Walter R. (Boob) Dailey, 85, longtime of Garfield
COLFAX -- Walter R. (Boob) Dailey, 85, a retired warehouseman and former longtime Garfield resident, died of cancer Monday at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center here.
He had been a resident of Colfax for the past two years. His wife, Jessie, survives at their home there.
He was born July 10, 1912, in rural Latah County near Potlatch to Robert R. and Lydia S. Locke Dailey. He attended the Dailey country school and finished his schooling at Garfield.
He married Jessie Toland June 5, 1937, at Colfax. They made their home between Palouse and Potlatch, where he was a farmhand and worked for Roy Davis for about four years.
The couple moved to Garfield in 1941 and he was employed by Allen V. Smith Pea Processing and later as a warehouseman for the Garfield Union Warehouse Co. until he retired in 1975. He also ran the Grinnell warehouse during the summer months for several years.
For several years after his retirement, he helped his son farm near Colfax.
He was an avid sports fan and enjoyed high school, college and professional sports. He also enjoyed country drives throughout the Palouse.
Survivors in addition to his wife include a son, John Dailey of Farmington, Wash.; a daughter, Dixie Roach of Garfield; 12 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.
A daughter, Barbara Dailey Stout, and a granddaughter died previously.
The funeral will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Garfield Christian Church with the Rev. John Sayers the Rev. King Rockhill officiating. Burial will follow at the Garfield Cemetery.
The family suggest memorials be contributions to the William F. Halpin Math and Science Foundation, P.O. Box 398, Garfield 99130, or to the American Cancer Society.
Kramer Funeral Home of Palouse is in charge of arrangements.
Published May 27, 1998
Minnie A. Weaver, 92, formerly of Lewiston
MISSOULA, Mont. -- Minnie A. Weaver, 92, formerly of Lewiston, died Monday at Riverside Health Care Center here of causes related to age.
She was born Sept. 19, 1905, to Robert and Florence Cox in Kansas. She was raised on a ranch near Rockford, Wash.
She married Tom Sherry in 1922. After her husband's death in 1943 she worked as a pharmacy assistant for Idanha Drug Store at Lewiston.
She married Ellsworth Weaver. He died in 1973 and in 1987 she moved to Missoula.
She is survived by a daughter, Maxine Palmer of Bend, Ore.; a sister, Jenny Nesbit of Olympia; seven grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Tom Sherry; a brother, Floyd Cox; a grandson; and a great granddaughter.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at the Malletta Family of Funeral Homes, Livingston Chapel, 224 W. Spruce in Missoula.
Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home with the Rev. David Ophus officiating.
A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Normal Hill Cemetery at Lewiston.
Published May 27, 1998
Violet T. Cash, 89, active in community affairs
COTTONWOOD -- Violet Trieste Detton Cash, 89, a former correspondent for the Lewiston Morning Tribune, died Tuesday at St. Mary's Hospital here from causes related to age.
She was born Aug. 7, 1908, to James W. and Trieste Burt Detton at Brigham City, Utah. The family lived at Chesterfield, Idaho, Salt Lake City, Utah, and in the Blackfoot, Idaho, area.
She attended high school in Shelley, Idaho.
She married Guy Cash Aug. 17, 1927, at Dillon, Mont. He was a prominent rodeo contestant from Idaho County. After his rodeo years they provided livestock and produced rodeos for a number of years.
They made their home in White Bird in the early 1930s and early 1940s and operated a restaurant and tourist cabin business. In White Bird she was active in PTA and other community activities. She was active in raising money for construction of the high school gymnasium.
She was the last surviving member of the original board of directors for the Idaho County Light and Power Company.
She lived at Pollock, Idaho, for a few years in the mid-1940s.
In 1947 they moved to Nezperce, where she owned and operated "The Smart Shop," a women's apparel and general merchandise store.
At Nezperce she was also a state officer in the PTA, active in garden club, the Rebekah Lodge, senior citizens events and was a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
She was a correspondent for the Lewiston Morning Tribune for many years at both White Bird and Nezperce.
Following her husband's death she moved to Lehi, Utah. In 1995 she moved to Grangeville to be near her family.
She is survived by two sons, Jack Cash of Pomeroy and Guy Cash of Grangeville; 13 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Ellen Trieste.
Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 403 North Boulevard in Grangeville. Bishop David Holloway of the Grangeville L.D.S. Ward will officiate.
