Florilla Sorensen
Feb 29, 2012
Florilla Sorensen, Endicott resident, passed away Wednesday morning, February 29, 2012 at the Whitman Health & Rehab Center in Colfax. She was 88. Private family graveside services will be Saturday, March 3rd in the Endicott Cemetery. A Memorial service will be at 9:00 am Saturday at the Endicott Congregational Church. Pastor Dean Ellis will officiate. A reception will follow at...
David E. Smith
Feb 23, 2012
David Edward Smith passed away at his St. John home on February 23rd with his wife of 43 years by his side. Born on March 7th, 1945, David attended St. John High School and graduated from Eastern Washington State College with degrees in business and accounting. On August 31, 1968, he married his college sweetheart from Pomeroy, Tina Brown. He...
Mildred Elizaveth Morris
Feb 23, 2012
Mildred E. Morris, long time Colfax resident, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2012 at her home. She was 97. Memorial Services will be held Saturday, March 3rd, at 11:00 AM at the Colfax Church of the Nazarene. Pastor Don Moore will officiate. Private family interment will be in the Colfax Cemetery. Mildred was born at Humphreys, Missouri November 7, 1914...
Punkin Rubenser
Feb 22, 2012
Albert (Punkin) Rubenser died Wednesday 2-22-2012. He was born at Peola, Washington 2-24-1918 to Rob and Pearl Rubenser. Pearl died in a hay wagon accident in 1920. Rob had to work away from home so he was raised by his aunts with their children. He went out on his own when he was 15. He did a variety of farming...
Jessie Doreen Dodgen
Feb 21, 2012
Jessie Doreen Dodgen, a native of Eastern Washington, was born in Thornton, Washington on November 6, 1916. She reposed peacefully on February 21, 2012 at age 95 in Fresno, CA. Jessie grew up on a farm amidst the beautiful Palouse Hills of Eastern Washington and graduated from Steptoe High School. Her parents were Stella and Emery Ingram and she was...
Pete Caldwell
Feb 19, 2012
Peter Kay "Pete" Caldwell Age 68, of Oakesdale WA passed away February 19 2012 at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane. Pete was born December 13, 1943 in Walla Walla, WA to Anna (Conrad) and Stan Caldwell. Pete graduated from Touchet High in 1962 and played football for one year at USC. He married Patricia Martin, March 1963. Together they raised...
Jerry Dale Townsend
Feb 12, 2012
Jerry Dale Townsend, long time LaCrosse game farm operator, died Sunday, February 12, 2012 at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. He was 59. Jerry had sustained injuries in a 4-wheeler accident on his ranch near LaCrosse October 15th. A Memorial Service celebrating his life will be held Saturday, February 18th at 1:00 PM at the Selbu Lutheran Church....
Frances Louise (Storment) Reese
Feb 9, 2012
Frances Louise Reese (Storment) , 77, Malin, OR, passed away February 9, 2012, at the at the Sky Lakes Medical Center, Klamath Falls, OR, of congestive heart failure. Services will be held on Friday, February 17, 2012 at 2p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Endicott, WA Viewing at the church prior to service. Fellowship with family following service. Frances was born...
Delbert Junior Simmons
Feb 9, 2012
Delbert "Del" Junior Simmons passed away at his home in St. John February 9, 2012 at the age of 74. Del was born in Colfax, WA June 1, 1937 to Frank and Alice Simmons. He graduated high school in 1955, and joined the ARMY. After the army Del joined the National Guard. Del married his wife Rosa Hibbs on July...
Ruth Gladys Hergert
Feb 4, 2012
Ruth (Sarver) Hergert of Spokane WA, died peacefully on February 4, 2012 at Riverview Lutheran Care Center. She was born to J. Edgar and Hazel Sarver on August 11, 1918 in their home at Mockonema, WA. She was their only daughter, she had six brothers. She graduated from Colfax High in 1936 and attended Kinman Business School in Spokane. As...
