Obituaries
Roby McDonald Forest Grove, Ore.
Service for Roby Margaret McDonald, 96, will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Fuiten, Rose and Hoyt Funeral Home in Forest Grove. A reception will follow at the Taylor family home. Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Pines Cemetery in the Spokane Valley.
Mrs. McDonald, who was born in Waukau, Wis., died Saturday.
She was raised in and went to school in Waukau.
In 1925 she married Henry McDonald in Oshkosh, Wis. They made their home in Oshkosh and Merrill, Wis., until moving to Spokane in 1954.
Mrs. McDonald was a homemaker and was active in church groups in Wisconsin and at the Millwood Community Presbyterian Church in the Spokane Valley.
She was a member of the Spokane Valley Senior Citizens, the Birthday Club, Magnolia Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star in Millwood and the Inland Empire Rock Hounds.
Her husband died in 1985. Mrs. McDonald moved to Forest Grove four years ago.
She is survived by a son, Keith McDonald of Hillsboro, Wis.; three daughters, Phyllis Tilou of Oshkosh, Mary Jane Troeh of Puyallup, Wash., and Susan Taylor of Forest Grove; 14 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Jennings McCall Memorial Fund, 2300 Masonic Way, Forest Grove, OR 97116.
Elsie Sweeney Spokane
Visitation for Elsie F. Sweeney, 90, will be from noon to 8 p.m. today at Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home. Service is planned for 11 a.m. Friday at Bethany Presbyterian Church. Entombment will follow at Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Sweeney, who was born and raised in Spangle, died Sunday.
She was a homemaker and was a member of Bethany Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include her husband of 30 years, Charles; and two brothers, Don Heinrich of Seattle and Ed Heinrich of Glendora, Calif.
Memorial contributions may be made to Bethany Presbyterian Church.
Catherine (Duggan) Brown Bellingham
Vigil service for Catherine (Duggan) Brown, 89, will be at 7 p.m. today at Jones-Moles Funeral Home Chapel in Bellingham. Funeral Mass will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bellingham.
Mrs. Brown, who was born in Grand Forks, N.D., died Monday.
She grew up in Spokane.
In 1942, she married Anders Brown in Long Beach, Calif. They raised their family in Seattle and Spokane and then retired in Arizona. She moved to Bellingham in 1989.
Mrs. Brown was a member of the Friday Musical Club, the Spokane Opera Association and Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bellingham.
She was also, at one time, the Spokane women’s amateur golf champion.
Her husband died in 1973.
Survivors include a son, Reynold Brown of Seattle; two daughters, Mary Barr of Woodburn, Ore., and Marsha Hodel of Bellingham; two brothers, Jack and Marshall Duggan, both of Spokane; and seven grandchildren.
Sherman ‘Corky’ Watson Rohrdorf, Germany
Memorial service for Sherman “Corky” Watson, 56, will be at 11:30 a.m. Sunday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 51 in Spokane.
Mr. Watson, who was born in San Diego, died Friday.
He graduated from Shadle Park High School and then from Eastern Washington University, where he was involved in the ROTC program.
Mr. Watson was commissioned into the Army Artillery Division and served until his retirement in 1996 as a colonel in the Army Reserves.
He was a sky soldier in Vietnam Airborne Brigade from 1967 to 1968 and also served in Southwest Asia during Operation Desert Storm and Desert Shield as commander of the 244th Rear Tactical Operations Center.
Among his numerous awards are the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star with first Oak Leaf Cluser and V device for valor and the Army Air Medal.
Mr. Watson was active in the Boy Scout program.
Survivors include his wife of 25 years, Erika; three sons, Richard Watson of Little Rock (Ark.) Air Force Base, Brian Watson of Fort Sill, Okla., and Eric Watson of The U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York; his mother, Skip Thomas of Spokane; and a sister, Kathy Kendall of Spokane.
Elmer Peterson Spokane
Visitation for Elmer C. Peterson, 83, will be from 3 to 8 p.m. today at Hazen and Jaeger Valley Funeral Home. Memorial service with military honors will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Mr. Peterson, who was born in Alexandria, Minn., died Monday.
He served in the Army during World War II.
Mr. Peterson was a journeyman sheet metal worker.
He was a 52-year Spokane resident and was a member of the Veterans for Foreign Wars Post 1435 in Spokane, the American Legion Post 87 in Alexandria, Minn., and the Sheet Metal Worker’s Union Local 66.
