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James Patrick Ready
James Patrick Ready passed away July 30, 2003. He was born February 10, 1914 in Indianapolis, Ind. at the start of the Great War.
James Ready graduated from Cathedral High School in 1932 and Indiana University in 1937. He served as a fighter pilot in World War II, flying P-51 Mustangs, P-39s and Spitfires in England, France, North Africa and Italy, attaining the rank of major.
While stationed in Italy, he met the love of his life, Margherita Carcaterra. They were married
in Villa Russo, near Naples in 1945.
After WW II, he returned with his wife to Indiana University and entered law school, graduating in 1948. He pursued a distinguished career in banking in Seattle, Wash. and Pasadena, Calif., while also devoting himself to his interests in agriculture and farming in Washingtons Columbia Basin.
After retiring, he served as a circuit judge in bankruptcy court for several years. Since that time, Mr. Ready and his wife have resided in Newport Beach, Calif. He will be lovingly remembered by his family and friends as a man of courage, intellect and dignity.
Mr. Ready is survived by: his beloved wife of 37 years, Rita; his son, Stephen Ready; his daughter, Paula Ready-Elliott; grandchildren, John Patrick Elliott and Victoria Gray Elliott; and son-in-law and daughter-in-law, Gregory J. Elliott and MaryAnn Ready.
Funeral services will be held at Our Lady Queen of Angeles Church, Newport Beach, Calif., on August 7, 2003 at 11 a.m.
Edmund Alexander Buchmann
Edmund A. Buchmann, a 33-year resident of the Colville area, passed away on July 30, 2003 in Colville at the age of 79. He was born on March 19, 1924 in Blue Grass, ND, the son of Alex and Emma Uhl Buchmann.
Ed was raised in Blue Grass until the age of nine when he moved with his family to White Fish, Mont. He worked on farms in Montana until 1939 and then moved to Moses Lake, Wash. He married
Eloise Shong on August 26, 1948 in Coeur dAlene, Idaho and they lived in the Colville area for two years where he worked in the logging industry.
In 1950, they moved back to the Columbia Basin, where he found work as a carpenter in the construction of grain elevators and the irrigation canals of the Columbia Basin Project. He also worked in the construction of Boundary Dam.
In 1966, they moved to Quinell, B.C., where Ed worked as an auto mechanic and also did some logging for six years. They lived in the Kettle Falls area for 12 years until 1984, working as a carpenter, mechanic and logger and then moved to Plains, Mont. in his retirement. The couple returned to Kettle Falls only two years ago to be near their family.
Eds hobbies included hunting, fishing, tinkering with mechanical things, playing cards and carpentry.
Ed is survived by: wife, Eloise Buchmann, at the home; three daughters, Linda Sinn of Colville, Marilyn Norrish and husband, John of Greenwood, B.C., and Juanita Lawson and husband, David of Salmon, Idaho; one son, Ted "Fred" Buchmann and wife, Karen of Bossburg; four sisters, Ella Schmidt of Olympia, Wash., Ruth Deal and husband, Tom of Commerce, Okla., Lillian Schmidt and husband, Alfred of Rochester, Wash., and Sally Wicklund of Seattle, Wash.; three brothers, Eddie Buchmann and wife, Linda of Moses Lake, Wash., Elmer Buchmann and wife, Bonnie of Moses Lake, and Leroy Buchmann of Soap Lake, Wash.; 14 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
A celebration of Eds life will be held at the family residence in Kettle Falls starting at noon on August 23, 2003.
The Daneka's Funeral Chapel and Crematory in in charge of arrangements.
Wally Ryan
A memorial service for Brother Wally Ryan will be held at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, 200 N. Dale Rd. at 11 a.m. Thursday, August 7, 2003.
Many have experienced Brother Wallys very generous and active ministry to the needy in our community. You are invited to share briefly your recollections during this memorial. Representatives of various community organizations are especially invited to participate.
Please call the office at 765-6729 to be included in the memorial. A luncheon in the parish center will follow.
Brother Wally was a man of great faith. Often when he stopped at our office, we would talk about various faith challenges. One day he told me, "Take this to God. Tell him about the problem and then immediately say, Thank you God for answering this prayer."
Bob Garrett and I took him on his last trip with his wooden cross that he walked with each Good Friday. We got a pick-up, placed the chair right there in the pick-up box. "This is the angle I want the cross to be laid across my lap and heres the map where I want to go, " Wally said. What a joyous two or three-hour ride we had. That was the last Good Friday he did that.
Wally was truly a blessing to me and to almost every other person in town.
Viola B. Kasparek
Viola B. Kasparek, 82, longtime Moses Lake resident, passed away Saturday, December 14, 2002 at Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, December 19, 2002 at Kaysers Chapel with Monsignor Martin O. Skehan officiating. Inurnment will take place at a later date in a family plot in South Dakota. Arrangements are in care of Kaysers Chapel and Crematory, Moses Lake.
Viola was born July 6, 1920 in Thunderhawk, SD to the late Frederick B. and Lula Rhodes Moser. She was raised and educated in Perkins County, SD.
Lavon Isaacson
Lavon Isaacson, a resident of La Grande, Ore. and former resident of Moses Lake, died Saturday, December 14, 2002 at her home in La Grande. She was 84 years old. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 1 p.m. in the Moses Lake Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Moses Lake, Wash.
Friends may call for viewing between the hours of 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. in the church prior to the services on Thursday. Interment will follow in the Valley View Memorial Park, Soap Lake, Wash.
Frances Brown
Frances Frankie Brown, 68, longtime Moses Lake resident, passed away January 27, 2003 at her home. She went home to be with her Lord and savior, Jesus Christ, after a five-year battle with lung cancer.
