Obituary Listing

Apr 11, 2014

John L. Ellis

1922 - 2014

Born to L. Neale and Ogal Ellis on November 6, 1922 in Burns, Wyoming, John L. Ellis, a resident of Colfax, WA since 1952, passed away on Friday, April 11, 2014 at the Pullman Regional Hospital, at the age of 91. A memorial service will be held for John...

Apr 10, 2014

Clemens A. "Clem" Schaller, of Pullman passed away from a heart attack on Thursday, April 10, 2014 at his Bishop Place residence in Pullman. He was 93.

Clem was born December 15, 1920, in Brewster, WA, the son of Carl and Laura (Perkins) Schaller and grew up in Okanogan, WA where he attended Okanogan High School, graduating...

Apr 9, 2014

Ann (Packham) Merriam, 62, of Moscow passed away on Wednesday April 9, 2014 in Moscow.  The funeral will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday April 11, 2014 at the Joseph Street Stake Center of the LDS church in Moscow, with concluding services to follow at the Moscow Cemetery.  Viewing is one hour prior in the Relief Society Room....

Apr 8, 2014

Robert F. Druffel, 77 a lifelong Colton, WA resident, passed away on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at St.Joseph's Medical Center in Lewiston, Idaho. Robert was born January 13, 1937 in Colton to Victor & Monica (Meyer) Druffel. He grew up and attended school in Colton, graduating from Colton High School in 1955. Robert enlisted in the US Army and...

Apr 6, 2014

MICHAEL D. PRINE, 68, of Endicott, WA passed away April 9, 2014 at his Endicott home.  The memorial service will be held on Friday, April 18, 2014 at Bruning Funeral Home at 1 PM.  Michael was born March 23, 1946 in Colfax, WA.  He grew up in Lewiston, ID, graduating from Lewiston High School.  Michael enlisted in the US Navy...

Apr 1, 2014

RUTH C. COOK, 101, a lifelong Colfax, WA resident, passed away on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at Whitman Health & Rehabilitation Center in Colfax. Ruth was born May 29, 1912 in Colfax to William & Eva (Reiger) Kramlich. She grew up and attended Colfax schools, graduating from Colfax High School. She met Alex Cook...

Mar 30, 2014

Fluster, Henrietta Martha [nee Levy]

December 27, 1914, Harlem, NY - March 30, 2014 , Pullman, WA

How do you fit a life into a few, so very few lines? One whose cup of life was drained dry. Every sip well-savoured. A beloved daughter and sister; an adored wife and cherished aunt; a loving mother,...

Mar 29, 2014

Pauline Tetrick Curtis of Hay, WA, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 29, 2014 in Wenatchee. Pollie was born to James and Frances Tetrick on June 1, 1924, the fourth of nine children in Dora, Missouri. She grew up in the Colfax area and graduated from Colfax High School in 1942. She married Cecil...

Mar 27, 2014

Rita Karen (Niehenke) Esser, 71, of Uniontown passed away at her home on March 27, 2014.  The Rosary will be recited at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday April 2 nd at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Uniontown.  Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday April 3 rd also at St. Boniface with vault interment following at the St. Boniface...

Mar 27, 2014

Norma Elizabeth Beckley was born to George and Meta Burckhalter on March 30, 1921 in Wheatland, Wyoming. The family later moved to Ritzville, WA in 1928 where her father was employed as a county agriculture agent. Norma and her brother George and sister Laura attended grade and high schools in Ritzville. She graduated in 1939. It was in her...

Mar 24, 2014

James Wigen Emerson, 87, lifelong LaCrosse farmer passed away Monday, March 24, 2014 at the Hill-Ray Plaza in Colfax. A graveside service will be Saturday, March 29 th at 1:00 p.m. at Selbu Cemetery with a memorial service following at 1:30 at the Selbu Lutheran Church. Jim was born September 7, 1926 at home near LaCrosse to Brown and...

Mar 23, 2014

Alfred R. Halvorson, 93, of Pullman, passed away on March 23, 2014 at Bishop Place Senior Living. He was born January 22, 1921, the sixth child of Christ Halvorson and Alice Kleven Halvorson. His mother passed away a month after Alfred's birth. He was born and raised on a family farm three miles north of Milan, Minnesota. Elementary schooling...

Mar 22, 2014

THERESA ELOISE WILLIAMS, 67, of Pullman, WA passed away on March 22, 2014 at her Pullman home. Theresa was born Oct. 5, 1946 in San Francisco, CA to Edward & Gloria (French) Foley. She grew up in the Bay Area of California and following high school graduation attended San Jose State College, where she received her Bachelor's degree. Theresa...

Mar 20, 2014

Patricia Mae Zuger, long-time Colfax resident, passed away March 20, 2014 at her home in Colfax. She was 78. Pat was born February 10, 1936 in Pasco, the oldest child of George Raymond and H. Bernita (Williams) Wehe. She grew up in the Eureka Flat area near the Snake River and attended schools in Eureka, Walla Walla and Prescott where...

Mar 18, 2014

Robert L. Styer

July 1, 1920 – March 18, 2014

Robert L. (Bob) Styer, 93, passed away on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at Bishop Place Senior Living in Pullman, Washington. Bob was born on July 1, 1920 on a farm outside Colome, South Dakota. He was the second of nine children born to Royal and...

Mar 15, 2014

Obituary

Margaret Elizabeth (Krom) Bolz

Died: March 15, 2014, approx. 8:00 PM

Margaret Elizabeth (Krom) Bolz was born on the family wheat farm outside of Dusty Washington on October 4, 1920. She was the oldest of seven surviving children of German parents John Krom and Elizabeth (Dippel) Krom who immigrated from the Volga...

Mar 14, 2014

Albert J. Schauble, 81, a prominent Pullman attorney, passed away in Spokane on Friday, March 14, 2014 surrounded by family. Albert (Al) Schauble was born May 1, 1932 in Killdeer, North Dakota. He was one of nine children born to Robert and Mary Schauble. At age five, he and his family moved to St. John, Washington. Al graduated, Valedictorian,...

Mar 13, 2014

MARY KAY STEVENSON, 62, of Spokane, Washington and formerly of Pullman, passed away on March 13, 2014 in Spokane. Mary Kay was born Feb. 15, 1952 in Pullman to Roy Harper & Lois Fleishman Brown. She grew up in Pullman until her junior year of high school when she moved to Spokane, graduating from Lewis Clark High in 1970....

Mar 12, 2014

Bernice Pauline Hilty, 96, of Colfax passed away on March 12, 2014 at Nelson's Corner Adult Family Home in Colfax.

Bernice was born to Stella Crow Ingram and Emery Ingram in Thornton, Washington on January 21, 1918.  Bernice was stricken with polio as an infant which left her with mild paralysis of her right arm and leg. ...

Mar 12, 2014

MARY W. LOEWUS, 91, of Pullman, Washington, passed away peacefully March 12, 2014, at Bishop Place Senior Living in Pullman. Mary was born February 15, 1923 in Duluth, Minnesota. After graduating from high school in 1940, she attended the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth until 1943 and then worked in a steel plant chemical laboratory. In 1944, Mary...