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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.

Margaret Clay Spanaway, Wash.

Funeral Mass for Margaret M. Clay will be at 10 a.m. today at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Roman Catholic Church in Spanaway. Burial will be at a later date at Holy Cross Cemetery in Spokane. Gaffney Cassedy and Allen Funeral Home in Tacoma is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Clay, who was born in Rice Lake, Wis., died Sunday. She was 93.

She lived in Burke, Idaho, from her early teens until moving to Spokane in 1944.

Mrs. Clay was a housekeeper at St. John Vianney Roman Catholic Church for Father O’Malley until 1984.

She moved to Spanaway in 1988 to be closer to her family.

Her husband, Harry, died in 1953.

Survivors include a daughter, Dorothy Watson; seven grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and 12 greatgreat-grandchildren.

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.

Lt. Cmdr. Gareth Rietz Lexington Park, Md.

Graveside service for Lt. Cmdr. Gareth Rietz, 34, will be at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Spokane Memorial Gardens. Cheney Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Lt. Cmdr. Rietz, who was born in Spokane and raised in Cheney, died Tuesday at Patuxent Naval Air Station in Maryland from injuries suffered when his plane crashed. He was 34.

He graduated in 1984 from Cheney High School with top honors, and entered the Navy.

He spent one year in nuclear school and then was accepted to Washington State University on a NROTC scholarship. He earned an engineering degree in and became a commissioned naval officer.

He later entered flight training and received his wings in 1990. He was stationed in Spain for three years and flew C-130 tankers, and then went to Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma where he flew 707’s.

Lt. Cmdr. Rietz was accepted into the Naval post-graduate program and attended school in Monterey, Calif. He was completing test pilot school at Patuxent Naval Air Station at the time of his death, and was to receive his degree in aeronautical engineering this year.

Survivors include two daughters, Rebekah and Sara Rietz of Pensacola, Fla.; his mother, Edna Stibbs of Spokane; his father, Gary Rietz of Cheney; a sister, Danniell Hough of Cheney; and his grandparents, Jo Cheever of Spokane and Gil Rietz of Cheney.

Hazel Adams Spokane

Private service for Hazel Adams, 76, will be held. Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

A lifetime Spokane resident, Mrs. Adams died Wednesday.

She worked for the Lamplighter Lodge and was a member of the Spokane Valley Eagles Auxiliary.

Survivors include her companion, Larry Weltz; four children; a sister, Grace Brown; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Frances Sutton Spokane

Graveside service for Frances Sutton, 91, was Friday at Greenwood Memorial Terrace.

Mrs. Sutton, who was born in Canada, died July 6. She was a 70-year Spokane resident.

She was a meat packer for Swift and Co. for many years, and later worked in housekeeping at several local nursing homes until retiring in 1981.

Mrs. Sutton was a volunteer at Sinto Senior center and was a member of Eagles Lodge No. 2 Auxiliary.

Her husband LeRoy, died in 1960.

Survivors include two sons, Mike Sutton of Spokane and David Sutton of Castro Valley, Calif.; eight grandchildren and 11 greatgrandchildren.

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 in North Dakota and 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.

Mrs. Peterson was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to the President’s Council on Aging.

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 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.

Verna Winter Odessa, Wash.

Visitation for Verna H. Winter, 76, will be from 9 to 11 a.m. today at Zion Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Odessa. Service will follow at 11 a.m. at the church. Vault burial will be the Odessa Cemetery. Strate Funeral Home in Davenport, Wash., is in charge of arrangements.

A lifetime Odessa resident, Mrs. Winter died Tuesday.

She graduated in 1941 from Odessa High School. She was a homemaker.

Mrs. Winter was a member of Zion Emmanuel Lutheran Church and the church’s women’s organizations.

Survivors include her husband, Albert; a son, Larry Winter of Heber Springs, Ark.; a daughter, Sharon Lee of Spokane; a sister, Marciel Smith of Ritzville, Wash.; and two grandsons.

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.

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.