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Claude P. Dahmen
Jul 19, 2013
Claude P. Dahmen passed away July 19, 2013 at the Guardian Angel Assisted Living Facility in Lewiston, Idaho. He was 94. Funeral Mass will be celebrated Saturday, July 27th at 10:00 AM at St. Gall Catholic Church in Colton. Burial will follow at St. Gall Catholic Cemetery. Claude was born to Jack N. and Agnes (Keller) Dahmen on December 18,...
Thomas J. Byers
Jul 14, 2013
Thomas J. Byers, Jr., age 86, passed away July 14, 2013 at the Whitman Hospital in Colfax. A graveside service will be Friday, July 19, at 10:00 am in the Endicott Cemetery followed by a memorial service at 11:00 am at Trinity Lutheran Church. Tom was born in Spokane, Washington on March 18, 1927 to Thomas and Margaret Payne Byers....
Dean Vanderwall
Jul 13, 2013
Longtime area resident Dean Vanderwall, 94, of Pullman passed away on Saturday July 13, 2013 at Pullman Regional Hospital. Memorial services will be held at St. James Episcopal Church on Saturday July 20, 2013 at 11:00AM with the Rev. Mary Beth Rivetti officiating. A reception will follow at the church parish hall. He was born Prescott Dean Vanderwall on April...
Maria L. Chanlatte
Jul 12, 2013
MARIA L. CHANLATTE, 92, recently of Pullman, WA passed away on July 12, 2013 at her Pullman home. Maria was born Feb. 18, 1921 in Puerto Rico to Luis & Josefa Sobeca. She grew up in Puerto Rico and in 1948 married Marino S. Chanlatte in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. They made Puerto Rico their home where she was a...
Sally Savage
Jul 11, 2013
Sally Purintun Savage, 61, passed away in Seattle on July 11, 2013, in the company of her family after a brave struggle with cancer. True to character, she remained the family beacon of courage, strength, and love despite the circumstances. Sally was born September 28, 1951, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Orin and Elizabeth Purintun. She married David W. Savage on...
Gary Wayne Abbott
Jul 8, 2013
Gary Wayne Abbott, 69, of Colfax passed away unexpectedly on July 8, 2013 in Spokane, Washington where he was recuperating from a recent surgery. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday July 26, 2013 at Bruning Funeral Home in Colfax with Jim Krouse officiating. Committal services with vault inurnment will follow at the Colfax Cemetery. Gary was...
Bernice A Beason
Jul 6, 2013
Bernice Ada Beason, 84, of Colfax passed away on Saturday July 6, 2013 at Whitman Hospital & Medical Center in Colfax. Private family committal services will be held at a later date. Bernice was born on December 19, 1928 at Yakima, Washington to Vernon and Violet (Radford) Beason. She contracted rheumatic flu at the age of three which caused permanent...
Judy Kay Brooks
Jul 3, 2013
Judy Kay Brooks, 69 of Spokane and formerly of Oakesdale, went to be with Jesus in the Kingdom of Heaven on July 3, 2013 at her home in Spokane, Washington. Graveside inurnment services will be held at the Bethel Cemetery in Steptoe on Saturday July 13, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. with the Rev. Erik Buhl of the Oakesdale Presbyterian Church...
Valerie B. Jensen
Jul 2, 2013
Valerie Jensen Valerie Jensen of Moscow died Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at her home; she was 83. Valerie was born March 4, 1930, in Bellingham, Wash., to Harold and Bessie Ougland. They soon divorced and Bessie married Joseph L. Blalock on May 31, 1932, when Valerie was 2 years old, they lived in the Cornwall area for most of her...
Robert Morris Mommsen
Jul 1, 2013
ROBERT MORRIS MOMMSEN, 93, recently of Pullman, WA and a longtime Mercer Island, WA resident, passed away on July 1, 2013 at his Pullman, WA home of age related causes. Robert was born Aug. 24, 1919 in Excelsior, MN to A.C. & Helen (Bidwell) Mommsen. He grew up in Minnesota and Wisconsin where he received his education. Following high school...
