Obituaries
Ada Coughlin Spokane
Funeral for Ada R. Coughlin, 99, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. Burial will follow at Fairmount Memorial Park.
A lifetime Spokane resident, Mrs. Coughlin died Wednesday.
She graduated from Lewis and Clark High School in 1917 and worked as a bookkeeper for the Federal Reserve Bank and later as a bookkeeper. She also worked in the insurance department at Washington Trust Bank.
Mrs. Coughlin later went to work for G.B. Burns Realty as a bookkeeper, and in 1942 she married Harry Coughlin.
They owned and operated Coughlin Fuel Company until 1955 when Mr. Coughlin died and she took over the business. She retired and sold the business in 1958, and went on to work in market research for a few years.
Mrs. Coughlin was a member of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, the Bishop Guild, the Daughters of the Nile, Phi Sigma Alpha sorority, Order of Eastern Star and a charter member of Ladies Oriental Shrine.
Survivors include a daughter, Joan Woodhurst and a son, Lawrence Bungay, both of Spokane; four grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Dallas Sartz Everett
Memorial service for Dallas P. Sartz, 76, will be at 1 p.m. today at Fairmount Memorial Park. Purdy, Walter and Cassidy Funeral Home in Everett is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Sartz, who was born in Everett, died Oct. 17.
He graduated from Everett High School in 1940 and enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1943. He was a fighter pilot in the South Pacific. In 1950 he joined the Air National Guard 116th Fighter Squad in Spokane, and in 1951 graduated from Washington State University. His squadron was then sent to fight in the Korean War, where he was one of 26 F-86 pilots who made the first crossing of the Atlantic in jet aircraft.
After being stationed in Shephards Grove, England, for two years he returned to Spokane and rejoined the Air National Guard as commander of maintenance. Mr. Sartz retired as a colonel in 1978.
He was the Golden Gloves middleweight boxing champion in 1942, and was a hydro jet boat racer starting in 1958 when he drove the Spokane owned “Miss Spokane.” He also had driven the “Miss Seattle Too.” Mr. Sartz retired from racing in 1962.
Survivors include his wife Joanne; a daughter, Denise Robbins, and two sons, Barry and Jeff Sartz, all of Granite Bay, Calif.; two sisters, Lois Solle and Charlotte Hoekendorf, both of Everett; and six grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Morning Star Boys Ranch.
Norma Milner Spokane
Graveside service for Norma Jean Milner, 75, will be at 10 a.m. today at Greenwood Memorial Terrace. Riplinger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
A lifetime resident of Spokane, Mrs. Milner died Friday.
She was a homemaker.
Her husband Thomas died in 1971.
Survivors include her companion, Alvin Kallis; two sons, Dennis Milner of Spokane and Barry Milner of Kent, Wash.; a brother, Larry Brown, and a sister, Betty Nelms, both of Spokane; seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Charles Tilford Spokane
Funeral Mass for Charles A. Tilford, 85, is planned for 11 a.m. today at St. Aloysius Catholic Church. Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Tilford, who was born in Wallace, died Wednesday.
He graduated from Gonzaga University in 1934 and returned to Wallace, where he worked as a secretary to the president of Hecla Mining Co. He also worked as a part-time bookkeeper for Bitco, an industrial supply company.
In 1942 he became general manager and president of Bitco and moved back to Spokane in 1957 when the company relocated.
In 1972 the company was purchased by Kaman Industries and he served as a consultant there until his retirement in 1979.
Mr. Tilford served on the board of directors at Hecla Mining Co., Pacific Northwest Bell, Central Pre-Mix, Comet Corporation, Columbia Electric and the First National Bank of Wallace, and served on the Advisory Board of the Spokane and Eastern division of Seafirst Bank.
He was also a trustee for Sacred Heart Hospital, president of the board of regents and chair of the president’s council board at Gonzaga University, and a trustee of the Callahan Zellar and Kingsbury charitable foundations.
Mr. Tilford had also served as the Campaign Chair of the United Way Crusade in 1963 and was a trustee for the Spokane Chamber of Commerce.
