Obituaries
Joseph McFarland Spokane
Funeral Mass for Joseph P. McFarland, a longtime Spokane resident and businessman, will be at 9 a.m. today at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Burial is planned for 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Cross Cemetery. Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. McFarland, who was born in Coeur d’Alene, died Wednesday. He was 91.
He graduated from Gonzaga University in 1928.
Mr. McFarland was a certified public accountant for many years. In 1940 he became a partner in a Spokane accounting firm, which in 1958 took the name McFarland and Alton, after Will Alton joined in 1946. Mr. McFarland retired in 1977.
The business, which became one of Spokane’s largest accounting firms, merged into the Seattle-based Moss Adams in January.
He was a member of the Westerners Historical Society and Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
His wife, Margaret, died in 1979.
Survivors include two sons, Patrick and Daniel McFarland, both of Spokane; and six grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Catholic Charities.
Richard Hand Spokane
Memorial service for Richard “Dick” Hand, 55, will be at 11 a.m. today at Ball and Dodd Funeral Home-North.
Mr. Hand, who was born in Kelso, Wash., died Tuesday.
He graduated from Ritzville (Wash.) High School in 1962. He moved to Spokane in 1963 and attended Kinman Business University for two years.
He lived in California, where he worked as machinist specializing in speed accessories and became involved in drag racing.
Mr. Hand won several championships in the Western Washington circuit, later moving to Vancouver.
He suffered from diabetes which caused him to go blind in 1974. He continued racing cars in spite of his blindness.
He moved to Spokane in the early 1980s and had been an active part of the racing circuit here.
Mr. Hand was a member of the Dukes Auto Club.
Survivors include his wife, Carla; a daughter, Jayme Ebner of Spokane; two stepdaughters, Wendy and Dawn McMackin, both of Spokane; two brothers, Grayson and Doug Hand; and six grandchildren.
Raymond Clift Greenacres
Mass of Christian Burial for Raymond W. Clift, 72, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Hennessey Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
A lifetime Spokane resident, Mr. Clift died Wednesday.
He was a teacher and principal in the Spokane School District for 30 years.
He was a member of the Spokane Valley Eagles Lodge, American Legion, Kiwanis Club, Elks Lodge and the national, Washington and Spokane education associations.
Survivors include his wife, Ann; a son, Mike Clift of Spokane; two stepsons, Timothy Kula of Bellevue, Wash., and Gordon Kula of Menlo Park, Calif.; two daughters, Patty Clift of Spokane and Kathy Clift of Redmond, Wash.; a stepdaughter, Karen Hoffman of Spokane; a brother, Jim Clift of Otis Orchards; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Morning Star Boys Ranch or to the American Cancer Society.
Betty Anderson Spokane
Private service will be held for Betty F. Anderson. Thornhill Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Anderson, who was born and raised in Veradale, died May 18. She was 74.
She was a graduate of Central Valley High School.
Mrs. Anderson was a homemaker and a member of Veradale Christian Church.
Survivors include her husband of 50 years, Edward; three daughters, Karen Ose of Seattle, Terrie Greer of Anchorage, Alaska, and Cindy Dodson of Spokane; a sister, Elaine Smith of Spokane; and three grandchildren.
Barbara Pedro Bandon, Ore.
Memorial service for Barbara Jean Pedro, 65, will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Cowlitz Timber Trails Association in Salkum, Wash. Emblen-Schroeder Funeral Home in Myrtle Point, Ore., is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Pedro, who was born in Boise, died May 10.
She graduated from Boise High School and Boise Junior College. Mrs. Pedro was an accomplished horsewoman and was named Queen of the Snake River Stampede in Nampa, Idaho.
She was a talented singer and performed as lead singer for Doyle Brook and the Southlanders, a country western band. The band had a recording contract and performed live radio and television.
In 1950 she married Doyle Brook and became a homemaker. She was living in California at the time.
When her marriage ended, she returned to Boise and began working as a bank teller.
She married Clayton Wilson in 1958. He was the assistant zookeeper for the city of Boise, and she began caring for the sick and orphaned animals at the zoo.
In the mid 1960s Mrs. Pedro went to work for First Security Bank in Boise.
She was divorced from Mr. Wilson in 1972 and was married for a brief time to Robert Walters.
In 1975, she married Leal Pedro. They moved to Brookings, Ore., where, after having completed a degree in theology, she became one of the first women ordained as a deacon in the Bible Missionary Church.
In 1979 she became pastor of the Bible Missionary Church in Spokane. She lived here until 1990 when she moved to Chehalis, Wash., to pastor a church there. She lived at the Cowlitz Timber Trails Association in Salkum for several years until the end of her marriage to Mr. Pedro.
