Kenneth "Bud" G. Smick
May 24, 2011
Kenneth G. "Bud" Smick, long time Endicott farmer, passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at his home. He was 89. A graveside service with military honors will be held Wednesday, June 1st at 10:00 am at the Endicott Cemetery followed by a memorial service at Trinity Lutheran Church at 11:00 am. Viewing hours will be Friday from 9-4 and Tuesday...
Mary Ann Largent
May 7, 2011
Mary Ann Largent, long time Colfax area homemaker, died Saturday, May 7th, 2011 in an accident in Colfax. She was 76. Funeral Services will be held Monday, May 16th with a graveside service at 10:00 am at the Onecho Cemetery followed by a memorial service at the Onecho Bible Church at 11:00 am. Pastor Mike Nyholm will officiate. Viewing will...
Patricia A. Heisler
Apr 25, 2011
Patricia "Pat" Ann Heisler, long time Colfax resident, passed away Monday, April 25, 2011 at her home. She was 82. A memorial service will be held Saturday, April 30th at 1:00 pm at the First Baptist Church in Colfax. Urn burial will follow at the Colfax Cemetery. Pat was born May 15, 1928 in Potlatch, Idaho to Frank and May...
Virginia "Ginny" L. Pittman
Apr 23, 2011
Virginia L. Pittman "Ginny" age 86, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed peacefully on Saturday, April 23, 2011 at her home in Spokane. Ginny was born July 19, 1924 to Al and Jo Teal in Walla Walla, Washington. She attended school at Clyde until moving to Whitman County in 1936. She graduated from Colfax High School in 1942 and...
Howard "Pat" Patterson
Apr 17, 2011
HOWARD W. "PAT" PATTERSON, 90, of St. John, WA passed away on Sunday, April 17, 2011 at Whitman Health & Rehabilitation Center in Colfax. The memorial service will be held on Friday, April 22, 2011 at 2 PM at the St. John United Methodist Church. The graveside service will precede at 1 PM at the St. John Cemetery. Pat was...
Muriel M. