Obituary Listing

Sep 20, 2022

Born August 4th, 1941, in Big Timber, Montana to Leon and Louise Westervelt.

Spent early years in a stone farmhouse and attended a one room country school at Dry Creek. Graduated from Sweet Grass County High School in 1959. Graduated from Montana State College (now MSU) in Bozeman, Mt with a nursing degree in 1962. Married Charles...

Sep 19, 2022

William Allen Gies was born March 31, 1930, in Walla Walla to parents William Gies and Mollie Oswald. He attended Paine School and Walla Walla High Schools in his formative years. When he was 15, he met a sassy girl who lived a block away (Coralie Jean Bennett) and was completely enamored of her. They fell in love and...

Sep 18, 2022

Angels came for John on September 18, 2022, peacefully at home with his family by his side.

John was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Howard and Beulah Hapner. John’s parents moved the family to Lowden, WA when John was one year old. He went to school in Lowden until 6th grade. After that, John’s parents made another...

Sep 14, 2022

Shari Entrikin passed away in peace, surrounded by the love of her family, on September 14, 2022, in Walla Walla, WA. She was 48 years old.

Shari was born in Walla Walla on October 6, 1973, to Robert and Maejul Gannon, joining older brothers Shawn and Shad.

Raised in Walla Walla, Shari attended Assumption School...

Sep 12, 2022

Betty Jane Parsons was born on January 2, 1928, in Miami, Oklahoma. Before she was born, her father died tragically in an accident, and several years later, the family moved out west. They came out to the Walla Walla area, where her mother, Ellen Louise Jackson, worked as a farm cook to provide for them. It was while she...

Sep 9, 2022

Marcia Wilke passed away quietly in her sleep the morning of September 9, 2022, in her home at Wheatland Village. She was preceded in death by her husband, Norm; and son, Christopher. She is survived by her daughters, Cate Lyon and Allison Blankenship; as well as five grandchildren.

Marcia's early years were spent in Westfield, NY. She...

Sep 9, 2022

Bob Klicker. An amazing man, husband, father, FIL, grandfather and great-grandfather passed away at 95 years old. He worked hard. He loved deeply and was passionate about what was best for the youth of this community. He never wavered in his belief that kids are to be treasured and encouraged to discover their value and inner strength.

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Sep 6, 2022

Jerry was born July 6, 1927, in Walla Walla to J. L. and Lois (McLaughlin) Cundiff. He attended local schools, graduating from Walla Walla High School. He enlisted in the Navy in 1945. A letter from Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, a close family friend, asking for a waiver enabled him to enlist at the age of 17....

Sep 5, 2022

Joshua Blake Davis (Blake), 18, was warmly embraced by a long legacy of family gone before, on Monday, September 5, 2022.

Blake was born October 29, 2003, to Patrick and Elizabeth (Boatright) Davis, in Bethesda, Maryland. Blake was at once little brother to protective, loving Seth, two years older, with whom he loved to play and make...

Sep 4, 2022

Paul “Jim” James Mitchell was born in Ada, OK, to Paul Martin Mitchell and Gladys Eloise (Clelland) Mitchell on October 15, 1944.

He married Donna Elaine Bailey on December 27, 1980, in San Diego, CA.  He retired from the Navy in 1989.  He went to work for Lumbermen’s and later retired as a dispatcher for Valley Transit....

Sep 3, 2022

Rick Black unexpectantly passed away on September 3, 2022, doing what he loved the most, being outdoors on his “farm,” working and playing hard. He lived his life to the fullest and how he wanted.

He was born in Walla Walla, Washington, on February 3, 1958, to Richard L. and M. Janette Black and was welcomed by...

Sep 1, 2022

Richard was born in Bangor, Maine. His family moved in 1934 to Cashmere, WA, where his father was a pastor at a local church. His mother was also active in the church. His parents both played the piano, and that is where Richard found his passion: playing the piano. He wrote many songs for us and read music. He...

Aug 28, 2022

Melvin "Mel" Gerald Mings, 88, passed away peacefully August 28, 2022, at the Walla Walla Veterans Home. Melvin was born July 8, 1934, in Dayton Washington to Henry and Ruth Mings. He attended school in Dayton until entering the Army in 1956 where he completed and received his high school diploma. After completion of his service in the Army...

Aug 28, 2022

Timothy Kelly Bannister was born to Norman Bannister and JoAnn (Ellison) Bannister on December 11, 1956. Tim was fifth in line of eight children. He passed away at his home from cancer on August 28, 2022, with his two sisters, Lauri and Mary, by his side.

Tim went to schools in Walla Walla and then lived most...

Aug 20, 2022

Gene Arlen Adams of Walla Walla passed away August 20, 2022, in his apartment at Wheatland Village. He was 91.

Gene was an active member of the Walla Walla community. He served as an admissions officer, then financial aid director at Whitman College, from which he retired in 1995. He was a co-founder of the Friends of...

Aug 20, 2022

With his loving and much-loved children and his devoted wife of 54 years, ArLeen, holding his hand, Robert Frederick Lonneker slipped away tranquilly at home in Laguna Woods, California, on August 20, 2022.

He was born May 6, 1934, to Reta Markham Lonneker and Neal Augustus Lonneker. Descended from a long line of Walla Walla County wheat...

Aug 14, 2022

Homer J. “Jim” Myers, born to Harold J. and Winifred N. (Brown) Myers on June 24, 1937, in Walla Walla, passed away at a care facility in Spokane Valley on August 14, 2022, at the age of 85.

Jim attended Prospect Point grade school and graduated from Wa-Hi in 1956. At age 18, he joined the National...

Aug 13, 2022

Kelly Gorton was welcomed into Heaven on August 13, 2022. Kelly, named after her Great, Great Grandmother Mable Rose “Kelly” Dennis, was born in November 1974 in Portland, Oregon, the only daughter of Roger and Lora Carter. Shortly after, the family moved to their forever home in Corbett, Oregon, in the foothills of Mt. Hood, where Kelly attended grade...

Aug 11, 2022

Orpha Oliver was born December 27, 1930, in Whitewater, Kansas, to Floyd and Myrtle Wright. She left this world and journeyed to heaven on August 11, 2022, at the age of 91. Her family moved from Kansas to Washington State, where Orpha graduated from Columbia Burbank High School as the class Valedictorian. In Wallula, Orpha met her husband of...

Aug 10, 2022

Joan Elizabeth (Kooreny) (Ray) Stimmel was born on February 12, 1941, to Jack Kooreny and Norma Wilson in Minot, North Dakota. They moved to Walla Walla when she was about two years old.

Joan went to Baker Elementary School, Pioneer Junior High, and graduated from Wa-Hi in 1959. She went to Northwestern College in Kirkland, WA, for...