Wanda Lee Brown
Jan 28, 2012
Wanda Lee Brown passed away January 28, 2012 in Colfax. Wanda was born March 29, 1922 in Valier, Montana to Lloyd and Laura Brooks. The family moved to Steptoe, WA in 1926 where she graduated from Steptoe High School in 1940. On November 2, 1940 she married Hermon Elvin Brown where they made their home in Oakesdale. Wanda retired from...
William "Bill" Elkins
Jan 27, 2012
WILLIAM "BILL" ELKINS, 75, a life long Oakesdale, WA resident passed away on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 at Whitman Hospital & Medical Center in Colfax, WA. Bill was born Sept. 4, 1936 in Oakesdale to William & Grace (Dicus) Elkins. He grew up in Oakesdale and following his graduation from Oakesdale High School attended Washington State College for a time....
Helen Margaret Reuters
Jan 12, 2012
Helen Margaret Reuter passed away at the Courtyard Assisted Living facility in Colfax Thursday evening, January 12, 2012. She was 100. She was born at home near Seattle, Washington on October 14, 1911 to Carl and Elsie Moe. In 1931 Helen married her favorite voice of the air waves; her sweet "William" D. Reuter, a local radio station broadcast announcer....
Christopher George Jenkins
Dec 26, 2011
Christopher George Jenkins, age 44, passed away at his home in Rosalia, Washington on Monday, December 26, 2011 after an apparent heart attack. A Memorial Service celebrating his life will be Friday, January 6th at 12:00 Noon at the Rosalia Methodist Church. Christopher was born April 12, 1967 in Nova Scotia, Canada to Patrick and Judith (Smith) Jenkins. His father...
Colton Craig Otis
Dec 25, 2011
Colton Craig Otis, six-month old infant son of Colfax couple, passed away early Christmas morning, December 25, 2011 at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane. Colton had undergone surgery to repair a hypoplastic left heart that he was born with and died in recovery. Colton was born June 14, 2011 in Spokane to Patrick O. and Allison Rose (Waythomas) Otis....
Mabel Jane Shahan
Dec 9, 2011
Mabel Jane Shahan, life long area resident of Oakesdale, passed away Friday, December 9, 2011 at the Whitman Hospital in Colfax. She was 96. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, December 17th at 10:30 a.m. at the Community Presbyterian Church in Oakesdale. Rev. Erik Buhl will officiate and burial will follow in the Oakesdale Cemetery. Viewing for friends and family...
Aileen Henley
Dec 7, 2011
Aileen Henley, long time Hay, Washington resident, passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at the Whitman Health & Rehab Center in Colfax. She was 89. Memorial Services will be held Wednesday, December 28th at 1:30 PM at the LaCrosse Methodist Church. She will be laid to rest at a later date at the Hay Cemetery. Aileen was born July 9,...
Betty Jean (Tomson) Grimm
Dec 4, 2011
BETTY JEAN (TOMSON) GRIMM (1919 – 2011) Betty Jean Grimm, 92, loving Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother was taken into her Lord and Savior's loving arms on December 4, 2011 in Colfax, Washington. Betty was born on June 26, 1919 in Sandstone, Minnesota to Jay and Bessie (Goldsmith) Tomson. Her family moved to Mora, Minnesota when she was a young girl,...
Pearl Witruk
Nov 25, 2011
Pearl Witruk (Dolly Helm) passed away peacefully Friday, November 25, 2011 at her home in Spokane, surrounded by her family. Dolly was born June 16, 1934 to Ruth and John Helm in Magrath, Alberta, Canada. When she was an infant the family moved to Colfax, Washington where Dolly grew up and graduated from Colfax High School in 1952. She went...
Joyce Darlene (Hergert) Lally
Nov 12, 2011
Joyce Darlene (Hergert) Lally passed away on November 12, 2011. Joyce was born on November 9, 1930 to Conrad and Norine (Granstand) Hergert at home on the family farm in Endicott, Washington. After attending WSU and graduating from Eastern Washington State College, Joyce taught school in Benge and Washtucna, WA until her retirement in 1992. She was active in the...
