Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Dot, 99, passed away December 17, 2017 at her home in Wheatland Village, Walla Walla, WA. A Memorial Service will be Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at Wheatland Village, 1500 Catherine Street, Walla Walla, WA 99362 with Chaplain Steve Cromwell officiating. Dorothy was born to Charles and Anna Grummett in Aberdeen, WA on July 3, 1918. She graduated from Grays Harbor Business College in 1939. Dorothy married Joseph Day Bodman on October 9, 1939 in Fairbanks, Alaska; they were married...
Murray William Fisher, 96, of Walla Walla died December 2, 2017 at Wheatland Village in Walla Walla, Washington. Funeral services were held on Saturday, December 9 at 11 AM at Pioneer United Methodist Church, Walla Walla, Washington. Reverend Juli Reinholz will conduct the service. A private inurnment at Mountain View Cemetery will be held prior to the service. Memorial contributions can be made to Fort Walla Walla Museum (Note: WWII Memorial on check memo line) in care of the Munselle-Rhodes...
Betty Jacobson passed away on Monday, December 4, 2017 at Rosetta Assisted Living in Kennewick, WA. Betty was born to Roy and Irene Kellogg of Spokane on November 15, 1929. Betty was later joined by a sister, Mollie ("Peach") Kellogg (Winnett) who preceded her in death in 1982. Betty had very fond memories of her time spent at the family's property on Benson Lake, North of Spokane. The Kellogg family moved to Waitsburg in 1946, where she graduated from WHS later that spring. It was there that...
Gary L. Wheeler, 76, of Libby, Montana, died on Saturday, December 2, 2017 at Brendan House in Kalispell after suffering a traumatic brain injury in September while feeding cattle on the family farm. He was born October 19, 1941 in Council, ID to LeRoy and Freida Wheeler. His family moved to Washington state within a few months of birth and eventually settled in Waitsburg where he developed a love of farming and animals. Gary graduated from Waitsburg High School in 1961. While in high school he...
Murray William Fisher of Walla Walla passed away on December 2, 2017 at his home at the age of 96 years. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 9, 2017 at 11:00 A.M. at the Pioneer United Methodist Church in Walla Walla. Private inurnment will be held at the Mountain View Cemetery in Walla Walla. To leave a condolence online visit: www.munsellerhodes.com...
Elizabeth Louise Dorsey Fish was born in Walla Walla and passed away there on September 28, 2017, just shy of her 75th birthday. Betty was born October 3, 1942 to Martin and Gertie (Marbach) Dorsey. The youngest of four children, they were raised on the family wheat ranch west of Prescott. Betty loved her family, horses and the farm. She was a member of the Wagonettes and a princess on the Waitsburg Days of Real Sport and Walla Walla Frontier Days Rodeo courts. Betty graduated from Prescott...
Jack Houston Jackson was born in Miami, Oklahoma on June 22, 1934; the oldest son of Clifford A. and Sylvia Woods Jackson. He passed away on September 6, 2017 at the home of his son and daughter-in-law in Walla Walla after a long and courageous battle with complications from open heart surgery and heart disease. He started school in Oklahoma prior to the family moving to Walla Walla in 1940. He continued his schooling in Walla Walla and Pasco until the family moved to Prescott in 1947. He...
Darlene Beulah Beckman Broughton was born at Ogden, Utah on April 23, 1927 to Elmer Ernest Beckman and Omah Atwood Beckman. After her mother died when Darlene was two, she was raised by extended family at Ogden, Park City and Salt Lake City Utah, and Eli, Nevada. As a girl, Darlene alternated summers between her grandmothers. One summer would be spent with grandmother Alice Dolan in the small mining town of Cherry Creek, Nevada where she learned her love for gardening. Alternate summers were in...
Wayman Sinden, 88, died August 31, at his home in Walla Walla. Wayman taught chemistry, physics, and was an FFA Advisor at Waitsburg high School from 1955-1958. Wayman’s service will be held at 9:30 a.m., Friday, Sept. 8, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1821 S. 2nd, Walla Walla....
Jean Ruth (Cloke) Bicknell, 69, of Prescott, passed away on Sept. 5, 2017, at her home. She was born in Wisconsin, on June 25, 1948, to William and Dorothy Cloke. The family later moved to Prescott where Jean graduated from high school and made her home. She married James Bicknell in 1967 and was a devoted mother to her children, James (Jamie) and Janean. Jean's great love for animals, especially dogs, was exceeded only by her love for her family. She was known to do whatever she could to...
Wayman Frank Sinden, 88, died August 31, 2017 at his home in Walla Walla, WA. Wayman was born February 11, 1929 in Payette, Idaho to parents Frank and Alta Sinden. He grew up in Weiser, Idaho, graduating from Weiser High School in 1947. He married Eula Mitchell in 1950. They would have celebrated their 67th anniversary on September 10, 2017. He graduated with a degree in Vocational Agriculture and a minor in Livestock from the University of Idaho. Wayman was part of the Army Reserves for 30 year...
Wanda D. Nettles Gales, 72 of Waitsburg, passed away on August 29, 2017 at home. Born February 24, 1945 in Little Kansas, Oklahoma to Jesse and Lucille Cleaver Nettles. The family moved and settled in Waitsburg in 1948. Wanda graduated from Waitsburg in 1963. She married Gerald Gales December 11, 1966. Devoted mother of three, to Rhonda, Brenda, Greg ''Bub". Her compassion to care for people lead her to become and RN, she worked for 30 years then retired to become a business owner in Waitsburg....
