Duane R. Hedine
Aug 10, 2013
Duane R. Hedine, M.D. F.A.C.S. Many knew him as Doc; the doctor who tended to their medical needs. Following graduation from the University of Minnesota, he practiced general medicine for several years before becoming board certified in urology. A skilled urologist, he jokingly accepted his life as a “people plumber.” He cared for patients as people first, making home...
Larry Paul Meyer
Aug 10, 2013
Larry Meyer passed away peacefully on Aug. 10, 2013, at his home with his family at his side. He was 78 years old. On July 1, 1956, he married Sharon Cothrell in Peoria,Ill., where the family lived for 17 years. The family moved to Walla Walla in August 1973 to help establish the Nelson Irrigation Corporation on Airport Road....
Robert Edgar Danforth Sr
Aug 6, 2013
Robert Edgar (Bob) Danforth, 83, passed away on August 6, 2013 at his home in Walla Walla. He died of cancer after a courageous one year battle and was surrounded by his wife Barbara and other family members at the time of his passing. Bob was born Sept. 7, 1929 in Spokane, Washington to Edgar Smith and Agnes Pierre...
Hedwig "Hedy" Pfaunmiller
Aug 6, 2013
Hedwig “Hedy” Pfaunmiller went home to her Savior on August 6, 2013 with her companion Missy by her side. Hedy was born in Arnstorf Germany to August and Christine Mayr. She was later adopted by Gordon and Rheua Newton on August 15, 1957. On February 14, 1975 she married Galen Lee Pfaunmiller in Tacoma, Wash. where they lived until...
Sandra Lee De La Rosa
Aug 6, 2013
Our beloved mother, daughter, sister grandmother, aunt, cousin and friend grew her angel wings August 6, 2013 at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane following a house fire 7 days earlier. Sandy is survived by her parents, Judy and Ernie Myrick; sister, Debbie and her husband Tim Parks; brother, Ernie Wayne; sons, Charlie Wilson, Eric and his wife Amber Wilson. She...
T. Diann Fowler
Jul 30, 2013
T. Diann Fowler, 82, passed away on July 30, 2013 at Walla Walla General Hospital. Diann was born on August 1, 1930 in Battle Creek, Michigan to Cloyd & Thelna Holmes Cemer. She attended Michigan area schools & graduated from Central High School in Battle Creek. On July 7, 1949, she married Herbert Fowler in Battle Creek, Michigan. They...
Miles L. Kinzer
Jul 29, 2013
Miles L. Kinzer of Walla Walla passed away July 29, 2013, at Park Manor Rehabilitation Center. He was born Nov. 4, 1918, in Vinita, Oklahoma to Dewey and Nellie Kinzer. He and his family moved from “The Dust Bowl” in Oklahoma to the Walla Walla Valley in 1931. He married Marvyl Duckworth in 1938 and they had two children,...
Norma Nell Ellis
Jul 25, 2013
Norma Nell Ellis, 80, passed away peacefully on July 25, 2013 at the Odd Fellows Home with her family present. She was a resident of Walla Walla for 50 years, coming here to help open Smitty's Pancake House, (now Clarette's) and ran the kitchen there until her retirement 18 years ago. Norma was born in Asher, OK on Jan....
Dr. Robert W. Ruggeri
Jul 25, 2013
Longtime Walla Walla resident, Dr. Robert W. Ruggeri, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, July 25, 2013. He was 77 years old. Robert (Bob as he was known to his friends and family) was born to Battista and Elsie (Germano) Ruggeri on June 6, 1936 in Waterbury, Connecticut. His formative schooling was spent at South School in...
Jeffery Scott Anspach
Jul 23, 2013
Jeffery Scott Anspach was born August 21, 1961 in Walla Walla, Washington to Gary and Patricia (Hanford) Anspach. He passed away on July 23, 2013. Jeff, the oldest of four children grew up in Milton-Freewater, Oregon, helping his parents tend to the family farm. In 1979, Jeff graduated from McLoughlin High School and soon after began raising Stephanie, Christopher,...
