Obituaries
Sally (Nunnelly) McDonald Spokane
Visitation for Sally Marie (Nunnelly) McDonald, 63, will be from noon to 8 p.m. today at Ball and Dodd Funeral Home - South. Funeral is planned for 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Greenwood Memorial Terrace.
Mrs. McDonald, who was born in Alma, Ark., died Monday.
She married Clarence “Bud” McDonald in 1954. They moved to Spokane in 1956.
Mrs. McDonald was a homemaker and enjoyed raising her children. She spent her later years researching genealogy and traveling, spending time in the warmer climate of the Southwest.
She was an avid square dancer and seamstress, piecing quilts by hand and crocheting.
She was a member of the West Spokane Kiwanis, was active with the Campfire Boys and Girls, the Boy Scouts of America, and was an adult advisor with the Explorer Scouts Search and Rescue.
Mrs. McDonald is survived by her husband; two sons, Gary and Jim McDonald, both of Spokane; three daughters, Jeanette McDonald and Sallie Wilson, both of Spokane, and Patricia Yedinak of Mead; two brothers, Wayne Nunnelly of Bend, Ore., and Bill Nunnelly of California; a sister, Shirley Marshall of LaCrosse, Wash.; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Claude Turner Spokane
Memorial service for Claude B. Turner, 89, will be at 2 p.m. today at Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home.
An 87-year Spokane resident, Mr. Turner died Saturday. He was born in Anacortes, Wash.
Mr. Turner graduated from Central Valley High School, where he played football and basketball. He attended Spokane University.
He worked for Spokane United Railways, first as a streetcar operator and later as a dispatcher.
In the mid 1940s, Mr. Turner co-founded Custom Laboratories, which was a supply house for custodial and maintenance products.
He retired in 1974 and divided his time between his homes in Spokane and at Priest Lake, Idaho.
Mr. Turner was a member of Elks Lodge 228.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Louise; a son, John Turner of Overland Park, Kan.; a daughter, Claudia Coleman of Los Altos, Calif.; a brother, Al Turner of Spokane; a sister, Nadine Omlid of San Jose, Calif.; and two grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Priest Lake EMTs Inc., 27929 Highway 57, Priest Lake, ID 93856.
Flora `May’ Batty Spokane
Visitation for Flora “May” Batty, 94, will be from noon to 6 p.m. today at Thornhill Valley Funeral Home. Funeral is planned for 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Pines Cemetery.
Born in North Dakota, Mrs. Batty died Tuesday.
She was a homemaker and a 50-year member of the Order of Eastern Star. She was a volunteer at Deaconess Medical Center and was a member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church.
Her husband, J.H. Batty, died in 1961.
Survivors include two daughters, Helen Rasmusson of Minneapolis and Mary Anderson of Phoenix; two sons, Robert and Harry Batty, both of Spokane; a brother, Clarence Putman of Tennessee; a sister, Bessie Pidgeon of Arizona; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Church.
Alice Mader Spokane
Memorial service for Alice P. Mader, 86, will be at 11 a.m. today at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. Inurnment will be at Holy Cross Cemetery at a later date. The Cremation Society of Washington is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Mader, who was born in Fort Ransom, N.D., died Sunday.
She graduated from Moorehead (Minn.) High School and later married Ralph Mader.
Mrs. Mader moved to the area near Lewiston and Clarkston, Wash., in 1949. She lived there for 19 years before moving to Spokane.
She was a homemaker and a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Spokane.
Survivors include her husband of 65 years; two daughters, Alita White of Spirit Lake, Idaho, and Shirley Jones of Juneau, Alaska; two sons, Kris Mader of Spokane and Curtis Mader of Salem, Ore.; 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Ronald McDonald House.
Anna King Pullman
Memorial service Anna E. King, 100, will be at 11 a.m. today at the Palouse (Wash.) Federated Church. Private family burial will be at the Colfax (Wash.) City Cemetery. Kramer Funeral Home in Palouse is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. King, who was born in Ritzville, Wash., died Tuesday.
She graduated from Ritzville High School in 1917 and then attended Washington State College. She completed her degree in education at Cheney Normal School in 1920.
Mrs. King taught school on the island of Kauai in Hawaii for one year before moving to Olympia, where she taught for two years.
In 1924 she married Carl King, and they moved to Rosebud, Alberta. They moved to Pullman in 1926 where they operated a farm located between Pullman and Moscow, Idaho, until 1933.
Mrs. King then purchased a farm north of Pullman, near Kamiak Butte. She continued to lived and farm there until her death.
Her husband died in 1971.
She was a member of the Palouse Federated Church, a charter member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority at WSU and a member of Chapter AE of the P.E.O.in Palouse.
Survivors include two daughters, Norma Stejer of Spokane and Beryl Kinzer of Pullman; a brother, Kennedy King Scott; and three sisters, Nellie Scott Sturman, Wilma Scott Harris and Verna Scott Gahley.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Palouse Federated Church Endowment Fund or to PEO Chapter AE Scholarship Fund, c/o Barbara Scoville, 1240 Scoville Road, Potlatch, Idaho, 83855.
