Obituaries

Robert McBride

Spokane

Memorial service for Robert W. McBride, 89, will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at Ball and Dodd Funeral Home.

Mr. McBride, who was born in Spokane, died Sunday. He lived in the Spokane area all his life.

After graduating from North Central High School, he worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Golden Age Brewery.

In 1937 he married Imogene Cosand. They divorced in 1947.

During World War II Mr. McBride joined the Army Air Corps and trained as a glider pilot in Texas. In 1947 he joined the Washington Air National Guard and reached the rank of master sergeant.

He married Lorraine Lee in 1950.

Mr. McBride left the Guard in the early 1950s and opened a gas station at Sprague and Bernard, operating that business until his retirement in 1974. After retiring, he and his wife spent winters in Arizona for 10 years.

He was an avid hunter, fisherman and golfer, and was a member of the Inland Empire Fly Fishing Club and the Deer Lake (Wash.) Property Owners Association.

His wife died in 1985.

Survivors include a son, Jerry McBride of Deer Lake; a daughter, Robin Danhoffer of Hinckley, Ohio; two brothers, Frank and Jack McBride, both of Spokane; three sisters, Phyllis Latimer of Liberty Lake, Carol Ralph and Marilyn Ellern, both of Spokane; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Inland Empire Fly Fishing Club Legacy Fund, P.O. Box 2926, Terminal Annex, Spokane, WA 99220.

Frank Walston

Colville

Funeral for Frank Earl Walston, 85, will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Danekas Funeral Home in Colville. Graveside service and vault interment will follow at Mountain View Park Cemetery in Colville.

Mr. Walston, a lifelong resident of the Colville area, died Saturday.

He graduated in 1937 from Colville High School.

He was drafted into the Army in 1941 and was discharged in 1942. He returned to Colville and worked briefly at the J.C. Penney, then began working for Barman’s Furniture and Hardware store for many years.

He married Gladys Elder in 1950 in Colville.

Mr. Walston delivered fuel for the Union Oil distributorship for two years and served on the Colville Police Department for three and a half years. He was a Post Office deliveryman for 24 years, retiring in 1979.

He was involved in community affairs. He was a 53-year member of the Colville United Methodist Church, a 71-year member and past officer of Fort Colville Grange, and a 62-year member and past chancellor commander of the Knights of Pythias Lodge in Colville.

He had been the organizer of the Colville High School Class of 1937 reunions since he graduated.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Carol Leithead, and a brother, Dale Walston, both of Colville; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to Fort Colville Grange or the Stevens County Historical Society.

Jack McPherson

Wilbur, Wash.

Funeral for Jack McPherson, 88, former mayor of Wilbur, will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Wilbur Presbyterian Church. Military graveside and vault interment will follow at Wilbur Cemetery. Strate Funeral Home in Wilbur, is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. McPherson, who was born in Spokane, died Sunday.

He graduated from Wilbur High School in 1934. He later graduated from Washington State University and attended Stanford University for a short time.

Mr. McPherson served in the Navy during World War II.

He was a former president of State Bank of Wilbur and president of Wilbur Security Co.

Mr. McPherson served as treasurer of the Washington Bankers Association, and was a member of the Wilbur Presbyterian Church, AFO Fraternity of Washington State University, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Washington Association of Wheat Growers, Big Bend Golf and Country Club, and was a former Wilbur City Council member.

Survivors include his wife, Persha; a son, Tom McPherson of Wilbur; a daughter, Cynda Adams of Spokane; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Wilbur Presbyterian Church, the Wilbur Swimming Pool Fund or to the Wilbur Cemetery Endowment Care Fund.

Dorothy (Orlikowski) Edwards

St. Maries

Vigil prayer service for Dorothy M. (Orlikowski) Edwards, 80, will be today at 7 p.m. at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in St. Maries. Burial Mass will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the church with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery in St. Maries.

Mrs. Edwards, who was born in Stevens Point, Wis., died Monday.

She attended Catholic schools in Stevens Point and graduated from Stevens Point High School in 1942.

She then worked at a bakery and in 1946 married John Edwards.

The couple moved to Lewiston in 1954, and she was a homemaker.

They moved to the Benewah Valley near St. Maries in 1957 and built Edwards Mill lumber company.

Mrs. Edwards worked with her husband in the family business and was a certified log scaler. They moved the business to St. Maries in 1969

and expanded the business in 1979 to include a mill site at Princeton, Idaho.

The mills closed in 1991, and she retired.

Mrs. Edwards was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church where she enjoyed the music and choir.

Her husband died in 1997.

