Obituary: Cobain, Harry Harlow “Mike”
Age 76
COBAIN, Harry Harlow “Mike”
(Age 75)
Harry Harlow Cobain, an educator in Spokane schools for decades, died February 5th, at his home in Mesa, Arizona, after a long battle with heart disease.
He was 75.
Mr.
Cobain was born in Longview, Washington and grew up in Pendleton, Oregon, and Walla Walla.
He was a 1958 graduate Walla Walla High School, where he met his future wife and soul mate, Stephanie Bruce Cobain.
The couple married in 1963 and moved to Spokane, where both found work as teachers.
Mr. Cobain taught math at Salk Junior High, and, starting in 1981, math at Lewis and Clark High School, where he served as department chair.
He received the Distinguished Teacher Award from the Spokane School District in 1985.
Mr. Cobain had reputation for high academic expectations, while never giving up on a student struggling to learn.
He retired for health reasons in 1993 and moved to Arizona in 2000.
He was a devout family man, who enjoyed traveling, folk rock music, craft beers, politics, and a good discussion.
He was also a talented woodworker, and he could play by ear any tune on the piano.
He is survived by his wife, of Mesa; his daughter, Lorrie Cobain-Danelski and her husband, David, of Riverside, California; his son, John Cobain of Tacoma; his sisters, Patricia Guyll and her husband, Gary, of Pasco; Gwen Fausti and her husband Steve, of Tigard, Oregon; and two granddaughters, Rosemary Danelski of New York City, and Kathryn Cobain of Tacoma.
A Celebration of Life will be held in Spokane, Washington in July.