Donald D. Britain
Feb 17, 2015
Donald D. Britain died on Feb. 17, 2015, at Providence St. Mary’s Medical Center in Walla Walla. Mr. Britain was born on Aug. 15, 1931, in Flemington, Mo., to George Washington and Elsie Marie Britain. In 1934 he moved to South Dakota with his parents. He attended the public school in Oelrichs, S.D. He also worked on several ranches...
Kenneth Ray Smith
Feb 16, 2015
Kenneth Ray Smith, 49, passed away February 16, 2015 at Dayton General Hospital. He was born October 5, 1965 to Terry and Judy (Watkins) Smith in San Miguel Naval Station, Philippines. He then moved to Winter Harbor, Maine when he was only a few months old where he lived until he was three years old. In the Summer of...
Michal Grannes Jacobsen
Feb 11, 2015
Michal Grannes Jacobsen passed away peacefully at his home on February 11, 2015 surrounded by family after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born August 19, 1941 to John & Lois Jacobsen in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Michal graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1960. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography from Washington State University...
Dorothy Helen Palmer
Feb 8, 2015
Dorothy Helen Palmer went to be with her Lord on Feb. 8, 2015. Dorothy was born to Frank and Gladys Hardin on April 15, 1917, in Dayton. She attended Dayton public schools, graduating in 1935. After completing beauty school in Spokane she returned to Dayton to open her own beauty salon. Several years later she married Howard Nichols of...
Delia Copeland
Feb 5, 2015
Delia Copeland passed away on February 5, 2015 at her home with her family by her side. She was born August 27, 1962 to Roberto & Olga (Guel) Garza in Walla Walla, WA. Delia graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1980. She attended Walla Walla Community College in Walla Walla as well as Renton Technical College in Renton,...
Marilyn Joan Herres
Feb 3, 2015
Marilyn Joan (Page) Herres left her loving family for her heavenly home on Feb. 3, 2015, at the age of 83. She passed away in her home at Fairfield Care in Fairfield, Wash., after a courageous battle with Multiple Myeloma Cancer. She was born Feb. 8, 1931, in Walla Walla, to the late Orin L. and Hilma H. (Patterson)...
Donald O. Merrill
Feb 3, 2015
Don was born July 1, 1930 in Hot Springs, South Dakota. He was the son of Frederick “Fritz” Merrill and Anita Gooden. He passed away February 3, 2015 at the Odd Fellows Care Facility in Walla Walla, WA. He was a long time resident of Touchet, Washington. Don is survived by his wife of 57 years, Alma Workman Merrill;...
Beatrice Mary Elia
Feb 3, 2015
Beatrice Mary Elia, 82, passed away on February 3, 2015 at her home in Walla Walla. A lifelong resident, she was born in Walla Walla to Jack and Regina Regalia in a snowstorm on March 9, 1932. She grew up and worked for many years alongside her parents on the family farm on York Avenue. She attended Davis Public...
Janice Price Harris
Feb 2, 2015
Janice Harvey Price passed away peacefully in her sleep on Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Monty and Susan Price, where she had been lovingly cared for during the last 11 years of her life. Janice was nearly 97. She is preceded in death by her parents, Darrell and Guenndolyn (Snyder) Harvey; her...
Clara Huie
Feb 2, 2015
Clara B. Huie, 87, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Feb. 2, 2015, at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Marty and Susan, where she had been lovingly cared for during the last years of her life. Clara was born on Jan. 2, 1928, in Seattle to Chin S. and Hui Shee Bong. Following her father’s death,...
Robert Clyde Beamer
Jan 30, 2015
Robert Clyde ‘RC’ ‘Bob’ Beamer of Walla Walla, WA passed away peacefully Jan. 30, 2015 with family close by. Bob was born September 19, 1926 in Wallace, ID to Clyde Forrest Beamer and Anna Pauline Katinka (Hangaard), the oldest of three children. His family relocated to Chicago at the beginning of the depression and then to his mother’s hometown...
Gilbert T. Pedraza
Jan 29, 2015
Gilbert, 50, passed away on January 29, 2015 in home after a year-long battle against lymphoma. He was preceded in death by his father Arturo Pedraza, his mother Catalina Pedraza. Gilbert was born, 1964, in Santa Clara del cobre, Michoacan, Mexico. He came to the USA when he was 22. He met the love of his life Amy in...
John David Delp, Sr.
Jan 29, 2015
John David Delp Sr. passed away Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, in Spokane. John was born to Charles Edgar and Mabel Delp on Sept. 8, 1934, in Dayton, the last of 10 children. He attended Dayton schools and graduated with the Dayton High School class of 1953. Shortly after graduation, John joined the U.S. Army, serving from 1953-1955. As a...
Thomas Francis Duffy
Jan 27, 2015
Born July 11, 1938 and died Jan. 27 of complications from influenza. Thomas Francis Duffy was born at home in Mullan, Idaho. He was the youngest of five children. His father was a Hard Rock miner at the Morning Mine. Two years after his birth, his mother died in child birth. His father Bernard lacked the resources to care...
Janice Jane Dorman
Jan 26, 2015
Passed away peacefully January 26, 2015 at Eagle Springs, Walla Walla, WA. Janice was born December 28th, 1926 in Pomeroy, WA to Stanley and Vera Fitzsimmons. She was raised on the family farm on the Alpowa Ridge outside of Pomeroy. She was forced to grow up very quickly due to the poor health of her mother and because of...
Margaret Elizabeth Stanton
Jan 26, 2015
Margaret Elizabeth Schwarz Stanton was born and raised in Walla Walla, Washington. She was born on October 30, 1930 and passed away quietly on January 26, 2015, at Odd Fellows Rehabilitation Center in Walla Walla after living a life filled with friends. The family is grateful for the love and care that was shown to her and the family...
Dorothy E. Soderstrom
Jan 25, 2015
Dorothy E. Soderstrom passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family on January 25, 2015. She was 89. Dorothy was born January 14, 1926 in Ritzville, Washington to Carsten Herman & Elizabeth Boyd Hennings. Raised on the family farm and graduated from Ritzville High school. During her working career, she was employed by the State Highway Department and...
Rita Marie Gall
Jan 24, 2015
Rita Marie Gall lived a full life and passed away surrounded by family at 88 years old. Rita lived in the Walla Walla area since childhood, and in College Place for the past 20 years. Rita left us on Jan. 24, 2015, dying from injuries due to a fall. Rita was born Jan. 10, 1927, in Mott, N.D. Her...
Claudia Doyle
Jan 23, 2015
Claudia passed away into the loving arms of her savior Jesus Christ, Jan. 23, 2015, with family by her side, after a 35- year battle with cancer. Claudia Kay McLoughlin was born March 10, 1943, in Mt. Vernon, Wash., on March 12, 1943. She was adopted by Stanley and Virginia Chapman of Portland. They later moved to Bend, Ore.,...
Albert Sept
Jan 17, 2015
Lifelong Walla Walla resident Albert Sept passed away January 17, 2015 at the age of 90. Albert was born December 4, 1924 to Jacob and Catherine Schaub Sept. He attended Walla Walla schools and was drafted into the Navy in 1943 where he proudly served in the Marshall Islands for two and a half years. There, he was a...
