Lewiston Morning Tribune (ID) - February 25, 2005. Deceased Name: Bertha Windham , 88, Moscow. Bertha Windham, 88, passed away early Sunday morning, Feb. 20, 2005, at Aspen Park Health Care in Moscow, where she was lovingly tended for three years. The family wishes to thank her caregivers for their gentle care in ministering to her. She was born Bertha Doris Marie Pabst on Dec. 27, 1916, in Lookout, Idaho, (which no longer exists) on the edge of the Camas Prairie to German farmers Mary and Herman Pabst. She tagged along with her dad as he gardened and farmed, and was proud to have her own horse, Sis. She learned homemaking and music beside her mother, who sang as she worked and spent time at the pump organ playing hymns for Sunday's worship. Bertha traveled two miles over the hills to the Gifford school and loved the few times she was able to go on her sled. Especially memorable was the day the sled broke through into the creek, wetting her thick woolen clothes. She spent that day with a woman across from the school, waiting for the clothing to dry over the wood stove. Bertha graduated from Gifford High School at 16, completed two-year teacher preparation at the Lewiston Normal School and was ready for her first teaching job at Cream Ridge, just north of the Clearwater River. Three years later she met Stanley Windham, a dashing music teacher from Texas, on a street corner in Weippe where both were teachers. It was love at first sight, and they married four months later. They lived in Genesee in 1941, where Stanley taught, and then moved to Opportunity, Wash., when he began working in the post office. At the end of World War II they settled in Moscow, where they eventually built Evergreen Trailer Park. Bertha re-entered teaching in 1953 at Russell School and continued in second grade at Genesee for 13 years, concluding her teaching career in Boise. She was a master of the classroom, using a generous overlay of humor added to a natural dignity, which commanded the respect and attention of the children, all of whom she loved.
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After the death of her husband in 1969, Bertha expanded her horizons by learning to weave, cross-country ski and fish, as well as traveling to visit relatives in Germany, taking a tour to the Galapagos Islands, and spending time camping and visiting her children and grandchildren. She returned north from Boise to Clarkston in 1983 and then to Moscow, where she spent her last six years. An avid outdoors-woman, there was hardly a rock, plant, mountain stream or wildflower in Idaho which she couldn't name or explain the geology of. Many huckleberry bushes gave up their fruit to her nimble fingers. Music was of prime importance to her from early childhood, when she played the organ for church even as she was entering elementary school. Bertha was the star of several musicals at the Lewiston Normal School, a pillar of her church choir, and a regular in the University of Idaho summer chorus after moving to Moscow. This love she passed on to all four of her children, active supporters of the musical arts. Growing plants was another love borne out in beautiful gardens and flower beds which surrounded each of her dwellings and enriched her table. Bertha was gracious, loving, thoughtful toward others, with a ready sense of humor. Here are some observations by her children and grandchildren: Bertha had the guts to take off with Stanley Windham on a wild honeymoon adventure to Texas. She loved adventure. Bertha encouraged independence in her children. She encouraged them to strike out on their own, to travel, to explore. Having climbed trees since she could walk, Bertha believed in tree climbing. If a child did not know how to climb, she'd teach him. Bertha was curious, always learning. When she traveled, she asked questions so she could understand her surroundings. Bertha was an amazing elementary school teacher and never stopped using those skills once she retired. Into old age she helped her grandsons with their homework. Bertha was a runner in school. She earned ribbons from a lot of races she won. Bertha loved music. She loved it all her life. She encouraged her kids to love music. She encouraged my musical ear in testing the doneness of canning jar lids. She loved all blooming things and passed that love on to her children. She had the stomach to cut off chicken heads.
This remarkable woman is survived by her sister, Verla Hall of Roswell, N.M.; brother Norman Pabst of Midvale, Utah; children Dean and his wife, Roberta, in Pendleton, Ore., Keith in Issaquah, Wash., Elaine and her husband, Gerry Queener, in Troy, and Verne and his wife, Susan, in Spokane. She has 16 grandchildren and four great-grandsons. Bertha's memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Moscow. The family suggests memorials be given to the Dorothy Barnes Vocal Scholarship Fund at the University of Idaho, Gift Administration Office, Box 443147, Moscow, ID 83844-3147.
