Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Retired captain Avery (Ken) Loposer passed away on Mon., June 27, 2016, at home with his children and wife of 61 years present. A service will be held Thurs., July 7 at 11 a.m. at Christ Lutheran Church on Second Street in Walla Walla. Full obituary will follow next week....
Richard ("Rich") Wayne Webber passed away May 15, 2016 at home. He was 77 years young. Born to John Henry (Randolph) and Iris Webber in Walla Walla Washington, he was the youngest of ten children. During his youth, Rich attended Waitsburg schools and participated in school sports, including football and baseball. He graduated from Waitsburg High School in 1958. He joined the U.S. Army Reserves in 1958 and remained on active duty until 1965. Richard married his high school sweetheart, Vera Jones...
Rich and Julie Berg passed away within a week of each other last month in Everett, Wash. Julie Mings was the daughter of Cecil and Lena Mings of Dayton. Rich was the son of Evelyn and Vernon Berg of Lowden. Rich and Julie are survived by their children Mike and Heather. A celebration of life was held in Everett earlier this month for Rich. Julie’s will be Saturday April 2 at the Lions Building at the Waitsburg fairgrounds at 2 pm. Everyone is welcome....
Don H. Palmer passed away Saturday, February 20, 2016, at his home. He was born August 14, 1934, in Alton, Utah to Jesse Milo Palmer, Jr. and Ella Heaton Palmer. He was the youngest of eight children. He grew up in Alton and graduated from Orderville High School. Don attended Utah State University for three years and then served in the army for two years. He was stationed in Fort Ord, Colorado. He then returned to USU for his senior year, graduating with a BS in Agricultural Education. It was at the start of that senior year that he met the...
William ("Bill" or "Billy") McCoy Boggs, 91, of Dayton, WA, left us on Monday, February 8, 2016. His strong will and lasting wit proved no match for a body weakened by heart and lung disease. He was born February 1, 1925 in Dayton, WA, to Stanley and Ada (Leonard) Boggs. A family-tree, written in perfect penmanship at age 16, listed his "occupation" as school boy, a third generation descendant of families that settled in Columbia County in the early 1880s. He joined siblings Alta, Walter and...
Fred Edward “Fritz” Zuger, 83, longtime Whitman County and Waitsburg area resident, passed away on February 9, 2016 from age related complications while fishing on the Snake River. Graveside services with Masonic Rites will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, February 19, 2016 at the Blue Mountain Memorial Gardens in Walla Walla. A memorial service will follow at 2:00 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Colfax. Fritz was born on June 24, 1932 to C.V. “Shanty” and Florence (Buroker) Zuger at their farmhouse near Bolles Junction, between Prescott...
Jock Nysoe, 65, passed away January 23, 2016, at Providence St. Mary’s Medical Center in Walla Walla. Jock was born April 14, 1950 in Dayton to Glen and Janis (Donohue) Nysoe, and was the third of four children. Jock grew up in Dayton; attend Dayton Elementary School and graduated from Dayton High School in 1968. He then attended Western Washington University, and in 1971, attended The Evergreen State College in Olympia, before returning to Dayton to help out with the family’s farming operations, which at the time included wheat, peas, an app...
Art and Independence.... Probably the two words that would describe Kate the best. She coined a phrase... Joy Brilliance! What she would, throughout her life, use to describe the beauty and joy of seeing, absorbing, and creating art. Be it written in poetry, short story or simply an observation. Or in her myriad skills of creating art with her hands... fine, woven, mixed media, or even gardening and putting up, or simply mending a pair of coveralls. And independence... she was true self thinker...
Longtime area resident John Edward Hazelbaker 69, passed away on December 19, 2015, at home in Waitsburg, WA. John was born March 20, 1946, graduated from Waitsburg High School where he then married his wife Penny (Norris) Hazelbaker in Dayton. John served in the Air Force in 1966, as well as serving in Vietnam for two terms. He was an honorable discharge in 1970. He was also master of Waitsburg Grange #1 and commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars for many years. John has four children, one...
