Reva June Organ
Jul 13, 2011
Reva June Organ passed away peacefully at her home on July 13, 2011. Services will be held on Saturday July 23 at 10 am at The United Methodist Church in Colfax Washington. Graveside services will follow at the Colfax cemetery. Reva was born on June 24, 1932 in Wenatchee, WA to E. Vance and Lana Urness. She moved to Colfax...
Karen Kristine (Heilsberg) Johns
Jul 9, 2011
Karen Kristine (Heilsberg) Johns, 59, of Colfax, passed away Saturday, July 9, 2011 at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, July 16th at 11:00 am at the Colfax United Methodist Church. Viewing will be Thursday & Friday at Bruning Funeral Home. Burial will be at the Colfax Cemetery. Karen was born March 8, 1952 in...
Esther V. Koch
Jul 8, 2011
Esther V. Koch, 99, of Spokane Valley, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, July 8, 2011, in Spokane Valley. Born on November 24, 1911 in Colfax to William & Pearl Lee, the Lee family made their home in Penawawa where William had an orchard. When Esther's mother passed away, she was only 12 years old, so...
Lorraine E. Jones
Jul 2, 2011
Lorraine E. Jones, long time Colfax area farm wife, passed away Saturday, July 2, 2011 at the Whitman Health & Rehab Center in Colfax. She was 82. A Memorial Service celebrating her life will be held Saturday, July 9, at 4:00 pm at the Colfax United Methodist Church. She will be laid to rest privately at the Colfax Cemetery. Pastor...
Roland C. Cook
Jun 29, 2011
Roland C. Cook, lifelong Endicott resident, passed away Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at Whitman Hospital in Colfax. He was 84. A funeral service will be held Saturday, July 2nd at 10:00 AM at Trinity Lutheran Church in Endicott with burial following at the Endicott Cemetery. Pastor Philip Misner will officiate. Viewing will be Friday afternoon from 2:00 to 5:00 at...
Mildred Jean Shields
Jun 27, 2011
Mildred Jean Shields, Pullman resident, passed away June 27, 2011 at Pullman Regional Hospital. She was 75. She was born September 11, 1935 in Colfax to John and Cornelia (Moor) Shields. Mildred spent her early life growing up in Colfax before she completed high school in Wenatchee in 1953. Mildred returned to the Palouse area and graduated from Washington State...
Lewis L Gaiser
Jun 21, 2011
Lewis Loyd Gaiser, 94, lifelong inspirer and resident of the Palouse, passed away on June 21, 2011 while in the comfort of his loving home. Lewis was born on December 2, 1917 as one of nine siblings in Moscow, Idaho to Jacob and Elizabeth Gaiser. He was raised on a family ranch until the great depression when he became a...
Jack Lee Hulstrom
Jun 20, 2011
Jack Lee Hulstrom, Silver Valley resident, passed away June 20, 2011 at the Silverwood Good Samaritan Center in Silverton following a year long struggle with leukemia. Jack was 72. No public memorial service is planned and Jack will be laid to rest privately by his family. He was born in Denver, Colorado to Andy and Della (Meusborn) Hulstrom on August...
Fidel Moises Reyes
Jun 16, 2011
Fidel Moises Reyes, 89, quietly passed away on June 16, 2011. Fidel was born May 28, 1922 in Colon, Cuba to Juaquin and Ana Josefa Reyes. He lived in Cuba until 1965, when he, his wife Josefina, and son, Denny emigrated to Colfax to be reunited with his older children. In 1962, Fidel sent his children, Audie, Evy, and Juan...
Joan (Luft) Schussman
Jun 14, 2011
Joan (Luft) Schussman, 80, of Moscow and formerly of Colfax, WA passed into Our Lord's loving arms on June 14, 2011 at Gritman Medical Center in Moscow, ID. What a loving, quiet and gentle spirit she was. She was an inspiration to everyone who knew her. Joan was born Nov. 25, 1930 in Colfax, WA to John & Pauline (Bidel)...
