Binder family

9 Aug 1998, Della and Eddie married 50 years. standing left: Naomi; Jeanne; Bev. Sitting left: Mike; Della; Eddie; Pat. Click on "Slideshow" to enlarge.

Eddie Binder, Della Ann (Mikesell) Binder, Mike [Walsh] Binder, Pat Binder, Bev Binder, Naomi Binder, Jeanne Binder. Also photos of Mike's birth father James "Bud" Walsh and and sister Jennie.

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2002 Allen/Mikesell family reunion picnic

2002 Allen/Mikesell family reunion picnic, Spokane, WA.

Sunday, July 14, 2002, Thornton-Murphy Park, 27th and Ray St., Spokane, Washington. Photos provided by Darlene Allen and Leslie Mikesell Wood.

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Counting My Blessings Again

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Counting My Blessings Again written by "The Philosopher" Della Ann Mikesell Binder 5 May 1998           The Virtues Of Sleeping 3 In A Bed                                                      Now that I am entering my late "Childhood', I am still trying to decide  what I'm                    going to be when I grow up. Many past events in my life run through my thoughts                    and I ponder the affects of them on my life.                      I came to the conclusion that among the many blessings I received in my                    lifetime, even sleeping "3 in a bed" was one! Now if you've never had to do it                    you wouldn't understand why I say that. So I'll explain my pondering  on the                    subject.                      Consideration -  If you have to sleep "3 in a bed" you learn to be considerate.                    You have to be, or one of your siblings might kick you back, or if you're really                    obnoxious they might tattle on you and you'll all get heck. If one needs to turn                    over then all must turn over, or it's a bad mix of knees and elbows, backs and                    noses. If one needs to get up, one must disentangle oneself with the greatest                    of care and avoid stepping or kneeling on anyone else.                       Compassion - You learn to feel sorry when you hear a tiny sob that none is                    supposed to hear. Someone is sad and too proud to let anyone know, so you                    pretend you don't hear it. You wonder how bad your big sister's leg hurts her.                    It happens to be in a cast and is wedged up against you at the time. You try                    not to move to avoid causing her pain. We must not wake little sister who                    needs her sleep, but also loves a comforting arm around her.                      Gratitude - Then there are all the little secrets you share, with whispers,                    when all else in the house is still, And the quiet expectancy that as soon as                    they awake, you could play "I'm thinking of". You'd pick out some item on the                    magazine wallpaper that you were sure they wouldn't guess. You might even                    have a pillow fight if we were quiet. And you love your sisters because it's                    much nicer than sleeping all alone. Daddy and Mama and the baby have one                    bedroom. The boys have a bedroom and we three girls have our own bedroom.                    No one is in the slightest bit spoiled. How could anyone be spoiled sleeping 3 in                    a bed, I ask you. Look at all the virtues we've learned.         Thelma, Della Ann and Betty Mikesell         Cast of Characters                                                    Daddy: Jefferson "Jeff" Osborn Mikesell                                                                                            Mama: Florence Vivien Allen Mikesell                                                                                            Brothers: Ernest "Ernie" Osborn Mikesell                                                                   and James "Jim" Allen Mikesell                                                                            Sisters: Betty Lou Mikesell; Della Ann Mikesell;                                                                 Thelma Florence Mikesell             and "baby" Leslie Arlene Mikesell                                                             TRIPLES with EMMA

Our family gravestones

Hagerman Idaho Cemetery. Go to our "Obituary Index" for his obituary. Son of Samuel Jackson Allen and Eliza Davids.

Cemetery and Tombstone photos.

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Mikesell

left: Edith [Ernie's wife]; Ernie; Della Ann; Thelma; Dad Jeff; Jim; Leslie [in front]; Mom Florence; and Betty. In front of Mikesell home, 424 S. Haven, Spokane WA. Click on "Slideshow" to enlarge.



The family of Jefferson Osborn "Jeff" Mikesell and Florence Vivien (Allen) Mikesell. Their children were: Ernest Osborn "Ernie"; Betty Lou; James Allen "Jim"; Della Ann; Thelma Florence and Leslie Arlene.

