Connie Joanne Taylor
Oct 15, 2019
Connie peacefully passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. Connie was born in Las Vegas, NV, but spent most of her adult years in Bullhead City, AZ, followed by her permanent home in Walla Walla, WA.
Connie was known for her big heart, her generous spirit and her strength and perseverance. She was very active in the...
Betty Jo Brashear
Oct 15, 2019
Betty Jo Brashear was born October 20, 1936 to Ila and Leland Burnap. She grew up in Lowden and Touchet, living with her grandparents and helping them run the General Store in Lowden. She had a passion for horseback riding, participating in Wagonettes on her Tennessee Walker.
She graduated in 1954 from Walla Walla High School and...
Joan Marie Thompson
Oct 11, 2019
Joan M. Thompson, age 95, passed away at her home in Walla Walla on Friday, October 11, 2019.
Joan was born September 8, 1924 to Herbert and Stella (Van Horn) Heins in Colville, WA. She grew up in Colville, Washington and attended a one-room school house. She rode her horse to and from school. She met Fred...
Dixie Baird Bird
Sep 30, 2019
Dixie J (Baird) Bird of Eastern Washington, 62, passed away on September 30, 2019, at Kadlec Medical Center. Dixie was born in Colfax, WA on April 30, 1957, to Lester and Evelyn Baird. She was their 2nd daughter and a welcome surprise to older parents. She married Walt Bird on February 22, 2000, at 2 pm in the afternoon....
Deanna Arleen Kelly
Sep 29, 2019
Deanna Arleen Kelly, 75, peacefully went to Heaven on September 29, 2019, in her home in Spokane, Washington.
Deanna was born August 28, 1944, in Walla Walla where she was raised by her parents, Robert and Helen (McCall) Knopf, who have preceded her in death.
Deanna worked in the hotel industry for more than 30...
Betty Jo Jordan
Sep 26, 2019
Betty Jo Jordan, 85, peacefully passed away at Park Manor Care Facility in Walla Walla, on September 26, 2019.
Betty was born in Dove Creek, CO on October 10, 1933, to Nelson Dickson and Pearl (Steele) Monger. Betty was the youngest of 7 children: Ellen Beatrice, Willa Dean, Cecil Ross, Helen Mae, Pearline and N.D. Monger.
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Dale Leroy Brashear
Sep 24, 2019
Dale Leroy Brashear, 80, passed away in his home in Walla Walla, WA on September 24 th, 2019.
Dale was born in Mabton, WA, on February 26, 1939 to Jack and Esther Brashear. Dale moved with his parents and two brothers, Vern and Don, to Lowden WA, in 1941. He attended Lowden School and graduated from Walla...
Donald Scott Watson
Sep 23, 2019
A man with a great sense of humor and a lifelong obsession with “Elvis”.
Scott Watson, 72, passed away at Regency at the Park on Monday, September 23, 2019.
Scott, son of Frances Moulton and Brian Watson was born on September 26, 1946, at St. Mary Hospital in Walla Walla. Scott attended elementary schools in...
Hallie Jean Phillips
Sep 17, 2019
Hallie Jean Phillips passed away September 17, 2019, at Quail Run Sr. Living in Walla Walla.
Hallie was born November 8, 1938, in Dayton, Washington to William Harold “Hallie” and Esther Bales. She attended Dayton Schools. At age 21 she married Ray “Buzz” Phillips on August 2, 1960. They had two sons, Michael and Donald, and two...
Albert "Bob" Charles Ponti
Sep 14, 2019
Albert C. (Bob) Ponti, born on March 30, 1923, bid farewell to this earth on September 14, 2019, following complications from a stroke he sustained on July 26, 2019.
Bob was the son of Angelo and Rose Ponti, and was born, raised and worked his entire life in the Walla Walla Valley. After graduating from WaHi in...
