Obituary - Rebecca L. Altman

Woman dies in car wreck near Juliaetta

JULIAETTA -- One woman died and a man was injured in an accident involving a vintage car on American Ridge Road off State Highway 99 near Juliaetta Sunday evening.

Rebecca L. Altman, 57, of Clarkston was taken to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, where she died later in the evening. Carl Johnson, 60, of Troy, Idaho, was treated and released Sunday evening.

They were in a 1929 Ford Model A northbound on American Ridge Road when the driver, who is undetermined at this time, apparently lost control of the vehicle, failed to negotiate a curve and hit an embankment. The vehicle then went airborne and landed on its top in a nearby field, according to the Idaho State Police.

Neither person was wearing a seat belt.

Lewiston Tribune, Tuesday, June 27, 2000

Rebecca L. Altman, 57, Moscow

Rebecca Linnea Altman of Moscow died Sunday, June 25, 2000, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston from injuries received in an auto accident. She was 57.

She was born June 18, 1943, at Boise. She grew up in Moscow and later lived at Spokane and in California for a time. While in Spokane she operated an adult family Last Page and since returning to Moscow worked as a caregiver for the Care Connection in Lewiston and for several individuals. She enjoyed camping, fishing, dancing, music and the outdoors. She was a member of the Moscow Moose Lodge.

She married Gene (Swede) Altman in Moscow on July 9, 1999. He survives at their Last Page in Moscow. Also surviving are her mother, Lydia Peck of Clarkston; a daughter, Darlene Norris of Spokane; three sons, Michael Norris, Thomas Orth and James Robbins, all in Spokane; four brothers, Arthur Brower, John Brower, Daniel Brower and David Hannus; three sisters, Patricia Clark, Rosemary Brower and Alice Taylor; her grandchildren Casey Norris, Donald A. Norris, Nicholas Orth, Michelle R. Norris, Sarah L. Orth and Nicholas J. Norris; and great-grandchildren Christopher and Dashionaira Norris.

She was preceded in death by her father, Martin Hall, and two sisters, Virginia May Brower and Faye McConnell.

The funeral service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Short's Funeral Chapel in Moscow. The Rev. Gordon Braun, chaplain of Good Samaritan Village, will officiate.

The family suggests memorials be made to the American Cancer Society.

Lewiston Tribune, Thursday, June 29, 2000
Transcribed by Kerry Kasza

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