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Ernest Buford Mauk
Ernest Buford Mauk passed away peacefully on April 7, 2004, in his home in Brewster at the age of 83. "Biff" was born Aug. 2, 1920, in Robinson County, Texas, to James Clay and Stella Bolton Mauk.
Biff grew up on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Monument Valley, Utah, where as a young man he worked at the Civil Indian Trading Post. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II on a destroyer, and was honorably discharged in 1945.
In 1950, he married
Anna Marie Cooper-Tomlin. In 1954, he moved to Ephrata to work for his brother Jim at J & M Electric. In1964 he moved his family to Blue Jay, Calif., where his brother Don and he operated the Mauks’ Blue Jay Riding Stables. In 1966, Biff and his family moved to Brewster, where he worked as a union electrician at Wells Dam.
In 1968 he bought a ranch in Carlton, and raised registered quarter horses, while raising a family whom he treasured. When the kids grew up and moved away, he sold the ranch and moved back to Brewster.
During his retirement years, he spent his time woodworking, building beautiful birdhouses, taking his dog Lady for drives, and mowing his lawn. He loved to camp, fish, and hunt. He was a very special man, and he will be truly missed by all those who knew him.
He leaves behind his loving wife of 53 years, Anna Marie; daughter, Melinda and husband Bill Farmer of Ephrata; son Tom and wife Vicki Tomlin of Lakewood; son Ernie and wife Marilyn Mauk of Malaga; son Michael Mauk of Morgan Hill, Calif.; son Larry and wife Tammy Mauk of Bridgeport; 16 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are his two brothers, Don, of California, and Jim and his wife Dorothy, of Ephrata. He was preceded in death by his parents and three sisters.
A memorial service was held April 12 at Barnes Chapel in Brewster. Donations in his name may be made to the charity of your choice.
Sylvester (Bill) Hill went to be with the Lord on May 26, 2004, at his home, in his sleep, after a courageous fight with lung cancer.
He was born in New Hope, Ark., on March 3, 1922. He spent all of his young life and school years in Arkansas and Oklahoma. He went into the Civilian Conservation Corps at the age of 15.
In 1941, during World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps, mostly in France, England and Germany. In 1945 he received the Purple Heart, along with other medals, and was medically discharged due to injuries. He worked as a carpenter by trade and helped build Rocky Reach Dam and Wells Dam.
Sylvester was a man of strong character who believed in working hard to provide for his family, and teaching each of his five children the importance of being honest and being a good, hard worker. He had a special love for animals and enjoyed the outdoors and farming.
Sylvester was a fighter in life and never gave up. He fought his illness with bold courage, as he did everything.
He is survived by his wife Margaret at home in Twisp; his sons, Martin Hill of Spokane, and Billy Hill and wife Tammy of Twisp; two step-sons, Larry Smith and his wife Jill of Twisp, and Jerry Smith and his wife Carol of Moses Lake; daughter Debra Delong of Lynnwood; 15 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and three sisters.
He was a lifetime member of Disabled Veterans Chapter 6 of Spokane, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and an eight-year member of American Legion Post in Brewster.
A funeral service was held at Calvary Baptist Church in Twisp Saturday, May 29, 2004. Interment followed at the Beaver Creek cemetery.
Faith Jewel Pearl "Babe" Montgomery. Our beloved and dear friend, Babe, passed away on Sept. 10, 2004. She is survived by loving friends and family, and the horses that defined her life.
Babe was born on Sept. 26, 1922, in East Wenatchee, and grew up the in Mansfield and Winthrop areas. She traveled and lived in many areas of Washington State. Her most current address was the Esterly Farm in Olympia.
Babe was a true free spirit. Her passion in life was horses. In the late 1940s and 1950s, Babe and her husband ran a packhorse business out of Winthrop. She was also the first person to start up and run a dude ranch and packhorse business at the Sun Mountain Lodge.
She was a licensed jockey and raised and trained racehorses at the Lacey racetrack in the 1960s. She was a member of the Appaloosa Horse Club. Babe also entertained and performed in many parades and rodeos throughout the years.
Babe drove military trucks for the Army Air Corps during World War II. She also did pre-flight training, as her real desire was to fly the planes. In the 1950s and 60s, Babe and her mother, Zella, ran a hotel business in Tacoma.
Babe loved to dance, sing, draw, and read. Everyone that Babe met was a friend and she reveled in causing a stir, sharing her stories, and making people laugh. She overcame hardship, including alcoholism, and persevered with strength, integrity, and flair. She fought for women’s and Native American rights.
She will be missed very deeply, yet we know she is out there, somewhere, running with the wild horses.
A memorial was held on Oct. 2 in Olympia.