Leona May Clarno, age 90 years, passed away November 10, 2015. A memorial service is planned for December 5, 2015, 10:00AM at the Waitsburg Presbyterian Church, followed by graveside services at the family plot in the Waitsburg Cemetery, with a reception following. Those who wish, in lieu of flowers can make a contribution to the Blue Mountain Humane Society through Hubbard-Rogg Funeral Home 111 S 2nd St., Dayton, WA 99328 Leona May Clarno, known by most as Lee, was born in Wellington, Kansas...
Doris Romine passed away from complications following major heart surgery on June 14th, 2015 in Portland in the presence of her children Bonnie and Steve and their respective spouses Walt and Nanqi. She was 85 years old. Doris and her twin brother Donald were born in Port Angeles, Washington in the summer of 1929 to Sylvester and Elsie Beard. She was one of 5 children. Doris grew up in Bellingham, WA, graduated from Bellingham High, and then attended business school in Bellingham. Following a...
Gary Richard Grendahl left us to be with the Lord on September 25th, 2015 at his Ranch in Dayton, Washington. Gary was born on October 4th, 1945 in Tacoma, Washington to his loving parents Glen Orville Grendahl and Delores Leone Grendahl and was blessed with his brother Jan. He married Carol Andrews in 1964 and had two daughters, Cheryl and Terri. Following the end of his marriage he married JoAnn Wade Grendahl of which he then became stepfather of her two children Jim and Shelli. Gary and his...
James “Jim” Ellis Hansen passed away on Sept. 9, 2015, at home surrounded by his family. He was born the third of six children in Waitsburg on May 19, 1921, to Albert and Margaret Leid Hansen, longtime pioneers of the Valley. Jim was a member of the undefeated 1938 and 1939 Waitsburg High School football teams and graduated from high school in 1939. Jim attended two years at Washington State College, where he studied agriculture engineering and was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and worked at Ferdinand’s Creamery on campus. After enlis...
Nancy is survived by her husband Stan; son Bruce and his sons Brandon and Nicholas of Dayton, Wash.; her daughter Karin and son-in-law David Ferguson and their daughter Leah of Happy Valley, Ore.; her sister and brother-in-law Anne and Don Nixon of Oysterville, Wash.; and by her brother-in-law and sister-in-law Joe and Laurie Ferguson of Lake Oswego, Ore. Nancy is the daughter of G.E. "Ding" and Gyla Cannon. She graduated from St. Helen's Hall (now Oregon Episcopal School) in 1954 and from Mount...
Beverly L. Hampson, 84, entered into eternal peace on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at her home in Eagle, Idaho. Beverly was born on August 26, 1930, a daughter of the late Selma and Merrill Landess. Beverly married the late Richard K. Harper in 1951, and was later married to Walter L. Hampson in 1982. She is preceded by her beloved husband of 31 years, Walter, who left us in 2011. She leaves her loving memories to be cherished by her loving and devoted children, Tracey Ryan, Judy Deines, Jeffrey Harper, and Rick Harper; and step-children, Linda...
Longtime Dayton resident Ronald Eugene Hoffman passed away May 25th, 2015, surrounded by his family at Booker Rest Home. Ron was born to Everett and Myrtle Hoffman on March 22nd, 1941, in La Verne, Calif. His family moved to Missouri and then on to Dayton, where Ron graduated in 1960 from Dayton High School. Ron married his high school sweetheart Nancy (Iles) on August 2, 1963, recently married 51 years. He worked at the Dayton Chronicle, Green Giant and was the proprietor of the Hoffman...
Beth (Betty) Lloyd Tietjen passed away in Spokane, Wash., on May 20, 2015. She was born in Waitsburg, WA on Dec. 31, 1919, the daughter of George Marvin and Mary Caroline (Calla) Summers Lloyd. She was the descendent of two of the early settlers of the Waitsburg area, Albert Gallatin and Lois Jasper Lloyd who had come west on the Oregon Trail in the 1840's and 1850's with their respective parents. Beth graduated from Waitsburg High School (approx. 1938), attended Whitman College in Walla Walla,...
