Mabel L. Wheeler
Sep 6, 2013
Mabel Laura Wheeler, 102, long time Colfax resident, passed away peacefully on the morning of Friday, September 6, 2013 at the Whitman Hospital. A funeral service celebrating her life will be held Friday, September 13th at 10:00 am at the Bell Tower in Pullman. Burial will follow at 4:00 pm at the Moscow Cemetery. Mabel was born January 29, 1911...
Margaret Ann "Peggy" Smart
Sep 5, 2013
Longtime Pullman resident Margaret Ann "Peggy" Smart, 92, of Pullman passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, September 5, 2013. Graveside services will be held on Friday, September 13 at 2:00 PM at Riverside Memorial Park in Spokane. A memorial service will be held on September 24, 2:00 PM at the Pullman Presbyterian Church with Rev. Matthew McNelly officiating. Peggy was born...
Thomas "Tom" Lee Weber
Sep 2, 2013
THOMAS LEE "TOM" WEBER, 65, of Pullman, passed away on Sept. 2, 2013 at his Pullman home surrounded by his family. The Vigil Service will be held on Sunday, September 8, at 7:30PM at St. Gall Catholic Church in Colton. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday, September 9, at 11:00AM. at St. Gall Catholic Church with vault interment...
Jimmy Herne
Sep 2, 2013
James William "Jimmy" Herne, Colfax, passed away Monday, September 2, 2013 at Sacred Heart in Spokane. He was 53. Jimmy was born May 24, 1960 in Long Island, New York to James and Gertrude Clauss Herne. As a young man, he moved to Florida to work with his brother Jeffrey in the construction trade. He also did some work as...
Murrell A. Eggers
Sep 1, 2013
Murrell Abner Eggers, of Pullman, passed away Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013 due to the infirmities of old age, he was 94. He was born in Watauga, TN on April 22, 1919 to Thomas and Ruah Eggers. Murrell enlisted in the Air Force in 1940 and was stationed at Hickam Field during the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He then entered flight...
Delbert "Deb" Acuff
Aug 31, 2013
Delbert "Deb" Acuff, 88, a longtime Pullman, Washington resident and retired heavy equipment operator, passed away Aug. 31, 2013 at his Pullman home. The funeral service will be held at 11 AM on Thursdy, Sept. 5, 2013 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Clarkston, Washington. Burial with full Military Honors will be held at a later date at Willamette National...
Beverly M. Cook
Aug 25, 2013
Lifetime area resident Beverly M. Cook, 93, passed away on August 25, 2013 at Pullman Regional Hospital after a brief illness. The memorial service will be held on Monday, Sept. 23, 2013 at 1 PM in the Independent Living Social Hall at Bishop Place Retirement Center in Pullman, Washington. She was born Beverly Medora Kincaid on February 1, 1920 to...
Michael Wise
Aug 21, 2013
Michael DeWayne Wise, formerly of LaCrosse, passed away August 21, 2013 in Tacoma, Washington. He was 57. A graveside service will be Saturday, September 7th, at 10:00 am in the LaCrosse Cemetery. Michael was born October 12, 1955 in Colfax to Gerald and Sharon Dover Wise. His early years were spent in LaCrosse before the family moved to Spokane and...
Mary E. Fletcher
Aug 20, 2013
Mary Ellen Jenks Fletcher, 81, passed on to heaven early Tuesday morning, August 20, 2013. She was at her Pullman home, surrounded by her family. Mary was born in Braymer, Missouri on August 23, 1931 to Ed and Lily Jenks. She passed just days short of her 82nd birthday. Mary moved from Braymer to Kootenai, ID, as a child and...
H. Leroy Gillespie
Aug 11, 2013
Lifetime area resident, proud wheat farmer and loving husband, H. Leroy Gillespie, 89 of Pullman, passed away on August 11, 2013 at his Bishop Place residence in the company of family. Friends may pay their respects at Kimball Funeral Home on Wednesday August 14 from 9:00am to 4:00 pm. Private family graveside services with vault interment will be held later...
