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Robert Maurice Bloom
66, Pullman resident
After a 5 1/2-year battle with Myelodysplasia Syndrome and subsequently AML (leukemia), Robert Maurice Bloom, 66, of Pullman, Wash., passed away on Feb. 3, 2007, at the Pullman Regional Hospital.
Robert Maurice (Bob) Bloom was born to F. Maurice Bloom and Zelona Langford Bloom in Fulton, Mo., on June 30, 1940.
Bob was active in sports at Fulton High School where he won 11 varsity letters in four years.
He was student body president of the school. Bob married his wife, Helga Mirdza, on Dec. 3, 1960.
Bob graduated from Westminster College (Mo.) in 1962 and was a member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity and Westminster Golf Team.
He attended Dental School at St. Louis University for three years before being called to active duty in the U.S. Army.
He was stationed at Fort Ord (Calif.), and shipped to Vietnam with the 12th EVAC Hospital. Bob attained the rank of Captain.
After returning from Vietnam, Bob worked as an accounting supervisor with Southwestern Bell Telephone in St. Louis for two years before deciding to join Edward Jones in late 1969.
After training in St. Louis, Bob moved to Pullman in July 1970 and opened the first Edward Jones office in the state.
He ran the Jones office for 33 years before retiring in December 2003.
One of Bob’s highlights while at Edward Jones was serving on the Managing Partner’s Kitchen Cabinet for 20 years.
Bob was active in the Pullman Community.
He was co-chairman of the United Way Drive, president of the Pullman Lions Club, twice president of the Community Hospital Foundation, president of the Pullman Chamber of Commerce, and served on the Pullman City Council for two years.
Bob was a loyal Cougar fan and enjoyed golfing with his family and friends at the Clarkston Country Club.
Bob was a member of Simpson United Methodist Church.
He chaired as Finance Committee Administrative Board and Pastor Parish Relations Committee. Bob is survived by his wife and companion of 46 years, Helga Mirdza; their three sons Robert Maurice Bloom, Jr. (Seattle), Bret Langford Bloom (Spokane), and Gregory Douglas Bloom (Pullman); seven grandchildren, Dominic (Rob and Michele), Charlotte, Elizabeth, and Brooke (Bret and Colleen), Katherine, Megan, and Ella (Greg and Karin); a sister, Brenda Bloom Guiney and her husband, Patrick, of Chicago; and first cousin Barry Bloom, his wife, Amanda, and their daughter, Hannah Joy, from Golden, Colo.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007, at the Simpson United Methodist Church in Pullman (325 NE Maple).
A private burial
will be held prior to the service.
Visitation will be held from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007, at Kimball Funeral Home, Pullman, Wash.
Memorial contributions may be given to Pullman Regional Hospital Foundation, 835 SE Bishop Blvd, Pullman, WA 99163, or Simpson United Methodist Church Children’s Ministries, 325 NE Maple, Pullman, WA 99163.
OBITUARY: Alan Langworthy
58, Pullman transit driver
Alan J. Langworthy, Pullman transit driver, passed away unexpectedly Monday, Jan. 29, at his Pullman home.
He was 58.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 5, at Kimball Funeral Home in Pullman.
Burial will be at the Moscow Cemetery.
Viewing is 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Alan was born Jan. 31, 1948, in Caro, Mich., to Clark and Wilma Kleinsmith Langworthy.
His father worked for the J.C. Penney Company and the family moved around the U.S. several times while Alan was growing up.
He graduated from high school in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1962 and went on to attend college there, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science.
Alan followed his father’s footsteps and began working for the J.C. Penney Co. as well.
He later moved to California and settled in San Bernardino County where he worked as an EMT and as a disaster and emergency preparedness coordinator.
Alan was a member and ranking officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and did boat patrol at Big Bear Lake, Calif., for several years.
He moved to Moscow, Idaho, in 1995 to be closer to family and he has been a transit bus driver for the City of Pullman for the last 10 years.
He moved to Pullman a year ago.
He especially liked driving the bus and enjoyed meeting many of the students.
He became acquainted with those who used the “Dial-A-Ride” and was genuinely interested in their lives.
He loved his dog “Buddy” and he loved the outdoors and fishing.
He was an avid computer programmer and also liked to collect guns and do woodworking.
He is survived by a sister, Sharon Razzaia, and her husband, Cliff, of Vancouver, Wash.; three nieces, Kimberly Mordhorst and her husband, Trevor, Sarah Razzaia and Amanda Razzaia; a nephew, Daniel Razzaia; and great-nieces Kaylee and Korinne Mordhorst. He was preceded in death by his parents.
Kimball Funeral Home of Pullman is caring for the family.
OBITUARY: Rudolph Alonzo
61, Yelm resident
Rudolph Noll Alonzo, Jr. passed away Jan. 26 at his home in Yelm, Wash., after a three-year fight against multiple myeloma, an incurable cancer of the blood and bone.
Rudy was born Dec. 4, 1945, in Boise, Idaho, to Rudolph Sr. and Dorothy Alonzo.
He graduated from Borah High School in Boise in 1964, and studied at the University of Idaho, Boise State University and Lewis-Clark State College.
Rudy served in the U.S. Navy for four years during the Vietnam era.
He married Catherine Culver on Sept. 16, 1967, in Mossyrock, Wash., and had two sons between 1969 and 1972.
After honorable discharge from the Navy, Rudy worked on Dworshak Dam in Orofino, Idaho, and in 1972, started his own concrete construction business.
By 1983, Alonzo Construction Incorporated did residential and commercial construction in four states.
Rudy and family resided in Orofino from 1970 to 1992, Moscow, Idaho, from 1992 to 1994 and Viola, Idaho, from 1994 to 2006.