Gail Hilbert Martin
Jul 21, 2013
Gail Martin 89 years of age, of 3129 Heritage Rd. passed away at St. Mary's Hospital on July 21, 2013. Mr. Martin was born September 7, 1923, in Ukiah, Oregon to Bert and Beaulah Martin. At the age of 1 year, the family moved to Stanfield, Oregon. He attended school in Stanfield and Hermiston. When he was 12 years...
David Russell Thompson
Jul 21, 2013
David Russell Thompson, age 70, died Sunday, July 21, 2013 at the Walla Walla General Hospital. Mr. Thompson was born on February 16, 1943 to Marvin & Rose Crater Thompson of Walla Walla where he attended school and graduated from Wa-Hi in 1961. Mr. Thompson worked as a prison guard at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary. He then joined...
Lydia Andrea Whipple
Jul 21, 2013
Lydia Andrea Whipple was born September 9, 1944 in Walla Walla, Washington to Walter & Leona Nielson. Lydia passed away in her home on July 21, 2013 with her husband at her side after battling 11 years of cancer. Lydia married her husband, William (Bill) Whipple in Walla Walla on June 3, 1998. Bill & Lydia were married for...
Gerald Walter Mosman
Jul 20, 2013
Gerald Walter Mosman, 87, long-time Walla Walla resident and businessman, passed away peacefully at Regency at the Park on Saturday July 20, 2013. Gerald or Jerry, as he was known to many, was born on October 23, 1925 in Uniontown, WA to Gerald J. and Margaret E. (Waldher) Mosman, the second of six children, one twin brother and 4...
William Dean Pancake
Jul 18, 2013
William Dean Pancake passed away peacefully at the age of 47. Bill was born in Walla Walla to Jacqueline Marie Locati & William Joseph Pancake. Bill graduated from DeSales High School in 1984 and founded Jacobi’s Café in 1988 which is located on the National Historical Registry, Northern Pacific Train Depot in Walla Walla. After selling Jacobi’s Café, he...
William Harold Downs Jr.
Jul 17, 2013
William Harold Downs, Jr., 88, died peacefully in College Place, Washington, Wednesday July 17, 2013. Harold, as he was known, was born October 14, 1924 in Advent Gulch just north of Cambridge, Idaho, to William Harold Downs, Sr., and Doris Parsons Downs. Harold attended school in both Cambridge, Idaho, and the Walla Walla valley. Drafted into the military in...
Josephine "Jo" Ruth Myers
Jul 14, 2013
Josephine "Jo" Ruth Myers born January 5, 1926, passed peacefully on July 14, 2013 after a brief illness. Josephine was the fourth daughter to Iva and John Hunter of West Plains, MO. She grew up on their 600 acre farm where she shared many adventures with her four sisters. She attended Bakersfield High School where she met Charles D....
Vivian Highland
Jul 11, 2013
She was 92 years old when on July 11, 2013, Vivian Highland patiently and peacefully began a wonderful new life in Heaven. Always a lady of style, she was never without her red lipstick, not even on that special day. Born at Lake Chelan, Washington in March of 1921, her parents named her Vivian, but many friends knew her...
Major Larry J. Hanley
Jul 11, 2013
Major Larry J. Hanley, who grew up in Walla Walla, was 26 when he was declared missing in action. He failed to return after completing a combat flying mission over Laos on Nov. 4, 1969. After a status review by the U.S. Air Force, he was declared killed in action in February 1979. On March 15, 2013, his sisters,...
Yvonne Marie Warner
Jul 9, 2013
vonne Marie Warner, age 71, died peacefully at home on July 9, 2013, following a brief struggle with ALS. She was born on November 17, 1941, in Walla Walla to Douglas J. and Virginia M. Gascon White. Yvonne grew up in Walla Walla and attended St. Patrick`s Catholic School. On October 16, 1968, she married Charlie O. Warner, Sr....
