Obituaries

Eva Marcy Sandpoint

Service for Eva Stella Marcy, 91, will be today at 1 p.m. at the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home. Private burial will follow at McArthur Cemetery near Naples, Idaho.

Mrs. Marcy, who was born in Oklahoma, died Thursday.

She grew up and attended school in Oklahoma and then worked on the family farm.

Mrs. Marcy then lived in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado before settling in the Highland Flats area near Bonners Ferry in 1939.

She was a homemaker and quilter and was a member of Sandpoint United Methodist Church.

She moved to Sandpoint three years ago.

Her husband of 53 years, Paul, died in 1995.

Survivors include three sons, Lee Mahler of Sandpoint, Charlie Mahler of Naples and Ray Mahler of California; a stepdaughter, Bettie Preston of Bonners Ferry; a sister, Hazel Hareno of Kellogg; 10 grandchildren, three stepgrandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.

Albert Maurer Newman Lake

Vigil service for Albert T. Maurer, 78, is scheduled for 7 p.m. today at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Otis Orchards. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the church. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery in Trentwood. Hennessey Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Maurer, who was born in Espanola, Wash., died Monday.

He served in the Army during World War II and in 1941 married Josephine Calistro.

Mr. Maurer worked as a farmer for several years and then was employed at Kaiser Aluminum before retiring in 1980 after 30 years.

He was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, the Grange and the Rambling Rovers travel group. He also served on the Moab Irrigation Board.

Mr. and Mrs. Maurer had been residents of Newman Lake for 57 years.

Survivors include his wife; four daughters, Darlene Weaver of Edmonds, Wash., Patricia Orebaugh of Newman Lake, and Sandra Shay and Rosalee Allan, both of Greenacres; a son, Richard Maurer of Newman Lake; a brother, Maurice Maurer of Potlatch, Idaho; a sister, Marcelle La Freniere of Lacey, Wash.; 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to Cystic Fibrosis Society or American Cancer Society.

Lois Seguine Dalton Gardens, Idaho

Memorial Mass for Lois Elnore Seguine, 76, will be today at 11 a.m. at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Coeur d’Alene. Burial will be in Caldwell, Idaho.

Mrs. Seguine, who died Saturday, was born in Iowa.

She grew up and graduated from high school in Parma, Idaho, and then lived in Caldwell and worked as an operator for Mountain Bell Telephone Co., for 19 years.

Mrs. Seguine moved to North Idaho in 1974 and was a member of St. Thomas Catholic Church.

Survivors include her husband, Henry; two sons, Lonnie Seguine of Dalton Gardens and Dallas Seguine of Oregon; a daughter, Gail Divine of Post Falls; a brother, Wayne Groen of Kansas; two sisters, Phyllis Barnes and Erma Brummier, both of Caldwell; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Duncan ‘Dunc’ McGillivray Coeur d’Alene

Visitation for Duncan Calvin “Dunc” McGillivray, 91, will be Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Yates Funeral Home in Coeur d’Alene. Service will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be at Kingston (Idaho) Cemetery.

Mr. McGillivray, who was born in Harrison, Idaho, died Sunday.

He grew up and attended schools in Kingston and worked various odd jobs until beginning a logging career in 1929.

Mr. McGillivray operated a sawmill on the North Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River until 1949 and then operated a mobile home park in Kingston.

He then started work for the Shoshone County Highway Department in 1960 and obtained a lease on the Jack Waite Mine on Eagle Creek in 1965.

Mr. McGillivray retired in 1976 and moved to Post Falls.

He was a member of the Wallace Elks Lodge.

Survivors include his wife, Linda; a son, Duncan McGillivray of Kingston; two daughters, Pearl Knack of Post Falls and Linda Ufford of Kingston; two sisters, Violet Brown and Elsie Chaney, both of Smelterville; 10 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

Burton Turner Priest River, Idaho

Funeral for Burton Lee Turner was Tuesday at Priest River Community Congregational Church.

Mr. Turner, who was born in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, died Thursday. He was 68.