In 1997 she moved to Myrtle Point, Ore., near Bandon. She had been living at Heritage Place in Bandon at the time of her death.
Survivors include a daughter, Debra Brook of Remote, Ore.; three stepchildren, Naomi White, and Kevin and Bill Pedro; a sister, Nell Mensch of Issaquah, Wash.; and numerous grandchildren.
Maude Laughlin Spokane
No service will be held for Maude Irene Laughlin, 106, at her request. Inurnment will be at Spokane Memorial Gardens. Hennessey Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Born in Rathdrum, Idaho, Mrs. Laughlin died Tuesday.
In 1907 she settled with her parents at a homestead near Thompson Creek, north of Newman Lake.
Mrs. Laughlin graduated from Green Mountain School, a one-room school near Thompson Creek.
In 1910 she married John Laughlin. He died in 1957.
She lived at the homestead until seven years ago, when she moved to the Spokane Valley.
Survivors include three daughters, Lois Scott of Perry, Iowa, Eloise Cunningham of Otis Orchards, and Nancy Strong of Coupeville, Wash.; 11 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
Everett `Willie’ Wilson Spokane
Visitation for Everett “Willie” Wilson, 65, will be from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday at Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home. Funeral is planned for 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Riverside Memorial Park.
A 43-year Spokane resident, Mr. Wilson died Wednesday. He was born in The Dalles, Ore.
Mr. Wilson served in the Oregon National Guard and then in the Air Force during the Korean and Vietnam wars. He retired from the Air Force in 1972.
He worked for the Postal Service in Spokane for many years and retired earlier this year.
Mr. Wilson was a graduate of the Seniors Police Academy Program in Spokane.
Survivors include his wife, Frances; three sons, Dan, Glenn and Everett Wilson, Jr., all of Spokane; two daughters, April Person of Cheney and Becky Maulhardt of Greenacres; two brothers, Harold Wilson of Milwaukee, Ore., and Dan Wilson of Portland; two sisters, Patricia Snider and Bonnie Cawley, both of Portland; seven grandsons and one granddaughter.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Wishing Star Foundation.
Berneice (Weiseger) Adams Spokane
Visitation for Berneice Doris (Weiseger) Adams, 83, will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday at Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home. Funeral is planned for 1 p.m. Tuesday at Calvary Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Greenwood Memorial Terrace.
Born in Roslyn, Wash., Mrs. Adams died Thursday.
She moved to Spokane in 1926 and graduated from Lewis and Clark High School in 1935.
In 1936 she married Claude Adams. He died in 1952.
Mrs. Adams was well known throughout the Inland Empire as a jazz pianist.
She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, contributing to the musical ministry there for many years.
Survivors include her companion, Jerry Costa; a daughter, Shirley Speed of Maryland; a brother, Adrian Jones of Washington, D.C.; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Susan Jacobson Spokane
Memorial service for Susan E. Jacobson, 50, will be held at a later date at First United Methodist Church in Sandpoint. Cremation Society of Washington is in charge of arrangements.
Miss Jacobson, who was born in Sandpoint, died Thursday.
She attended schools in Sandpoint, and later moved to Spokane.
Mrs. Jacobson attended Lewis and Clark College School of Nursing.
She worked as a registered nurse for many years. She was the director of nursing for several area nursing homes and was employed by Hospice of Spokane.
Survivors include a sister, Nadine Hardin of Spokane; and a brother, William Jacobson of Kootenai, Idaho.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Spokane.
George `Ernie’ Hall Sequim, Wash.
Memorial service for George Ernest “Ernie” Hall, 69, will be at 4:30 p.m. June 11 at the Ridgeway Valley Chapel in Sequim.
Mr. Hall, who was born in Rosalia, Wash., died May 17.
He farmed with his family near Thornton, Wash., and Rosalia, graduating from Rosalia High School.
In 1950 he married Dorothy Renner.
Mr. Hall worked as a grocer in Rosalia and Moscow, Idaho, and was the youngest manager of the Food Giant in Seattle in the late 1950s. He was divorced in 1969.
Later that year he married Mary Clark Pierce.
During the 1970s Mr. Hall worked as a grocer at Albertsons and Food Giant in Seattle as well as for his brother Harold’s small grocery chain.
After he retired he lived in Spokane for several years before moving to Sequim.
Mr. Hall played on a minor league baseball team in the Rosalia area in the late 1940s.
Survivors include his wife; four daughters, Kris Crossler, Judi Frei and Bonnie Blevins, all of Moscow, and Barb Whitcomb of Kamiah, Idaho; a stepdaughter, Patty Pierce of Butte, Mont.; two sisters, Frances Shindler and Dorothy Bertholf, both of Rosalia; two brothers, William Hall of Portola, Calif., and Wayne Hall of Spanaway, Wash.; and 16 grandchildren.