Billie Marie DeRuwe (Ritter) passed away in Spokane Washington on August 2nd 2017 at the age of 76. Billie was born on February 12th 1941 in Walla Walla Washington to Bill and Louise Ritter. Billie graduated from Prescott High School in 1959 and married Raymond DeRuwe in September of 1961. Billie was a woman of boundless energy and a strong sense of duty who believed whole heartedly in the importance of a safe, secure, and healthy environment for her family. She will be remembered for her...
Jean Rebecca Sunderland (Dahl), long time resident of Dayton, passed away January, 20, 2017 in Vancouver, Washington. She was born May 10, 1925 in Chehalis, WA to Arthur and Thelma Dahl and had over seventy one years of marriage to her college sweetheart, Arthur Sunderland. A "Celebration of Life" will be held on Saturday, July 22nd, 2:00 p.m. at Dayton United Methodist Church....
Ernest (Ernie) was born east of Prescott where the sun rises on April 26, 1937 to parents, Edward and Vida Hermanns. On May 10, 2017 at his home on the west side of Prescott where the sun sets, Ernie's spirit left us to be with others in the Heavenly Kingdom. His earthly journey spanned 80 years. The family moved to California in 1949 where Ernie would graduate early from Chaffey high school in Ontario in January of 1955. Ernie married his first wife in 1956 and divorced in 1975. Ernie was a...
Margie Goddard Burns, of Dayton, passed away on April 23, 2017 at the age of 74 years. Margie was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on May 19, 1942. Margie moved to Wilbur, WA, in 1974 and raised her three children there. She held many jobs: waitress, cook, assistant to a CPA, church secretary, carpenter. She loved to fish and camp with her children and friends. Margie moved to Walla Walla in 1985 and worked in various nursing homes and as a caregiver. In 2008, Margie moved to Dayton. She cooked meals...
Marian Whipple finished her earthly journey on April 10, 2017, at the age of 91. She was born in Anaheim, California on May 21, 1925, the only child of Lewis Marion and IsalenePickel. While in elementary school, Marian started taking piano lessons. By the time she was in high school, she was accompanying individuals and school groups on the piano. She graduated from Anaheim Union High School in 1943, and earned a bachelor's degree in music (organ emphasis) in 1947 and a master's degree in music...
Gladys Lee Crabb Ferguson was born October 10, 1929, in St.John, Washington to Bernard Vincent Crabb and Minnie Melissa Bell Billingsly Crabb. She was the sixth of eight children. She moved to Starbuck, Washington as an infant and attended Starbuck schools. Gladys married Richard J. Ferguson, from Missouri, on November 20, 1947. Richard and Gladys moved to Bertha, Missouri where their son, Rick was born. They returned to Columbia County and lived on farms in the Fields Gulch and Alto areas. Their daughter, Gwynneth, was born in Dayton in 1950....
Funeral services for Gladys L. Ferguson will be held 10 a.m., Mon., May 8 at the Dayton United Brethren Church, 1106 S 4th St, Dayton Wash. Pastor Greg Brownell, officiating. Graveside service will follow at the Starbuck Cemetery. Gladys was 87 and passed away at the Booker Nursing Home. Complete obituary will follow....
Patty Loosmore passed away April 19, 2017, from Alzheimers. She was born in Los Angeles, CA on August 28, 1934, to Ethel Beem McCue and James Hoffman McCue. She grew up In Pasadena, and following graduation from high school, she married Robert Ferguson. They had four children. Patty and Bob divorced, and she married Henry "Mac" McKinney in 1960. The family moved to Waitsburg and soon thereafter into the "house of her dreams," a 1912 Craftsman farmhouse on the Coppei Creek outside of town. Once...
John Anthony Biddiscombe Eier, age 66, peacefully passed away Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Walla Walla after a long illness. John was born in Lewiston on July 2, 1950, to Frank A. Biddiscombe and Anna Marie Whitehead. He attended St. Stanislaus Catholic School, first through eighth grades, and graduated from Lewiston High School in 1968. He was an Eagle Scout. He joined the U.S. Army in 1969 and was honorably discharged in 1971. He was a lifetime member of the Disabled American Veterans. John married Lyla Crawford in 1977 and later divorced. They...
Marian Evelyn Whipple passed away April 10, 2017 in Richland, Wash. A service will be held at the Dayton United Methodist Church on May 20 at 1 p.m. Whipple was a resident of Dayton from 1960-2014 and lived in Waitsburg from 1952-1960....
Please join Family and Friends to celebrate the life of Marilyn England! A Commemorative Service will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the Delany Building, located at 111 South 3rd Street in Dayton....
Elizabeth Elmyra (Myra) Bloor was born on November 29, 1925 in Dayton, Wash. to Lillie and William Wardrip. She died on April 7, 2017 in Richland, Wash. She attended school in Waitsburg and graduated from high school in 1944. She married Ben Bloor on March 6, 1949. They had two children, Bill and Terry. She delivered mail for many years in rural Prescott. She had a close relationship with those on her mail route and many left her Christmas presents in their mailboxes. Myra was a great daughter,...
Marilyn Ray (Pefferle) Lockard passed away March 5, 2017 after a battle with cancer. Marilyn was born in Walla Walla Washington April 7, 1944. Marilyn grew up and graduated from Dayton High School. Marilyn is survived by Duane Stanley Lockard. They were married in 1962 and together for 54 years. Marilyn Lockard was a housewife and raised five children: Marlene Metzker, Stanley Lockard, Linda Mitchell, Kenneth lockard, and the youngest Daryl Lockard. Marilyn Lockard has joined the youngest,...
