Clara Huie
Feb 2, 2015
Clara B. Huie, 87, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Feb. 2, 2015, at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Marty and Susan, where she had been lovingly cared for during the last years of her life. Clara was born on Jan. 2, 1928, in Seattle to Chin S. and Hui Shee Bong. Following her father’s death,...
Robert Clyde Beamer
Jan 30, 2015
Robert Clyde ‘RC’ ‘Bob’ Beamer of Walla Walla, WA passed away peacefully Jan. 30, 2015 with family close by. Bob was born September 19, 1926 in Wallace, ID to Clyde Forrest Beamer and Anna Pauline Katinka (Hangaard), the oldest of three children. His family relocated to Chicago at the beginning of the depression and then to his mother’s hometown...
Gilbert T. Pedraza
Jan 29, 2015
Gilbert, 50, passed away on January 29, 2015 in home after a year-long battle against lymphoma. He was preceded in death by his father Arturo Pedraza, his mother Catalina Pedraza. Gilbert was born, 1964, in Santa Clara del cobre, Michoacan, Mexico. He came to the USA when he was 22. He met the love of his life Amy in...
John David Delp, Sr.
Jan 29, 2015
John David Delp Sr. passed away Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, in Spokane. John was born to Charles Edgar and Mabel Delp on Sept. 8, 1934, in Dayton, the last of 10 children. He attended Dayton schools and graduated with the Dayton High School class of 1953. Shortly after graduation, John joined the U.S. Army, serving from 1953-1955. As a...
Thomas Francis Duffy
Jan 27, 2015
Born July 11, 1938 and died Jan. 27 of complications from influenza. Thomas Francis Duffy was born at home in Mullan, Idaho. He was the youngest of five children. His father was a Hard Rock miner at the Morning Mine. Two years after his birth, his mother died in child birth. His father Bernard lacked the resources to care...
Janice Jane Dorman
Jan 26, 2015
Passed away peacefully January 26, 2015 at Eagle Springs, Walla Walla, WA. Janice was born December 28th, 1926 in Pomeroy, WA to Stanley and Vera Fitzsimmons. She was raised on the family farm on the Alpowa Ridge outside of Pomeroy. She was forced to grow up very quickly due to the poor health of her mother and because of...
Margaret Elizabeth Stanton
Jan 26, 2015
Margaret Elizabeth Schwarz Stanton was born and raised in Walla Walla, Washington. She was born on October 30, 1930 and passed away quietly on January 26, 2015, at Odd Fellows Rehabilitation Center in Walla Walla after living a life filled with friends. The family is grateful for the love and care that was shown to her and the family...
Dorothy E. Soderstrom
Jan 25, 2015
Dorothy E. Soderstrom passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family on January 25, 2015. She was 89. Dorothy was born January 14, 1926 in Ritzville, Washington to Carsten Herman & Elizabeth Boyd Hennings. Raised on the family farm and graduated from Ritzville High school. During her working career, she was employed by the State Highway Department and...
Rita Marie Gall
Jan 24, 2015
Rita Marie Gall lived a full life and passed away surrounded by family at 88 years old. Rita lived in the Walla Walla area since childhood, and in College Place for the past 20 years. Rita left us on Jan. 24, 2015, dying from injuries due to a fall. Rita was born Jan. 10, 1927, in Mott, N.D. Her...
Claudia Doyle
Jan 23, 2015
Claudia passed away into the loving arms of her savior Jesus Christ, Jan. 23, 2015, with family by her side, after a 35- year battle with cancer. Claudia Kay McLoughlin was born March 10, 1943, in Mt. Vernon, Wash., on March 12, 1943. She was adopted by Stanley and Virginia Chapman of Portland. They later moved to Bend, Ore.,...
Albert Sept
Jan 17, 2015
Lifelong Walla Walla resident Albert Sept passed away January 17, 2015 at the age of 90. Albert was born December 4, 1924 to Jacob and Catherine Schaub Sept. He attended Walla Walla schools and was drafted into the Navy in 1943 where he proudly served in the Marshall Islands for two and a half years. There, he was a...
Katherine Ann Macdonald
Jan 10, 2015
Katherine Ann MacDonald, age 93, passed away Jan. 10, 2015, at Providence St. Mary’s Medical Center in Walla Walla. Kay was born on Nov. 19, 1921, to Luigi and Rosalie (Enna) Pernici in DeRidder, La. She grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in 1940. During World War II, she worked to support the...
Richard Quinn Berley
Jan 8, 2015
Richard Quinn Berley was born Nov. 20, 1941, to Eugene and Bertha Wheatley Berley. He died Jan. 8, 2015, at Walla Walla General Hospital. He was 73. A disabled war veteran, he served in the Navy for 16 years, including several tours in Vietnam. Upon discharge, he worked as a correctional officer for 10 years before being called to...
Mildred Elmgren
Jan 8, 2015
Mildred C. Elmgren passed away on Jan. 8, 2015, in Walla Walla with her two sons at her bedside. Mildred Zeltha Cannon, “Millie” was born on Dec. 7, 1922, in College Place to Ralph T. Cannon and Ethel (McIntyre) Cannon. The family moved off the farm in Athena to Walla Walla, where Millie attended Walla Walla High School (Class...
Nancy T. Mitchell
Jan 3, 2015
Nancy T Mitchell 85, died very peacefully January 3, 2015 after a very long battle with Alzheimer’s. Nancy was born in Seattle Washington to Cyril and Marion Shaw in 1929. She had one sister, Jean. She attended schools in Seattle and later came to Whitman College where she met and married Jim Mitchell. They spent a brief period of...
Archie Burt Milam Jr.
Jan 3, 2015
Archie Burt Milam, 91, passed away on January 3, 2015 at Parkview Memory Care surrounded by family and friends. Archie was born December 16, 1923 to Archie and Mattie Milam in Livingston, MT. He spent his youth learning about cars from his father who was a mechanic at the local auto repair shop. He graduated from North Hollywood High...
Rosana Margaret Quaresma
Jan 1, 2015
Rosana Margaret (Mitchell) Quaresma, passed away Jan. 1, 2015, at Odd Fellows. Rosana was born Dec. 30, 1919, in Bradshaw, Neb., to Chester and Laura (Glasser) Mitchell. She resided in Washington state since 1944. She graduated in 1942 from Bryan Memorial Nursing School in Lincoln, Neb., as a registered nurse. While in Lincoln she met her future husband, John...
Maclovia Caldwell Kroum
Dec 29, 2014
Maclovia Caldwell Kroum passed away December 29, 2014. Maclovia was born January 10, 1936 in the New Mexico village of Yrissari. In November of 1952, at the age of 16, she married Charles E. Kroum. Maclovia worked as a nurse’s aide and as a Para Educator/Spanish Interpreter for Prescott School District. She was known for her giving heart and...
Kelly Anne Hutcherson
Dec 29, 2014
Kelly Anne Hutcherson was born May 16, 1961, in Pendleton and passed away in Walla Walla on Dec. 29, 2014, after battling cancer for nearly 12 years. Kelly was preceded in death by her mother, Lisa Stever. Kelly is survived by her father, Bill; her half sister, Martha; her husband, Dale; her brother, Mike and sister-in-law Tara; her four...
Connie R. Johnson
Dec 25, 2014
Connie R. Johnson, 82, of Walla Walla, passed away on Dec. 25, 2014, with her family by her side. Viewing and visitation will be held on Monday, Jan. 5, 2014, from 2 p.m. until after the Rosary at the Herring Groseclose Funeral Home, 315 W. Alder, Walla Walla. Rosary will be Monday, Jan. 5, 2014, at 6 p.m. at...
