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Hazel Grace Lowe
Hazel G. Lowe, a life-long resident of the Northport/Colville area, passed away in Bellingham on Dec. 28, 2004 at the age of 86.
Mrs. Lowe was born in Northport on March 5, 1918, the daughter of Hugo Victor and Cora Mable (Hannaford) Rieper.
Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 6 at the Colville United Church of Christ.
Graveside service will follow at the Mountain View Park cemetery in Colville.
She was raised and schooled in Northport and attended Kinnman Business College after high school.
During WWII, she worked for the War Department in Washington, D.C.
On Feb. 11, 1948, she married
Edward Lowe in Spokane.
The couple moved to Colville and started their family.
Mrs. Lowe went to work at the county courthouse as secretary to the Prosecuting Attorney.
She also worked in the offices of the assessor and auditor.
Mrs. Lowe started a second career in Olympia, working for Senator Wilson and several other legislators.
She retired in the middle 1980's and moved back to Colville.
Mrs. Lowe was very active in many organizations, including the Democratic party, VFW Auxiliary, Red Cross, Fort Colville Grange and the United Church of Christ.
She was a Girl Scout leader and acted in local plays.
She enjoyed cooking and creating many wedding cakes.
Her greatest enjoyment of all was being a number one grand- and great-grandmother; she was very involved in their lives and activities.
Survivors include two daughters and their families: Linda Gutzman and her husband, Steve, Medical Lake; Linda's children: Carlene Bergquist, Alaska; Michael Bergquist, Medical Lake; Casey Campbell, North Carolina; daughter Geri Chumley and her husband, Don, Bellingham; Geri's children Dawnette Chadwick, Utah; Michael Chumley, Bellingham and Ray Chumley, serving in Baghdad, Iraq; eight great-grandchildren, Anthony, Alecia, Kyla, Tyler, James, Kathleen, Constance and Keegan.
Danekas Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Bob Reynolds
Robert L. 'Bob' Reynolds passed away Nov. 3, 2006 in Colville at the age of 78.
Bob was born in Hamilton, MT on April 12, 1928.
He was the son of Snowden W. and Sally (Thorpe) Reynolds.
He spent his early childhood in Montana and at the age of 15 moved to Sequim where he finished school.
He Joined the U.S. Army and was stationed in Greenland.
After his service, he moved to Port Angeles and started commercial fishing.
He then sold shoes for a short time before starting work for Anderson Ford and later Birdwell Ford in Port Angeles in the early 1960’s.
Bob sold cars there until he retired in 1987, at which time he moved to the Kettle Falls area.
For a time, he managed the Whispering Pines RV Park.
Bob was an avid fisherman and also loved to hunt.
He started making birdhouses as a hobby and that became almost a full-time job.
Bob is survived by his wife, Jo Ann Reynolds, Kettle Falls; two daughters, Pamela Curry, Renton; Debra Reynolds, Bend, OR; four sons, Ken Reynolds and wife, Mary, Port Angeles; George Reynolds and wife, Kay, Eatonville; Robert Lee Reynolds Jr. and wife, Peggy, Port Angeles; Gary Reynolds, Indianola; his step-daughters, Kathy Sample and husband, Tony, Port Angeles; Cheryl Patnode, Sequim; 16 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Two sisters preceded him in death.
Memorial contributions may be made the American MS Society.
At Bob’s request, there will be no funeral service.
Danekas Funeral Chapel was in charge of cremation.
Jack Lael
John 'Jack' Lael, a 70-year resident of Northport, passed away on Nov. 4, 2006 in Colville at the age of 82.
Jack was born on Dec. 31, 1923 in Almira to Jacob Daniel and Cora Dora (Purtee) Lael.
The funeral service for Jack Lael will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 10 a.m., at the Danekas Funeral Chapel.
Memorial contributions may be given to the Northport Seventh-day Adventist Church Building fund.
The Danekas Funeral Chapel and Crematory in Colville, WA is in charge of arrangements.
Jack was raised in Grand Coulee until he was 13-years-old.
His family then moved to Northport, where he finished school and graduated from Northport High School (1941).
He raised horses for over 50 years, and worked in lumber mills on the green chain.
He was a tough cowboy and was named 'the World’s Most Weatherbeaten Cowboy' in Texas in 1948.
During that trip, Jack was also able to meet Miss America and Miss Texas.
On another trip he rode bulls and bucking broncs at Madison Square Garden in New York City and was able to meet Gene Autry.
Jack lost his first wife, Irene Lael in 1947 to a horse accident.
