Heidi Kathleen Neal
Dec 14, 2013
Heidi Kathleen Neal, age 44, passed away at Providence St. Mary Hospital on Dec. 14, 2013, after a short battle with cancer. Heidi was born on Feb. 17, 1969 in Walla Walla to John and Joan Hines. She married Meade M. Neal on Feb. 2, 2002 in Couer d’ Alene. She resided for most of her life in Walla...
Patricia Ann Rhode
Dec 13, 2013
Patricia Ann Rohde, 85, of Walla Walla, passed away on Dec. 13, 2013, at Providence St. Mary’s Medical Center. She was born in Oshkosh, Wisc. on Jan. 18, 1928, to Grace and Cliff Paulson. She attended Miss Wood’s Normal School and she graduated from Macalester College with a degree in Early Childhood Education. She married Willard Rohde on Jan....
Berdie Marie Hickman
Dec 11, 2013
Berdie Marie Hickman passed away December 11, 2013, at the age of 94 in Bellevue, Washington. Marie was born January 15, 1919 in Elberton WA to Guie and Bessie Irwin. She graduated from Colfax High School in 1937, Northwest Business College in 1938 and then went to work for Gearn Company. On November 15, 1941 she married Bill Hickman...
William Peter Pontarolo Sr.
Dec 7, 2013
Bill Pontarolo, 85, of Walla Walla passed away on December 7, 2013 at his home surrounded by family. He was born on June 29, 1928 in Pasco WA to John and Lena Cavalli Pontarolo. The family moved to Yakima where he was an accomplished baseball player at Yakima High School. While there, he made friends that he continued to...
Barbara Elaine Whaley-Jones
Dec 6, 2013
Barbara Elaine Whaley, 81, passed away on Dec. 6, 2013, at Regency at The Park. She was born in Promise, Oregon on March 10, 1932. She grew up in northeastern Oregon, graduating in 1950 from Wallowa High School, Wallowa, Oregon then continued her education at Eastern Oregon State College in La Grande. She was married to James B. Whaley...
Thomas Paul Cosgrove
Dec 6, 2013
Thomas Paul Cosgrove, 82, passed away peacefully at his home in College Place on Dec. 6, 2013. Tom was born on Dec. 30, 1930, in Lawrence, Kan., to William and Nellie Cosgrove. In 1948 he graduated from St. Pat’s High School in Walla Walla. He married Geraldine Ann Kralman, from Walla Walla on Feb. 4, 1950. After graduating from...
Shirley Darlene Irwin
Dec 4, 2013
Shirley Darlene Irwin was born in Walla Walla to Reuben and Ella Mae Wasemiller, attended Prospect Point Elementary and graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1957. She married her husband Jim Irwin on Feb. 15, 1958. After a brief stint in Kodiak, Alaska, while Jim was in the Navy, the couple moved back to Walla Walla. She worked...
Kenneth Norman Jantz
Dec 3, 2013
Kenneth Norman Jantz passed away at his home in Orlando, Fla., on Dec.3, 2013. Kenneth was born on Jan. 20, 1938, in Davenport to Howard and Dorothea Jantz. He graduated from Davenport High School and after graduation enlisted in the Navy and served for 4 years. He then worked as a campus police officer at Washington State University where...
Terry Lee Schoen
Nov 29, 2013
Terry Lee Schoen, 66, died at his home in Walla Walla due to natural causes on November 29, 2013. Terry was born February 13, 1947 in Bloit, Kansas. He graduated from Riverview High School in Finley, WA and completed his B.A. in Business Administration and went on to 2 years of education at Western Conservative Baptist Seminary. He worked...
Guadalupe Ponce
Nov 28, 2013
Guadalupe Dolan Ponce, 44, passed away Nov. 28, 2013, at home. He is survived by his wife, Sabrina Atwood Ponce; three sons, James Ponce, Dillion Ponce and Brandon Ponce, all of Walla Walla; one sister, Venecia Ann Thomas of Folsom, Calif.; four brothers of Mission, Texas; parents, Guadalupe and Venla Ponce, Mission, Texas. Preceded in death by brother, Rogelio...
