Pauline Esther Grasser passed away Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, from heart failure at her home in Lewiston. Pauline was born March 12, 1935, to Edna (Hibbs) and W. Paul Butler in Joseph, Ore. The Butler family moved from Joseph to the Clarkston Heights in 1941. Pauline graduated from Clarkston High School in 1953 and married Marion Grasser on Sept. 6, 1953. They started a family of three children in 1957.
In 1970, Pauline and Marion purchased Chet’s Ice in Lewiston and changed the name to Clearwater Ice Company. After they sold the ice company in 1987, they lived in their motorhome while building their summer home in Elk River. They spent the following summers being entertained by three grandchildren, filling 11 hummingbird feeders twice a day and picking as many as 60 gallons of huckleberries in a good year.
Pauline is survived by her husband Marion, son Bill, daughter Dixie Grasser-Johnson, daughter Paula (Ken Zodrow), granddaughters Mandy (Aj Mee), great-granddaughter Myla Mee, granddaughter Heather Grasser, of Modesto Calif. and great-grandson Kaiden Grasser, of Modesto, and nephew Dan Butler. Pauline was preceded in death by her brothers Weldon Butler, Willard Butler and grandson Cody Grasser-Johnson.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 11, at Normal Hill Cemetery in Lewiston.
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