Betty Louise Zaro
Sep 29, 2012
Betty passed away at home with her loving family by her side on September 29, 2012. She was born on February 5, 1944 to Tony & Louise Fetters Brown. She married Nick Zaro on August 5, 1978 in Dayton, Washington. She was a meat wrapper at Wades Thriftway for 10 years. Her favorite hobbies were spending time with her...
May Meiners Butherus
Sep 29, 2012
May M. Butherus died September 29, 2012 at Washington Odd Fellows Home where her father told her she would live if anything happened to him & her mother. May was born on March 6, 1914 at the family farm up Russell Creek in Walla Walla County during a snow storm. A relative came through the storm to help with...
Barbara Jane Hanson
Sep 28, 2012
Barbara Jane Hanson, 64, passed away on September 28, 2012 at her home in Walla Walla, Washington. Jane was born November 13, 1947 in La Grande, Oregon to Harold & Ada True Spencer. Jane lived in the Walla Walla Valley for most of her life having moved from La Grande, Oregon in her 3rd grade year. In high school,...
Jennifer Christean Sumerlin
Sep 25, 2012
Jennifer Sumerlin, age 40, passed away Sept. 25, 2012, surrounded by family and friends. She fought a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. Jennifer was born Dec. 29, 1971, in Des Moines, Iowa to Jeri Wilhelm. Jennifer attended Walla Walla High School, Walla Walla Community College and graduated from Eastern Washington University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Applied...
Ronald Clark Winn
Sep 24, 2012
Ronald C. Winn, 78, passed away September 24, 2012 in Walla Walla, Washington at the Washington Odd Fellows Home. A few days before his passing, one of the nurses at the Odd Fellows asked Ron, “Do you want your TV turned on?” Ron replied, “No, I’m going somewhere.” So she asked, “Are you going somewhere with family?” Ron replied,...
Joseph Charles Wilson
Sep 22, 2012
Joseph Charles Wilson passed away at Regency at The Park on Sept. 22, 2012. He was born on Jan. 14, 1930, to Charles M. and Lucy Moss Wilson. He married Karen Clayton on June 8, 1998, in Coeur D’Alene, Ida. He was a truck driver for Convoy for 30 years and hauled new cars all over, like Montana and...
John Richard Allessio
Sep 22, 2012
John R. Allessio 88 passed away at his home peacefully. He was the son of Carmen and Clara Allessio and the last remaining sibling of ten children. He was born in Walla Walla. Carmen and Clara immigrated here from Italy. John married Mary Thorne in 1947. John served in World War II in the U.S. Army. He participated in...
Brice Neil Jones
Sep 10, 2012
Brice N. Jones passed September 10, 2012 in Walla Walla after a brief bout with cancer. Brice was born on September 9, 1959 in Dayton, Washington to Richard R. Miller and Iola S. Peterson. He lived in and attended school in Waitsburg from 1970 to 1977 and graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1978. Brice worked for the...
James Wayne Alexander
Sep 8, 2012
James W. Alexander passed away September 8, 2012 at Park Plaza Independent Living Facility in Walla Walla. He was born July 28, 1927 in Trenton, Missouri to James & Hester Alexander. The family later moved to Walla Walla. He spent a short time in the Navy during World War II and was discharged when the war was over. During...
Ailsie Maxine Bayer
Sep 8, 2012
Ailsie (Williams) Bayer, loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, aunt and friend, died peacefully in her sleep on, Sept. 8, 2012, at the age of 94 of complications from a recent stroke. Ailsie was the first of seventeen children born to Floyd and Ada (Wilson) Williams on August 17, 1918, in Elliott, IA. Ailsie attended schools in Elliott, IA and...
Mark Harvey
Sep 4, 2012
The family & friends of Mark Harvey, 57, announce his passing on September 4, 2012 after a courageous battle with cancer. Mark was born on May 9, 1955 to Leroy & Mildred Harvey at St. Mary Medical Center. He graduated from Wa-Hi and attended both WWCC & CBCC prior to becoming a journeyman carpenter. He participated in the construction...
Helen Webb Payne
Sep 3, 2012
Helen Webb Payne, 89, was born May 19, 1923, in Walla Walla to Paul Webb Sr. and Minta Pettyjohn Webb. She graduated from Walla Walla High School and attended Whitman College for two years. Helen was a 3rd generation Walla Walla wheat farmer. Helen married Bill Payne June 15, 1986, in Medina, Wash.; he was also a wheat farmer....
Rev. Ralph Blaine Martin
Sep 3, 2012
The Rev. Ralph B. Martin of Walla Walla, passed away Sept. 3, 2012. For the past four years he was a resident of the skilled nursing facility at Washington Odd Fellows Home. Ralph was a longtime pastor for the Church of the Brethren, serving in churches in Rice Lake, Wisc., Akron, Ohio, Pasadena, Calif., Redondo Beach, Calif., and Whittier,...
Levetia Wyona Wilson
Sep 2, 2012
In loving memory of Levetia Wyona Wilson, dear mother & grandparent. Levetia was the youngest of ten children born at home on July 25, 1936 in the city of Jackson, Michigan to Albert Otto Binchus and Mallissia May Mcfarland Binchus with the aid of her grandmother. As a young girl growing up in the aftermath of the depression years,...
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...
