Thomas J. Vinti
Mar 6, 2019
Thomas J. Vinti of Walla Walla passed away surrounded by family on March 6, 2019.
Tom was born July 12, 1962, to Ross P. and Santina C. (Polillo) Vinti, the youngest of five children. Tom graduated from DeSales High School, where he played football and baseball. Tom was employed by Stoneway Electric for 33 years, retiring as...
Vernon Lawrence Perry
Mar 4, 2019
Vernon Lawrence Perry was born July 29, 1934, to Ezra and Christie Perry in Salt Lake City, Utah. He graduated from Granite High School in 1952 and attended an electronic technical college to earn a technician certificate in 1954. He worked for an appliance distributor in Salt Lake City until 1961, when he moved to California to start an...
Arthur Frederick Krebs
Feb 27, 2019
Arthur Frederick Krebs (Art) was born in Walla Walla on December 28, 1925 to Frederick and Millie Krebs. Art attended Berney Grade School and graduated from Wa-Hi in 1944 during World War II. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was sent to radio school in Wisconsin. After finishing school, he was deployed on a troop ship to...
Barbara Jean Olinger Unck
Feb 21, 2019
Barbara Jean (Olinger) Unck passed away at home in College Place on February 21, 2019, at the age of 77, her faithful dog Charley by her side. She was born on April 6, 1941 in Milton, Oregon to Gilbert ‘Gib’ Olinger and Mildred (Hill) Olinger.
Barbara graduated from Mac-Hi in 1959 and attended the University of Oregon...
Laurel Joy Helm
Feb 17, 2019
Laurel Joy Helm, age 74, of Walla Walla, passed away unexpectedly on February 17th, 2019. She was attended to lovingly by the Walla Walla Sheriff's Office, Walla Walla Fire and EMS crew and St Mary's ER staff to whom we are grateful for.
Laurel has been a dedicated member of the Walla Walla community for over 50...
Sally Jo Phipps
Feb 16, 2019
On February 16, 2019, Sally Jo Phipps of Washington Odd Fellows Home passed away at age 85.
Sally was born March 13, 1933, in Walla Walla to Howard and Mildred Wilson. Graduated from St. Patrick High School in 1951. She was a devoted mother and homemaker. In mid-life Sally enjoyed a career in nursing and retired as...
Dorla Jane Nelson
Feb 10, 2019
Dorla Jane Nelson went home to the Lord on February 10, 2019, at the age on 88.
Born on December 6, 1930, in Winamac, Indiana to Clarence and Cleo Linback; she was the second oldest of 12 siblings.
She married Winford Buckley on January 3, 1951 and had two daughters, Kim and Tami. On October...
David Wayne Stevens
Feb 9, 2019
Passed away on February 9, 2019 at the Inland Valley Medical Center in Murrieta Ca. from respiratory complications.
Born to John Wayne Stevens and Madge Valerie (Kent) Stevens in Covina California on July 30, 1944. He grew up in La Puente and went to Fairgrove School and was a member of the track team. He joined the...
Edward Harrington Read
Feb 3, 2019
Edward Harrington Read was born November 13, 1924 in Jasper, Missouri. He reposed February 3, 2019 in his home in Walla Walla, WA with several of his dear ones around his bed.
Over those 94 years Ed lived a full life. He grew up in the great depression, on a farm in southwest Missouri. There he learned...
Helen Irene Schaub
Jan 28, 2019
Helen Irene Schaub died Monday, January 28, 2019 at Providence St. Mary Hospital.
Helen was born in Walla Walla on January 20, 1928 to parents Charles Palmer and Mary Hughey-Palmer. She was a lifelong area resident attending local schools and graduation from Walla Walla High School in 1945. At a young age her father Charles died leaving...
Rudolph Remo "Ray" (Magnoni) Manuel
Jan 23, 2019
Born April 22, 1918, in College Place, Ray Manuel passed away peacefully in Walla Walla Jan. 23, at the age of 100. Born Rudolph Remo Magnoni, Ray was a husband and father devoted to his wife, family and Catholic faith.
Ray was a lifelong learner but dropped out of Walla Walla High School during the depression to...
Virginia Lee Martin
Jan 16, 2019
Virginia Lee Martin was born in Algona, Iowa in 1918. She just celebrated her 100th birthday. She was one of six children. The family moved to a farm in North Dakota when she was young. She had fond memories of growing up in North Dakota. The family moved to Lewis Peak in 1938, Virginia and her sister Dorothy followed...
Beverly J. Balmer
Jan 16, 2019
Beverly Jean Balmer passed to her rest January 16, 2019, at her home in Walla Walla.
Beverly was born April 25, 1928, in Ellensburg the only child of Marcus “Pete” M. Cahoon and Edna Verna (Loter) Cahoon. Beverly graduated from Zillah High School in 1946, where she was a cheerleader and played the clarinet in the school...
Mary Elizabeth Preso
Jan 14, 2019
Mary Elizabeth Preso passed away peacefully at her home at age 94 on January 14, 2019.
Mary was born December 3, 1924, to Michele “Mike” and Amelia (Deccio) Bughi in Walla Walla. Mary was the 3 rd of four children. She graduated from Walla Walla High School. On December 16, 1947, Mary married Lawrence “Larry” Preso at...
Deanne R Christy
Jan 12, 2019
Deanne ‘Deanie’ Rosemary Christy, Walla Walla, passed away January 12, 2019, at her home after long battle with cancer at the age of 53.
Memorial services will be Saturday, February 9, 2019, at 3 p.m. at Walla Walla University Church, Heubach Chapel.
Deanie was born in Monument Valley, Utah on an Indian reservation to Jerry...
Kenneth Wayne Jundt
Jan 12, 2019
Sept. 25, 1951 — Jan. 12, 2019
Kenneth Wayne Jundt, age 67, was called home on Saturday, January 12, 2019, from his home in Walla Walla.
He was born on September 25, 1951, in Yakima, to Adam and Julia (Thomas) Jundt. He grew up in Yakima with his six siblings, graduating from Carroll High School...
Lucio Huerta Coronado
Jan 10, 2019
Lucio Huerta Coronado of Walla Walla, passed away peacefully at Regency at the Park on January 10, 2019, at age 91. He was born in Edinburg, Texas, on July 6, 1927, to Francisco and Casimira Coronado.
He married Ramona Coronado on April 19, 1948. In 1949, they moved from Edinburg to Walla Walla. He worked various jobs...
Robert L Merten
Jan 5, 2019
Our loving father, Robert L. Merten, passed away in his family's arms on January 5, 2019 at the Walla Walla Veterans Home in Walla Walla, Washington.
Bob was born on the vast Kansas plains, January 13, 1937, in Great Bend to Arthur and Dorothy Merten. He was proceeded in death by his parents and elder brother, Darrell...
Patrick Donald Donnelly
Jan 3, 2019
Patrick Donald Donnelly was born on January 7, 1938, to Richard Henry and Lucille Donnelly, and passed away on January 3, 2019, at his home, surrounded by family and hunting trophies.
While in high school, he was an AAU champion boxer and continued to box after graduating from Waitsburg High school in 1958. He served in the...
Richard Alexander Nebeker Jr
Jan 2, 2019
Richard Alexander Nebeker Jr. passed away peacefully on January 2, 2019, at Washington Odd Fellows Home in Walla Walla, following months of dealing with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
Rick was born on October I5, 1954, in LaGrande, Oregon to Alice Nebeker (Reithmayr) and Richard Alexander Nebeker Sr. He moved to Walla Walla in 1963 with his mother...
