Carol Jean Jackson
Dec 13, 2011
Carol Brooks-Jackson Carol Brooks–Jackson, 55, passed away at Kadlec Hospital in Richland, WA on Dec. 13, 2011. She was born July 19, 1956 in Parsons, KS to Goldie & Lawrence Brooks. She moved from Kansas to Touchet at age 6 and attended schools there. She had varied interests through the years. She always loved to sing with the radio...
Gorgon Ellis Bergevin
Dec 10, 2011
Gordon Ellis Bergevin, formally from Walla Walla, passed away Dec. 10, 2011, at Kennewick General Hospital after an extended illness and, as a cowboy in his heart and soul, he is now in peace. He was from a large pioneer family from the Walla Walla Valley area with roots going back to the mid- to late-1800's in the Touchet...
James Joseph Webster
Dec 8, 2011
James Joseph Webster, a lifelong resident of the Walla Walla Valley, died in his home in the evening of December 8th, 2011. Mr. Webster, (Jim), 74, was born in 1937 in Walla Walla, Washington to Lehla and Joe T. Webster. Jim was a graduate of Walla Walla High School in 1956. He then served 2 years in the United...
Melvin Edward Wendt
Dec 6, 2011
Long time resident Melvin Edward Wendt, 87, of Walla Walla passed away Dec 6, 2011, at Park Manor Rehabilitation Home. Melvin was born Sept 2, 1924, in Langdon, N.D., to Wilhelm and Elizabeth Wendt. He attended Walla Walla area schools. In 1943, Melvin enlisted in the Army while in high school to serve in WW2. He was in the...
Matthew Nicholas Minzghor
Dec 6, 2011
Matthew Nicholas Minzghor, Jr. of Walla Walla passed away December 6, 2011 at Milton Freewater Health & Rehabilitation Center at the age of 70. Viewing & visitation will be held on Monday, December 12, 2011 from 11:00 AM until 8:00 PM at the Herring Groseclose Funeral Home, 315 W. Alder, Walla Walla, WA. The Funeral Service will be held...
Delphine Buschini
Dec 3, 2011
Delphine Buschini passed away Dec. 3, 2011, at the age of 82. She was born in Grangeville, Ida., March 18, 1929, to George and Izetta Stinebaugh. Delphine married Carl Buschini in August 1947, and settled on the family farm in College Place. Besides working on the farm and raising 4 children, she worked for E.F. Hutton as a branch...
Beulah Grace Riddle
Dec 2, 2011
Beulah Riddle, 76, died December 2, 2011, from a battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) with her family by her side in Meridian, Idaho. She was born the eldest of seven children on September 15, 1935 in Freewater, Oregon to William Carlton and Ruth (Olmstead) Mason. Her father was a water master for district #5 at the east end...
James Andrew Anderson
Nov 29, 2011
James Andrew Anderson passed away on November 29, 2011 in Bothell, Washington. Jim was born at Patterson, Washington July 7, 1916 the son of James Andrew Anderson & Bessi Goff Anderson. As a student at Touchet High School, Jim played football & baseball. He married Marjorie Evelyn Munns of Touchet in 1939. The couple moved to Walla Walla where...
Helene Deeter Paul
Nov 28, 2011
Helene D. Paul passed away November 28, 2011 at Park Manor Nursing Home at the age of 93. Helene was born June 8, 1918 to James Troy and Della Kathryn Standley Deeter in Heyburn, Idaho. She graduated from Wa Hi in 1936 and was a member of the National Honor Society. She married Joseph Roger Paul December 14, 1939...
Richard Henry Ingram
Nov 24, 2011
Dad was born December 1st, 1916 at the family homestead on Patit road outside of Dayton. He was the third of three children including his brother Johns and sister Libby. Their mother died shortly after Dad’s birth and so they were particularly close to their father with memories of fly fishing on the Tucannon, wood cutting on Eckler Mountain,...
Donald Duane Drayton Jr.
Nov 18, 2011
Donald D. Drayton Jr., 81, passed away Nov. 18, 2011, at Park Manor Rehabilitation Center. At his request there will be no service. Don was born Nov. 19, 1929, in Danville, Ill, to Donald D. and Lucille Miller Drayton Sr. As a youngster, he attended school in Portland, Ore., graduating from Benson Tech. He served in the U.S. Army...
Richard Edwin Nightingale
Nov 18, 2011
Richard Nightingale, son of Edwin and Helen Nightingale, went to heaven on November 18, 2011. He probably didn’t waste any time finding the best fly rod and stream in heaven to cast in. When Richard wasn’t thinking about fishing he was working hard, or traveling with his wife Joyce, kids and grandkids to the Oregon Coast. He loved his...
Keith Edison Cochran
Nov 14, 2011
Keith Edison Cochran of Walla Walla passed away at home on November 14, 2011 at the age of 87. Keith was a life-long resident of Walla Walla as a wheat farmer and had retired to Wheatland Village three years ago with his wife Marianne. Keith was born November 11, 1924 in Walla Walla to Edison and Agnes (Mangan) Cochran....
Elsie Marie Patterson
Nov 12, 2011
Elsie Marie (Moore) Patterson, 92, went to be with her Lord on Nov. 12, 2011. Born to Clyde Moore and Grace "Witt" Moore on Dec. 25, 1918, she was one of seven children. Elsie spent most of her early life in the Missouri/Oklahoma area. On April 19, 1935, she married Emmitt L. Patterson in Los Angeles. Shortly afterward, they...
Warren Brunner Eggart
Nov 8, 2011
Warren B. Eggart went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, after a courageous 10-year battle with multiple cancers. Warren was born in Rathdrum, Idaho, on July 16, 1924, to Leonard and Violet Eggart. Following his graduation from Post Falls High School, Warren continued his education at North Idaho College. His education was cut short when...
Shelley Dawn Abernathy
Nov 7, 2011
Shelley D. Abernathy passed into the hands of the Lord on November 7, 2011. She was born June 22, 1964 in Escalon, California. Shelley resided in Portland, Oregon in a special care group home at the time of her death. Shelley was a very special person and her life touched and fascinated many people. She is loved by so...
Pauline Lenore Buckley
Nov 3, 2011
Life on a farm seemed a remote possibility to Paula, growing up as a city girl, and yet that is where she spent almost 65 years. Paula passed away peacefully at the family farm on November 3, 2011 surrounded by her family. Paula, the oldest of four children, was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa on August 31, 1924 to...
Adrien "Toad" Leonard Casey
Oct 28, 2011
Lifelong wheat farmer and businessman Toad Casey died at age 94 on October 28, 2011 at Eagle Springs Specialty Care Community in College Place, WA. Toad was born on July 10, 1917 to Vincent and Ella Blevins Casey in Eureka Washington. He attended school at Eureka grade school, Prescott High School (class of 1935) and Washington State University. He...
Harold James Mitchell
Oct 25, 2011
Long time Walla Walla County resident Harold Mitchell, 96, passed away October 25, 2011. Viewing & visitation will be Friday, October 28, 2011 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Herring Funeral Home, 315 W. Alder St., Walla Walla. The graveside service will be Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at the Blue Mountain Memorial Gardens, 300...
Anne Marie Bradford
Oct 22, 2011
Milton Freewater—long-time Walla Walla resident, Anne M. Bradford, 91, died Oct. 22, 2011, at Heritage Villa, Milton Freewater, Oregon. Viewing & visitation will be Thursday, October 27, 2011 from 4-8 p.m. at Herring Groseclose Funeral Home, 315 W. Alder St., Walla Walla. The graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Friday, October 28, 2011 at Mountain View Cemetery, 2120...
