Paula Lee Hoppen
Dec 29, 2017
While surrounded by family, Paula Hoppen, 80, went to be with her heavenly Father on Friday December 29, 2017. Paula was born to Paul & Vera Roland on February 25th, 1937 in Alhambra California and spent her childhood in California. While still in high school she met the love of her life, Don Hoppen, who was then stationed at...
Billy Thrasher
Dec 25, 2017
Bill Thrasher passed away on Monday, December 25, 2017, at the Washington Odd Fellows Home in Walla Walla, at the age of 89. Bill was born December 24, 1928, in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, to Seaborn and Goldie Thrasher. Upon graduation from Sallisaw High School in 1946 Bill joined the Navy to see the world and subsequently was stationed at the...
John Robert Biagi
Dec 21, 2017
John Biagi, 87, of Walla Walla died December 21, 2017, in the family home that he built and raised 8 children in. He was surrounded by those eight children and their families, who kept vigil with him for several days before his death. Born on November 5, 1930, in Walla Walla, Washington, he was the third child and only...
Marie Yolanda Allen
Dec 19, 2017
Marie was born in Los Angeles, California to Albert and Cipriana Westbrook of Eastchester, New York. She worked for over fifty years as a Registered Nurse with over thirty at Loma Linda University Hospital in intensive Care Cardiology. Marie was privileged to assist on the world’s first heart transplant operation there. When Marie moved to Walla Walla she worked...
Stacy Lynn Funk
Dec 15, 2017
Stacy Lynn Funk passed away unexpectedly on December 15, 2017 at her home. In spite of being just 40 years old, she lived a very full life and was loved by so many people. Stacy was born to Howard & Sherrill Bierman on October 4, 1977 in Lewiston, Idaho. She already had an adoring big sister, Tia, two years...
Gerald Franklin Owens
Dec 8, 2017
Jerry Owens died at home in Walla Walla on Dec. 7, 2017. Gerald Franklin Owens was born in Wheeling, W.V., Aug. 29, 1941, to Mildred and Frank Owens. He was raised with siblings Jean, Leslie, and Karen in Steubenville, Ohio. He graduated from Big Red H.S. in 1959, and joined the Army. Jerry served in Vietnam three times. The...
Helen Cecilia Arbini
Dec 8, 2017
Helen Arbini, 102, a lifelong resident of Walla Walla, died peacefully on Friday, December 8, 2017, at Providence St. Mary Medical Center, surrounded by family. Helen was born on August 9, 1915, to Joseph and Maria Aliverti. Helen met her husband of 60 years while riding in the rumble seat of a friend’s car. Anthony Arbini and Helen were...
Santos Garcia Jr.
Dec 8, 2017
Santos Garcia of Walla Walla passed away suddenly in the early morning hours of December 8th, at the age of 63. Anyone who knew Santos will always remember his friendly smile and helping spirit. Santos was known by many in the community as a sweet man who always wanted to lend a hand to anyone in need. Santos was...
Marge Bernadine Marshall
Dec 6, 2017
Marge B. Marshall November 9, 1933–December 6, 2017 Marjorie “Marge” Bossé Marshall, 84, of 534 Boyer Ave., died December 6, 2017 at Odd Fellows Home in Walla Walla. Marge was born November 9, 1933 in Walla Walla to Bernard A. and Margaret V. (Tufts) Bossé. She graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1951 and Washington State College in...
Patsy Ruth Ingham
Dec 3, 2017
Patsy R. “Pat” Ingham, passed away December 3, 2017, at her home surrounded by family, at the age of 87. Pat was born January 14, 1930, in Pullman, Washington, to Homer and Ruth (Divine) Evans. She attended grade school and one year of high school in Pullman and in 1945 moved to Gardena, Washington with her mother and brother....
