LINCOLN COUNTY OBITUARIES 1908 to present...
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Langfeldt,
Lynn,
12-30-1971
“Memorial
services were held Friday at the Reardan Presbyterian Church for Lynn
Langfeldt, whose struggle with cystic fibrosis ended at the
Regional Hospital
at Fairchild Air Force Base, Dec 21, 1971.
Lynn
was born Aug 18, 1945, in
Coffeyville, Kansas. He lived for 8 years in
Illinois
and moved with his family to Washington in 1953. He graduated from
Reardan
High School
in 1963 and attended EWSC and
Spokane
Community College. He was active in the Presbyterian Church, Boy Scouts, and the Spokane
Chapter of Cystic Fibrosis Association. Survivors include his mother,
Bernadine Langfeldt, at the home; sisters, Paula Heimbigner of Columbus,
GA; and Pamela Langfeldt at the home; two grandmothers, Edna Curry of
Richmond, VA, and Louise Langfeldt of Neilsville, WI, and 14 aunts and
uncles.” (Davenport Times: 12-30-1971)
Lanway,
Barbara,
4-11-1991
“Barbara
J. Lanway of Creston entered into eternal rest of April 7, 1991 in
Spokane
after a short illness. She was born Feb 10, 1930, to John and Rachel (Eckhart)
Hansen in
Davenport. She resided in
Newport
and attended schools there graduating in 1948.
She continued to live there until April 8, 1955, when she moved to
Spokane. She lived there 12 years before moving to Creston in 1967, where she
resided until the time of her death.
On Sept 4, 1948, she married Russell H Lanway in
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Mrs. Lanway is survived by
her husband, Russell, at the home; four
sons, Michael and wife, Diane Lanway, Patrick D. Lanway and Timothy J.
Lanway, all of Creston, and John Lanway of Wilbur, one daughter, Dawn
Colleen and husband Don Hopkins of Creston; three grandchildren, Russel
Jack and Eric Matthew Hopkins, and Nicholas Shelby Lanway, all of Creston;
two brothers, Harold E Hansen of Spokane and Guy A Hansen of Tenino, WA;
one sister, Joann Buchite of Newport, and numerous nieces, nephews and
cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents and brother James S
Hansen. Mrs. Lanway was an avid outdoors person who loved to fish, boat,
camp and work in her flower gardens. For the last three years, the center
of her life has been her three grandsons. She was also active in the
family trucking business. Funeral mass will be held today (Thursday) at 10
a.m. at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Wilbur, with the Rev Pat
MacMahon officiating. Graveside service to follow at 3 p.m. at the
Newport
Cemetery. Strate Funeral Home in Wilbur is in charge of arrangements.”
(Davenport Times: 4-11-1991)
Lasater,
Herbert M.,
6-11-1998
“Herbert
Milton Lasater, who made his home in
Davenport the past six years, passed away here June 8, 1998. He was 90. Funeral
service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Ball & Dodd Funeral Home
North in
Spokane
with burial at Fairmount
Memorial Park. Family and friends are invited to a gathering following the service at
the home of Gary and Sharon Buck in
Davenport. Herbert was born Nov 17, 1907, in
Piedmont, KS, to Oliver W and Ethel May (Stick) Lasater. He graduated from the
University
of
Montana
and went on to teach high school science and agriculture for a number of
years in that state. After that, he was employed as a farm Indian agent
in Inchelium and Wellpinit for about 10 years, then retired as a machine
operator from Biles-Coleman in Omak in 1973.
Mr. Lasater’s wife Anne preceded him in death nine years ago. He
came to
Davenport
in 1992 and spent the late year and a half in the Lincoln Nursing Home.
Active in the
Davenport
Senior
Center, Mr. Lasater also was an avid fisherman and camper, and had a special
place in his heart for his grandchildren. After he retired 25 years ago,
Mr. Lasater wrote about 2,000 stories about his life experiences as a
hobby. He inspired an interest in genealogy in granddaughter Sharon Buck
of
Davenport
and they did a lot of research together. Survivors include two
daughters, Frances and her husband Perry Frazier of Harrington, and
Olivia Jeffries of Asotin; 6 grandchildren, Sharon and her husband Gary
Buck of Davenport, David and his wife Lorre Frazier of Colville, Michael
and his wife Kimberly Frazier of Sutherlin, OR, Richard and his wife
Vicki Jeffries of Spokane, Gary and his wife Julia Carpenter of Asotin,
and Janet and her husband Mike Mundt of Lebanon, NH; 14 great
grandchildren; 6 great-great grandchildren; special adopted family
members, Pat and Charlie Quill, both of Grand Coulee; a 107-year old
aunt, Anna Jensen, of Eureka, KS; and numerous nieces and nephews.”
