Bertha Mae Hager passed away at home on January 5, 2019. She was surrounded with both her children, her first grandchild and friends who all love her dearly. Bertha was born on December 9, 1942 in Bremerton, WA to her parents, Burr and Oma Abell of Kooskia, Idaho. After the war her family bought a ranch in Clearwater where Bertha went to school. She was preceded in death by both her parents and her husband Roger Hager from Grangeville whom she met and married after her graduation. During their 52 years of marriage they moved to several cities while working construction. After retirement, they returned to their beloved home in the Clearwater Valley and enjoyed camping and riding four wheelers with so many treasured friends. Bertha also enjoyed her stamping club where she made cards for all her children and grandchildren and great grandchildren cards for every occasion. Bertha is survived by her daughter Cethley Dunbar of Tri Cities, Washington. Her son, Marty Hager of Boise, Idaho and four beloved grandchildren as well as 5 great grandchildren. There will be a memorial held in late spring for the spreading of both Bertha and Roger’s ashes as per their wish. Details will follow.
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Nadine T. Finney, 92, of Kamiah
Nadine T. Finney, 92, died December 24, 2018, at St Mary’s Hospital, Cottonwood. She was born February 20, 1926, Adair County, Iowa, the second child of Eva (Culver) Thomsen. Nadine married Charles E. Finney at St James Chapel in New London, Connecticut in 1944; they were married 74 years. Following the war, Nadine and Charles moved to Fenn, Idaho, where they were employed by a farmer/rancher there. In 1948, they moved to Woodland, Idaho, onto the old Wilson George place. There they remained, raised four children, farmed and ranched. Nadine is preceded, in death, by her husband (on December 8, 2018), her two siblings, one daughter, and one grandson; she is survived by sons Lee (Marcia) Finney and Chris (Diane) Finney, and daughters Julie Geiger and Lynn Finney, nine grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. Trenary Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The funeral service will be Friday, January 11, 2019, at 2 p.m., at the Woodland Friends Church, Pastor Kevin Davis officiating. A private family interment will follow.
Nadine Finney, 92, of Kamiah
Nadine Finney, 92 of Kamiah, died December 24, 2018, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Cottonwood. Trenary Funeral Home is assisting the family.
Alan Michael (Mick) Landmark, 75, of Kamiah
Alan Michael (Mick) Landmark, age 75, passed peacefully on December 21, 2018, following a courageous battle with a brain tumor. Mickey was born the second of three sons to Chris and Jessie Landmark on the family ranch in Glenwood, Idaho, on September 21, 1943. Mick’s childhood was filled with hunting and fishing with family and friends, logging with his father, and attending the one-room Glenwood schoolhouse until 8th grade. Adventures to Buffalo Hump, Pete’s Forks, Lolo Creek and down to the Maggie were cherished by all. Freshman year of high school forced the bashful boy off of the hill for the first real time. It was quite the change for the “skinny” 200-pound freshman. It didn’t take long for Mickey to become accustomed to the big city life in downtown Kamiah. He developed a love for people at this early age, and enjoyed BS-ing with anyone and everyone every chance he got his entire life. Mick could turn a five-minute walk to the post office into a three-hour gab session like no other. Excelling in football, basketball, and track, he graduated a Kamiah Kub in 1961. In the fall, he headed south as a 17- year-old freshman to Boise State Junior College on a football scholarship, starting a lifelong passion for the game. Mick was so shy that on the first day of practice he got in the very back of the equipment line, and by the time it was his turn they had ran out of helmets with facemasks, and his teammates laughingly called him Jim Thorpe. Mick jokingly said the shape of his nose never recovered. The following year he received a full football scholarship to Eastern Washington University in Cheney. He was a three-time all-American pulling guard, and was honored to be inducted as an Eagle into the college football hall of fame and to earn his degree in History. He loved his time at Eastern, cherishing the friends he met as an Eagle to the very end. (Mick would want everyone to know: EWU vs NDSU, FCS national championship game on January 5th, go Eagles!). Not ready to hang up the cleats quite yet, he spent the next 10 years of his life in the Continental Football League, in the Canadian Football League, and as a collegiate coach. He also taught History to middle schoolers in Norfolk, Virginia. Ending his football and teaching careers in the mid 70s, Mick returned to the Kamiah and began his career as an insurance agent. While on one of his “post office walks” to the Syringa Bar in 1978, he met the love of his life, Vikki Young. From day one Dad was in love with his Kamiah girl, sparking a marriage only scant weeks later that lasted 40 years. Mick and Vikki made Kamiah their lifelong home, eventually starting and running Mick Landmark Agency together and raising their two children, a son Zack and a daughter Lindsay. Mick was an amazing and supportive father. He never missed yelling at a ball game, looking after his children’s friends as if they were his own kids, and peppering everyone with a hundred questions every time he had the chance. Mick instilled within his children a love for the outdoors, an appetite for knowledge in all forms, camping, hunting, fishing, both kinds of music (country and western), cutting wood, sports, and anything and everything to do with Glenwood. A few years later Mick became a grandpa for the first time, and he now has seven grandchildren that he adored. He was a big teddy bear that prized every second he spent with them. Mick and Vikki enjoyed traveling the world together following their kids and grandkids. Frequent trips to the East coast and Europe to see everyone were highlights for Mick. Barely able to walk and ailing from the brain tumor, Mick once traveled across the country with his grandson to attend PeeWee football practices. Daily deliveries of popsicles and maple bars to the grandkids in Glenwood became the norm(much to momma Jackie’s dismay). Mick was preceded in death by his parents Chris and Jessie. He is survived by his loving wife Vikki of Kamiah; his son Zack and daughter-in-law Jackie and grandchildren Logan, Laney, Lawson, Liam, and Ledger of Kamiah; his daughter Lindsay and partner Emil and grandchildren Finn and Ethan of Zurich, Switzerland; brothers Denny of Kamiah and Jimmy of Evansville, Indiana; and many cousins and friends. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 5th, 2019, at the St Cathrine’s Catholic Church in Kamiah at 1:00 pm. A celebration of life will take place after the funeral at the Kamiah Hotel Bar & Grill. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in honor of Mick Landmark to the Kamiah School District, 1102 Hill Street, Kamiah ID 83536.
Mick Landmark, 75, of Kamiah
Mick Landmark, 75, of Kamiah, passed away Friday, December 21, 2018, at University Hospital in Seattle. Services are pending with Trenary Funeral Home in Kooskia.
Shirley J. Shown, 85, of Stites
Shirley J. Shown, of Stites, Idaho went to heaven on December 12, 2018. She had her family by her side. Shirley was born in January 1933 in Gooding, Idaho to the late Star and Sybil Umphenour. The second youngest of eight, she spent her childhood on the family farm, milking cows and working in the fields. She met the love of her life, John Shown, and was married on December 23, 1950. Their first home was in Picabo, Idaho. They then moved to Gooding, Idaho, where she had four children. In 1959 they moved to the Clearwater Valley area, where they had their fifth child. John and Shirley spent the next 25 years in the Clearwater Valley before moving to Lewiston in 1983. Then in 2005, a couple of years after John passed, Shirley moved back to Stites to be closer to her kids and grandkids. Shirley had strength and conviction in her savior, Jesus Christ. She taught Sunday school and was a bible quiz team leader. She shared the love of God with all of those around her. She had a way of making you feel special by sincerely asking how you were doing. She was actively involved in a women’s quilting group, which was a time to gather for fellowship with the other ladies. She was known for being a hard worker and willing to step up and pitch in. She always said, “Many hands make light work.” If you needed help, you knew you could call Shirley and she would do everything she could to help. She enjoyed canning, gardening, hunting and fishing. She always had the best camper to hang out in. She was a loving mom and a proud grandma. As she got older and had more great-grandkids, she took to being called Granny. She was active in both the lives of her children and grandchildren. She was the PTA president for a time and attended every game and concert she could. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers Merlyn, Harvey and Russell; husband John; son-in-law Larry; and granddaughter Tammy. She is survived by her children, Brent (Sharon) Shown, Forrest (Jan) Shown, Crystal Paul, Jewel (Greg) Anderson, Ruby (Ken) Loe; three sisters, one brother; 15 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 10am on December 29th at The Life Center, 4432 Highway 12.