Darlene Lorraine Jensen
Jun 13, 2013
Darlene Lorraine Jensen went to be with her Lord and Savior on June 13, 2013. She was born on August 28, 1942 in Sacramento, California. Even though she had on-going health issues most of her life, she was uncomplaining and sweet-spirited, finding joy in helping others. She most enjoyed sewing, cooking, canning, and making scripture bookmarks for missionaries. Darlene...
Lawrence Ernest Blue Sr
Jun 13, 2013
Lawrence Ernest Blue Sr., age 82, passed away at Hermiston Terrace on June 13, 2013, in Hermiston. Viewing will be on Thursday, June 20, 2013 at the Herring Funeral Home, 315 W. Alder from 5-7 pm, with funeral service also being held at Herring Funeral Home on Friday, June 21, 2013 at 10 a.m. Interment will follow at Blue...
Rodney C. Ingham
Jun 13, 2013
Rodney C. “Rod” Ingham passed away June 13, 2013 at Park Manor Rehabilitation Center at the age of 81. Rod was born July 26, 1931 in Walla Walla, WA to Elmer B. and Laura M. Ingham of Touchet, WA. He attended Gardena grade school and graduated from Touchet High School in 1949. Rod went on to Washington State College...
Norma Bessie Terhaar
Jun 10, 2013
Norma Terhaar Sept. 12, 1929 — June 10, 2013 Norma B. McCann Terhaar, 83, died Monday, June 10, 2013, in Caldwell, Idaho. Norma was born Sept. 12, 1929, in St. Louis, Mo., to Henry and Dora McCann. Viewing will be Friday June 14, 2013, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Herring Groseclose Funeral Home, 315 W. Alder, Walla...
Richard Paul Mccallum
Jun 8, 2013
Richard McCallum Nov. 10, 1951 — June 8, 2013 Richard (Dick) passed on a beautiful June morning at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. Born to Lucille and Grady (Tex) McCallum, he was the youngest of five brothers. Living in the Walla Walla Valley his whole life, attending grade school and junior high school. He graduated from high school...
Richard Harold Carter
Jun 6, 2013
Dad’s Obituary Richard Carter, 74, passed away at his home in Prescott Washington on June 6th , from cancer. Richard was born in Harlingen, Texas on May 15, 1939 to his parents, Porter and Lillie Carter. As a young child, Richard and his family moved to the Pacific Northwest where his family settled at Ayer, Washington. Richard and his...
George Christian Katsel
Jun 2, 2013
George Christian Katsel was called peacefully home in Walla Walla, Washington on Sunday, June 2, 2013 at the age of 94. George was born in Mansfield , WA on September 10, 1918. He was the third of four children born to Orlie and Lida Katsel. George was a hard-working man. He learned mechanics as a child working on his...
Gary Marshall Brown
May 30, 2013
Gary was born to I.G. (Buster) and Dorothy (Dolly) Brown as the oldest of 7 children, raised in rural Walla Walla on a farm which he credits today as having the most positive influence in his life. Gary delighted in caring for or raising all kinds of animals, especially the unusual, orphaned or injured, including pigeons, deer, beaver, skunks,...
Clina Violet Sargent
May 30, 2013
Clina Violet Sargent passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2013 at Providence St. Mary Medical Center after a loving and richly lived life. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends whom she held so dear. Viewing will be held at Herring-Groseclose Funeral Home on Tuesday, June 4 from 5-7 PM. She will be laid to rest...
John Paul Kent, Sr.
May 29, 2013
Longtime Walla Walla resident, John P. Kent Sr., passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, May 29, 2013. He was 78 years old. John was born to Omer J. Kent and Helen Grote Kent on April 10, 1935, in Walla Walla. He attended Green Park Elementary, St. Patrick’s and Walla Walla High School, and graduated from Columbia Prep...
Janis Eileen Nysoe
May 25, 2013
Longtime Walla Walla resident and realtor, Janis Nysoe, passed away at the age of 89 on May 25, 2013 at the Dayton Booker Rest Home. Janis, a third generation Columbia County native was the eldest daughter of Dewey C. Donohue and Marguerite Hopkins Donohue. Raised on the family wheat ranch on Lewis Gulch road, Janis and her siblings developed...
Roger Lynn Davis
May 20, 2013
Roger Lynn Davis passed away at his home on May 20, 2013. He was born December 13, 1922 to Ray M. & Ruth Wamble Davis in Starbuck, Washington. When he was young, his family moved to Walla Walla where his dad worked for the railroad. Roger graduated from Walla Walla High Scholl in 1941. He worked on area wheat...
Michael Dale Dunham
May 18, 2013
Lifelong Walla Walla resident Michael Dunham passed away at his home May 18, 2013 surrounded by his family and close friends, after a courageous 4-year battle with Renal Cell Carcinoma. Mike was born January 4, 1944 in Seattle, the only son of B. Wendall Dunham and Shirley Mays Dunham, joining older sister Sandra. The Dunham family moved to Walla...
Carol Dean Anderson
May 18, 2013
Long-time Walla Walla resident, Carol Dean Anderson, died of cancer on May 18, 2013. She was 73 years old. Carol was born to Norma Estes and Henry Schmidt on July 16, 1939 in Walla Walla, WA. After her parents divorced, Carol lived with her grandparents Win and Iris Estes. Eventually she returned to live with her mother and her...
Charles Benton Clizer
May 17, 2013
Charles Benton Clizer, Jr., age 85, passed away May 17, 2013, at his home at Wheatland Village in Walla Walla. He was born Aug. 30, 1927, in Spokane, to his parents, Dr. Charles and Katherine Clizer of Tekoa, Wash. He graduated from high school in 1945 while serving in the United States Coast Guard during the final year of...
Frank Gallo
May 12, 2013
Frank Gallo, lifelong resident of Walla Walla, passed away at his home on May 12, 2013, at the age of 73 with his family by his side. He was born on April 22, 1940, in Walla Walla to Frank and Marie Gallo. He is preceded in death by his parents; three sisters, Rosie, Vickie and Anna Mae; one brother,...
Russell Eugene Swingler
May 11, 2013
Russell Eugene Swingler died May 11, 2013 at the age of 78. He was born August 26, 1934 in Teutopolis, Illinois, the sixth child to Martin C. & Tillie Buhnerkempe Swingler. Russ served in the US Army at Camp Hanford. He worked many years for the Woodland School District & enjoyed the students. In recent years, he enjoyed occasional...
Harold Benzel
May 9, 2013
Harold Benzel of Walla Walla, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 9, 2013. Harold was born in the family home in Walla Walla on November 1, 1918, to German immigrants, Jacob and Elizabeth Foltz Benzel. Harold attended Paine Grade School and graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1939. Harold married his beloved wife, Katherine Frank Benzel, on November...
Ione Nibler
May 9, 2013
Ione Nibler, previously residing on Fern Court, died peacefully at Wheatland Village in Walla Walla on Thursday, May 9, 2013. She was born Neola Ione Hilberg, Sept. 13, 1923, in Ada, Minn., to Gustav and Mabel Hilberg. Later the family moved to Waseca, Minn., where Ione spent her childhood and high school years. She was active in many clubs...
Dana Ann Dilts
May 5, 2013
Dana was born in Walla Walla, Washington at St. Mary’s Hospital on February 5, 1968 to David & Beth Ann Brinker Dilts. She was educated in Walla Walla at Betty Shields Pre-School, Prospect Point, Garrison Jr. High and Walla Walla High School. She attended Eastern Washington University and received her Bachelor’s Degree from Walla Walla University where she continued...
