Obituaries
Jackson Smith St. John, Wash.
Rosary for Jackson W. Smith, 79, will be at 5:30 p.m. today at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in St. John. Requiem Mass will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Colfax, Wash. Entombment will follow at 2:30 p.m. at Holy Family Mausoleum in Spokane. Bruning Funeral Home in Colfax is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Smith, who was born in Portland, died Monday.
He graduated in 1935 from Grant High School in Portland and then received a degree in journalism from the University of Oregon in 1940.
Also in 1940, he and Doris Read were married in Sacramento, Calif. They moved to San Francisco, where they lived and worked until he enlisted in the Army Air Corps. He was stationed in Italy and flew B-17s over Europe during World War II.
Following his discharge, Mr. Smith moved to Portland, where he lived and worked until 1948, when he moved to the St. John area to farm. He left the farm in 1975 and moved to the town of St. John.
Mr. Smith was a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church and served on the church council for more than 30 years. He was also a member of St. John Golf Club, the Spokane Club and was a 50-year member of the Winona Grange.
Mr. Smith also belonged to the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, served on the St. John School Board for 17 years. He was the Palouse-Rock Lake Conservation District Farmer of the Year in 1963.
Survivors include his wife; six daughters, Cindy Klaveano of Pomeroy, Wash., Linda Blackman of Salem, Ore., Judy Angus of Huntsville, Ala., Wendy Gunnels of Spokane, Heidi Danaher of Colfax and Melissa Hodgson of Boston; a son, Read Smith of St. John; a brother, Edgar Smith of Spokane; and 16 grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in St. John or the Whitman Health and Rehabilitation Center in Colfax.
Cecilia (Anselmo) Greenup Kennewick
Funeral Mass for Cecilia Anselmo Greenup, 83, was Monday at Mary Queen Catholic Church. Interment followed at Holy Cross Cemetery. Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Greenup, who was born in Spokane, died Thursday.
She worked as a dental hygienist and moved to Kennewick about a year ago.
Survivors include a daughter, Carol McElroy of Richland; a sister, Jennie Cole of Bellevue, Wash.; two granddaughters and four great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Mary Queen Parish, or to Tri City Hospice, 2108 W. Entiat, Kennewick, WA 99336.
Samuel Galland Spokane
Memorial service for Samuel Peter Galland, 49, will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Fairmount Memorial Park. Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Galland, who was born in Spokane, died Feb. 13.
He served in the Army during the Vietnam War and later worked as a computer consultant.
Mr. Galland was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1435 and the Disabled American Veterans.
Survivors include a sister, Deedie Berde of Bellevue, Wash.
Robert White Cheney
No service will be held for Robert E. White, 68, at his request. Kramer Funeral Home in Tekoa, Wash., is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. White, who was born in Lowder, Ill., died Saturday.
His family moved to Hermiston, Ore., in 1943, and he graduated from Echo High School in Echo, Ore., in 1948.
He then served four years during the Korean War in the Air Force as a flight mechanic on a B-17 bomber.
After his discharge, he moved to Spokane and was a carpenter by trade.
From 1961 to 1976, he owned and operated Bob White’s Carpet and Upholstery Service.
Mr. White later moved to Northport, Wash., where he operated the Whitebird Tavern for 10 years before retiring.
He moved to Cheney in 1996.
Survivors include two sons, Robert White Jr. of Spokane and Michael Shipley of Post Falls; two daughters, Rhonda Cross of Langley, Ore., and Cynthia Daugherty of Spokane; two brothers, Walter White Jr. of New Mexico and Ronald White of Portland; a sister, Mary McVicker of Portland; and 11 grandchildren.
James McManus Spokane
Funeral service for James Patrick McManus, 60, was Monday at Riplinger Funeral Home. Interment followed at Greenwood Memorial Terrace Cemetery.
Mr. McManus, who was born in Pasadena, Calif., died Friday.
He graduated from the University of Idaho with a degree in mechanical engineering and was commissioned as an officer in the Navy.
Mr. McManus served in the Navy for nine years, including duty in Vietnam and received his master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif.
In 1959 he married Gwen Lackner.
After serving in the Navy, he went to work for Kaiser Aluminum Corp. and then moved to Stevensville, Mont., where he co-found Selway Corp.
In 1968 Mr. McManus moved to the Spokane area and in 1978 purchased Acme Machine Works, where he worked until his retirement in 1996.
Mr. McManus founded Coulee Engineering, volunteered for Catholic Charities and was a member of Rotary Club.
Survivors include his wife; four sons, Dennis and Don McManus, both of Spokane, Bart McManus of Vancouver, Wash., and Joe McManus of Vail, Colo.; a daughter, Aileen McManus of Seattle; a sister, Patricia McManus; and four grandchildren.
Dorothy (Light) Hughes Post Falls
Memorial service for Dorothy Lorraine (Light) Hughes, 74, will be today at 2 p.m. at Yates Funeral Home in Coeur d’Alene. Mrs. Hughes, who was born in Colville, Wash., died Friday.
