Student‑composed Washington State ‘Fight Song’ tops the charts at 100 years old
Zella
Melcher and Phyllis Sayles composed the Washington State Fight Song as WSC
students in 1919. Photo from WSU Libraries shows Melcher on left and Sayles on
right.
By Nella Letiza, WSU Libraries, 1/16/2019
Soon to be
100 years old, the Washington State Fight Song is the Cougar Nation’s familiar
and much‑loved anthem. A new
exhibit at WSU’s Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections celebrates
the iconic song as well as the two women who wrote it.
“When you
think about the things that make WSU unique, the fight song is certainly one of
them,” said Mark O’English, university archivist and exhibit curator. “It has
gained a place in popular culture and been used as wakeup music for space
shuttle astronauts.”
“Win the
Day for Crimson and Gray: Celebrating a Century of the Fight Song” opens with a
reception from 3–4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, at MASC in Terrell Library. The
exhibit is open for viewing during MASC’s regular hours, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.,
Monday–Friday, and will remain up through the final full week of April.
Washington
State Fight Song stands the test of time. 100 years later, it’s still the most
popular at the university.
As the
patriotic fervor from World War I began to subside, students at Washington
State College found themselves uninspired by the songs associated with their
school, according to O’English. Two senior students, Zella Melcher of Spokane,
Wash., and Phyllis Sayles of Lapwai, Idaho, took on the task of writing new
music to energize the student body.
Melcher
was an active, outgoing soprano, the only woman in the glee club and one of a
small group of women who had organized the campus’s new music honorary, Mu Phi
Epsilon. Among the first recruits into that group was Sayles, a transfer
student and pianist from Northwestern University, where she’d compiled a book
of that school’s fight songs. For WSC’s song, Melcher wrote the words and
Sayles the music.
“They
debuted their creation to great acclaim on Feb. 20, 1919, at a student body
meeting, and one century later their Fight Song still inspires WSU students,”
O’English said. “While other songs are affiliated with the university, notably
‘Crimson and Gray Girl,’ ‘All Hail to Washington State,’ ‘Old Wazzu’ or even
Andy Grammer’s ‘Back Home,’ the Fight Song has been the campus’s pre‑eminent song from day
one.”
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WOMEN'S
BASKETBALL Cougars hit the road for the San Francisco Bay Area. The games:
--at Cal
Golden Bears 11:30 in the morning Friday Jan. 18
--at
Stanford Cardinal Noon on Sunday Jan 20
More information
from WSU Sports Info:
> WSU
got back in the win column in Pullman on Sunday with a convincing 74-48 win
over Colorado. The 48 points were the lowest point total given up in Pac-12
play since a 67-46 win over Arizona on Jan. 8, 2016.
>
Borislava Hristova, a Cheryl Miller Watch List nominee, enters the week scoring
21.9 ppg, 2nd in the Pac-12 and 8th in the nation. She has gone for
double-figures in all 16 games this season.
> For
just the 6th season in program history the Cougars put a pair of 1,000 point
scorers on the court together in Borislava Hristova (1,453) and Alexys Swedlund
(1,027).
> The
Cougars are 29th in the nation in shooting (5th in the Pac-12), at 45.2%.
Behind the arc, WSU hits at a 35.9% clip, also 37th in the nation. The 45.2% is
the best percentage in program history nearly 10 points higher than the current
record of 44.5%
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=Notes
prior to WSU men’s basketball 2019 games vs California Bay Area teams
On Friel
Court in Beasley Coliseum on WSU campus in Pullman:
--7pm
Thursday, Jan. 17, vs. Cal
--Noon Saturday,
Jan. 18, vs. Stanford
From WSU
Sports Info / Tue, Jan 15, 2019
QUICK HITS
• NATIONAL
RANKINGS:
• Scoring: CJ Elleby, 204th (16.0 ppg).
• Double-Doubles: Robert Franks, 73rd
(5); CJ Elleby 157th (3).
• Rebounding: CJ Elleby 194th (7.1).
• Free Throw Pct: Marvin Cannon, 9th
(.912).
• Assist/TO Ratio: Viont’e Daniels,
19th (3.21)
• Assists: Team, 96th (14.9 apg).
• Scoring: Team, 68th (79.1 ppg).
• 3-Ptrs Per Game: Team, 61st (9.1
3fgpg).
•
APPROACHING RECORD BOOKS:
• With 22 points against San Diego,
Dec. 22, Robert Franks became the 37th Cougar to reach the 1,000-point
plateau...he now has 1,009 career points.
