Obituaries
Richard Robertson St. John, Wash.
Visitation for Richard “Dick” Robertson, 67, will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at Bruning Funeral Home in Colfax. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. John Cemetery. Memorial service will follow at 11 a.m. at St. John United Methodist Church.
Born in Sprague, Wash., Mr. Robertson died Thursday.
His family moved to St. John in 1935 and he graduated in 1949 from St. John High School.
Mr. Robertson served two years in the Army and in 1953 began working at the Lamont Bank of St. John.
In 1957 he married Margie Freier in St. John.
He worked there for 45 years and also served on the board of directors.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Leann Robertson of Spokane and Jodi Lautenschlager of Endicott, Wash.; a sister, Donna Lucht of Spokane; a brother, Neal Robertson of St. John; and three grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. John Emergency Medical Technicians.
June Sherle Spokane
Visitation for June Elaine Sherle, 83, will be from 1 to 5 p.m. today at Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Spokane Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Sherle, who died Thursday, was born in Marshall, Minn.
She was a member of First Assembly of God Church since 1949.
Mrs. Sherle was a homemaker.
Her husband, Theodore Sherle, died in 1989.
She is survived by a daughter, Carole Ricci of Spokane.
David Kincaid Spokane
Memorial service for David C. Kincaid, 51, will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Heritage Funeral Home.
Mr. Kincaid, who was born in Pittsburgh, died May 18 and had served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War.
He was a 35-year Spokane resident and most recently worked for Empire Ford and the Xerox Corp.
Survivors include his companion, Jeanette Hendon; two children; Toni and Brian, both of Spokane; his mother, Veronica Kincaid; three brothers, James, Mark and Bill Kincaid; and two sisters, Linda Best and Karen Robinson.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Spokane County Humane Society.
Irene Elizabeth McBride Spokane
Memorial service for Irene Elizabeth “Betty” McBride, 78, is planned for 11 a.m. Saturday at Fairmount Memorial Park. Riplinger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. McBride, who was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, died May 15.
She was a co-owner of M&M Ticket Agency where she worked until her retirement in 1974.
Along with her husband, Roy, she previously owned the Spokane Flyers and Spokane Comets hockey teams, Spokane Plastics Incorporated and Spokane Pres-to-logs Inc.
Mrs. McBride was a member of the Spokane Country Club and the Empire Club.
Survivors include her husband of 55 years; two children, Kerry Justice and Gary McBride; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Krista Hunt Ausland Bolivia
Memorial service for Krista Hunt Ausland, 25, will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church. Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Ausland, a former Spokane resident who was born in Seattle, died Tuesday in a bus accident in Bolivia. She and her husband were doing community work there with the Mennonite Central Committee.
She grew up in Spokane and graduated from Mead High School where she was student body president and co-founder of Youth for Global Awareness with the Spokane Peace and Justice Action League.
In 1995 she married Aaron Ausland and graduated from the University of Puget Sound with a major in politics and government and a minor in biology.
Mrs. Ausland completed a teaching certificate through Whitworth College and, before moving to Bolivia, taught biology and math at Wilson High School in Tacoma, Wash.
Survivors include her husband; her parents James and Linda Hunt of Spokane; a brother, Jefferson Hunt of Spokane; a sister, Susan Hunt of Hanover, N.H.; grandmother, Evelyn Christenson of Blaine, Wash., and grandfather, William Hunt of Whidbey Island, Wash.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Mennonite Central Committee/Bolivian Microloans, P.O. Box 500, 21 South 12th St., Akron, PA 17501.
Ella Johnson Spokane
Visitation for Ella M. Johnson, 84, will be from noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Hazen and Jaeger Valley Funeral Home. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Graveside service will follow at 2 p.m. at Colfax Cemetery in Colfax.
Mrs. Johnson, who was born in Lind, Wash., died Thursday.
She was a homemaker and was a 42-year resident of the Spokane area.
Her husband, Delbert, died in 1991.
Survivors include a daughter, Sandra Humbert of Spokane; a brother, Ernest Schrenk of Spokane; two sisters, Anna Werner of Spokane and Ida Glover of Richland; and a grandson.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Inland Empire Diabetes Association.
Denny Greene Jr. Spokane
Memorial service for Denny L. Greene Jr., 42, was Sunday at his parents home.
Mr. Greene, who was born in Clarkston, Wash., died Wednesday.
He moved to Spokane in 1968 and worked in landscaping and as a tatoo artist.
Survivors include a son, Donald Lee of Portland; his mother, Arlene Peterson of Spokane; his stepfather, Gordon; and three sisters, Barbara, Leona and Bekki.
John McCoy Spokane
No service will be held for John C. McCoy, 84, at his request. Heritage Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. McCoy, a 50-year resident of Spokane, died Thursday.
He was born in Canfield, Idaho, and in 1942 married Marguerite Tuner in Kennewick.
Mr. McCoy served in the Army during World War II in the European Theatre and achieved the rank of major while attached to the 743rd Tank Battalion.
He worked for many years as an automobile mechanic for Camp Chevrolet and retired in 1980.
Mr. McCoy was a member of several bowling leagues.
Survivors include his wife; a brother, Robert McCoy of Thousand Palms, Calif.; and two sisters, Louise Kimble of Pomeroy, Wash., and Margaret Perkins of Tacoma, Wash.