She moved to Spokane after graduating from high school and worked as a secretary at Galena Army Air Depot, which later became Fairchild Air Force Base.
Mrs. Hughes later was self-employed as a cosmetologist in the Spokane Valley before moving to Post Falls. Her husband of 53 years, Bob Hughes, died in 1997.
Survivors include a son, Robert Hughes of Spokane; a daughter, Betty Cook of Coeur d’Alene; a brother, Bill Light of Tacoma; seven sisters, Margaret Anderson and Corrine Hirsch, both of Kettle Falls, Wash., Mildred Prater of Hauser Lake, Idaho, Shirley Cutteridge of Spokane, Nora Rappe of Okanogan, Wash., Nada Green of Gig Harbor, Wash., and Claudia Cooper of Alberta, Canada; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of North Idaho, 280 Prairie Ave., Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814.
James Davis Spokane
Memorial service for James F. Davis, 86, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Heritage Funeral Home.
Mr. Davis, who was born in Opal, S.D., died Friday.
As a child, he moved to Bozeman, Mont., where he earned money by selling horseradish and wild flowers.
He graduated from high school in 1930 and served in the Montana National Guard.
Mr. Davis was involved with highway and dam construction. He became a foreman and then worked as project superintendent.
He also worked at Hanford, where his company built roads and facilities as part of the Manhattan Project.
Mr. Davis moved to Spokane and then worked at least 25 years as a superintendent for Curtis Construction Co. The company crushed the aggregate for many of the major hydroelectric dams in the Northwest.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy; a daughter, Darlene Axling of Spokane; a son, Don Davis of Seattle; three brothers, Clark Davis of Lewistown, Mont., Robert Davis of Belgrade, Mont., and Willard Davis of Brigham City, Utah; and four grandchildren.
Leah Schmidt Spokane
Funeral service for Leah Schmidt, 79, was Monday at Hazen and Jaeger Valley Funeral Home. Burial followed at the Pingrove Cemetery in Rathdrum, Idaho.
Mrs. Schmidt, who was born in Herreid, S.D., died Thursday.
She owned and operated the Blue Bird Cafe in Rathdrum during the 1960s.
Mrs. Schmidt moved from Rathdrum to Spokane three years ago.
Her husband, Mike Schmidt, died in 1971.
Survivors include a son, Jimmy Schmidt of Spokane; four daughters, Dolores Welch and Connie Schmidt, both of Post Falls, Sandy Schmidt of Spokane and Deborah Morehead of Moyie Springs, Idaho; two sisters, Donna Fritzsche of Rathdrum and Wilma Gallagher of Chicago; two brothers, William Buckenberger of Federal Way, Wash., and Robert Buckenberger of Liberty Lake; 11 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Sybil King Harrison, Idaho
Graveside service for Sybil P. King, 97, will be on Thursday in California. Yates-Hodge Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
Mrs. King, who was born in Logan, Utah, died Saturday.
She grew up in Dillon, Mont., and then moved to Salmon, Idaho. She had also lived in Kansas before moving to California in 1932.
Mrs. King worked for the American Red Cross and in the shipyards during World War II. She lived in various cities in California before moving to Harrison in 1968. She moved to Ogden, Utah, in 1972 and returned to Harrison in 1988.
She was a homemaker, and a member of the Mormon Church.
Her husband, Clayton, died in 1971.
Survivors include a son, Clayton King Jr. of Salt Lake City; two daughters, Mardell Workman of Westport, Wash., and Marguerite Straughn of Oregon; a brother, Paul Hansen of California; four sisters, Zazyl Schnoor, Dru Pickle, Karen Sorensen and Zelva Wright, all of California; nine grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Antony Burress Tekoa, Wash.
Rosary for Antony R. Burress, 37, will be at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Tekoa. Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 10 a.m. at the church. Burial will follow at Goldenrod Cemetery in Tekoa. Kramer Funeral Home in Tekoa is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Burress, who was born in Sacramento, Calif., died Thursday in Spokane from a gunshot wound.
He served in the Navy as a seaman from 1978 through 1980. After his discharge, he returned to Sacramento, where he worked as a limousine driver.
Mr. Burress moved to Spokane in 1994 and built window frames, assembled computer keyboards, and worked as a cabinetmaker for Huntwood Industries.
He was a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Tanya Burress of Lodi, Calif.; his mother, Catherine Padilla of Tekoa; a brother, Russell Burress of San Francisco; and three sisters, Karen McCullum and Kim Chism, both of Spokane, and Paula Padilla of Tekoa.
Jack Summers Veradale
Funeral service for Jack H. Summers, 58, will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Riplinger Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Mr. Summers, who was a 10-year resident of Veradale, died Saturday.
He was born in Milton-Freewater, Ore.
Mr. Summers worked for the Building Trades Training Center for three years before retiring in 1997.
He had been a member of Plumbers, Pipefitters and Steamfitters Union Local 44 since 1964.
