RAYMOND MATHEW BIES

With a huge hole in our hearts, we announced the passing of Raymond Mathew Bies. Raymond was found deceased Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, at his home in Waverly Wash., after a welfare check was conducted after failing to show up for work. He was 56. He had suffered a fall a week and a half prior however cause of death is still pending to see if it was a contributing factor. Raymond was born April 14, 1969, in Lewiston Idaho to William and Donna Mae Bies the youngest of four children. Yes, he was the baby! He grew up in Weippe Idaho attending elementary, middle and Timberline High School. Growing up in the North Idaho mountains, his love for hunting, fishing and snowmobiling began. Whether hunting on the Salmon River, fishing on the North Fork of the Clearwater River where we spent many summers camping with Dad while he was logging, or Dworshak Reservoir limiting out on Kokanee, snowmobiling in "The Blues", McCall or Clarkia-Raymond was at his happy place. Raymond was 21 he met the love of his life Renee McDaniel at Flag Day in Fairfield. It was truly love at first sight. They built a life together at her childhood home in Waverly. They were together through thick and thin until Renee's tragically passed away in her sleep Feb. 28 of last year. Two weeks after the passing of Renee we suddenly lost our sister Peggy to cardiac arrest. With the two of them passing so close together left such a deep deep sorrow for a very long time. In his early adult years, he worked in Alaska fishing, as an electrician and had a business building homes. That was until he took his first job farming. He loved everything to do with farming. At the time of his death, he worked for Seeds Inc in Tekoa. He is survived by his father, William Bies; brother, Brian Bies; sister Brenda Meadows; aunt, Shirley Kautz; cousins, Greg Kelso, Cindy Kautz Bloomer and David Kautz; nieces, Bria'nna Bies, Laura Parks, Ashleigh Tippin Pickett; nephew, Kelby Tippin; sisters-in-law, Doreen Fisher and Diane Galler; nieces-in-law, Melinda Fisher Breyer, Bri Jeffery's, Amanda VanSlyke Clark, Jenna Galler and Danielle Galler; nephew-in-law, Nicholas VanSlyke; stepchildren, Jim Engelhardt and Sheila Evans; step-grandchildren, David, Cyndel, Skyler, Kimber, Sadie, Hailey Summerlyn; and close dear friends, Bill Enzler, Roger and Tracey Schuman, Charlie and Lori Stark, Jeremy Branon and Ariana Keffer. He was preceded in death by his wife, Renee McDaniel Bies; mother, Donna Mae Anne Bies; sister Peggy Sue Bies Hill Tippin; grandmothers, Nellie Swarthout and Mae Bies Willis; grandfathers, Les Swarthout, Tom Flood and Mathew Bies; aunt Sandra Kelso; and uncles Kelly Kelso and Bill Kautz. A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Fairfield Community Center in Fairfield, Wash. A potluck dinner will follow and there will be a private burial. Donations may be sent to the Timberline Alumni Association, P.O. Box 212, Weippe, ID 83553. To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of RAYMOND MATHEW BIES, please visit our floral store.