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Eric Clinton Clark was born December 5, 1969, and entered to rest on Wednesday, Apr. 9, 2014. He attended Omak School, K-12, graduating in 1988 from Omak High School. He was active in sports playing basketball, baseball and football. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping and family gatherings. He was a avid guitar player. He played in different bands in Coulee Dam and Spokane area. He enjoyed cooking shows and loved to cook, especially barbecuing. He attended Spokane Falls Community College,... Full story
Memorial services for Nancy Camp will be held Friday, Apr. 11, 2014 at 2 p.m. at Strate Funeral Home in Grand Coulee. She is survived by her children: Donnita (Beagle) Benson and Jamie, Jason and Justin Beagle. Nancy passed away March 22, 2014 in Wenatchee.... Full story
Eric Clinton Clark was born December 5, 1969, and entered to rest on Wednesday, Apr. 9, 2014. He attended Omak School K-12 graduating in 1988 from Omak High School. He was active in sports playing basketball, baseball and football. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping and family gatherings. He was a avid guitar player. He played in different bands in Coulee Dam and Spokane area. He enjoyed cooking shows and loved to cook, especially barbecuing. He attended Spokane Falls Community College,...
Betty Lou Grandorff, 83, went to meet her Lord Sunday afternoon, March 23, 2014, from Grand Coulee, Washington. Betty Lou was born June 27, 1930, into the Grand Island, Nebraska home of Alfred and Mary E. Grandorff. A faithful member of the Zion Lutheran Church family of Grand Coulee for many years, Betty Lou worked for and retired after fourteen years with the National Park Service in Grand Coulee. Betty Lou loved reading her Bible, enjoyed writing letters to her many friends and her... Full story
Graveside services will be held for Kathie Bise on Saturday, April 5, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Spring Canyon Cemetery. A potluck will follow at the Grand Coulee Fire Hall. Mrs. Bise passed away December 14, 2013.... Full story
Cynthia Lynn (Cindy) Callaway was born in Fargo, N.D., on May 5, 1955, the daughter of Jean and Marlin Newnam. She was raised and educated in Montana and Idaho. Cindy lived in Nampa, Idaho, until moving to Seattle in the late 1970s. She enjoyed making craft items and writing poetry. One of her poems was published in a small local paper. She married L.J. Callaway on December 20, 2000. They had been separated for several years. Cindy moved to Electric City in 2009, to live with her father. She... Full story
Leslie Sisco, Sr., age 80, of Spokane, Washington, passed away March 22, 2014 surrounded by family. He was born April 13, 1933, in Hugo, Oklahoma, the son of late Virgil and Cora Sisco. He is survived by 8 of his siblings and his wife Lela. He is survived by his children, Leslie Jr., Mitzi, and 7 stepchildren as well as numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. He entered in to active duty with the US Navy in 1951, and was in the Naval Reserve until 1959. He began his career as a power plant operator in 1964 in California. In 1974, he... Full story
Betty Lou Grandorff, 83, died Sunday, March 23, 2014, in Grand Coulee, Washington. Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m., on Saturday, April 5, 2014 in the Zion Lutheran Church of Grand Coulee. Strate Funeral Home of Grand Coulee is honored to be serving Betty Lou's family.... Full story
Graveside services will be held for Kathie Bise on Saturday, April 5, 2015, at 11 a.m. at Spring Canyon Cemetery. A potluck will follow at the Grand Coulee Fire Hall. Mrs. Bise passed away December 14, 2013.... Full story
Clifford Wayne "Cliff" Avey, 86, passed away Monday, March 10, 2014, in Moses Lake, Wash.. Born February 28, 1928, into the Leavenworth, Wash., home of Clifford E. and Violet H. Avey. Cliff served with the United States Army during World War II, before being honorably discharged with the rank of Corporal. On November 22, 1959, Cliff married Phyllis Jean Degn in Coulee Dam's Little LDS Chapel at Walnut and Yucca. A former member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, Eagles #5077, Elks and Electric City... Full story
Phyllis Irene Williams, 81, born December 15, 1932, into the Miles City, Mont., home of Walter and Ingrid Wight, died Friday, March 7, 2014, at her Grand Coulee, Wash., home. Phyllis married Leland A. Williams September 6, 1951, and was a voracious reader who loved her work as librarian and business manager for the Nespelem School District and Grand Coulee Library, as well as serving as City Clerk at Nespelem City Hall. A skilled quilter - Phyllis was well known for her ability in sewing and... Full story
Gary Crosby, 71, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, March 2, 2014, with family at his side. He was born in Seattle on September 11, 1942, to Ervin and Pearl Crosby. He graduated from Edmonds High in 1961, and went to work in retail. In 1966 he joined the Elevator Constructors Local 19, during his years in the elevator trade he had worked for Western, Alaska Pacific, U.S. Elevator, and Schindler. From 1987 to 1992 he had his own company BJ Elevator in Grand Coulee, where he had the... Full story
Richard Allen Thoren, son of Donald and Jean Thoren of Coulee Dam, Washington, passed away on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, in Spokane, Wash. He was 64. He is survived by his brother Terry Thoren, children: Laura Thoren and Patrick Thoren, three grandchildren, two nieces and numerous cousins. During school he excelled in track, basketball and academics, later becoming Valedictorian of Coulee Dam High School class of 1968. He attended EWU, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology.... Full story