• With 58 career blocks, Franks ranks
18th in WSU’s career record books...six more (62) will put him in a tie for
17th.
• With 123 3-pointers, Viont’e Daniels
ranks 18th on WSU’s career list and needs just one to move into a tie for 17th.
COUGARS
RETURN HOME AFTER A MONTH AWAY: Washington State men’s basketball (7-9, 0-3)
looks to get back to its winning ways as it returns home to Beasley Coliseum,
where it’s 7-0 this season, to host California (5-11, 0-4) in WSU’s Pac-12 Home
opener, Thursday, Jan. 17 at 7 p.m.
• The game
will be televised on Pac-12 Network as JB Long (play-by-play) and P.J.
Carlesimo (analyst) have the call.
• All
season long, Cougar basketball can be heard on the Cougar IMG Sports Radio
Network with the Voice of the Cougars, Matt Chazanow on the call.
• Live
stats are also available at www.wsucougars.com.
COUGARS
VERSUS GOLDEN BEARS:
• Thursday
marks the 131st all-time meeting between Washington State and California, as
Cal holds the 79-51 advantage in the all-time series.
• WSU snapped its four-game losing streak to
Cal last season with a 78-53 victory, Jan. 13 at Beasley Coliseum...that win
marked WSU’s largest win in the series.
•The
Cougars followed it up with a 78-76 win at California Feb. 22, 2018 for the
season sweep, WSU’s first sweep of the series since 2006-07.
• Last
year in the first meeting of the season, at Pullman, Jan. 13, then-junior
Robert Franks set a WSU single-game record with 10 3-pointers made...he was
10-for-13 from 3-point range and had a career-high 34 points.
• The
Golden Bears lead 31-30 in WSU home games and have won three of the last four
at Pullman.
• Each of
the last three games at Cal were decided by 3 or fewer points, while each of
the last three games at Pullman were decided by 9 or more points.
COUGARS
VERSUS CARDINAL:
• WSU and
Stanford are meeting for the 139th time as Stanford holds a 78-60 advantage in
the all-time series against Washington State.
• Stanford
has won four-straight and 11 of the last 14 meetings in the series, with WSU’s
last win coming at home, 89-88, Jan. 31, 2015.
• Last
season, Stanford swept the season series with a 79-70 win at Pullman, Jan. 11,
and an 86-84 victory at Stanford, Feb. 24.
• The
Cougars lead the all-time series at home, 37-28, including a 1-0 WSU advantage
in Spokane.
ABOUT THE
COUGARS:
• WSU ended
the nonconference season with a 7-6 record, including a perfect 7-0 at Pullman
and 7-1 in home games (WSU played a home game at Spokane Arena against Santa
Clara, Dec. 29), a 0-2 mark on the road and 0-3 in neutral-site games.
• The
Cougars fell in their first three Pac-12 games, both on the road, dropping to
7-9 and have lost six-straight.
• The
Cougars have had some bad luck when it comes to health, as they’ve played 12
games without one of its major contributors (Robert Franks - five games missed,
Viont’e Daniels - four games missed, Isaiah Wade - three games missed)...those
games resulted in eight of WSU’s nine losses.
• The 2018
Pac-12 Most Improved Player of the Year, senior Robert Franks leads the Cougars
this season with a team and previous Pac-12 best, 22.1 points, which ranked
21st in the country before he missed too many games to count in the rankings.
• Franks
is adding a team-high 7.9 rebounds per game, which ranked sixth in the
conference.
• He’s
missed five games this season due to injuries, WSU’s loss at Seattle U, Nov.
14, WSU’s loss to Santa Clara at Spokane, Dec. 29, WSU’s loss at Washington,
Jan. 5. and the loss at Colorado, Jan. 10.
• Freshman
CJ Elleby is the only other Cougar averaging double-figure points with 16.0
points per game, eighth-best in the Pac-12, and the third-most among Pac-12
freshmen.
• Elleby
is adding 7.3 rebounds per game, ranking seventh in the league.
• Franks
is one of five returnees for the Cougars as he’s joined by seniors Viont’e
Daniels and Davante Cooper and juniors Jeff Pollard and Carter Skaggs.
• Starters
from the 2017-18 team, Skaggs and Daniels are averaging 8.1 and 7.1 points,
respectively.
