Obituaries
Lucy Corallo
Coeur d’Alene
Processional for Lucy Rose Corallo, 96, will be today at 9:30 a.m. at Yates Funeral Home in Coeur d’Alene and will proceed to the graveside at St. Thomas Cemetery in Coeur d’Alene.
Mrs. Corallo, who was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., died Sunday.
She married Thomas Corallo in 1928, and the couple had two children. He died in 2002.
Mrs. Corallo had worked as a telephone operator in New York before beginning her long career as a housewife.
The couple lived in the Bayridge area of Brooklyn until moving to Coeur d’Alene in 1993. They were the first residents of Forest Place retirement community, now known as Fairwinds.
She enjoyed shopping, cooking and playing bingo.
Survivors include her daughter, Joan Mettalia of Coeur d’Alene; a son, Bob Corallo of Spring, Texas; five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Donald Seaberg
Spokane
Memorial service for Donald P. Seaberg, 91, will be today at 2 p.m. at Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home.
Mr. Seaberg, a lifelong resident of Spokane, died May 16.
He graduated from Lewis and Clark High School and Whitman College.
He served in the Marines during World War II.
Mr. Seaberg worked for International Harvester, owned Seaberg Buick and GMC, was president of Tri-Cities National Bank and later joined Old National Bank in 1960. He retired in 1977.
He was a former member of the Spokane Country Club and a former member of the Spokane Club and past chairman of United Crusade Spokane. He was also a participant of the Inland Empire Annual Drive and a member of the Salem Lutheran Church.
Survivors include his wife, Stina.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Spokane Valley Good Samaritan Village.
Michael Riggs
Spokane
Vigil for Michael Ryan Riggs, 65, will be today at 5 p.m. at Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home. Funeral Mass will be Friday at 8 a.m. at St. Aloysius Catholic Church.
Mr. Riggs, who was born in Lewiston, died May 16. He was a resident of Spokane for 57 years.
He attended Gonzaga Prep and Gonzaga University, where he received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
Mr. Riggs worked in pharmaceutical sales.
He was a member of St. Aloysius Catholic Church.
Survivors include his wife of 32 years, Teresa; a daughter, Molly Riggs of Spokane; a brother, Dick Riggs of Nine Mile Falls; a sister, Joene Bush of Scottsdale, Ariz.; and one grandson.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Morning Star Boys Ranch.
Dorothy Drivdahl
Spokane Valley
Private service will be held for Dorothy Drivdahl, 82.
Mrs. Drivdahl, who died April 30, was born in Bellingham. She was a longtime resident of Spokane Valley.
During her youth, she moved frequently with her family, living in several cities throughout Washington and Oregon.
She attended the University of Oregon and worked for the Standard Oil Co. She was also active in the “Music Box,” a family-owned record store.
Mrs. Drivdahl retired in 1986 from Spokane and Eastern Bank.
She was an avid boater on Coeur d’Alene Lake and was a founding member of the Maverick Yacht Club.
She enjoyed traveling in her recreational vehicle, cooking and craft work.
Survivors include her husband of 59 years, Delmar; three children, Jim Drivdahl, Marsha Drivdahl and Barbara Travo; a sister, Marjorie Hampton; and three grandchildren.
Berton Evenson
Chattaroy
Private service will be held for Berton Harold Evenson, 70. Lauer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Evenson, who was born in Wallace, died May 12. He had been a resident of Chattaroy since 1945.
He attended the Elk elementary school and Riverside High School.
Mr. Evenson served in the Navy for a brief time in the early 1970s.
Survivors include three brothers, Paul Evenson of Spokane, Bob Evenson of Chattaroy and Don Evenson of Vaneta, Ore.
Walt Ayling
Grand Coulee
Memorial service for Walt Ayling, 66, will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Lake Roosevelt High School Gymnasium. Strate Funeral Home, Grand Coulee is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Ayling, a lifelong resident of the Grand Coulee Dam area, died May 13. He was born in Mason City, Wash.
He graduated from Coulee Dam High School in 1955 and served in the Army from 1961 to 1963.
He worked for Wright Chevrolet from 1963 to 1985.
He married LuAnn Corrigan in 1974, and the couple have owned and operated Birds Auto Glass and Body Shop since 1985. They also operated A&B Wrecking.
Mr. Ayling enjoyed stock car racing and was on the Northwest Super Stock circuit for 21 years, retiring in 1984.
He was inducted in the Northwest Super Stock Hall of Fame in 1999.
He also enjoyed hunting and camping and was a member of the Moose Lodge and the Grand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department.
He was preceded in death by his first wife of 17 years, Jean.
Survivors include his wife, LuAnn; a son, KC Ayling of East Wenatchee; a daughter, Kelli Niel of Eltopia, Wash.; two brothers, Frank Ayling of Wenatchee and Deets Ayling of Grand Coulee; six sisters, Alma Schrieber of Electric City, Eloise Bowman of Grand Coulee, Mary Boller of Caldwell, Idaho, Moya Barton of Roseburg, Ore., and Derinda Rapp and Chloette Ayling, both of Emmett, Idaho; and three grandchildren.
Carl Stenzel Sr.
Spokane
No service will be held for Carl F. Stenzel Sr., 79. Ball and Dodd Funeral Home-North handled the arrangements.
Mr. Stenzel, who was born in Sherwood, N.D., died May 7. He was a resident of Spokane for 15 years.
He graduated from Sherwood High School and served in the Navy from 1942 until his retirement in 1972. He served as a master diver and first-class boatswain’s mate, serving on the USS Pittsburg, USS Iowa and the USS Princeton Aircraft Carrier.
