Stewart Allen Pomeroy

April 26, 1920 – November 22, 2015

Stewart Allen Pomeroy was born on April 26, 1920 to Clarence and Gladys (Stewart) Pomeroy in Spring Ranch, Nebraska. He had three sisters, Betty, Kathryn, and Gladys Ann and one brother Thomas.

He grew up in Nebraska and graduated High School in Fairfield in 1939. He served our country in the Army Air Corps from 1941-1945, mostly at Turner Field in Albany Georgia. On Sept. 7, 1943 he married the love of his life, Artie Rose Shaw. In 1945 they moved back to Clay County, Nebraska and began farming. Their three children Mary Linda, Dale and Connie soon followed.

In 1959, they moved to Othello Wash. and farmed there until retirement. In Othello, Stewart served on farming organizational boards such as the Adams County Weed Board and the Soil Conservation District. Stewart was also very proactive in the churches he attended. He was a Sunday School Teacher, an Elder and also a lay minister, often preaching on Sunday mornings in Nebraska and for a time in Othello, as well.

Stewart and Artie moved to Hearthstone Inn, a retirement home in Moses Lake, Wash. in 2006. His wife Artie passed away that April and in 2011 Stewart moved to Park Place Assisted Living in Spokane Valley, Wash.

Stewart died on Nov. 22, 2015, in Spokane Valley, Wash. He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years Artie Rose (Shaw) Pomeroy, his parents Clarence and Gladys (Stewart) Pomeroy, his sisters Betty Hill, Kathryn Bokovoy and Gladys Ann West, his granddaughter Michelle (Pomeroy) Escamilla and his son-in-law William Stout.

He is survived by his children Mary Linda Stout, Dale (Lanita) Pomeroy and Connie (Doug) Schmidt, his brother Thomas, seven grandchildren and numerous step-grandkids, great-grandkids and great-great-grandkids as well as nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held on Monday Nov. 30, 2015 at 11:30 a.m. at Moses Lake Christian Church located at 200 East Yonezawa Blvd. in Moses Lake, Wash.