Haroldene Welch Dickerson was born November 2, 1933. She died at the age of 81 on April 16, 2015 at her home in Camas, Washington. Haroldene lived in Waitsburg and taught first grade at Prescott from 1973 - 1979. She relocated in Washougal where she continued to teach until her retirement. She is survived by her husband of 35 years, Mike Dickerson. Her daughter Holly (Mike) Mayr of Elk, Washington, two grandsons, a great grandson and a great granddaughter. A memorial service was held in Camas on April 25, 2015....
Arvilla, known in her family as Arlie May, was born March 15, 1933, and passed away on April 13, 2015. She came to this life on the South Fork of the Coppei near Waitsburg, Washington. She was born at home and delivered by her grandmother, Cynthia Katsel. She attended the old South Coppei School and Dixie Elementary. For high school, she attended all four years at Waitsburg High and graduated in 1951. Arvilla worked all her life beginning at home, as a cook for harvest crews, then in the office...
Vida L. Petersen, 100, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2015, at Dayton General Hospital surrounded by family and friends. She was born December 23, 1914, in Wirth, Arkansas, to Ray Ellis and Elizabeth Cunningham (Hill). Vida married Thomas H. Petersen on March 28, 1940, in Yuma, Arizona. Vida and Tommy traveled the world together, visiting France, Spain, Switzerland, Malaga, and more, enjoying their favorite hobby of playing the best golf courses in the world. In 1974, Vida and Tommy moved to...
Karen Lynn Mohney, age 53, died March 15, 2015 at the Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. She was flown there from Heppner, Ore. on Saturday where she suffered an apparent stroke. She and her family were hosting a St. Patrick's Day dog trial in Heppner. While having dinner that evening she became stricken with a headache. Memorial services were Saturday, March 21, 2015 at the First Christian Church in Waitsburg with Pastor Bret Moser officiating. Those who wish may contribute to Rainbow Girls...
Kenneth Ray Smith, 49, passed away February 16, 2015 at Dayton General Hospital. He was born October 5, 1965 to Terry and Judy (Watkins) Smith in San Miguel Naval Station, Philippines. He then moved to Winter Harbor, Maine when he was only a few months old where he lived until he was three years old. In the Summer of 1969 they moved to Yokohama, Japan, where he and his family lived for two years. His Family then moved to Misawa Air Force Base, Japan, where they lived for three years. In 1974 the family moved to Novato, California where his fath...
John David Delp, Sr. passed away Thursday, January 29, 2015 in Spokane, Washington. John was born to Charles Edgar and Mabel Delp on September 8, 1934 in Dayton, Washington, the last of ten children. He attended Dayton schools and graduated with the Dayton High School Class of 1953. Shortly after graduation, John joined the U.S. Army, serving from 1953-1955. As a young man, John worked for Green Giant moving pea viners. After his honorable discharge from the Army, John returned home where he also resumed the job of moving pea viners. This field...
Lizzie Schell, surrounded by family members, left this world on January 13, 2015. Lizzie was the daughter of John and Elise Stucki, wife of John Schell, mother of Johnnie Schell, Rose Schell Kling, Betty Schell Hitt and Sharon Schell Steinhoff. She was a grandmother of 8, great-grandmother of 12 and great-great grandmother of 5. Born in Nampa, Idaho on December 14, 1917, she spent her early years in Nampa. She met her husband-to-be, John Schell, in the Nampa area and they were married on...
Virginia Neace was born in Waitsburg, Washington on July 22, 1921 to Loette McKinney Rinehart and John Prizer Rinehart. She passed away on December22, 2014 in Portland, Oregon where she had lived for the past several years. Her father died at a young age and her mother and Virginia lived with her Grandparents until Loette married Chester Keiser. The family then moved to the Keiser farm outside of Waitsburg. She attended grade school and high school in Waitsburg where she was involved in many activities. She was the Queen of the Days of Real...