Walfred H. "Wally" Peterson
Aug 10, 2013
Walfred H. "Wally" Peterson, 88, of Pullman died on August 10, 2013 at Bishop Place in Pullman. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, September 7, 2013 at 10:00 am at the Community Congregational United Church of Christ in Pullman. A reception will follow in the fellowship hall. Wally was born on December 28, 1924 at Moline, Illinois to Julius...
Nancy Bierbaum
Aug 4, 2013
NANCY HOPKINS BIERBAUM, 84, a longtime Pullman, WA resident, passed away Sunday, August 4, 2013 at home following a brief illness. Nancy was born August 31, 1928 in Aurora, Illinois to Eugene & Helen (Kirkpatrick) Hopkins who farmed outside nearby Yorkville, IL. Later when her father transferred to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Nancy attended Eau Claire grade school and high school,...
Marguerite "Marge" Stebbins
Aug 3, 2013
MARGUERITE ("Marge") ELEANOR STEBBINS, 83, of Pullman, passed away on August 3, 2013 at Avalon Care Center in Pullman, WA. Marge was born February 17, 1930 in New York, to Jeremiah & Anne Kelly. She grew up and attended catholic school in New York, graduating from high school there. Marge met Fred Stebbins at a USO dance and in 1952...
Margaret F. "Pegi" Gunn
Aug 3, 2013
Margaret Frances "Pegi" Gunn, 90, passed away on August 3, 2013 at home in Pullman, Wash. A memorial gathering for family and friends will be held at a later date. Pegi was born on July 16, in Chicago, Illinois, the first child of Richard and Margaret (Binder) Browne. She grew up on the south side of Chicago, where she attended...
Gordon A Ripple
Aug 1, 2013
Funeral Mass for Gordon A. Ripple, (87), long time Colfax dentist, will be held Saturday, August 24 at 11:00 AM at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Colfax. A private family graveside service will precede in the Colfax Cemetery. Gordon passed away Thursday, August 1, 2013 at the Whitman Hospital in Colfax. Gordon was born July 7, 1926 in Bemidji, Minnesota...
Bruce James Mckenna, Sr.
Jul 29, 2013
BRUCE JAMES McKENNA SR., 62, recently of Clarkston, WA and a former Pullman resident, passed away on July 29, 2013 in Carmichael, CA surrounded by family while on vacation. Bruce was born Dec. 22, 1950 in San Francisco, CA to James H. McKenna Jr. & Clarice M. (Young) McKenna. Bruce grew up in a military family, living throughout the U.S....
Mary Lou (Mckenzie) Hitch
Jul 27, 2013
Mary Lou McKenzie Hitch, 98, of Pullman passed away at the Bishop Care Memory Villas on Saturday June 27, 2013. A memorial service will be held Saturday, August 10th at 2pm at Bishop Place, Social Room, Independent Living Apartments, 811 SE Klemgard. Mary Lou was born into the McKenzie family in 1915 in Goderich, Ontario, Canada, the 4th of 5...
Stanley Vance Plowman
Jul 25, 2013
Stanley Vance Plowman. (84) of Moscow, ID died peacefully the evening of July 25, 2013 at Avalon Care Center near Moscow, Idaho. He was surrounded by family and serenaded for 3 hours with beautiful harp music provided by a loved friend. Stan was born in Burbank, California on May 17, 1929 to Paul Plowman and Susan Fulton Plowman as the...
Harvey E. Lehmitz
Jul 25, 2013
Harvey E Lehmitz, 90, of Pullman, died July 25, 2013 at Avalon Care Center in Pullman. He was born Dec. 24, 1922 in West Jordan, Utah to William Jr and Mary Ruth (Allmendinger) Lehmitz. He grew up on the West Jordan farm and graduated from Jordan High School. He headed to California where he hauled road oil and gasoline all...
Bruce Anawalt
Jul 24, 2013
Bruce Anawalt passed away peacefully on July 24, 2013, at home in Pullman surrounded by his family. The second child of Bruce Sr. and Marzelle (Greer) Anawalt, he was born on July 1, 1927, in the City of Glendale, California. A native of the Pacific Northwest, Bruce spent his early years growing up in Oregon, Idaho and Washington. He excelled...
