Gary Marshall Brown
May 30, 2013
Gary was born to I.G. (Buster) and Dorothy (Dolly) Brown as the oldest of 7 children, raised in rural Walla Walla on a farm which he credits today as having the most positive influence in his life. Gary delighted in caring for or raising all kinds of animals, especially the unusual, orphaned or injured, including pigeons, deer, beaver, skunks,...
Clina Violet Sargent
May 30, 2013
Clina Violet Sargent passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2013 at Providence St. Mary Medical Center after a loving and richly lived life. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends whom she held so dear. Viewing will be held at Herring-Groseclose Funeral Home on Tuesday, June 4 from 5-7 PM. She will be laid to rest...
John Paul Kent, Sr.
May 29, 2013
Longtime Walla Walla resident, John P. Kent Sr., passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, May 29, 2013. He was 78 years old. John was born to Omer J. Kent and Helen Grote Kent on April 10, 1935, in Walla Walla. He attended Green Park Elementary, St. Patrick’s and Walla Walla High School, and graduated from Columbia Prep...
Janis Eileen Nysoe
May 25, 2013
Longtime Walla Walla resident and realtor, Janis Nysoe, passed away at the age of 89 on May 25, 2013 at the Dayton Booker Rest Home. Janis, a third generation Columbia County native was the eldest daughter of Dewey C. Donohue and Marguerite Hopkins Donohue. Raised on the family wheat ranch on Lewis Gulch road, Janis and her siblings developed...
Roger Lynn Davis
May 20, 2013
Roger Lynn Davis passed away at his home on May 20, 2013. He was born December 13, 1922 to Ray M. & Ruth Wamble Davis in Starbuck, Washington. When he was young, his family moved to Walla Walla where his dad worked for the railroad. Roger graduated from Walla Walla High Scholl in 1941. He worked on area wheat...
Michael Dale Dunham
May 18, 2013
Lifelong Walla Walla resident Michael Dunham passed away at his home May 18, 2013 surrounded by his family and close friends, after a courageous 4-year battle with Renal Cell Carcinoma. Mike was born January 4, 1944 in Seattle, the only son of B. Wendall Dunham and Shirley Mays Dunham, joining older sister Sandra. The Dunham family moved to Walla...
Carol Dean Anderson
May 18, 2013
Long-time Walla Walla resident, Carol Dean Anderson, died of cancer on May 18, 2013. She was 73 years old. Carol was born to Norma Estes and Henry Schmidt on July 16, 1939 in Walla Walla, WA. After her parents divorced, Carol lived with her grandparents Win and Iris Estes. Eventually she returned to live with her mother and her...
Charles Benton Clizer
May 17, 2013
Charles Benton Clizer, Jr., age 85, passed away May 17, 2013, at his home at Wheatland Village in Walla Walla. He was born Aug. 30, 1927, in Spokane, to his parents, Dr. Charles and Katherine Clizer of Tekoa, Wash. He graduated from high school in 1945 while serving in the United States Coast Guard during the final year of...
Frank Gallo
May 12, 2013
Frank Gallo, lifelong resident of Walla Walla, passed away at his home on May 12, 2013, at the age of 73 with his family by his side. He was born on April 22, 1940, in Walla Walla to Frank and Marie Gallo. He is preceded in death by his parents; three sisters, Rosie, Vickie and Anna Mae; one brother,...
Russell Eugene Swingler
May 11, 2013
Russell Eugene Swingler died May 11, 2013 at the age of 78. He was born August 26, 1934 in Teutopolis, Illinois, the sixth child to Martin C. & Tillie Buhnerkempe Swingler. Russ served in the US Army at Camp Hanford. He worked many years for the Woodland School District & enjoyed the students. In recent years, he enjoyed occasional...
Harold Benzel
May 9, 2013
Harold Benzel of Walla Walla, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 9, 2013. Harold was born in the family home in Walla Walla on November 1, 1918, to German immigrants, Jacob and Elizabeth Foltz Benzel. Harold attended Paine Grade School and graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1939. Harold married his beloved wife, Katherine Frank Benzel, on November...
Ione Nibler
May 9, 2013
Ione Nibler, previously residing on Fern Court, died peacefully at Wheatland Village in Walla Walla on Thursday, May 9, 2013. She was born Neola Ione Hilberg, Sept. 13, 1923, in Ada, Minn., to Gustav and Mabel Hilberg. Later the family moved to Waseca, Minn., where Ione spent her childhood and high school years. She was active in many clubs...
Dana Ann Dilts
May 5, 2013
Dana was born in Walla Walla, Washington at St. Mary’s Hospital on February 5, 1968 to David & Beth Ann Brinker Dilts. She was educated in Walla Walla at Betty Shields Pre-School, Prospect Point, Garrison Jr. High and Walla Walla High School. She attended Eastern Washington University and received her Bachelor’s Degree from Walla Walla University where she continued...
Hilario Gonzalez
May 4, 2013
God chose the beautiful day of May 4, 2013, to call home the soul of Hilario Bruno Gonzalez, who passed away at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla following a lengthy illness (brave battle with lung cancer). Affectionately called “Lalo,” “Larry,” and/or “Speedy,” he was the eldest son of migrant workers. He was born on Oct. 6,...
Patty Darlene Mcpherson
May 3, 2013
Priscilla Darlene McPherson, 71, of College Place, WA passed away May 3, 2013 at Providence St. Mary Medical Center. Viewing & visitation will be held at Herring-Groseclose Funeral Home, 315 W. Alder, Walla Walla, WA on May 8, 2013 from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM. The graveside service will be held at Mt. Hope Cemetery in College Place on...
Joy Nicole Smith
May 2, 2013
Joy Nicole Smith, age 38, was taken away from us too soon on May 2, 2013. Joy was born July 10, 1974, in Nampa, Idaho, to Korki and Jamey Smith. Joy attended Houston High School in Big Lake Alaska and Walla Walla Community College. Joy had two children, Kayla Standard and Savannah Smith. Joy loved her children with all...
Bobbie Luann Harvey
Apr 29, 2013
Luann (Bobbie) Harvey was born on May 7, 1952 to Robert and Mary Wolfe in Dayton WA. She had three brothers, Alan, Craig and Thomas who all loved her throughout her childhood and adult years. She met and fell in love with her only husband and was married at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Walla Walla on November 27,...
Wiliam Carey Hughes, Sr.
Apr 21, 2013
William Carey Hughes, Sr., 93, passed away peacefully in the early morning of April 21, 2013 at the Washington Odd Fellows Home in Walla Walla, WA. William was born March 22, 1920 to Philip Joseph and Mary Josephine Carey Hughes in Walla Walla. He was their only son and the youngest of three children. As a child, he attended...
John Anthony Lyons
Apr 16, 2013
John Anthony Lyons, lifelong Walla Walla resident, passed away on April 16, 2013 at home. John was born on April 1, 1920 to Harriet Denzel and Joseph W. Lyons, the sixth of twelve children. John served in the US Navy as a fireman first class during WW II. He returned home to Walla Walla to farm for his father,...
Ernest Natale Guglielmelli
Apr 16, 2013
Earnie T. Guglielmelli, 88, of Walla Walla died peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. A 2007 mild heart attack was the onset of dementia for him. He was well known as “Gug or Gugie” with the cigar. He had “Guglielmelli’s Eastgate Market,” a produce stand in Walla Walla on East Isaacs and later in Portland, “Tony’s...
