Susie Beth Rose
Mar 13, 2024
Susie B. Rose, age 94, of College Place, Washington, passed away at Brookdale Assisted Living in Walla Walla on March 13, 2024
Susie, a woman of dedication and hard work, was born to Helen and Orville Rose in Gering, Nebraska, on August 21, 1929. They later moved to the Walla Walla area where she began her career...
Dorothy Lee Waldron
Mar 12, 2024
Dorothy Lee Waldron 85, passed away peacefully in her home, March 12, 2024. Dorothy was born in Walla Walla WA to Edward and Elizabeth Schulke.
Dorothy married Tom Wade and they had three children: Bonnie, Ronnie and Constance. They divorced and Dorothy met and married the love of her life Sam Waldron. They had one son, Sam...
David Lyle Meling
Mar 10, 2024
David Meling, 56, of Walla Walla, passed away on March 10, 2024, following a critical illness.
David was born April 14, 1967, in Lewiston, ID, to Mike Meling and Diane (Hesler) Austin. He grew up in Lenore, ID, and graduated from Lapwai High School in 1985. He married the love of his life, Jody Heimgartner, on August...
Delores Marian Bennington
Mar 9, 2024
Delores Marian Bennington, 92, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on March 9, 2024.
Delores was born on March 22, 1931, to Albert and Marian VanDyke, in Forest Grove, Oregon. She graduated from St. Matthew’s Grade School in Hillsboro, Oregon. Delores moved with her family to Walla Walla in 1946 when her father became...
Edwin S Hendricksen
Mar 8, 2024
Walla Walla-Edwin S Hendricksen went to meet Jesus on March 8, 2024, at Regency Rehabilitation Center. He was born on February 19, 1926, in Adams, OR. The son of Ben and Ida Hendricksen. He grew up on the family homestead in Adams. He served in the US Army during World War II. In 1952, he married Donna Foss. They...
Kareen Lee Hoover
Mar 8, 2024
Kareen Lee Hoover 87, of Dayton, WA passed away at Providence St. Mary's in Walla Walla, WA on March 8, 2024.
Kareen was born in Dayton, WA on Dec 14, 1936, to Guy and Nyla (Howard) Spalinger. Later in life while attending college Kareen met the love of her life, Harvey Jo Hoover, who was in the...
Norman James Hansen
Mar 6, 2024
Norman James Hansen passed away on March 6, 2024, at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla, WA, after suffering a hematoma of the brain. He was with his son Eugene at the time of his death.
Norman grew up in Waitsburg, WA, as the eldest of six children of James (“Jim”) and Mary Geraine Hansen....
Michael Eugene Peck
Mar 5, 2024
Michael Eugene Peck passed away peacefully at his home on March 5, 2024. He was born on February 10, 1961, in Grangeville, ID, to Dale and Verna Peck.
Michael was a Marine and was stationed in Hawaii for a short time. He had a 35-year career as a correctional officer at the WA State Penitentiary. Michael married...
Raymond Wesley Sumerlin Sr
Mar 4, 2024
On March 4, 2024, we lost a great man. America called him a soldier. We called him Dad, Grandpa, Uncle, Brother, Cousin, and Friend. Master Sergeant Raymond Wesley Sumerlin Sr, Retired USAF.
He was born in Walla Walla WA, on September 27, 1942, to Wes and Natalie Sumerlin. For many years growing up, he worked on many...
Kent Roger Heaton
Feb 29, 2024
Kent Roger Heaton, age 92, passed away peacefully on February 29, 2024, at Salem Health Hospital, Salem, Oregon. He was born to William and Hattie Heaton on April 4, 1931, in Ransom County, North Dakota. Kent had four siblings, including Glenn (Phillis), Neva (Charles), Fay, and Ila (Kenny). Ila still resides in Valley City, ND.
Kent was...
May Louise Miller
Feb 24, 2024
May Louis Miller (née Glenn), beloved wife of the late David Miller (1919-2013), passed away in Walla Walla on the morning of February 24, 2024, at the age of 95 years. May began her life on September 24, 1928, in Montesano, WA, as the first child of Clarence and Alta Glenn, in the same house as her father was...
William David Saunders, Sr.
Feb 20, 2024
William (Bill) David Saunders, Sr., of Walla Walla, peacefully passed away on February 20, 2024, at Providence St. Mary Medical Center. Sadly, this was just three months after his wife's passing. He missed her so much; he told family he was ready to join her. He was born in Canton, Ohio to James and Eva Saunders, and grew up...
Cira Louise Shoemake
Feb 19, 2024
Cira Louise Shoemake passed away on February 19, 2024, from a heart attack caused by a rare occurrence of Coronary Artery Disease at the age of 23. She was born in Plano, TX but moved to Walla Walla at 3 months of age along with her parents Jeanine and Steve Shoemake. She attended College Place schools, Lincoln High School,...
Vera "Tilly" Roop
Feb 16, 2024
Vera “Tilly” Roop, age 91, died Friday, February 16, 2024, from natural causes. She is preceded in death by her parents, Silas and LaVida Barton of Walla Walla, WA, and by her daughter, Rena of Olympia, WA. She is survived by her husband of 73 years, Robert Roop; her daughter, Robin Smith of Bellevue, WA; and her son, James...
Veta Marie Miller
Feb 16, 2024
Veta Marie Miller, 96, and a resident of Walla Walla WA, passed away on February 16, 2024. Veta was born near Kooskia ID, in 1927 to Amos and Odessa Wilkins. She graduated from Kamiah High School in 1944.
When Veta was 21 years old, she accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. She met Ralph Jackson,...
Emiko Kershaw
Feb 8, 2024
On February 8, 2024, Emiko Kershaw passed away; she was 92 years old. She was born Emiko Hashimoto, the eldest of six brothers and sisters.
Born in May 1931, and grew up on Awaji Kima Islands, Japan during WW2. After the war, she worked at a US Army hospital in Osaka, Japan, where she met a young...
Evelyn "Joanne" Hull
Feb 7, 2024
Evelyn Joanne Todd Hull passed away peacefully at Providence St Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla, WA on February 7, 2024, surrounded by family. She was born in Ionia, MI to Samuel Colon and Josephine Caroline (Sams) Todd on July 7, 1930. She was one of ten children in a close-knit, loving family. After a five-year courtship, Joanne traveled...
Doria Victoria Jacky
Feb 5, 2024
Doris Victoria (Anderson) Jacky passed away at her home in Walla Walla, WA, on February 5, 2024, at the age of 95.
Born on July 21, 1928, she was fond of recalling that she was born at home on the family ranch near Clyde, WA -- because it was the middle of harvest. She attended a one-room...
Dwight Allen Inglis
Feb 4, 2024
Dwight A. Inglis left to be with our Heavenly Father on February 4, 2024. Dwight was born on January 9, 1931, in Eden, Idaho, the oldest of four children to Thurston and Catherine Inglis.
He is survived by his brother, two sisters, five of his six children, and multiple grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Dwight was an...
Lorris Ivan Child
Jan 31, 2024
Lorris Ivan Child, born in Portland, Oregon, passed away on January 31, 2024, after 94 wonderful years. Ivan was a member of the “silent” generation… and if you knew Ivan, there was nothing that was “silent” about him. He would tell you exactly what was on his mind, what you were doing wrong (occasionally right), and how to get...
