Margaret Balinsky Hartman

Margaret Balinsky Hartman

From Cheryl Albig

I would have missed the privilege of getting to know Margaret had it not been for Miss Conklin’s alphabetical seating. There was more about Margaret than met our eye--above all, humor, compassion, and ping pong prowess.

She attended Vassar and completed her Ph.D. at the University of Rochester while still in her early 20s (21, I think. She was a year younger than we were). She became a professor of philosophy at Tulane, Knox (IL), Otterbein (OH), and then Chairperson of the Philosophy Department at Sweet Briar (VA) for 22 years. All the while she was devoted to her disabled son.

Margaret died from an undiagnosed heart defect at the age of 54. Gardening was her passion, and there is a garden on the Sweet Briar campus in her memory.

David Milan

DAVID MILAN, 60

David Joseph Milan, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and brother, passed away October 30, 2008 at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane, Washington. David was born April 29, 1948 in Syracuse, New York to George and Barbara (Franz) Milan. He grew up and graduated from high school in upstate New York. After graduating from Michigan State University with a degree in civil engineering the mountains and adventures called him west.He moved to Idaho and had two boys, Joseph David and Jesse Paquette. After several years spent back on the east coast, dad was able to make his way again to Boise where he held various public works positions and finally met the love of his life in Kristi Nivette. Not only were dad and Kristi soul mates, but they were each other's missing half. Dad had never been happier, and his gushing, exuberant demeanor was evident every time we spoke. In northern Idaho, Kristi introduced dad to his new favorite escape, Priest Lake. Never one to sit on the couch for long, dad kept himself busy enjoying his extended family in Coeur d'Alene, working on his BMW collection, riding his bike, backpacking, and enjoying the ski slopes of the Pacific Northwest. With dad's passing, the mountains will be a little bit lonelier, the ski slopes will have untracked powder for a bit longer, and those who knew and loved him will be a little bit emptier.He is survived by his wife, Kristi; sons, Joseph and Jesse; daughter-in-law Liesl; a brother, Michael; a sister, Constance; grandchildren, Esha and Elek; and extended family, Jonah, Jessica, Hannah, Jacob, and Alexandra Namson, Nick and Troy Nivette, and Amy Nivette. He was preceded in death by his parents.A memorial service will be 4:00 P.M. Monday, November 3, 2008 at the Yates Funeral Home, Coeur d'Alene Chapel. The family prefers memorials to the Idaho Education Association Children's Fund, 620 N. 6th St., Boise, ID 83702 or the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 5386, Boise, ID 83705