Bonnie June Preas
Apr 1, 2017
Bonnie June Preas, 59, died on April 1, 2017. Bonnie was born on June 20, 1957, in Walla Walla, where she spent the majority of her life. She obtained a nursing degree from WWCC and then furthered her studies at WSU. After school, Bonnie became a medical technician working at Providence and University Hospitals in Seattle for a number...
Thomas Lee Hawks
Apr 1, 2017
Gerald Thomas Hawks entered into rest on April 1, 2017, at Washington Odd Fellows Home in Walla Walla. Gerald was born on May 19, 1923 to William Floyd and Katherine Bateman Hawks. He attended Waitsburg High School. Gerald was a long time wheat farmer in the Walla Walla Valley. He attended the Waitsburg Methodist Church and he was a...
Shirley Pfaffle Fowler
Mar 31, 2017
Shirley Pfaffle Fowler of Route 7 died March 31, 2017 at 2:00 PM. She was born in Walla Walla and had attended Green Park Grade School, Walla Walla High School, University of Oregon at Eugene, and Washington State College at Pullman. In March 1952 she married Billy G. Fowler, and later divorced him. In 1965 she was honored as...
Charles Robert Holtzinger
Mar 22, 2017
Charles (Bob) Robert Holtzinger, Jr. passed away in the early morning of March 22, in the family home. Bob was born on June 16, 1938, to Charles (Bill) Robert Holtzinger and Millicent (Robinson) Holtzinger, in Yakima. Bob was a 1956 graduate of Yakima High School and continued his education earning a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of...
Baruch "Berry" John Klassen
Mar 22, 2017
Barry Klassen of Walla Walla, passed into the presence of His Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ on March 22, 2017. After a sudden and unexpected illness in which he was later life flighted to Harbor View Medical Center, Jesus took him home to Himself. Barry’s parents are Ron and Tami Klassen of Walla Walla. His brothers are Eric Klassen...
Carol Marie Barker
Mar 21, 2017
Carol M. Barker, 61, passed away on March 21, 2017, at a Salem, Oregon, hospital, due to complications from a severe spinal cord injury suffered over forty years ago. At the time of her death, Carol was lovingly surrounded by her family. She was born in Scotia, California, on December 31, 1955, to Christiane and Chester Barker, the eldest...
Concepcion Moreno Coronado
Mar 18, 2017
God’s faithful servant, Concepcion M. Coronado, entered her eternal rest March 18, 2017. Concepcion was born December 19, 1925, in El Dorado, Kansas to Regino and Natividad Moreno. She was married to Florentino Coronado. God’s abundance grace formed and sustained her as she fulfilled her major roles as wife and mother. We are left to cherish beautiful memories of...
J. Patricia Yenney
Mar 17, 2017
Joan Patricia Yenney passed away on March 17th, 2017 surrounded by her loving family, at Providence St. Mary Medical Center. She was 86 years old, but ever youthful and exuberant. Patricia was born June 11, 1930 in Walla Walla to Georgia Meiners Remillard and Alfred Remillard. She and her parents lived in numerous communities throughout the Walla Walla valley...
Florence Brooks
Mar 16, 2017
Florence Standish Richards Brooks passed away at Brookdale Retirement Community on March 16, 2017 at the age of 99. Florence was born on November 13, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York to Florence and George Richards. She attended public schools in Brooklyn. She graduated from the Packer Collegiate Institute in 1936 and from Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing in 1939....
Wesley Moore Slaughter
Mar 15, 2017
Wesley Moore Slaughter passed away at his home the evening of March 15, 2017, with his daughter and son at his side. He was born December 29, 1923, in Pendleton, Oregon (as had been his father before him, in 1885). His parents, Laura Margaret Victoria Moore Slaughter and Wesley Wood Slaughter, raised him in northeast Oregon, living at various...
