Phyllis Bingham Edwards
Aug 25, 2012
Phyllis Bingham Edwards passed away Saturday, August 25, 2012 at Providence St. Mary Medical Center due to complications following intestinal surgery. She was born in Logan, Utah on May 1, 1942 to Elwood Ezra and Ethel Pauline Korth Bingham. Phyllis was a retired schoolteacher, having taught at five of the seven Walla Walla public elementary schools. She was a...
Betsy Mary Harkins
Aug 18, 2012
Betsy M. Harkins, 94, passed away at her home on August 18, 2012. Betsy was born November 22, 1917 in San Diego, California to Wallace & Ruby McCulloch Heffron. Although she grew up a city girl, farming was in her blood and after she moved back to Walla Walla & married Lloyd Harkins in 1939, they always had a...
Mary Rosie Gunberg
Aug 14, 2012
Mary Elia Gunberg passed away peacefully on August 14, 2012 at Garrison Creek Lodge in Walla Walla at the age of 94. Born on February 27, 1918 in Walla Walla to Joe & Clara (Spagnuola) Elia, she attended Walla Walla schools and was a member of Italian Heritage and St. Francis Catholic Church. The oldest of 10 children, she...
Dorothy Spanish Wiese
Aug 13, 2012
Dorothy Wiese, 85, our beloved wife, sister, mother and nana died Aug. 13, 2012 at Regency at the Park. She was born April 20, 1927 to Angelina and Frank Spanish in Walla Walla. She was the fifth of six girls. Dorothy spent her life in Walla Walla. She graduated from St. Patrick’s High School in 1944. Later that year...
David Jo Helfer
Aug 10, 2012
David Jo Helfer (Bear), 55, passed away on August 10, 2012 at his home. A celebration of his life will be held on September 1, 2012 from 11:00 to 1:00 at The Gardena School, 152 Gardena School Rd Touchet, Wa. Memorial contributions may be made to the Veterans Rehab Center through the Herring Groseclose Funeral Home, 315 W. Alder,...
Fortino Gonzales, Jr.
Aug 9, 2012
Former Walla Walla resident Fortino “Tino” Gonzales Jr., 56, passed away Aug. 9, 2012, at his home in Olympia after a short illness. He was born on March 7, 1956, in Edinburg, Texas, to Fortino Gonzales Sr. and Blanca Evelina Thatcher. Tino had made his home in Olympia for the last 25 years. While there, he was self-employed, working...
Barbara Jean Beard
Aug 8, 2012
Barbara Jean Beard died on August 8, 2012 at her home. She was born in Yakima, Washington on May 30, 1939 to Helen and Lloyd Moon. As a young girl she worked on the Hop Ranch in Yakima and spent summers with her grandfather in Horse Heaven Hills in a mule drawn, rubber tired, sheep herder’s wagon. She moved...
Josephine Zaro
Aug 8, 2012
Josephine Zaro, 100, passed away August 8, 2012 at her home in Walla Walla, Washington. Josephine was born in Walla Walla on January 26, 1912 to Ambrose & Angela Berteolli Pinza. She married Tony Zaro on September 23, 1936. She was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and St. Anne’s Altar Society. She worked at Birds...
Katherine Benzel
Aug 5, 2012
Katherine “Kay” Frank Benzel, 94, of Walla Walla, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, August 5, 2012. The fifth of nine children, Kay was born in her 4-bedroom family home in Walla Walla on June 17, 1918, to immigrants John and Elizabeth Frank. From her parents she learned lessons of industriousness and faith that guided her throughout...
Leroy Joe Phipps
Aug 4, 2012
Leroy Joe Phipps, 66, passed away Aug. 4, 2012, at his cabin on Pathaha Creek, south of Pomeroy. Leroy was born Nov. 1, 1945, in Yakima, to Dale Leroy and Ellinor (Knowlton) Phipps. He attended schools in Sunnyside and graduated from Sunnyside High School in 1964. He served in the U.S. Army from 1965 through 1967. After returning from...