Walter Palmer Sr. Spokane
Memorial service for Walter Palmer Sr., will be at 7 p.m. today at Thornhill Valley Funeral Home. Inurnment will be at St. Joseph Cemetery.
Mr. Palmer, who was born in Fort Wayne, Ind., died Monday. He was 81.
He served as a staff sergeant in the Army during World War II.
Mr. Palmer later worked as a dock foreman in the dairy industry.
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and the American Association of Retired Persons.
Survivors include three sons, Walter and Gerald Palmer, both of Spokane, and Jim Thiel of Kennewick; three daughters, Judith Bendewald, Vicki Taylor and Susan Woods, all of Spokane; two sisters, Ginny Tattum of Mesa, Ariz., and Phyllis Tomkins of Clearwater, Fla.; 14 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Spokane.
Hilda Olney Spokane
No service will be held for Hilda M. Olney, 95, at her request. Private inurnment will be at Lewis and Clark Memorial Gardens in Lewiston at a later date. Hennessey Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
A Spokane resident for 30 years, Mrs. Olney died Sunday. She was born in Melrose, Idaho.
Mrs. Olney was a homemaker, a 20-year member of the Valley United Methodist Church and a member of the Rebekah Lodge.
Survivors include two daughters, Vera Shaw and Wanda Johnson, both of Spokane; two grandsons and two great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Morning Star Boys Ranch.
Alice Marshall Spokane
No service will be held for Alice M. Marshall, 70, at her request. Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
A 42-year Spokane resident, Mrs. Marshall died April 14.
She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Eugene; two sons, Barry and Randy Marshall, both of Spokane; three daughters, Kathryn Petryna, Wanda White and Diane Marshall, all of Spokane; her mother and stepfather, Myrtle and Leonard Plowman, of Spokane; a brother, Malcolm Plowman, and three sisters, Elaine McGee Ingram, Ilene Russell and Betty Weed, all of Spokane; and five grandchildren.
Alice Bean Spokane
Memorial service for Alice Bean, a 50-year Spokane resident, will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Thornhill Valley Funeral Home. Burial will be at the Colfax (Wash.) Cemetery.
Mrs. Bean, who was born in Canada, died Sunday. She was 79.
She worked as a registered nurse in Colfax in the 1940s and later became a writer.
Mrs. Bean had articles published in Life magazine and Reader’s Digest.
Her husband, Ernest, died in 1991.
Survivors include a son, Howard Bean of Seattle; a daughter, Elaine Stecher of Spokane; and two grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Spokane.
Oren Gatten Spokane
Visitation for Oren J. Gatten, 87, will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today at Thornhill Valley Funeral Home. Funeral is planned for 11 a.m. Friday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, Evergreen and 16th Ave. Burial will follow at Pines Cemetery.
Mr. Gatten, who was born in Philadelphia, died Monday.
He attended schools in Baltimore and Newark, Ohio, and in 1936 enlisted in the Navy. He served on board the USS Ranger, receiving an honorable discharge in 1937.
Mr. Gatten moved to Spokane in 1939, where he met and married Betty Blount. He worked at Sperry’s Flour Mill for 15 years until moving to Scotia, Calif., where he began working at the Pacific Lumber Co.
In 1964, after enduring a major flood, he and his family returned to Spokane. He then worked as a crane operator for Kaiser Aluminum until he retired in 1978.
Mr. Gatten was a Master Gardener and was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
He is survived by his wife; three sons, Steven Gatten of Coeur d’Alene, Richard Gatten of Vancouver, Wash., and Jay Gatten of Kaysville, Utah; two daughters, Jean Isaacs of Spokane and Joan Gale of Kaysville; a brother, Richard Gatten of Newark; 30 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Missionary Fund of The Latter-day Saints Church, c/o Bishop Greg Larson, Evergreen Ward.
Tillie Elder Pullman
Funeral for Tillie J. Elder, 71, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Kramer Funeral Home in Palouse, Wash. Burial will follow at the Rock Creek Cemetery near Potlatch, Idaho.
Mrs. Elder, who was born in Potlatch, died Monday.
She moved to Albion, Wash., with her family and graduated from high school there in 1944.
Mrs. Elder worked for the Spokane Seed Co. for a year.
She married George Poler in 1947 and they lived in Pullman for 20 years. They were later divorced.
In 1980 she married John Elder.
Mrs. Elder worked in the housekeeping department for Washington State University for 30 years. In 1989 She retired.
