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Jerome Joseph McDonald, 23

A Mass of Christian Burial for Jerome J. McDonald, age 23, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, at the Wellpinit Longhouse in Wellpinit, Wash. Rosary will be held Friday evening at 7 p.m. at the Longhouse. Father Flock will officiate at the services and burial will follow at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Wellpinit. Jerome died Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, in Plummer, Idaho.

Jerome was born June 8, 1995, in Spokane, Wash., to Jeremy Colman and Tonya McDonald. He was raised in Wellpinit, and attended Wellpinit grade school and high school. After moving to Plummer, in 2018, Jerome worked as a café busser at the Coeur d’Alene Casino in Worley, Idaho. He had previously worked caring for local family members in the area.

He was a member of the Spokane Tribe of Indians. He was a descendant of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe and the Salish Tribe in Montana. His hobbies included playing basketball, video games, fishing and hunting.

Survivors include his mother, Tonya McDonald of Fruitland, Wash.; his father, Jeremy Colman of Worley; brothers, Quentine McDonald of Fruitland, Jakobe McDonald of Fruitland, Jyce McDonald of Fruitland and Conner Colman of Plummer; sisters, Kareena Colman of Coeur d’Alene, Kadin Colman of St. Maries, Idaho, Rainie Colman of St. Maries, and Carlee Colman of Plummer; grandparents, Alieene ‘Boom’ and Oswald ‘Ozzie’ George of Plummer; grandfather, Gary McDonald of Omak, Wash.; grandfather, Homer Lyle Colman of Arlee, Mont.; great-grandmother, Ida Curley of Worley and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

Kramer Funeral Home of Tekoa, Wash., is handling the local arrangements. Online condolences may be left at www.kramercares.com.