Pearl F. Swartz
Mar 13, 2013
Pearl (Mader) Swartz passed away peacefully on her 94th birthday, March 13, 2013. Born in 1919 to Mabel and Herman Mader while they were missionaries in Shanghai, China, she has always had a strong faith in the Lord. After being born in China, her family returned to the family farm, the Clear Creek Ranch, in the mid-20s. She graduated from...
Kathryn Anne Kroll
Mar 12, 2013
Kathryn Kroll, 67, long-time missionary nurse, mid-wife and teacher in Cameroon, West Africa, passed away March 12, 2013, at the Whitman Health and Rehabilitation Center in Colfax. A private graveside service will be held for the family followed by a public memorial service at the First Baptist Church on Saturday, March 16th at 1:00 p.m. Kathryn was born December 26,...
Archie Lyle Allenbach
Feb 18, 2013
Lifelong Colfax resident and much loved husband, father, grandfather, and brother, Archie Lyle Allenbach, passed away February 18, 2013 at Whitman Medical Center in Colfax. He was 85. Born August 13, 1927 in Colfax to August and Emma (Schrag) Allenbach. Raised in the Onecho area, he attended Long Hollow Grade School, and Colfax High School, graduating in 1945. He served...
Lorna H. Ellis
Feb 8, 2013
Lorna H. Ellis, longtime Colfax resident, passed away Friday, February 08, 2013 at The Courtyard. She was 90. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, February 16th at 11:00 AM at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Colfax. Lorna was born June 15, 1922 in Osceola, Wisconsin to John and Mabel (Boucher) Hinz. She grew up in Anamosa, Iowa where...
Mary Roberta Crawford
Feb 6, 2013
Mary Roberta Peebles Crawford passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at the Whitman Hospital in Colfax. She was 68. Funeral Services will be Friday, February 22nd, at 10:00 AM at the Colfax United Methodist Church. Pastor Bob Ingalls will officiate. Burial will follow at the Colfax Cemetery. Viewing will be Wednesday and Thursday, February 20 & 21 at Bruning Funeral...
Maravene Ragon
Feb 5, 2013
Maravene Ragon passed away at Whitman Health and Rehab in Colfax on February 5, 2013, two days after her 96th birthday. Born in Whitman County February 3, 1917 to Clarence and Cecil Lathen (Thomas), Maravene graduated from Oakesdale High School in 1934. After attending a year at Cheney Normal School (EWU), she married Bill Ragon September 11, 1936 in Spokane...
Esther Marie Helt
Feb 3, 2013
Esther Marie Helt, longtime Endicott resident, passed away Sunday, February 3, 2013 at the Whitman Health & Rehab Center in Colfax. She was 96. She was born December 11, 1916 in Endicott to John and Marie (Bafus) Gerlitz. Being the oldest of seven children, Esther learned household duties from a very early age. She graduated from Endicott High School. Esther...
Harold E. "Tony" Smick
Jan 26, 2013
Harold Edward "Tony" Smick, long time Colfax resident, passed away Saturday, January 26, 2013 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane. He was 93. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, January 30th at 2:00 PM in the chapel of Bruning Funeral Home in Colfax. Burial with military honors will follow at the Colfax Cemetery. Tony was born November 27, 1919 in...
David Lee Hubbard
Jan 22, 2013
David Lee Hubbard, 78, a St. John resident, passed away January 22, 2013 at Harbor Glen Memory Care in Spokane, WA. David was born October 14, 1934 to Rod and Zella Hubbard in Dayton, Washington. The family moved to LaCrosse in 1946. After graduating from LaCrosse High School in 1953 he joined the U.S. Air Force serving for 23 years....
James D. "Jimmie" Hall
Jan 4, 2013
James D. "Jimmie" Hall, longtime Colfax resident, passed away Friday, January 4, 2013 at the Whitman Hospital. He was 91. Mr. Hall was born February 21, 1921 in Steptoe, Washington, the youngest of six children to James R. and Ida M. (McNabb) Hall (Roberts). He spent his youth in Steptoe and attended Steptoe High School. In 1943 he was drafted...