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Della's Life p 2

Autobiography of Della Ann Mikesell Binder 21 July 1931 Pocatello, Idaho - 17 April 2008 Spokane, Washington Written November 1988  [Page 2]   We were headed for Spokane, WA. and a new life.  Aunt Mary (Mae) [Dean] was going to help us.  We met her in Spokane and she took us to her home on Mt. Kit Carson.  I remember sleeping in bed with her by an open window and waking up with a horse licking my face.  I thought it was the greatest place in the world.  She found us a house to rent a couple miles away.  It had never been painted and I remember Mama sat down on the ground and cried and cried.  Then she stood up and made us build a fire and boiled all the bedsteads.  Then we mixed up flour and water paste and papered all the rooms with magazine and catalog papers. I loved the house. It had 3 bedrooms, one for Dad and Mom and Leslie when she was born, one for Ernie and Jimmy and one for Betty, Thelma, and I. I always slept in the middle, you know, where it sags.  We played games by the hour, mainly "I'm thinking of" and there were so many things to guess. At first we had no food, and it was too early for crops.  We picked pigweed and cooked it like spinach and the same with new dandelion greens. Aunt Mae gave us potatoes and beans to plant. We picked wild strawberries and finally a Dutch neighbor named Shorty Van Megen gave us plants. We played in the woods and never felt fear of wild animals. Our brothers and cousins guided hunters to earn money. Dad walked 8 miles and earned $1.00 a day on the W.P.A., bought groceries and walked home. Everyone around was poor, so all the women and kids went to a building in Chattaroy, and we all helped make quilts and pajamas. The government provided the material so all the people had the same color quilts (purple with white flowers) and pajamas (striped I think). I always remember my dad fixing our shoes on the old shoe stand. And Mama making bread and frying some for lunch. I think Dad and the boys found a honey tree and we had honey. We didn't have toys to speak of. Dad taught us to play poker with dry beans for money (or matches). Mom went to the Salvation Army and got us a set of books called "History of the Countries of the World". I read those books like a story book, all about Queen Elizabeth, King Henry and Mary of Scots. Somewhere along the way they disappeared. But I loved those books. And if any poor hungry soul came by, we fed him. One man wanted to cut wood for something to eat, but he was so hungry, when he started to eat he passed out.  I know the greatest burden was on the older kids. We helped pick dry beans and strawberries and wild berries and washed dishes, but without electricity, I think most of the washing, diapers and all and a lot of hard work fell on Betty. Because Mama was sick before and after you were born. I think she must have had Toxemia. I know when she came home with you she had to stay in bed and we had to tiptoe because she had migraine head-aches. You got eczema from milk and we borrowed someone's goat. Yuk!  Dad did a lot of cooking. Somewhere in that time Betty had surgery on her tendons to her toes and heels and spent a long time at Shriners Hospital [in Spokane]. Also I think somewhere in that time period, we met people from the RLDS Church.  They brought toboggans up and sleds.  We had a lot of fun.  I remember sitting on a real long toboggan.  The last of a whole row of people but when it took off down the hill, I sat down with a hard thump on the ground, and away it flew without me.  Betty and I also took a bad tumble off a gentle old work horse when some dumb guy hit it and it bolted and we were not expecting it.  We had really nice neighbors, especially the Marshalls.  They lived down the road and had dairy cows and one mean bull.  We went up to the dances at Kit Carson School, folks, kids, babies and all, and when someone got tired they just laid them down on the coats to sleep. We also went somewhere and I think it was Soap Lake, Wa. where Uncle Carlos and Aunt Nellie [Allen] lived.  I remember them dynamiting the rattlesnake nests in the rocks and it rained snakes.  Daddy was a crack shot and he also threw knives. He threw a knife and pinned a Blue Racer Snake to the ground. He used to have the rattles from snakes he had killed around too.  We had a picnic that day. Finally Carlos and Nellie [Allen] and family moved up not too far from us.  We spent a lot of time together.  Aunt Nellie was strict and she had Asthma but I loved her and going to visit them.  They had a lot we didn't have. Uncle Carlos hooked up a generator and they had electricity. And a Maytag gas powered washing machine. We had great big dinners up there and I still make Spaetzels (german noodles) the way Aunt Nellie showed me.  All I got out of the Baked Bean recipe she gave me was 3 casseroles of hard rocks, so I think I did something wrong. 1938,  back: Ernie, Jimmy & Betty Mikesell, Carlos Allen holding son Earl, Florence & Jeff Mikesell. front: Ceathel & Carlos Jr., Della Ann & Thelma Mikesell & LaRaine Allen. Florence was pregnant with Leslie.   We were still close to Aunt Mae and Uncle Gilbert [Dean] and family and I really thought the world was perfect.  I liked school at Chattaroy Grade School and split my other knee open running a race to a tree that had a knot sticking out, at our picnic on the last day of school.  They didn't sew that one up, just taped it.  Like they did Thelma's finger when it got cut nearly off when we were cutting grass or hay or something in the fields at home. Mom was determined to get a better life for us.  Thelma and I had been seriously ill with scarlet fever and they quarantined the house and burned all our books and clothes.    <Back to page 1           Continued on page 3>

