Nancy Bafus Layer
Jan 11, 2020
Nancy (Bafus) Layer, 85, formerly known as Nancy Ferner and Nancy Gardner, passed away January 11, 2020 at her home in College Place. She was born July 5, 1934 in St. John, WA and attended high school at Prescott High, graduating in 1951.
After marrying John Gardner (Tommy Gardner’s son) in 1955, they later spent time in...
Spencer Leigh Kingsfield
Jan 8, 2020
Spencer Leigh Kingsfield, 73, of Walla Walla, passed away in Providence St. Mary Medical Center on January 8, 2020. Spencer was born in Harvey, ND on June 8, 1946, to Artina and Otto Kingsfield. He attended Everett High School in Lansing, MI.
Spencer worked as an X-Ray Technologist and was always active in the Seventh-day Adventist Church....
Norma Alicia Sandoval
Jan 6, 2020
Norma A. Sandoval, 45 of Walla Walla, passed away January 6th, 2020 surrounded by her loved ones.
She was born to Victor Rodriguez and Maria Sandoval on June 12, 1974, in Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico. Norma graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1993. She earned her Bachelors in Psychology from Washington State University.
Norma was...
Alicia Angel Bernhardt
Jan 5, 2020
Alicia, our Angel, passed away after being struck in a hit and run accident on January 5, 2020.
Alicia was born on June 5, 1999, in Coos Bay, Oregon, to Angela (Aust) and Dave Bernhardt. The day she was born was such a day of joy; seeing the look on her father's face as he saw her...
Theresa Viola Laurella
Jan 5, 2020
Theresa was born in Reith, Oregon to John E. Destito and Michele “Idean” Spagnulolo.
She grew up on the family farm in Walla Walla. On August 30 th 1945 she married the love of her life Samuel “Sam” Laurella at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Walla Walla. They were happily married for 68 years until...
Lois Harvey Sept
Jan 4, 2020
On Saturday, January 4, 2020, Lois (Harvey) Sept, loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away at the age of 93.
David Grant Carey
Jan 1, 2020
David Grant Carey, faithful to Christ, devoted husband and cherished father joined our Heavenly Father on January 1, 2020. He passed away at his daughter’s house in Woodinville, WA after a battle with cancer.
David was born in Walla Walla on July 17, 1935 to Arthur and Laura Carey. He graduated from Walla Walla High School and...
Mary Theola Luisi
Dec 30, 2019
On Monday, December 30, 2019, Mary Theola Luisi passed away at the age of 79.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Jan. 7 at 3:00 p.m. at Trinity Baptist Church, 595 Abbott Rd. Walla Walla.
Mary was born on April 10, 1940, in Ink, Missouri, to Cecil and Clara Baker. Mary loved Jesus...
Mary Ellen Valencsin
Dec 29, 2019
Mary Ellen Valencsin passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 29, 2019, surrounded by family at the Tri-State Hospital in Clarkston, WA. Mary (53) was born in Walla Walla on August 8, 1966, to Ed and Loraine Valencsin. She had been a resident of Avalon Progressive Care in Clarkston since January 23, 2019.
Education started early for Mary...
Raquel Cavazos Pimentel
Dec 27, 2019
Raquel Cavazos Pimentel, age 55, passed away Friday December 27, from a hard fought battle with Liver Cirrhosis. She was born April 9, 1964, and has been a well-loved member of the Walla Walla Community.
Raquel was known as MOM (Mother of Many). She was a mother to all who knew her. She was more than happy...
Theodore Starr Bludworth
Dec 21, 2019
Theodore Starr Bludworth, one of 12 children, was born May 31, 1954 in Williamsport, PA to Hubert and Evelyn Bludworth. He passed away at his home on December 21, 2019 of Chronic Heart Failure with his twin brother, Timothy Gabel, by his side.
Born developmentally disabled, he spent the first half of his life separated from his...
Hedda Jean Reid
Dec 19, 2019
Hedda was born in Seattle, Washington on March 2, 1927.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert “Pete” Reid; parents, Oscar and Adeline Jorgenson; and brother, Jack Jorgenson. Hedda was very proud of her Norwegian heritage, both of her grandparents having emigrated to the United States from Norway. Oscar was the Norwegian reporter for KJR...
Linn Neal Buley Jr.
Dec 16, 2019
Linn N. Buley, 91, passed away on December 16, 2019, in Walla Walla. Linn was born to Linn and Lorene (Wallace) Buley in Eugene, Oregon on May 1, 1928. Linn grew up in Eugene, and enjoyed working on the family farm and his paper route. On that route he met his future wife, Mary Lois (Corbin).
Linn...
Annie King Hales
Dec 15, 2019
Annie King Hales, 86, passed away Sunday afternoon, December 15, 2019. She left for Heaven quietly, without pain, from Eagle Springs in College Place with her husband, son, and younger daughter present.
The daughter of Hugh and Catherine Loudon, Annie was born in Bannockburn, Scotland on November 12, 1933. She was the 3rd of 5 children who...
John Robert Harris
Dec 13, 2019
Long time Dayton resident, John R. Harris (age 92) passed away peacefully on Friday the 13 th at the Parkview Memory Care unit of Wheatland Village in Walla Walla, where he had resided since 2015. After a ten-year battle with progressive Alzheimer’s dementia, his spirit has finally been set free. We are so thankful for all the care and...
June Elizabeth Blakemore
Dec 9, 2019
June E. Blakemore passed away at the age of 93, at her home in Walla Walla with family by her side.
June was born July 4, 1926, to Erland and Magdaline Johnson in Spokane. June attended elementary schools in Spokane, graduating from John Rogers High School.
She married Robert E. Blakemore on September 6, 1946,...
Esther Schmidt Fortney
Dec 8, 2019
Esther was born on a Spring day in May at the family home on Abbot Road near the current left field at the Wa-Hi Murr Sports Complex. She was the eighth child and fourth daughter of Herman and Mary Schmidt, 1911 immigrants from Russia.
Other than a brief stint in Michigan as a very young girl while...
Shirley Ann Frank
Dec 7, 2019
Shirley Ann Frank went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, December 7, 2019 at her residence.
Shirley was born on May 12, 1945, to John and Catherine Goetz Raschko in Walla Walla, WA. She graduated from DeSales Catholic School in the class of 1963. On December 19, 1964, Shirley married Roland C. Frank at...
Thelma Louise Yragui
Dec 7, 2019
Thelma passed away peacefully in her home at age 93.
She was born to William and Edith Thietten in Twin Falls, Idaho. Nick and Thelma were married in 1947 in Twin Falls. For the next 70 years her priority was her loving husband and their 11 children. They valued their family and faith and chose to have...
Robert William Smith
Dec 7, 2019
Robert William Smith, 73, died on December 7, 2019, at the Washington State Odd Fellows Home.
Robert was born at Omak, WA on November 18, 1946, the son of William Ward Smith and Emma Dorothy (Schmidt) Smith. He attended grade schools in California, Washington and Oregon, and high school in Glendale and Seaside, OR. Robert attended Clatsop...
