Idaho County Free Press Grangeville, Idaho County, Idaho Merlin J. Dahler, 86 The funeral for Merlin J. Dahler, 86, a longtime farmer-rancher of the Stites area was Nov. 23 at Trenary Funeral Home in Kooskia. Burial followed at the Battle Ridge Cemetery. He died Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004, of complications related to a heart attack at Grangeville Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born March 22, 1918, to Gunder K. and Helga K. Dahler. He attended school at Battle Ridge for eight years and Stites High School into his sophomore year. He enlisted in the Navy and served during World War II. He was based in the South Pacific on Green Island as an airplane engine mechanic and was a propeller specialist.