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Idaho Spokesman-Review (Coeur d'Alene, ID) - February 28, 2005, Deceased Name: BERTHA (PABST) WINDHAM, MOSCOW, IDAHO. Memorial service or Bertha Doris Marie (Pabst) Windham, 88, will be Monday at 11 a.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Moscow. Short's Funeral Chapel in Moscow is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Windham, who was born in Lookout, Idaho, died Feb. 20. She grew up near the Camas Prairie and and learned farming, gardening and homemaking skills from her parents. She graduated from Gifford High School at the age of 16. Mrs. Windham then completed a two-year teacher-preparation course at Lewiston Normal School and began her first teaching job at Cream Ridge, north of the Clearwater River. She married music teacher Stanley Windham in 1938, and they lived in Genesee, Idaho, before moving to Opportunity. At the end of World War II they moved to Moscow and built Evergreen Trailer Park. She began teaching again in 1953 at Russell School and taught second grade in Genesee for 13 years. She retired from teaching in Boise. Her husband died in 1969. After her retirement she learned to weave and traveled to Germany and the Galapagos Islands. She moved to Clarkston in 1983 and then to Moscow six years ago. Mrs. Windham enjoyed geology, picking huckleberries, playing the organ and gardening. She was active in several musicals at Lewiston Normal School and in the UI summer chorus in Moscow.
Survivors include four children, Dean Windham of Pendleton, Ore., Keith Windham of Issaquah, Wash., Elaine Queener of Troy, Idaho, and Verne Windham of Spokane; a sister, Verla Hall of Roswell, N.M.; a brother, Norman Pabst of Midvale, Utah; 16 grandchildren and four great-grandsons. Memorials may be made to the Dorothy Barnes Vocal Scholarship Fund at the University of Idaho Lionel Hampton School of Music.
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After the death of her husband in 1969, Bertha expanded her horizons by learning to weave, cross-country ski and fish, as well as traveling to visit relatives in Germany, taking a tour to the Galapagos Islands, and spending time camping and visiting her children and grandchildren. She returned north from Boise to Clarkston in 1983 and then to Moscow, where she spent her last six years. An avid outdoors-woman, there was hardly a rock, plant, mountain stream or wildflower in Idaho which she couldn't name or explain the geology of. Many huckleberry bushes gave up their fruit to her nimble fingers. Music was of prime importance to her from early childhood, when she played the organ for church even as she was entering elementary school. Bertha was the star of several musicals at the Lewiston Normal School, a pillar of her church choir, and a regular in the University of Idaho summer chorus after moving to Moscow. This love she passed on to all four of her children, active supporters of the musical arts. Growing plants was another love borne out in beautiful gardens and flower beds which surrounded each of her dwellings and enriched her table. Bertha was gracious, loving, thoughtful toward others, with a ready sense of humor. Here are some observations by her children and grandchildren: Bertha had the guts to take off with Stanley Windham on a wild honeymoon adventure to Texas. She loved adventure. Bertha encouraged independence in her children. She encouraged them to strike out on their own, to travel, to explore. Having climbed trees since she could walk, Bertha believed in tree climbing. If a child did not know how to climb, she'd teach him. Bertha was curious, always learning. When she traveled, she asked questions so she could understand her surroundings. Bertha was an amazing elementary school teacher and never stopped using those skills once she retired. Into old age she helped her grandsons with their homework. Bertha was a runner in school. She earned ribbons from a lot of races she won. Bertha loved music. She loved it all her life. She encouraged her kids to love music. She encouraged my musical ear in testing the doneness of canning jar lids. She loved all blooming things and passed that love on to her children. She had the stomach to cut off chicken heads.
This remarkable woman is survived by her sister, Verla Hall of Roswell, N.M.; brother Norman Pabst of Midvale, Utah; children Dean and his wife, Roberta, in Pendleton, Ore., Keith in Issaquah, Wash., Elaine and her husband, Gerry Queener, in Troy, and Verne and his wife, Susan, in Spokane. She has 16 grandchildren and four great-grandsons. Bertha's memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Moscow. The family suggests memorials be given to the Dorothy Barnes Vocal Scholarship Fund at the University of Idaho, Gift Administration Office, Box 443147, Moscow, ID 83844-3147.
