Obituaries

Paul Root Post Falls

Service for Charles Paul Root, 40, will be at 2 p.m. today at Yates Funeral Home in Coeur d’Alene. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Post Falls.

Mr. Root, who was born in Moscow, Idaho, died Tuesday from injuries suffered in an automobile-train accident in Post Falls.

He grew up in Post Falls, and later served with the Army in Germany and returned to Post Falls.

Mr. Root worked as a drywaller in the construction industry and moved to Alaska in the early 1980s, where he continued to work as a drywaller.

In 1985 he married Dianna Smith. They returned to Post Falls in the early 1990s, and he continued working in the construction industry.

Mr. Root was active in baseball, snowmobiling, fishing and hunting.

Survivors include his wife of Tenino, Wash.; his parents, Les and Dorthy Root of Post Falls; two brothers, Les “Woody” Root of Rathdrum, Idaho, and Mike Root of Spokane; and three sisters, Bonnie Root, Annie Buchmann and Leah Sharp, all of Post Falls.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Kootenai County Humane Society, P.O. Box 1005, Hayden Lake, ID 83835.

Beatrice Peterson Fort Collins, Colo.

Memorial service for Beatrice M. Peterson, a former Coeur d’Alene resident, will be at 11 a.m. today at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Spokane. Goes Funeral Care in Fort Collins is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Peterson, who was born in Badger, Iowa, died May 2. She was 83.

She graduated from Dickinson (N.D.) State College with a teaching certificate, and taught school until in 1937 when she married Gilman Peterson. They lived on a wheat farm near New England, N.D.

Mrs. Peterson was a journalist and speaker in North Dakota. She wrote for the Dickinson Press and the Bismarck Tribune.

She was active in political affairs and was elected Democratic National Committee Woman of North Dakota for 12 years and served as an American delegate in 1980 to the World Conference of the United National Decade for Women in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Mrs. Peterson was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to the President’s Council on Aging and was involved in establishing senior citizen’s centers nationwide. She served the Civil Rights Commission through the North Dakota Justice Committee and campaigned for the rights of senior citizens, women, children, Native Americans and the World Campaign against Hunger.

Mrs. Peterson was a member of the National Press Women for several years. She wrote many articles and feature stories about the pioneers and country life in North Dakota and wrote a book about her experience with Alzheimer’s disease, which she was diagnosed with in 1994. She was named The Alzheimer Woman of the Year in Arizona in 1996 for her book.

She moved to Coeur d’Alene in 1985 and was a former member of the Trinity Lutheran Church.

Mrs. Peterson moved to Fort Collins in 1995 after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.

Survivors include five daughters, Nancy Dean of Austin, Texas, Diane Edwards of Fort Collins, Sonja Brosz and Vicki Peters, both of Colorado Springs and Debra Mundt of Newberry, Calif.; a sister, Oleda Myring; two brothers, Thorvald and Omer Olson; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to the National Alzheimer’s Association.

Karen (Salazar) Cisneros Colorado Springs, Colo.

Service for Karen A. (Salazar) Cisneros, 45, was Friday at Sunset Mausoleum at Fairmount Memorial Park. Burial followed the service.

Mrs. Cisneros, a former 26-year Spokane resident, died July 8. She was born in Washington state.

She graduated from Ferris High School and later received a dental technician certificate from the San Francisco Technical School.

Mrs. Cisneros had lived at McCullen Air Force Base in Sacramento, Calif., before moving to Colorado Springs a year and a half ago. She was currently working as a dental technician.

Survivors include her husband, David; two sons, Ryan Lonergan and David Cisneros Jr., and three daughters, Priscilla, Suzanna and Razal Cisneros, all of Colorado Springs; her mother, Fay Salazar of Seattle; a brother, Jessie Salazar of Seattle; and two sisters, Dorothy Oxford and Sandra Bright, both of Spokane.

Ivan Tilla Rathdrum, Idaho

Visitation for Ivan F. Tilla, 71, will be from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at Hazen and Jaeger Valley Funeral Home. Graveside service is planned for 1 p.m. Monday at Fairview Cemetery in Rockford.

Mr. Tilla, who was born Burke, Idaho, died Wednesday. He was a former 22-year Spokane resident.

He worked at the Kaiser Aluminum Trentwood plant for 15 years, and was a heavy-equipment operator for more than 20 years for various employers. He retired in 1982.

Mr. Tilla was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

He moved to Rathdrum two years ago.

