Leonard A. Guptill
Oct 3, 2013
Leonard A. Guptill, long-time Colfax resident, passed away Thursday morning, Oct. 3, 2013 at Whitman Health & Rehab in Colfax. He was 95. Leonard was born December 18, 1917 in Wanetta, Montana to Charles and Myrtle Conover Guptill. His family moved to the Kamiak area near Colfax when Leonard was 6 years old. He graduated from Colfax High School in...
Robert Daniel Closson
Sep 26, 2013
Robert Daniel "Bob" Closson, 89, of Colfax passed away on Thursday September 26, 2013 in Spokane, Washington. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday October 5, 2013 at Bruning Funeral Home in Colfax. Graveside urn committal services will follow at the Colfax Cemetery. Bob was born on August 31, 1924 to Al & Florence (Barr) Closson in Colfax,...
Hazel Jean Blumenschein
Sep 25, 2013
Hazel Blumenschein, 78, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013 after a brief stay at the Whitman Hospital in Colfax. Viewing for friends and family will be Friday from Noon to 5:00 pm and Saturday from 2:00 to 5:00 pm at Bruning Funeral Home in Colfax. The funeral service will be Monday, Sept. 30th, at 11:00 am at Trinity Lutheran Church...
Al Cole
Sep 25, 2013
Charles Allen 'Al' Cole July 27, 1923 -September 25, 2013 Al Cole, a resident of Pullman WA for more than 60 years passed away peacefully on September 25, at the age of 90. Charles Allen Cole VII, 'Al' was born July 27, 1923 in Spokane WA, the eldest of three sons born to Charlie & Edna Cole. Al proudly served...
Ruth R. Vanderwall
Sep 22, 2013
Ruth R. Vanderwall, 97, a longtime Pullman resident, passed away at Bishop Place on Sunday September 22, 2013 after a brief illness. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday September 28 at St. James Episcopal Church with Rev. Mary Beth Rivetti officiating. A reception will follow in the parish hall. Ruth was born, along with her twin...
Dr. Harold D. Phelps, Md
Sep 18, 2013
Dr. Harold Dean (Ike) Phelps, MD passed away on September 18, 2013 at Avalon Care Center in Pullman. Memorial services with military honors will be held on Saturday October 19, 2013 at 2:00pm at the Pullman Presbyterian Church. Harold was born on February 10, 1926 in Madison South Dakota, and was the third of eleven children born to Donald and...
Marjorie Ann Elder
Sep 18, 2013
A vigil service for Marjorie A. (Hensle) Elder, 88 will be held Monday at 4:00 PM in the chapel of Bruning Funeral Home. Funeral Mass will be celebrated Tuesday, September 24th at 10:00 AM at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Colfax, with Father Jeff Core officiating. Interment will follow at the Colfax Cemetery. Mrs. Elder died Wednesday, September 18, 2013...
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...