Lorena Mae Williams went to be with her Lord and Savior in Page, Ariz., on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, at the age of 78. Born on August 31, 1935, in Drumright, Okla., she was one of nine children born to Jesse and Bertha White. Lorena lived all of her childhood in Drumright until her marriage to her husband Donald Williams, May, 1953. They were married 29 years until his death in 1982. Throughout her life as a wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and recently great-great-grandmother she... Full story
Charles S. (Stan) Yirak was born on June 9, 1924, to Charles J. and Marie R. (Risch) Yirak in Ouray, Colo., and passed away Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, in Liberty Lake, Wash. Stan was married to Betty Wynes on April 20, 1945 and to this union six children were born: Liz Young, Dave (Carol) Yirak, Joan (Mike) Zimbelman, Alan (Stacy) Yirak, Jim (Young) Yirak and Paul (Keri) Yirak. Stan served in the US Navy and worked for the Bureau of Reclamation for most of his life which brought him to this area... Full story
Donald C. "Don" Seaver, 88, was born August 15, 1925, in Niagara Falls, New York, to Clair W. and Harriet R. Seaver of Thorold, Ontario, Canada and died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Nespelem, Washington. Don spent his childhood moving about Canada with his father's work in the Ontario towns of Windle Village, Thorold South, Niagara Falls and Saint Catherines; then in 1938 to the north shore of the St. Lawrence River and the community of Baie Comeau in Quebec, Canada whose only access was by boat... Full story
Edward "Wayne" Boyd (62) expert roper, finisher, shoer and rider of horses, was surrounded by his loving family when he departed this earth Wednesday morning, Feb. 19, 2014, on his final ride from Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Wash., following a courageous battle with cancer. Wayne was born March 30, 1951, at the Inchelium, Wash., home of his parents William "Bill" and Matilda Seymour-Boyd. A lifetime member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Nespelem, Wash., Wayne was a deeply... Full story
Don Seaver passed away Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014 in Nespelem, Wash. His graveside services will be at Spring Canyon Cemetery at noon on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. A complete obituary will be in next week’s Star.... Full story
Edward Wayne Boyd, 62, born March 30, 1951, in Inchellium, Wash., died Wednesday morning, Feb. 19, 2014, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Wash. A wake will be held Friday Feb. 20, 2014, at the Inchelium Community Center in Inchellium, with his funeral to take place there at 10 a.m., on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. Burial will follow at Hall Creek Cemetery in Inchelium. Strate Funeral Home of Grand Coulee, is proud to be assisting his family.... Full story
Grace Ann Winiecki, age 53, who resided in the NHS-Northstar Specialized Services, Evans House in Virginia, Minn., passed away Friday, January 17, 2014, at St. Michael’s Nursing Home after suffering a stroke. She was born May 23, 1960, in Coulee Dam, Wash., the daughter of Arthur T. and Rosebud June (Chesley) Winiecki. Grace grew up in Coulee Dam, attended Lake Roosevelt High School, and later moved to Electric City, Wash. She moved to Virginia, Minn., in 2008. She was employed by the East Range Developmental Achievement Center; working, m... Full story
Antoine Alan "Tony" Atkins 69, passed away during the morning hours of Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, surrounded by his family in Spokane's Deaconess Hospital. Tony began this life's journey on December 6, 1944, to the Seattle, Wash., home of Joseph and Lorraine (Sam) Atkins. Tony served his country with honor as a United States Marine during the Vietnam war. Following his honorable discharge, Tony worked in various capacities for the Colville Confederated Tribes with the BIA Roads, as a tribal police... Full story
John B. Klobucher was born May 24, 1920, in Spokane and passed away January 24, 2014, at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. Other than his service in the Army during WWII, he lived his whole life in the Grand Coulee area. He was a master carpenter and had an ingenious way of building and/or fixing anything. Those skills were used working on almost every dam on the Columbia River. He retired from Grand Coulee Dam in 1985. He met Bobbie while stationed in Florida and they were married May 3,... Full story
Harvey Jackson Godbey passed away on Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, at the age of 84 in Spokane, Wash. He was born and raised in Miami, Florida, and graduated from the University of Florida. He joined the US Air Force as an enlisted man in 1951 and retired as a major in 1976. During his military career, Harvey traveled the world as part of the Air Force Inspector General Team. He and his wife of 43 years, Bernice, raised four children (Michael, Mark, Mitchell and Tracie) while living in Florida,... Full story
Don Owens was born in Mason City, now Coulee Dam, Wash., on January 4, 1938, and died unexpectedly on Monday, January 13, 2014. He spent his childhood in Coulee Dam and graduated from Washington State University in 1961 with a degree in accounting. He was a first lieutenant in the United States Army. Don moved to Seattle and went to work for Peterson Sullivan and Company. He spent his entire career with that firm and retired as a senior partner. Don married Helen in 1965; they had two children,... Full story
John Klobucher, 93, a resident of Electric City, passed away Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. A full obituary will appear in the February 5 issue of the Star.... Full story