- Date Of Birth: January 9, 1934
- Date Of Death: July 8, 2016
- State: Idaho
Coveta Yuvon Dahmen of Moscow died Friday, July 8, 2016 at Gritman Medical Center. She was 82. Coveta was born January 9, 1934 in Rush Springs, Oklahoma to Jim Bradley. and Janie James. Jim Bradley, Janie, Cauzet (sister), and Veta left Oklahoma around 1938 leaving the “Dust Bowl” for better fortune elsewhere. The Family settled far from the dusty farmlands of the south in Kalispell Montana. She grew up and did here schooling there in the Flathead Valley of Montana. The rest of her older brothers and sisters later came to the Northwest as well. Jim Bradley and son Frank would make their way as loggers and later owned and worked their own land in the woods of Montana and Idaho. Coveta moved to Moscow in 1953 where she met Norman J. “Dutch” Dahmen. They were married on June 12 of the same year. She stayed at home in the early years to raise her family, and being an accomplished seamstress later began her own business doing alterations on men’s clothing for Creighton’s, Myklebust’s and David’s Department Store. She continued doing alterations and also worked in retail sales at Creighton’s. She enjoyed photography, quilting, cross stitch, as well as many other crafts and hobbies. She was very creative and produced dozens of hand crafted gifts over the years that are still cherished by her loved ones. Surviving are her husband of 63 years, “Dutch” N.J. Dahmen at their Moscow home, and children, Pam Southworth, Theresa Dahmen, Tim Dahmen, Paul Dahmen and his wife Alyce, all of Moscow, Dave Dahmen and grandson, Spencer in Bath Maine and Chris Dahmen in Vancouver, WA. She also leaves a sister, Cauzet Chalko in Pennsylvania. Coveta was preceded in death by an infant son, Brad, brothers, Frank and Jay and sisters, Jewel, Flona, and Dortha.