Della's Life p 3

Autobiography of Della Ann Mikesell Binder 21 July 1931 Pocatello, Idaho - 17 April 2008 Spokane, Washington Written November 1988  [Page 3]   The war in Europe was expanding and when they declared war here, the factories were starting up. So Mom and Ernie left us in Dad's care and came to town [Spokane] to get jobs.  So now you know why I love the mountains, trees and streams that you probably don't even remember. I thought the most wonderful thing in the world was sleeping outside and watching shooting stars.  And I learned to love western music from Uncle Carlos and Aunt Nellie and the kids.  Although I never could yodel like they told me.  LaRaine and I spent hours on the outside toilet (you know where mostly all the bees stayed) waiting for the dishes to do themselves but they never did. My best friend in Chattaroy School was Marily Werner. Her dad was the principal of the school. One time, I got to go fishing on the Grande Ronde River with them. In the second grade, Marilyn and I got up a petition to have the teacher fired. For some reason, none of the adults liked it. We couldn't figure out why because we got all the kids to sign it. Another of my good intentions and causes went down to defeat. When they could, our folks always canned and put away everything they could for winter.  Even to this day when I live 1/2 block from a large store, as the first chill of Fall comes, I try to fight the Chipmunk urge. I find myself buying and canning and storing food for winter. Up on the Mt. the neighbors got together and butchered hogs.  We got to have fresh ribs cooked and they dried the bladder and we blew it up and played ball with it.  We raised rabbits and other animals, but you can't butcher your kid’s best pets, and no one would eat them if you did.  They were all pets.  Lots of times our lunches were bread with lard and salt and pepper on it. Some of us traveled and picked hops in central WA. somewhere. We picked all the wild berries and fruit we found and we thrived. At least I did - happy, healthy, secure and totally without fear of anything. Good family, good relatives, good friends, and for me it was a good life. But we had to move in to Spokane and start a new and different life. When Ernie and Mom got jobs and a house for us we all moved down to 709 S. Freya. It was a 2 room house and pretty crowded for all 8 of us. The wood stove in the kitchen had a water heater in it. One time that winter, the thing blew up and Ernie had to run out in the snow in the back yard, (in his shorts) and shut the water off. I didn't like the town very well then. Before long the Kiwanis Club of Spokane (mainly Mr. Seiverson) helped us by renting us a big house at S. 424 Haven St. for $25.00 per month.   Dad was getting worse and had to go to Edgecliff  Hospital. We were all scared and I remember us kneeling on the kitchen floor praying for him. As soon as anyone was able to find work, we all did. I think I must have been about 10 or 11 when Betty and I worked at a nut factory a couple of  blocks away. Mom worked at Galena (the war factory), then Ernie went into the Army Air Force. Jim worked in the Forest Service my first year at Libby Jr. High (7th grade). The reason I know that is because Phyllis Wahl, Dolly Whiting and I skipped school and hitchhiked to Coeur d'Alene to try to see them. Of course we wrote our own excuses and got caught. I don't know how long or how many times we had to wash the school cafeteria windows, but one whole wall was glass. We didn't do it again. I didn't do a very good job in school that year. Dolly and I were babysitting that spring and were attacked by a man who cut the phone lines and broke in the door.  We ran away fast and he chased us.  I got hit on the head just as someone looked out the window to help us.  The guy got away but was captured later on.  I woke up inside on the daveno with cops all around.  They took us home and told our folks what happened to us. From then on, I was afraid to go to sleep and started shaking and crying all the time. Dr. Luger put me in St. Luke’s Psychiatric Ward with a nervous breakdown. They gave me shock treatments (electric).  Another little girl was also in with me.  She was the sole survivor of a train car wreck that killed her family.  She also had shock treatments.  They said that for a while we would forget things, but when the memories returned we wouldn't be scared of them anymore.  Believe me, it doesn't work that way. I was scared most of the rest of my life. I'm sure a lot had to do with the times we lived in.  Life moved faster and faster.  I worked with adults, shining shoes and in theaters and soon lost the little girl in me.  At 12 or 13 I did all the things adults did so I quit school shortly after starting the 8th grade.  At that time, I worked at the Orpheum Theater and was getting a lot of attention and making steady wages.  I know I caused my folks a lot of heart aches and I'm sure they couldn't figure out what to do with such a stubborn child. But it seems I was on one straight course to do everything in a hurry especially to run my own life. The only thing wrong was that good judgment didn't grow as fast as the rest of me. Again, I never intentionally hurt anyone.   about 1943, left: Edith [Ernie's wife]; Ernie; Della Ann; Thelma; Dad Jeff; Jim [in Merchant Marine uniform]; Leslie [in front]; Mom Florence; and Betty. In front of Mikesell home, 424 S. 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Autobiography of Della Ann Mikesell Binder 21 July 1931 Pocatello, Idaho - 17 April 2008 Spokane, Washington Written November 1988  [Page 4]     You were fast growing up. Betty got married, Jim joined the Merchant Marines and then got drafted later into the Army.  Thelma had finally learned not to listen to everything I said and was a very good girl.  Ernie and Edith married and somewhere in all this happening I ran away with Bud, a man I barely knew, who drove big fancy cars and hung around the theater crowd. He thought I was 18 years old but we were married when I was 14 years old. We went to California where he left me in a hotel in Berkley. I worked at an Ice Cream store. He came to see me now and then and when I told him I was expecting a baby, he quickly lost interest. We got to eat ice cream at the store and we (my girl friend and I) had a few bags of peanuts from tips we got. He picked up my check and paid my share of the rent.   Thelma, Bud and Leslie   One day a nice man told me I should go home and gave me the money for the trip. So I came back to Dad and Mom. They helped me and after Mike was born they tended him while I worked. They were very good to us.   Della Ann Mikesell Walsh, Leslie Arlene Mikesell, Michael James Walsh, Thelma Florence Mikesell, 1947, at S. 424 Haven St., Spokane, WA. 1946, Della at the Big dipper cafe on East Sprague Ave., Spokane WA., Della (2nd from left) was 15 or 16 years old. She also worked for awhile at Fernie's cafe, also on East Sprague.     The year I turned 17, 1948, I married Eddie Binder. The rest is history and well known. Over 40 years of marriage, 5 children and 19 grandchildren.   Eddie and Della Ann (Mikesell) Binder   I have had a good life. I am very fortunate.  I have lived from the days of the cylinder, wind up phonograph to the days of landing men on the moon and bringing them back.  From the days of a well loved, hard to get pencil, that daddy sharpened carefully with his pocket knife, to computers that little children operate skillfully. I have lived through wars and never lost my loved ones in them. I have lived through a Volcano eruption [Mount St. Helens] and had people explain the geological reasons it happens. 50 year anniversary, 1998, during Della Ann's cancer treatments I raised my children much as my mother did. Not realizing for too long, that I couldn't bear all their pains for them but hating to see them hurt so. (Perhaps a lot of this, I will do better at when I finish growing up.)  I remind me of my mother. I got very close to her in her old age, and saw again much of the young girl she had been, still in her. I still feel her very close to me. Dad and Ernie are also gone now, but the bond of love is still always the same. Also because I knew Mama could do anything she had to do, I also know I have that same inner strength, and can do whatever I must do when needed.  I count my blessings everyday, a strong responsible husband with an eternally optimistic attitude, 5 strong responsible children who will direct their own lives as they should, and my loving grandchildren, who I pray will call on their inner strength when they need to.  And for my loving brothers and sisters who have always been there for each other, and especially to you Leslie for reminding us of our heritage. We come from a long line of strong people including you.                                                                       Love, your sister, Della Ann   P.S.  I don't know if anyone else remembers the little boy who lived across the street from us on Haven St.  I remember babysitting him at times, when I was 10 or 11 yrs. old. His step-dad was overseas in the navy, and his mother liked to go out. I remember when I'd go in the house, there would be a terrible smell of combined whiskey and perfume. The little boy was quite crippled and a sweet dark haired little guy maybe 4 or 5 yrs. old.  I never saw her mistreat him in any way, but he was usually in a crib when I was there. Daddy didn't drive and we didn't have a car then. He would watch that woman pretty close and if she took off in her car and didn't come back soon, he would start walking the floor and cussing.  (Yes, Daddy could use some choice phrases when he was mad.) Then out the door he would go and walk up and down Sprague Ave. until until he spotted her car. It was usually parked in front of a tavern and the little guy would be in the car. So here would come Daddy back home, carrying that little guy on his back and we'd wait till his mother came home and got sobered up. Dad sure yelled at her. One night, in the middle of the night, we heard a loud bang. We all woke up and Daddy grabbed his clothes on and ran across the street. He came back with the little guy and called the police. The woman had put a long gun to her head and pulled the trigger. I think it was a rifle. I saw it the next day when we went over to the house. It was laying on the bed and there was blood and something like raw meat clinging to the wall. The step-dad was sent home from the Navy and I heard Mom and Dad say the dad was really good to him and raised him. He also had several surgeries at the Shriners Hospital. I can't remember his name but still can see his face and often think of him and hope he's O.K. I sure laughed when you said that for all these years you've thought it was your fault that I got a spanking over spilling the coffee. You wanted your Ice Cream cone and someway I dropped the coffee and the jar broke. (All coffee came in jars then.) The reason Dad spanked me was because I sent Thelma in for an empty jar and put all the coffee in it. I thought I got all the glass out too, but Dad was still mad. I remember he had hold of one of my arms and I kept running around him, so I think he missed most of the time. I was getting pretty leggy at that time. I really was a trial to raise. I know they loved me, but I'm pretty sure Mom had Dad convinced I took after his side of the family.  All God's Children and no two alike. At least I felt the razor strap more than once and probably needed it more. It never bothered me. If you did something wrong you got punished, and that's fair!   left: Della Mikesell Binder; Florence Allen Mikesell; Jim Mikesell; Betty Mikesell Erlandson; Ernie Mikesell; Thelma Mikesell Winters; Leslie Mikesell Wood. Taken 1962, shortly after Jeff Mikesell's death.   2003      <Back to page 1           <back to page 2           <back to page 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Betty and Evan Erlandson, by Della Mikesell Binder