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Idaho Spokesman-Review (Coeur d'Alene, ID) - February 28, 2005, Deceased Name: BERTHA (PABST) WINDHAM, MOSCOW, IDAHO. Memorial service or Bertha Doris Marie (Pabst) Windham, 88, will be Monday at 11 a.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Moscow. Short's Funeral Chapel in Moscow is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Windham, who was born in Lookout, Idaho, died Feb. 20. She grew up near the Camas Prairie and and learned farming, gardening and homemaking skills from her parents. She graduated from Gifford High School at the age of 16. Mrs. Windham then completed a two-year teacher-preparation course at Lewiston Normal School and began her first teaching job at Cream Ridge, north of the Clearwater River. She married music teacher Stanley Windham in 1938, and they lived in Genesee, Idaho, before moving to Opportunity. At the end of World War II they moved to Moscow and built Evergreen Trailer Park. She began teaching again in 1953 at Russell School and taught second grade in Genesee for 13 years. She retired from teaching in Boise. Her husband died in 1969. After her retirement she learned to weave and traveled to Germany and the Galapagos Islands. She moved to Clarkston in 1983 and then to Moscow six years ago. Mrs. Windham enjoyed geology, picking huckleberries, playing the organ and gardening. She was active in several musicals at Lewiston Normal School and in the UI summer chorus in Moscow.
Survivors include four children, Dean Windham of Pendleton, Ore., Keith Windham of Issaquah, Wash., Elaine Queener of Troy, Idaho, and Verne Windham of Spokane; a sister, Verla Hall of Roswell, N.M.; a brother, Norman Pabst of Midvale, Utah; 16 grandchildren and four great-grandsons. Memorials may be made to the Dorothy Barnes Vocal Scholarship Fund at the University of Idaho Lionel Hampton School of Music.
Lewiston Morning Tribune (ID) - February 25, 2005. Deceased Name: Bertha Windham , 88, Moscow. Bertha Windham, 88, passed away early Sunday morning, Feb. 20, 2005, at Aspen Park Health Care in Moscow, where she was lovingly tended for three years. The family wishes to thank her caregivers for their gentle care in ministering to her. She was born Bertha Doris Marie Pabst on Dec. 27, 1916, in Lookout, Idaho, (which no longer exists) on the edge of the Camas Prairie to German farmers Mary and Herman Pabst. She tagged along with her dad as he gardened and farmed, and was proud to have her own horse, Sis. She learned homemaking and music beside her mother, who sang as she worked and spent time at the pump organ playing hymns for Sunday's worship. Bertha traveled two miles over the hills to the Gifford school and loved the few times she was able to go on her sled. Especially memorable was the day the sled broke through into the creek, wetting her thick woolen clothes. She spent that day with a woman across from the school, waiting for the clothing to dry over the wood stove. Bertha graduated from Gifford High School at 16, completed two-year teacher preparation at the Lewiston Normal School and was ready for her first teaching job at Cream Ridge, just north of the Clearwater River. Three years later she met Stanley Windham, a dashing music teacher from Texas, on a street corner in Weippe where both were teachers. It was love at first sight, and they married four months later. They lived in Genesee in 1941, where Stanley taught, and then moved to Opportunity, Wash., when he began working in the post office. At the end of World War II they settled in Moscow, where they eventually built Evergreen Trailer Park. Bertha re-entered teaching in 1953 at Russell School and continued in second grade at Genesee for 13 years, concluding her teaching career in Boise. She was a master of the classroom, using a generous overlay of humor added to a natural dignity, which commanded the respect and attention of the children, all of whom she loved.