Survivors include four children, Kenneth and Gary Edwards, and Linda St. John, all of St. Maries, and Kathy Dompier of Spokane; three brothers, Myron, Emerick and Gerald Orlikowski; and three sisters, Ramona Kubicki and Lucille Kubicki, both of Wisconsin, and Irene Walukones of Rancho Cordova, Calif.; 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Ramon ‘Ray’ Leyde

Kettle Falls, Wash.

Memorial service for Ramon “Ray” Leyde, 78, will be held at a later date in Seattle.

Mr. Leyde died Monday.

He was born in Bandon, Ore., and in 1927 his family moved to Hillyard, where he grew up.

As a youth he worked as a meat cutter at a market in Hillyard and at the Kaiser Aluminum Plant at Mead. He attended Rogers High School and in 1944 was drafted into the Army. He served as a combat engineer with the Americal Division in the Pacific Theater, including in the Philippines and Japan.

After the war in 1946, he started his career as a locomotive fireman for Great Northern Railroad in Spokane. He moved to Seattle in 1974 and retired from Burlington Northern Railway as a locomotive engineer in 1985.

In 1990 he and his wife, Violet Alexander, moved to their home “The Leyde Spread,” on the Columbia River north of Kettle Falls.

Mr. Leyde enjoyed hunting and fishing, and spent several years commercially fishing for salmon out of Neah Bay, Wash. He also enjoyed riding his motorcycles.

Survivors include his wife; three children, Nancy Lenihan of Bonney Lake, Wash., Dale Leyde of Kent, Wash., and Nola Conway of Waitsburg, Wash.; two stepchildren, John and Kris Jenott of Seattle; 13 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Pearl Erickson

Spokane

Graveside service for Pearl C. Erickson, 87, will be today at 2 p.m. at Spokane Memorial Gardens. Riplinger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Erickson, who was born in McKenzie, N.D., died Monday. She was a longtime resident of Spokane.

She worked as a bookkeeper for businesses in Spokane.

Her hobbies included crocheting, crafts, gardening and home decorating.

Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Arthur; two daughters, Darlene Brown of Michigan and Bonnie Erickson McInnis of Spokane; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Spokane.

Margaret Riley

Spokane

Graveside service for Margaret A. Riley, 81, will be today at 1 p.m. at Greenwood Memorial Terrace. Hazen and Jaeger Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Riley, who died Monday, was born in Crosby, N.D.

She retired as a cook from West Valley School District and was a member of the school’s “Lunch Bunch.”

She was an active member of TOPS, and enjoyed quilting and crafts.

Her husband of 60 years, Ted, died in 2000.

Survivors include two sons, Richard Riley of Temple, Texas, and Donald Riley of Spokane; four grandsons and four great-grandchildren.

Glen Cook

Spokane Valley

Memorial service for Glen Cook, 69, will be Sunday at 4 p.m. at Contempo Community Hall, 1205 E. Lyons. Neptune Society is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Cook, who was born in Lewiston, died Sept. 27. He was a resident of the Spokane area for 63 years.

As a boy, he delivered newspapers and bought his own horse with the money. He attended high school in the Spokane Valley.

He married Betty Hubenthal in 1969 in Carson City, Nev.

Mr. Cook worked as a truck driver for 25 years and retired from Appleway Fuel Co. in 1972. He also was a professional roller skater.

For 25 years, he and his wife owned Family Treasures antique shop. The couple also were Shaklee supervisors for 25 years.

He was a member of the Grange, the National Federation of Independent Business, Eagles Lodge, Gentlemen on Horseback and the Hillyard Senior Center.

He enjoyed playing croquet.

Mr. Cook was awarded the Retirement Recognition Gold Watch.

Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Susie Phipps of Sterling, Colo., Karen Earl of Worland, Wyo., and Monica Higgins of Fort Morgan, Colo.; a son, Steve Harrison of Alliance, Neb.; a stepson, Larry Beitlich of Clarkston; a stepdaughter, Kristie Carney of Spokane; four sisters; five brothers; and 10 grandchildren.

Hazel Renner

Clayton, Wash.

Graveside service for Hazel Viola Schonfeld Renner, 90, will be today at 10 a.m. at the Zion Hill/Trysil Cemetery in Clayton, with memorial service at 11 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in Deer Park. Lauer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Renner, a lifelong resident of Clayton, died Sunday.

She was born in Clayton, and in 1931 graduated from Clayton High School. She graduated from Blair Higley Business College in Spokane in 1933 and married Ben Renner in 1935.

Mrs. Renner’s musical training started by playing the piano for the silent movies in the Clayton Theater in the late 1920s. She also played in a small orchestra, which played for area Grange dances.

She was a longtime member of Zion Lutheran Church and a member of a local women’s pinochle club. She and her husband were also avid square dancers.

