Kenneth Eugene Upshaw
Apr 12, 2012
Kenneth Eugene Upshaw passed away Thursday April 12, 2012 at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center in Colfax, WA at the age of 79. Ken was born August 24, 1932 to Harold and Hellen Upshaw in the back bedroom of the family home on their farm south of Colfax. He started grade school at Albion and later began attending the Hamilton...
Lucille Marie Christopher
Apr 7, 2012
Lucille M. Christopher, 91, Endicott native, passed away April 7, 2012 at the Whitman Health & Rehab Center in Colfax. A Funeral Service will be held at the Bruning Funeral Home Tuesday, April 17th at 1:00 pm. Pastor Lynn Nelson will officiate. Viewing will be at Bruning Funeral Home on Monday from 9 to 4. Lucille was born March 12,...
Marcus Allen Schur
Apr 5, 2012
Marcus Allen Schur 12-27-2011 In loving memory of Marcus Allen Schur. Born June 1st, 1988, Marcus was a victim of a brutal crime committed 12-27-2011. Praying for answers, Marcus's body was discovered in Whitman County, March 2012. Marcus 's free spirited life was taken from us at the young age of 23. Marcus was the oldest son of Grace Schur...
Kirk Mccall
Apr 5, 2012
Kirk McCall, lifelong cattle rancher in the Winona/Endicott area, passed away Thursday, April 5, 2012 at The Henderson House adult family home in Colfax. He was 87. Viewing will be Monday from Noon to 4:00 and Tuesday from 9:00 to 4:00 at Bruning Funeral Home. A Funeral Service will be held Wednesday, April 11th at 1:00 pm in the chapel...
Danial Edward Starrett
Apr 1, 2012
Danial Edward Starrett passed away unexpectedly at Whitman Hospital Sunday April 1, 2012 at the age of 43. Danial was born in Colfax WA, June 20, 1968 to Elmer and Joan (Shaw) Starrett. After being one of the last to graduate from Endicott High School before St. John and Endicott combined, he moved to the coast and worked for the...
Albert "Albie" Henry Mattus
Mar 20, 2012
Albert "Albie" Henry Mattus was born July 23, 1919 at LaCrosse WA on the family farm home to Adam and Anna (Sakowitch) Mattus, after they emigrated from Lithuania in 1911. Albert Passed away March 20th 2012 at Whitman Health and Rehabilitation Center, he was 92 . Albert graduated from LaCrosse High School in 1937, earned his bachelor's degree from Eastern...
Paul Hart
Mar 20, 2012
Paul Hart of Colfax passed away March 20, 2012 at the Whitman Hospital. He was 88. A Memorial Service will be held Monday, March 26th at 11:00 am at Peace Lutheran Church in Colfax. He will be interred at a later date at the Pinecrest Cemetery in Sandpoint, Idaho. Paul was born October 10, 1923 in Sandpoint to Marshall D....
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....