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~       Betty & Evan   by Della Mikesell Binder, 1999          I have a few memories of Betty & Evan that I think would be labeled "SHEER  OPTIMISM".  I will try to    give you a couple of examples.  This trait is always accompanied by a determined look,a firm step forward,      and a bright expectant look to the eyes.  "The Art of Positive Thinking" is in full force.             As an example, their niece Jaime Mikesell, was to be married in Oregon City, Oregon a few years ago.       My husband and I had driven down from Spokane for the wedding, and we found a large crowd there.        Betty and Evan, at that time were traveling somewhere in the Arizona Desert, and drove back  to Oregon       City for the service.  We were in the church parking lot when they drove in.  Our  joy at seeing them       gradually changed to puzzled astonishment as they began to extract themselves from this really packed       small white car.  Between them in the front seat, and extending to the back seat, was a huge set of ????        Steer Horns?  Sitting on Betty's lap was her precious little dog Timmy, and looking over their       shoulders anxiously, with one blue eye and one brown eye, was Evan's beloved big  Australian Shephard,       Blue.  It seems they had been to a huge Swap Meet somewhere in the Desert. I don't know what       all they bought or what else was packed in that car.  All I know for sure was that it had everything but       ROOM, and they still had miles to go after the wedding.              Another incident, they could tell you about more fully, was when Betty and Evan and sister Thelma       and husband Wayne Winters, were hanging around the desert somewhere.  There was an old       concrete strip nearby and Betty and Thelma decided it would be a grand place to ride the bikes they       had with them. They were having a wonderful time when some mean pilot in a small plane started       buzzing  them over and over.  He finally came in so low that the girls fell with their bikes trying to get       away and got bruised somewhat.  I think they finally figured out that the concrete strip was an old       landing strip still being used, and left the area.  I imagine the pilot finally landed.            I have lots of wonderful memories of my big sister and the wonderful brother she brought to our      family.  Loving, caring, and always sharing, with her deep faith in  God.  I can just see them in the      far future, approaching those Golden Gates with the same firm steps, shining eyes and SHEER      OPTIMISM!               Forgive the teasing and enjoy today. God loves you and so do I.   Della      <back to tribute page       TRIPLES with EMMA

