Obituaries

Alton (Ollie) Prouty

Published by admin on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 5:02pm
Alton (Ollie) Prouty passed away on Oct. 7, 2021, in Weiser, Idaho.  
 Alton was born in Weiser on July 4, 1939, the 12th child of Kenneth and Katherine (Gleim) Prouty.  
 He grew up in the Dixie Creek area to the northeast of Midvale, Idaho, graduating from Midvale High School in 1957. 
 The early years of his adult life were spent working outside, first as a logger, then as a driller at a mine near Lime, Ore.

Lloyd Sparks

Published by admin on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 4:59pm
Lloyd Sparks lost his fight on Oct. 5, 2021 after battling cancer and heart issues. He was able to spend his final days in the care and home of his sister Joyce Smith. 
 Lloyd was born on Aug. 31, 1938 in Nyssa, Ore. 
 He was preceded in death by his parents Frank and Dorothy Sparks. 
 He was the third of six children. 
 He is survived by two brothers Frankie and Dwain Sparks; and three sisters Jerene Shenefelt, Reva Eisenbarth and Joyce Smith.

Willis ‘Bill’ Roy Stanton

Published by admin on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 4:58pm
Willis “Bill” Roy Stanton, much loved father, grandfather, brother, and uncle, passed away in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Oct. 14, 2021 due to heart failure. He was 81 years of age.
 Bill was born in 1940 to Roy and Lillian Stanton in The Dalles, Ore. He was raised in the areas around Sisters and Redmond, Ore., with his two older sisters, Pat and Jean, and younger brother, Kenny.  

Leslie W. Nash

Published by admin on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 4:56pm
Leslie W. Nash (aka: Coach) went to meet his heavenly family on Oct 20, 2021.
 Les was the first born baby boy delivered at home in Anoka, Minn., to Charlie and Eunice Nash on Feb. 14, 1939. 
 He remained a hometown boy where he excelled in sports and shenanigans. He was an all around athlete, but football was his obvious favorite as he made many plays as linebacker for the Anoka High School Tornados, graduating with the class of 1957.

Arthur Kenneth Butts

Published by admin on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 4:51pm
Arthur Kenneth Butts, 84, of Weiser, Idaho passed away on Oct. 28, 2021, after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
 Arthur was born on Aug. 14, 1937, to Kenneth and Dorothy Butts of Healdsburg, Calif. 
 After graduating from Healdsburg High School, he went on to study at the College of Agriculture at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, Calif. After two years of college, he returned home to take over his grandfather’s business which was the Butts Nursery.

Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Martell

Published by admin on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 4:50pm
Elizabeth “Betty” Martell, age 92, of Weiser passed away Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021 at the Whatcom Hospice House in Bellingham, Wash.  
 She was born Feb 15, 1929 in Elizaville, New York to parents Ernest Burton and Jesse Mae (Seifert) Bathrick. 
 Betty was preceded in death by her husband Frank M. Martell, Sr., one sister and four brothers. 

Kay Francis Daniels

Published by admin on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 4:48pm
Kay Francis Daniels passed away early Tuesday morning, Oct. 12, 2021, at her home in Weiser Idaho, surrounded by her family. 
 She was born on June 25, 1938, in North Platte, Neb., the middle daughter of Howard and Freda McClain. She had one older sister, Elenor, and one younger sister, Sonja. 
 The family moved to Electric City, Wash., when she was three years old where she spent her early childhood, then to Baker City, Ore., at the beginning of her high school years where she continued to live for the next 50 years. 

Thoral ‘Ed’ Hart June 10, 1953- Sept. 23, 2021

Published by admin on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 9:35am

Dad was born June 10, 1953 in Ontario, Ore., to Thoral and Myrtle Hart and was called home to be with the Lord Sept. 23, 2021.
 He was the third oldest of six kids and attended grade school in Annex, Ore., where they were raised and graduated from
Weiser High School in 1972.
 He married Julie Elliott, the love of his life, May 6, 1978.
 They started their family in Weiser, Idaho with Sarah, Jacob and Ben where Dad worked at Stibnite and served on the Sheriff’s Posse as well as the Weiser City Fire Dept.

Theola Marie Wainscott Wilkins

Published by admin on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 9:34am

Theola Marie Wainscott Wilkins, 80, of Weiser, Idaho passed away Sept. 10, 2021 at Weiser Memorial Hospital.  
 She was born July 7, 1941 in San Francisco, Calif.
 Theola graduated from Capuchino High School in San Bruno, California in 1959.

Bryan Handerson

Published by admin on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 9:31am

Bryan Handerson of Burns, Ore., passed away in Salt Lake City, Utah at the University of Utah Hospital at the age of 75 after complications from heart surgery. His wife and daughter were by his side.
 Bryan was born Oct. 10, 1945 to Bert Sr. and Nelda Handerson (Swanson) in Sumas, Wash.
 He attended Nooksack Valley High School and enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the age of 17, serving our country for three years as a boatswain’s mate, captaining a river boat (PBR) in Vietnam.

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