(Davenport Times: 6-11-1998)
Layton
, Rosa M.,
7-21-1983
“Rosa
M. Layton, 96, Bothell, died July 14, 1983. She was born June 23, 1887 at
the farm home of her parents located 18 miles north of
Odessa. She moved to
Seattle
in 1918 and to Woodinville in 1919 where she lived the rest of her life.
She was a member of the Rebekah Lodge of Harrington and a member of the
Church
of
God
of
Everett. She is survived by a son,
Dick of Harrington, daughters, Frances Hartsfield of Woodinville, LaVerne
Bauer of Woodinville, Vera Henning of Everett; brother, Otto Reich of the
Odd Fellows Home, Walla Walla; 14 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren
and 4 great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband,
Albert F, sons Glen and Virgil, daughter Lois Hart and brother, Ernest
Reich, who died in June. Family graveside services will be 1 p.m. Monday
at
Cypress
Lawn
Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Purdy & Walters Cassidy
Funeral Home.” (Davenport
Times: 7-21-1983)
Lehman,
Ralph ‘Gene’, 6-06-1985
“Ralph
E. ‘Gene’ Lehman, a former Reardan resident, died last Saturday, June
1, 1985 at
St Joseph
Hospital
in
Tacoma. Mr .Lehman was born and raised in the Bald Ridge area, northwest of
Reardan. After his marriage to Edna Gohr in 1935, he moved to Graham.
The couple later moved to
Spokane
in 1955, where Mr. Lehman worked for the city of
Spokane. After retirement, the
Lehmans moved to Spanaway. Edna
Lehman died in March of 1982, and he and Ellen Anderson were married in
1983. Survivors include his
wife, Ellen at the home in Spanaway; a daughter, Arlene Field, at
Roy,
WA; a son, Ronald Lehman at
Nine
Mile
Falls; one sister, Flossie Holman of Wenatchee; four grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren, and several nieces and
nephews.”
(
Davenport
Times: 6-06-1985)
Leigh,
Edward J.,
d. 3-20-1953
“Edward
Jay Leigh. Died: 3-20-1953. Birth:
7-17-1952,
Spokane, WA. Never Married.
Father: Earl I Leigh. Mother: Georgia L Dean. Buried:
Fairmount
Cemetery,
Spokane,
WA.” (Lincoln Co Health death card)
Leipham,
Henry P.,
1-12-1996
“Henry
P. Leipham, born in
Davenport
on March 26, 1904, passed away on Nov 18, 1996 at C & R Nursing Home
in Lacey.. No formal services will be held.
Mr Leipham was a graduate of
Davenport
High School and studied architectural drafting at WSU. He was a Delta Upsilon member.
He worked for Washington Brick and Lime at
Clayton,
WA, in 1927 as plant superintendent. During WW II, he was a draftsman on
Velox Naval Supply Depot construction, and later worked for the Home
Owners Loan Corporation Association.
Mr. Leipham rejoined Washington Brick and Line in 1946 ….
In 1969, Mr .Leipham and his wife, Lydia
, retired from farming. For
Lydia’s health and Henry’s fishing, the couple moved to
Kingston,
WA in 1982, they moved to Panorama City Retirement Community in Lacey (near
Olympia
). After
Lydia
passed away in 1987, Henry lived between
Spokane
with his son Dean Leipham and Panorama City Retirement Community.