Jack later married
Winnie Shaffer, his wife of 36 years, on Oct. 31, 1970 in Williamsport, MD.
Jack was a true cowboy at heart, and loved the time he spent outdoors.
His mischievous comments and the sparkle of orneriness in his eyes will be missed by all who knew him.
Jack was preceded in death by his first wife, Irene; his grandson, Jacob; his brother, Otis, and his sister, Lillie Kramer.
He is survived by his wife, Winnie Lael, at the home; his daughters, Barbara Lynn Reiner (Alfred), Valley; Rebecca Dodge, Stevensville, MT; a son, Jay Dee Lael (Charlene), Molalla, OR; his step-daughters, Donna Jo Minkiewicz (Rafal 'Ralph'), Hydes, MD; Peggy Ann Scott (George), Littlestown, PA; a step-son, Edgar Kerns (Jean), Orefield, PA; his brothers, Skip Lael (Edith), Grand Coulee; Larry Lael (Bethany), Rochester; his sisters, Wanna Lee Bartol, Spokane; Donna Sly, Spokane; a sister-in-law, Shirley Lael, Pine River, MN; 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
James Kemp
It is difficult to share with you that James Kemp peacefully passed on the evening of Oct. 21, 2006 at 7 p.m.
His family chose to have him cremated.
Earlier this summer, James lost his mother, Mary E. Moore, who we all loved through the many stories he shared with us about her playful and vivacious nature. She was 94.
His sister Barbara and his brother Michael survive him, along with hundreds of students from our community that he taught and loved as only James Kemp could.
Some know, I think, that we all loved the mystery of him and the magical quality he graced and impacted our lives with.
James loved us back in his own eccentric, zany way.
He was an incredible visionary.
James came from a time when America’s social mores allowed only females to teach the lower grades in our public school systems.
It was weird sort of sexism in reverse of what we think of today.
He taught at Aster School for 25 years.
James was a man who worked and fought for his dream and made it a reality that benefited many children.
James Kemp had a deep affinity for second grade children.
He shared that if you watched closely, there was this magic moment when their young minds would open, no matter how brilliant or slow they were perceived to be.
He taught, watched, and waited like a bird over three generations of Colville’s children.
James enjoyed accompanied his students on their journey to develop a love of the written word, inspiring them to develop inspiration and faith in themselves to continue learning, along with assisting them in realizing their dreams.
As these precious jewels, our children and their children’s children, passed on beyond his classroom, they were not abandoned. He followed their progress throughout their lives like a gardener of minds.
He motivated them, talked to them, loved them and encouraged them to grow like the sunny golden daffodils and brilliant red poppies in his garden that gave him so much pleasure.
James was a phenomenal ray of sunshine who had insight into so many of us.
He possessed a talent that allowed him to see in to our hearts and souls the flowers that were waiting to blossom.
At times, he came flying out of the blue with a small dose of Miracle Grow to provide us with a boost toward our own growth.
He was an irreplaceable member of our community and a blessing to all of us who were honored to participate in life with him.
All that is left for us to do now is say our goodbyes and wish him well on his next adventure into the light.
The memorial for James will be held at the Kettle Falls Senior Center on Nov. 11 at 3 p.m.
Bring your smiles, food and stories.
No alcoholic beverages, please.
Kenneth Heidegger
Kenneth Howard Heidegger, 73, passed away Oct. 26, 2006 at Lake Charles, LA after a battle of cancer and diabetes.
Kenneth was born Dec. 24, 1932 in Kettle Falls to Howard F. Heidegger and Opal Yarnell Heidegger.
A memorial service will be held at the IOOF cemetery at Rice at a later date.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children or to the Cancer Society.
He attended grade school at Pleasant Valley’s two-room school.
At the age of 8, he and his family moved to Colville.
Kenneth attended Colville schools until he joined the Air Force during the war.
He served in Alaska and in Louisiana, where he met his wife, Charleene.
He was a draftsman for a petrochecmical company in Lake Charles.
He was a member of Mason of Magnolia Lodge and Habibi Shriners.
Kenneth was a gifted man.
He could do a lot of things.
Even though he lived in the south, his roots were in Stevens County.
Survivors include wife Charleene; his daughter, Diane Heidegger, Spring, TX; a son, Steve, Mercer Island: his sisters, Betty Mae Clark, husband Bernard Clark, Colville; Rose Marie Moon and husband Monte Moon, Redmond, OR; brother-in-law, Don Pauley, Carlsbad, CA; and several nieces and nephews and numerous cousins.
His father, Howard, Mother Opal and sister Jean Pauley preceded him in death.