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After the death of her husband in 1969, Bertha expanded her horizons by learning to weave, cross-country ski and fish, as well as traveling to visit relatives in Germany, taking a tour to the Galapagos Islands, and spending time camping and visiting her children and grandchildren. She returned north from Boise to Clarkston in 1983 and then to Moscow, where she spent her last six years. An avid outdoors-woman, there was hardly a rock, plant, mountain stream or wildflower in Idaho which she couldn't name or explain the geology of. Many huckleberry bushes gave up their fruit to her nimble fingers. Music was of prime importance to her from early childhood, when she played the organ for church even as she was entering elementary school. Bertha was the star of several musicals at the Lewiston Normal School, a pillar of her church choir, and a regular in the University of Idaho summer chorus after moving to Moscow. This love she passed on to all four of her children, active supporters of the musical arts. Growing plants was another love borne out in beautiful gardens and flower beds which surrounded each of her dwellings and enriched her table. Bertha was gracious, loving, thoughtful toward others, with a ready sense of humor. Here are some observations by her children and grandchildren: Bertha had the guts to take off with Stanley Windham on a wild honeymoon adventure to Texas. She loved adventure. Bertha encouraged independence in her children. She encouraged them to strike out on their own, to travel, to explore. Having climbed trees since she could walk, Bertha believed in tree climbing. If a child did not know how to climb, she'd teach him. Bertha was curious, always learning. When she traveled, she asked questions so she could understand her surroundings. Bertha was an amazing elementary school teacher and never stopped using those skills once she retired. Into old age she helped her grandsons with their homework. Bertha was a runner in school. She earned ribbons from a lot of races she won. Bertha loved music. She loved it all her life. She encouraged her kids to love music. She encouraged my musical ear in testing the doneness of canning jar lids. She loved all blooming things and passed that love on to her children. She had the stomach to cut off chicken heads.
This remarkable woman is survived by her sister, Verla Hall of Roswell, N.M.; brother Norman Pabst of Midvale, Utah; children Dean and his wife, Roberta, in Pendleton, Ore., Keith in Issaquah, Wash., Elaine and her husband, Gerry Queener, in Troy, and Verne and his wife, Susan, in Spokane. She has 16 grandchildren and four great-grandsons. Bertha's memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Moscow. The family suggests memorials be given to the Dorothy Barnes Vocal Scholarship Fund at the University of Idaho, Gift Administration Office, Box 443147, Moscow, ID 83844-3147.
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Idaho Spokesman-Review (Coeur d'Alene, ID) - February 28, 2005, Deceased Name: BERTHA (PABST) WINDHAM, MOSCOW, IDAHO. Memorial service or Bertha Doris Marie (Pabst) Windham, 88, will be Monday at 11 a.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Moscow. Short's Funeral Chapel in Moscow is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Windham, who was born in Lookout, Idaho, died Feb. 20. She grew up near the Camas Prairie and and learned farming, gardening and homemaking skills from her parents. She graduated from Gifford High School at the age of 16. Mrs. Windham then completed a two-year teacher-preparation course at Lewiston Normal School and began her first teaching job at Cream Ridge, north of the Clearwater River. She married music teacher Stanley Windham in 1938, and they lived in Genesee, Idaho, before moving to Opportunity. At the end of World War II they moved to Moscow and built Evergreen Trailer Park. She began teaching again in 1953 at Russell School and taught second grade in Genesee for 13 years. She retired from teaching in Boise. Her husband died in 1969. After her retirement she learned to weave and traveled to Germany and the Galapagos Islands. She moved to Clarkston in 1983 and then to Moscow six years ago. Mrs. Windham enjoyed geology, picking huckleberries, playing the organ and gardening. She was active in several musicals at Lewiston Normal School and in the UI summer chorus in Moscow.
Survivors include four children, Dean Windham of Pendleton, Ore., Keith Windham of Issaquah, Wash., Elaine Queener of Troy, Idaho, and Verne Windham of Spokane; a sister, Verla Hall of Roswell, N.M.; a brother, Norman Pabst of Midvale, Utah; 16 grandchildren and four great-grandsons. Memorials may be made to the Dorothy Barnes Vocal Scholarship Fund at the University of Idaho Lionel Hampton School of Music.