Kenneth R. Davis
Jun 13, 2011
Kenneth Raymond Davis, lifelong Colfax resident, passed away Monday night, June 13, 2011 at Whitman Hospital in Colfax. He was 84. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, June 21st at 1:00 pm in the chapel at Bruning Funeral Home. Pastor Lynn Nelson will officiate. Ken was born in Colfax to Elzie and Neola (Nichols) Davis on September 26, 1926....
Joyce Powell Bryan
Jun 10, 2011
Obituary for Joyce Powell Bryan Joyce Powell Bryan passed away on June 10, 2011 at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Washington from Leukemia. Joyce was born in Buffalo, New York to Samuel and Kathryn (Mergler) Powell on February 5, 1932. Joyce grew up in Buffalo where she graduated from Kensington High School in 1949. As a young adult one...
Mary Jo Hughes
Jun 8, 2011
Mary Jo Hughes, 80, a lifelong Endicott, WA resident passed away on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at the Whitman Hospital & Medical Center in Colfax, WA. Mary Jo was born Jan. 11, 1931 in Endicott to John & Christine (Fries) Weitz. She grew up and attended school in Endicott, graduating from Endicott High School in 1948. Mary Jo worked for...
Helen Virginia Mills
Jun 7, 2011
Helen Virginia Mills, long time St. John resident, passed away Tuesday, June 07, 2011. Funeral Services will be Monday, June 13th, at 11:00 am at the St. John United Methodist Church. The graveside service will take place earlier at 10:00 am at the St. John Cemetery. Viewing will be Friday from 9 to 4 at Bruning Funeral Home in Colfax....
Donald W. Stutzman
Jun 4, 2011
Donald W. Stutzman, long time St. John resident, passed away Saturday morning, June 4, 2011 at Whitman Health & Rehab Center in Colfax. He was 92. Mr. Stutzman was a county road supervisor for Ada County in Idaho before retiring and moving to St. John several years ago. He is survived by three children; Lydia Smith of St. John, Donald...
Jeremy O. Thompson
Jun 4, 2011
Jeremy Otis Thompson, St. John/Endicott High Grad, passed away Saturday, June 4, 2011 at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane from complications of liver failure. He was 31. A Memorial Service celebrating his life will be held Saturday, June 11th at 11:00 am at the St. John United Methodist Church, 106 S. Jennings, St. John, Washington, with a reception to...
Janet Marie Young
Jun 1, 2011
Janet Marie Henry Young, 50, of rural Whitman County, Washington, died at her Colfax home on Wednesday night, June 1, 2011, following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Born September 7, 1950 in Tacoma, Washington, she was the daughter of Nancy Jane Harris Henry and Claude Orlin Henry. She married Roger Chris Young on February 1, 1969 in Gig Harbor, Washington....
Corrine Iola Varnes
May 30, 2011
Corrine Iola Varnes, Palouse area farm woman, passed away May 30, 2011 in Colfax, where she had been living for the last year. She was 87. A graveside service will be held Saturday, June 18th at 11:00 am at the Pines Cemetery in Spokane followed by a memorial service at 1:00 pm at the Garland Alliance Church, 2011 W. Garland...
Kay Annette King
May 30, 2011
Kay Annette King, former area resident, passed away Monday, May 30, 2011 in Hood River, Oregon. She was 75. Kay was born May 25, 1936 in Moscow, Idaho to Walker and Betty Mae (Benjamin) Holder. She grew up in Moscow and attended schools there. She married Lloyd Delbert King in St. Maries, Idaho in October 1953. They lived in the...
Lydia Helt
May 29, 2011
Lydia Helt, 99, long time Colfax resident, passed away May 29, 2011 at Whitman Health & Rehab in Colfax. Funeral Services will be Friday, June 3rd at 1:00 at Peace Lutheran Church in Colfax. Burial will follow at the Colfax Cemetery. Pastor Philip Misner will officiate. Lydia was born May 2, 1912 in Endicott, Washington to Alex and Catherine (Rudy)...