Alice Barringer was born on July 25, 1936. She died on Sept. 29, 2004, following a long battle with cancer.
She was born to Nick and Reka Dykstra at their home near Rock Valley, Iowa. She lived on that farm until age 10, when she moved to a farm near Maurice, Iowa. She graduated from Maurice High School in 1954. Alice spent the next three years attending Omaha Baptist Bible College, graduating in 1957.
On June 12, 1957, she married
Lanny Ray Barringer at Sioux Center, Iowa. She followed her husband around the Midwest and the western United States as they shared in church-planting, ministry, inspirational books and Bible camps. At one time her husband was the minister of a Baptist church in the Methow Valley. Their marriage was blessed with seven children.
She is survived by her husband and six of her children; Bernie, Backus, Minn.; Sheri Lewis, Mukilteo; Dan, Rock Hill, S.C.; Janelle Larson, San Marcos, Calif.; Jaunita Funkhouser, Aloha, Ore.; and Melanie Hempel, Oregon City, Ore. She is survived by two brothers and two sisters: Eldon Dykstra of Worthington, Minn.; Gerrit Dykstra of Wasilla, Alaska; Tressa Hayes of Glendora, Calif.; Lucy Post of Blooming Prairie, Minn. She is also survived by 21 grandchildren and one great-grandson.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Barney; a sister, Berdene; her daughter, Lynnette O’Conner; a granddaughter, Lynda Frein and a grandson, Joshua Lewis.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Alice Barringer Memorial fund of Lake Retreat Camp and Conference Center of Ravensdale, Wash. A gazebo will be built as a tribute to her faithfulness and her love of the outdoors.
Her graveside service was Oct. 3, in Mountainside cemetery in Scholls, Ore. A Memorial Service was held on Oct. 4 at First Baptist Church in Newberg.
Glenn M. Kuiken, 51, died Sept. 25, 2004, from complications from pneumonia.
Glenn was born Oct. 24, 1952, in Hot Springs, S.D., to Neil and Jean Kuiken. He graduated from Winthrop High School in 1972, and then joined the Air Force. He worked as a general contractor, remodeling and constructing homes. He also worked on the third powerhouse at Grand Coulee Dam.
Glenn was a ski instructor at the Loup Loup ski hill, where he helped build the chairlift. He was also a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Omak.
The high points of his life were spending time with his family in the mountains, skiing, hiking, backpacking and climbing.
After becoming a quadriplegic from a skiing accident in 1999, his will to live became an inspiration through his deep-rooted faith in God, and his ability to find humor even in the toughest times.
Glenn is survived by his wife Karen; two daughters Kaiza and Heather; two sisters, Linda Minnich and Sally Lebens; his brother Roger Kuiken; and numerous other relatives.
Two weeks before he passed away, he and his wife celebrated their 25th anniversary at Harts Pass, where they were married
, with close friends and family.
Arnold H. Asmussen, 45, a fourth generation Mansfield, Wash. rancher, died Sept. 26, 2004, from injuries sustained in a car accident. He was born April 15, 1959, to Howard and Marilyn Asmussen.
Arnold graduated from Mansfield High School in 1977. After graduation he attended Spokane Community College, studying diesel mechanics. In 1986 he attended Washington State University, obtaining his Agricultural Economics degree. He married
Judy Newell on June 7, 1997, at Mansfield.
Arnold was a member of Okanogan County Economic Alliance; Methow Valley Watershed Planning Committee; Washington Policy Center; Washington State Snowmobile Association, and Tri-River Snowmobile Club. He was a founding board member of Upper Columbia River Enhancement, and president of the Chamber of Commerce Coalition.
He is survived by his wife, Judy, at the family home in Mansfield; daughters, Dione and family in Spokane and Debby in Walla Walla; parents, Howard and Marilyn Asmussen of Loomis; sister, Jeanette and husband Skip Palmer of Bellingham; nephews, Ryan Palmer, Eugene, Ore.; J. J. Palmer, Bellingham; Levi Asmussen in Pullman; niece, Rashel Asmussen in Bellingham. He was preceded in death by an infant son, Matthew, and sister, Lana, and his grandparents.
Funeral services were Oct. 1 at the Precht-Harrison-Nearents Chapel in Okanogan, with interment at the Mansfield cemetery. Memorials can be given to the charity of your choice.
Gloria Ann Dorris, 60, of Soap Lake, passed away on Oct. 18, 2004, at her residence in Soap Lake. She was born on July 24, 1944, in Hollister, Calif., to William E. and Janice D. Westlake.
She married
Lester L. Dorris on Nov. 14, 1966, in Seattle. They resided in Twisp for about 20 years.