Helen Maxine Smith
Aug 3, 2012
Helen Maxine Smith, 74, passed away peacefully August 3rd, 2012, at Washington Odd Fellows Home in Walla Walla Washington. Mrs. Smith was born June 14, 1938 in Hood River Oregon to Chester and Winnie Slaughter. She attended school in Oklahoma. She was the youngest of nine children. In 1955, she married Louis Smith in Reno Nevada. They traveled the...
Merle Wagoner
Jul 28, 2012
1919 - 2012 Merle (Red) Wagoner passed away July 28, 2012, in Walla Walla at the age of 92. Although born in Milton Freewater on Sept. 25, 1919, to Delmer and Gertrude Parke Wagoner, he was raised on a farm near Touchet. Merle attended Touchet area schools and graduated from there in 1937; continuing on for a short time...
Kyle S. Bushman
Jul 27, 2012
Kyle Bushman 1979 - 2012 Kyle Scott Bushman was a proud Native American man. He was a man of few words, but was a man of great actions. He was one of those people who just commanded a silent respect. When I think about Kyle, the first word that comes to mind is generosity. I know people hear this...
Brian James Bigelow
Jul 22, 2012
Brian James Bigelow passed away July 22, 2012, at his home with his wife by his side after a short illness. Brian was born Dec. 17, 1955, to Edward and Marjorie (McCloskey) Bigelow. He was raised on a horse ranch in Sonora, Calif. At the age of 3, he lost sight in his right eye due to an accident;...
Mark Charles Yeend
Jul 22, 2012
Mark Charles Yeend passed away in Walla Walla, WA at St. Mary's Hospital on Sunday, July 22, 2012. He was born on September 19, 1961 in Spokane, WA to the loving arms of Darrell and Arliss Yeend. He graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1980. He worked as a farmer on the Yeend farms for 19 years. Mark...
Gary Ewing Bierwagen
Jul 20, 2012
Gary Ewing Bierwagen, 66, was raised to Heaven on July 20, 2012, from a place he loved: Priest Lake, Idaho. A lifelong resident of Walla Walla, Gary was born on July 17, 1946, to Oscar and Mitzi Bierwagen. The first of three boys, Gary attended Sharpstein Grade School, Pioneer Junior High and Walla Walla High School, graduating in 1964....
Thomas Reilly
Jul 19, 2012
Thomas ‘Tom’ Rowland Reilly died Thursday, July 19, 2012 at his home in Dayton, WA. Graveside service, with military honors, will be Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 11:30 a.m. in Dayton City Cemetery, followed by a celebration of his life at Dayton Eagles Lodge. Professional Funeral Home is in charge of inurnment. Pastor Joe Simmons will officiate. Tom was...
Hudson Ruth Walter
Jul 14, 2012
Hudson Ruth Walter, 3 days, passed away on July 14, 2012 peacefully surrounded by her family at the Children's Hospital at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, WA . Hudson Ruth Walter was born to Zeb and Erica Sharp Walter July 11, 2012 in Walla Walla at the St. Mary Medical Center. Private family services were held. In her...
Laura M. Boyd
Jul 14, 2012
Laura M. Boyd, 81, died Saturday, July 14, 2012, at Providence St. Mary Medical Center, due to heart failure. Laura was born Sept. 20, 1930, in Columbia, Mo., to Edward Berry and Olive (Neville) Berry and was the first of three daughters. She spent her childhood in Warrensburg, Mo., on a farm which she very much enjoyed. The family...
Liselotte Anna Stever
Jul 13, 2012
Liselotte Anna Magdelene Stever passed away peacefully to be with her Lord and Savior on July 13, 2012, surrounded by her loving family and friends. Lisa was born on Nov. 28, 1936, in Kassel, Germany to Wilhelm and Dina Loudien. She immigrated to the United States in 1957 to Prosser, Wash., and began working at her family’s jewelry store....
