Obituary Listing

Apr 3, 2019

Joan Perry was born October 26th, 1934 to Robert and Edith Broadhurst in Salt Lake City, Utah. She graduated from Granite High School in 1952, then married Vernon Lawrence Perry on August 29, 1953. She attended Holy Cross Hospital School of Nursing and returned to the University of Utah to earn a Bachelors of Science in Nursing in 1959....

Apr 1, 2019

Evelyn Delores Gibson was born to Walter Severt and Carolyn Wandell Swenson in Colson, South Dakota on April 29, 1926.  Evelyn attended school in Madison, S.D where she met and later married Dale Smith.

In 1946, Evelyn and the Smith family moved to Walla Walla.  She and her husband had two sons, Bobby and Dick.  Several years...

Apr 1, 2019

Claro Edward Bergevin was born August 9, 1923, to Clement Oliver and Emma Mae Smith Bergevin in Walla Walla.  He passed April 1, 2019, at age 95, and went to join his beloved wife of 70 years Betty Jean.

Claro graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1941, active in Future Farmers of America, R.O.T.C., and the...

Mar 30, 2019

Guadalupe Villegas, 88, died March 30, 2019, at his home.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Patrick Catholic Church through the Herring Funeral Home, 314 W. Alder St., Walla Walla.

Mar 28, 2019

Mary Bull of College Place, Washington, 91, passed away at Eagle Springs Memory Care with her children near her bedside on March 28, 2019.

Mary was born in St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada to Frank and Bridgette Fogwill.  After graduating, she worked for the St. Johns Park and Recreation Department.  She later took a job at the Earnest...

Mar 28, 2019

Ruth Thomson Hartley, 93, died March 28, 2019, at her residence.

Ruth was born on August 27, 1925, in Seattle to James and Savannah Hanger Thomson. She moved with her parents to Glendale, California in 1927.  She attended Glendale area schools and graduated from Hoover High School in 1943 and from Whitman College...

Mar 27, 2019

Kenneth D. “KD” Smith

Sept. 10, 1959 — March 27, 2019

Kenneth is survived by his wife, Julie; daughters, Danielle and Angelique; granddaughter, Lily Thornton of Walla Walla; siblings, Patty and Bobby Tramell, Brenda and Bobby Oneal of Vian, Oklahoma, Jimmy and Doreen Smith of Ochelata, Oklahoma, Willie and Colleen Streeter of Spokane,...

Mar 24, 2019

Gordon M. “Doc” Cresci passed peacefully, at his home on March 24, 2019 at 93 years of age. He knew and felt the love, as he was surrounded by his family; a long life, well lived. His love of life and family, keen sense of humor and kindness, service and dedication to his community and country, will be missed...

Mar 22, 2019

Carolyn Goodwin, 94, passed away March 22, 2019 at Miranda’s Home Care in Walla Walla.

Carolyn was born in Walla Walla on March 20, 1925 to Ambrose and Angela Bertolli Pinza. She married Robert Goodwin on February 17, 1946. She was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and St. Anne’s Altar Society. She worked...

Mar 20, 2019

Sara Marie Avila, age 81, died unexpectedly Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at Providence St. Mary Medical Center.

She was born in Gering, Nebraska on June 22, 1937.  Her parents were Joe Escamilla, Sr., and Rita Susana Sabala.  She was one of 21 children to one father and one mother.

She married David Avila Sr. on...

Mar 19, 2019

Dale Bennett passed away on March 19, 2019.  He was born in Enterprise, Oregon on March 13, 1938 to Joseph and Elta (Norton) Bennett.  Dale was the youngest of 10 children.  The family moved to Pendleton in 1944.  He married Bette Gorger on February 7, 1959 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Pendleton.

Dale was a Jack-of-All...

Mar 15, 2019

Debra Josephine (Debbie) Charlo passed away March 15, 2019, at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane.

Debbie was born on October 3, 1963, in Walla Walla to Ernest (Henry) Charlo and Virginia (Ginnie) Sams Charlo.  She attended Walla Walla Schools, graduating from DeSales High School in 1982.  During her earlier years Debbie was employed in food service,...

Mar 13, 2019

In loving memory of Betty J. Harpe ... Betty went to be with her Lord on Wednesday March 13, 2019, at approximately 10 a.m.  She was born on February 10, 1924, in a tent in Walla Walla, to Arthur Hansen and Dorothy (Nelson) Hansen. She attended local schools and was in the 10th grade when she left school to...

Mar 11, 2019

Carol L Wilson, 90, passed March 11, 2019 at Washington Odd Fellows Home.

Born December 23, 1928 to parents Clarence and Sadie Wilson in Sioux Falls SD.  He grew up in Onawa Iowa; attended college at Morningside in Sioux City Iowa.  Carol served in the Army as a Radio Operator during the Korean War.  Shortly after serving...

Mar 11, 2019

Walla Walla Valley Resident Bob Cook passed on March 11, 2019 at Spokane’s Sacred Heart Hospital as the result of a traumatic brain injury during a fall while on vacation near Kelowna, B.C.

Bob was born and raised in Walla Walla County.  At age two, as a complication of spinal meningitis, Bob suffered a profound and permanent...

Mar 9, 2019

Denise (Bergevin) O'Bryan passed away March 3, 2019.

Denise was born on May 3, 1926 to Arthur and Marguerite Bergevin in Walla Walla WA.  She graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1944 and attended WSU, graduating in 1948.  She pledged Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and remained a lifelong member, regularly reuniting with her sorority sisters through...

Mar 9, 2019

Donald Dean Rosenbaum of College Place, WA went to be with his Lord and Savior March 9, 2019.

He was born to Howard M. and Stella M.King Rosenbaum on October 22, 1934 in Plum Creek, Nebraska.  He lost his father at 9 months old and was raised by his mother along with an older brother, Warren and...

Mar 8, 2019

Patricia (Patty) Joan (Porter) Seeliger of Walla Walla, WA. passed away peacefully with her family by her side on March 8, 2019 at Park Manor Rehabilitation Center.

Patricia was born on May 25, 1935 in Walla Walla to Theodore and Blanche Porter.  Patty's family lived in various places and she attended many different schools as she was...

Mar 8, 2019

Patricia (Pat) Joan (Wallingford) Heimbigner, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend to many, passed away on March 8, 2019, after a short battle with pneumonia and cancer.

Pat was born in Pendleton, on September 6, 1939, to William E. Wallingford and Sara J. (Smith) Wallingford, both deceased. She grew-up in the Walla Walla Valley...

Mar 8, 2019

Patricia Louise Testerman, 82, passed away on March 8, 2019 in Walla Walla, Washington.

Patty was born in Pullman, WA to and Doris and Edward Splichal. She went to Cheney High School and grew up on the family farm. She moved to Walla Walla in 1979 where she married Larry Testerman May 1, 1982 in Walla Walla,...