Greg Richard Wendler
Sep 12, 2019
Greg R. Wendler passed away on September 12, 2019, after a long battle with diabetes.
He was born on October 28, 1950, in Walla Walla to Les and Nadine Wendler. Greg attended local schools and graduated from Washington State University with Phi Beta Kappa honors in Economics. He later moved to Kennewick, Washington where he was a...
Lance Steven Escher
Sep 12, 2019
Lance was born on September 17, 1995, to Gregory Paul Heimann Jr. and Alexa DeAnn Escher in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii.
He is survived by his parents, as well as by brothers Tristan Escher and Tanner Muma-Escher of Walla Walla; Jeffrey Hays and Lucas Hays of College Place; grandparents Wanda Heimann of Escondido, CA, Gregory Heimann Sr. and...
Kenneth Lee Nicoles
Sep 11, 2019
Longtime resident Kenneth L. Nicoles passed away September 11, 2019. He was 95 years old.
Kenneth was born in McMechen, West Virginia on November 21, 1923, to Virgil and Anna Nicoles. The family later moved to Pennsylvania. He graduated from Monaca High School in 1941 and married his high school sweetheart, Anna Morris. They had 3 children. ...
Edward Tomczek
Sep 10, 2019
The world lost one of the most caring, giving souls on September 10, nine days before his 89th birthday.
Ed was a longtime resident of Milton Freewater. There wasn’t anyone he didn’t know or would have wanted to get to know. He taught elementary school for many years after graduating from LaSierra College and sold Fuller Brushes...
Phyllis Theresa Mann
Sep 4, 2019
Phyllis Theresa Mann, age 87, passed away in Walla Walla on September 4, 2019.
Phyllis was born in Walla Walla, the 4 th child and only daughter, to Phillip and Evelyn Gregory Hoffmann. She was raised on the family wheat farm in Eureka Flats. The family later lived in Walla Walla. Phyllis was proud of her ancestral...
Regina Ann O'Boyle
Sep 2, 2019
Regina Ann O’Boyle, age 94, formerly of Brooklyn, NY, died peacefully in her sleep on Monday, September 2, 2019, at the Silverado Nursing Home located in Encinitas, CA.
Born Regina Ann McCormack on May 19, 1925, to Austin Sr. and Irene McCormack in Brooklyn, New York, Regina was the only girl growing up with 3 brothers: Austin,...
R. Bruce Hallmark
Sep 1, 2019
Beloved husband, brother, uncle and friend, Bruce Hallmark lived 70 years with vigor and vitality. Sadly lymphatic cancer took him from us in just a few short weeks. He departed this world on Sunday, September 1, 2019, surrounded by his family.
Bruce was born on February 15, 1949 in Walla Walla, Washington, the firstborn son of Ron...
Cameron Ray Shelden
Sep 1, 2019
Cameron Ray Shelden age 37 was killed September 1, 2019, in Lincoln County, OR.
Cameron was born on September 25, 1981, in Walla Walla to Neil R. and Laurel Niderost Shelden. He attended Country Garden Grade School, Rogers Elementary School, Walla Walla Valley Academy (class of 2000) and BNSF conductor and Engineer school.
As a...
Alford Leroy Harper
Aug 30, 2019
Alford “Al” Leroy Harper, 85, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, August 30, 2019, while traveling to Wallowa Lake, one of his favorite vacation spots. His beloved wife and daughter were by his side.
He was born at home in Dayton, one of 10 children born to William and Genevieve Harper. He attended Dayton High School and entered...
Marybelle Passmore Savage
Aug 29, 2019
Marybelle Passmore Savage, 96, passed away at her home in Walla Walla on Thursday, August 29, 2019 surrounded by her loving family.
Marybelle, daughter of Oral Samuel Passmore and Mary Donovan Passmore was born at St. Mary’s Hospital in Walla Walla on August 28, 1923. While in fourth grade at St. Patrick’s School, a sweet little boy,...
