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  • DEATH NOTICE

    Jan 23, 2014

    Mariah Jean Persis Hofer December 18, 1993 - January 14, 2014 Rosary is being held at St. Mark Catholic Church (405 W. 5th) in Waitsburg on Friday, January 24 at 6 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be held Saturday at 11 a.m....

  • Kenneth Norman Jantz

    Dec 12, 2013

    Kenneth Norman Jantz passed away at his home in Orlando, FL on December 3, 2013. Kenneth was born on January 20, 1938, in Davenport to Howard and Dorothea Jantz. He graduated from Davenport High School and after graduation enlisted in the Navy. Kenneth served 4 years in the Navy. He then worked as a campus police officer at Washington State University where he met his wife, Carolee Clodius Jantz. They returned to Waitsburg where he began his farming career that lasted 40+ years. During his time...

  • Juan Arabelos Jr.

    Nov 14, 2013

    Juan Arebalos Jr. peace- fully passed away Oc- tober 31, 2013 after a courageous battle with cancer. Juan was born March 18, 1957 to Juan Sr. and Sofie Arebalos in Delano, California. Juan grew up in Pacoima, California, then his family moved to Dayton, where he graduated from Dayton High School and then Spokane Community College with a degree in Art. In 1986, Juan married his wife Leticia Ceballos. To- gether they have a daughter Melody and son Brandon, both from Lakewood, Wash- ington. Juan...

  • Mary Anne Yancey

    Nov 7, 2013

    Mary Anne Yanc- ey, 1932-2013, of Brooklyn, NY, passed away unexpect- edly October 25. Born in Walla Walla, Washington to a ranching family, she attended Cottey College, graduated from Whitman College, and moved to New York City, in 1954. She married and raised a family in Brooklyn Heights, earned three Masters Degrees, two from Columbia University's School for Public Health and Urban Planning, and a third from Columbia's Teachers College. She became a leader and sustaining force to many organiz...

  • James “Jim” Lowell Burres

    Sep 26, 2013

    James "Jim" Burres died peacefully at his home in Waitsburg, WA, on Sep- tember 18, 2013. A private graveside service will be fol- lowed by a celebration of his life memorial at the Presbyterian Church on September 28, 2013 at 2 p.m. Friends and family are invited to celebrate Jim's life. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the following organization: Ye Old Town Hall; Waitsburg Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Ser- vice; or Walla Walla Com- munity Hospice....

  • Julia Mark

    Sep 12, 2013

    Julia Mark, 82, died peacefully at her home in Dayton on September 5, 2013. Julia was born July 8, 1931, in Durban, Natal Prov­ince, South Africa, to Nor­man L. and Eunice Phelps Rice. She was the youngest of four children; their par­ents served as missionaries in South Africa. The Rice family returned to the U.S. in 1934. They lived in Oklahoma and North and South Dakota before moving to Freewa­ter, Oregon in 1945. Julia graduated from McLaugh­lin Union High School in Milton-Freewater in 1949...

  • Robert Edgar Danforth

    Aug 15, 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 sur- rounded by his wife Barbara and other family members at the time of his passing. Bob was born Sept. 7, 1929 in Spokane, Washing- ton to Edgar Smith and Ag- nes Pierre Danforth. He was preceded in death by his fa- ther Edgar at the age of one. His mother remarried Otto Schmitt in 1935 and they moved to the Lance Hills area of Cheney, WA. He h...

  • John David Burns

    Aug 8, 2013

    Born on Oct. 14, 1940, John David Burns passed away on July 31, 2013, in Dayton near the Touchet River that he loved. He loved fishing and listen- ing to the sounds of the wa- ter. He and his wife Margie were married in 1961, later divorced and were reunited in marriage again in 2009 - 40 years later. John spent 15 years in the Navy and served in Vietnam. He was honor- ably discharged in 1972 as Chief B.T. He attended San Francisco State University and earned a degree in Me- chanical Engineering. He is survived by wife Margie of Dayton:...

  • Hubert James Kinder, Jr.

    Aug 1, 2013

    Hubert was born March 30, 1927 in Taylor, Wash. He was a descendant of mountain man Johnny Grant and Isabelle, a member of the Blackfeet Tribe. He was raised in Waits- burg and will be buried in Lynnwood, Wash. He was a U.S. Navy Vet- eran of WWII and Korea. He later served in U.S. Army Airborne as an Operating Room Technician from 1962 to 1965. He later worked as a tele- phone installer, lineman and electrician. Hubert is survived by his former wife Jane; children, Jim, Kathy, Mark, Deb- ra,...