Internment will be at Prairie View Cemetery in Grangeville
Viewing will be one hour prior to services at the church.
The family suggest memorials may be made to the Nezperce Ambulance Fund or the Nezperce Senior Citizens Center.
Published May 27, 1998
Fern C. Newkirk, 63, resident of Potlatch
POTLATCH, Idaho -- There will be no service for Fern C. Newkirk, 63, a resident of Potlatch since 1989. At her request cremation will take place.
She died Friday at Gritman Hospital and Medical Center at Moscow following a massive stroke.
She was born Aug. 20, 1934, to Russell and Rheuey Bumgarner Smith at Moscow. She attended Catholic schools at Moscow.
She married Neale Bogar Dec. 31, 1955, in Eugene, Ore., and they made their home in the Seattle area. They later divorced.
She married Milton Newkirk in 1973. They later divorced
She worked as a cook in Spokane and also as a retail clerk at Lamonts in Spokane.
In 1989 she moved to Potlatch and worked as a cook at Alpha Gamma Delta house at Washington State University. She was employed at Washington State University at the time of her death.
She was fond of all animals and especially loved her cats.
She also enjoyed growing flowers in her greenhouse and playing super Nintendo golf.
Survivors include two sons, Edward Ray Bogar of Spokane and Terry Lee Hunt of North Bend, Ore.; one daughter, Sherry Bogar of Potlatch; one brother, Patrick Smith of Springfield, Mo.,; two sisters, Louann Poston of Omak, Wash., and Marguerite Espy of Potlatch; and seven grandchildren.
The family suggests memorial gifts may be given to the North Palouse Veterinarian Clinic, 1010 Travis Road, Potlatch 83855.
Kramer Funeral Home of Palouse, Wash., is in charge of arrangements.
Published May 27, 1998
Martin R. Kroiss, 90, retired Cottonwood principal
LONGVIEW, Wash. -- Martin Ralph Kroiss, 90, retired principal of Prairie High School in Cottonwood and a former Lewiston resident, died of congestive heart failure Monday at Northwest Continuum Care Center here.
Kroiss was superintendent of the Ferdinand school system until the consolidation of the Ferdinand and Cottonwood schools in 1961. He then served as principal at Prairie High School until retiring in 1968.
He and his wife, Anna, moved to Lewiston after he retired and in 1996 to Kelso, Wash.
He was born Nov. 8, 1907, at St. Anthony, N.D., to Anton and Mary Tschida Kroiss. At the age of 5, he moved with his family to Spokane, where he attended school. He graduated magna cum laude from Gonzaga University in Spokane in 1929 and received his master's degree there in 1930.
He taught for a year at Gonzaga Prep and then began teaching at Ferdinand in January 1931.
He married Anna Moriarty July 18, 1933, in Cottonwood. She survives him at their home in Kelso.
He was an active member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Lewiston. He was noted for his sense of humor and enjoyed spending time with children.
He also enjoyed working in his garden and tending his roses. He had a rich tenor voice and enjoyed singing and music.
He coached baseball and basketball at Ferdinand for a time and played on the town baseball team there. He was an active member of the American Association of Retired Persons and served as a legislative representative for four years for the Retired Teachers Association.
Survivors in addition to his wife include a son, John Kroiss of Magnolia, Texas; a daughter, Celine Grimes of Longview, Wash.; a sister, Dorothy Straughan of Washougal, Wash.; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Eight siblings died previously.
A rosary service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home in Lewiston. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church with the Rev. Joseph Schmidt officiating. Burial will be at Ferdinand Cemetery at 2:30 p.m. Friday.
The family suggests memorials be contributions to the Tri-Parish School at 641 Fifth Ave., Lewiston 83501.
Published May 27, 1998
Dolores Malone Chard, 84, Pomeroy homemaker
POMEROY -- Dolores Malone Chard, 84, a Pomeroy homemaker, died Monday at the Garfield County Hospital Long-term Care Unit at Pomeroy of congestive heart failure.
She was born April 24, 1914, to James and Bella Caines Cheyne at Zillah, Wash. She graduated from Zillah High School. Following graduation she graduated from Yakima Business School.
She married John A. Malone at Walla Walla Nov. 14, 1936.
Her husband managed the McKeirnan Hardware and Implement Co. at Pomeroy for many years. Following the death in 1954 of their close friends, Jack and Kathryn Bowman, they raised the Bowmans' four children.
