Obituaries
Jean Clark Moscow, Idaho
Service for Jean A. Clark, 90, will be today at 10:30 a.m. at the Moscow First Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow at the Moscow Cemetery. Short’s Funeral Chapel in Moscow is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Clark, a longtime area resident and retired educator, died Thursday.
She was born in Moscow.
Her family homesteaded in Alberta before returning to Moscow in 1926.
Mrs. Clark graduated from Moscow High School in 1930 and received a degree in education from the University of Idaho in 1934. She taught at the Gray Eagle School near Genesee, Idaho.
She married Leonard Clark in 1937, and they lived in Moscow, where she taught first grade at Russell School for many years.
Mrs. Clark was a crafts artist and a member of the First Presbyterian Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband. Survivors include a daughter, Margaret Conrad of Illinois; a sister, Marion Rea of Boise; a brother, Kenneth Richardson of Seattle; four grandchildren, four stepgrandchildren, six great-grandchildren and four stepgreat-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, 405 S. Van Buren, Moscow, ID 83843.
Agnes (LaSarte) Pluff DeSmet, Idaho
Funeral Mass for Agnes Leona (LaSarte) Pluff, 74, was held Monday at the DeSmet Community Church. Burial followed at the DeSmet Mission Cemetery. Kramer Funeral Home in Tekoa, Wash., was in charge of arrangements.
A lifetime DeSmet resident, Mrs. Pluff died Friday.
She married Edmund Pluff in 1944. They later divorced.
Mrs. Pluff was a homemaker.
In 1997 she moved to the Good Samaritan Center in Fairfield.
She was a member of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, DeSmet Senior Citizens and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe.
Survivors include three sons, Clifford Pluff of Spokane, Edmund Pluff of Plummer, Idaho, and Kenneth Pluff of DeSmet; three daughters, Linda Gall and Carol Pluff, both of DeSmet, and Marlene Lambert of Plummer; three brothers, two sisters, 19 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Andrew Reynolds Springdale, Wash.
Memorial service for Andrew Kenneth Reynolds, 80, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at First United Pentecostal Church of God. Thornhill Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Reynolds, who was born in Post Falls, died last Tuesday.
He worked at Kaiser Aluminum at Trentwood before retiring in 1964.
Mr. Reynolds later became a minister.
He moved to Springdale four years ago.
Mr. Reynolds was a member of the Washington Interpreters for the Deaf.
His wife preceded him in death Survivors include three sons, Everett Reynolds of Addy, Wash., Lonnie Reynolds of Post Falls and Duane Reynolds of Thonosassa, Fla.; a daughter, Faith Reynolds of Spokane; two brothers, Homer and Chet Reynolds, both of Post Falls; 18 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Lawrence Taylor Spokane
Service for Lawrence A. “Larry” Taylor, 82, will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Sunset Chapel at Fairmount Memorial Park. Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Taylor died Friday.
Born in Tomahawk, Wis., Mr. Taylor served in the Army during World War II.
He was a 50-year Spokane resident and worked as a scheduler for Kaiser Aluminum in Trentwood. He retired in 1980.
Mr. Taylor was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Linwood Seventh-day Adventist Church.
His wife, Bernice, died in 1993.
Survivors include two sons, Andrew Taylor of Spokane and Norman Taylor of South Miami, Fla.; two daughters, Marlene Green of Coolin, Idaho, and Beverly Bivins of Tacoma; a sister and six grandchildren.
Bryan Davenport Mullan, Idaho
Memorial service for Bryan James Davenport, 31, was Friday at the Kellogg Funeral Chapel in Kellogg.
Mr. Davenport, who was born in Santa Ana, Calif., died Jan. 2.
He graduated from Deer Park High School and Spokane Community College. He moved to the Mullan area four years ago and worked as a surveyor for Silver Valley Engineering in Wallace.
He was a member of the Mullan Volunteer Fire Department.
Survivors include his parents, Ronald and Jennifer Davenport of Deer Park; a brother, Reginald Davenport of Spokane; and his grandparents, Alice Davenport of Seattle and Oliver Storeim of Deer Park.
Harold Bomstad Spokane
Service for Harold Bomstad, 95, will be at 1 p.m. today at Salem Lutheran Church. Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Bomstad, who was born in Coulee, N.D., died Friday.
He moved to Spokane in 1946.
Mr. Bomstad worked as a carpenter for William Spilker Co.
He was a member of Salem Lutheran Church, the Carpenters Union, Corbin Park Senior Center, Sinto Senior Center and Eagles Aerie 2.
Survivors include his wife of 72 years, Marie; a daughter, Clarine Slentz; and numerous grandchildren.
Angeline Reinhart Spokane
Funeral Mass for Angeline R. Fleenor Reinhart, 70, will be held at a later date. Spokane Cremation and Burial Service is in charge of arrangements.
Born in South Dakota, Mrs. Reinhart died Wednesday.
She was a 45-year Spokane resident and worked as a waitress for various restaurants and for the Spokane Juvenile Detention Center.
Survivors include her husband, George; a daughter, Ina Fleenor of Auburn, Wash.; a son, Jack Fleenor of Fife, Wash.; four stepdaughters, Naomi McReynolds, Elizabeth Wiik, Julie Barbagallo and Mary Delaughter; a stepson, Brian Reinhart; three brothers, Mike, Terry and Patrick Kraft; five sisters, Patsy Bunt, Mary Gjestrum, Delores Pernick, Agnes Shoemaker and Dorothy McHugh; and 15 grandchildren.
