Bill Closson
May 12, 2013
William A. "Bill" Closson, lifelong Colfax resident, passed away May 12, 2013 at the Whitman Hospital in Colfax. He was 78. Viewing will be Wednesday from 10 to 5 at Bruning Funeral Home in Colfax. The Funeral Service will be Thursday, May 16th with Graveside Services being held at 10:30 in the Colfax Cemetery and a Memorial Service to be...
Altona Olivia Wigen
May 11, 2013
ALTONA OLIVIA WIGEN, 96, a longtime Dusty, WA resident, passed away on May 11, 2013 at the Terre View Adult Family Home in Pullman, WA. The funeral service will be held at 1 PM on Friday, May 17, 2013 at Selbu Lutheran Church near LaCrosse. Burial will follow at the Selbu Cemetery. Viewing will be at Bruning Funeral Home in...
Carol Ann Kinnaman
May 10, 2013
Carol Ann Wiechman-Kinnaman, 45, of Albion, Washington passed away of natural causes May 10, 2013 at a Spokane hospital. She was born January 5, 1968 to Norma M. Wiechman in Fairbanks, Alaska. Carol lived in several small rural towns in Alaska until she was about 3 years old. She and her Mother moved to Colfax to be closer to family....
Richard Largent
May 7, 2013
RICHARD DALE "DICK" LARGENT, 84, a longtime Onecho & Colfax, WA farmer, passed away on May 7, 2013 at Whitman Hospital & Medical Center. The viewing will be from 9 AM to 4 PM on Monday at Bruning Funeral Home in Colfax. The graveside service will take place on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 10 AM at the Onecho Cemetery....
Virgil M. Danielson
May 6, 2013
Virgil M. Danielson, LaCrosse resident, passed away Monday morning, May 6, 2013 at the Whitman Hospital. He was 91. A Memorial Service is being planned for a later date at the Fellowship Church in Spokane and will be announced by the family. Virgil was born January 3, 1922 in Ellsworth, Wisconsin to Adolph and Leona Danielson. He grew up in...
Mary E. Siler
May 4, 2013
Mary Elizabeth Siler, St. John resident, passed away Saturday, May 4, 2013 in Walla Walla, Washington. She was 87. Viewing will be Thursday from 1:00 to 5:00 at Bruning Funeral Home and also for one hour prior to the funeral service in St. John. Funeral Mass will be celebrated Friday, May 10th at 10:00 am at Our Lady of Perpetual...
Douglas Robert Hall
Apr 28, 2013
Douglas Robert Hall, 55, long time Colfax resident, died unexpectedly on Sunday, April 28, 2013 at the Whitman Hospital in Colfax. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, May 4th at 11:00 a.m. in the gymnasium of Colfax High School. Viewing will be Thursday and Friday from Noon to 4:00 each day and Saturday after the service at Bruning Funeral Home...
Mary Ann Danaher
Apr 18, 2013
Mary Ann Danaher, long time Colfax resident, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2013 at the Whitman Hospital in Colfax. She was 88. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated Monday, April 22nd, at 11:00 AM at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. The Rosary will be recited just prior at 10:45. Mary Ann was born October 19, 1924 in Colfax to Tom and...
Joyce Myers
Apr 18, 2013
Joyce Elenor Matzger Myers Joyce went home to be with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on April 18, 2013 with her family in attendance. Her eyes opened to behold her Lord and be reunited with her father, mother ,brother, sister, husband, and son Brett. Joyce was born in Colfax Washington on September 12, 1927, along with her twin sister,...
Elaine Ruth Slonaker
Apr 10, 2013
Elaine Ruth Slonaker moved her residence to heaven on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 after a faith-filled life of 83 years. She was born in Portland, Oregon on February 16, 1930 where she joined her parents, Clarence and Mary Elizabeth Newton, and her 2-year-old sister, Mary Ellen. Many of her fondest growing up memories involve summer trips to her grandparents' farm...
Gertrude Mona Robinson
Apr 2, 2013
Gertrude M. Robinson, lifelong St. John resident, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2013 in Spokane. She was 94. Viewing will be Friday from 9 AM to 4 PM at Bruning Funeral Home in Colfax. Funeral Services will be Saturday, April 6th at 11:00 am at the St. John Christian Church. The burial in St. John Cemetery will be private. Gertrude...
Alice Jean Steendahl
Mar 30, 2013
Alice Jean Steendahl passed away March 30, 2013 at Whitman Health and Rehabilitation Center, she was 79. Jean was born in Edmonton Alberta May 22, 1933 where she attended high school. After high school she was a model for Montgomery Wards for 5 years. She then married Keith Ingraham and they had four children together. After 23 years Jean and...
Gary Dean Adamek
Mar 27, 2013
GARY DEAN ADAMEK, 62, of Colfax, WA passed away on March 27, 2013 at his Colfax home. Gary was born March 24, 1951 in Ord, Nebraska to Edward & Jean (Baldwin) Adamek. He came to Washington as a young boy with his family where they settled in Pullman. Gary graduated from Pullman High School in 1969 following which he enlisted...
Mary Beth Larkin
Mar 27, 2013
Mary Beth Larkin, 84, passed away peacefully in her sleep on March 27, 2013 at Whitman County Hospital in Colfax, Washington. She was born Mary Beth Harris to Chester and Bertha Harris on May 23, 1928 in North Salem, Idaho. The family moved to a farm in Wilder, Idaho when Mary Beth was six years old. She always did her...
Thomas Lee Booth
Mar 24, 2013
Thomas Lee Booth entered into rest on Sunday March 24, 2013 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane Washington. He was born on December 20, 1949 to parents Earl and Doris Booth in Dodge City Kansas. He graduated from Quincy High School in Quincy Washington and attended Wenatchee Valley College in Wenatchee Washington. After college, Tom played guitar with a rock...
Rodney A. "Butch" Peringer
Mar 18, 2013
"MECHANIC BY TRADE, FARMER BY HEART" Rodney "Butch" A. Peringer, life long Oakesdale resident, passed away suddenly on March 18, 2013 after being flown to Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane from his home. He was 68. A graveside service will be held Saturday, March 23rd at 11:30 A.M. in the Oakesdale Cemetery. Pastor Erik Buhl will officiate. Rodney was born...
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...