  • William Shaffer Roberts

    Aug 1, 2013

    William Shaffer Roberts (Bill), 83, of Mercer Island, Wash., passed away peacefully Friday, July 26, at Pacific Regent in Bellevue. Bill was born Feb.1, 1930, in Portland, Ore. to James D. Roberts and Wilma Shaffer Roberts. Bill’s grandfather and grandmother (Willam B. Shaffer and Ida Mae Shaf- fer) were early settlers of Waitsburg, where his grand- father was the president of the Preston-Shaffer Milling, Co. Bill attended Hillside elementary and Lincoln High School in Portland. He then went o...

  • Roberta Jeanne Lucas

    Jun 27, 2013

    Roberta "Bobbie" Jeanne Lucas, age 75, left this world to return to her cowboy sweetheart Friday, June 21st. Bobbie was born in Gar- den Valley, Idaho to Robert and Odessa Banka March 3rd, 1938. Family was al- ways a priority and she loved to spend time with her younger siblings Marion Strandy of Spokane, WA; Judy & Paul Lucas of Pah- rump, NV; Linda & Ron Col- lison of Sandpoint, ID; Kay & Coy Kratz of Pahrump, NV; Ed & Wilma Banka of Las Vegas, NV; Teddy & Wally Huggins of Bonners Ferry, ID;...

  • MEMORIAL

    Jun 27, 2013

    A memorial service for Michael Owen Stearns, infant son of James and Heather Stearns of Dayton, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 29th at Harvest Christian Center. Please bring finger foods or snacks to share following the service....

  • Junanne L. Greene

    Jun 20, 2013

    Walla Walla resi- dent Junanne L. Greene, 71, died December 11, 2012, at her home. There will be a celebration of her life on June 22, 2013 at 2:00pm at the Waitsburg Presbyterian Church on Main Street in Waitsburg, WA. Inurnment was at Lakeview Cemetery in Seattle alongside her husband, Chris B. Greene. Junanne was born Sep- tember 3, 1941 in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho to Rudolph and Alice Kvern. She attended Schools in Spokane, Grant Grade School and graduated from Lewis & Clark High School. She al...

  • James D. Wood

    Jun 6, 2013

    Jim (Pepe) was the sixth of seven children born to Francis and Mabel Wood. The family in descending or­der was Dan, Frank, George, John, Kaye, Jim and Jerry. Their mother, when pro­voked, worked through the list until she arrived at the perpetrators' name. Paternal discipline was meted out in the same order for infrac­tions that nobody accepted responsibility for. Pop was in good form and did not tire easily as each child was cor­rected for whatever misdeed. His dad, mom, and broth­ers, Geor...

  • Barbara J. Bruce

    Jun 6, 2013

    Barbara J. Bruce, 65, died May 26, 2013 in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. from com­plications of pneumonia. A simple service was held there May 28th. Barbara was born March 24, 1948 in Enter­prise, OR to Willard and Bonnie Wilson. She gradu­ated in 1966 from Joseph High School and attended Kinman Business Univer­sity in Spokane, WA. She married Joe T. Bruce in San Diego, CA and they had 2 children, Jacqueline & Jef­frey. They later divorced. Barbara and her chil­dren moved to Waitsburg, WA in 1988 where she was employed by the McGregor Co then trans...

  • Timothy R. Fuller

    May 16, 2013

    Timothy R. Fuller went peacefully to be with his Lord and Savior on May 4,2013,aftera6yearhard fought battle with cancer. Tim was born in Grand Forks, BC on January 25, 1966 to Rodney and Shirley Fuller. He was Salutatorian of the 1985 graduating class at Curlew HS, in Curlew, WA. Not only was he a good student but an accomplished athlete. Tim scored over 1000 points in his HS basketball career. He also played semipro baseball in Canada for 3 years. Tim graduated from college in Spokane with a...

  • Iris Mae Stearns

    May 9, 2013

    Dayton, Washing­ton resident, Iris Mae Stearns, 84, passed away April 18, 2013, at the Washington Odd Fel­lows Home, 534 Boyer Av­enue, Walla Walla, Wash­ington. Iris was born June 2, 1928, in Waitsburg, Washington, to David Wilbur and Mildred Hazel Casey. She graduated from Waitsburg High School and attended beauty school and worked as a hair stylist. On December 13, 1953, she and Gerald Stearns were mar­ried in Walla Walla. Her hobbies included quilting and crocheting, but her primary focus in...

