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- Obituary from the Lewiston Morning Tribune, March 26, 2003
Esther L. Mouchet, 90, Lewiston
Esther Lillian Adriansen Mouchet, 90, died Saturday, March 22, 2003, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston. She was a longtime Lewiston resident and retired teacher.
She was born to John and Olga Adriansen in Moscow Sept. 16, 1912. She was raised in Moscow and obtained her education there from grade one to her time at the University of Idaho. She graduated in 1937 with a bachelor's of science degree in home economics.
She met George Mouchet in Lewiston, where they were both teachers. They were married July 2, 1943, in Miami Beach, Fla., where George was stationed during World War II. After the war, they both attended Los Angeles Chiropractic College.
They returned to Idaho in 1949. George was a chiropractor in Lewiston and Grangeville and Esther taught home economics. They returned to Lewiston in 1963. Esther taught third grade in Asotin and retired from her work there. Her husband died Aug. 10, 1989.
She was a Camp Fire leader for five years while her children were young. She also assisted in Cub Scouting. She taught Sunday school and helped with children's summer Bible school for many years. She was a member of Orchards Community Church in Lewiston and attended Orchards Christian Church during the last few years.
Esther was an active member of the Lewiston-Clarkston Soroptimist International and the retired teachers group. She was a former member of the Idaho Writers League, Toastmasters, the League of Women Voters, Alpha Delta Kappa Honorary Teachers Society and the Nez Perce County Historical Society. Her volunteer work included Meals on Wheels, Senior Citizens Group, the Lewis-Clark Center for Arts and History, and the Area Agency on Aging.
One of her pleasures was visiting with former students. This goes back to students from her first teaching assignment at Weippe High School.
Survivors include two daughters, Jeanne Washam of Fall River Mills, Calif., and Sue Dorval of Othello, Wash.; son Tom Mouchet of Santa Rosa, Calif.; sister Alice Tumelson of Central Point, Ore.; seven grandchildren; and two great-granddaughters.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, three sisters and a granddaughter, who was stillborn.
There will be a memorial service at 1 p.m. Saturday at Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home in Lewiston
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