Henry will be missed by his survivors, which include three
children, Dean H. Leipham and Arlene K. Henry of
Spokane, and Daryl L Leipham of
Davenport; six grandchildren, Paige M. Lee, Andrea L. Sandvoss, Aaron A. Henry, Tim
Leipham, Jeff Leipham and Desiree Leipham; and two great grandchildren,
Tierney Vogler and Galen Sandvoss. Arrangements were handled by Mills
& Mills Funeral Directors of Olympia.” (Davenport Times: 12-12-1996)
Light,
X William,
5-19-1983
“Funeral
services were held in Colville on May 14, for X William Light who died
in
Colville
on May 11, 1983. Light was
born near
Davenport
on Oct 17, 1895 to the late Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Light, early pioneers in the
Egypt
area. He was married to
Dorothy Hayter in
Davenport
on April 5, 1919. The couple moved to
Colville
in 1922 where they lived until the time of his death. They recently
celebrated their 64th anniversary.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy
Light at the home; nine children including Margaret Landon, Nada
Green and Corrine Hirsch, Kettle Falls, Lorraine Hughes and Mildred
Pratter, Hauser Lake, ID, Shirley Cutteridge, Spokane, Nora Rappe,
Okanogan, Claudia Cooper, Calgary, Alberta, Bill Light, Seattle; 30
grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren; two sons, Richard Light and
Noel Light preceded him in death.” (Davenport Times:
5-19-1983)
Lightle,
Susie Fay,
7-29-1999
“Susie
Fay Brown Lightle went home to be with her Lord on July 16, 1999. She
was 89. Susie was born Dec
30, 1909, in
Missouri
and came by train to the
Spokane
Valley
in 1918. She attended
Trentwood
Grade School
and
West
Valley
High School
before marrying Burdette Lightle in 1929. While in
Spokane, Susie worked for the Diamond Match Company and had three daughters
before the family moved to Reardan in 1945. Susie worked for the
Reardan
School District, Frisk Grocery and was a care giver for a number of years before moving
back to
Spokane. She was a charter member of
Pasadena
Church
of the Nazarene. Mrs. Lightle was preceded in death by her parents, Bill
and Dora Brown; two brothers, Oren and Charles Brown; a sister, Goldy
Pierce; her husband of 31 years, Burdette, in 1960; and a daughter,
Donna Smith, in 1996. She
is survived by daughter Helen and Harold Krupke and their six
children…; daughter Carol and Keith Schulz and their six children…;
and Donna’s daughters, LaDonna and Jerry Parent, and Kathy and Leonard
Hawkins. Mrs. Lightle was
blessed with 36 great grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren.
Funeral service was held on July 20 at Thornhill Valley Funeral Home in
the
Spokane
Valley, with a graveyard service immediately following at the
Pines
Cemetery.” (Davenport Times: 7-29-1999)
Lilienthal,
Lena
May,
5-04-2000
“Spokane.—A
memorial service is scheduled Friday, May 5, at 3 p.m. for
Lena
May (Kirby) Lilienthal, who died April 28, 2000. The service at
Fowler
United
Methodist
Church,
Spokane, will follow burial at
Fairmount
Memorial Park. Mrs. Lilienthal and her
husband, Ed, farmed north of
Davenport
for many years in an area still known as the ‘
Lilienthal Mountains.’ They moved to
Spokane
to retire. She was quite
active with providing care for newborn grandchildren or others needing
help. As a child, she came
west with her family and settled in Peach, WA. She was preceded in death
by her husband and a son, Robert. She leaves two daughters and
sons-in-law,
Lorraine
and Fred Bley and Lila and Don Howard; a daughter-in-law, Jo Lilienthal;
14 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; 7 great-great grandchildren and
numerous nieces and nephews. Riplinger Funeral Home in
Spokane
handled arrangements.” (
Davenport
Times: 5-04-2000)
Lilienthal,
Wm,
2-05-1981
“William
A Lilienthal, one of seven children of north
Egypt
pioneers Max and Susie Lilienthal, died in a
Spokane
hospital Jan 22, 1981 at the age of 89.
