Archive - Obituary
June 15th, 2011
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. on June 18 at the Wildrose Prairie Cemetery, with the Rev. Daniel Berg officiating, for former Wildrose Prairie resident Evan J. Vensel, 88, who passed away on June 13.
Flag presentation and military honors were provided by the Washington Army National Guard Honor Guard in Spokane.
Lauer Funeral Home, Deer Park, was in charge of arrangements.
A celebration of life service will be at 11 a.m. on June 18 at Northwood Presbyterian Church, 6721 N. Monroe St., Spokane, followed by a luncheon for former Half Moon Prairie resident Naomi V. Clark, 96, who passed away at her home April 16.
An informal gathering for the inurnment will be at 1 p.m. on June 19 at the Loon Lake Cemetery.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the YWCA, The Salvation Army Camp Gifford Fund at Deer Lake or Northwood Presbyterian Church.
Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home, Spokane, will be in charge of arrangements.
A celebration of her life was held at English Funeral Chapel, Post Falls, Idaho, with the Rev. Nolan officiating, for former Chattaroy resident
A private burial will be held at a later date.
A guest registry and online memorial is available at englishfuneralchapel.com.
For a full obituary, see the June 15 issue of the Deer Park Tribune.
A funeral mass will be held at St. Mary Presentation Catholic Church, 603 E. Sixth St., Deer Park on June 18, 2011, at 1 p.m. for Deer Park area resident Charles R. Midkiff, 81, with Father Kenneth St. Hilaire officiating.
Charles passed away on May 28, 2011, at his home in Williams Valley, Deer Park.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Christel, at the home; a daughter, Teri Urbat of Colbert; two sons, Alan Midkiff of Aberdeen, Wash., and Lynn Midkiff of Molalla, Ore.; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
A funeral mass was held on May 25 at St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Butte, Mont., for former Arcadia Elementary School teacher Thomas J. Capp, 51, who passed away on May 27 in Federal Way, Wash.
For a full obituary, see the June 15 issue of the Deer Park Tribune.
June 10th
Monica Lynn Morse Foster, 53, a resident of Kennewick, Wash., born in Spokane and raised in Deer Park, passed away on Feb. 2, 2011 at “The Chaplaincy” Hospice in Kennewick.
She was the loving daughter of Nona Morse of Newport, the wife of Ken Foster of Kennewick and the sister and sister-in-law of Kim and Glenn Rogers of Post Falls, Idaho.
She was preceded in death by her father, Jack G Morse, and her brother, Jack Jr.
Monica was an avid animal lover and defender. She had many family members and as many friends. She will be dearly missed.
June 9th
A memorial celebration service will be held at 3 p.m. on June 16 at Crossover Church, N16825 Newport Hwy., for Chattaroy resident Kent Amsden, who passed away on June 1.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to Cancer Patient Care, (“In memory of Kent Amsden”) at cancerpatientcare.org or to 1507 E Sprague Ave, Spokane, WA 99202.
For a full obituary, see the June 15 issue of the Deer Park Tribune.
June 7th
The memorial service for Philip Dean Bacon, who passed in September, was held on Saturday, June 4 at 2:30 pm at his parents’ Little Pend Oreille Lake home; the ceremonial spreading of his ashes took place at his Deer Creek home later that weekend.
He is survived by two of his children, daughters Amber and Breanne, and granddaughter Katya; as well as a niece and nephew and various extended family. Philip loved his children greatly and often spoke of their accomplishments proudly.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. on June 9 at the Spokane Valley Church of the Nazarene, with the Rev. Jeff Crosno officiating, for former Deer Park resident Margaret E. “Maggie” Kohlieber Preston, 32, who passed away on June 1 in Spokane.
Born in 1979 in Spokane, she was an assistant manager at a restaurant in Spokane.
Claude Lincoln Bowers was born to Willie and Lillie Bowers in Skiatook, Okla., on July 21, 1920. In 1947, he married Genevieve Webb in Sunnyside, Wash. They were married until her death in 1977.
Later, he married Lillian Phelps in Spokane. They were married until her death in 1991. He died in Portland, Ore., on May 28, 2011.
During his service as an army medic in World War II, he spent 18 months as a prisoner of war in the South Pacific theatre.
He attended Northwest Bible College in Kirkland, Wash., prior to becoming an Assemblies of God minister.