 

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[Henry "Bud" Dean - 8 Sep 1933-30 Jul 2004]

HENRY DEAN - Mohave Valley Daily News, Bullhead City, AZ.  (Aug/4/2004)

Henry Bud Dean passed away on Friday, July 30, 2004 at the age of 80. Henry was born in Roberts, Idaho on September 8, 1933.

Henry was an auto mechanic and as a young man was active in fishing, hunting, and bowling.

Henry was in the Navy and served in Korea and Vietnam. Henry was a member of the local V.F.W.

Henry was preceded in death by his daughter Juanita. He is survived by his wife Eunice; two daughters Deborah Sharp and Marla Payne; two brothers Gilbert L. Dean and Keith S. Dean; one sister Georgia L. Leigh; and five grandchildren.

Visitation will be held at Desert Lawn Funeral Home in Mohave Valley, Arizona on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 at 10:00 am and Funeral Services will be at Desert Lawn Funeral Home on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 at 11:00 am.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to either the Multiple Sclerosis Society or Hope United Methodist Church.

Arrangements made by Desert Lawn Funeral Home, Crematory and Cemetery.

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  Post Register Newspaper, Tuesday September 14, 2004 

  [Lyle (Mikesell) Reneau - 21 Mar 1930-11 Sep 2004]

Lyle M. Reneau

RIGBY - Lyle Mikesell Reneau, 74, of Rigby, died at home Sept. 11, 2004, under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho.

Lyle was born March 21, 1930, in Ashton, Idaho, a daughter of Charles A. Mikesell and Minnie Porter Mikesell.

She attended schools in St. Anthony and was a cheerleader for South Fremont High School.

She married Donald Wayne Reneau, Nov. 2, 1948, in Idaho Falls. Their marriage was solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple.

She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in the Young Women's presidency, Primary presidency and was Relief Society President. She enjoyed quilting, needlework and her family.

She is survived by her husband, Donald Wayne Reneau of Rigby; three daughters, LuAnne Simmons of Ammon, Linda (Clint) Tinker of Lewisville and Yalon (Mark) Yandle of Pocatello; three sons, Blake (Jolene) Reneau of Ogden, Utah, Don (Debbie) Reneau of Roseburg, Ore. and David (Valerie) Reneau of Myrtle Creek, Ore.; a sister Marie Johnson of Sandy, Utah; 43 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren.

Lyle was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Grace Browning and Alice Storms; five brothers, Earl, Roy, Frank, Ted and Blaine Mikesell; and a granddaughter, Gayle Debbie Reneau.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 16, at the Rigby Fourth Ward LDS Chapel, with Bishop Rex Miller officiating. The family will visit with friends from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Eckersell Memorial Chapel and from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Thursday at the church. Burial will be in the Ashton Cemetery.

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Obituary, The Casper Star-Tribune, Friday, July 22, 2005:

Maxine Bressler Jacobson

JACKSON -- Funeral services for Maxine Bressler Jacobson, 81, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 22, at Valley Mortuary in Jackson. Interment will be in Jackson Aspen Cemetery.

She died July 17, 2005, in Ogden, Utah.

Born Dec. 20, 1923, in Ashton, Idaho, to Lyle and Lucille Mikesell Bressler, her early childhood was spent in Ashton and Victor, Idaho. In 1933 her family moved to Moose.

On July 6, 1942, she married Lester Grant Jacobson in Idaho Falls, Idaho. They raised their family in Moran, Jackson and South Park. Upon their retirement, they moved to Freedom and later to St. George, Utah. Her husband preceded her in death May 26, 2005.

She was the owner/operator of the Fabric Center in Jackson.

She was a member of the Cowbelles and Eastern Star, a 4-H leader and postmistress. She was an avid Utah Jazz fan and a great supporter of women's softball in Jackson. She enjoyed cooking, sewing, crafts, hiking and cross-country skiing, but most of all supporting and being with her family. She was also a stable support for Lester's ranching career.

Survivors include four daughters, Irene Nethercott of Ogden, Louise Mohr of Defiance, Ohio, Janice Willits of Kalispell, Mont., and Denise Higginson of Kemmerer, and their husbands; 15 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and four brothers, Roy Bressler of Round Rock, Texas, Robert Bressler and his wife of Mesa, Ariz., Jack Bressler of St. George and Dell Bressler and his wife of Red Bluff, Calif.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; brothers Don and Vern Bressler; and a sister, Mae Luscher.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 845 E. 4800 South, Murray, Utah, 84107.

