Phillip Lacey Hickey
Jun 5, 2017
Dad passed away early in the morning on Monday, June 5th, 2017 to the waiting arms of his beloved wife, Caroline. Phillip Lacey Hickey was born July 29, 1932 in Tatum, New Mexico. It was rumored that his father traded the doctor that helped bring him into the world a saddle. Being born during the Great Depression was not...
Nicholas Taylor Henzel
May 24, 2017
Nicholas Taylor Henzel, 35, passed away May 24, 2017 following a brief illness. Nick was born December 11, 1981 to Kerri Franklin (Henzel) Ramirez and Michael Henzel. While in High School Nick participated in ROTC and was a member of the wrestling team. After graduating from Walla Walla High school in 2000, Nick joined the United States Air Force....
Betty Lou Fitzgerald
May 23, 2017
Betty Lou Fitzgerald, 87 years, of Walla Walla, died May 23, 2017, at Providence St. Mary Medical Center with her family at her bedside. Betty was born on November 7, 1929, in Plentywood,MT., to Lewis and Thelma Pierce. She graduated from Plentywood High School in 1947. That same year she moved to Seattle for work. She married Floyd Leonard...
Terry Lynn Davis
May 13, 2017
On May 13, 2017, our Lord and Savior welcomed home, Terry Lynn Davis. He passed peacefully at home in Dixie, surrounded by family, after battling aggressive bladder cancer. Terry was born on January 27, 1938, to Lynn and LaVerna Davis in Hartford, Michigan. As the oldest of five children, he was looked up to by his siblings and often...
Robert D. Laufer
May 8, 2017
Robert (Bob) passed away at home on May 8, 2017. He was born to parents Henry and Edith Laufer. Bob attended Walla Walla schools and at age 17, joined the Navy. He served from 1949 - 1953, with an honorable discharge. Bob married Joanne Richardson on February 26, 1960, and together had two children. Bob worked at Ben Hunt...
John E Chalmers
May 6, 2017
John E. Chalmers lost his battle with cancer on May 6, 2017. He is survived by wife Jenny, daughters Becky, Anna, Kelly and son John, their spouses, 4 granddaughters. 2 grandson in laws, and a beautiful great grandson, sister Patricia Houghton and brother Bruce and Susan Chalmers. He was a career Air Force Air Traffic Controller, recipient of the...
Sandra Lee Fulmer
May 4, 2017
Sandy left this life to be with her Lord on May 4, 2017, surrounded by her loving family and friends. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Sandy was born in Oakland, California, and was later adopted by Marge and Ronald Rohde whe she was 3 years old. Sandy attended elementary schools in Spokane, Garrison Middle School and...
Maryann Jean Koebberling
Apr 27, 2017
Maryann (Cannone) Koebberling, 52 of Weston, Oregon, passed away on April 27, 2017. Maryann was a beautiful, loving person; she shared her love and happiness with everyone she met. She had a contagious smile that would light up a room when she entered. Maryann was always willing to help others and gave 100 percent of herself in everything she...
Celia C. Guzman
Apr 27, 2017
Celia C. Gonzalez, 91, born in Edinburg, Texas April 6, 1926 went home to be with our heavenly Father on April 27, 2017 in Walla Walla, Washington. Celia married A. L. Gonzalez in in 1942 and began her family. In 1951 they began their migrant journey towards Walla Walla with their two children Rosita and Ausencio. Celia enjoyed their...
Margaret Ann Joseph
Apr 25, 2017
Margaret Ann Kaady Joseph, 85, born June 11, 1931, in San Francisco, California, passed away peacefully April 25, 2017, in Walla Walla with her family and devoted husband of 63 years, Gabe Joseph by her side. Margaret grew up in Portland, Oregon the eldest child of her father George Assad Kaady and Sahda Kaidey Kaady. She graduated from Franklin...
Patricia M. Loosmore
Apr 19, 2017
Patty Loosmore passed away April 19, 2017, from Alzheimers. She was born in Los Angeles, on August 28, 1934, to Ethel Beem McCue and James Hoffman McCue. She grew up in Pasadena, and following graduation from high school, she married Robert Ferguson. They had four children. Patty and Bob divorced, and she married Henry “Mac” McKinney in 1960. The...
Betty Jean Bergevin
Apr 12, 2017
Born May 22, 1927, to Raymond Benjamin and Ethyl May Padgett Rogers in Olympia, Washington. She resided in Elma, Washington, until moving to Walla Walla in 1934. Betty graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1946. After high school, Pacific Bell Telephone in Walla Walla employed Betty until her marriage to Claro E. Bergevin on February 23, 1947. In...
Virginia Paralee Casey
Apr 11, 2017
Lifelong Walla Walla resident Virginia Paralee Casey died at the age of 97 in April 11, 2017. She was born on May 23, 1920, to Russell Thomas and Ruth Taylor. She attended school at Sharpstein Elementary School, Walla Walla High School, and Walla Walla Business College. Mrs. Casey was preceded in death by her husband of 70 years, Adrien...
Francis Angeline Berley
Apr 11, 2017
Frances Angeline Berley, age 72, passed away at home suddenly on April 11. She was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, to Lee and Edra Bloomfield Brooks. Memorial services will be held at Bethel Assembly of God, 342 S. Wilbur Ave on Saturday, April 22, at 2 pm.
Fran was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Richard...
Gavin Alexander Mcevoy
Apr 9, 2017
Gavin Alexander McEvoy, loving and lovable son, brother, and best friend to many, passed away in his Spokane apartment after a recent fall. Gavin was born to Rick and Rosie McEvoy in Kennewick, December 24, 1995. Gavin’s passing will leave an unfillable hole in the hearts of many, especially his father Rick, mother Rosie, brother Garrett, and his little...
Elizabeth "Libby" Eulalie Swenson
Apr 8, 2017
Elizabeth E. (Libby) Swenson passed away on Saturday, April 8, at the age of 91. Libby was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on December 17, 1925, the third child of Buford and Eulalie Collings. Libby lived with her family in Mississippi until the age of 14, when she moved to Philipsburg, Montana. Libby spent her first two years of high...
Mary Elida Hooper Meeker
Apr 4, 2017
Mary Elida (Hooper) Meeker died April 4, 2017, peacefully at home of metastatic bladder cancer. Mary was born February 17, 1940, in Portland, the second child of Mary Charlotte (Brewer) Hooper and Dallas Albert Hooper. She grew up with her two brothers on the family wheat farm several miles outside Dixie. Special memories from that time included seeing, from...
Michael Scott Lightfoot
Apr 4, 2017
Michael Scott Lightfoot, 64, passed away too soon on April 4, 2017, in his hometown of Walla Walla, with his family by his side. He fought a long and courageous battle with a rare form of cancer, MDS which then advanced to AML (aggressive leukemia.) Michael graduated from Wa-Hi in 1971, then served in the U.S. Army from 1971-1974....
Loren Arthur Carson
Apr 3, 2017
Loren was born 24 Oct 1932 in Dayton, Washington, the son of Art and Ina (Crawford) Carson. He obtained his education in the Dayton school system. He participated in boxing and was quarterback on the football team, at Dayton high school. In his senior year he was student body president. While in high school he joined the Navy Reserves....
George Edward Sack
Apr 1, 2017
George E. Sack, 75, was called Home by the Good Lord on April 1, 2017. He resided in Walla Walla for 20 years. George was a retired Veteran of the U.S. Navy. He will be remembered for his devotion to the VFW Post 992 as well as his vacations to exotic places. George is survived by his brothers Sid...
