Phillip Groseclose

6/20/1933 — 11/26/2016

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Phillip L. Groseclose, 83, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, in Lewiston. He was born in Moscow on June 20, 1933, to Lewis "Lude" and Pearl Groseclose. He lived with his parents on the farm in Southwick, Camas, Wash., and then Juliaetta, where he attended the Juliaetta school.

In the early '60s, he worked the night shift at the Juliaetta sawmill. He also was caretaker at several cemeteries in the Kendrick-Juliaetta area. He raised Hereford cattle with his father on the Little Potlatch Creek.

He grew watermelon and cantaloupe, of which he took great pride. He could always be found out hoeing the big garden, keeping it meticulously weed free. He raised various breeds of chickens and roosters.

A man of few words, he was a good listener and had a memory like a steel trap. At family gatherings when we couldn't remember a name or date of someone or something, we just asked Phillip and he would have the answer.

Phillip was preceded in death by his father, Lude, who passed away in 1992; and grandparents Sherman and Daisy Winters, and Jim and Susan Kimberling Groseclose.

He is survived by mother Pearl Groseclose; sister Geneva Davis; brother Larry Groseclose (Janice); nieces Denise Hall, Dezra Marcell, Melissa Groseclose and Alicia Groseclose-Lobb; nephew Ryan Groseclose; and their families; and several cousins, including Willi Swanson, whom he was especially fond of.

There will be a family graveside service at the Juliaetta cemetery.

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