Thomas Turnbow
Dec 30, 2020
Thomas N Turnbow, passed away at home on December 30, 2020, at the age of 90. Tom was born February 20, 1930, in Walla Walla, to his parents Neal and Helen (Teal) Turnbow. Tom graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1949. He met the love of his life, Marie Short of Canada in Bellingham, when he was stationed...
Mary J. Durupt Fenno
Dec 29, 2020
Mary J. Durupt Fenno was born August 11, 1928, to Euphorsine Masosoic Durupt and Nicholas Durupt in Jamestown, North Dakota. The second of 6 children, Mary was raised a devout Catholic. When Mary was 9 years old, her mother died. Subsequently, her paternal grandmother came to live with them. After completing grade school, Mary attended Catholic boarding school, graduating...
Jerry Charles Erdman
Dec 28, 2020
Jerry Charles (Potter) Erdman Sr., passed away peacefully after complications of open heart surgery on December 28, 2020, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, WA. Jerry was born in Los Angeles, CA and moved to Washington State at a very young age. Jerry graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1961 and attended Columbia Basin College in Tri-Cities. He...
Peter Michael Smith
Dec 26, 2020
Peter Michael Smith was born on January 27, 1943, in Madison, Wisconsin and passed away on December 26, 2020, in Walla Walla, Washington. He is survived by his wife, Dee; sons, Jed and Sean; daughter-in-law, Angie; grandchildren, Keelin, Emilio, Jais and Axton; great-grandson, Ezekiel; brother, Tim; and sisters, Terri and Phyllis. Pete gets to rest in peace with his...
Michael Paul Salazar
Dec 24, 2020
Michael Paul Salazar passed away unexpectedly on Christmas Eve December 24th, 2020 at his home in Touchet, Washington. He was born on September 7th, 1978 to Frank J. and Margaret Hilario Salazar, Sr. in Yakima, Washington. He attended and graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1997.
Mike had a great love for fishing, hunting and the...
Everett Charles Barlow
Dec 21, 2020
Everett C. Barlow (Pete) passed away on December 21, 2020, at Providence St. Mary Medical Center.
He was born January 17, 1945, in Heppner, Oregon to his parents Everett and Alberta (Hoffman) Barlow. He spent his childhood years working harvest for his uncles and the Peterson ranches in Heppner. After graduating from Pendleton High School in 1963...
Sally (Sara Mae) Maxon Harris
Dec 21, 2020
Sally (Sara Mae) Maxon Harris, 86, went home to the Lord on December 21, 2020, at Park Manor in Walla Walla, Washington. She was born February 23, 1934 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Dr. Arthur Sherman Maxon and Dorothy Crippen Maxon. A Celebration of Life service will be held at Trinity Baptist Church, 595 Abbott Road, Walla Walla on Friday,...
Mary Jane Fehrenbacher
Dec 20, 2020
Mary Jane Fehrenbacher, 79, passed away on December 20 th of 2020 in Walla Walla, Washington. Born on December 13, 1941 in Walla Walla, to Lilly Pearl Tinsley Fehrenbacher and Thomas Fehrenbacher of Milton-Freewater, Oregon, Mary Jane was their only child.
Mary Jane resided at her life-long home on Sunquist Road, Milton-Freewater, Oregon until July of 2019,...
Susie Meza
Dec 19, 2020
A beloved Wife, Mom, Grandmother, Sister, Aunt and friend passed away unexpectedly; but peacefully, at her home on December 19, 2020. She was born August 11, 1958, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. On August 25, 1973 she married the love of her life, Elias Meza, with whom she would spend 47 wonderful years. In 1979 they moved to Walla Walla...
Gloria J. Schille
Dec 18, 2020
Our beloved mother and friend, Gloria J. Schille passed away December 18, 2020 at home following a long battle with cancer.
Gloria was born April 18, 1955 in Portland, Oregon to James and Helen Maxwell. Following the family’s move to Walla Walla in 1966, Gloria graduated from DeSales High School in 1973 and following high school attended...
