Obituaries
Howard Anderson Spokane
Visitation for Howard A. Anderson, 69, will be from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today at Ball and Dodd Funeral Home-South. Funeral will be at 1 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. Burial will follow at Spokane Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Anderson, who was born in Luverne, Minn., died Saturday.
He moved to Spokane with his family 61 years ago. He delivered newspapers, was a hod carrier and worked on construction of the Veterans Hospital.
Mr. Anderson obtained a degree in business administration from Gonzaga University in 1950, and worked for Washington Trust Bank in the accounting department.
He served in the Naval Reserve during the Korean War. After returning to Spokane, obtained a law degree from Gonzaga in 1956. He worked for Justice Frank P. Weaver in Olympia as a clerk of the State Supreme Court for one year.
In 1957 Mr. Anderson was hired as a deputy prosecuting attorney in Spokane and in 1961 went to work as the assistant corporation counsel for the city of Spokane. He was serving as chief assistant city attorney when he resigned to enter private practice with the law firm of Donald Morrison, Eugene Huppin and Robert Ewing in 1965.
During his time in private practice he served on the city of Spokane Civil Service Commission from 1971 to 1986, serving as chairman for 12 years.
He also served on the board of trustees for the Spokane County Bar Association for four years, as an investigator for the Washington State Bar Association and as a Superior Court judge pro-tem for a number of years.
Mr. Anderson taught landlord-tenant law as an adjunct professor for Gonzaga Law School. He retired in 1993.
He served on the board of trustees for Riverview retirement community and was a life member of the Elks Lodge and the Spokane Club. He was an active member of the Spokane County Bar Association, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Salem Lutheran Church and St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.
His first wife, Verneita Anderson, died in 1986.
Survivors include his wife of 10 years, Pamela; two daughters, Sheryl Anderson Barton of Coeur d’Alene and Karen Holcomb of Spokane; four sons, Bruce, Mark and Brian Anderson, all of Spokane, and Paul Anderson of Fairfax, Va.; a stepson, Bradford Alden of Spokane; two stepdaughters, Heidi Alden of Spokane and Holly Alden of New York City; a brother, Lawrence Anderson of Spokane and 13 grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to M & E Charity, c/o Richard Shanks, P.O. Box 13175, Spokane, WA 99213 or St. Mark’s Lutheran Church.
Ella Caves Spokane
Visitation for Ella M. Caves, 81, will be from noon to 6 p.m. today and Wednesday at Heritage Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Fairmount Memorial Park.
Mrs. Caves, who was born in Lead, S.D., died Monday.
She worked as a clerk in the retail industry.
Mrs. Caves was a 60-year resident of Spokane and a member of the American Business Association.
Her husband, Ralph Caves, died in 1967.
She is survived by four daughters, Elida Gaughan of Bremerton, Pat Gwinn of Auburn, Wash., Sandra Peinado of Rio Rancho, N.M., and Eileen Murray of Deer Park; two sisters, Agnes Braithwaithe of Riverton, Utah, and Mabel Hooper of Colbert; eight grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Mary Gormanos Spokane
Funeral service for Mary P. Gormanos, 76, will be at 11 a.m. today at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. Burial will follow at Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery. Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Gormanos, who was born in Duluth, Minn., died Sunday.
She owned and operated, with her husband Paul, Paul’s Men’s Shop in Spokane from 1951 until his death in 1966.
Mrs. Gormanos then earned her master’s degree from the University of Minnesota and was a practicing speech pathologist in Scottsdale, Ariz., until she retired in Spokane in 1987.
She was a member of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church and the Daughters of the Penelope.
Survivors include two daughters, Mina Gokee of Spokane and Paula Kunicky of Duluth; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Yvonne (Albers) Hilding Coeur d’Alene
Service for Yvonne Jon (Albers) Hilding, 74, will be held today at 1 p.m. at English Funeral Chapel in Coeur d’Alene. Private burial will follow. Mrs. Hilding, who was born in Camas Prairie, Mont., died Thursday.
She graduated from high school in Asotin, Wash., in 1940 and went on to receive a teaching certificate from Eastern Washington State Teachers College in Cheney in 1942. She taught elementary school for two years in Omak, Wash.
Mrs. Hilding had lived in Japan and various other locations before returning to the Inland Northwest. She received her master’s in education from EWU in 1961, resuming a teaching career at Central Valley School District in Spokane.
She taught school for 17 years and helped develop the Gifted Student Program for the Central Valley School District. She was an active member of the Delta Kappa Gamma sorority, serving as former president.
Mrs. Hilding was a member of the Washington State Retired Teachers Association and the Spokane area Teachers Association.
Her first husband, John Albers, died in 1967.
She married Ray L. Hilding in Asotin in 1978, and they made her home in Coeur d’Alene.
Survivors include her husband; a son, Robert Albers of California; a stepson, Dale Hilding of Oregon; a sister, Phylis Hollenbeck of Clarkston, Wash.; and five grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to a charity of choice.
Faye Patterson Ewan, Wash.
Graveside service for Faye D. Patterson, 98, will be at 11 a.m. today at Spokane Memorial Gardens. Bruning Funeral Home in Colfax, Wash., is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Patterson, who was born in Cherokee, Iowa, died Thursday.
In 1919 she married Hollis Dickerson, who died in 1952. In 1954 she married Marion Patterson. He died in 1992.