Survivors include his companion, Geneva Garrett; two sons, Gerald Tilla of Spokane and Donald Tilla of Bedford, Pa.; two daughters, Jeannine Tingler of Wellsburg, W.Va., and Deanne Mason of Follansbee, W.Va.; his mother, Dorothy Tilla of Fairfield; two sisters, Addeline Sampson and Ilene Benham, both of Spokane; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Donald Sprague Spokane

Memorial service for retired Army Lt. Col. Donald E. Sprague, 80, will be at 10 a.m. today at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Sprague, who was born and raised in Boise, died Sunday. He was a 45-year Spokane resident.

He began his military career in 1937 as a member of the 116th Cavalry. He served in the Army Quartermaster Corps during World War II and was discharged from active duty in 1946. After his discharge he served in the Army Reserve until 1980.

Mr. Sprague worked for the Veterans Administration in Boise after the war. He later worked for the Spokane Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center as director of volunteer services. He retired in 1975.

He was a member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church where he had served as senior and junior warden.

Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Helen; a son, Donald Sprague of Coeur d’Alene; two daughters, Lynda Gurr of Lake Forest Park, Wash., and Charlene Goldade-Mayo of Bothell, Wash.; a sister, Lorraine Hill of Boise; and eight grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church or Sacred Heart Kidney Center.

Kate Katterle Pullman

No service will be held for Kate C. Katterle, 92, at her request. Private graveside service will be at a later date at Pullman City Cemetery. Kimble Funeral Home in Pullman is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Katterle, who died Wednesday, was born in Potlatch, Idaho.

She graduated in 1926 from Lewis and Clark High School, and in 1930 from Washington State University, where she was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.

After graduation she taught speech at WSU. She married Zeno Katterle in 1931.

Starting in 1969 she traveled for 15 years and presented informative travel programs to many area groups.

Mrs. Katterle was a member of the WSU Women’s Faculty Club, the Pullman Historical Society and was past president of Chapter S of the PEO, which she had also served twice as a delegate to its national meeting.

Her husband died in 1969.

Survivors include a son, Zeno Katterle Jr. of Aloha, Ore.; a daughter, Eleanor Davidson of Florence, Ore.; a brother, Carl Fulton of Pebble Beach, Calif.; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Celia McDaniel Cataldo, Idaho

No service will be held for Celia M. McDaniel, 66, at her request. English Funeral Chapel in Coeur d’Alene is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. McDaniel, who was born in Los Angeles, died Thursday.

In 1954 she married Gerald McDaniel. They moved to the Rose Lake, Idaho, area in 1974.

Mrs. McDaniel taught at Kootenai High School until 1988.

Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Judy Schutt of Huntington Beach, Calif.; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Calvert Schackmuth Mullan, Idaho

Private service for Calvert James Schackmuth, 78, will be held. Shoshone Funeral Service in Kellogg is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Schackmuth, who was born in Wisconsin, died July 7.

He had served in the Army Transportation Corps and the Merchant Marines during World War II, and then worked as an electrical engineer for the Federal Aviation Administration in Alaska and the western region of the nation.

He also worked out of the San Francisco FAA office for two years, and then became employed as chief electrical engineer for Lykes Brothers Steamship Co. and Global Marine Offshore Drill Ships during the 1980s.

He had lived in Idaho intermittently since 1968, and retired in the early 1990s and settled in Bayview, Idaho. He moved to Mullan in the mid-1990s.

Mr. Schackmuth was a member of the Maritime Union and was active in traveling, hunting, fishing and genealogy.

Survivors include a daughter, Debbie Smith of Rose Lake, Idaho; two sisters, Dorothy Congdon of Wisconsin and Joan Plaisted of Arizona; three brothers, Glenn Schackmuth of Tennessee, Don Schackmuth of Florida, and Eugene Schackmuth of Wisconsin.

Elizabeth Sowder Hayden Lake, Idaho

Memorial service for Elizabeth “Liz” Sowder, 81, was Friday at First Presbyterian Church in Coeur d’Alene.

Mrs. Sowder, who was born in Oregon City, Ore., died Tuesday.

She grew up in Clackamas, Ore., and received a bachelor of arts degree in nursing from Oregon State College in 1939. She attended three years of additional nursing training at the University of Oregon Medical School.

Mrs. Sowder worked at Doernbecker Hospital in Oregon before joining the Army in 1943 as a first lieutenant. She worked in field hospitals in New Guinea until 1946.

After her military service, she received a master’s degree in 1947 in public health from the University of Montana in Bozeman, and then accepted a position as a public health nurse in Coeur d’Alene.

In 1956 she married Chuck Sowder.

She traveled to various rural areas of North Idaho during her nursing career, and she and her husband settled on a tree farm in Hayden Lake.

Mrs. Sowder was also a photographer and published articles and photos in Ruralite Magazine.

Survivors include her husband, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorial contributions may be made to the local Relay for Life Foundation.