Adelaide Stanish
Nov 26, 2013
This obituary was voiced by Addie about 6 months before she passed on November 26, 2013. She wanted to pass on special thanks to all of those whom helped her during the last two years living in Walla Walla. I recommend the Odd Fellows Home to anyone who is seeking assisted living. The facility is very clean, the the...
Lillian Templeton
Nov 23, 2013
Lillian Faye (Richeson) Templeton, age 70, died on Nov. 23, 2013, at home from lung cancer. Lill was born on the family farm in Fredericksburg, Ohio, and graduated from Waynedale High School, and the College of Wooster, both in Ohio. Her undergraduate degrees were in French and speech. She did research in linguistics and communications through a National Science...
Robert Stanley Schwerin
Nov 21, 2013
Robert Stanley Schwerin was born June 8, 1920, in Ritzville, Wash., the son of Charles August and Etta Studley Schwerin. Bob graduated from Ritzville High School and studied engineering at Washington State University. During World War II, Bob joined the Boeing Corporation as an engineer and was part of the team that designed and built the B-17 bomber. While...
Winifred Ellen Thomsen
Nov 19, 2013
Winifred Ellen (Hill) Thomsen passed away at her home in Walla Walla, Washington, on November 19, 2013. The Antelope, Oregon native was born on October 7, 1914, in The Dalles, Oregon to Walter E. and Margaret (Brogan) Hill. She grew up on a farm near Antelope with her parents, three older sisters and four brothers. Win graduated from Antelope...
Gerald "Jerry" Musick
Nov 16, 2013
Jerry was born in Eagle Rock, California on May 31, 1936 to Jesse LeRoy Musick and Dolly Pearl Musick. Jerry was the youngest of five children. He had an older brother, Joe Musick, and three older sisters, Shirley Bengston, Patsy Cooper, and Louise Burt. Jerry joined the Navy when he was seventeen years old. He served in the Navy...
Ruth Helen Collins
Nov 15, 2013
Lifelong Walla Walla resident, Ruth Helen Collins, 89, died peacefully early in the morning of November 15, 2013 at Washington Odd Fellows Home, Walla Walla, Washington. Ruth was born the seventh of ten children to Conrad and Magdalena Butherus. Ruth attended Paine School and graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1942. She held many secretarial positions throughout Walla...
Adelle Conover Ganguet
Nov 13, 2013
Life-long Walla Walla area resident, Adelle Ganguet passed away on November 13, 2013 of natural causes. She was 91. Adelle and her late husband Morris spent their entire lives sheep ranching, wheat farming, and raising their two daughters. In the process, they enriched the Walla Walla community with their time and efforts. Adelle was born to Glenn and Lola...
Leslie Thomas Pike
Nov 11, 2013
Leslie Thomas “Tom” Pike was born in Walla Walla to Samuel Francis and Eula Dunlap Pike. Tom resided his entire life on the Wallula Avenue acreage where his maternal grandparents settled from Tennessee. Tom was a hard worker and never stopped tinkering. Tom’s work ethic started early and allowed him to buy a parcel of the Wallula Avenue property...
C. David Burgess
Nov 7, 2013
David Burgess was born the youngest of five children to Halsey and Emma Burgess of Lowden on June 11, 1939, where he was raised on the families’ ranch. He attended Lowden Elementary and Walla Walla High School, graduating in 1957. David continued his education at Washington State College, joined Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, was active in ROTC, and earned...
Jeffrey Robert Sphuler
Nov 2, 2013
Jeffrey Robert Sphuler, 54, died at his home where he resided with his daughter, Lizabeth Sphuler and granddaughter, Jasmine Sphuler in Walla Walla Saturday, November 2, 2013. Jeff was born May 6, 1959 at Mt Carmel Hospital in Colville, Washington. He went to grade school in Marcus, Washington and graduated from Kettle Falls High School. As a young boy,...
