Margaret Lynn Buchan
Oct 17, 2022
Margaret (Marlyn) Buchan was born December 12, 1941, in Walla Walla to Frank and Miriam (Edwards) LeRoux. She passed away on October 17, 2022, at Providence St. Mary Medical Center. She lived her entire life in Walla Walla, attending schools at St Patrick’s, DeSales, and Whitman College.
In her younger years, she had a great love of...
Joanna Lee Hamper
Oct 15, 2022
Joanna Lee Hamper was born October 14, 1937, in Walla Walla to Nicholas Paul and Margaret Elodie Stone Zaro Sr. She passed at Providence St. Mary Hospital on October 15, 2022, one day after her 85th birthday. She attended Davis School and St. Patrick’s School, graduating in 1955. In 1958, she married Donald D. Hamper Sr. Joanna was employed...
Norma Pao
Oct 15, 2022
Norma was a lifelong resident of the area, born in Walla Walla, WA, to Luigi (Louis) and Francesca (Francis) Giani Canziani on June 27, 1933. She died on October 15, 2022, at the age of 89 years, with her sons by her side.
She attended Davis Elementary School in College Place, WA, and graduated from St. Patrick...
Gary Willis Burt
Oct 12, 2022
Gary Willis Burt of Walla Walla passed away on October 12, 2022, after a brief illness at the age of 75. He was born on July 31, 1947, to Ronald Gene and Eileen Dickinson Burt in Lewiston, Idaho. He spent his early years in Spokane before moving to Oakland, CA. He graduated from Oakland High School in 1964 and...
Mary Frances Ganguet
Oct 11, 2022
Mary Frances Ganguet passed away on October 11, 2022, at Chaplaincy Hospice House in Kennewick with her daughters at her side. She was born to Percy and Edna McCormick Muirhead on February 7, 1927, in Waitsburg, Washington. She attended grade school in Waitsburg and found her weekly tap dance classes to be a highlight of her younger years.
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Zaley Ann Blocklinger
Oct 8, 2022
Zaley Ann Blocklinger,14 years old, passed away on October 8, 2022.
Survived by her parents, David and Marie Blocklinger; siblings, Kyler and spouse, Yajaira Blocklinger, Zaydin Blocklinger, and Zander Blocklinger; grandmother, Judee Blocklinger; aunt, Kristi Moore and spouse, Rob; uncle, Israel Palomo and spouse, Celina, uncle Darren Blocklinger; and numerous cousins.
She was preceded in...
Linda Francis Raymer
Oct 7, 2022
Linda Francis Raymer, 75, died unexpectedly of a heart attack on October 7, 2022. She was the daughter of Richard and Henriette Raymer. Her grandparents were Harry and Emily Raymer of Walla Walla and Henry and Henriette Rafin of Grenoble, France.
Linda was a lifelong resident of Walla Walla. She graduated from DeSales High School in 1965....
Connie Cole Gwinn
Oct 5, 2022
Connie Cole Gwinn passed away at Washington Odd Fellows Home on October 5, 2022, at the age of 89. Connie was born on October 4, 1933, in Forks, WA.
Connie’s given name as firstborn was Lacey Constance Cole, after her father, Lacey Cole.
Raised on her family’s wheat ranch in Dixie, WA, she developed a...
John Gilbert Murry
Oct 5, 2022
John G. Murry was born March 2, 1947, in Tacoma, Washington, to Lt. Colonel Roy G. Murry and Agnes G. Murry. After John’s father died in 1950, Agnes chose to remain in their home near McChord AFB and to raise John and his older sister, Mary E. Murry.
He attended St. Francis Cabrini, then Bellarmine High School,...
Olive Lousie Robertson
Oct 4, 2022
Olive Louise Robertson passed away peacefully on October 4, 2022, at the age of 95, with family by her side. Born May 21, 1927, in Burke, ID, to Edith and Grover Walker, the family lost Olive’s father in a mining accident when she was 12 years old. Her mother returned to Hutchinson, MN, so her three children could grow...
Timothy Edwin Baird
Oct 2, 2022
Timothy Edwin Baird passed away on Sunday, October 2, 2022, at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla. Sundays in the fall were Tim's favorite days of the year as he was an avid football and Seahawks fan.
"Football is America's game," he would always say, and then talk about how he played football at a...
Sharon Renae Mcgee
Sep 27, 2022
Sharon Renae McGee was born March 15, 1956, in Ontario, OR, to Kenneth and Charlotte Romjue. She passed away on September 27, 2022, at Providence St. Mary Medical Center after a battle with cancer.
When Sharon was a little girl, she sold the most carnival tickets at school. Then, when she joined Campfire and Girl Scouts, she...
Daniel Lee Givens, Jr.
Sep 27, 2022
Daniel Lee Givens, Jr. passed away on September 27, 2022, surrounded by family at his Kooskooskie home. After a brave battle with Cancer and a life mostly on the road, it was his wish to be home. His “band of brothers” came to California to break him out of the hospital and make the trip home. He is survived...
Kristine Richardson
Sep 25, 2022
Kristine Richardson, at the age of 69, passed peacefully into the loving arms of her savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, September 25, 2022, at home surrounded by family.
Kristine was born to John and Esther Richardson on December 30, 1952, in Walla Walla. She attended Edison Elementary, Pioneer Junior High, Wa-Hi, and graduated from Eastern Washington University...
Delbert Charles Mock
Sep 24, 2022
Delbert Mock passed away September 24, 2022, in Waitsburg at the age of 98. Delbert Charles Mock was born on September 3, 1924, the son of Denzil and Neoma (Gluck) Mock in Hanford. The family moved to Hanford, Washington, then Enterprise, Oregon, for a short time before settling in Waitsburg, Washington, in 1933. Delbert was drafted into the U.S....
Sharon "Sherri" Marie Moore
Sep 24, 2022
Sherri was born to Harold and Ruby Wodtli in Tonasket, WA, on August 19, 1947. After being diagnosed with fast-growing cancer on August 29, 2020, while having surgery at St. Mary's, she opted to spend the short time left with family and friends at her home she loved so much for over 50 years. She passed away peacefully on...
Judith Lee Scudder
Sep 24, 2022
Judith Lee Metz Scudder, 82, passed away on September 24, 2022.
After retiring from Safeway, she worked in SPED classrooms in College Place for many years and had a special rapport with kids. Judy's passions in life were horses and sports, and she loved to share that with everyone. In her later years, she enjoyed karaoke and...
Shirley Frances Manuel
Sep 23, 2022
Shirley Frances Manuel, 93, died at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla on September 23, 2022.
Shirley was born September 14, 1929, in Herndon, Kansas to William and Frances Kennedy. The family moved to the Walla Walla area in 1940, and she graduated from St. Patrick's High School in 1947. After graduation, she began working...
Mildred (Millie) Genevieve Solbach
Sep 20, 2022
Mildred passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on September 20, 2022, at the age of 88. She was born June 7, 1934, to Eddie and Marie Blackwell on a farm near Aurora, KS.
She married Vern Solbach on July 24, 1954. They were married for 68 years and had eight children.
Millie was...
Robert Earl Harvey
Sep 20, 2022
Robert Earl Harvey (Bob) was born in Ontario, OR, on January 3, 1956, to Charles and Lois Harvey. He moved with his parents when he was three years old to Walla Walla, where they purchased a farm. While in Hermiston, Bob traveled to Walla Walla each Saturday with his parents (who still owned a beauty salon in Walla Walla)...