Email condolences to the family at lom@lindquistmortuary.com.
Lindquist's Ogden Mortuary is handling arrangements.

[No photo with obituary.]

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The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA., Saturday, April 19, 2008 -  Death Notices [Della Ann (Mikesell) Binder -21 July 1931-17 April 2008]  - 

BINDER, Della A. (Age 76) Passed away April 17, 2008 Community Cremation Service, Spokane, WA    

Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA., Thursday, April 24, 2008, pg. C8 - Funerals - Obituaries

Della Ann Binder (Mikesell) -

Della Ann Binder passed away on April 17, 2008, surrounded by her family and other loved ones, including her very loving caregiver, Fanny Hanson.

Della Ann was born in Pocatello, Idaho July 21, 1931 to Jefferson and Florence Mikesell who both preceded her in death.

Her husband of over 50 years, Eddie Binder died in April, 2000.  Her brothers, Jefferson, Jr. (died at birth), Ernie, Jim also preceded her in death. 

Della Ann is survived by her first husband, James "Bud" Walsh of Corona, California and her sisters, Betty Erlandson, Thelma Winters and Leslie Wood. 

Left to carry on her legacy are sons Dr. Michael Binder and Patrick Binder (Teresa) and daughters, Beverly Baker, Jeannie Chambers and Naomi Rhodes, several grandchildren, great grandchildren and many, many other family members. 

Della Ann was a member of the Genealogy Society, the Bukovina Society and the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association.  She was an avid reader and enjoyed listening to music, playing the piano and spending time with her grandchildren.

Della Ann worked in the restaurant and grocery business for many years. 

The celebration of Della Ann's life will be Saturday, May 3 at 10:00 at Hennessey Funeral Home, 2203 North Division.  In lieu of flowers, please give to the Hospice of Spokane or the Prader-Willi Association, 8588 Potter Park Drive, Ste 500, Sarasota, FL 34238.  Arrangements have been entrusted to Hennessey Smith Funeral Home & Crematory, 2203 N. Division, Spokane, WA 99207.

[See our Binder family photo album and  Della Ann's photo album/slideshow. and Visit Della's findagrave.com Memorial Page.]

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Post Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho, July 5, 2009

Ruth L. Hudman

Ruth LaDean Hudman, 89, passed away July 2, 2009, in Rexburg, Idaho, at Homestead Assisted Living. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice.

She was born Sept. 30, 1919, to Eli Delbert Mikesell and Mildred Short Mikesell in Idaho Falls. She had three older sisters, an older brother and one younger brother. Her family lived near the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. She attended school at Coltman Elementary School and graduated from Ucon High School.

She married Orson Hudman on June 2, 1936, in Bozeman, Mont., and they were later sealed in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple in 1972. The young couple lived and worked in Island Park during the summer, and Orson worked in a potato warehouse in the winter. In 1938, they moved to Coltman and purchased a small store, the Coltman Cash Store. It was later remodeled and renamed Hud's Market. The store and their home were gathering places for the community and family. They also worked together as janitors for the Coltman Ward building and grounds for many years.

Ruth was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in various callings in the Relief Society, Mutual and Primary. She also served as the ward librarian. She enjoyed doing genealogy work and was most grateful for her 15 years of serving in the Idaho Falls Temple. She developed many close friendships in the community while participating in quilting bees, and fishing and camping trips. Family members and friends were always welcome. If her home was too small, the yard became a campground.

Ruth is survived by two sons, Warren (Karma) Hudman of Idaho Falls and Lloyd (Claire) Hudman of Orem, Utah; brother, Leonard Mikesell of Logan, Utah; eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and 14 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; sisters, Laura Sullivan, Louisa McCloud and Pauline Roos; and her younger brother, Ronald.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 7, at the Coltman Ward building, 12448 N. Fifth East, with Bishop Larry Clayton officiating. The family will meet with friends from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday at Wood Funeral Home, 273 N. Ridge Ave., and from noon to 12:45 p.m. prior to the services. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Online condolences may be sent to www.woodfuneralhome.com. 

[Ruth was a niece of our Andrew Jackson Mikesell.]

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Tributes

Donald Wayne Reneau  [Husband of Lyle (Mikesell) Reneau. See her obituary above.]

Donald was born on December 1, 1928 and passed away on Friday, July 10, 2009.

Donald was a resident of Rigby, Idaho at the time of his passing.

He attended school in Ashton and graduated from Ashton High School.

He joined the 116th Engineer Bn of the Rigby National Guard in 1955 and was honorably discharged in 1957.

He was preceded in death by his wife Lyle.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 18, 2009, at the Rigby 1st and 4th ward LDS chapel 401 W. 1st South, Rigby. The family will visit with friends from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m., Friday, July 17, 2009 at Eckersell Memorial Chapel, 101 W. Main St. Rigby, and from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m., prior to services at the church.

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[Death -   Betty Lou (Mikesell) Erlandson -  24 July 1925, Driggs, Teton Co., Idaho to  07 February 2010, Spokane, Spokane Co., Washington. Obituary written by Betty's son, James Evan "Jim" Erlandson]

"The Spokesman-Review", Spokane, WA., Sunday February 14, 2010.