He served in the US Army at Fort Colville
and Fort
Spokane. He homesteaded in this area and was born in the original log cabin at
the homestead. Lilienthal
first became a farmer, then worked for a road construction company and was
employed by the Spokane Park Dept from which he retired in 1958. He was a
Spokane
resident for 36 years. He is survived by his wife, Lucile; son Don of
Great Falls, MT; daughter Elgin McLay of Washington, DC; three
grandchildren; sister, Florence Ellis of Spokane; brothers Ed of Spokane
and Albert of Laguna Hills, CA, and numerous nieces and nephews. Memorial
services were held at
Fowler
Methodist
Church
in
Spokane.” (Davenport Times: 2-05-1981)
Lillengreen,
Reba,
6-29-1995
“Funeral
service was held Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church in Reardan
for Reba Lillengreen, 87, who died June 20, 1995 in
Davenport. The Rev Cynthia Rodkey officiated. Interment was at
Spokane
Memorial Gardens. She was born May 2, 1908, at Creston to Joseph and Iva (Golliher) Cox.
She grew up in Creston and attended school there, graduating in 1926.
She later graduated from
Spokane
University. She married Ray
Lillengreen of Creston on June 8, 1934, in
Portland, OR. They moved to the Mondovi area in 1934, where they lived until 1948
when they moved to Reardan. Mrs.
Lillengreen was an avid supporter and fan of Reardan athletics, as well
as church and Reardan Senior Citizens activities. A charter member of
the Hassie Club, she also enjoyed traveling and old car parades.
Mrs. Lillengreen was preceded in death by her husband in 1976, two
brothers and one sister. She
is survived by her son and his wife, Paul and Sandy Lillengreen of
Edwall; two grandsons, Philip Lillengreen of Worley, ID, and Vance
Lillengreen of Anchorage, Alaska; two great granddaughters, Brooke and
Paige Lillengreen of Worley; one brother, Raymond Cox of Spokane; three
sisters, Rachel Blackshaw of Cheney, Gladys Pershall of Vale, OR; and
Esther Edwards of Grangeville, Idaho; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Strate Funeral Home in
Davenport was in charge of arrangements.” (Davenport Times:
6-29-1995)
Long,
Edwin,
d. 7-06-1989
“Edwin
Long died July 6, 1989 in
Seattle. Mr. Long was the son of Mary
Long and the late Oscar Long. He was a 1940 graduate of
Harrington
High School. Survivors include his wife, Nancy, of the home; sons, Gary and Steve
Long of
Seattle; his mother, Mary Long of Ritzville; a brother, Leonard Long of
Spokane; and several grandchildren. Services were held July 11 in
Seattle.” (Davenport Times: 7-13-1989)
Lowary,
Ivan M.,
9-19-1985
“Ivan
M. Lowary, 77, a
Davenport
native, died last week, on Monday, Sept 9 in
Seattle. Born on Aug 22, 1908 in
Davenport
to Frank and Dora Lowary, he grew up here and attended one year of
Davenport
High School. Mr. Lowary became a graduate of
Rockford
High School
in 1926. After his marriage to Emila Rauter, he moved to
Seattle and worked for Boeing for 30 years before retiring. Survivors include one
sister, Eva Badgley, and numerous nieces and nephews.” (Davenport Times:
9-19-1985)
Lueck,
Blanche,
d. 9-26-2001
“Spokane.—A
memorial service is scheduled at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct 6, at St Joseph’s
Catholic Church, 4521 N Arden Road, Otis Orchards, for Blanche Rose
Furgason Lueck, 99, who died Sept 26, 2001 at her Foothills area home. She
was a former grade school teacher at Mondovi in the early 1920s. Born to
Luther and Mary Furgason on Nov 27, 1901, in Gibbon, NE, the family moved
to the Reardan and Pleasant Prairie areas when she was four months old,
following a fatal shooting accident involving her oldest brother. She
graduated from
North
Central
High School
in 1919, received a teaching certificate from Cheney Normal (now EWU), and
taught all eight grades at Mondovi. In 1922, she married Frank Lueck and
moved to a ranch north of
Davenport. The family later moved to
Lewiston, ID, then back to
Spokane, where she lived for the past 62 years. She was active in St Paschal’s
School and Church,
St Joseph’s Church, the
Foothills Blue Ribbon Circle
and other community charities. Her