• Daniels
missed four games (Dec. 17, 19, 22 and 23) due to a concussion, but leads the
team with 4.2 assists per game, ranking tied for 10th in the Pac-12.
• Daniels
leads the league in assist/turnover ratio with a 3.2 mark, 19th in the nation.
• Elleby
is one of seven newcomers to the team.
• Junior
college transfers Ahmed Ali and Jervae Robinson have split the point guard
duties with Ali having started nine games and Robinson 5.
•
Sophomore junior college transfer, Marvin Cannon has progressed throughout the
season, as he leads the Pac-12 with a .912 (52-57) clip from the free throw
line, ninth in the nation.
• He’s scored
in double figures in four of WSU’s last eight games, including a career-high 23
against Rider, Dec. 17 and is averaging 7.1 points per game.
•Junior
Isaiah Wade, also a JC-transfer, started the season hot and is still getting
back into the flow after missing three games due to an ankle sprain...he’s
averaging 6.2 points and 3.9 rebounds after back-to-back 12-point games at
Colorado and Utah (Jan. 10 and 12), his best performances since his injury.
SHORT
HANDED:
• WSU has
had one of its top contributors missing from the lineup in 12 of its 16 games
this season.
• Senior
Robert Franks missed WSU’s loss at Seattle U, Nov. 14, due to soreness in his
foot and its loss es to Santa Clara in Spokane, Dec. 29, Washington in Seattle,
Jan. 5, at Colorado, Jan. 10, due to a hip contusion and at Utah, Jan. 12.
• Junior
Isaiah Wade missed three games, games against Delaware State (Nov. 24), CSUN
(Nov. 27) and a loss at New Mexico State (Dec. 1).
• Senior
Viont’e Daniels missed four games against Rider (Dec. 17), SIUE (Dec. 19), San
Diego (Dec. 22) and New Mexico State (Dec. 23) due to a concussion.
PUTTING UP
POINTS:
• WSU is
second in the league and ranks 67th nationally with 79.1 points per game.
•The
school record for scoring average in a season by a team is 83.5 set in 1995 in
30 games.
• The
school record for points in a season is 2,688 set in 33 games in 1992.
• WSU will
play at least 31 games this season...if it continues to average 79.1 points and
plays 31 games, it will finish with 2,452 points, 236 off the record.
COUGS SET
FREE THROW RECORD:
• WSU set
the school record for free throws made, going 39-for-51 from the free throw
line, Dec. 17 against Rider.
• The
previous record was 38 against Santa Clara, Dec. 28, 1973.
•The
school record for free throw attempts is 55 against Oregon, Feb. 14, 1953.
MIXING UP
THE LINEUP:
• WSU has
used 10 different starting lineups through 16 games this season.
• No
Cougar has started all 165 games, but Franks has started all 11 he has played
in.
• Freshman
CJ Elleby has been the most consistent starter with 15 starts, including the
last 10 games.
• Junior
Jeff Pollard has the second-most starts with 11.
FRANKS
REACHES 1,000-POINT PLATEAU:
• Senior
Robert Franks scored his 1,000th career point against San Diego, Dec. 22 at the
Las Vegas Classic, becoming the 37th member of the WSU 1,000th-point club.
• Franks
currently has 1,009 points and ranks 36th in the WSU career record books.
• He’s
averaging 22.1 points per game...if he keeps up that average, he will finish
with 1,451 points, ranking ninth in WSU’s record books.
FRANKS AND
DANIELS EYE RECORD BOOKS:
• Senior
Robert Franks is moving up the scoring record books, as well as the blocks
list.
• Franks
currently has 58 career blocked shots, ranking 18th in WSU’s career record
books.
• Viont’e
Daniels has made 123 career 3-pointers is ranked 18th on WSU’s career list...if
he can repeat his 71 made 3-pointers from his junior campaign, Daniels would
finish his Cougar career with 172 3s, ranking ninth all-time.
V FROM
THREE:
• Senior
Viont’e Daniels had made at least one 3-pointer in each of the last 25 games
he’s played in, dating back to Jan. 11, 2018 against Stanford, which was
snapped Jan. 10, 2019 at Colorado.
• He did
not attempt a 3 at Colorado, therefore, he has made a 3-pointer in each of the
last 26 games that he has attempted one (was 1-for-5 at Utah.
• Daniels
didn’t score against the Buffaloes, marking his first scoreless game since Dec.
31, 2017 at USC.
• Over the
last two seasons, there have been just six games that Daniels has not made a
3-pointer.