Gloria was the former owner of Classy Cuts beauty salon in Ephrata, and Gloria’s in Soap Lake.
She was a beloved wife, friend, mother and grandmother.
She is survived by her children and step-children, whom she loved greatly, each in their own special way: Jim and Pam Dorris of Soap Lake, Nick and Linda Dorris of Seattle, Les Jr. and Debbie Dorris of Shoreline, Shirley and Ron Peterson of Smokey Point, Wash., and Patty Cummings of Hampton, Va.
She is also survived by her "adopted" children, Lance Akai of Seattle, Craig White of Soap Lake, and Dan and Sheila Burts of Soap Lake; her grandchildren, who were the lights of her life, Kenneth and Kristina Dorris, Brittany and Tiffany Jordan, Maureen Fuller-Fitsch, Morgan Hersey, Melinda Dorris, Nikki Dorris, Josh Cummings, and Adam Burts.
The family extends special thanks to Ilene Templet, her best friend, sister and caregiver, for her love, support and care of their mother and grandmother during a very difficult year.
Mrs. Dorris was preceded in death by her husband, Lester Dorris.
Dorothy Estelle Holman, 95, passed away Feb. 14, 2005. She was born to Franklin and Ara May Webb on Oct. 2, 1909, in Longton, Kan. When she was five months old, the family migrated west to Twisp, where Ara’s brother, Will Reeves, lived. They homesteaded up the Twisp River.
All of Dorothy’s school years were spent at Twisp. She married
Cedric F. Holman of Carlton in Okanogan on May 13, 1927.
There were four children from the union: a daughter, Bodine Larson (Bob), who lives in Spokane Valley; two sons, Caron Holman of Woodinville, -Wash., and Harold Holman (Evelyn) of Yermo, Calif. Their other daughter, Estelle (Teddie) Monson preceded Dorothy in death in 2003.
Paul C. Webb, of Milton, Wash., -is her only living sibling.
Her husband Cedric passed away on July 9, 1983, in Spokane Valley after 56 years of marriage.
Dorothy worked at and retired from the Greenacres, Wash., post office.
She will be missed greatly by her children and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
-A memorial will be scheduled at a later time.
Margaret Carol Bolin Selde, 89, was born to Fay Bolin and Della Crockett Bolin on Dec. 17, 1915, in Twisp. She passed away on Feb. 26, 2005, at her home in Omak. She lived all her 89 years in Okanogan County.
Carol and her family lived on a farm near the Twisp River on Buttermilk Creek. She and her sister Alice received their early education in the one-room Canyon Creek School nearby. Carol graduated from Twisp High School in 1933. She married
Albert E. "Ab" Selde, also a Methow Valley native, in 1936. They had two daughters, Toni Lynn and Alice Isabelle Selde.
Carol’s husband Ab died in a logging accident in the Twisp River area in 1962. She later married
Glen Hansen, who also preceded her in death.
Her daughters, Toni (Keith) Menig of Ellensburg, and Alice I. Hobart of Okanogan, and a grandson, Robert Hobart of Puyallup, survive her. Her sister, Alice Bernethy of Spokane, and several nieces and nephews also survive her.
A private family gathering will be held at a later date. Memorials in her name are suggested to Aero Methow Rescue Service or any charity.
Kittitas Valley Funeral Options of Ellensburg is in charge of arrangements.
Homer W. Grace, 89, born Jan. 8, 1916, in Mesquite Flats, Ore., went home to be with the Lord on Feb. 26, 2005. He died in Pasco, Wash., after a long illness.
Homer was a 70-year resident of Methow. He traveled to the Methow Valley the first time in 1931, where he met the love of his life, Vivian Snyder. They were married
in 1936 and spent 53 years together. Homer served in the U. S. Army from 1944 to 1946.
Homer and Vivian traveled to many countries after their children were grown, while he worked in construction. His work took him to Hawaii, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Algeria and Spain. After Vivian’s death in 1988, Homer made several trips to India, where he helped build churches and preached the gospel.
In 2000, he moved to Pasco to be close to his children, always hoping to return to the Methow he loved.
Homer was preceded in death by his wife, Vivian Ruth Snyder-Grace, one grandson, Tim Grace, his four brothers and one sister.
He is survived by his three sons, Raymond Grace and wife Nona of Heppner, Ore., David Grace and wife Judy of Omak, and Michael Grace and wife Carolyn of Pasco; seven grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; one sister, Lillian Petross; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday (March 5) at Methow Community Church, where Homer was a long-time member. Committal will follow the services in the Methow Community Pioneer cemetery.
Public visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Tri-Cities Chaplaincy Hospice House, 2108 W. Entiat Ave. Kennewick, WA 99336.