He graduated in 1949 from Bonners Ferry High School and served in the Air Force during the Korean War. He also served in the Army National Guard for seven years.

Mr. Turner worked in farming, construction, was self employed and worked for others as a heavy equipment operator and in road crews.

He moved to Priest River in 1960 from Bonners Ferry and was a member of Priest River Community Congregational Church, Edgemere Grange, Hoo Doo Valley Hoe Downers Square Dance Club, he taught 4-H and Sunday school, was a volunteer firefighter and was a Parent Teachers Association past president.

Survivors include his wife, Lavelle; a son, Paul Turner of Bridgeport, Wash.; five daughters, Randee Pound, Cherri Johnston, Christy Turner and Annette Bellah, all of Priest River and Phyllis Tomkins of Bullard, Texas; his mother, Netta Turner of Bonners Ferry; three brothers, Bryan Turner of Gig Harbor, Wash., Raymond Turner of Florida, and Ron Turner of Maine; a sister, Barbara Cossairt of Bonners Ferry; 21 grandchildren and one great-grandson.

Jonathan Ransom Spokane

Memorial service for Jonathan F. “Jon” Ransom, 30, will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home.

Mr. Ransom, who was born in Coeur d’Alene, was hit by a car Sunday while waking on Interstate 90 west of Spokane.

He worked as a sheet metal worker and was a lifetime resident of the Inland Northwest.

Mr. Ransom was a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Coeur d’Alene.

Survivors include his wife, Nicole; a daughter, Rhael Ransom at home; parents, Ernie and Ruby Ransom of Coeur d’Alene; three brothers and seven sisters.

Edward ‘Shorty’ Sexton St. Maries

Memorial service for Edward “Shorty” Sexton, 83, will be at 2 p.m. today at Upriver Gymnasium in Fernwood, Idaho. Yates-Hodge Funeral Home in St. Maries is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Sexton, who was born in Michigan, died Friday.

He moved to Fernwood in 1929 and worked as a logger and at the garnet mine in Fernwood.

Mr. Sexton then operated Shorty’s Garnet Digging at Emerald Creek for 20 years, retiring in the late 1970s.

He moved to St. Maries in 1996.

His wife, Olive, died in 1986.

Survivors include five sons, Pete Sexton of Grand Coulee, Wash., Jerry Sexton of St. Maries, Johnny Sexton of Clarkia, Idaho, Clifford Sexton of Texas and Maurice Sexton of Dayton, Wash.; two daughters, MaryLou Abraham of California and Laura Belle Murray of Michigan; four sisters, Joy Bruckner of St. Maries, Violet Cobe of Michigan, Flossie Sampson of Arlington, Wash., and Mary West of Centralia, Wash.; 22 grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to Fernwood Volunteer Fire Department, c/o Jay Trueman, Box 208, Fernwood, ID 83830.

Mary Toland St. Maries

Service for Mary E. Toland, 90, is planned for 11 a.m. today at First Baptist Church in St. Maries. Burial will be in Quartzsite, Ariz. Yates-Hodge Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Toland, who was born in Pine City, Wash., died Friday.

She grew up in Fernwood, Idaho, and then married Henry Toland and moved to Malden, Wash., where she later returned to high school and graduated in 1935 at the age of 27.

Mrs. Toland then moved to Sanders, Idaho, and worked as a cook in the logging camps and was a homemaker.

In 1945, she moved to Tensed, Idaho, and in 1960 to Fairfield, Wash., where she worked at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home.

Mrs. Toland moved to St. Maries in 1965 and worked as a nurses aid at Benewah Community Hospital. She retired and moved to Quartzsite in 1970.

She returned to St. Maries in 1997 and was a former member of the Tekoa (Wash.) Rebekah Lodge.

Mrs. Toland was a member of the St. Maries Grange, the Quartzsite Grange and First Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry in 1980.

Survivors include a son, James Toland of Spokane; three sisters, Ethelda “Teg” Addington of St. Maries, Elaine Olson of Ponderay, Idaho, and Edna Chessman of Tacoma; and two grandsons, Brad and Trevor.

