Obituaries

Eva Strong Potlatch, Idaho

Service for Eva M. Strong, 86, will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Princeton (Idaho) Church of the Nazarene.

Inurnment will be at a later date at Garfield (Wash.) Cemetery. Kramer Funeral Home in Palouse, Wash., is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Strong, who was born in Kalispell, Mont., died Monday.

Her family move to Oregon when she was very young. She attended high school in The Dalles, Ore., and graduated in 1931 from Dufur (Ore.) High School.

She attended Willamette University in Salem, Ore., for one year and then received a teaching certificate in 1935 from Monmouth (Ore.) Normal School.

Mrs. Strong taught at several Oregon schools, and later at Mountain Home Country School near Potlatch, for a year.

In 1939 she married Russell Strong and they lived in Potlatch. She worked as a sales representative for Watkins Products and Avon.

Mrs. Strong was a member of Elmore United Methodist Church, the Washington-Idaho Auxiliary of World Gospel Mission, and United Methodist Women’s Group. Mrs. Strong was a volunteer with the Area Agency on Aging in Lewiston. She also delivered meals for the senior center and was a home visitor for the agency.

Her husband died in 1982.

Survivors include two daughters, Phyllis Strong of Potlatch and Laurel Schwartz of Eagle, Idaho; four brothers, Donald Smith of Albany, Ore., Merle Smith of Green Valley, Ariz., Howard Smith of Brookings, Ore., and George Smith of Honduras; and two grandchildren.

Cecilia Heitstuman Colton, Wash.

Funeral Mass for Cecilia Heitstuman, 90, will be at 10:30 a.m. today at St. Gall’s Roman Catholic Church in Colton. Burial will follow at St. Gall Cemetery in Colton. Kimball Funeral Home in Pullman is in charge of arrangements.

Born in Thorncreek, Idaho, Mrs. Heitstuman died Tuesday.

She was raised on a farm in Thorncreek and her family later moved to Bald Butte near Genesee, Idaho, where they farmed for many years.

In 1936 she married Oscar Heitstuman in Thorncreek. They then moved to Colton.

She was a homemaker and a member of St. Gall Catholic Church, the Altar Society, and Colton Catholic Daughters.

Her husband died in 1977.

Survivors include two sons, Gerald Heitstuman of Moscow, Idaho, and Tom Heitstuman of Uniontown, Wash.; a daughter, Linda Cross of Enumclaw, Wash.; a sister, Lucille Moser of Genesee; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to the House of Charity or to the Colton or Uniontown Emergency Medical Technicians.

Pamelia Deubel Spokane

No service will be held for Pamelia J. Deubel, 53, at her request. Thornhill Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

A lifetime Spokane resident, Mrs. Deubel died Tuesday.

She was a server at King’s Restaurant for 17 years.

Survivors include her husband, Marvin; a daughter, Rhonda Suksdorf of Morris, Ill.; and three grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Spokane.

Ramona (Doepke) Braman Spokane

Visitation for Ramona Lois (Doepke) Braman will be from 8 to 10 a.m. today at Heritage Funeral Home. Service will follow at 1 p.m. at Fairfield Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow at Waverly Cemetery.

Mrs. Braman, who was born in Fairfield, died Tuesday. She was 85.

She graduated from high school in Waverly and was a longtime Waverly resident.

In 1934 she married Vern Braman.

She was a homemaker and a member of the Waverly Rebekahs, Fairfield Presbyterian Church and Tekoa Take Off Pounds Sensibly.

Survivors include two sons, Dan Braman of Mercer Island, Wash., and Jim Braman of Aloha, Ore.; a daughter, Judy Wisher of Spokane; a brother, Stanley Doepke; nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Matilda Trautman Spokane

Service for Matilda “Tillie” Trautman will be at 3 p.m. today at Ball and Dodd South Funeral Home. Private Burial will be at Greenwood Memorial Cemetery.

Miss Trautman, who was born in Russia, died Saturday. She was 100.

She moved with her family to North Dakota in 1906.

In 1920 Miss Trautman moved to Spokane and worked as a waitress for several restaurants.

She later worked as an in-home caregiver for several years.

Miss Trautman was a member of First Assembly Church of God in Spokane.

Survivors include a niece, Vera Melville, and a nephew, Harold Trautman, both of Spokane.