James Todd Flanagan
Mar 5, 2020
James Todd Flanagan (“Todd”), age 55, formerly of Walla Walla, passed away Thursday, March 5, 2020 at his home in Issaquah, WA.
Todd was born to James and Elizabeth Flanagan on March 5, 1965, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Following his family’s move to the Pacific Northwest and eventually to Walla Walla, Todd graduated from Walla Walla...
Mary Ann Arbini
Mar 4, 2020
Mary Ann Arbini, born January 31, 1921 to Joe and Theresa Grassi, went to Washington School. She married Joe Arbini in 1939. They were married 51 years. They lived in Seattle, Wa where they retired. Mary worked at the cannery, Bee Hive, Penny’s, Sears and Bon Marche in Walla Walla, Richland, Spokane and Seattle Pike and Pine till she...
Carl Robert "Rob" Lundgren
Mar 4, 2020
Carl Robert ‘Rob’ Lundgren, 75, died on March 4, 2020, at his home in Walla Walla. He is survived by his wife, Sue, their children, Anne (Shane) and Chris (Kelly), and his brother, Jim, as well as granddaughter, Ada.
Rob was born to Carl Raymond and Betty (nee Ostrom) Lundgren on November 3, 1944, in Farragut, Idaho....
Vernon Steven Klein
Mar 1, 2020
Vernon Steven Klein, age 68, passed away peacefully in his sleep early Sunday morning on March 1, 2020. A devoted Husband, Father, and Grandfather, he was preceded in death by his parents, Vernon and Marjorie Klein.
Vern Klein was born on August 4, 1951, in Walla Walla. He spent his formative years playing baseball, camping, hunting, and...
Arthur Duane May
Feb 28, 2020
Long time Walla Walla resident, Arthur Duane May, passed away peacefully on February 28, 2020 at Park Manor. He was born May 19, 1947 to Margaret and Edward Lee May. Duane was a graduate of DeSales High School and Oregon State University. He served in the United States Army First Cavalry Division in Vietnam and worked for the Washington...
Charles Agustus Mcdonald
Feb 26, 2020
Charles A. McDonald, 93, passed away to be with his Savior Jesus in heaven, following a major stroke, on February 26, 2020.
Chad was born to William and Gladys Gates McDonald in Prescott, WA. He grew up in Woodland, WA and worked with his father as a commercial fisherman. At age 18, he joined the U.S. Army...
Patricia "Pam" Margaret Allen
Feb 23, 2020
Patricia “Pam” Allen, 74, a native of Walla Walla, was called home by her Lord and Savior on Sunday, February 23, 2020. She passed away at home with her husband, children, and other family members by her side. Pam was born on February 25, 1945 to Dare and Bee Barrie Chamberlain. She was the second of seven children.
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Alyssa Kate Wagoner
Feb 20, 2020
Alyssa Kate Wagoner was born May 27, 1986, to parents Mark and Sharla Wagoner. She died at her parents’ home in Touchet on 02.20.2020.
Alyssa attended Touchet Schools from Kindergarten through her senior year. She was an integral part of the class of 2004. She gave everyone the opportunity to be patient, kind, compassionate, and tolerant. Teachers’...
Stella Louise Pinza
Feb 14, 2020
Stella Louise Pinza, a long time resident of Walla Walla, died February 14, 2020 at the Park Manor Rehabilitation Center. Stella was born June 27, 1935 in Walla Walla to Louis F. and Alexandria Zaro Locati. She graduated from St. Patrick High School in 1954. Stella married the love of her life, Angelo Pinza, on May 21, 1955 in...
Charles Paul Robertson
Feb 12, 2020
Charles Paul Robertson, 83, passed away February 12, 2020. Charles was one of a set of triplets born March 4, 1936 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Walla Walla to Jack and Agnes Robertson.
He was an Army Veteran. He retired from Sears after 35 years and worked over 10 years at the Washington State Penitentiary. He went...
