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Obituaries August 4

Marilyn K. Hennigar

Funeral services for Marilyn K. Hennigar, 73, Harvard, Idaho, were Wednesday, Aug. 3, at the Moscow Church of the Nazarene with the Rev. Kathy Lee Kramer officiating. Burial followed at the Woodfell Cemetery in Harvard.

Mrs. Hennigar died Wednesday, July 27, 2016, at the Whitman Hospital in Colfax.

Born April 18, 1943, in Colfax to Bob and Dorothy Braman Roberts, she was baptized at the Hay Baptist Church, grew up in Hay, and graduated from LaCrosse High School with the class of 1961. She married Jack Hennigar June 23, 1962, in LaCrosse. They were in the same 4H group at Hay.

Jack and Marilyn spent 54 years of marriage together and had many more total years if you count their courtship as kids.

After their marriage, they moved to Harvard where Jack's dad had a cattle ranch. For the next few years, they lived at Harvard during the summer and at Riparia for the winter to tend the ranch cattle.

The couple enjoyed dancing, sometimes pulling the car over and cranking the stereo, just so they could dance. She also enjoyed horseback riding and was an active member of the Harvard Ladies Aid. They were 4H leaders for many years and also members of the Cayuse Kids Saddle Club.

Surviving are her husband, Jack; son Randy (Linda) Hennigar; daughters, Terri (Chuck) Cone, Lori (Steve) Thompson and Joyce Carpenter (Steve Wolheter); a sister, Jeannie (John) Storms; a brother Bob (Jani) Roberts; 14 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren; She was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Lisa Kay Hennigar.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Harvard Ladies Aid, Potlatch Fire and Ambulance or American Cancer Society. Kramer Funeral Home of Palouse was been entrusted with funeral arrangements.

Susan Jane Parker

Susan Jane Parker, 66, died Saturday morning, July 30, 2016, at her rural Palouse home. Arrangements are pending at Kramer Funeral Home in Palouse.

 

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