Katherine Ann Macdonald
Jan 10, 2015
Katherine Ann MacDonald, age 93, passed away Jan. 10, 2015, at Providence St. Mary’s Medical Center in Walla Walla. Kay was born on Nov. 19, 1921, to Luigi and Rosalie (Enna) Pernici in DeRidder, La. She grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in 1940. During World War II, she worked to support the...
Richard Quinn Berley
Jan 8, 2015
Richard Quinn Berley was born Nov. 20, 1941, to Eugene and Bertha Wheatley Berley. He died Jan. 8, 2015, at Walla Walla General Hospital. He was 73. A disabled war veteran, he served in the Navy for 16 years, including several tours in Vietnam. Upon discharge, he worked as a correctional officer for 10 years before being called to...
Mildred Elmgren
Jan 8, 2015
Mildred C. Elmgren passed away on Jan. 8, 2015, in Walla Walla with her two sons at her bedside. Mildred Zeltha Cannon, “Millie” was born on Dec. 7, 1922, in College Place to Ralph T. Cannon and Ethel (McIntyre) Cannon. The family moved off the farm in Athena to Walla Walla, where Millie attended Walla Walla High School (Class...
Nancy T. Mitchell
Jan 3, 2015
Nancy T Mitchell 85, died very peacefully January 3, 2015 after a very long battle with Alzheimer’s. Nancy was born in Seattle Washington to Cyril and Marion Shaw in 1929. She had one sister, Jean. She attended schools in Seattle and later came to Whitman College where she met and married Jim Mitchell. They spent a brief period of...
Archie Burt Milam Jr.
Jan 3, 2015
Archie Burt Milam, 91, passed away on January 3, 2015 at Parkview Memory Care surrounded by family and friends. Archie was born December 16, 1923 to Archie and Mattie Milam in Livingston, MT. He spent his youth learning about cars from his father who was a mechanic at the local auto repair shop. He graduated from North Hollywood High...
Rosana Margaret Quaresma
Jan 1, 2015
Rosana Margaret (Mitchell) Quaresma, passed away Jan. 1, 2015, at Odd Fellows. Rosana was born Dec. 30, 1919, in Bradshaw, Neb., to Chester and Laura (Glasser) Mitchell. She resided in Washington state since 1944. She graduated in 1942 from Bryan Memorial Nursing School in Lincoln, Neb., as a registered nurse. While in Lincoln she met her future husband, John...
Maclovia Caldwell Kroum
Dec 29, 2014
Maclovia Caldwell Kroum passed away December 29, 2014. Maclovia was born January 10, 1936 in the New Mexico village of Yrissari. In November of 1952, at the age of 16, she married Charles E. Kroum. Maclovia worked as a nurse’s aide and as a Para Educator/Spanish Interpreter for Prescott School District. She was known for her giving heart and...
Kelly Anne Hutcherson
Dec 29, 2014
Kelly Anne Hutcherson was born May 16, 1961, in Pendleton and passed away in Walla Walla on Dec. 29, 2014, after battling cancer for nearly 12 years. Kelly was preceded in death by her mother, Lisa Stever. Kelly is survived by her father, Bill; her half sister, Martha; her husband, Dale; her brother, Mike and sister-in-law Tara; her four...
Connie R. Johnson
Dec 25, 2014
Connie R. Johnson, 82, of Walla Walla, passed away on Dec. 25, 2014, with her family by her side. Viewing and visitation will be held on Monday, Jan. 5, 2014, from 2 p.m. until after the Rosary at the Herring Groseclose Funeral Home, 315 W. Alder, Walla Walla. Rosary will be Monday, Jan. 5, 2014, at 6 p.m. at...
Richard Roland Pelo
Dec 23, 2014
Richard Roland Pelo, 86, of Walla Walla died peacefully on December 23, 2014. “Dick” was born to the late Carl and Marguerite Pelo on January 28, 1928 in Red Lodge, Montana. The family later moved to Milton-Freewater, Oregon where Dick graduated from Mac-Hi in 1945. At Mac-Hi, he was a drummer in the marching band and later served on...