Shirley Elizabeth Robinson Clem Farmer
Feb 12, 2020
Shirley Elizabeth Robinson Clem Farmer, 93, of Walla Walla, passed away on February 12, 2020 in her home in Walla Walla.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, February 28, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Walla Walla. Arrangements are by Herring Funeral Home.
The obituary of Shirley in her own words: My full name...
Doris Estelle Alexander
Feb 9, 2020
Doris Estelle Alexander, 90, passed away on February 9, 2020. Doris was born to Karl W. Criss and Estelle Julia Bryant Criss in Galveston, Texas. She married James Alexander, June 5, 1949, at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Walla Walla.
Doris enjoyed watching NASCAR on TV and especially seeing her grandson, Travis, who works for NASCAR. She...
Ronald Rex Tewalt
Feb 8, 2020
Ronald (Ron) Tewalt, 63, of San Antonio, TX, passed away at Audie Murphy V.A. Memorial Hospital in San Antonio on February 8, 2020.
Ron was born to Kenneth and Barbara (Davis) Tewalt in Dayton, WA on July 14, 1956. He grew up in Dayton, attending school there and graduating from Dayton High School in 1974. He joined...
Alma Joyce Stone
Feb 4, 2020
Every good story has a beginning and an ending.
The chapters in between define our journey.
Alma Joyce Kienke began her first chapter on July 15, 1935. Like Laura Ingalls, she was born in a little sod house in Washabaugh, South Dakota where her parents, Bessie and Leslie Kienke farmed leased land from the Sioux...
Joseph "Joe" Anthony Gonzalez
Feb 4, 2020
Joseph "Joe" Anthony Gonzalez, 48, was born in San Diego, California, on February 14 th , 1971. On February 4 th , 2020, while surrounded by family he succumbed to brain cancer at home in Walla Walla, Washington.
Joe was raised in Walla Walla and attended both Catholic and Public Schools, graduating from Walla Walla High School...
Grant Dean Beauchamp
Feb 2, 2020
Grant Beauchamp, 74, of Pendleton, Oregon, passed away at St. Mary’s Medical Center surrounded by his family on February 2, 2020.
Grant is survived by his wife Bernita of 17.5 years, daughters Lori Jangala and Amanda Judd, cousin Marilyn Thompson and his grandchildren.
Grant was born June 7, 1945 in Walla Walla, Washington to Dean...
Karen Marie Allen
Feb 2, 2020
Karen was born March 18, 1944, to parents, Freeman Allen and Nola May Simons Allen.
Formerly of Pendleton, Karen attended Pendleton High School where she graduated in 1963. She then attended Blue Mountain Community College from 1963-64.
Those we love don't go away; they walk beside us every day. Unseen, unheard but always near. Still...
Robert Edwin Strozinsky Jr.
Feb 2, 2020
Robert Strozinsky Jr., age 96, passed away on February 2, 2020, in Walla Walla.
Robert was born on November 26, 1923 in La Crosse, Wisconsin to Robert and Grace M. Kachel Strozinsky, Sr. He had three sisters: Marion, Joanne and Nancy; and two brothers: Raymond and Richard. Robert moved to Walla Walla with his family in 1938...
Michelle Annette Isitt
Feb 1, 2020
Michele was born and raised in the valley of Walla Walla. Her father, Robert W. Clark, was vice-president at Baker Boyer Bank and her mother, Delores M. Clark, was head secretary for the science department at Wa-Hi. Michele graduated from Wa-Hi; she had so many family and friends that she made proud. Then, one day her Dad told her...
Lois Laretta Beeson
Jan 29, 2020
Lois LaRetta Beeson passed away on January 29, 2020, at the age of 96, at her home in Walla Walla with family at her side.
Lois was born June 13, 1923, to Lizzie and Victor Mace in Walla Walla. She married Lewis Beeson and had five children - David, James, Diana, Debora and Frank. Lois was a...