L. D. Mccubbins
Mar 12, 2017
LD was born to Leslie Melvin McCubbins and Elsie Elizabeth Eisler Mc- Cubbins on December 6, 1928. The oldest of two sons, he grew up in Touchet, where he raised milk cows and farmed with his brother, Glen McCubbins, until his retirement in 1988. On October 4, 1949, he married Patricia Fontaine Willis/Bean and had six children. They later...
George Bryce Henline
Mar 12, 2017
Bryce’s faith became sight on March 12, 2017, when he entered the presence of his Savior surrounded by his family in Spokane. George Bryce Henline was born 1937, in Walla Walla, to Floyd and Marie Henline. As a young man, he worked at his parent’s restaurant the Pollyanna. After graduating from high school, he ventured out with the help...
Harbert Beach Drake
Mar 10, 2017
Harbert “Harby” Beach Drake rode off into his final sunset peacefully at 1:53 a.m. on Friday, March 10, 2017. He was surrounded by friends and family. An enduring icon of Walla Walla, he was born an only child on December 24, 1930, and will be laid to rest here, alongside his mother and father. Our “peacock” has returned to...
Leroy Elmer Lusk
Mar 9, 2017
Leroy E. Lusk passed away at Washington Odd Fellows on March 9, 2017. A memorial service will be held Friday, March 31 at 10 a.m. in the chapel at Herring Groseclose Funeral Home, 315 W. Alder, Walla Walla. Leroy was born in Lowden, to James “Elmer” Lusk and Asenath “Crissie” Fouste Lusk. He was a 1937 graduate of Walla...
David Elmer Berglin
Mar 7, 2017
David Elmer Berglin, 93, was born in Harding, Washington, on August 16, 1923, and passed away at his home in Walla Walla, on March 7, 2017, surrounded by his family. Raised in Grand Coulee, Washington, he began working on the Grand Coulee Dam Construction Project after graduating from high school. He was drafted into the Army in 1943, and...
Delores Elaine Gohlman
Mar 2, 2017
Delores Elaine (Olds) Gohlman was born in Grass Valley, Oregon, on November 13, 1917, to Rella (Marlin) Olds and Frank Olds. She entered Heaven’s gates on March 2, 2017. Delores attended Milton schools and graduated from McLoughlin High School in 1935. She married Herman E. Gohlman on August 16, 1939. He operated Gohlman’s Grocery with his brother, Kenneth, for...
Eleanor Jean Tomlinson
Mar 1, 2017
Eleanor Tomlinson, 86, of Walla Walla, peacefully passed away at the Odd Fellows Home on Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Eleanor was born in 1923 on a homestead in Adams County to Carl & Anna (Braun) Koehler. She was baptized & confirmed at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Ritzville. Her family moved to Walla Walla in 1943 and she graduated from...
Marie Martha Buckley
Feb 23, 2017
Marie Martha Gauch Buckley was born on October 9, 1921, in Walla Walla, to Fred and Martha Gauch. She had three siblings, brothers Fred Jr and Harry Gauch, and sister Margaret (Joe) Boone, all who have passed. Marie grew up in Walla Walla and was a graduate of St. Vincent Academy in 1940. The same year, Marie married John...
Gregory Hunter Thayer-Rowley
Feb 23, 2017
It is with great sorrow to face the devastating news that this world lost another beautiful soul all too soon. Gregory Hunter Thayer-Rowley passed away unexpectedly on February 23, 2017, in his home located in Walla Walla, at the young age of 18. Hunter was born on July 3, 1998, in Wenatchee, to William Rowley and Shar Thayer. Hunter...
Lorraine Marguerite Eyraud
Feb 22, 2017
Longtime Walla Walla resident, Lorraine Marguerite Aubert Eyraud, 82, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, February 22. She was surrounded by her husband, children, and grandchildren. The youngest of five children, Lorraine was born April 4, 1934, to August and Rosa Aubert, both French immigrants from the Champsaur region. Her family had a large sheep ranch outside...