Survivors include her husband; a son, Mike Poler of Portland; a daughter, Pam Ivie of Bellevue, Wash.; a brother, Henry Colvin of Bellevue; a sister, Phyllis Montgomery of Palouse; four stepsons, Mike Elder of Spokane, Pat Elder of Garfield, Wash., Monte Elder of Palouse, and Brett Elder of Federal Way, Wash.; a stepdaughter, Denise Huber of Colfax, Wash.; two grandchildren, eight stepgrandchildren and three stepgreat-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Rock Creek Cemetery in Potlatch, c/o Mrs. Marvin Wilkinson, Rt. 2 Box 90, Potlatch, ID 83855.
Bertha Lee Spokane
Funeral for Bertha Lee, 76, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Thornhill Valley Funeral Home. Burial will be at Fairmount Memorial Park.
Mrs. Lee, who was born in Esmond, N.D., died Monday.
She attended Minot State College before moving to Spokane in 1945.
Mrs. Lee lived in Rockford from 1947 until 1974, when she returned to Spokane.
She was a farmer and a member of the Sons of Norway.
Survivors include two daughters, Linda Jones of Ketchikan, Alaska, and Patricia McElvain of Liberty Lake; a son, Robert Lee of Olympia; a sister, Gladys Herzog of Spokane; and two brothers, Edward Oksendal of Fruitland, Idaho, and Arne Oksendal of Japan; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Florence Graham Oldtown, Idaho
No service will be held for Florence Joyce Graham, a 20-year Oldtown resident. Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport, Wash., is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Graham, who was born in Kindersley, Saskatchewan, died Monday. She was 88.
Mrs. Graham was a seamstress and made curtains for St. Catherine Catholic Church in Priest River, Idaho, where she was also a member.
Her first husband, Neil DuBois, preceded her in death. In 1976 she married John Kreizenesky. He died in 1992.
Survivors include a son, Harvey Kimball of British Columbia; three daughters, Tillie Gruninger and Marilyn Livingston, both of Alberta, and Laverne Duerksen of British Columbia; two brothers, Lloyd Graham of Oldtown and Bruce Graham of British Columbia; a sister, Alice Ruark of Spokane; and nine grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.
Clifton McLean Snohomish, Wash.
Memorial service for Clifton Lee “Clif” McLean, 54, will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Pioneer Hall in Arlington, Wash. Cremation Society Northwest of Lynnwood, Wash., is in charge of arrangements.
A former longtime Spokane and Yakima resident, Mr. McLean died April 10. He was born in Spokane.
He served in the Army in Germany and Oklahoma from 1963 until 1966.
Mr. McLean worked in the automotive industry and as a tool cribber for Boeing.
He also worked for two years at the Yakima Speedway.
He also coached Little League baseball.
Survivors include a son, Jerry McLean; a daughter, Barbara Johnson; his father, Glenn McLean; two sisters, Doni Weddle and Glenda Amrine; four brothers, Will, Dave, Dan and Tim McLean; and five grandchildren.
Leila Swan Spokane
Memorial service for Leila R. Swan, 91, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Regency at Northpointe Care Center. Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
A 16-year Spokane resident, Mrs. Swan died April 16. She was born in Porter, Wash.
She graduated from Porter High School and from Bellingham Normal School.
Mrs. Swan then worked in the campus library in Bellingham while studying for her master’s degree in library science from the University of Washington.
She taught at Port Orchard (Wash.) Elementary School for several years before working as the library coordinator for the Pierce County School District for eight years. She retired in 1973.
Mrs. Swan was a member of the Audubon Society, Alpha Beta Kappa Sorority and the Church of Religious Science.
Her husband of 20 years, Maurice, died in January.
Survivors include a daughter, Carol Eugene of Spokane; two sons, Douglas McCoy of Seattle and John McCoy of Roy, Wash.; a sister; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to The Audubon Society, P.O. Box 9820, Spokane, WA 98209.
Rodney `Leo’ Miller Newport, Wash.
Funeral for Rodney “Leo” Miller, 61, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in Newport. Burial will follow at the Newport Cemetery.
Mr. Miller, who was born in Dalkena, Wash., died Sunday in Yuma, Ariz.
He graduated from Cusick (Wash.) High School in 1955 and attended automotive trade school for a few years.
Mr. Miller worked as a mechanic throughout Pend Oreille County for many years. He started out at the Dalkena Garage and later worked for the old Chrysler Garage in Newport and at Jackson Ford Motors in Newport for 20 years.
He also worked as a diesel mechanic for Monk Bros. Logging and Nelson Logging. He retired from working for the Pend Oreille County Shop as a diesel mechanic and truck driver in 1995.
Mr. Miller was a longtime supporter of the Newport Rodeo Association and was a member of the Eagles Lodge. He also served as an umpire for the Pend Oreille Valley Softball Association.
He had been wintering in Arizona for the past few years.
Survivors include his companion, Nancy Kirchbaum of Newport; two sons, Terry and Jim Miller, both of Newport; a daughter, Sheryl Hammonds of Spokane; two brothers, Orville Miller of Newport and Larry Miller of North Bend, Wash.; a sister, Janice Linton of Newport; and five grandchildren.