Raymond Lee Phillips
Dec 1, 2017
Raymond (Buzz) Phillips born in 1937, died December 1, 2017. He was born to Raymond R. and Edith Phillips in Wareagle, Arkansas. Buzz worked highway construction. Family was the most important and like most grandpas, loved bouncing the little ones on his knee. Buzz and Hallie belonged to Many Waters RV Club and he enjoyed RVing, hunting mushrooms and...
Anita Claudette Lepiane
Nov 28, 2017
Anita C. Lepiane, 81, passed away on November 28, 2017 at the Sacred Heart Medical Center of Spokane, WA. Anita was born on May 27, 1936 in Parsons, Kansas to Roy and Lela Stone Bauman. Soon after, the family moved to the Walla Walla Valley and Anita attended Milton-Freewater schools, graduating from Mac-Hi in the class of 1954. On...
Katie Lawanda Benzel
Nov 28, 2017
Lawanda was born August 29, 1929 in Hayti Missouri to Dollie and Ollie Jones. She was raised in Hayti along with her sister and three brothers. At the age of 18 she followed her brother Bill to Walla Walla, WA. where she met Albert Benzel. They were married on October 1, 1949. Lawanda’s greatest joy was being a wife...
Evelyn May Jennings
Nov 21, 2017
On November 21, 2017, at 11:40 AM, Evelyn May Jennings, 88, passed away peacefully at Providence St. Mary Medical Center of natural causes. Evelyn was born in Brunswick, Nebraska, on May 10, 1929, to Fredrick W and Theresa L Mauer. Evelyn moved to Walla Walla in her younger years and met the love of her life, Roy L. Jennings...
Margaret Louise Mcdonald
Nov 21, 2017
Margaret Louise McDonald, 96, beloved mother, grandmother, and community member, suffered a brain aneurysm on Monday evening, and passed away on Tuesday night at Providence St. Mary’s Hospital. She was surrounded by her family, including her son and daughter in-law, N. Wallace and Catherine McDonald, and her granddaughters, Marya Ouro-Gbeleou (McDonald) and Anna McDonald. She is also survived by...
John Daniel Hensley
Nov 18, 2017
My dear husband John Daniel Hensley went home to with God, he passed away at Providence St. Mary’s Hospital. He was born in Coalinga, California to Charley A. Hensley and Mona Whisonant Hensley. He grew up in Eureka, California and graduated from Eureka High School. Right after Graduating he joined the Army; he was in the 101st Airborne at...
Virginia Mae Heacock
Nov 11, 2017
Our dear "Ginny" passed at 96, leaving her friends and family with many fond memories. Virginia was born in Galvin, WA to Stephen and Sarah Swantz and was raised on a farm near Chehalis, WA with brothers Alex and Steve. Their chores included tending chickens, milking cows, churning butter, and picking ferns. At age 16 she graduated from Chehalis...
Dora C. Reyes
Nov 11, 2017
Dora C. Reyes, a Walla Walla resident, age 72, passed away on November 11, 2017. Dora was born in Edinburg, TX, on September 1, 1945, to Jose Antonio and Feliciana Castilleja. She was joined two years later by her little sister, Lupe. With her parents seeking agricultural work, Dora took her first trip North at the age of 6...
Horace Lazzari
Nov 11, 2017
He was born in Fort William (now Thunder Bay) Ontario, Canada to Larry and Lena Morelli Lazzari. Horace was known as “Canada’s Boy Wonder” on the accordion, at the age of nine. Horace married Jeannette Bedard in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on his birthday October 17, 1949. The Couple had no children. They celebrated their 68th Wedding anniversary on...
Herbert (Bud) Lawrence Waggoner
Nov 9, 2017
Herbert Lawrence (Bud) Waggoner, 88, born on April 18, 1929 in Medford, Ore., passed away on Nov. 9 from complications of congestive heart failure, following two weeks of compassionate care at the Odd Fellows Home on Boyer Ave. in Walla Walla. Raised in Spokane, Wash., and graduated from both Gonzaga Prep and Gonzaga University, Bud brought his family to...
