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Charles Dean Logan
Charles Dean Logan, retired bush pilot, 74, died Jan. 7 of congestive heart failure at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston.
He was born Aug. 8, 1923, at Kila, Mont., to Charles and Ellen Sundelius Logan. He attended school and graduated from Flathead County, Mont., High School in 1941. At age 16 he learned to fly airplanes. In 1941 he was awarded the Army and Navy Legion of Valor Medal as well as the Carnegie Medal for Heroism for saving two boys from drowning in the Flathead River.
He married Eleanor L. Pierce on Nov. 6, 1943, at Moscow, Idaho. During World War II he lived in Renton, Wash., and worked for Boeing Aircraft at the Renton plant.
After the war he was a pilot throughout the Northwest and Alaska for Johnson's Flying Service which was based in Missoula, Mont. He was a bush pilot, mountain pilot and dropped smoke jumpers for fighting forest fires. He also did the flying for the aerial photography on several Disney movies. For seven years he taught aviation technology at the Missoula Vo-Tech College.
Since 1978 he and his wife have lived in Lewiston, Idaho. He worked for Hillcrest Aircraft Co., at Lewiston as a mechanic and pilot until his retirement in 1990.
He was an avid hunter and fisherman.
Survivors include his wife, Eleanor, at the family home in Lewiston; a daughter, Judith Logan-Kraft, of Mill Valley, Calif.; a sister, Wilma Casterline, of Columbia Falls, Mont.; one granddaughter and one great-grandson.
The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Grace Lutheran Church in Lewiston. The Reverend Jim Higgins will officiate. Cremation will follow the service. Memorials may be made to Grace Lutheran Church, 3434 Sixth St., Lewiston, Idaho, 83501 or the Lewis-Clark Animal Shelter, 1820 Shelter Road, Lewiston, 83501. Vassar-Rawls funeral Home at Lewiston is in charge of arrangements.
Boyd A. Martin
Boyd A. Martin, 86, died Thursday night at Good Samaritan Village of age-related causes. Funeral arrangements are pending at Short's Funeral Chapel.
Ray Moree
Ray Moree, 84, a longtime resident of Pullman, died Jan. 7 at Palouse Hills Nursing Center of Parkinson's disease.
Moree was born Oct. 14, 1913 at Ellensburg, Wash., to Herbert H. and Viva May Stevens Moree. He grew up and received his education there, graduating from Ellensburg High School in 1932. He attended Washington State Normal School 1932-33 and in 1934 continued his education at Washington State University.
In 1937, he graduated cum laude from WSU with a bachelor's of science degree in zoology. He began work on his graduate degrees in zoology in 1937 at the University of Michigan, completing his studies in 1942.
It was during this time that he married Marie L. Savage in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Feb. 8, 1941. In 1942 they moved to Pullman and he began his career at Washington State University as professor of zoology and genetics. Following a 35-year career, he retired in 1977.
He was a member of the Genetics Society of America; the American Society of Naturalists, the Gamma Alpha-Graduate Scientific Fraternity and a member of Sigma XI.
He is survived by his wife, Marie, at their Pullman home; and one sister, C.A. Marjorie Sandusky of Rolling Bay, Wash.
He was preceded in death by one brother, Lawrence Moree.
Memorials are suggested to Neill Public Library, 210 N. Grand Ave., Pullman, 99163 or to a favorite charity.
Graveside services will be held at Pullman Cemetery on Tuesday at 11 a.m. Arrangements are under the direction of Kimball Funeral Home in Pullman.
Marion V. 'Tude' Hemingway
Marion V. "Tude" Hemingway, 81, a longtime resident of Garfield, Wash., died of age-related causes Friday at the Palouse Hill Nursing Center in Pullman, Wash.
She was born on June 28, 1916, to George and Ethel Steward Arland at Garfield where she was reared and educated. She graduated from Garfield High School. She also attended one year at Kinman Business College in Spokane.
