Erica 'Riki' Vene Bair
On August 30, 2021 Erica “Riki” Vene Bair gained her angel wings. She passed away peacefully in her sleep snuggling with her Dachshunds, Penny and Dixie just three weeks short of her 32nd birthday. She was born with a congenital heart defect, but had been doing well, so this was sudden and unexpected. Her friends and family have found peace in the knowledge that she did not have pain and she is no longer facing any more surgeries.
Erica was born September 22, 1989 to Brian Bair and Sandra Weese in Sandpoint, Idaho. She attended schools mainly in Lewiston, spending a few years at Post Falls High School before returning to Lewiston. She loved music of all kinds, movies, photography and spending time with her many friends. She was unable to have children of her own so many of her friend’s children knew her as Aunt Riki. She touched so many lives, in so many positive ways. She will be greatly missed every single day.
She leaves behind her five best friends, Becca, Dominick, Sadie, Sarah and Susan; her fur babies, Dixie and Penny; her mother and father; grandmother, Harriet Richens; grandfather, Fred Bair; uncles, Don, Jay, Shawn, Ray and Justin; aunts, Brenda, Kelli and Amber; cousins, Conner and David; nephews, Hunter, Jackson, Dominic, Dante, Logan, Matthew, Deklan, Orion, and Aiden; nieces, Isabella, Hailey, Dorian, Rayne, and Aurora; and countless other friends and family.
She would also want a few special people mentioned who held a special place in her life, Sissy “her second mom;” Bill, “he called her a bookworm; Christina, “the big sister she never had;” Deb, “her bonus aunt;" and her local band friends from No Cover and Nixon Rodeo.
She was preceded in death by grandfathers, Don Weese and Jack Richens; grandmother, Fay Bair; uncles, Billy and Gene; cousin, Jerry; her godfather, Kip; and Katrina “her adopted mom.” She also unfortunately now shares the afterlife with numerous friends who also left this world at a very young age. In this, we also find peace knowing she is not alone.
The family has requested memorials be made to an animal shelter in your area in her name. A memorial has already taken place on October 30, 2021, in Clarkston, Washington, at theFirst Church of God.