Eric Michael Dunham
Oct 23, 2014
Walla Walla Valley pioneering winemaker, Eric Michael Dunham, died October 23, 2014 in Cannon Beach, Oregon. He was 44 years old. Eric was born in Walla Walla and grew up here attending local schools. As a teenager, he moved with his family to western Washington and graduated from Redmond High School in 1988. After high school graduation, Eric joined...
Candelario Garcia Castillo, Jr.
Oct 23, 2014
Candelario passed away peacefully at his home on Oct. 23, 2014. He was born in Walla Walla on July 21, 1956, to Candelario Sr. and Elisa Castillo. Between 1975 and the early 80s, he worked for the Union Pacific Railroad, he really enjoyed this job. His favorite pastime was spending quality time with his family and friends. He loved...
Richard Joseph Pontarolo
Oct 21, 2014
Richard Joseph Pontarolo passed away on Oct. 21, 2014, of heart failure. He was born in Walla Walla on Sept. 8, 1965, to Bill and Joan Pontarolo Sr. He graduated from DeSales High School in 1983 and attended Spokane Community College. Rich had a love for his family and friends. He enjoyed watching his favorite sport teams, the Cougs,...
Bernard Howard Donnelly
Oct 16, 2014
Bernard Howard Donnelly was born July 29, 1926, in Newell S.D., to Richard Henry Donnelly and Lucy Brott. He passed away on Oct. 16, 2014, at age 88. Due to dry, dusty weather conditions of the time, the family in 1937 left their farm in South Dakota. They packed their own eleven children, a cousin, and all of their...
Myra Teresa Adlington
Oct 13, 2014
In the early morning hours of Oct. 13, 2014, Myra Adlington left this world and into the hands of the Lord. Born in Mabton, Wash., on Sept. 17, 1917 to a pioneering family, she was one of seven children of Felix and Mary Murphy Hicklin. After high school she attended Mount Vernon Junior College and later graduated from what...
Mary Branson
Oct 9, 2014
Mary B. Branson passed away peacefully in her home, at the age of 97 on Oct. 9, 2014. Mary was a lifetime resident of her beloved Walla Walla. She graduated from St. Vincent’s Academy in 1936. She attended Walla Walla Community College and graduated with an Associates Arts degree in June 2004. Education was extremely important to her and...
Joseph Edward Falbo
Oct 8, 2014
Joseph E. Falbo, born on April 9, 1922, in Walla Walla, passed away at the age of 92 on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014, at Wheatland Village’s Parkview facility. He was the proud son of Italian immigrant farmers, Salvatore and Rosaria Falbo. He attended Prospect Point Elementary and Walla Walla High School. He earned his accounting degree from the Walla...
Robert Cortinas
Oct 7, 2014
Robert G. Cortinas, 66, of Lake Oswego, Ore., passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. Robert was born Nov. 2, 1948, in Corpus Christi, Texas, to Miguel Pacheco Cortinas and Maria Manuela “Emma” Gonzalez Cortinas. Robert grew up in Walla Walla. He graduated from Walla Walla High School. Robert proudly enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1968 and served...
Rose Bloomberg
Oct 6, 2014
Rose Marie Mann Bloomberg, 81, passed away unexpectedly at Providence St. Mary Medical Center, surrounded by her family. Rose was born to James Ray and Reva Rose (Arquette) Mann, Nov. 9, 1932, in Port Townsend, Wash., and was a member of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation. Rose attended schools in Toppenish, Wash., and graduated...
Laurette Deloris Mccaw
Oct 6, 2014
Laurette DeLoris McCaw, age 84, was welcomed into Heaven on Oct. 6, 2014. She was born on June 7, 1930, in Dusty, WA, to Jacob J. and Martha Weber Stueckle. The youngest of seven children, she moved with her family to the Prescott area in 1936 where her father farmed near Clyde. She attended and graduated from the Prescott...