Lillian Bourbon Bottle Bay, Idaho
Memorial service for Lillian K. Bourbon, 92, will be held in the spring. Coffelt Funeral Service in Sandpoint is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Bourbon, who was born in Sandpoint, died Wednesday.
She was a lifelong North Idaho resident. She married Walt Shields in 1927. They later divorced.
Mrs. Bourbon married Lawrence “Reg” Bourbon in 1939, and the couple operated a dairy farm in the Bottle Bay area for many years. She was known locally for her storytelling abilities and the dairy’s landmark Bourbon Bottle mailbox.
She was preceded in death by her husband. Survivors include five children, Willie Chapman and Frankie Robertson, both of Sagle, Idaho, Bunny Lindquist of Blanchard, Idaho, Helen Hui of Florida and Corky White of Post Falls; one sister; 20 grandchildren, and numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Bonner County 4-H.
James Tetrault Hope, Idaho
Memorial service for James Wells Tetrault, 76, was Sunday at the First Christian Church in Sandpoint. Coffelt Funeral Service in Sandpoint was in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Tetrault, who was born in Priest River, Idaho, died Friday.
He moved to California after graduating from high school and served with the Army Air Corps during World War II. He later graduated from the University of Southern California.
Mr. Tetrault was a business owner, city councilman and mayor in Del Mar, Calif. He retired and moved to Hope in 1991.
Survivors include his wife, Linda; three sons, John, Jeffrey and Greg Tetrault; two half-brothers, Charles Higgins and Jerry Tetrault; and two grandchildren, Jared and Jantzen.
Memorials may be made to Bonner Community Hospice.
Benjamin Haskell Rathdrum, Idaho
Service for Benjamin A. Haskell, 70, will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Bethany Lutheran Church in Osburn, Idaho. Burial will be at the Osburn Cemetery. Shoshone Funeral Service in Kellogg is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Haskell, who was born in Colorado, died Friday.
He graduated from North Colorado University and served with the Army.
Mr. Haskell married Lola Berry in 1954 and moved to the Osburn area in 1963. He was a shop teacher at Wallace High School for 31 years, retiring in 1992. He later moved to Rathdrum.
He had been a member of the Osburn Lions Club and the Wallace Eagles Lodge and served as an elder at the Osburn Bethany Lutheran Church.
Survivors include his wife of more than 45 years; three daughters, Janet Smith of Coeur d’Alene, Linda DiRaimo of Moscow, Idaho, and Marshella Lesterberg of Rathdrum; three brothers, Leon and Stanley Haskell, both of Rye, Colo., and Vance Haskell of New Plymouth, Idaho; two sisters, Eileen Herrick of Sterling, Colo., and Alta Dashofsky of Boise; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Walter `Walt’ Kackmeister Coeur d’Alene
Visitation and service for Walter “Walt” Kackmeister, 88, was held Monday at Coeur d’Alene Memorial Funeral Home.
Mr. Kackmeister, who was born in Nebraska, died Thursday.
He lived in Mission, S.D., and was a cattle rancher. In 1964 he moved to Sandpoint, where he continued ranching. Mr. Kackmeister moved to Coeur d’Alene in 1981.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mina.
His survivors include two daughters, Myrna Lien of Sandpoint and Charlotte Adkins of Garden City, Mo.; his companion, Marge Snyder of Coeur d’Alene; two brothers, Robert and Donald Kackmeister, both of Nebraska; two sisters, Marguerite Bolton of Louisiana and Peggy Manternack of Nebraska; seven grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, North Field Office, P.O. Box 592, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814.
Melvin Scharnweber Coeur d’Alene
Graveside military rites for Melvin Louis Scharnweber, 85, will be held later at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland. Yates Funeral Home in Coeur d’Alene is in charge of local arrangements.
Mr. Scharnweber, who was born in Iowa, died Friday.
He graduated from Chillicothe Business College in Chillicothe, Mo., and served with the Army during World War II.
Mr. Scharnweber worked in sales prior to moving to Southern California, where he operated an egg production and chicken ranch for 30 years. Mr. Scharnweber later lived in Albany, Ore. He moved to Coeur d’Alene in 1997.
Survivors include a son, John Scharnweber of Torrance, Calif.; two daughters, Janet Scharnweber of Coeur d’Alene and KaraLynn Sprouse of Bakersfield, Calif.; a brother, Robert Scharnweber of Florida; and four grandchildren.
Anna Loney Moscow, Idaho
Private family service for Anna C. Loney, 77, will be held later. Short’s Funeral Chapel of Moscow is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Loney, who was born in Wewoka, Okla., died Friday.
She grew up in Wewoka and married William Loney in 1945. The couple lived in California, where he served with the Marine Corps.
Mrs. Loney later moved to Idaho and lived in various cities in the Western United States before settling in Moscow in 1965.
She worked at the University of Idaho for several years and also opened a local crafts store before retiring.
Survivors include her husband; two sons, James and Brent Loney, and a daughter, Sandra Loney, all of Moscow; four grandchildren, Aubrey, Brand, Michelle and Krysten; and three great-grandchildren.