Terry Rae Jirava

Terry Rae (Geschke) Jirava died at the age of 65 on Friday, July 5.

She was born on Jan. 28, 1948, to Robert and Joan Geschke in Spokane. She graduated from Ritzville High School in 1966. She married Wayne Jirava on Feb. 23, 1974.

She began working at Hands Café as a waitress in Ritzville, and then went on to waitress at Jake’s Café. Later on she worked at the local Ritzville Bakery, Spike Drive In, Spikes Food Mart and Deli and then finished her career at US Bank. She enjoyed all the people that she met throughout her life and made many good friends along the way.

She was very passionate abou...