Her husband died in 1972.
She married Ronald L. Chard in 1974 at Pomeroy.
She was a member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church at Pomeroy.
Survivors include her husband at their Pomeroy home; a son, Michael Malone of Bozeman, Mont.; three foster sons, Ray and Wynn Bowman, both of Littleton, Colo., and Kevin Bowman of San Francisco; a foster daughter, Jennie Denny of Pomeroy; and two sisters, Mary Williams of Milwaukie, Ore., and Dotha Callison of Sunnyside, Wash.
A rosary service is set for Thursday at 7 p.m. at Holy Rosary Catholic Church at Pomeroy. Funeral Mass will be celebrated Friday at 11 a.m. at the church with the Rev. John P. Sand as celebrant. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.
The family suggests any memorials be made to the Malone Scholarship Fund in care of Richardson-Brown Funeral Home in Pomeroy.
Published May 27, 1998
Michael D. Rigney, 51, former police, probation officer
Michael D. Rigney, 51, a longtime Lewiston police officer and Asotin County juvenile probation officer, died Tuesday at his Lewiston home of cancer.
Rigney served with the Lewiston Police Department from 1969 to 1989. He served on the newly organized Idaho Juvenile Justice Advisory Council from 1976 to 1979. He was a school resource officer and earned the rank of sergeant in the department.
After leaving the Lewiston department, Rigney worked for the Asotin Juvenile Probation Department from 1989 to 1994, when he resigned to become an adult probation officer with the Idaho Department of Corrections at Coeur d'Alene. He left there in 1997 when he became too ill to work.
He and his wife, Cathy, then returned to Lewiston.
He was born March 10, 1947, at Boise, the son of Walter and Idessa Peerman Rigney. He grew up there and graduated from Borah High School in 1966 and attended Boise State University for two years. He graduated from the College of Southern Idaho at Twin Falls in 1969.
He married Cathy Hausler March 20, 1968, at Boise.
He was a dedicated husband, father and grandfather. He enjoyed golfing, fishing, camping and baseball and was an enthusiastic salsa maker. He volunteered for many years as a coach for youth baseball, football, basketball and soccer.
Survivors include his wife at their home; his mother of Boise; three sons, Michael Rigney II of Peck, and W. Scott Rigney and Joseph Rigney, both of Lewiston; a daughter, Michelle Rigney of Coeur d'Alene; four sisters, Susan Jordan of Lewiston and Sandra Lieby, Rebecca Rigney and Sharon Rigney, all of Boise; a brother, Kevin Rigney of Boise; and nine grandchildren.
A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at Warner Alliance Church at Lewiston.
Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home of Lewiston is in charge of arrangements.
Published May 27, 1998
Arthur (Paul) Dammarell, 79, Kendrick retiree
Arthur (Paul) Dammarell, 79, a retired construction worker and Kendrick resident, died Tuesday at Tri-State Health and Rehabilitation Center at Clarkston from causes related to age.
He was born June 2, 1918, to Edgar H. and Nellie Middleton Dammarell at Kendrick.
He was raised in Kendrick and moved to Walla Walla, where he graduated from high school in 1936.
He married Mavella (Midge) Parsons Oct. 18, 1941, at Nezperce.
He moved to Craigmont, where he helped build grain elevators, then to Orofino, where he drove a truck for an oil company.
He moved to Hermiston, Ore., where he worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
In 1943 he moved back to Craigmont and worked in farming. He later bought the Standard Oil Bulk Plant, which he owned until the summer of 1951.
He and his brother then ventured into road paving and he moved to the Moscow-Pullman area.
In 1957 he moved to Troy, Idaho, where he worked in contracting and heavy construction. In 1971 because of failing health he quit working in construction and started work at the University of Idaho. He worked there until his retirement in 1980.
In 1985 he moved to the Juliaetta-Kendrick area.
He was a member of the Juliaetta Community Church, a former member of the Lions Club and a member of the Teamsters Union.
He enjoyed hunting, fishing, gold mining and the outdoors. He enjoyed his family and visiting with friends.
He is survived by his wife at Kendrick; a daughter, Norma Kay Dammarell of Boise; three sons, Buz of Spokane, Charlie of Kendrick and Chris of Grandview, Wash., two brothers, Robert of Boise and Roger Q. of Santa Rosa, Calif.; seven grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a granddaughter; two sisters, Ruth Asplund and Edith Wirt; and five brothers, F.K., John, Edgar, Howard and Keith Dammarell.