Her husband died in 1986.

Survivors include three children, Richard and Robert Renner, both of Clayton, and Karen Meyer of Loon Lake, Wash.; a brother, Bill Schonfeld of Los Alamos, N.M.; five grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Greenhouse, P.O. Box 280, Deer Park, WA 99006-0280.

James Jensen

Cocolalla, Idaho

Visitation for James Michael “Jim” Jensen, 53, will be today from 5 p.m. until the vigil service at 7 at Coffelt Funeral Service in Sandpoint.

Mr. Jensen, who was born in St. Joe, Minn., died Friday.

He owned Rosholt’s Shoe Repair in the Bonner Mall and was a master craftsman in various capacities.

His first wife, Suzanne Jensen, preceded him in death.

Survivors include his wife, Marva Jensen; a son, Jesse Jensen of Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.; five stepsons, Ryan, Steve, Fred and Josh White, and Tyler Stuker; and three stepdaughters, Brieanna, Stephanie and Michelle White, all of Cocolalla; his parents, Al and Betty Jensen of Prescott, Ariz.; a brother, Tom Jensen of Michigan; and five sisters, Karen Jensen of Michigan, Teresa Jensen of Oregon, Barb Scott of California, Louise Ochoa of North Carolina and Margaret Ebbens of New Mexico.

Ray Barker

St. Maries

Graveside service for Ray S. Barker, 91, will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Woodlawn Cemetery in St. Maries. Hodge Funeral Home in St. Maries is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Barker, who was born in Forest River, N.D., died Sept. 28.

He served in the Army during World War II and married Florence Dahlkey in 1946.

The couple lived in St. Maries before moving to Red Bluff, Calif., where he worked for Diamond National. They returned to St. Maries in 1964 to be near family.

His wife died in 1998.

Mr. Barker enjoyed camping, fishing and hunting.

Survivors include two stepchildren, Buster and Jean Dahlkey; a brother, Bobby Barker; a sister, Ruby Lobdell; three grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

Neva ‘Grandma’ Mills

Bonners Ferry, Idaho

Service for Neva Jean “Grandma” (Bradley) Mills, 71, will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Wellsprings Community Center in Bonners Ferry. Bonners Ferry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Mills, who was born in Bonners Ferry, died Saturday.

She was born prematurely at home and was so small she fit in a shoe box, with Mason jars full of warm water to keep her warm. She was born with a club foot but her mother straightened it using home therapy.

She married Lawrence Mills in 1950 and soon moved to Milan, Wash., where they lived in the depot station while he worked for the railroad.

She returned to Bonners Ferry in 1951 while her husband worked the chain gang. In 1955 they moved to Montana.

They spent the next nine years moving from town to town with their three children, returning to Bonners Ferry in 1964.

Survivors include her husband; four children, Rose Peterson of Hayden, Idaho, Lorna Jarms of Spokane, Tony Mills of Salt Lake City and Billy Mills of Gardener, Kan.; two brothers, Lawrence Bradley of Kirkland, Wash., and Bobby Bradley of Bonners Ferry; a sister, Ellen Schoenwald of Nampa, Idaho; nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Lois ‘Dolly’ Forell

Kootenai, Idaho

Service for Lois V. “Dolly” (Smith) Forell, 94, will be today at 2 p.m. at Coffelt Funeral Service in Sandpoint. Burial will be at Pinecrest Memorial Park in Sandpoint.

Mrs. Forell, who was born in Glide, Ore., died Monday.

She graduated from high school in Tekoa, Wash., and married Harold Forell in 1929. She was a longtime Bonner County resident.

She was a homemaker and enjoyed reading the Bible, gardening, flowers, music and singing.

Her husband died in 1973.

Survivors include seven children, Velma Nelson of Priest River, Idaho, Delmer and James Forell, Betty Jean Jeffres and Carol Millard, all of Sandpoint, Daymond Forell of Kootenai and Larry Forell of Post Falls; two brothers, Clyde Smith of Naples, Idaho, and Ellis Smith of Sandpoint; 28 grandchildren, 59 great-grandchildren and 15 great-great-grandchildren.

Ellen Best

Spokane

Viewing for Ellen Jane Best, 71, will be today at 9 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 801 W. Sitka Ave., with service to follow at 10 a.m. at the church. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery. Riplinger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Best, a longtime resident of Spokane, died last Thursday. She was born in Redwood Falls, Minn.

She was a homemaker and enjoyed genealogy, gardening, taking long walks and writing poetry. She also grew roses and raised Pomeranians. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Norman.

Survivors include two children, Cindy Deardorf of Euless, Texas, and Phil Thomas of Manson, Wash.; a sister, Judy; and six grandchildren.