Survivors include his wife, Edris; three daughters, Terri McNeily of Spokane, Jill Kjose of Longview, Wash., and Stacey Cahill of Spokane; a son, Greg Summers of Waitsburg, Wash.; a stepdaughter, Lea Anne Lewis of Great Falls, Mont.; his mother and stepfather, Maxine and Don Hayes; and eight grandchildren.
Marjorie Michaels Loon Lake, Wash.
Visitation for Marjorie A. Michaels, 62, will be from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and Thursday at Riplinger Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Woodland Cemetery in Deer Park.
Mrs. Michaels, who was born in Nebraska, died Sunday.
She was a homemaker and had resided at Loon Lake for the past 24 years.
Survivors include her husband, Charles; five sons, Ric White of Spokane, Marvin White of Gig Harbor, Wash., Glen White of Washington state, Gary White of Newport, Wash., and Chris Forrest of Loon Lake; three daughters, Tonda Steele of Spokane, Tammy Hoover of Hayden Lake and Katrina Michaels of Helena; a sister, Lorraine Sampson of Spokane; 21 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Cora Keolker Grass Valley, Calif.
Funeral Mass for Cora E. Keolker, 85, was Monday at St. Peter Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery. Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Keolker, who was a 65-year resident of Spokane, died Feb. 17.
She was born in Frazee, Minn., and worked as a secretary. She moved to Grass Valley more than a year ago.
Mrs. Keolker was a member of St. Peter Parish.
Her husband, Arthur Keolker, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Mike of Norfolk, Va.; a daughter, Judy of Bakersfield, Calif.; two sisters, Dors and Eileen, both of California; two grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
Winifred Anderson Spokane
Funeral Mass for Winifred Kavanagh Anderson, 84, was Tuesday at St. Anthony Catholic Church. Interment followed at Holy Cross Cemetery. Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Anderson, who was born in Lancashire, England, died Wednesday.
In 1936 she married Joseph Kavanagh, and they came to the United States on the Queen Mary in 1949. They made their home in Spokane.
Mrs. Anderson was the head seamstress for Interlake School.
Mr. Kavanagh died in 1976.
She later married Otto Anderson, who died in 1990.
Mrs. Anderson was a member of the Women of the Moose Lodge and the Daughters of the British Empire.
Survivors include a daughter, Sheila Graves of Wenatchee; a sister, Georgina Bennison of Covina, Calif.; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Esther Newell Corvallis, Ore.
Graveside service for Esther P. Newell, 95, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Newport (Wash.) Cemetery. A reception will follow at 2 p.m. at the Golden Corral Restaurant in Spokane. McHenry Funeral Home in Corvallis is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Newell, who was born in Kellogg, died Feb. 16.
She was raised in Newport and later lived in Kelso, Wash., where she worked as a beautician.
Mrs. Newell also worked as a beautician in Tekoa and Spokane for 60 years. Her shop was in the Hyde Building for several years and in homes in the Spokane Valley.
She moved to Corvallis four years ago from Spokane.
Her husband of 40 years, Robert Newell, died in 1993.
Survivors include two sons, Russell Ellis of Corvallis, and Wendell Ellis of Chattaroy; eight grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Carl Curtis Spokane
Memorial service for Carl H. Curtis, 88, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Sunset Mausoleum Chapel at Fairmount Memorial Park. Heritage Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Curtis, who was born in Mancos, Colo., died Sunday.
He served in the Army during World War II, and later worked as a pipe fitter in the construction industry for many years.
In 1939 he married Pearl Jeffers in Aztec, N.M.
Mr. Curtis worked for Kaiser Aluminum before retiring in 1976.
He was a member of Hillyard Masonic Lodge 133 and Steelworkers Union Local 329.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Russ and Guy; a daughter, Teresa; his father, Willis Curtis; three sisters, Zelda of Coos Bay, Ore., Mary Ann of Aztec, N.M., and Ruth of Gulfport, Fla.; and four grandchildren.
Jill Bennett Spokane
Funeral Mass for Jill R. Bennett, 60, will be at 11 a.m. today at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery. Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Bennett, who was born in Spokane, died Saturday.
She worked as a certified nurse’s assistant at St. Luke’s Extended Care and then continued the same type of work on her own.
Mrs. Bennett was a member of St. Ann’s Parish and the Holy Family Hospital Auxiliary and worked for Habitat for Humanity.
Survivors include two sons, Sumner and Ty Bennett, both of California; two daughters, Kim Miller of Kentucky and Collette Bennett of California; three sisters, Jeanne Ager, Julie Johnson and Janet Hart, all of Spokane; two brothers, Lance and Tom LaLone, both of Spokane; and two grandchildren.
James Putty Spokane
Memorial service for James L. Putty, 58, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Spokane Eagles Lodge 2. The Cremation Society of Washington is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Putty, who was a 10-year resident of Spokane, died Saturday.
He was born in San Pedro, Calif., and worked as a life insurance salesman for many years.
Mr. Putty was a former resident of Coeur d’Alene.
He was a member of Eagles Lodge 2 of Spokane.
Survivors include his wife, Sonja.
Memorial contributions may be made to Cancer Patient Care.
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