Cemetery in Fresno, Calif. Stephens and Bean Funeral Home in Fresno is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Hagerty, who died Sunday, was born in Snyder, Texas.
She married Charles Hagerty in 1959 and they operated an orchard in Tonasket, Wash., from 1960 until 1982. They moved to Spokane in 1982.
Her husband died in 1987.
She is survived by a son, Patrick Hagerty of Spokane; a daughter Ledlie Madden of Bakersfield, Calif.; a sister, Billie Jean Hammack of Fresno; and a grandchild.
Dr. Edward Clanton Kailua Kona, Hawaii
Private service for Dr. Edward Lee Clanton was held.
Dr. Clanton, who was born in Rockford, died Feb. 23. He was 82.
He graduated from Rockford High School, the University of Washington, St. Louis University School of Medicine and Marquette University School of Medicine. He served his internship at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane in 1940.
He served in the Army Medical Corps during World War II at Fort Lewis, Wash., and in the Philippines.
He served his residency in Milwaukee, Wis., and also taught at Marquette University for three years. He then returned to Spokane and practiced medicine for 30 years.
He was an Eagle Scout and, with the Rev. Oakley O’Conner, established a Boy Scout program in the Catholic schools of the Spokane Diocese. He founded the Northwest Proctological Society in 1951.
Dr. Clanton was a member of the the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, the Sons of the American Revolution, the Sons of the Confederacy and the First Families of Virginia. He and his wife, Eileen Franck Clanton, moved to Hawaii after he retired.
Dr. Clanton is survived by his wife; two sons, Lee Clanton Jr. of Lewiston and James Clanton of Seattle; and two grandsons.
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