oldest son, Frank, a B-29 pilot, was lost in 1942. Her husband died in
1983 and daughter, Helen, in 1999. She
leaves a son, Dean (and Rosalie); 7 grandchildren and 5 great
grandchildren. Hazen & Jaeger Valley Funeral Home is handling
arrangements.” (
Davenport
Times: 10-04-2001)
Lueck,
Frank W.,
3-31-1983
“Funeral
services were held in
Spokane
recently for former
Davenport
area resident Frank W. Lueck, who died March 25, 1983 at a
Spokane
nursing home. Preceded in
death by a son, Andrew Frank Lueck, he farmed north of
Davenport
from 1920-1929 and then worked for WWP Co from 1930 to 1940. He later
worked as a foreman in a welding shop and served at Fairchild Air Force
Base from 1940 to 1944… Funeral Mass was held March 28 at St
Paschal’s Catholic Church in
Spokane
with the Rev Don Codden officiating. Burial was at
Holy
Cross
Cemetery
in
Spokane
and Hazen & Jaeger Valley Funeral Home was in charge of services. He
is survived by his wife, Blanche Furgeson Lueck at the home in Spokane;
a son, Dean Lueck of Foothills, WA; a daughter, Helen M Williams of
Spokane; 7 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren…; a brother, Fred
Lueck of St Maries, ID; numerous nieces and nephews. He married in 1922,
his wife being from the Reardan-Mondovi area. They celebrated their 60th
wedding anniversary in April of 1982. Son Andrew was killed in WW II
while piloting a B-29. Lueck attended school in
Davenport
and Harrington.” (Davenport Times:
3-31-1983)
Luiten,
Orval H.,
5-10-2001
“Ritzville.—Graveside
service for Orval Herman Luiten, 92, a former Ritzville resident with
family in the
Davenport
area, is scheduled at 10:30 today (Thursday) at the
Emmanuel
Lutheran
Cemetery
in Ritzville. Mr. Luiten died May 5, 2001 at Good Samaritan Village in
the
Spokane
Valley. The son of Jacob and
Martha Burghard Luiten, he was born Oct 19, 1908, near
Marcellus,
WA. He was a farmer for most of his life.
Two wives and a daughter preceded him in death. Among those he
leaves are brothers Orlen, Elroy and Robert Luiten, all of
Davenport
, and Arnold Luiten of Spokane.” (
Davenport
Times: 5-10-2001)
Lynch,
Lillie,
4-26-1984
“Services
were held on Saturday, April 21, for Lillie May (Janke) Lynch, 91, a
lifetime area resident. Mrs. Lynch was the daughter of Eastern Washington
pioneers, William and Anna (Rushmeier) Janke, and was born July 20, 1892
at Four Mound Prairie near what is now Christensen and Four Mound
Roads. She was raised in
this area and attended one-room schools. In 1907 she was married to
Ancil Lynch, who was also born and raised at Four Mound and whose
parents had also come West in covered wagons.
Besides working on the farm and raising two children, she also
cooked for threshing crews. This involved working in the small confines
of a sometimes moving chuckwagon, trying to keep potatoes, bread and
meat all cooking on a small wood stove so all would be ready for the
crews at each mealtime. Ancil
Lynch died in 1955 at which time she moved into
Spokane and maintained her own apartment until last December. For all her 91
years, she never flew in an airplane and only traveled beyond a 50-mile
radius about five or six times in her whole lifetime.
In later years she enjoyed visiting on the phone with many
friends and relatives, recalling many incidents of the past. Mrs. Lynch
was a member of the
Evangelical
Lutheran Church
and a charter member of the Four Mound Homemakers.
Survivors include one son, George E Lynch,
Nine
Mile
Falls; 7 grandchildren; 24 great grandchildren; and 11 great-great
grandchildren. A daughter, Ora E. Blair, died in 1979. She was buried in
the family plot at
West
Greenwood Cemetery
on
Coulee-Hite Roa
. Rev Philip Falk of Reardan officiated.” (Davenport Times:
4-26-1984)
Lynn,
Mary E.,
2-22-1973
“64
Survive Mary Lynn. Mary
Elizabeth Lynn, grandmother of Jackis Hollis,
Davenport
, died recently in
Spokane. A lifetime resident of the Inland Empire, she was a member of the
Methodist
Church. Besides Mrs. Hollis, she is survived by a daughter, two sons, a sister,
12 other grandchildren, 38 great grandchildren and 9 great-great
grandchildren.” (Davenport Times: 2-22-1973)