  • Robert Eugene Hulce

    May 2, 2013

    Waitsburg, Wash- ington resident, Robert Eugene Hulce, 85, passed away April 22, 2013, at Dayton General Hospital, Dayton, Washington. Bob was born October 12, 1927, in Burbank, California, to Albert and May Darling Hulce. He graduated from Vivian (South Dakota) High School in 1946, and also earned a Surgical Technician cer- tificate from Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas that year. He served as a surgical technician in the US Army during WWII, being dis- charged in 1947. In...

  • Barbara Jo Fry

    May 2, 2013

    Barbara Jo Fry, age 63years, died April 25, 2013 at the St. Mary Center. Private fam- ily graveside services will be 2 P.M., Friday May 3, 2013 at the family plot in the Dayton City Cemetery. Arrangements are through Hubbard-Rogg Funeral Home 111 S. 2nd\ St. Dayton, WA 99328. Barbara was born July 20, 1949 in Dayton, WA. Her parents were Fer- min and Pat Trujillo Ben- nett. She was a gradu- ate of Waitsburg High School with the class of 1967. She has been with her husband Steve Reeves for many years, living in Walla Walla, where she enjoyed...

  • Bettie Lloyd Chase

    Apr 25, 2013

    Bettie Lloyd Chase passed away on April 20, 2013 at the Book- er Rest Home. She was born March 20, 1920 in Waits- burg, WA to Ralph G. Lloyd and Jessie Conrad Lloyd. Bettie lived her entire life in the Waitsburg area and had a deep understanding of the area and a great appreciation for the residents of the Touchet Valley. As a young child, she grew up on Jasper Mountain before the fam- ily moved to Waitsburg. She attended Waitsburg schools graduating in 1938. In 1941, she married Berger Chase,...

  • Duane Remus

    Apr 11, 2013

    Duane was born in Walla Wal- la on June 29, 1971, to Fred Charles and Ruby Alley Remus. He grew up in Dixie and grad- uated from Walla Walla High School in 1959. He joined the Army shortly after high school in 1963 and served until honor- ably discharged in 1969. After serving in the Army, Duane worked for Union Pacific Railroad for 20 years after which time he was medically retired. Duane participated in the local Shriners group, sold real estate and loved riding ATVs in the moun- tains. He...

  • Don Hill

    Mar 28, 2013

    A graveside service for Don Hill will be 2pm, Sat- urday. March 30th, 2013, at the Waitsburg City Cemetery. Pastor Steve Morris will officiate. DonlivedinWaitsburgfor17years. He is survived by daughter Chris Zyskowski, son-in- law Robert Zyskowski; granddaughter Amy Zyskowski (Khat) and husband James Khat; grandson Tony Zys- kowski all of Renton, Washington. Step-son Lyle Gro- shong & wife Mary Groshong of Kent Washington. He was preceded in death by his wife Vera I. Hill Hubbard-Rogg Funeral Home 111 South 2nd, Dayton, is assisting the family...

  • Catherine (Cay) Hays

    Mar 28, 2013

    Catherine Marie Hays died peacefully at home on March 22, 2013. Cay was born on January 18, 1943 in Portland, Oregon. She grew up in Vancouver and Spo- kane Washington and gradu- ated from Central Valley High School in 1961. Cay attended Washington State University and received her Bachelor of Arts in 1965. While teaching at Waitsburg High School, she met Bob Hays, whom she married in 1968. After her teaching career, Cay also worked as a social worker in Yakima for Children’s Home Soci- ety, F...

  • Keith Orrin Carpenter 1952 – 2013

    Mar 14, 2013

    Keith Orrin Carpenter died February 22, 2013, of a heart attack, in Angeles City, Philippines. He had moved to the Philippines with plans to retire there in December, 2012. Keith was born Novem- ber 19, 1952 in Walla Walla, Washington to Virgil and Mary Carpenter and raised on the family farm north of Prescott. He attended Waitsburg schools, graduat- ing from Waitsburg High School in 1971. He received an Associate of Arts degree from Walla Walla Commu- nity College in 1973 and a Bachelor of Arts in Educa- tion in 1976 from Eastern Washington...

  • Duane Robert Gusse

    Feb 28, 2013

    Duane Robert Gusse, age 69, passed away peacefully in his home in Olympia, Wash. on February 1. He was born to Byron and Florence Gusse on January 1, 1944 in Tacoma, Wash. He attended school in Waitsburg, where he dis- covered his talent and love for music and sports. While still in high school, he began his musical career playing keyboards and singing in popular local bands. He attended various colleges over the years including Central Washington University and Portland State University. While...

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