"Betty Lou (Mikesell) Erlandson 7/24/1925 - 2/7/2010 passed peacefully on Sunday at St. Joseph's Care Center. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Evan Erlandson, son Jim Erlandson, grandchildren Jared Erlandson and Tanya White, great grandson Aiden Erlandson, sisters Thelma Winters and Leslie Wood. Two brothers, Ernie and Jim Mikesell and a sister Della Ann Binder predeceased her.

Betty was born in Driggs Idaho, a "Coal Miners Daughter", to Jefferson and Florence Mikesell and moved with the family to Washington in her teens. She attended Riverside High school, then graduated from Lewis and Clark when the family moved to Spokane. She attended Spokane Falls Community College in her mid 40s and earned a Fine Arts degree with a straight A average. She was a devoted member of the Community of Christ church and lived her faith in an exemplary manner.

Betty was an excellent writer having composed beautiful poetry and written a number of plays. She also enjoyed expressing herself by painting and was a skillful nature photographer. She loved the outdoors and spent many hours with her family fishing and camping. Early in life she overcame a crippling disability to her feet and eventually became a dance instructor for Arthur Murray Studios, where she met, instructed, then married her husband Evan.

A memorial service will be held for this quietly remarkable woman at the Spokane Valley Community of Christ church (11515 E. Broadway) at 1:00 PM on Saturday February 20, 2010."

Deer Park Tribune, Deer Park, Washington, Tuesday, 16 Feb. 2010

Betty Lou Erlandson, 84

"A memorial service and reception will be 1 p.m. Feb. 20 at the Spokane Valley Community of Christ Church, W11515 Broadway, for former Elk/Chattaroy resident Betty Lou (Mikesell) Erlandson, 84, who passed away on Feb. 7.

Born on July 24, 1925, to Jefferson and Florence Mikesell in Driggs, Idaho, the family later moved to the Elk/Chattaroy area and she attended Riverside High School. The family moved again to Spokane and she graduated from Lewis and Clark High School.

She later worked as a dance instructor at Arthur Murray Studios and received a fine arts degree from Spokane Falls Community College.

Mrs. Erlandson composed poetry and wrote plays and was a skilled nature photographer. She enjoyed painting, camping and family fishing outings.

She was a member of the Community of Christ Church.

Two brothers, Ernie and Jim Mikesell; and one sister, Della Ann Binder, all predeceased her.

She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Evan; one son Jim Erlandson, two sisters, Thelma Winters and Leslie Wood; and two grandchildren."

[Photo was not with obituary. See our Erlandson Family photo album and  Betty's photo album/slide show. Visit Betty's findagrave.com Memorial Page.]

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Evan Dale Erlandson, born 24 February 1922, at Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, son of Edgar Caspare Erlandson and Ethel Mildred (Cail) Erlandson, married 9 November 1947 to Betty Lou Mikesell, (1925-2010).  Father of James "Jim" Erlandson. Evan died February 4, 2011.


[There was no published obituary]

A graveside Service was Sunday, July 10, 2011, 2:00 at Riverside Memorial Park, followed by potluck picnic at Bowl and Pitcher, 3:00, Spokane, Washington.   [Visit Evan's findagrave.com Memorial Page. See "Evan Dale Erlandson", written by son, Jim Erlandson in 1999.]

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From Terry's facebook page and the University of Alaska Southeast website. Also on Bent Alaska website.

Teresa Kathleen Hamilton "Terry" Dean

Teresa Kathleen Hamilton Dean passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family on February 27, 2011.  She was born June 22, 1950 in Ketchikan, Alaska to Willis and Violet (Skulka) Hamilton Sr.

Terry grew up in Ketchikan where she attended elementary school at the old Main School.  She graduated in 1969 from Ketchikan High School.

Terry married her soul mate, Kenneth M. Dean on June 14, 1969 at the Presbyterian Church in Ketchikan. They made their home in Juneau and were happily married for 41 years.

Terry was a Haida Eagle, Frog (Hlk’ya’an K’ust’a’n) and Sculpin. She was so very proud of her Haida lineage and was active in promotion of the Haida language and culture.  She was a charter member of the Xaadas Gitalang dancers of Juneau; helping to form the dance group in 1984.  She was a talented weaver of Haida basketry and ravenstail, and was a member of the Ravenstail Weaver’s Guild. Terry was a very talented artist, making regalia for herself and other family members.

Both Terry and Ken were active in the community and touched many lives.  They organized and attended the very first PFLAG meeting in 1995, which was called to see if there was interest in forming a Juneau chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.  Terry and Ken were founders and became the core of PFLAG Juneau in the late 1990s and the years that followed. Terry assumed leadership roles and provided support for many parents and family members in the Juneau community.  Terry’s legacy will be her design work on the PFLAG Juneau banner and her logo suggestion for their chapter – “Love has no boundary”. Terry and Ken also founded the local MS Society Support Group, organizing the 1st MS walk with Senator Egan as Master of Ceremonies. Terry and Ken both served the Douglas Lion’s Club for over 20 years and Terry was a member of the Juneau Lioness Club.  She managed the Loan Closet which loaned medical equipment and gave encouragement to the disabled community in Juneau and was sponsored by the Douglas Lion’s Club. Terry and Ken were instrumental in creating the 1st handicapped accessible trail in Juneau, which runs along the Mendenhall River.  