Survivors include his wife, Marilyn; a stepdaughter, Anna Stephens of Spokane; a stepson, Mark Gorski of Billings, Mont.; two sisters, Mabel Engen of Waite Park, Minn., and Selma Wilke of Mesa, Ariz.; two brothers, Axel Peterson of Seattle and Clarence Peterson of Rochester, Minn.; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Edna Senkler Hartline, Wash.
Visitation for Edna L. Senkler, 80, will be from 3 to 7 p.m. today at Strate Funeral Home in Wilbur, Wash. Service is set for 11 a.m. Friday at the Hartline Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Hartline Cemetery.
Mrs. Senkler, who was born in Hartline, died Monday.
She graduated in 1935 from Hartline High School.
In 1949 she married Arthur Senkler in Seattle and they returned to Hartline where they farmed.
Mrs. Senkler was a member of the Washington Association of Wheat Growers.
Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Judy Simpson of Bainbridge Island, Wash.; a son, Rich Senkler of Hartline; and two grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Hartline Fire Department.
Warren Pomeroy Sandpoint
Visitation for Warren Edward Pomeroy, 72, will be from 6-8 p.m. today at Coffelt Funeral Service in Sandpoint. Service is set for Friday at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Sandpoint. Burial will be at Pinecrest Memorial Park in Sandpoint.
Mr. Pomeroy, who was born in Markham, Wash., died Sunday.
He grew up and graduated from high school in Montana and went on to attend Gordon Bible School in Nebraska for two years.
Mr. Pomeroy returned to Montana and pastored his home church, The First Church of God, for 20 years and was named Tobacco Valley Citizen of the Year by the Tobacco Valley Improvement Association and was elected to the Tobacco Valley Hall of Fame in Eureka, Mont.
He worked for Gompf Funeral Home and drove an ambulance in Eureka and served as a Justice of the Peace, Civil Air Patrol Chaplain and was active in the American Red Cross in Eureka.
Mr. Pomeroy moved to Kalispell, Mont., in 1967 and graduated from Flathead Community College before working for Johnson Funeral Home in Kalispell.
He later graduated from the California College of Mortuary Science and served his internship at Johnson Funeral Home and became a licensed mortician in the state of Montana.
Mr. Pomeroy moved to Sandpoint in 1972 and worked for Coffelt Funeral service as a licensed mortician.
He worked as a Bonner County funeral director and deputy coroner for 20 years, retiring in 1992.
Mr. Pomeroy was past president of the North Idaho Funeral Director’s Association and the Sandpoint Kiwanis Club and had served as lieutenant governor for the Kiwanis.
He was also active on the local board of Federal Emergency Management Administration and was instrumental in establishing the St. Francis Day Care Center.
Mr. Pomeroy was a member of Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), and pastored the First Church of God in Sandpoint since 1973.
He was a member of the Montana and Northwest Church of God associations and held regional offices serving as the area representative for the World Services Division through the Church of God.
Survivors include his wife, Nina; three children, Elaine May and Jon Pomeroy, both of Spokane, and Charles Pomeroy of Portland, Ore.; four brothers, Bill and Ted Pomeroy, both of Montana, Westley Pomeroy of Eastsound, Wash., and Caleb Pomeroy of Fairbanks, Alaska; eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First Church of God.
Bartley Durant Hayden Lake, Idaho
Private memorial service for Bartley S. Durant, 70, will be held at a later date. The Cremation Society of Washington is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Durant, who was born in Detroit, died Monday.
He graduated in 1947 from New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, N.M. In 1949, he received a degree in business from the University of California at Berkeley.
Mr. Durant then served in the Army for two years.
In 1951, he married Marjorie Wootten. She died in 1984.
In 1986, he married Susan Lewis.
Mr. Durant began his career in retailing with the Emporium Department Stores in San Francisco in 1949. He advanced through several merchandising positions to general merchandise manager in 1967.
Mr. Durant was appointed president of Weinstocks, a Sacramento-based chain, in 1972 and was promoted to president of The Emporium in 1974. He was then elected chairman the following year.
He was president and chief executive officer of each of the following companies throughout his career: the Emporium Department Stores of San Francisco, Capwells Department Stores of Oakland, Calif., and finally president and chief executive officer of the Crescent Department Stores in Spokane from 1981 to 1987.
