Charlotte Fazzari
Dec 8, 2015
Charlotte Fazzari passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, at the Washington Odd Fellows Home at the age of 93.
Charlotte was born at her home in Walla Walla to John and Jenny Fazzari on April 16, 1922. She was the second of the three children. Her parents were both immigrants from Italy. Her cousin, Angie Perri,...
James Francis Vickroy
Dec 6, 2015
James Francis “Vick” Vickroy passed away December 6, 2015 at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla, WA. Born September 3, 1921 in La Junta, Colorado to Matt Vickroy & Susan Olla Josephine Smith Vickroy, he spent the first few years of his life living south of La Junta in an area known as The Cedars. By the...
Judith Ann Jeffers
Dec 4, 2015
Judith Ann Jeffers was born December 6, 1944 in McCook, Nebraska to Raymond Leroy & Ida Fay Carfield Harmon. She passed away December 4, 2015 at Eagle Springs Community Care. A Celebration of Life will be held on January 9, 2016 at Tommy's Dutch Lunch at 3:00 PM.
Barbara Jean Price
Nov 24, 2015
Price, Barbara Jean (age 71) passed away peacefully at home on November 24, 2015. Barb was born Jan 29, 1944 in Walla Walla to James Lamb & Marjorie Johnson Lamb.
She is survived by her husband, Dale Lewis Price of Walla Walla; her son, Kenneth Barclay of Port Angeles; and step daughter, Brinda Barclay Wootress of Dallas...
Paul Dennis Dodson
Nov 24, 2015
Paul D. Dodson of College Place, WA joined his beloved wife, Thelma, in Heaven on November 24, 2015.
Paul was born in Milton, OR in 1933. He was a lifetime member of Roofers Union, Local 189. Paul had the distinct pride of being involved with the roofing of the Seattle Space Needle for the 1962 Worlds Fair....
Maralyn Delphine Carey
Nov 23, 2015
Maralyn Delphine Carey, sister in Christ, devoted wife and cherished mother, grandmother and friend to many, joined our Heavenly Father on Nov. 23, 2015. She passed away at her home on the farm in Walla Walla surrounded by family.
Maralyn was born in Walla Walla on May 17, 1935, to Robert and Delphine Golden. She graduated from...
Kenneth Hulser
Nov 22, 2015
Kenneth was born in Akron, Colo., on Nov. 5, 1915. He was born to Frances J. Leppard and Jay G. Hulser. He attended a one room school in both Nebraska and Colorado. Kenneth and his family, which included siblings Virgil and Leona, moved from Nebraska to Walla Walla in March 1934.
He married Helen R. Fix on...
Marianne Martin Cochran
Nov 22, 2015
Marianne Martin Cochran died at the Washington Odd Fellows Nursing Home on Sunday morning, Nov. 22, 2015, from complications of a stroke she suffered in late October. She was 84 years old. Wife, mother, grandmother, nurse, farmer, friend: she wore these and many other titles with great enthusiasm during the long and full life God granted her.
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Gary Allen Bunch
Nov 19, 2015
Gary Allen Bunch (Papa) passed away Nov. 19, 2015, peacefully at his home in Dixie, surrounded by loving family. Born on Nov. 3, 1949 in Yakima Washington, to Clifton Bunch, and Lorraine Amston-Moran.
Survived by his wife of 49 years, Patricia Ann Bunch; as well as one brother; three sisters; three children; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandson....
Vern Riggert
Nov 17, 2015
Vern Riggert passed away suddenly Nov. 17, 2015, at Walla Walla General Hospital, he was 95.
Vern was born July 28, 1920, to Henry and Emma Riggert in Mitchell, S.D. At 17, Vern, four brothers, one sister and their parents moved to Medford, Ore. Soon after, Vern joined the Army, assigned to the 249th Battalion Company B...
Alvin Orland Knopf
Nov 17, 2015
Alvin O. Knopf, age 95, passed away November 17th at Park Plaza Retirement Community. Dad, a life-long resident of Walla Walla, was born February 5, 1920, to Conrad and Catherine (Schwartzkopf) Knopf. When he was five, the family moved to his grandparents’ farm on Stateline Road where he resided and farmed until 2013, when he moved to Park Plaza...
Carolyn Louise Hesser
Nov 16, 2015
Carolyn, age 90, passed away November 16, 2015 in Walla Walla after a brief illness. She taught china painting up until June of this year and remained quite active.
Carolyn was born to Mary and Ralph Tracy in Des Moines, WA. She was the older of two daughters. As a child, Carolyn became ill with Scarlet Fever...
Geraldine "Jerry" Duff Taylor
Nov 9, 2015
Jerry (Geraldine) Duff Taylor died Nov. 9, 2015, at home. She was born in Walla Walla on June 6, 1942. She was the oldest of three children born to J. Carroll and Myra Warfield Duff. Jerry attended local schools and graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1961. At an early age she began working for Duff’s Creamery, which...
Richard Eugene Hair
Nov 7, 2015
Walla Walla resident Richard ("Dick") Eugene Hair passed away peacefully at his home on November 7, 2015. A private family gathering will be held at a later date.
Dick was born on May 6, 1930, to Fredrick William and Edith Andrews Hair in Colville, Washington.
Dick was raised on the family wheat farm in Northern...
Dale Ford
Nov 7, 2015
Dale Ford, age 88, died at Park Manor on Nov. 7, 2015, after an extended illness. He was born in Walla Walla, lived in various other cities within the state.
He graduated from Waitsburg High School in 1945, and joined the Army where he was stationed at the Army hospital in Regensburg, Germany. He spent two years...
Merilyn Grace Clizer
Nov 7, 2015
Merilyn Grace Clizer passed away on November 7, 2015 at Wheatland Village. She was born in Spokane, Washington on October 3, 1927 to Marjorie and Wayne Pratt and grew up on the family farm west of Tekoa, Washington. She attended first grade at the one room Lone Pine Elementary School and graduated Tekoa High School in 1945. She received...
Arthur Shinbo
Nov 3, 2015
In loving memory of Art Shinbo who passed away Nov. 3, 2015, at home with his wife Katie by his side. He was born in Walla Walla to Yuso and Tomiko (Miyamura) Shinbo. He attended local schools and graduated from Walla Walla High School. He enlisted in the Army, and was accepted into the Military Intelligence Service of the...
Alice Mary Pontarolo
Oct 29, 2015
Alice Pontarolo passed away on Oct. 29, 2015, at home, surrounded by her children.
Alice was born the daughter of Louie and Jennie Fazzari on Feb. 13, 1925, in Walla Walla. She graduated from St. Vincent Academy in 1943 and attended Walla Walla Business College. She was employed by Bird’s Eye Cannery and Pacific Supply Cooperative as...
James Arthur Kooreny
Oct 29, 2015
James A. Kooreny died October 29, 2015 in Walla Walla. Born August 18, 1938 in Minot, North Dakota to Jack & Norma Kooreny.
James was a lifelong resident of Walla Walla for 72 years after coming to Walla Walla at age 5. After graduating from Wa-Hi, he attended WSU where he received a Bachelor Degree in Science...
Wilton Herman Poolman
Oct 25, 2015
Wilton Herman Poolman (Wilt) passed away October 25, 2015 at Washington Odd Fellows Home, 534 Boyer Ave., Walla Walla, WA.
Wilt was born to Peter and Grace Jackson Poolman on May 15, 1918 in Monroe, Washington. Wilt grew up in Granite Falls, Washington where he attended grade school and high school. In addition to being a successful...