Terry worked for the State of Alaska Department of Fish and Game until 1983, when she joined the University of Alaska Chancellor’s Office.  She continued to serve on the administrative staff of the Provost Office until February of this year.  Terry has the distinction of being the longest serving staff member of the office.

She is preceded in death by her parents Willis and Violet Hamilton; father-in law Gilbert Lynn Dean; her brothers Gideon Duncan Jr., Leonard Alex Hamilton, and Owen Earl Hamilton; sisters Joy Ann Hamilton Cutshall, and Margaret Hamilton (who died at birth); and sister-in law Carla M. Timpone.

She is survived by her husband Kenneth M. Dean, her son Aaron Lynn Dean and wife Audrey of Fairbanks, grandchildren; Jacqueline Michelle Dean, and Victoria Lynn Dean; her sisters Lavina M. Hamilton of Anchorage, and Bert G. Hamilton and Raymond Guthrie Sr. of Ketchikan; her brothers Willis H. Hamilton Jr., Gary Hamilton and Dana Craig Hamilton of Ketchikan; mother-in law LaRaine Dean; sisters-in law Linda L. Lappin and Shirley R. Dean, many nieces and nephews; and numerous great-nieces and great-nephews.    

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Xaadas Gitalang c/o Vicki Soboleff, 2924 Simpson Avenue, Juneau, Alaska 99801, or the PFLAG Juneau Chapter, c/o Jonathan Anderson, 9162 Jerry Drive, Juneau, Alaska 99801.

A Celebration of Terry’s Life will take place Thursday, March 3, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Tlingit & Haida Central Community Center, 3235 Hospital Drive, Juneau, AK.  Another Celebration of Terry’s Life will take place March 8, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at 429 Deermount St., Ketchikan, AK, followed by interment at the Bayview Cemetery next to her Mom and Dad. Fellowship will follow at 429 Deermount.

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Tribute

Georgia Louise [Dean] Leigh.- Georgia was born on September 8, 1935 and passed away on Tuesday, March 22, 2011.

Georgia was a resident of Boulder City, Nevada. [Louise was the daughter of Gilbert LaFayette Dean and Mary Linda (Mikesell) Dean. See our obituary index.]

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[Thelma Florence (Mikesell) Winters married Wayne Norman Winters on the 17th of August 1952 at the old Spokane Branch of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Spokane, Washington. She had been baptized at that church on 14 June, 1942.  Thelma survived breast cancer but suffered during her last years from Parkinson's disease.  Her ashes are buried at Spokane Memorial Gardens, next to her parents. See "My Life", by Thelma and Winters family photo album. See Community Cremation Service Memorial Page. Visit Thelma's findagrave.com Memorial Page.   Obituary was written by her daughters.]


Obituary - Spokane, Washington

Thelma Florence (Mikesell) Winters - April 26,1934- October 14, 2011

Thelma passed away surrounded by her family; her husband the love of her life for 59 years, Wayne Norman Winters and daughters Debbie Weber-Winters, Jan Mirus (Mitch), Anita Cooper (Mike) and Ginny Winters. She ls also survived by her sister, Leslie Wood (Boyd).  She was the loving grandmother of Justin Weber (Laura), Thane Weber (Jennifer), Amy Brittain (Chris), Ryan Mirus (Lacy Jo), Melissa Mirus, Michelle and Grant Cooper, Peter Mangum, Candy Winters and great grandchildren Jade and Katie Weber. She leaves numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.

Born in Pocatello, Idaho to Jeff and Florence Mikesell. Preceded in death by her parents and brothers Ernest (Edith), Jeff Jr. and Jim Mikesell (Wilma); sisters Betty Erlandson (Evan), and Della Binder (Eddie).

She attended Edison grade school, Libby Jr. High, and Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane. Thelma graduated in 1952 from Harper (Oregon) High School. She went to Spokane Community College and became an LPN, graduating at the top of her class.

She was very involved in her church as a leader in women and youth ministries and volunteered working with special needs children. She worked alongside her husband managing the Valleyford egg farm and others. 

A Memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm on October 22, 2011 at the Community of Christ Church 11515 E Broadway, Spokane Valley, WA.

"Spokesman-Review", Spokane, Washington, from Oct 19-20, 2001  [with small black & white photo]

"WINTERS, Thelma Florence (Mikesell) April 26, 1934 - October 14, 2011

Thelma passed away surrounded by her family and Wayne the love of her life for 59 years; daughters Debbie, Jan, Anita and Ginny; also survived by her sister Leslie Wood; nine grandchildren, two granddaughters and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews and her dog Gracie.

Mom graduated at the top of her class with a nursing degree. She was a leader in her church with women and youth ministries. She worked many years on the family farm. Mom loved combing the beach, walking the desert, researching family history and reading a good book.

Please join our family for a celebration of her life on Saturday, October 22nd at 2 PM at the Community of Christ Church, 11515 E. Broadway, Spokane Valley, WA."

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