She later was employed for a few years at Washburn-Wilson Seed Co., in Moscow, Idaho.
She married Herbert S. Hemingway April 6, 1940, at Garfield. The couple farmed south of Garfield. He died in 1975.
She continued to live in Garfield until she moved to the care center in Pullman.
She was a 50-year member of the Eureka Chapter No. 92, Order of the Eastern Star, Daughters of the Nile, El Karnak Temple No. 6, a member of the Down One Bridge Club and the Little Old Ladies Club at Garfield.
She is survived by one son, Mark Hemingway of Garfield; one daughter, Linda Anderson of Clackamas, Ore.; and four grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Homer and Gilbert Arland, and one sister, Mary E. Arland.
A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Kramer Funeral Home in Palouse, Wash., with the Rev. King Rockhill officiating.
Burial will follow at the Garfield Cemetery.
Memorials may be given to the Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, P.O. Box 2472, Spokane, Wash. 99210-2472.
Carolyn Brown
Carolyn Brown, 56, a former business owner and homemaker from Juliaetta, Idaho, died of cancer Sunday at Pullman Memorial Hospital in Pullman, Wash.
She was born Dec. 24, 1941, to Orvile E. and Olean Pruitt Skaggs in Indianapolis. She moved with her family to Kendrick, Idaho, in 1954. She graduated from Kendrick High School in 1959.
She married Jack Brown Dec. 5, 1959, in Juliaetta. They lived throughout the Northwest until returning to Juliaetta in 1968.
She owned and operated the Little Brown Jug Antiques, Granny's Pantry and Bakery Restaurant as well as a gift shop in Juliaetta.
She was a member of the Southwick Community Church and a 4-H leader for seven years.
She also was a co-founder of the Juliaetta Centennial Park.
Her hobbies included horse shows, gardening, cooking and collecting antiques and glassware.
Survivors include her husband at their Juliaetta home; two daughters, Lori Brocke of Kendrick and Anna Brown of Juliaetta; her mother and stepfather Olean and John Cuddy of Kendrick; three sisters, Jean Jordan of Pendleton, Ore., Patsy Christensen of Yakima, Wash., and Judy Clark of Moses Lake, Wash.; two brothers, Joe Cuddy of Anchorage, Alaska, and Terry Skaggs of Desert Hot Springs, Calif.; and two grandchildren.
Viewing will be from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at Malcom's Brower-Wann Memorial Chapel in Lewiston, Idaho.
The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Orchards Community Church, 822 Bryden in Lewiston. Burial will be at the Juliaetta Cemetery.
Family and friends are invited to a dinner at the Kendrick VFW Hall following services.
Memorials may be made to the Juliaetta Centennial Park or the Southwick Community Church.
George H. Griffin
George H. Griffin, 67, Deary, Idaho, native, U.S. Army veteran and retired postal carrier, died of respiratory failure Jan. 2 in Deland, Fla.
He was born March 13, 1930, James M. and Josie Helen Scott Griffin in Deary. He was a resident of the Inland Empire until moving to Florida.
He is survived by his wife of Deland; one son, Jay Griffin of Denver; two daughters, Sue Ann LaFrance of Greenacres, Wash., and Tana Rae LeDoux of Spokane; two sisters, Hattie Lundgren and Mable Riddle, both of Spokane; one brother, Harry Griffin of Kamiah, Idaho.; three grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Heritage Funeral Home, N. 508 Government Way in Spokane with Dr. Barry Foster officiating.
Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association, 2625 Third Ave., Seattle, 98121-1200.
Kenneth W. Hedglin
Kenneth W. Hedglin, 68, longtime Moscow, Idaho, resident and antique dealer, died of a heart attack Jan. 3 at a hospital in Longview, Wash.
He was born April 22, 1929, to Charles E. and Agnes Severson Hedglin in Bemidji, Minn. He was reared and educated in Bemidji.