Frankie was born in Haver, Mont. on December 9, 1934, the oldest of three daughters to George and Ruth Friesen. The family moved to Ephrata in 1946 and she graduated from Ephrata High School in 1952. She later married
Vernon Lee Brown and a daughter, Erin D. Brown, was born September 29, 1972. In 1980, she moved to Moses Lake where she worked at the Grant County Alcohol and Drug Programs. She put herself through college at Big Bend Community College to obtain her CDP certification and was later promoted to administrative director. She retired in 1997.
Ethel Frances Nelson-Osgood
Ethel Frances Nelson-Osgood, 88, Moses Lake resident, passed away Friday, January 31, 2003 at Samaritan Hospital following a short illness. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, February 5, 2003 at the First Presbyterian Church with Pastor Eric Frey officiating. Visitation hours will be at Kaysers Chapel of Memories on Tuesday, February 4 from 8 a.m.-7 p.m., with family greeting friends between 2- 4 p.m. and 6-7 p.m. Interment will be at Cunningham Memorial cemetery in St. Albans, WV. Arrangements are in care of Kaysers Chapel and Crematory, Moses Lake. In lieu of flowers, it is requested that memorials be made to the Building Fund, First Presbyterian Church, 1142 W. Ivy, Moses Lake, WA 98837.
Ethel was born June 13, 1914 in Homer City, Penn., daughter of the late Harvey and Maude Stevens Kissinger. She was raised and educated in Homer City, graduating from Homer City High School in 1932. She was married
to Wayne Curtis Nelson on September 30, 1933 in Homer City. They moved to the southern coal fields of West Virginia for the next several years.
Margaret M. Neal
Margaret M. Neal was born on October 13, 1937 in Sabetha, Kan., the daughter of George H. and Nellie I. Davis. She passed away on June 16, 2003 at her home in Moses Lake, Wash.
Roland G. Kissler
Roland G. Kissler, 85, longtime Moses Lake resident, passed away Friday, June 13, 2003 at SunBridge Care and Rehabilitation Center in Moses Lake. A memorial service will be held Saturday, June 21, 2003 at 10:30 a.m. at Kaysers Chapel of Memories with Pastor Floyd Wilks officiating. Arrangements are in care of Kaysers Chapel and Crematory.
Elijah Thomas Alamos
Elijah Thomas Alamos, 14-month old son of Francis Alamos of Moses Lake, passed away Saturday, June 14, 2003 at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. Holy Rosary will be prayed at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, 2003 at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, led by Monsignor Martin O. Skehan.
Juan Quintanilla
Juan "Johnny: B. Quintanilla, 74, longtime Moses Lake resident, passed away Friday, June 13, 2003, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, June 18, 2003, at Kaysers Chapel of Memories. Interment will follow at Pioneer Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Tuesday from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. Arrangements are in care of Kaysers Chapel and Crematory, Moses Lake.
Johnny Montreuil
Johnny Montreuil Jean-Paul Roch Guy Edmond Joseph Montreuil, 80, of Moses Lake, Wash., passed away Friday, June 6, 2003 at the Samaritan Healthcare Center in Moses Lake.
Bruce Eugene Reames
Bruce Eugene Reames, 71, of Othello, Wash., died at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane, Wash. on Thursday, November 13, with his wife by his side.
Irene Whisamore
Irene Whisamore passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 19, 2003. Irene was born in Berryville, Ark. on March 11, 1914. She was raised in Exeter, Mo. and later married
John Whisamore on February 9, 1938 in Glendale, Calif.
Michael A. True
Michael A. True, age 34, was born September 24, 1969 in Walla Walla, Wash., and passed away November 16, 2003 in Spokane.
Bruce Eugene Reames
Bruce Eugene Reames, 71, of Othello, Wash., died at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane, Wash. on Thursday, November 13, with his wife by his side.
Don McDanield
On November 17, 2003 we lost a wonderful man. Don McDanield of Grant County will be forever remembered in the hearts of many friends and family.
Maria T. Jimenez
Maria T. Jimenez, 76, longtime Moses Lake resident, passed away Wednesday, December 3, 2003 at Samaritan Hospital. Holy Rosary will be prayed at 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 8, 2003 at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church. Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 11 a.m. with Monsignor Martin O. Skehan as celebrant. Interment will follow in Pioneer Memorial Gardens.
Leroy Dale 'Bud' Swigart
Leroy Dale 'Bud' Swigart, 79, of Quincy, passed away on January 27, 2004 at his home peacefully after a courageous seven-year battle with cancer. He was born on July 7, 1924 in Ruff, Wash. to Roy and Fern Jackson Swigart.
Violet Joanna Joan Kirby
Violet Joanna Joan Kirby, born July 8, 1919, passed away at Samaritan Hospital on March 30, 2004.
Althea J. Boyd Geer
Althea J. Boyd Geer, longtime Moses Lake resident, passed away Sunday, March 21, 2004 in Lakewood, Wash. after a valiant battle with cancer.
Blanche Naef Christensen
Blanche Naef Christensen, of Royal City, Wash., passed away in Moses Lake, Wash. on March 28, 2004 at the age of 84.
Viola K. Miller
Viola K. Miller, 81, Moses Lake resident, passed away Wednesday, March 17, 2004 at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane, Wash.
John B. 'Jack' Johnson
John B. 'Jack' Johnson, 80, originally of Montesano, Wash., died Wednesday, March 24, 2004 at Lakeridge Care Center.
Blanche Christensen
Blanche Christensen, age 84, passed away on March 28, 2004 at the Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake, Wash. Fred was born on July 2, 1919 to Arnold and Margaret Whitehead Naef in Mapleton, Idaho.
Dorothy Evelyn Stumf
Dorothy Evelyn Stumf came into this world on January 29, 1921 and left to be with God on March 26, 2004.
