Local Obituaries for Families in Idaho County
Candace O’Hare
Apr 19, 2019
Candace Joanne Shumate O'Hare "Candy" 66, of Syringa passed away Friday April 19, 2019 at her home after battling COPD. Candy was born November 8, 1952 in Hendersonville, North Carolina to Robert and Joan Caldwell Shumate. Candy's father was in the Navy and like many military families she was able to see a lot of the country and went to...
Ellen Waggoner
Apr 15, 2019
Ellen Harper Waggoner, 60 of Kamiah Id passed away on a beautiful spring day on the 15th of April, 2019 at Clearwater Valley Hospital in Orofino Idaho. She was surrounded by friends and family. Ellen was born to James and Betty Harper on March 29, 1959 in Cleveland MS.Ellen grew up in Cleveland and attended school at Cleveland High School....
Patsy Parsell
Apr 9, 2019
Patsy Stewart Parsell was born January 18, 1935 in Teton, Idaho to John Dahle and Ada Anderson Stewart. She spent her elementary years in Teton and moved with her parents and younger brother to Hamilton, Montana where she graduated from high school in 1953. On August 10, 1955 she married David Lee Parsell. After living in Fallbrook, California, where David...
George Moore
Apr 5, 2019
George Allen Moore, 64 passed away of a heart attack on April 5, 2019. George was known for enjoying the country life while camping, hunting and ATV trail blazing. In addition, enjoyed the river for fishing and boating. He especially enjoyed spending time with all his family, weather it be for holidays or to enjoy a hot cup of coffee...
Judith Voller
Apr 4, 2019
Judith Alane Voller of Kamiah passed away at home April 4, 2019. She was 62.Judie was born to Delbert and Bonnie Hull on Oct. 3, 1956 in Watsonville, Calif. Her parents moved to Manteca, Calif. in the mid '60s. In 1978 she met her future husband, Ken Voller. They married on Sept. 29, 1979. The young couple moved to Valley...
Gordon Hawkins
Apr 3, 2019
Gordon Allen Hawkins Jr. 76, of Kamiah, died peacefully April 3, 2019 at St. Mary's Hospital, in Cottonwood, Idaho. Gordon Jr. was born September 8, 1942 to Gordon Alvy and Virginia Grace Bouldin Hawkins in Douglas, Arizona. His family left Arizona and after a brief period in Oregon they made it to "Pop Bouldins Place" on the North Fork, which...
Barbara Graham
Apr 1, 2019
Barbara June Graham passed away at 4:21 A.M., April 1, 2019 at her home in Kooskia, Idaho. Barbara was born June 16, 1933, to Anne & Clye Gates in Seattle, Washington. She joined a brother, Gerald and a sister, DeeDee. Her mother worked at the Bon Marche, and Barbara grew up exploring the store fronts of Pikes Place Market, where...
Fern Jones
Mar 10, 2019
Fern Eileen Jones, 76, of Kamiah, died March 10, 2019 at St. Mary's Hospital in Cottonwood. Trenary Funeral Home is assisting the family.
Betty Gunter
Feb 27, 2019
Betty Jean Gunter passed away Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, due to complications of aging.She was born Aug. 24, 1928, on Wells Bench, above Orofino, to Walter and Ellen Schenck. Upon her father's death, her family moved to Grangeville, where her mother married Keith Cash. On May 4, 1949, Betty married Lester Gunter. They moved to Clearwater and began putting the...
James Crawford
Feb 26, 2019
James Allen Crawford 85, of Kooskia, Idaho, passed away in his home on February 26, 2019. Jim was born January 13, 1934 in America, Oklahoma to DeWitt and Minnie Crocker Crawford. His family moved to California, like many other families during the Dustbowl era. The Crawford family picked cotton in the fields to make ends meet. With the population growth,...