Jenna Marie Morton
Oct 4, 2014
Jenna Marie Morton, 29, of Prescott, passed away Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014, near Burbank. A celebration of life service will be held on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, at the Waitsburg High School Auditorium at 2 p.m. with Pastor Michael Ferrians of the Waitsburg Christian Church officiating. Jenna is survived by her husband, Jeremy Morton of Prescott; two daughters, Jennifer...
Margaret Kissock Adams
Oct 3, 2014
Margaret Kissock Adams, 86, of Walla Walla passed away on Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. Born Aug. 30, 1928, in Minneapolis, she was the eldest daughter of the late Gordon Kissock and Faith Stafford Kissock. Her husband, Frederick Adams, preceded her in death. She is survived by two daughters, Jane Vagstad of Tokyo, Japan, and Deborah McGill of San Diego;...
John Grant
Oct 3, 2014
John Grant, husband, father, and dedicated family member passed away with his family by his side on Oct. 3, 2014, as a result of kidney cancer. John was born on May 16, 1939, to Sam and Irene Grant of Prescott. John was a direct descendant of Jonathan Pettyjohn, a local pioneer who established a family farm in 1858 that...
Rebecca "Becky" Elizabeth Pugh Duncan
Sep 30, 2014
Becky Duncan, passed away peacefully on Sept. 30, 2014, at her childhood home in College Place. Becky was born in Dayton, to Dorothy and Al Pugh, on Aug. 4, 1950. Becky married Howard Duncan on Sept. 7, 1968. Becky was a self-taught medical records transcriber. She was an animal charmer, spending time at the Pugh homestead cabin in the...
Reva Mae Ewing
Sep 29, 2014
Reva Mae Ewing went to be with the Lord at the age of 91. She was born in Kansas as Reva Mae Buchman. She married her soul mate Harold T. Ewing, Dec. 18, 1949. They moved to Walla Walla in 1956. They had three children, Lanetta Romero, Betty O'Dell and Sheryl Smith; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. She was a...
Lenora Frances Hermann
Sep 25, 2014
Lenora Frances “Shorty” Hermann was born in Bedford, Iowa, Dec. 16, 1935. She was the second of five daughters to Luella and Lester Gray. As a young girl Lenora lived in Colfax, Wash., and Pomeroy and finished high school in Walla Walla. After high school Lenora married Walter Peter “Pete” Hermann and raised seven children, living in Walla Walla...
Edward H. O'Boyle
Sep 24, 2014
Edward H. O’Boyle passed away peacefully on September 24, 2014 in Walla Walla. Edward was born on May 7, 1923 in Elmira, New York, the second son of Harry C. and Gertrude H. O’Boyle. Ed graduated high school in 1941 and attended the University of Pennsylvania until mid-1942 when World War II broke out. Ed followed his brother, Robert,...
Elaine Lavonne Montgomery
Sep 24, 2014
Elaine passed away at home from complications of dementia and cancer on September 24, 2014 after blessing her family with 80 years of love and laughter. Elaine was born in College Place, WA on June 4, 1934 to Mary and Mario Castoldi. A graduate of Walla Walla High School, she married Dale Montgomery on March 7, 1954 and raised...
Viola Violet Oman
Sep 21, 2014
Viola Oman, 82, lost her fight with cancer Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014. A lifetime resident of Walla Walla, Viola was the family matriarch and the last living survivor of her generation. Viola Violet Oman was born in Walla Walla on March 23, 1932, the fifth child of Wilhelm Georg and Elizabeth Backes Wendt. She attended Jefferson Elementary School and...
David Michael Venneri
Sep 18, 2014
David was second youngest of seven children. Born to Francesco Venneri and Peppina Josephine Ciarlo/Venneri, they were the first generation born in the United States. He made it to the age of 92, outliving all of his siblings, before passing. He attended Braden School and graduated high school at St Vincent's Academy. David worked for Walla Walla School District...