Grace Miller Clarkston, Wash.

Service for Grace B. Miller, 85, was Monday in Latah.

Mrs. Miller, who was born in North Dakota, died Sunday.

She moved to Latah in 1931 and lived in various cities prior to moving to Post Falls in 1993.

Mrs. Miller decorated wedding and specialty cakes for 35 years and was a member of the Tekoa, Wash., and Post Falls Rebekah Lodges.

She recently moved to Clarkston.

Her husband, Alfred, died in 1992.

Survivors include a daughter, Myra Kamps of Clarkston; two sons, Byron Miller of Medical Lake and George Miller of Coeur d’Alene; three brothers, Wilbur Hollenbeck of Lewiston, Lawrence Hollenbeck of Fairfield and Earl Hollenbeck of Othello, Wash.; a sister, Naomi Hampton of Othello; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Harry ‘Dusty’ Chatfield Coeur d’Alene

Visitation for Harry “Dusty” Chatfield, 80, will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday at Coeur d’Alene Memorial Funeral Home. Service is set for 9:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Coeur d’Alene Memorial Gardens.

Mr. Chatfield, who died Monday, was born in Harrison, Idaho.

He grew up in Lane, Idaho, and graduated from Rose Lake High School in 1935.

Mr. Chatfield helped his family build The Blue Lagoon Tavern in Lane in 1940 and then served with the Army during World War II as part of the D-Day Invasion.

He returned to the Rose Lake area after his military service and worked as a logger until moving to Tacoma in 1964, where he owned Chatfield Boat Building.

Mr. Chatfield made commercial fishing boats for fisherman in the Gulf of Alaska, retiring in 1987 and moving to Coeur d’Alene.

He was a past member of the Masonic Lodge in Rose Lake.

His wife, Marjorie, died in 1987.

Survivors include a brother, Raymond Chatfield of Coeur d’Alene; four nephews, Ray Chatfield of Cataldo, Idaho, Dick Chatfield of Hayden Lake, Idaho, Steve Chatfield of Pinehurst, Idaho, and Bob Tillman of Greenacres; and a niece, Kathy Champion of California.

Lillian Crook Spokane

Graveside service for Lillian W. Crook, 84, will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at Greenwood Memorial Terrace. Riplinger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Crook, who was born in Spokane, died Sunday.

She was a homemaker and was a member of Mountain View Homemakers Club, Post Falls Senior Center and St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Coeur d’Alene.

Mrs. Crook lived in Millwood before moving to Taylor, Ariz. She moved to the Rathdrum, Idaho, area in 1981 and then to Spokane after her second husband’s death.

Her first husband, Donald Peck, died in 1949 and her second husband, Frank Crook, died in 1993.

Survivors include a daughter, Karen Bessinger of Apache Junction, Ariz.; a son, Myron Peck of Spokane; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. David’s Episcopal Church.

Lorraine ‘Lou’ Taber Coeur d’Alene

No service will be held for Lorraine E. “Lou” Taber, 66, at her request. Coeur d’Alene Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Taber, who was born in Alberta, died June 24 from cancer.

She was a longtime Oroville, Wash., resident and had worked at Prince’s IGA for several years before opening her own crafts business, Lou’s Hobby House.

Mrs. Taber operated her business for 17 years before retiring and moving to Coeur d’Alene in 1996.

She was a member of the Oroville Golf Club and several bowling leagues.

Survivors include her husband of 28 years, George; three children, Ron Day of Tonasket, Wash., and Debbie Hontz and Heather Day, both of Spokane; three stepchildren, Shellee Ludeman and Linzie Firoved, both of Waterville, Wash., and Tom Taber of Post Falls; two brothers, Sid and Doug Campbell, both of British Columbia; and seven grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to Oroville Ambulance Fund, Oroville, WA 98844, or Hospice of North Idaho, 280 Prairie Ave., Coeur d’Alene, ID 83815.