Leonard E. Main

A graveside service for Leonard E. Main, 83, Palouse, was Saturday, Sept. 8, at Greenwood Cemetery in Palouse. A reception followed at the Palouse Community Center.

Mr. Main died Sept. 4, 2018, at the Memory Villas at Bishop Place in Pullman.

Born May 25, 1935, near Palouse to Walter and Nora Holmes Main, he attended Palouse schools and graduated from Palouse High School in 1953.

He and Virginia Proctor were married Dec. 3, 1956, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and the couple made their home in Palouse.

Mr. Main started working for Potlatch Forest Inc. in Lewiston, Idaho, before transferring to the mill in Potlatch where he worked as an electrician until the mill closed in 1980. In 1984, he started working at Washington State University as a maintenance supervisor at the Cub and worked there until he retired in 2001.

He was a member of Palouse Grange No. 177 and enjoyed camping.

Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Virginia, at the Palouse home; two sons, Rod (Tammy) Main of Palouse and Mike (Donna) Main of Clarkston, one brother, LaWayne (Lorraine) Main of Juliaetta, Idaho; three grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials go to the Alzheimer's research fund. http://www.kramercares.com