Jean Kilpatrick
Jun 29, 2013
Jean Kilpatrick, 87, formerly of Oakesdale passed away on Saturday June 29, 2013 at Whitman Hospital & Medical Center in Colfax. Viewing will be Monday July 8, 2013 from 9:00am to 5:00pm at Bruning Funeral Home in Colfax. Graveside funeral services with vault interment will be held on Tuesday July 9, 2013 at 10:00am at the Oakesdale Cemetery with Pastor...
Andrew Lawrence Cain
Jun 23, 2013
ANDREW L. "ANDY" CAIN, 19, of Pullman, died unexpectedly on Sunday, June 23, 2013 at his Pullman home. Andy was born Dec. 18, 1993 in Spokane, WA the son of Annette Kramer. Andy grew up on the Palouse, attending school in Colfax, Moscow and Pullman. He played hockey and raced motocross throughout his life. Andy loved to race and ride,...
Virginia Maxine Branch
Jun 21, 2013
Loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother Virginia Maxine Branch, 89, of Albion passed away on Friday June 21, 2013 at Avalon Care Center in Pullman. Graveside funeral services will be held on Wednesday June 26, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at the Albion Cemetery with Rev. Dennis Rodgers of Harvest Baptist Church officiating. Virginia was born on April 14, 1924 at...
Beulah I. Kuhlman-Luck
Jun 17, 2013
BEULAH I. KUHLMAN-LUCK, 99, a long time Pullman, WA resident and recently of Spokane, WA passed away on Monday, June 17, 2013 at the Harbor Crest Assisted Living Center in Spokane of age related causes. Private family graveside services will be planned for a later date at the Pullman Cemetery.
Susan E. Lincoln
Jun 15, 2013
Funeral services will be held for Susan Eileen Lincoln, beloved daughter of Jim and Mary Ann Lincoln, at 10:30 a.m., June 25, in Sacred Heart Church, 440 NE Ash Street, Pullman, Washington, with Monsignor Frank Bach officiating and Deacon Jim Evermann assisting. After a short illness Susan passed away in Deaconess Hospital, Spokane, Washington, on Saturday, June 15, 2013. Born...
John R. Geissinger
Jun 13, 2013
JOHN R. GEISSINGER, 65, of Endicott, WA passed away on June 13, 2013 at Whitman Health & Rehabilitation Center in Colfax, WA. John was born Aug. 2, 1947 in Santa Monica, CA to Robert S. & Cecilia (Moore) Geissinger. John grew up in a Military family so following graduation from high school he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corp in...
Devin Michael Stanton
Jun 12, 2013
Devin, always one for the grand entrance, arrived two months early on March 5, 1984 in Loma Linda, California. His exit was unusually quiet and peaceful in the arms of love on June 12, 2013 at the age of 29, much too early. There is nothing that can be said in a few short words that can capture or do...
Bernadine Elna Whitmore
Jun 7, 2013
Bernadine Elna (Pyburn) Whitmore, 100, of Colfax WA, went to be with her Heavenly Father on June 7, 2013 at Nelson's Corner in Colfax, WA. Born June 27, 1912, in Wilcox, WA, she was the daughter of George E. and Minnie A. Pyburn. In 1914, when Bernadine was 2 years of age, her father passed away from a ruptured appendix...
David Sterling Mcintosh
Jun 3, 2013
David Sterling McIntosh, longtime LaCrosse area farmer, passed away Monday night, June 3, 2013 at the Whitman Hospital in Colfax. He was 88. A graveside service will be Friday, June 7th, at 1:00 PM in the LaCrosse Cemetery. Pastor Lynn Nelson will officiate. David was born July 26, 1924 in Walla Walla, Washington to David B. and Effie McIntosh. He...
Ronald Lee Garrett
Jun 3, 2013
Ronald Lee Garrett, lifelong Endicott resident, passed away Monday, June 3, 2013 at Pullman Regional Hospital. He was 72. A Memorial Service will be Friday, June 7th, at 1:00 PM at Trinity Lutheran Church in Endicott. Ron was born in Colfax on December 27, 1940 to Ralph and Helen Morasch Garrett. He grew up on the family farm at Endicott...
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