Arne Lester Filan
Jun 16, 2015
Arne went home to be with his lord and savior on June 16, 2015 at Parkview in Walla Walla at the age of 84, after a 6 year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Arne was born June 12, 1931, to Arne Bertin and Flossie Filan in Hay, Wash. He grew up in Hay, Spokane and Walla Walla and graduated from...
Louis Paul Charlo
Jun 11, 2015
Louis P. Charlo passed away June 11, 2015 at his home. The family niche-side memorial service will be at Blue Mountain Memorial Gardens, College Place, WA. Memorial contributions may be made to Walla Walla Community Hospice through Herring Groseclose Funeral Home, 315 W. Alder, Walla Walla, WA 99362. Louis was born on March 27, 1926 in Walla Walla to Vincenzo...
Barbara Lee Dodd
Jun 11, 2015
Barbara Lee Dodd, 84, died June 11, 2015. Barbara was born on February 16, 1931 to Marie and Jack Norris in Walla Walla, Washington. She graduated from Walla Walla High School then shortly after married Vern Russell and had 3 children, Mark, Craig, and Cheryl (Stewart). They later divorced. In 1973, she married Delbert Dodd Sr., and resided in Touchet....
Herman Joseph Chase
Jun 9, 2015
Herman Joseph Chase passed away June 9, 2015, at Walla Walla General Hospital. Funeral service will be Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at 10 a.m. at the chapel of Herring Groseclose Funeral Home. Vault interment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. Viewing and visitation will be held Monday, June 15, from 2-7 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be...
Elberta Mae George
Jun 8, 2015
Elberta Mae (Meador) George was born March 19, 1935, in Walla Walla, to Oterbein and Lois (Banks) Meador. She passed away at her home on June 8, 2015, after a long struggle with multiple sclerosis. Bert, as she was known, lived in the Walla Walla area her entire life. She grew up at Whitman Mission, as her father farmed the...
Donald Forrest Coyle
Jun 7, 2015
Our dad, brother, grandpa, uncle, cousin and a great friend and mentor to many in Walla Walla, Donald F Coyle passed away peacefully on June 7, 2015, at Park Manor Nursing Home at the age of 93.
Don was born and raised in Walla Walla as were his parents and grandparents. He attended Baker Grade School then...
Charlotte Anne Saul
Jun 4, 2015
Charlotte Anne (Estes) Saul died on June 4, 2015, from stomach cancer. She was full of life, hosting guests at the house and visiting with family right up until the day she died. She spent only one day in bed and then her body was ready to go. She was never one to sit idle. Charlotte was born in 1941...
Melvin Ralph Buttice
Jun 2, 2015
Melvin died at his home, 929 Home Ave., Walla Walla, WA. He celebrated his 100th birthday on the 19th of February 2015. He was born in Walla Walla, his mother, Gosephine Tarrello Buttice and his father, Pietro Buttice. Melvin attended school at Braden till the 8th grade. The Depression hit in 1929, Melvin & his brother, Ernie, had to help...
Barbara Yaeko Hamada
May 29, 2015
Barbara Hamada, 77, passed away on May 29, 2015. She was born in Stockton, CA on June 19, 1937 to Tsunetaro Oye and Jun Murakami Oye. As a young child, her family was sent to a Japanese internment camp in Rohwer, AR during World War II. After the war, the family moved to the Walla Walla area. On June 18,...
Louis Amos Gehrett
May 21, 2015
Louis A. Gehrett was born in Walla Walla on January 28, 1925 and passed away at the Washington Odd Fellows Home in Walla Walla on May 21, 2015. Lou’s parents, Tolbert & Theresa (Cole) Gehrett had 4 children, Dorotha, (Grandstaff), Rod Gehrett, Lou & Dean Gehrett. Lou graduated from Wa-Hi in 1943 just in time to be drafted into World...
Nancy A Arnold
May 21, 2015
Nancy A. (Payne) Arnold, 80, of Walla Walla, passed away suddenly on May 21, 2015, at home. Nancy was born in Kelso, Wash., on Dec. 11, 1934, to the late Ray and Agnes (Hose) Payne. She married Dewey (Bud) Arnold on June 20, 1964, and they were married just 18 days short of 50 years when Bud passed away on...
Harry Harold Fox
May 20, 2015
Harry Harold Fox passed away on May 20, 2015 at Walla Walla General Hospital. He was born to the late Kathryn Fox of Walla Walla on July 23, 1925. Harry was raised in Walla Walla until being drafted into the Army in 1942 at the age of 17. He enjoyed being outdoors especially in the mountains. He also enjoyed working...
Helen M. Bowman
May 17, 2015
Helen M. (Jean) Bowman passed into eternity with Jesus and many loved ones at the age of 96 at Providence St. Mary’s Hospital, Walla Walla, Washington on May 17, 2015. Jean, an identical twin, was born to Andrew Marlow and Belle Delaney Marlow, the third of eight siblings on December 28, 1918 in Eagle River, Wisconsin. Her family relocated to...
Stuart Alan Durfee
May 17, 2015
Stuart Alan Durfee of Touchet passed away at Kadlec Regional Medical Center following a battle with thyroid cancer. He was surrounded by his family and friends when Jesus welcomed him home. Stuart was born on Jan. 8, 1962, in Dayton to Elbert and Helen Durfee. He attended Dayton schools from kindergarten through his high school graduation in 1980. He was...
Marilyn Jeanne Drayton
May 11, 2015
Marilyn J. Drayton passed away peacefully at home in the early morning hours of May 11, 2015, the Monday after Mother’s Day, just as her mother did 26 years before her; we were blessed with two very devout mothers who didn’t want to miss a Mother’s Day with their family. Marilyn was born in Walla Walla, September 10, 1929, to...
Karen Kay Dunn
May 5, 2015
Karen Kay Dunn, age 77, of Walla Walla, passed away on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. She was born to the late OA and Marjorie Leonard on Nov. 5, 1937. Karen went to school in Pullman. She married Frank Dunn in 1961 and later divorced. She was an active member of the Wheatland Village Community and volunteered for and participated in...
Erma Bernice Kaup
May 3, 2015
Erma B. Kaup passed away at Wheatland Village in Walla Walla. Services are to be held at Wheatland Village Chapel, 1500 Catherine St., on Friday May 8, 2015, at 1 p.m. with Chaplin Steve Cromwell. Private family interment. A gathering of friends and family will be held right after the service at Wheatland Village. Erma is survived by her children,...
Curtis Nordman
May 2, 2015
Curtis Nordman June 23, 1960 — May 2, 2015 Curtis Alan Nordman, 54, passed away on May 2, 2015, at home in Umapine. He was born on June 23, 1960, in Canyonville, Ore., the son of Fred and Mary Nordman. He married Barbara Tucholke on April 15, 1978, in Walla Walla. They had three children together, Christopher, Jamie and...
Theron Eldon Smith
Apr 30, 2015
Theron (“Smitty”) E. Smith leaves us with a legacy of devotion to his family, country, and community. Those who knew him would say he was not only a true professional who devoted much to his country and community, but also was a quiet, gentle, kind, caring soul who always took the time to listen and give his fellow man a...
Nadine Ruth Christensen
Apr 29, 2015
Nadine Ruth (Nicki) Christensen passed away on April 29 at the Odd Fellows Home surrounded by her family. Nicki was born on February 19, 1927, in Walla Walla, to Robert J. and Ruth (Stiller) Jessee, the youngest of their children. Nicki grew up on the Stiller homestead east of Lowden on the south side of the Walla Walla River. She...