• Daniels
has made 165 field goals in his career, 123 (75 percent) of those have been
from beyond the 3-point arc.
COUGARS
ADD MIDSEASON TRANSFER:
• Chance
Moore (6-7, 210, Guard/Forward, Louisville, Ky./Sunrise Christian
Academy/Wichita State) signed a financial aid agreement and has joined the
Washington State men’s basketball team after transferring from Wichita State.
• Will
redshirt the next two semesters due to NCAA transfer rules, before being
eligible to play the spring semester of the 2019-20 season as a sophomore.
• Moore
played four games for Wichita State as a freshman in the fall of 2018,
averaging 5.0 minutes per game.
FRANKS
NAMED TO JULIUS ERVING WATCH LIST:
• Senior
Robert Franks is one of five Pac-12 student-athletes named to the 20-member
2019 Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Watch List.
• The list
will be cut down to 10 in February and the five finalists will be narrowed down
in March, with the winner being announced April 12, 2019.
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=Hilinskis
remember Tyler one year later
Family
opens up about life without their son, efforts to bring mental health trainings
to athletes at WSU
In the
year since Tyler’s death, the Hilinski family has raised over $300,000 for
student-athlete mental health and continued to tell the former WSU
quarterback’s story. “The support has been absolutely incredible,” said Tyler’s
mom, Kym.
By DYLAN
GREENE, Evergreen January 16, 2019
For the
past year, Mark and Kym Hilinski have dealt with the loss of their son, Tyler.
It has not been easy, and challenges arise daily.
“Some days
it’s an hourly decision about how to breathe,” Mark said.
But the
family is moving forward and focused on keeping Tyler Hilinski’s name alive
through the Hilinski’s Hope Foundation.
The
non-profit was established in April after Tyler died of suicide one year ago
today. Its mission is to keep telling Tyler’s story and help fund programs that
will help erase the stigma surrounding mental health.
Hilinski’s
Hope has raised over $300,000 to date and sent bracelets with Tyler’s No. 3 on
them to people all across the world.
“The
support has been absolutely incredible, and I always say that just because I’m
so sad,” Kym said. “So, it’s hard for me to be positive and happy when I’m
really just miserable.”
The day
that ultimately led the Hilinski family on this journey is still fresh in their
mind.
Mark
recalls receiving a phone call from Antonio Huffman, former WSU director of
football operations, on the afternoon of Jan. 16, 2018.
Huffman
told the family Tyler did not show up for a workout and 7-on-7 drills that day.
Immediately Mark knew something was up because his son never missed a chance to
practice with his teammates.
Huffman
explained that he was going to file a missing person’s report with the police
and have them complete a wellness check.
Panic set
in. Mark frantically got in his car and headed toward the John Wayne Airport in
California. Suddenly he got a call from his oldest son, Kelly Hilinski.
Linebacker Peyton Pelluer had informed Kelly that Tyler was dead.
That
moment, that day and that tragedy will forever be etched in the minds of the
Hilinski family.
“I always
have to go back and remind myself that Tyler wouldn’t want me to sit in a room
and cry all day long,” Kym said, “even though sometimes that’s what I feel like
doing.”
Now the
family is investing in mental health practices and trainings to ensure this
doesn’t happen to another student-athlete again.
In
October, Hilinski’s Hope brought a program called Strength is Asking for Help:
Athlete to Athlete Mental Health Training to WSU. The program incorporates a
course called Behind Happy Faces, which helps people cope with mental health
and the bystander intervention program Step Up.
Hilinski’s
Hope paid for mental health experts to come to Pullman and train a group of
athletes on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), who facilitated the
program through three training sessions over two months to fellow student
athletes.
Andrew
Cooper, Ray Littles and Tierney Silliman were all members of the SAAC mental
health committee who helped lead the trainings.
Cooper,
SAAC president and junior track and field athlete, said the program opened his
eyes and helped start a conversation about student-athlete mental health at
WSU.
He said
athletes face challenges most people do not because of the pressure to act tough,
which can be overwhelming.
“Being in
a space where it’s safe,” Cooper said, “where you’re encouraged to be
authentic, honest and vulnerable is unique, and something that hasn’t been here
before.”
Littles,
SAAC member and senior track and field athlete, said in the past mental health
trainings have occurred in reaction to a tragedy, but this time they were
performed proactively.
“These
trainings did a good job of addressing the fact that you need to check yourself
every day and just see how you’re feeling,” he said.