Virginia Jeanne Neace
Dec 22, 2014
Virginia Neace was born in Waitsburg, Washington on July 22, 1921 to Loette McKinney Rinehart and John Prizer Rinehart. She passed away on December 22, 2014 in Portland, Oregon where she had lived for the past several years. Her father died at a young age and her mother and Virginia lived with her Grandparents until Loette married Chester Keiser....
Ray Alanson Harding
Dec 14, 2014
The world lost one of its sweetest, funniest and most gentle souls with the sudden and very unexpected passing of Ray A. Harding on Dec. 14, 2014. While attending the Seahawks game with his family, Ray suffered an embolism to his otherwise very healthy, loving heart. Ray was born Aug. 28, 1926, in Walla Walla to Henry and Emma...
Anne Adriana Wiseman
Dec 9, 2014
Anne Adriana Martynse Wiseman was born on Feb. 10, 1924, to Hendrik and Gerardina Martynse in Kettel, The Netherlands and died Dec. 9, 2014 in Walla Walla. In 1925, the family immigrated to Canada where Anne and her four siblings were educated. Anne graduated in 1943, from the University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry...
Steven Franklin Mize
Dec 7, 2014
Steven Franklin Mize, 66, went to be with his Lord, on Dec. 7, 2014, at Harborview Medical Center, Seattle. Steve was born Jan. 27, 1948, in Portland, to George and Violet Mize. He graduated from Pendleton High School in 1966. He received an associate’s degree at Blue Mountain Community College and a bachelor’s degree from Central Washington University in...
Gerald James Gradwohl
Dec 5, 2014
Gerald James Gradwohl passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, December fifth. Jerry was born the second of October, 1924 in Worland, Wyoming to Lydia Kinsfather-Cecil & Alex Gradwohl. Jerry moved to Walla Walla at a very young age and graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1942. He enrolled at Whitman College in the fall of 1942,...
Ruth Cundiff
Dec 1, 2014
Ruth was born July 17, 1925, in Walla Walla to Henry and Eva Elizabeth (Frank) Schneidmiller. She attended local schools and graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1943. During her senior year, she was a secretary at Falkenberg’s Jewelers, where she met her husband-to-be, Jerry L. Cundiff Jr. They were married in Walla Walla on July 24, 1949,...
Donald Talbott
Dec 1, 2014
Don passed away early Monday morning at home peacefully with his wife, Ione, at his side. Don was born in Riggins, Idaho, to Platte Talbott Jr. and Alberta (Holbrook) Talbott and was raised around the Joseph, Oregon area. He graduated from high school at the age of 16 and worked in Walla Walla area on farms until he joined...
Raymond Francis Locati
Dec 1, 2014
Raymond F. Locati passed away Dec. 1, 2014, at Prosser Memorial Hospital due to complications following surgery. Ray was born in Walla Walla on June 9, 1938, to Joe and Rachel (Leonetti) Locati. He attended College Place grade school and St. Patrick’s Catholic High School, Class of 1957. He graduated from Gonzaga University in 1963 with degrees in mechanical...
Betty Jo Pillar
Nov 29, 2014
Betty Jo was a resident of Walla Walla for 17 years, one of four children born to Dwight and Julia Frankeberger in Hollywood, Calif. During her youth she spent time with her dear grandma Bays, who held a very special place in BJ’s heart. She spoke of her her entire life with respect, love and devotion. While raising children...
Erma May Torretta
Nov 28, 2014
A celebration of life memorial will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014, at College Place Village Seventh-day Adventist Church at 12th and Larch Streets in College Place. Memorial contributions may be made to Blue Mountain Humane Society, Blue Mountain Television or College Place Village Seventh-day Adventist Church through Herring Groseclose Funeral Home, 315 W. Alder Street,...