Robert Hutchins
Feb 24, 2019
Robert Lee Hutchins of Kamiah, Idaho, joined the angels in Heaven on Sunday, February 24, 2019. Bob was born May 5, 1944, in Sonora, California, to Wilger and Vera Adams Hutchins. He attended school in Sonora and later joined the U.S. Navy. Bob was married to Sandra Williams and they had four children, Sandra Lee, Christine Louise, Lucille Marjory, and...
Roy Gustavson
Feb 21, 2019
Roy Doane Gustavson was born February 16, 1953 at the Cottonwood Hospital and lived the beginning of his life at Camp 58 in Harpster, Idaho, moving with his family to Kooskia shortly after. He loved the outdoors, especially fishing. He worked for the Moose Creek Forest District in the summers- after he graduated from Kooskia - Clearwater Valley High School....
Theresa Derr
Feb 10, 2019
A spark that was an imp named Theresa A. Shells Derr left this physical plane on Sunday, February 10, 2019. She was reunited with her parents and beloved brothers who proceeded her to the journey beyond. She was born November 30,1951 in Ashtubula, Ohio. Theresa moved to Idaho in 1970 where she met her two best friends for life-Karen Cox...
Doyle Pfefferkorn
Feb 2, 2019
Our Father, Grandpa, Friend and "Governor of Kidder Ridge" passed away February 2, 2019. He was 94. Doyle was born in Woodland, Idaho to Gustel and Verla Pfefferkorn on January 29, 1925. He attended school in Kooskia. After leaving in his junior year, he joined the Army and served in World War II. Returning from the war, he worked at...
Thomas Bytheway
Jan 31, 2019
Thomas Jackson Bytheway, 12, of Woodland near Kamiah, passed away January 31, 2019 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, Washington. Thomas was born in Woodland, Idaho near Kamiah to Shane Bytheway and Angela Whitehead Bytheway. He grew up in the Woodland area on the family ranch, where he could run and explore the outdoors. Living on a ranch requires you...
Frances Pfefferkorn
Jan 20, 2019
Frances Marion Pfefferkorn was born on March 29, 1931 in White Butte South Dakota to Charles and Mable Weisbeck. She passed away on January 20, 2019 in Lewiston, Idaho. She was 87.Frances was a lifelong resident of the Kooskia/Stites area. She married Gerald Dean Pfefferkorn on February 17, 1949. They had three children, Allen Pfefferkorn, Eunice Snyder and Julie Pfefferkorn.Frances...
Charles Daeges
Jan 19, 2019
Charles "Chuck" Daeges, 87Charles Francis Daeges was born May 9, 1931, in Portsmouth, Iowa to William and Catherine Riley Daeges. His wife, brother John and his wife Jean, were with him when he passed to his next life on January 19, 2019 from pancreatic cancer. He moved to Washington State in his early years and then moved to Sheridan, Ore....
Grayce Brannan
Jan 18, 2019
Grayce Brannan was born, in Nacogdoches, Texas on May 9, 1922. She died on January 18, 2019 at Clearwater Health and Rehab in Orofino following a brief stay at Clearwater Valley Hospital.She married Leslie Brannan on August 9, 1942, in Santa Monica, California. Grace had one daughter, Linda.Grayce and her husband bought a ranch on Battle Ridge, outside of Stites,...
Katherine Goss
Jan 10, 2019
Katherine (Kitty) Goss (Julian), was born August 20, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York. She died January 10, 2019 at Brookside Landing in Orofino, Idaho. Kitty married the love of her life Harold Goss on January 5, 1947. They raised six children together Harold Jr. (Butch), Lois, Gary, Paul, Kurt and Kathy. Kitty enjoyed traveling and seeing new sights. She was...
Bertha Hager
Jan 5, 2019
Bertha Mae Hager passed away at home on January 5, 2019. She was surrounded with both her children, her first grandchild and friends who all love her dearly. Bertha was born on December 9, 1942 in Bremerton, WA to her parents, Burr and Oma Abell of Kooskia, Idaho. After the war her family bought a ranch in Clearwater where Bertha...