Before cancer forced his retirement in 2004, Rudy worked as a project superintendent for Palouse Empire Inc. and the Structural Estimator for Washington State University.
Rudy was preceded in death by his father, Rudolph Alonzo, Sr. in 2004.
He is survived by his wife, Cathie, who resides at their home in Yelm; his sons Jamie (Hamden, Conn.) and Wade (Yacolt, Wash.); five grandchildren; mother, Dorothy Alonzo (Nampa, Idaho); and sisters Christina Culdice (Boise) and Jonette Flores (Nampa).
Rudy was an avid fisherman, hunter and packrat.
He loved the outdoors and enjoyed gardening, landscaping and building.
He was a hard worker, loyal friend and devoted family man.
Rudy Alonzo’s memorial service will be 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 10, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Moscow, Idaho.
A gathering of family and friends to celebrate his life will take place immediately following the memorial service at the Moscow Elk’s Golf Course at 3080 Highway 8.
All are welcome.
The family suggests memorial donations be made to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, at www.multiplemyeloma.org.
OBITUARY: Maxine Elsie Swanson
Maxine Elsie Swanson passed away peacefully, of natural causes, on Feb. 4, 2007.
Maxine was born on Dec. 5, 1916, in Waverly, Wash.
She graduated from Waverly High School in 1934 and went on to obtain a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Washington State College in 1938.
While working as a pharmacist in Athena, Ore., Maxine met her future husband, Norman R. Swanson.
They were married in 1942 at her parents’ home in Waverly.
Maxine moved to Texas and Oklahoma during the war years with her husband while he served in the U.S. Army; together they had three daughters.
Sadly, they were divorced in 1956.
OBITUARY: Dorothy Cook
Dorothy Marie Cook, 64, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and endearing sister, passed away peacefully with her husband by her side on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007.
She had been battling lung cancer for the past year.
OBITUARY: Zeoma Dvorak
A community memorial service for Zeoma Dvorak, age 85, will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 618 E. First St., Moscow, Idaho, at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 12, 2007.
This will be followed by a luncheon at St. Mary’s Fireplace Room.
At her request, her body will be cremated with the ashes being released in a private family ceremony.
Zeoma had been admitted to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, Idaho, because of a stroke and died there on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007.
OBITUARY: Charles M. ‘Chib’ Byrne
83, Garfield resident
Funeral services for Charles M. “Chib” Byrne, 83, will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007, at 1 p.m. at the Garfield Christian Church, Garfield, Wash., with the Reverends King Rockhill and Joel Aosved officiating.
Burial will follow at the Garfield Cemetery, Garfield.
Mr. Byrne died Tuesday morning at the Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wash.
He was born on April 22, 1923, at Garfield to William and Florence (Smith) Byrne.
He attended the Garfield schools.
During his teens Mr. Byrne worked for area farmers.
After his schooling he worked at the J.E. Love Company in Garfield and during WWII he worked in the shipyards in Seattle, Wash.
He married Billie Huffman on Sept. 16, 1943, at Garfield.
The couple made their home at Garfield.
Mr. Byrne was employed by the Whitman County Road Department as a truck driver, equipment operator, and mechanic.
After an eye injury he worked for the county weed department until his retirement.
He retired after 33 years of service with Whitman County.
He was a member of the Catholic Church, charter member of the Whitman County Sheriff’s Posse, Rocking G. Wranglers and the Palouse County Harness Club.
He shod horses throughout Whitman County, made harnesses, built a stagecoach, wagons and chariots and restored a variety of horse-drawn vehicles.
He enjoyed training horses to ride and drive.
Survivors include his wife of nearly 64 years, Billie Byrne of Garfield; two sons, Mike Byrne and his wife, Tamie, of Yakima, Wash., and Jack Byrne and his wife, Suzette, of Enon, Ohio; two sisters, Gert Jones of Lynnwood, Wash., and Marian Smith of Seattle; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be given to Garfield EMTs, the Washington Lung Association or the charity of donor’s choice.
Kramer Funeral Home, Palouse, is in charge of the arrangements.
OBITUARY: James Steiner
James F. Steiner Sr., 88, a retired staff executive with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, died Jan. 8 of acute myeloid leukemia at Capital Hospice in Arlington County, Va.
He was a resident of Fairfax City, Va.
Dated Saturday, February 24, 2007
OBITUARY: Roger Harder
Roger Harder, age 89, passed away Feb. 18 in Liberty Lake, Wash.
A graveside veterans ceremony will be 12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 17 at the Moscow Cemetery, with memorial service following at 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Moscow with a reception immediately following at the church.
In lieu of flowers, plans for donations to a University of Idaho College of Agriculture memorial scholarship are pending.
Dated Saturday, February 24, 2007
OBITUARY: Daniel Bafus
Daniel Wayne Bafus, 95, passed away quietly in his sleep Thursday, Feb. 22, at Guardian Angel Homes in Lewiston.
He was born Aug. 30, 1911, to Johann and Katherine Fox Bafus in Colfax.
As a young boy, his family moved to the St. Maries, Idaho, area.
Dated Saturday, February 24, 2007
OBITUARY: Ruth Peck Ownbey
Ruth Peck Ownbey, 93, a resident of Pullman, Wash., since 1939, passed away on Wednesday, March 14, 2007.
She was born Ruth Elizabeth Peck in Grinnell, Iowa, on May 12, 1913, to parents David Ellis Peck and Laura Belle Jenkins Peck.
She grew up in Grinnell, Iowa, and attended Grinnell College there, receiving a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1935.
OBITUARY: Helen Palms
Helen B. Palms passed away March 19, 2007 at the Katherine Healthcare Center in Salinas, Calif.
She was born Oct. 1, 1913, at Bellingham, Wash.
Helen was the middle of three children born to Milton and Frieda AnnaLaurie Blake.
