Obituaries March 17

ROGER E. SWALLEY

Roger E. Swalley, 70, a longtime Colfax area resident, died March 11, 2016, in Colfax. No services are planned at this time.

He was born Sept. 28, 1945, in Lewiston, Idaho, to Carl and Erma (Bonham) Swalley. His father was a merchant marine so the family moved many times while he was growing up. They moved from California to St. Maries, Idaho, where Roger graduated from high school in 1963. He attended the University of Idaho before enlisting in the Air Force. He trained in California and Georgia before his deployment to Korea, where he worked rigging huge parachutes for large equipment drops. After receiving an honorable discharge from the service, he returned to the University of Idaho, where he studied plant sciences. He met Susan Kay Brooks while there, and they were married Dec. 27, 1966, in Payette, Idaho.

They lived in rural Moscow until an accident forced them to move closer to town in 1973. They moved in 1975 to a piece of land which had been owned by his grandparents along the Snake River. He built their “dream home” which he spent many years perfecting. He loved to work on the land, especially cutting fire wood. He was more at home in nature than in town. He planted and tended many trees on the property and also tended five acres of boysenberries and supplied them for area markets.

Mr. Swalley worked for several years as a mail contractor and later he did work along the river as a wildlife habitat contractor. He also attended rental properties they owned in Clarkston. He enjoyed hunting and fishing, skydiving, reading and watching television.

Surviving are his wife, Sue, at their home; two sons, Kenneth (Karlene) Swalley, Ferndale and Douglas (Michele) Swalley Colfax; a sister, Twila Skye VanHee, Yakima and three grandchildren.

Bruning Funeral Home of Colfax is in charge of the arrangements and condolences for the family can be left there.

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DONALD L. WHITE

A memorial service for Donald L. White, 91, a resident of Palouse, will be Saturday, March 19, 2016, at 1 p.m. at the Palouse Federated Church with the Rev. Corey Laughary officiating. Potlatch VFW Post and a U.S. Army honor guard will participate. Mr. White died March 3, 2016, at the Whitman Senior Living in Pullman where he has resided for the past three years.

Born Oct, 7, 1924, in Fenton, Mich., to Donald C. and Helen Smithingell White, he attended schools in Linden and Saginaw, Mich.

He entered into the United States Army March 13, 1943, and served in Europe during World War II. He was captured Dec. 18, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge and was a prisoner of war until he was released on April 20, 1945. He was discharged in the rank of Corporal.

He and Lorraine Hervert were married June 17, 1944, near Camp Attebury, Ind. After the war, Mr. White returned to Saginaw, Mich., and worked as a carpenter and retired as a construction superintendent. Mrs. White died in 2010.

He moved to Palouse in 2011 to be near his family and then moved to the Whitman Senior Living in Pullman in 2013 where he has made his home since.

He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Tamouth, Mich .; the Masonic Lodge; a lifetime member of the VFW Post #7542 in Birch Run, Mich. and the Birch Run Historical Society. He enjoyed woodworking, wood carving, fishing and camping. He was also a community volunteer at Birch Run.

Survivors include one son, Donald M. (Mike) White (Sharon) of Palouse; two grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by one son, Aaron D. White.

Memorials may be given to the Gentiva Hospice, 1610 NE Eastgate Blvd. suite 610, Pullman, or to the St. Jude’s Children Hospital.

Kramer Funeral Home, Palouse, is handling the arrangements.