He was a captain in the Army Reserve and served two years in Vietnam.
Mr. Stenzel was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Fleet Reserve Association.
He was a licensed pilot of his own plane and worked at Boeing, manufacturing the first 747. He was also a Washington state Insurance salesman and security manager for Safeco in California.
His wife, Josephine, died in 1972.
Survivors include a son, Carl Stenzel Jr. of Tacoma; his companion, Hilda Johnson; and two grandchildren.
Newell Wilson
Hermiston, Ore.
Gathering for Newell Albert Wilson, 87, will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Museum in Colville. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Wilson, who was born in Colville, died Sunday.
His family moved to Kellogg and later returned to Colville.
He married Jessie Bestrom in 1942, and the couple made their home in the Colville area.
Mr. Wilson worked in logging and sawmills until his retirement.
He enjoyed traveling, fishing and playing cards.
He moved to Hermiston in 2003 to be near his daughter.
His wife died in 1997.
Survivors include his daughter, Sami Taylor of Hermiston; six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Museum in Colville.
Carolyn (martinez) Connor
Post Falls
Memorial service for Carolyn (Martinez) Connor, 49, will be May 29 at 1 p.m. at North Country Chapel in Post Falls. Yates Funeral Home in Coeur d’Alene is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Connor, who was born in Montebello, Calif., died Tuesday.
She grew up in Pico Rivera, Calif., and graduated from high school there and later attended Rio Hondo College in Whittier, Calif.
She married Waren Connor, and they lived in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
The family moved to Post Falls in 1995.
Survivors include her husband; a son, Jesse Connor of Post Falls; her mother, Adren Martinez of Pico Rivera, Calif.; and one brother and one sister.
Alfred Tucker
Sandpoint
Graveside service for Alfred Jackson Tucker, 95, will be Friday at 4 p.m. at Pinecrest Memorial Park in Sandpoint. Memorial service will be Saturday at 4 p.m. at Sandpoint Seventh-day Adventist Church. Coffelt Funeral Service in Sandpoint is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Tucker, who was born in Blanchard, Mich., died May 12.
He moved near Homedale, Idaho, with his family in 1910 and homesteaded on both sides of the Snake River.
They settled in Colburn, Idaho, in 1918 after traveling north for three weeks by team and wagon.
The family lived in a tent while clearing space to build their home and he attended Center Valley School, where he served as the janitor during his junior high years.
Mr. Tucker graduated from eighth grade in 1924 and then worked greasing the log chute at a lumber mill.
He worked at various jobs, including hand-seeding acreage, was a carpenter’s helper, double-jack drilled in a clay pit and served as the parts man for the local Chevrolet garage.
Mr. Tucker then began a lumber hauling business with his brother, Clifford, and also hauled crusher balls from Spokane Foundry.
In 1929 he began felling timber for the McFarland-Brown mill near Naples, Idaho, and married Ruth Kincaid in 1932.
Mr. Tucker cut timber for four years before taking over the mill’s truck maintenance shop and also hauled supplies for the business.
He later built a home in Colburn, and the couple raised their family there.
After World War II he moved to Roseburg, Ore., and was head of a logging company vehicle maintenance shop.
Mr. Tucker also served as a heavy-equipment mechanic for Caterpillar Co. in Oregon before returning to North Idaho, where he worked as a farmer and also logged, did custom land clearing and operated a small sawmill with his sons.
Mr. Tucker also ran the Bonner County snow plow and grader and maintained the forest roads for Pack River Lumber Co. for many years.
In 1967 he helped build fire access roads for the Forest Service during the Sundace and Plume Creek fires.
The couple moved into their new home on Selkirk Road in 1971 and enjoyed winters in Wickenburg, Ariz., where he painted with oil and wrote his autobiography.
The couple moved to Sandpoint in 1999.
Survivors include his wife of 71 years; two sons, Richard and Wendell, both of the Sandpoint area; two daughters, Marjorie Dillon of Denver and Lauretta Sheffield of Logan, Utah; 12 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
Mathias ‘Matt’ Buschbacher
Pinehurst, Idaho
Service for Mathias George “Matt” Buschbacher, 88, will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. Rita’s Roman Catholic Church in Kellogg with burial to take place at Greenwood Cemetery in Kellogg. Shoshone Funeral Service in Kellogg is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Buschbacher, who was born in Glen Ullin, N.D., died Tuesday.
He had owned a blacksmith shop in Zap, N.D., before moving the Silver Valley in 1956.
Mr. Buschbacher later worked for Bunker Hill Mining Co. as a maintenance supervisor at the zinc plant for 22 years, retiring in 1978.
He was a member of St. Rita’s Catholic Church and the Seniors Bowling League.
Mr. Buschbacher enjoyed bowling and gathering wood.
Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Edith; two daughters, Wanda Kurt of Kellogg, and Lynette Snyder of Portland; a brother, Ed Buschbacher of Ukiah, Calif.; a sister, Susan Dinning of Fallbrook, Calif.; a half-sister, Marie Boeshons of Minot, N.D.; six grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and four step-great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of North Idaho, 9493 N. Government Way, Hayden, ID 83835.
Marjory Wilson
Spokane
Memorial service for Marjory Clair Wilson, 79, will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Riplinger Funeral Home.
Mrs. Wilson, who was born in Spokane, died Tuesday.
She attended local schools, graduated from Lewis and Clark High School and went on to receive a teaching degree.
Mrs. Wilson served in the Navy during World War II. She taught school and was a member of the California Teachers Association.
She was a member of Order of the Eastern Star, Ladies of the Oriental Shrine and Daughters of the Nile.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas.
Survivors include two nieces.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Children.