Lena V. Cox
Dec 29, 2012
Lena V. Cox passed away December 29, 2012 at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center in Colfax. She was born September 6, 1914 on the family farm outside of Endicott to John and Julia Lust. On September 20, 1934 she married Dallas Cox of Hay, Washington and lived on the Cox Ranch in Hay for about 10 years. They moved to...
Elma Kathleen Eccles
Dec 28, 2012
Elma Kathleen Eccles The funeral for Elma Kathleen Eccles, 95, will be Friday January 4th at 11: A.M. at LaCrosse United Methodist Church with Pastor Roger Downing officiating. A private burial will be at the LaCrosse Cemetery. Mrs. Eccles died December 28, 2012 at Whitman Health & Rehab Center in Colfax. Born April 4, 1917 at Walla Walla to Ralph...
Karen S. Schroer
Dec 20, 2012
Karen S. Schroer passed away December 20, 2012 at Whitman Health and Rehabilitation Center in Colfax WA, she was 56. Karen was born November 14, 1956 to John and Viola (Davis) Fredrick in Cincinnati, Ohio where she lived until 2004 before moving to Colfax. She was married at a very young age and had two children but was later divorced....
Harold "Ted" J. Freeman
Dec 17, 2012
Harold J. Freeman (Ted) was born on November 1, 1919, the first of four children born to Roy and Marjorie Hamon Freeman in St. John, Washington. Ted died on Monday, December 17 in Clarkston. Ted grew up in St. John and would go on to graduate from St. John High School in 1938. After graduation he and his brother Joe,...
Doris Faye Kintner
Dec 11, 2012
DORIS FAYE KINTNER (89) of Colfax, WA passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 at the Whitman Health and Rehabilitation Center in Colfax. Doris was born Jan. 23, 1923 in Grandview, WA to Fred & Edna Jones. She grew up on the family farm between Grandview and Sunnyside, WA graduating from Sunnyside High School. Doris attended Linnfield College and Multnomah...
Dale Clayton Culbertson
Dec 2, 2012
Dale C. Culbertson, lifelong Colfax area farmer, passed away Sunday, December 2, 2012 at the Whitman Hospital in Colfax. He was 82. There will be a graveside service for Dale on Saturday, December 8th at 1:00 pm in the Onecho Cemetery followed by a memorial service at 2:00 pm at the Community Bible Church in Colfax. Pastor Ken McNaughton will...
Jean Dale Riedle
Nov 30, 2012
Jean Dale Riedle, retired Osburn area school teacher, passed away Friday, November 30, 2012 at the Whitman Hospital in Colfax, Washington. She was 86. She was born July 2, 1926 in Fairview, Montana to Vern and Edith Brockway. Her family moved to Sandpoint, Idaho when Jean was a teenager. She graduated from high school there in 1944. Jean attended Lewiston...
Lawrence "Larry" F. Higgins
Nov 27, 2012
Larry F. Higgins, 75, stepped beyond his journey with lymphoma early Tuesday evening November 27, 2012. Larry is survived by his loving wife, Charii, a son Damon and his wife Kerena, two grandchildren, Connor and Abigail, five siblings, Jack Higgins, Marion Walters, Bob Higgins, Patricia Cates and Eileen Higgins-Lower and one sad dog, Katie. His parents and oldest son preceded...
Berniece Amanda Krom
Nov 21, 2012
Berniece Amanda Krom went home to be with her Savior on Wednesday, November 21, 2012. She was born on March 3, 1916 in Dusty, Washington to Charles and Mary Lambert. She was one of eight children raised in a boarding home on a few farm acres. It was in that Boarding Home that Berniece, as a young girl, learned the...
B. Dale Stover
Nov 16, 2012
B. Dale Stover, lifelong St. John resident, passed away Friday, November 16, 2012 in Richland. He was 90. A graveside service will be at 10:00 am, Friday, November 23rd at the St. John Cemetery followed by a Memorial Service at 11:00 am at the St. John Christian Church. Dale was born December 21, 1921 in St. John to James and...