John Francis Desmond
Dec 16, 2020
John Desmond, Emeritus Professor of English at Whitman College, died on Wednesday December 16, 2020.
John was born in Detroit, Michigan on February 24, 1939. He attended Catholic grade and high schools, and graduated from the University of Detroit in 1960. He attended graduate school at the University of Oklahoma, earning M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in English...
Loren Irving Wyckoff
Dec 13, 2020
Loren Irving Wyckoff passed away December 13, 2020, at Avalon Health and Rehabilitation Center, Pasco, WA.
Loren, the sixth of thirteen children, was born to Lee and Ida Wyckoff on September 13, 1930, in Beatrice, NE. In 1936, during the Great Depression, the family loaded up all their possessions and moved to Prosser, WA, and surrounding areas,...
Lyla Elaine Wolcott
Dec 13, 2020
Lyla Elaine (Weeks) Wolcott born August 26, 1924 at Williston, North Dakota died December 13, 2020 in College Place, Washington.
“This Little Light of Mine I'm Going To Let It Shine”
Her history began in 1871 on a voyage to America by Samuel Ford Weeks who was born on May 21, 1844 in Loddiswell, Devon...
Donald "Don" Martin Jackson
Dec 13, 2020
Donald Martin Jackson "Don" a longtime resident of Dayton WA, passed away Dec 13, 2020. He was born on April 14, 1939 in Forest Grove, OR to Martin and Gladys Jackson. He grew up most of his life in NW OR. with two younger siblings. A brother Gordon Jackson (1941-1996) and a sister Leona Jackson of Walla Walla, WA....
Dorothy Peck
Dec 12, 2020
Dorothy Peck, of Walla Walla, passed away December 12, 2020, at 98 years. Dorothy was born in Silverwood, Michigan, to “Harry” and Laura McInnes on April 14, 1922. The family moved to Rochester, Michigan, three years later, where Dorothy graduated from high school. She met Melvin Peck on a blind date shortly after graduation. They were married in 1941...
Genida Agnes "Sweet" Purcell
Dec 8, 2020
Born May 30, 1926 in Walla Walla, Genida Purcell passed away peacefully Dec. 8 th in Parkview Manor, Walla Walla at the age of 94 with family by her side. Born Genida Agnes Manuel, Genida was the daughter of Remo and Edna Manuel. She was preceded in death by brothers Ray, Jerry and John Manuel, sister Margaret Chadek and...
Tawnia Sumerlin-Jones
Dec 5, 2020
Tawnia Sumerlin-Jones — December 5, 2020 Tawnia Sumerlin-Jones passed on December 5, 2020. She is survived by her husband, Davy Jones; her children, Ashley Weisner and Zachary Sumerlin; and her grandchildren, Wade Weisner, Vance Weisner, and Jordan Weisner.
Tawnia wasn’t your average person. She was overwhelmingly spontaneous, generous beyond measure, loyal to a fault, indescribably stubborn, her...
Bettie Groetsema
Dec 1, 2020
Our mother, Bettie Kennedy Loiacono Groetsema died peacefully on December 1, 2020, in Spokane, WA.
She was born to Eddie and Roma (Herman) Kennedy in Wenatchee, WA on July 10, 1930.
The family moved to Walla Walla when she was 6 months old. She attended Green Park Elementary School and graduated from Walla Walla High...
Harriet Michael
Nov 28, 2020
Harriet Michael, 82, passed away peacefully after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease on November 28, 2020 in Kennewick , WA. She was born April 29, 1938 in Sandpoint, Idaho to Grace and Harry Durand. They later relocated to Clarkston , WA where Harriet graduated from Clarkston High School in 1956.
Harriett attended Washington State University and...
Virginia Mae Angus
Nov 27, 2020
Virginia Angus passed away peacefully on November 27, 2020 at her daughter’s home in Walla Walla, WA
Born July 16, 1926 in Malden, WA to Hazel and William Crutcher, Virginia was raised on the Crutcher’s family farm near Pine City, WA and attended Pine City School. After graduating, she married her hometown sweetheart, James William Angus on...