Silliman,
who is also a SAAC member and redshirt junior track and field athlete, said the
trainings gave athletes tools to cope with mental health issues, which they
could translate into living better lives.
Silliman
said she went into the trainings with the belief she had it figured out and
then learned how to open up about her own struggles.
She said
the progress Hilinski’s Hope has made bringing awareness to student-athlete
mental health over the past year has been incredible.
“Even though
it was born from something horrific,” Silliman said, “the passion that the
family has for mental health and getting their message out there really has
been a blessing for the university.”
Cooper
never met Tyler, but he remembers seeing him while standing in line at Panda
Express the Monday after the quarterback led WSU to a comeback victory over
Boise State. Cooper said Tyler smiled and it made his day.
“I think
as tragic as Tyler’s passing was, how drastically it started the conversation
and opened the floodgates for us to talk about mental health has been
profound,” he said.
This
program has also been brought to Eastern Washington University and University
of Idaho. The goal is to eventually bring it to schools around the country.
Mark said
currently they are in a position of collecting data and providing the training
as they try to study the effectiveness of the program over a longer period of
time.
Hilinski’s
Hope is currently in contact with several universities including University of
Michigan, Boise State University and University of South Carolina about
potentially bringing the program to them.
Mark said
Hilinski’s Hope can step in as a funding mechanism for schools that don’t have
the resources or budget to implement the program on their own.
Eventually,
Mark hopes universities will invest in the trainings so it becomes a part of
their budget. He said mental health is a complex problem where people have a
hard time speaking up.
“Tyler
could tell me anything,” Mark said, “but he couldn’t tell me he was sick, he
couldn’t tell me he was going to steal a gun and end his life.”
The goal
of Hilinski’s Hope is not to prevent suicides, but improve and address the
mental health issues in a student-athlete’s life, Mark said.
“We know
by doing that,” he said, “we have saved dozens if not hundreds of lives not
because we’ve done something, but because we’ve continued to talk about it.”
The
Hilinski’s are currently in the process of creating a scholarship at WSU in
Tyler’s name. It will be called the Tyler Hilinski Memorial Scholarship and
will be officially established soon, said Trevor Durham, associate vice
president at the WSU Foundation, in an email.
The
scholarship is expected to be worth $1,000 and will start to be awarded in fall
2019, Durham wrote.
The
criteria for qualifying for the scholarship has yet to be finalized, Durham
wrote. But Kym said it will be given to a student-athlete who maintains a GPA
of 3.0 or above.
Donors have
given $71,172 to the university in Tyler’s name as of Dec. 31, 2018, Durham
wrote.
Kym said
they receive calls, emails and texts throughout each day thanking them for
sharing Tyler’s story and destigmatizing mental illness.
Both Mark
and Kym hear stories frequently from people who faced similar situations, which
has helped them get through the loss of their son.
Mark said
they are glad they have been able to bring attention to student-athlete mental
health while continuing to honor Tyler.
“I feel
positive that we’re going in the right direction,” he said, “but it’s an
awfully long road to make a lot of progress.”
Mark and
Kym said they talk about Tyler all the time and it would take hours to explain
what they remember most about him.
“I think
what I miss is just looking at that sweet smile, hearing his voice say ‘Hey
Mama’ and just being with him,” Kym said. “He’s my baby, and I just loved being
with that sweet kid.”
If you are
in need of emotional support, call the 24-hour a day National Suicide
Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, which is a confidential service to those
in distress.
WSU
Counseling and Psychological Services can also be contacted online, and after
hours at 509-335-2159.
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Steve Gleason Neuroscience Institute to open at WSU-Spokane
UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 16, 2019, 11 a.m.
By Becky Kramer Spokane S-R
Improving the lives of people with debilitating brain
diseases is the focus of the new Steve Gleason Neuroscience Institute at
Washington State University-Spokane.
“Steve Gleason is a
hero and an inspiration to many of us,” Daryll DeWald, WSU Health Sciences
chancellor, said at a Tuesday news conference announcing the institute. “This
son of Spokane … is a national hero.”
Gleason, 41, recently received a Congressional Gold Medal
for his advocacy work for ALS patients. The Spokane native, former WSU
linebacker and NFL player was diagnosed in 2011 with amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. He and his wife, Michel Rae
Varisco, and their children live in New Orleans, where Gleason played for the
Saints.
