Erna F. Utter

1/14/1928 — 8/2/2021

Service Date: 8/31/2021
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Erna F. Utter, 84, of Lewiston, passed away Monday, Aug. 2, 2021.

The Mass of Christian Burial for Erna will be celebrated with a rosary at 10:30 a.m. and a Mass at 11 a.m. Aug. 31 at All Saints Catholic Church in Lewiston with the Rev. Brad Neely officiating. Burial will follow at Normal Hill Cemetery.

Erna was born Jan. 14, 1928, to Jacob and Rose Dendinger Burbach near Hartington, Neb. She graduated from Creighton University in Omaha and St. Louis University in St. Louis, choosing teaching as her profession. Her last of many teaching positions was at Highline Community College in Midway, Wash., in 1995.

She married Robert A. Utter in 1970, after which they lived in Australia for nearly seven years, followed by 16 years at Federal Way, Wash. In 1995, they moved to Lewiston.

Erna was preceded in death by her husband, Robert; her sisters, Cecilia, and husband Irvin, Clara Brohimer, and husband Allen, Alda Haugaard, and husband Jens, Marilyn Pernich, and husband John, and Lavina Engesser, and husband Rodney; her brothers, Ivo Burbach, and wife Mary, and Mark Burbach, and his first wife, Imogene.

Erna is survived by stepson Richard Utter, stepdaughters Jodie Utter and Martha Moser, and her nieces and nephews.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home.

Service Information

Date & Time: Tuesday, August 31, 11:00 AM
Location: All Saints Catholic Church
3330 14th Street
Lewiston, ID 83501

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Additional Details: Rosary will be held at 10:30 a.m.

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John and Cyndie McCabe

We appreciated Erna. She had a great sense of humor and so full of knowledge! She was a beautiful person.

Tuesday, August 31, 2021 12:17 PM

Jodie Utter

Thank you to all of Erna's many friends, on behalf of her family we are grateful that she was surrounded by so much love and support before and especially after the death of our father. She will be greatly missed.

Wednesday, August 25, 2021 8:12 AM