A homemaker, Mrs. Patterson made and gave away more than 175 quilts.
Survivors include two sons, Homer Dickerson of Cheney and Larry Dickerson of St. John, Wash.; three daughters, Retha Lucas and Yvonne Kemper, both of Cheney, and Virginia Randolph of Olympia; 20 grandchildren, 43 great-grandchildren and 17 great-great-grandchildren.
Theresia Smith Spokane
Memorial service for Theresia Smith, 71, will be at 1 p.m. today at Ball and Dodd Funeral Home-North.
Mrs. Smith, who was born in Austria, died Wednesday.
In 1957 she married Joe Smith in Ludwigsburg, Germany, and they moved to the United States in 1960. They moved to Spokane in 1981 from Spanaway, Wash.
Mrs. Smith was a homemaker.
Her husband died in 1991.
Survivors include a son, Joe Smith Jr. of Eden, Utah; and two grandchildren.
Gladys Scribner Priest River, Idaho
Memorial inurnment service for Gladys Lucille Scribner, 85, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Evergreen Cemetery in Post Falls. Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport, Wash., is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Scribner, who was born in Spokane, died Saturday.
In 1934 she married John Scribner in Spokane, and they moved to Priest River in 1954. She was a homemaker.
She was a member of the Priest River Senior Citizens Group and a past secretary for the old Settlement Grange.
Her husband died in 1984.
Survivors include a son, John Scribner of Priest River; a daughter, Shirley Feeder of Beaverton, Ore.; eight grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.
Violet Keller Spokane
Visitation for Violet L. Keller, 82, will be from noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Thornhill Valley Funeral Home. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Pines Cemetery.
Mrs. Keller, who was born in Sharon Springs, Kan., died Friday.
She was a homemaker.
Her husband, Charles, died in 1990.
Survivors include three daughters, RosaLee Jones of Veradale, Roberta Haven of Tonasket, Wash., and Charlotte Gregg of Spokane; two sons, William Keller of Rockford and Charles Keller of Vancouver, Wash.; two brothers, Thomas and Robert Duncan, both of Spokane; 14 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association.
Dorothy Lewis Fairfield
Funeral for Dorothy Lewis, 77, will be at 1 p.m. today at the Fairfield Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery in Mount Hope. Schanzenbach Funeral Home in Fairfield is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Lewis, who was born in Portland, died Friday.
She was a certified reflexologist and a 58-year resident of Fairfield.
Mrs. Lewis was a member of the Fairfield Presbyterian Church, where she served as elder. She was also a member of the Washington Horse Breeders Association, Home Improvement Club and the Garden Club.
Survivors include two daughters, Vivien Denny of Plummer, Idaho, and Lonnah Hiemstra of Spokane; three brothers, Tom McCandless of Fairfield, James McCandless of Spokane and Robert Wyman of Sitka, Alaska; five grandchildren, a stepgrandson, a great-granddaughter and two stepgreat-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Fairfield Presbyterian Church.
Russell Womach Spokane
Visitation for Russell James Womach, 70, will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today at Hazen and Jaeger Valley Funeral Home. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Fairmount Memorial Park.
A lifetime resident of Spokane, Mr. Womach died Thursday.
Mr. Womach was the owner of Womach’s Home Sales, which had been in business since 1945.
He was an avid golfer for many years and a member of both the Liberty Lake and MeadowWood men’s clubs.
Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Dorothy; a son, Douglas Womach of Spokane; six daughters, Julie Stevenson, Bonnie Powell, Charlene McGuire, Marcia Flory, Patricia Bell and Cynthia Womach, all of Spokane; a brother, Merrill Womach of Spokane; three sisters, Lillian Hoover, Lois Pearson and Beverly Carpenter, all of Spokane; 15 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Iva Hartley Spokane
Graveside service and interment for Iva E. Hartley, 93, will be at 11 a.m. today at Spokane Memorial Gardens. Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Hartley, who was born in Lamont, Wash., died Thursday.
She graduated from Cheney Normal School and taught briefly before her marriage.
Mrs. Hartley worked for the Cheney Weeder Co. and The SpokesmanReview.
She was a lifelong Methodist and a 91-year resident of Spokane.
Her husband of 33 years, Lester, died in 1962.
Survivors include a son, Harold Hartley of Cheney; a daughter, Iva Marie Toledo of Spokane; three brothers, Arthur, Emmett and Earl Colyar, all of Spokane; two sisters, Irene Butler and Nancy Andrews, both of Des Moines, Wash.; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Miranda Sandberg Spokane
Funeral for Miranda Sandberg, 85, will be at 10:30 a.m. today at Ball and Dodd Funeral Home-North. Burial will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Mrs. Sandberg, who was a 75-year resident of Spokane, died Thursday.
She was born in Nelson, British Columbia, and moved to Spokane in 1923.
Mrs. Sandberg graduated in 1931 from Lewis and Clark High School.
She worked at The Crescent department store as a clerk from 1961 until 1976, when she retired. Mrs. Sandberg then volunteered from 1976 to 1991 at Sacred Heart Medical Center in the gift shop.
She was a member of the Sacred Heart Medical Center Volunteers and The Crescent retired employees.
Her husband of 55 years, Ovide Sandberg, died in 1994.
Survivors include a daughter, Carol Flerchinger of Colbert; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
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