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After the death of her husband in 1969, Bertha expanded her horizons by learning to weave, cross-country ski and fish, as well as traveling to visit relatives in Germany, taking a tour to the Galapagos Islands, and spending time camping and visiting her children and grandchildren. She returned north from Boise to Clarkston in 1983 and then to Moscow, where she spent her last six years. An avid outdoors-woman, there was hardly a rock, plant, mountain stream or wildflower in Idaho which she couldn't name or explain the geology of. Many huckleberry bushes gave up their fruit to her nimble fingers. Music was of prime importance to her from early childhood, when she played the organ for church even as she was entering elementary school. Bertha was the star of several musicals at the Lewiston Normal School, a pillar of her church choir, and a regular in the University of Idaho summer chorus after moving to Moscow. This love she passed on to all four of her children, active supporters of the musical arts. Growing plants was another love borne out in beautiful gardens and flower beds which surrounded each of her dwellings and enriched her table. Bertha was gracious, loving, thoughtful toward others, with a ready sense of humor. Here are some observations by her children and grandchildren: Bertha had the guts to take off with Stanley Windham on a wild honeymoon adventure to Texas. She loved adventure. Bertha encouraged independence in her children. She encouraged them to strike out on their own, to travel, to explore. Having climbed trees since she could walk, Bertha believed in tree climbing. If a child did not know how to climb, she'd teach him. Bertha was curious, always learning. When she traveled, she asked questions so she could understand her surroundings. Bertha was an amazing elementary school teacher and never stopped using those skills once she retired. Into old age she helped her grandsons with their homework. Bertha was a runner in school. She earned ribbons from a lot of races she won. Bertha loved music. She loved it all her life. She encouraged her kids to love music. She encouraged my musical ear in testing the doneness of canning jar lids. She loved all blooming things and passed that love on to her children. She had the stomach to cut off chicken heads.
This remarkable woman is survived by her sister, Verla Hall of Roswell, N.M.; brother Norman Pabst of Midvale, Utah; children Dean and his wife, Roberta, in Pendleton, Ore., Keith in Issaquah, Wash., Elaine and her husband, Gerry Queener, in Troy, and Verne and his wife, Susan, in Spokane. She has 16 grandchildren and four great-grandsons. Bertha's memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Moscow. The family suggests memorials be given to the Dorothy Barnes Vocal Scholarship Fund at the University of Idaho, Gift Administration Office, Box 443147, Moscow, ID 83844-3147.
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Idaho Spokesman-Review (Coeur d'Alene, ID) - February 28, 2005, Deceased Name: BERTHA (PABST) WINDHAM, MOSCOW, IDAHO. Memorial service or Bertha Doris Marie (Pabst) Windham, 88, will be Monday at 11 a.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Moscow. Short's Funeral Chapel in Moscow is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Windham, who was born in Lookout, Idaho, died Feb. 20. She grew up near the Camas Prairie and and learned farming, gardening and homemaking skills from her parents. She graduated from Gifford High School at the age of 16. Mrs. Windham then completed a two-year teacher-preparation course at Lewiston Normal School and began her first teaching job at Cream Ridge, north of the Clearwater River. She married music teacher Stanley Windham in 1938, and they lived in Genesee, Idaho, before moving to Opportunity. At the end of World War II they moved to Moscow and built Evergreen Trailer Park. She began teaching again in 1953 at Russell School and taught second grade in Genesee for 13 years. She retired from teaching in Boise. Her husband died in 1969. After her retirement she learned to weave and traveled to Germany and the Galapagos Islands. She moved to Clarkston in 1983 and then to Moscow six years ago. Mrs. Windham enjoyed geology, picking huckleberries, playing the organ and gardening. She was active in several musicals at Lewiston Normal School and in the UI summer chorus in Moscow.
Survivors include four children, Dean Windham of Pendleton, Ore., Keith Windham of Issaquah, Wash., Elaine Queener of Troy, Idaho, and Verne Windham of Spokane; a sister, Verla Hall of Roswell, N.M.; a brother, Norman Pabst of Midvale, Utah; 16 grandchildren and four great-grandsons. Memorials may be made to the Dorothy Barnes Vocal Scholarship Fund at the University of Idaho Lionel Hampton School of Music.
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