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....
Connie Jean Hofer
Jul 5, 2012
Connie Jean Cross Hofer (65) passed away at her home in Prescott, Washington on July 5, 2012. Connie had many adventures in her life. Connie & her first husband owned & operated a trucking business together in Othello, Washington. During the Vietnam War, she worked with the famous Flying Tigers. Connie followed her mother to Alaska where she worked...
Milo Jameson Fletcher
Jul 1, 2012
Milo Jameson Fletcher, born December 28, 2011 at Providence St. Mary Medical Center passed away July 1, 2012 at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital in Yakima, in the arms of his mother from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision. Milo is the son of Wesley and Rebekah (Porter) Fletcher. He was their Christmas surprise. He lived six full, happy...
Mary Louise Abajian
Jun 26, 2012
Mary Louise Abajian, passed away on June 26, 2012. MaryLou was born in Walla Walla on July 21, 1923, to Charles and Josephine Hooper. MaryLou was raised in Walla Walla except for a short time in Portland, Oregon and graduated from Wa-Hi in 1941. MaryLou met John Abajian at the Officers Club at the airbase. They were married in...
Charlotte Ruth Hutchens
Jun 25, 2012
Charlotte Ruth (Ostroot) Hutchens was born June 19, 1911, in Astoria, S.D., to Theodore and Hannah (Quail) Ostroot. She died June 25, 2012, at Booker Rest Home in Dayton. She celebrated her 101st birthday on June 19, 2012, with a family dinner at Booker. Her family moved to Crosby, N.D., in 1924, and later to Minot, N.D. She graduated...
Janet "Jan" Lee Angotti
Jun 22, 2012
Janet Lee Angotti, 76, passed away peacefully at home on June 22, 2012. Jan was born in Walla Walla on November 24, 1935 to Esther and George Sherwood. She attended school in Walla Walla and graduated from Wa-Hi. On December 22, 1956, Jan married Don Angotti at St. Francis Church. Later, Jan attended St. Mary’s Nursing school, and graduated...
William Leroy Davis Sr.
Jun 20, 2012
Bill Davis of Waitsburg died June 20, 2012 at Walla Walla General Hospital. He was 86. He was born August 31, 1925 in Delta, Colorado to Roy and Marie (Coates) Davis. He spent his childhood and attended school in Delta before joining the US Navy after Pearl Harbor in 1941. He fell in love with the Pacific Northwest after...
