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Lenora Jean Hirning Weise

July 14, 1936 – May 9, 2023

Lenora Jean Hirning Weise, 86, of Newport, Wash., peacefully passed away on May 9, 2023.

Jean was born on July 14, 1936 to Arthur and Lorentina (Otto) Hirning in Mandan, ND. Jean was just an infant when her family moved to Missoula, Mont. and then Walla Walla, Wash., before settling in Ritzville in 1943. She graduated from Ritzville High School in 1954.

While in school she worked at Carroll's Steak House where she first met Jerry, the love of her life. He would come in and order a thick chocolate malt with double malt. She was hired...