He moved to Washington state in 1946 and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict from 1951 to 1953.
He moved to Moscow in 1956. He attended the University of Idaho and graduated in 1960.
He worked for Central Pre-Mix in Moscow as a truck driver and retired in 1991.
He enjoyed his retirement and spent his time buying, selling and collecting antiques. He operated two antique booths at The Hanger in Clarkston, Wash.
He is survived by a brother, Clarence Hedglin of Kelso, Wash.; a sister, Mary Gibbs of Whittier, Calif.; and two nieces.
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 1036 W. A St. in Moscow.
Memorial may be made to a favorite charity.
Boyd A. Martin
Boyd A. Martin, 86, emeritus professor of political science and emeritus dean of the College of Letters and Science at the University of Idaho, died Thursday at Good Samaritan Village in Moscow, Idaho.
He was born March 3, 1911, to Archer Olmstead and Norah Claudine Imbler Martin east of Cottonwood, Idaho. He attended school in Cottonwood, Lewiston and Nezperce, Idaho, graduating from Nezperce High School in 1929.
He was active in 4-H Club work, participated in school activities and played football and basketball. He worked on his parents' farm until he entered the university.
He attended Pasadena City College in 1932-33, University of California at Los Angeles during the summer of 1934, and graduated from the University of Idaho in 1936 with majors in political science, economics, history and sociology. At Stanford University he completed a master's degree in 1937 and a doctorate in 1943 with a major in political science and minors in economics and sociology.
He married Grace Charlotte Swingler on Dec. 29, 1933.
Martin held instructorships at both the UI and Stanford before completing his doctorate. He took his first position at the UI in 1938, then returned to Stanford to teach and later rejoined the Idaho staff in 1940. He became assistant professor in 1943, associate professor in 1944 and professor in 1947. He served as a visiting professor at Stanford University several times and at the University of California at Berkeley once.
He was appointed head of the Department of Social Science in 1947, assistant dean of the College of Letters and Science in 1947 and dean in 1955.
While at the UI he created and became director of the Bureau of Public Research. In 1973 he became the first Borah Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the UI.
He and his wife had a continuing interest in war and peace throughout their lives, which led them to start planning their own institute while at Stanford in 1937. They gave their life savings to found the Martin Institute for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution (originally named the Martin Institute of Human Behavior) in 1979.
The Martins combined their academic lives with lives of service and activities outside the campus. Boyd Martin represented the State Department in the Alliance for Progress in Central and South America, especially in Ecuador. He served on the board of the National Association of the Partners of the Alliance and later on the Inter-American Coordinating Committee of the Partners of the Alliance.
Other activities off campus included attending the U.N. Conference in San Francisco in 1945. For many years he was a member of the Commission to Study the Organization of Peace.
For a number of years, he was chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and he worked with the Northern Idaho Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of the Idaho Commission on the Humanities and Arts and the Governor's Centennial Commission. He served for five years on the Idaho Constitutional Revision Commission.
Martin had received a number of awards and honors, including the Idaho Statesman's Distinguished Citizen Award, the UI Distinguished Idahoan Award, appointment to the University of Idaho Hall of Fame, and a Distinguished Citizen Award from the Moscow Chamber of Commerce.
During his academic career, Dr. Martin either authored or co-authored nine books and 30 professional articles. His most recent book, "Idaho Voting Trends," was published in 1975.
He is survived by two sons; Michael Archer Martin of Santa Rosa, Calif., and William Archer Martin of Nolanville, Texas.; two brothers, Sanford Keith Martin of Phoenix, and Owen Aubra Martin of Portland, Ore.; a sister, Elizabeth Pearl Martin O'Rourke of Nezperce, Idaho; and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife; a sister, Leafa Lavel; and two brothers, Bayard Lowell Martin and Durward I. Martin. A memorial service will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in the UI Administration Auditorium.
The family suggests that memorials may be made to: Martin Institute, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 83844-3229.