While living in Wallace, he served on the State of Idaho Tax Commission. In 1971, he received an honorary doctorate, and in 1990, the Distinguished Alumni Merit Award from Gonzaga University. At the time of his retirement from the Board of Directors of Pacific Northwest Bell in 1984, the company established the Charles A. Tilford Affiliate Program Distinguished Professorship in Business Administration at the University of Washington Graduate School of Business to honor him for his service to PNB. In 1982, the family established the Charles and Helen Tilford Endowed Scholarship at Gonzaga University which has helped provide financial assistance to several students from Eastern Washington and North Idaho.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Tilford Scholarship Fund in care of Gonzaga University.
Elsie ‘E’ (Nolze) Lander Spokane
Private family graveside service for Elise “E” (Nolze) Lander, 88, will be held at Spokane Memorial Gardens. Ball and Dodd Funeral Home-South is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Lander, who was born in Clearwater, Neb., died Wednesday.
She received her teaching certificate from Cotner College in Lincoln, Neb., and taught in the Nebraska Public Schools.
Mrs. Lander moved to Spokane in 1947 and was active for many years at Manito Presbyterian Church in Christian education and as a ruling elder.
Survivors include her husband of 62 years, Howard; three sons, Steven Lander of Spokane, Jon Lander of Santa Maria, Calif., and Larry Lander of Anchorage, Alaska; a daughter, Vicki Lander Brems of Seattle; two brothers, Charles Nolze of Westminster, Calif., and Fred Nolze of Clearwater; and two grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Bible Society, 1865 Broadway, New York, NY 10023-7505.
Shawn Hultquist Salt Lake City
A celebration of his life will be held for Shawn Hultquist, 33, from 1 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Grange Hall at 7001 E. Bigelow Gulch Road. Memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Desert Mortuary in Salt Lake City is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Hultquist, who was born in San Antonio, died Tuesday from complications due to heart disease.
He graduated from high school in Boise in 1983 and moved to Spokane, where he worked as a carpenter and a musician for several years. He moved to Salt Lake City two years ago.
Survivors include a daughter, Caprice Hultquist of Las Vegas; his mother, Gaylynn Saunders of Spokane; his father and stepmother, Ronald and Jacque Hultquist of Spokane; four brothers, Billy and Cory Hultquist at home, and Parrish and Travis Hultquist, both of Salt Lake City; five sisters, Rome, Stacy, Ronnie and Tracy Hultquist, all of Spokane, and Shelley Hultquist of Salt Lake City.
Myrtle (Sorensen) James Spokane
Private service was held for Myrtle Charlotte (Sorensen) James, 74.
Mrs. James, who was born in Dallas, Ore., died Oct. 19.
She graduated from Polson (Mont.) High School in 1941 and married Lawrence James in Kalispell, Mont.
Mrs. James was a homemaker and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Women’s Auxiliary.
Her husband died in 1995.
Survivors include two daughters, Deborah Miller of Chattaroy and Claudia Bilbao of Sandy, Utah; two sons, Jonathan James of Blanchard, Idaho, and Scott James of Layton, Utah; a brother, Herb Sorensen, and a sister, Birdie Raze, both of Polson; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Norman Knott Sr. Spokane
Service for Norman Joseph Knott Sr., 72, will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Kellogg Funeral Chapel. Mr. Knott, who was born in Bovill, Idaho, died Friday.
He served with the Army during World War II and had lived in Kellogg before moving to Spokane.
Mr. Knott was a driver/salesman for Darigold in Spokane for 38 years, retiring in 1986.
He was a member of the Kellogg Elks Lodge.
Survivors include his wife of 29 years, Pauline; three sons, Don Knott of Kellogg, Norman Knott Jr. of Newport News, Va., and Gary Knott of Washington state; a daughter, Shelley Church of Post Falls; two stepsons, Larry Watson of Wallace and Gary Watson of Green River, Wyo.; a sister, Lois Dullanty of Falls City, Wash.; a brother, Randy Knott of Moscow, Idaho; 18 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Clara Cosgriff Spokane
Memorial service for Clara H. Cosgriff, 90, will be held at a later date. Inurnment will be at Holy Cross Cemetery. Riplinger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Cosgriff, who died Friday, was born in Doniphan, Neb.
She worked as a retail sales clerk in various department stores for many years, and had been a resident of Spokane for 47 years.
Survivors include two sons, Bryan Cosgriff of Spokane and Rod Cosgriff of Kent, Wash.; a daughter, Diana Horner of Spokane; a brother, Zenas Denman of Eugene, Ore.; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.