A memorial service will take place at 11 a.m. Friday at the Juliaetta Community Church. Cremation will take place.
The family suggests memorials may be sent to Juliaetta Community Church or the Kendrick Ambulance service.
Mountain View Funeral Home at Lewiston is in charge of arrangements.
Published May 28, 1998
Alice R. Hathaway, 73, longtime of Lewiston
Alice R. Hathaway, 73, a longtime Lewiston homemaker, died Tuesday at Clarkston Care Center from cancer.
She was born Nov. 30, 1924, to John Oscar and Mabel Pearl Palmer Pearson in Colorado.
She grew up there and attended school. In the late 1930s the family moved to Filer, Idaho.
She lived at Filer until her marriage to Marvin D. Hathaway on Dec. 20, 1941, at Buhl, Idaho. They made their home in Buhl.
They moved to Pocatello in 1947 and in 1948 moved to Lewiston.
She enjoyed music, camping, fishing and her flower garden.
Her husband died March 2, 1989.
She is survived by one son, John Hathaway of Lewiston; and two sisters, Pearl Feedback of Clarkston and Mae Richards of Craig, Colo. One brother died previously.
At her request cremation will take place and a service will be held at a later time.
Memorials may be made to the Clarkston Care Center, 1242 11th St., Clarkston 99403.
Arrangements are being handled through Malcom's Brower-Wann Memorial Chapel at Lewiston.
Published May 28, 1998
Frank R. Mell, 40, Grangeville truck driver
GRANGEVILLE -- Frank Robert Mell, a Grangeville truck driver, died Monday at his home of an apparent heart attack.
He was 40.
He was born June 18, 1957, to Frank R. and Edna Allison Mell at Spokane. The family moved to Missoula, Mont., where he started school. They moved to Peck and then to Kooskia, where he completed his education.
He moved to Grangeville, where he met Iona Hawks. They were married in Springdale, Ark., in 1986. She died in November 1997.
He lived in Arkansas for several years before moving back to Grangeville following the death of his wife.
He was a truck driver all of his adult life and at the time of his death he worked for Dale's Rescue and Towing at Grangeville.
He is survived by four children; Robert, Jennifer, David and Michael, all at the family home; his mother of Grangeville; two brothers, Bruce of Townsend, Mont., and Mike of Grangeville; three sisters, Debbie Willett, Linda Creswell and Karen Rauch, all of Helena, Mont.; one half sister, Patty Miller of Grangeville; and two stepdaughters, Becky and Angie Gray of Missouri.
Cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Friday at Evergreen Assembly of God Church in Grangeville. The Rev. Gary Thesan of that church will officiate.
The Noland-Blackmer Funeral home at Grangeville is in charge of arrangements.
Published May 28, 1998
Shirlee J. Johnson, 39, L-C Valley resident
Shirlee Jean Johnson, a longtime valley resident, died Tuesday at Tri-State Memorial Hospital at Clarkston of complications of scleroderma.
She was 39.
She was born April 6, 1959, to Vernon C. and Virginia L. Zimmerman Snyder at Lewiston.
She graduated from Lewiston High School in 1977 and attended college at Lewis-Clark State College at Lewiston for 2 1/2 years. She had recently attended Walla Walla Community College at Clarkston.
She married Kevin Kennedy in 1980 at Clarkston. They later divorced.
She married Paul Johnson in 1985 at Coeur d'Alene. The marriage ended in divorce.
She worked at Montgomery Ward in Lewiston while in high school and attending LCSC. She also worked at Hanford in Tri-Cities for about three years.
In Coeur d'Alene she worked with physically and mentally handicapped children for a year and a half.
She was also employed at Blount, Inc. at Lewiston from 1990 to 1997, when she had to retire for health reasons.
She enjoyed exercising and camping. Her main joy in life was raising her two children and attending their activities.
She is survived by two daughters, Jami and Kylee Johnson of Clarkston; her mother at Clarkston; and three brothers, Bill Snyder of Clarkston, Vern Snyder of Grangeville and Tim Snyder of Lewiston.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home at Lewiston. The Rev. Len Forsmann of Holy Family Catholic Church at Clarkston will officiate.
The family suggests memorials may be made to Sterling Savings Association in care of Lisa Styner, 303 Diagonal St., Clarkston, 99403 for the education of her daughters.
Published May 28, 1998
