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,...
Muriel Valentine Baril
Oct 30, 2013
Muriel Valentine Baril was born on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1931 in Queens, New York. She attended college in Virginia where she met & fell in love with an Air Force pilot, George Ronald Auchterlonie. They married August 4, 1951 & had two daughters, Carol Lee & Wendy Sue. Later, she & George divorced. Muriel took a job at...
Robert "Bob" Dale Dodgin
Oct 26, 2013
Robert “Bob” Dale Dodgin, born November 5, 1954 in Los Angeles, California to Ray Dodgin & Gladys (Brock) Dodgin, died October 26, 2013 in Kahului, Maui, Hawaii. Bob was co-owner & general manager of Liberty Tax Service in Maui, Hawaii and Walla Walla, Washington. He also worked for Jerry Watts for several years in residential construction. Bob was in...
James Ellis
Oct 2, 2013
James C. Ellis, 80, passed away on Oct. 2, 2013, at Regency at The Park in College Place. He was born on May 2, 1933, in Spokane, to R.C. and Leada June Ellis. Jim graduated from Walla Walla High School in Walla Walla in 1951. After high school, he attended Central Washington College in Ellensburg, where he received a...
Joan Doherty Heitstuman
Sep 29, 2013
Long time Walla Walla resident, Joan Doherty Heitstuman, passed to Heaven on Sunday, September 29, 2013. Born April 24, 1924, in Pendleton, Oregon, to Irish immigrants, Teresa Hurill Doherty and Patrick J. Doherty, Joan grew up on her parents’ sheep ranch outside of Pilot Rock, Oregon, with her two sisters, Mary (Chvatal) and Agnes (Doherty). In her young years,...
Louis "Lou" Barnes Perry
Sep 28, 2013
Louis (Lou) Perry March 4, 1918 — Sept. 28, 2013 Louis Barnes Perry, eighth president of Whitman College, passed away Sept. 28, 2013, at Washington Odd Fellows Home in Walla Walla. He was 95. Born in Los Angeles to Julia Irene and Louis Henry Perry, he had one brother, Richard S. Perry. With the encouragement of his mother, he...
William Smelcer
Sep 26, 2013
Bill was known as a very special person and loved by many. He was born in 1927 to William and Pearl Smelcer. Most of his life was spent in Walla Walla except for two years in the Navy. On his way home on a bus he sat beside a pretty young woman and it was love at first sight....
Richard Lloyd Brunton, Sr
Sep 26, 2013
Richard was born to Marilyn L. and Melvin J. Brunton in Walla Walla on Feb. 11, 1955, and from an early age was raised by his grandparents, K. Paul and Laura Cook. He attended Walla Walla schools and graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1973. Following high school, he earned a degree in civil engineering technology, while working...
