Joel John Becker
Aug 13, 2021
Joel John Becker, a loving husband, best friend and beloved father, grandpa, brother and friend went to heaven on Aug 13th, 2021.
Joel was happiest spending time outdoors. Family and friends will remember summers filled with camping and fishing trips to the Kelly Creek area and the Oregon Coast, the fall hunting expeditions, the sunny days on...
Donald R Zappone
Aug 7, 2021
Don was born October 11, 1940 to Francis & Phyllis Zappone at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane. It is with heavy heart to announce the passing of Don into the Lords care on Saturday August 7 th 2021 at Sacred Heart Hospital. Don was 80 years old at his passing and had lived a full life. Don attended St....
Rev. Stephen R. Kuder, S.J.
Aug 5, 2021
Rev. Stephen R. Kuder, S.J. died August 5, 2021 in Spokane five days after his 79 th birthday. Steve was a Jesuit for 61 years and a priest for 48 years, he served primarily at Gonzaga University, and St. Aloysius Catholic Church where he began his service in 1977. His Catholic faith was nurtured by his family and education...
Mary Agnes Mertens
Jul 26, 2021
Mary Mertens
Mary Agnus Miller
Mary Christiansen
Mary Mertens
Grandma Mary, Nana, Cookie grandma
And of course all her alias she used when she was single going out dancing.
Since I was 10...
Robert John Saraceno
Jul 26, 2021
Robert John Saraceno (Action Bob), 70, passed away and left this world suddenly on July 26 th , 2021 from heart failure. Even though a failing heart took him away from this world, his loving heart left a beacon of light for all in the community. He was born to Francisco and Lena Saraceno on August 16 th ,...
Karen Michelle Byersdorf (Devries)
Jul 23, 2021
Karen Byersdorf (DeVries) passed away on July 23, 2021in her hometown of Spokane, WA at the age of 64.
Karen was born to William and Patricia DeVries on March 5 th , 1957. She attended Sacred Heart Catholic Grade School and graduated from one of the last all female classes at Holy Names Academy. Her eye for...
Audrey Grace Contabile
Jul 23, 2021
Audrey was born on August 6, 1937, to Roy and Katherine Fish in Anaconda, Montana. In 1943, the family moved to Spokane, Washington. Audrey graduated from Rogers High school in 1956. She married Pete Contabile on September 8, 1956 at St. Aloysius Church. They were married for 58 years and had six children: Gus (Carolina), Joyce Winters, Peter (Juanita),...
Marianne Anderson
Jul 22, 2021
Marianne Anderson of Spokane, Washington passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 22, 2021, with her family by her side.  She was 83.
Born Marianne Judith Bussanich on December 3, 1937 in Tacoma, Washington, she was the daughter of John and Merle Bussanich.  She attended Lincoln High School with her sister Betty, then studied Business Administration at Washington...
Mary Catherine "Kay" Gray
Jul 22, 2021
We never wanted to write the story about the passing of our mother Kay. Her five children miss her already and face the passing of a generation as she joins our late father, Carroll Gray.
She passed away unexpectedly while recovering from hip surgery.
Kay was 100 % Irish and all that it entails. She...
James C. Sloane
Jul 21, 2021
James Christopher Sloane, age 79, passed away peacefully in the care of Hospice House of Spokane on July 21, 2021 after suffering declining health for the last few years. He is survived by his high school sweetheart and lifelong love, Judi, and by his stepchildren, Kristen Smalley of Raleigh, NC, Geoff (Jennifer) Brown of Santa Barbara, CA, Paul (Pam)...
Mary Jane Snyder
Jul 20, 2021
Mary Jane Snyder passed on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Preceded in death by her mother Mary Nelson; father Charles Nelson; sisters Eleanor Corvi and Marguerite McCrow; and brother Chuck Nelson. Mary Jane grew up on the north side of Spokane attending St. Francis of Assisi School and North Central High School where she was a member of the...
Rita F. "Peggy" Levine
Jul 18, 2021
Rita "Peggy" Levine, our Mom, passed away peacefully in her home on July 18, 2021, at the age of 90. She was born December 18, 1930, the youngest of seven children, to Louis and Kathryn Unrecht on the family farm in Ferdinand, Idaho. After the death of Mom's dad in 1937, her mother maintained the farm until 1944. Upon...
Shannon Paul Phillips
Jul 11, 2021
Shannon Paul Phillips, husband and beloved father of 4 passed away July 11, 2021 at the age of 50.
Shannon was born in Lubbock, TX to Karen and Roderick Phillips and was the youngest of 4 children. He lived most of his life in the Spokane area, he attended school in the EVSD, Sedro Woolley Job Corp,...
Sister Ann Pizelo, Snjm
Jul 7, 2021
Sister Ann Pizelo, SNJM, died July 7, 2021, at Mary's Woods in Lake Oswego, Oregon. The daughter of Philip and Ann Frye (Ferraro) Pizelo, Ann was born September 27, 1937, in Spokane in the back of the grocery store her father owned. Her mother was born in Canada of Italian immigrants, and her father came to the U. S....
Marjorie Frances Brewer
Jun 25, 2021
"The door is always open." This everyday phrase was not a pleasantry, but a way of life for Marjorie Frances (Jaspers) Brewer. Born on November 23, 1929 to Leo and Alta (Heitstuman) Jaspers in their family home in Lewiston, ID, Marj was a hostess from the start. The oldest of five siblings, Marj was described as "always there." She...
Cary C. Carroll
Jun 21, 2021
God gained a beautiful soul on June 21, 2021, Cary Carroll, loving son, brother, father and friend. Cary was born to William K and Shirley W Carroll on July 10, 1953 in Butte, Montana. Cary is second oldest of eight children, lived his life in Spokane attending Our Lady of Fatima, Ferris HS, and graduating with honors from Seattle...
James Cecil Fiorito
Jun 17, 2021
James was born in Spokane and was adopted from the Spokane Children's Home by Pauline and Cecil Fiorito in 1950. He was 1st chair clarinet in the Spokane All-City Band all through Junior High and High School and graduated from Lewis and Clark High School in 1964. He joined the Army in 1966 and became a member of the...