He was a member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity, the Chamber of Commerce for the cities of San Francisco, Sacramento, Oakland and Spokane, a member of the Rotary and a board member for the United Way and Boy Scouts of America in San Francisco.
Mr. Durant was a member of the Spokane Gun Club, the Spokane Club and Hayden Lake Golf and Country Club.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Stewart Durant of Redwood City, Calif., and Jeffrey Durant of Livermore, Calif.; two stepdaughters, Barbara Kuuskvere of Spokane and Theresa Mintz of San Jose, Calif.; a stepson, Matthew Lewis of Phoenix; a sister, Elinor McHale of Turner, Ore.; four grandchildren and three stepgrandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society of the United States, 2100 L. Street N.W., Washington D.C. 20037.
Richard Bumgarner Spokane
Memorial service for Richard Bumgarner, 70, will be at 1 p.m. today at the Salvation Army. Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangement.
Mr. Bumgarner, a resident of Spokane for 36 years, died Monday.
He was born in Doty, Wash., and operated snack bars at the Spokane County Court House and Spokane City Hall for several years before retiring in 1988.
Mr. Bumgarner then worked for the Booth Care Center for five years.
He was a member of the Salvation Army.
Survivors include his wife of 33 years, Barbara; a son, Duane Bumgarner of Spokane; two sisters, Lavonne Kastl of Greenacres and Sally Gottschalk of Mission Viejo, Calif.; and a brother, Vern Bumgarner of Greenacres.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army.
Caroline David Glendale, Ore.
Graveside service for Caroline Mildred David, 89, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Holy Cross Cemetery Chapel. Chapel of the Valley Funeral Home in Grants Pass, Ore., is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. David, who was born in Spokane, died Sunday.
In 1927 she married Kenneth David in Coeur d’Alene and they lived for many years in Colfax, Wash.
She worked as a legal secretary and moved to Glendale from Spokane in 1991.
Mrs. David was a member of the Spokane Historical Society, was an accomplished pianist and organist and gave recitals.
Her husband died in 1985.
Survivors include a son, Kenneth David Jr. of Glendale; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Edith Schuemaker Spokane
Service for Edith Dorothy Schuemaker, 87, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Riplinger Funeral Home. Private burial will be at Fairmount Memorial Park.
Born in Ferdinand, Idaho, Mrs. Schuemaker died Monday.
She moved to Spokane in 1933 and was a homemaker.
Mrs. Schuemaker was a member of the Congregational Church.
Her husband, Harry, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Kathleen Noland of Spokane; and two grandchildren.
John ‘Jake’ Fullenwider Harrison, Idaho
Memorial service for John Jacob “Jake” Fullenwider, 96, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Christian Church in Coeur d’Alene. English Funeral Home in Coeur d’Alene is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Fullenwider, who was born in Burlington Junction, Mo., died Friday.
He moved from Missouri to Idaho Falls in 1912 and attended college in Spokane in 1918.
Mr. Fullenwider moved to Worley, Idaho, in 1923 before moving to Butte, Mont., in 1929.
He later moved to Spokane and operated The Big Dipper Drive-In during the 1940s and was also a life insurance salesman for Prudential Life.
He moved to California in 1948 and then moved to Coeur d’Alene in 1993.
Mr. Fullenwider was a member of the First Christian (Disciples of Christ) Church, Audubon Masonic Lodge and the Scottish Rite.
He was a member of the El Katif Shrine and the Shuffle Board Association in California and was inducted into the California State and National Shuffle Board Hall of Fame.
Mr. Fullenwider was preceded in death by his wife, Kathryn.
Survivors include two daughters, Helen Oatman and Kathryn Eddy, both of Carlin Bay, Idaho; a brother, Elmer Fullenwider of California; five grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Shriners Hospital for Children or the Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, External Affairs-Development, 725 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1601.
John ‘Howard’ Gumaer Priest River, Idaho
Memorial service for John ‘Howard’ Gumaer, 73, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Priest River. Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport, Wash., is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Gumaer, a lifetime Priest River resident, died Sunday.
He graduated in 1943 from Priest River High School and served in the Army during World War II.
In 1948 he married Wanda Belle Gilmore in Vancouver, Wash.
Mr. Gumaer worked as a logger.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Randy, Gary and Kelly Gumaer, all of Priest River; a brother, Dewey Gumaer of Priest River; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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