Lauretta Marie Mason
Jun 9, 2023
Lauretta Marie (Jensen) Mason, a long-time Walla Walla County Health nurse, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away peacefully at Eagle Springs Memory Care on June 9, 2023, at the age of 91. She was preceded in death by her sisters, Elizabeth Bauman and Josephine Keeler, and brother, Otto Jensen.
Lauretta was born to Viggo and Tillie...
Donald Raymond Hollenbaugh
May 28, 2023
Donald Raymond Hollenbaugh departed from us on Sunday, May 28, 2023, just three weeks from his 87th birthday. Donald was born in Colfax, WA, to Clarence and Frankie Hollenbaugh.
He is survived by his sons, Troy Hollenbaugh, Marco Hollenbaugh, and Donald Hollenbaugh Jr.; his daughter, Jodi Gradwohl; grandson, Jason Fuller; brother, Richard Hollenbaugh; sister, Judy Hund; and...
Larry Eldridge Bussell
May 26, 2023
Larry Eldridge Bussell passed peacefully on May 26th after a brief illness, with family by his side.
Larry was born August 8, 1935, in Walla Walla. Except for a few years throughout his life, he grew up and then later farmed and raised his family in Touchet. Larry was the eldest of three children born to Eldridge...
Guadalupe "Andy" Benavides
May 23, 2023
Andy was born in Dayton, WA, on February 12, 1976, to parents Lupe and Marva. He was the first grandson born on both sides. He attended school in Dayton and received his GED from Walla Walla Community College. Andy married Debbie Porter on May 30, 1998, at the Hitching Post in Coeur d’Alene, ID. Andy not only gained a...
Wayne Laverne Schulz
May 22, 2023
Wayne LaVerne Schulz was born June 17, 1927, in Keokuk, IA, and died at home in Walla Walla, WA, on May 22, 2023. He was the second of six children born to Leroy Carl David Schulz and Dorothy Leone Carmichael. Two of his siblings, twins Jewel Marie and Joanne Louise (1930), lived just a few days. Upon graduating from...
Delia Cisneros Surratt
May 21, 2023
Delia Cisneros Surratt (nee Hernandez) was born September 21, 1950, in Raymondville, Texas, to Alfonso and Hermenegilda Hernandez, the 2nd of 11 children. She traveled around the country with her family as they worked in a variety of agricultural jobs, learning the value of hard work along the way. The family eventually settled in Walla Walla, where Delia graduated...
Steven Clark Lloyd
May 21, 2023
Steven Clark Lloyd was born on Christmas day, December 25, 1954, and passed away at the age of 69 on May 21, 2023. He was born at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, to Zoe Zackary and W. A. “Bill” Lloyd. They were later divorced.
Bill married Rosemary Board on November 2, 1961. Both had children, and theirs became...
Orvil Doward Wilson
May 16, 2023
We are sad to announce the passing of Orvil Doward Wilson. He died at home in his sleep in the early hours of May 16 at the age of 74. He accepted Jesus as his Savior in the early 1990s, so we find comfort in knowing he is currently enjoying heaven and at peace.
Orvil, also called...
Nancy Ann Robison
May 16, 2023
Nancy Ann Robison, age 93, passed away May 16, 2023. She was preceded in death by her husband of 46 years, Richard Robison, and her son. James Davies.
She was born in Portland, Oregon in 1929, the only child of Oscar and Hazel Eggiman.
She is survived by her children: Carolyn Davies-Paul (Ken), Tom Davies...
Corleen "Corkie" Frances Buerstatte
May 15, 2023
Corleen “Corkie” Buerstatte passed away at the age of 91. Corkie’s wish was to be able to stay home. It was a long nine years battling cancer. Thanks to her family, she got her wish.
Daughter of the late Charles H. Berg and Catherine (Rizzuti) Berg.
She attended St. Patrick’s school. She was a lifetime...
Marvin Hugh Goyer
May 5, 2023
From the moment Marvin Hugh Goyer was born on a dirt floor of a farmhouse in Choctaw, Oklahoma, his adventure began. Like many of this generation, Marvin’s story is built upon a lifetime of hard work, sacrifice, and love. Stories of his mama’s bright and cheerful zinnias and a garden that fed him and his family...
Loretta Marie Spiess
May 2, 2023
Our dad's beautiful wife and our dear and loving mother left for heaven on May 2, 2023. She was born to Carl and Beatrice Nyquist on March 3, 1940, in Tracy, Minnesota. As one of ten children, Loretta lived a life that would be filled with true devotion to family, friends, and faith. In 1943, the...
Glorene Katharine James
Apr 30, 2023
Glorene Katharine James was born on March 15, 1929, in Spokane, Washington, and passed away on April 30, 2023, in Walla Walla, WA, surrounded by her family.
She was born during the Great Depression to Kenneth and Katherine Case. Her father worked at McGoldrick Lumber Mill, and her mother was a...
Albert Fred Walker
Apr 29, 2023
Albert Fred Walker passed away April 29, 2023, after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease. He was born to Edmond and Eleanora (Eisenbeisz) Walker October 27, 1949. He grew up in Walla Walla graduating from Wa-Hi in 1967. Fred and Janet Beachman were married in 1981. Fred retired from Johnathan M Wainwright Memorial Medical Center in...
Matthew Peter Stiles
Apr 29, 2023
Matt Stiles, 39, of Longview, WA, passed away on April 29, 2023. He was born on January 10, 1984, in Hermiston, OR to Margaret “Peggy” Stiles and the late Robert “Smokey” Stiles.
Matt was a very adventurous and fun-loving person who liked to be the life of the party. He was...
Phyllis Marie Fazzari
Apr 26, 2023
P. Marie (White) Fazzari passed away on April 26, 2023, of cardiac arrest at the age of 63. She was born in North Bend, Oregon, on July 11, 1959.
Marie graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1977. Following high school, Marie married Ed Fazzari. They divorced after 13 years of...
Carla Mae Berry
Apr 26, 2023
Carla Mae (Sabins) Berry was born November 10, 1938, to Carles R. And Ruth (Smythe) Sabins in Malta, Montana. She was the second of four children. The family moved to Walla Walla in 1944. She lived in Walla Walla for the remainder of her life. Carla attended College Place Public School and Walla Walla High School,...
Jozsef Imre Papp
Apr 23, 2023
Jozsef “Joe” passed away in Walla Walla, Washington on April 23, 2023. He was 84 years old.
Joe was born in Dorog, Hungary to Jozsef and Hidi Papp. As a young man he became a Hungarian freedom fighter and participated in the 1956 revolution against the Soviet-backed communist regime. He was amongst a group of...
Forrest Ellsworth Conover
Apr 22, 2023
Lifetime farmer, rancher, and everybody's favorite cowboy, Ellsworth (LZ) Conover, passed on April 22, 2023. It is fitting for the outdoorsman and steward of the fields and mountains to have passed on a spring morning when the crew was branding calves. LZ was 95 years old.
LZ was born on November...
Ricardo Juarez Castillo
Apr 22, 2023
Ricardo Juarez Castillo, 75 years old, was born to Santos and Consuelo Castillo on April 22, 1948, in Cotulla, Texas. Ricardo passed away in Kennewick, Washington April 22, 2023.
