Gerald F. Swanbeck
Apr 3, 2011
Gerald Francis Swanbeck (Jerry), of LaCrosse, passed away Sunday, April 3, 2011 at age 86. He was born January 22, 1925, to William and Jo Swanbeck Hynes. He grew up in Spokane, WA, and graduated from Rogers High School. He served in the Army and was stationed in Korea. After he was discharged he returned to Spokane and started work...
Joann C. Aldrich
Mar 18, 2011
Joann C. Aldrich of Moscow, Idaho passed away Friday, March 18, 2011 at her home. She was 73. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, March 24th at 2:00 pm in the chapel of Bruning Funeral Home in Colfax. Viewing will be Wednesday from 11-5 and Thursday from 9 until service time. Burial will be in the Colfax Cemetery. Joann was...
Daniel Lee Larkin
Mar 8, 2011
Dan Larkin, 63, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at his home in Hay, Washington following an apparent heart attack. A Memorial Service will be Monday, March 14th at 1:30 pm at the LaCrosse Methodist Church. Urn burial and military honors will follow in the LaCrosse Cemetery. Daniel Lee Larkin was born January 7, 1948 in Caldwell, Idaho, the oldest...
John B. Mitcham
Mar 7, 2011
John Burton Mitcham John Burton Mitcham, 88, passed away peacefully in his home in Endicott, WA on March 7th after a prolonged illness with dementia. He was born on January 1, 1923 to Clarence Mitcham and Dorothy (Benson) Mitcham and was the first baby born that year in Spokane, WA. John was the oldest of 6 siblings, Glen, Bonnie, Barbara,...
Loretta W. Kissler
Mar 5, 2011
LORETTA WHEALEN KISSLER, 98, of Colfax, WA passed away March 5, 2011 at her Colfax home following a brief illness. Loretta was born March 16, 1912 to Richard Thomas Whealen and Mary Francis McGrath in Colfax, WA. Her grandparents were among the first settlers to homestead in Whitman County then Washington Territory in 1869. Loretta attended St. John's Academy and...
Lois Jean Dixon
Feb 25, 2011
Lois Jean Dixon, 82, life long resident of Colfax passed away peacefully on February 25, 2011. A private family service will be held at the Colfax Cemetery. Lois is survived by her husband Virgil of Colfax; her sons Ron (Cindy) of Kennewick, WA. and Randy of Seattle, WA; also by three grandchildren, Nicki Dixon of Bellingham, WA, Lori Brown of...
Anise M. Askins
Feb 24, 2011
Anise M. Askins, long time Palouse homemaker, passed away Thursday, February 24, 2011 at Pullman Regional Hospital. She was 87. Funeral Services will be held Monday, February 28th at 11:00 am at the Palouse Federated Church. Vault interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery. She was born June 13, 1923 in a farm house near Browning, Missouri to Lee B. and...
Jack Mccullough
Feb 20, 2011
Maynard Jackson McCullough Jack passed away peacefully on the evening of February 20, 2011 in Colfax, WA. at the age of 94. He was born on November 7, 1916 in Caldwell, ID and moved to Whatcom County in Washington as a child. Jack joined the army in 1942 and served 3 years in the South Pacific. After his discharge from...
Victor R. Reiber
Feb 18, 2011
Victor R. Reiber, 85, of Palouse, died February 18, 2011, in Pullman. Born January 8, 1926 in Colfax, he was the son of Harry Reiber and Anna Jaekel Reiber. Victor was a veteran of World War II and was injured during in the Phillipines as a paratrooper with the 11th Airborne Division. After leaving the service, he became a mail...
Eugene Palmer Osmun
Feb 15, 2011
Eugene P. Osmun, 75, of Colfax and surrounding areas, died February 15, 2011 in Colfax. He was born May 2, 1935 in Colfax, to William Osmun and Sarah (Love) Osmun. After graduating from Colfax High School, Mr. Osmun was drafted into the Army, where he was eventually brought to Germany. He worked for the Colfax Grange Supply for many years,...
