Marilyn Ida Brown
Jan 1, 2019
Marilyn I. Brown, lifelong resident of Walla Walla, died January 1, 2019.
Marilyn was born in Walla Walla on February 10, 1933 to Averell A. and Mary Carley Fisher. She graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1951 and immediately went to work as secretary to Allen Reynolds, Assistant Superintendent of Walla Walla School District 140. On...
William Albert Gooch
Dec 18, 2018
William Albert Gooch born January 6, 1944, went to be with his Lord and Savior on December 18, 2018.
William loved his family and is survived by his loving wife Ronda Lea Gooch and 2 sons, Travis and Kelly; 4 step-children Steve, Gracie, Danny and Scotty. He was the world’s best Grandpa to 7 grandchildren and 1...
John Pao
Dec 18, 2018
John was a lifelong resident of Walla Walla, WA. He was born to Pietro and Angela Rosa Pao on November 16, 1924 and peacefully passed away December 18, 2018 at the age of ninety-four.
He had attended Saint Patrick School and at the age of seventeen he joined his father in farming and remained active in farming...
Joshua Kerry Taylor
Dec 18, 2018
Joshua Kerry Taylor peacefully passed away on Tuesday, December 18, 2018.
He was 40 years old. Joshua was born in Southern California and spent his adolescent years in Bullhead City, AZ and Walla Walla, WA.
His most memorable times were spent on the Colorado River, surrounded by family. He spent his teenage years in Massachusetts...
Loyd Wallace Mahan
Dec 16, 2018
Loyd Wallace Mahan was born to Loyd Wesley and Grace McKenzie Mahan June 4, 1929. Loyd was educated at Green Park School, Walla Walla High School Class of 1947 and also at Whitman College and graduated from there in 1951.
After graduation from Whitman College, Loyd was drafted into the US Army and was sent off to...
Paul Salsido Gonzales
Dec 12, 2018
Our wonderful and loving daddy Paul S. Gonzales Sr., 76, went to be with the Lord, Our Savior on Dec. 12, 2018.
Paul was born in Dexter, New Mexico, on January 2, 1942, to Antonio and Lola Salsido Gonzales. He worked for Union Pacific Railroad as a section foreman for 42 years. Upon his retirement he worked...
James Lee Mcclure
Dec 12, 2018
James Lee McClure, 86, of College Place, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on December 12, 2018.
James (Jim) was born in Roseburg, Oregon to Roy McClure and Ruth Smith McClure on April 18, 1932, and was raised in Sweet Home, Oregon with his 7 siblings.
Jim was married three times and was...
Geraldine Leona Albers
Dec 11, 2018
Heaven gained another Angel on December 11, 2018, when Geraldine Leona Albers, 90, passed away at the Washington Odd Fellows Home in Walla Walla.
She was born April 8, 1928, to Gerald Mawhin and Dorothy Nelson. Her parents moved to Walla Walla in 1929 where Geraldine attended local schools. She married Glade Edler, August 19, 1944; they...
William Dorne Hall
Dec 8, 2018
William Dorne Hall, 94, passed away December 8, at the Washington Odd Fellows Home.
One of 10 children, he was born to John Stanley and Lillian Corkrum Hall in Springbank, Alberta, Canada on November 15, 1924. Following the death of his father, the family moved to Union Gap, WA. Dorne then lived with his aunt and uncle,...
Ronald Wilbur Swanson
Dec 3, 2018
Ron Swanson, 81, passed away at home, December 3, 2018, from complications of lung cancer.
A lifelong resident of Walla Walla, he is survived by his wife of 36 years, Sandi Swanson, his children, Cynthia and Chris Huisingh, Mark Swanson, Debbie and Gary Clark, Bob and Karan Case, Steve and Crystal Case, Dave and Sara Case, his...
Robert Dallas Hanson
Dec 1, 2018
For the majority of his working life, at a time when Walla Walla was a much smaller and closely-knit community, Bob Hanson was a tavern and restaurant owner known by most residents of Walla Walla County, many of whom Bob counted as friends. He was known by all who knew him, even casually, for his great sense of humor,...
Richard Perry Neher
Nov 28, 2018
One of Walla Walla’s most revered elder statesmen, Richard Perry Neher, known lovingly as Pa, died Wednesday afternoon, November 28, at his home on Reser Road.
Neher, who served as principal of Walla Walla High School for twenty years and then as State Representative from the 16th District, was born December 16, 1930. He had been hospitalized...
Leslie Lorenzo Clark
Nov 25, 2018
Leslie ’Les’ Lorenzo Clark, 95, quietly entered into eternal peace on Sunday, November 25, 2018, at his home in Walla Walla.
Les was born August 21, 1923, in Galesburg, IL. He attended school in Peoria, IL where he met Anna Jane McAuslan; they married December 13, 1944. Les entered the Navy on December 8, 1941. He had...
June Vivian Cook
Nov 24, 2018
June Vivian Cook passed away on November 24, 2018 at the Walla Walla Washington Odd Fellows Home.
June Vivian Steven, born in a snowstorm, with a heart murmur, drinking ant poison in the high chair, this little ‘June-bug’ never should have lived! But live she did, a few days from 94 years of bustling life. Raised in...
Violet Ann Cameron
Nov 23, 2018
Violet Ann Harris Cameron was the first woman of the Kiwanis Club in Walla Walla and she was also president. She promoted Kindness Day.
She worked at the Army Corps of Engineers. She spent the last 12 years at Washington Odd Fellows Home.
A Memorial Service will be held on May 18 at 2:00 PM...
Virginia Cook Callaway
Nov 16, 2018
Virginia Cook Callaway peacefully passed away on November 16, 2018.
She was born May 10, 1920 in Stanwood, Washington to Dr. Myron and Virginia Cook. Virginia graduated from Stanwood High School, then attending Western Washington College in Bellingham and East Washington College in Cheney.
Just prior to World War II she went to work in...
Lawrence Charles Landoni
Nov 15, 2018
Lawrence Landoni peacefully passed away on November 15, 2018, at home.
He was born April 14, 1926, in Walla Walla, to Charles and Theresa Landoni, the youngest of six children.
He joined the Army in July of 1944, where he was a cook and light truck driver. He was honorably discharged in April of 1947....
Donald Baker
Nov 13, 2018
Donald Baker, loving husband and devoted father, passed away on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, at the age of 91.
Donald was born in La Grande, Oregon, to James and Ona Baker. A World War II veteran, he served in the U.S. Navy from Jan. 1945 to Jul. 1946 as a Fireman Second Class on the U.S.S. Salt...
Roberto Zuniga Romero
Nov 9, 2018
My precious, loving soulmate took Jesus’s hand Friday morning November 9, 2018 at 1:30AM. He was surrounded by his doggies and his loving wife, Lanetta. Jesus lifted Robert out of his bed, took him in His loving arms and carried him to Heaven; after a long painful 10 months of treatments and medications with metastatic liver cancer, his body...
Eva Joan "Joanie" Miller Stevens
Nov 9, 2018
Eva Joan “Joanie” Miller Stevens passed away November 9, 2018. She was born in Seattle, Washington to Clarence and Eva Mae Miller on November 26, 1930. She spent the last 70 years of her life in Walla Walla as a college student, mother, teacher and stage presence around the community. She took her last curtain call near her family...
