Victor Eugene Borth

Victor Eugene Borth died at the age of 85, on March 26 in Ritzville.

He was born Aug. 25, 1927, to Rudolph and Barbara (Ottmar) Borth on his uncle Frederick Borth’s farm north of Lind.

Victor was one of six children: Eleanor (Pence), Gloria (Sackmann), Cleve, Barbara (VanBuren), and Marjorie who died as an infant. In 1929, the family moved to a farm north of Paha, where he and his future wife, Bette, would later settle and raise their family of five children: Doug, Vicki, Pam, Denise and Brian.

He attended school in Paha and then graduated from Lind High School in 1946. He married the love of...