Edward P. Reed
Feb 11, 2011
Edward Paul Reed, 58, Oakesdale resident, passed away at his home on Friday, February 11, 2011. A graveside service will be held Friday, February 18th at 11:00 am at the Oakesdale Cemetery. Ed was born April 22, 1952 in Spokane, WA. to Paul T. Reed and Hazel M. (Lamb) Reed. He was raised on a farm between Oakesdale and Tekoa...
Harold Royce Anderson
Feb 9, 2011
Harold R. Anderson, 81, Colfax resident, passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at the Whitman Hospital. A Memorial Service honoring his life will be held Wednesday, February 16th at 10:00 am at Whitman Health & Rehab Center, 1150 W. Fairview. Harold was born October 28, 1929 in Spokane to Nels and Clara (Hendricks) Anderson. He grew up in Spokane. Harold...
Richard A. Poffenroth
Feb 8, 2011
Richard A. Poffenroth, 76, of Spokane Valley, WA, died Tuesday, February 8, 2011, in Spokane Valley. Born February 26, 1934, in Endicott, he was the son of John A. Poffenroth and Rebecca Bafus Poffenroth. Richard graduated from Endicott High School and then studied heating and air conditioning and mathematics at Columbia Basin Community College. He lived in Eastern Washington his...
Floyd L. Babb
Feb 7, 2011
Floyd Litten Babb, 72 of Troy, Idaho passed from us on Monday, February 7, 2011, from injuries of a motor-vehicle accident. Services will be held at 11:00 am on March 5th at the Colfax Cemetery, Colfax, Washington with Military Graveside Honors. Immediately following the service, the family would love to hear your stories and share their memories with you at...
Lorinda C. Warner
Jan 31, 2011
Lorinda Claire Warner, passed away January 31, 2011, at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Ed and Janice Olson of Colfax. She was born in Albion, WA on April 30, 1911 to James and Eva Kenoyer. The sixth of eight children. She graduated from Albion High School and went on to attend Huntington College in Huntington, Indiana majoring in...
Dorothy Alice Lowe
Jan 31, 2011
Dorothy Alice (Billingsley) Lowe went to be with her Lord on January 31, 2011. She passed away following a short illness at the Whitman Health & Rehabilitation Center in Colfax. She had made her home at the Courtyard for the past six years. Dorothy was a life long resident of Whitman County. A Memorial Service honoring her life will be...
Phillip Henry Taylor
Jan 26, 2011
Phillip Henry Taylor, 76, long time area resident, passed away Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at his home. Funeral Services will be Saturday, January 29th at 10:00 am at the Church of Jesus Christ – Latter Day Saints in Pullman. Viewing will be at 9:30 am in the Relief Society room. Vault interment will follow at the Albion Cemetery. Phillip was...
Reamer A. Bolz
Jan 26, 2011
Reamer Augustus Bolz was born on August 13, 1920 in Somers, Montana to Augustus and Nora Taylor Bolz. He died from complications of Alzheimer's disease on January 26, 2011, in Eugene, Oregon. He was born the youngest of four children on a farm near the north end of Flathead Lake in northwestern Montana. He moved to Spokane, Washington while in...
Linda L Ellis
Jan 25, 2011
Linda Louise Ellis, 66, of Endicott, died Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at Endicott. Born January 9, 1945 in Bend, Oregon, she was the daughter of Norman Myrick and Edith Perkins Myrick. Linda really loved her family as well as her Nursing Profession. At the time of her death she was working as a private duty nurse. She also spent time...
Joan L. Cunningham
Jan 15, 2011
Joan Loletta (Browder) Cunningham, St. John resident, passed away January 15, 2011 at Pullman Regional Hospital. She was 85. A Memorial Service is being planned for a later date. Joan was born July 2, 1925 in Spokane, Washington. She was the youngest daughter of R. Van and Vera E. (Regan) Browder. Her mother called Joan her little firecracker. Joan grew...
