Hugh A. Shawgo

Hugh Anson Shawgo passed away at Hospice of Spokane on Tuesday, Mar. 20, after a battle with melanoma.

He was born on the family farm near Ewan/Rock Lake on June 4, 1934, the youngest son of Elmer and Ida May (Evans) Shawgo.

He attended school in Ewan until his parents moved to Spokane in 1943. He graduated from North Central High School in 1952. He enlisted in the United States Navy for four years and was stationed off the coast of Japan.

He loved the family farm and lived with his oldest brother, Emmett and wife Lorraine for 13 years, helping out on the farm and raising cattle. He was like a...