“Steve is honored his
alma mater founded an institute in his name,” said Spokane County Superior
Court Judge Tony Hazel, a family friend and board member of Team Gleason, the
nonprofit Gleason founded.
The institute will launch later this year with $500,000 in
initial funding and an office building in Spokane’s University District. The
institute will rent the space at 325 E. Sprague Ave. from an Avista subsidy at
a nominal cost.
The Health Sciences & Services Authority of Spokane
County provided $250,000 of the initial funding.
Besides improving care for patients with ALS and Parkinson’s
disease, the institute will include a research unit and a “smart home” center
to train patients and their families on assistive technology.
DeWald said the institute will be a “place of hope” for
patients with diseases that don’t have cures.
Initially, the institute will focus on ALS and Parkinson’s
disease but could expand to Alzheimer’s and other diseases in the future, said
Marcos Frank, professor and chair of the biomedical science department at WSU’s
Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine.
Research will focus on “the next generation of therapy,
cures and early detection,” Frank said.
Finding ways to detect the diseases earlier would allow
swifter intervention, he said. The institute also will provide opportunities
for testing new therapies and clinical trials for medications.
The institute builds on Team Gleason’s previous work to get
adaptive technology to ALS patients, so “they can live a meaningful life
despite having a debilitating disease,” Hazel said.
ALS affects the function of nerves and muscles. About 6,000
people in the U.S. are diagnosed with the disease each year, according to the
ALS Association.
Tuesday’s event announcing the institute was packed with
health care professionals. Providence Health Care, MultiCare and St. Luke’s
Rehabilitation Institute are partners in the project, along with the city of
Spokane and the University District.
Dr. Robert Fischer, medical center director for the
Mann-Grandstaff Veterans Affairs Medical Center, also attended. Research
indicates veterans develop ALS at higher rates than the general population.
Since the disease progresses rapidly, the VA changed the way
ALS claims are processed about 10 years ago. For veterans with active service,
there’s a presumption the ALS is linked to their time in the military, Fischer
said.
In the coming months, the institute will be hiring a
director, renovating the building on East Sprague and continuing to raise
money. The institute’s building is across railroad tracks from WSU-Spokane,
near the University District Gateway Bridge.
The vision for the area’s redevelopment includes health care
and medical research, with the expectation it will become a south campus to
WSU-Spokane.
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REST IN PEACE BONNIE JO LINCOLN
Bonnie Jo Lincoln (wife of Keith Lincoln) of Pullman
June 10, 1941 - Jan 13, 2019
Bonnie Jo Lincoln, 77, of Pullman passed away January 13,
2019 at Pullman Regional Hospital.
Bonnie Jo was born June 10, 1941 in Colfax, WA to Reggie and
Lydia (Kromm) McKarcher. She grew up and attended school in Pullman, graduating
from Pullman High School.
Bonnie Jo attended college for a time, and on December 9,
1960 she married Keith Lincoln.
Together they have made Pullman their home since that
time. Bonnie Jo was a full time wife and
mother, raising the family and keeping involved in all the boys youth
activities.
Bonnie Jo was a very generous person with a big heart that enjoyed
entertaining, cooking, shopping, music and dancing.
She loved to laugh and had a beautiful smile. To be around it was contagious. Her outgoing personality made it as if she
had never met a stranger.
Bonnie Jo was active in the Pullman community and was a
member of the St. James Episcopal Church.
She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Her family was a very important part of who
she was.
Bonnie Jo adored her grandchildren and loved to make them
laugh.
She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Keith,
at the family home in Pullman;
her two sons Kip Lincoln of Olympia;
Lance (Stacey) Lincoln of Pullman;
her brother Skip (Sharon) McKarcher of Honolulu, HI; and her four grandchildren Brandon, Maddy,
Tyler and Malia.
Bonnie Jo was preceded in death by a grandson Dylan Nicholas
Lincoln in 1997 and by her parents.
The visitation will be held on Friday, January 18 from 5-7
PM at Kimball Funeral Home in
Pullman. The funeral service will be
held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at St. James Episcopal Church,
1410 NE Stadium Way. A family graveside
service with vault interment will follow at the Pullman Cemetery.
Everyone is invited to join the family at a reception for
Bonnie Jo at 1 PM at the Lewis Alumni Center on the WSU campus. Kimball Funeral Home of Pullman, WA has been
entrusted with arrangements. It has been
requested that donation be made to the charity of your choice in the name of
Bonnie Jo Lincoln.
