Lucille B. Denevan, a retired nurse and nursing home manager, died of a heart attack at her Lewiston home at 10:02 a.m. Thursday. She was 83.
Mrs. Denevan's career took her to Bovill, Spokane and Moscow before she retired and moved to the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley in 1963.
She was born June 18, 1900, at Hallock, Minn., to Scott and Marian Riddell. After being schooled in Minnesota, she entered nurse's training at Mobridge Hospital at Mobridge, S.D., in 1916.
She completed the last six months of her training at Washington Boulevard Hospital at Chicago, where she graduated in November 1919.
She moved to Idaho in 1919, working as a nurse at a small hospital at Bovill until 1920. She then lived at Spokane until November 1921, working for a short time as a nurse at Sacred Heart Hospital and then as head nurse of the men's floor at Edgecliff Sanitarium.
She married Merle F. Denevan at Spokane Nov. 23, 1921.
The couple moved to Bovill, where she was a homemaker while raising three children. She was also first aid nurse for Potlatch Corp. for many years, and when Bovill was without a doctor, she was the sole provider of health care in the area.
Moving to Moscow in 1953, she worked as a relief nurse at Gritman Memorial Hospital until 1957, when she and her husband assumed management of the new Latah Nursing Home. They retired in 1963 and moved to Clarkston.
Her husband died June 5, 1974, and she moved the same year to Lewiston.
She was a communicant of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. A member of the Royal Neighbor Lodge since 1928, she was a charter member of the Sylvan Camp at Bovill and a current member and past oracle of the Moscow Camp.
Surviving are a daughter, Helen Burrus of Longview, Wash.; two sons, Robert F. and John R., both of Lewiston; a sister, Helen Hickman of Long Beach, Calif.; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home, with funeral Mass scheduled for 11 a.m. Mon- day at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Burial will be at Moscow Cemetery at 1 p.m.
Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The Lewiston Tribune (Lewiston, ID) 30 Sep 1983, Fri
Mrs. Denevan's career took her to Bovill, Spokane and Moscow before she retired and moved to the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley in 1963.
She was born June 18, 1900, at Hallock, Minn., to Scott and Marian Riddell. After being schooled in Minnesota, she entered nurse's training at Mobridge Hospital at Mobridge, S.D., in 1916.
She completed the last six months of her training at Washington Boulevard Hospital at Chicago, where she graduated in November 1919.
She moved to Idaho in 1919, working as a nurse at a small hospital at Bovill until 1920. She then lived at Spokane until November 1921, working for a short time as a nurse at Sacred Heart Hospital and then as head nurse of the men's floor at Edgecliff Sanitarium.
She married Merle F. Denevan at Spokane Nov. 23, 1921.
The couple moved to Bovill, where she was a homemaker while raising three children. She was also first aid nurse for Potlatch Corp. for many years, and when Bovill was without a doctor, she was the sole provider of health care in the area.
Moving to Moscow in 1953, she worked as a relief nurse at Gritman Memorial Hospital until 1957, when she and her husband assumed management of the new Latah Nursing Home. They retired in 1963 and moved to Clarkston.
Her husband died June 5, 1974, and she moved the same year to Lewiston.
She was a communicant of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. A member of the Royal Neighbor Lodge since 1928, she was a charter member of the Sylvan Camp at Bovill and a current member and past oracle of the Moscow Camp.
Surviving are a daughter, Helen Burrus of Longview, Wash.; two sons, Robert F. and John R., both of Lewiston; a sister, Helen Hickman of Long Beach, Calif.; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home, with funeral Mass scheduled for 11 a.m. Mon- day at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Burial will be at Moscow Cemetery at 1 p.m.
Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The Lewiston Tribune (Lewiston, ID) 30 Sep 1983, Fri
Lucille B. Denevan, a retired nurse and nursing home manager, died of a heart attack at her Lewiston home at 10:02 a.m. Thursday. She was 83.
Mrs. Denevan's career took her to Bovill, Spokane and Moscow before she retired and moved to the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley in 1963.
She was born June 18, 1900, at Hallock, Minn., to Scott and Marian Riddell. After being schooled in Minnesota, she entered nurse's training at Mobridge Hospital at Mobridge, S.D., in 1916.
She completed the last six months of her training at Washington Boulevard Hospital at Chicago, where she graduated in November 1919.
She moved to Idaho in 1919, working as a nurse at a small hospital at Bovill until 1920. She then lived at Spokane until November 1921, working for a short time as a nurse at Sacred Heart Hospital and then as head nurse of the men's floor at Edgecliff Sanitarium.
She married Merle F. Denevan at Spokane Nov. 23, 1921.
The couple moved to Bovill, where she was a homemaker while raising three children. She was also first aid nurse for Potlatch Corp. for many years, and when Bovill was without a doctor, she was the sole provider of health care in the area.
Moving to Moscow in 1953, she worked as a relief nurse at Gritman Memorial Hospital until 1957, when she and her husband assumed management of the new Latah Nursing Home. They retired in 1963 and moved to Clarkston.
Her husband died June 5, 1974, and she moved the same year to Lewiston.
She was a communicant of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. A member of the Royal Neighbor Lodge since 1928, she was a charter member of the Sylvan Camp at Bovill and a current member and past oracle of the Moscow Camp.
Surviving are a daughter, Helen Burrus of Longview, Wash.; two sons, Robert F. and John R., both of Lewiston; a sister, Helen Hickman of Long Beach, Calif.; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home, with funeral Mass scheduled for 11 a.m. Mon- day at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Burial will be at Moscow Cemetery at 1 p.m.
Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The Lewiston Tribune (Lewiston, ID) 30 Sep 1983, Fri
Mrs. Denevan's career took her to Bovill, Spokane and Moscow before she retired and moved to the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley in 1963.
She was born June 18, 1900, at Hallock, Minn., to Scott and Marian Riddell. After being schooled in Minnesota, she entered nurse's training at Mobridge Hospital at Mobridge, S.D., in 1916.
She completed the last six months of her training at Washington Boulevard Hospital at Chicago, where she graduated in November 1919.
She moved to Idaho in 1919, working as a nurse at a small hospital at Bovill until 1920. She then lived at Spokane until November 1921, working for a short time as a nurse at Sacred Heart Hospital and then as head nurse of the men's floor at Edgecliff Sanitarium.
She married Merle F. Denevan at Spokane Nov. 23, 1921.
The couple moved to Bovill, where she was a homemaker while raising three children. She was also first aid nurse for Potlatch Corp. for many years, and when Bovill was without a doctor, she was the sole provider of health care in the area.
Moving to Moscow in 1953, she worked as a relief nurse at Gritman Memorial Hospital until 1957, when she and her husband assumed management of the new Latah Nursing Home. They retired in 1963 and moved to Clarkston.
Her husband died June 5, 1974, and she moved the same year to Lewiston.
She was a communicant of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. A member of the Royal Neighbor Lodge since 1928, she was a charter member of the Sylvan Camp at Bovill and a current member and past oracle of the Moscow Camp.
Surviving are a daughter, Helen Burrus of Longview, Wash.; two sons, Robert F. and John R., both of Lewiston; a sister, Helen Hickman of Long Beach, Calif.; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home, with funeral Mass scheduled for 11 a.m. Mon- day at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Burial will be at Moscow Cemetery at 1 p.m.
Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The Lewiston Tribune (Lewiston, ID) 30 Sep 1983, Fri
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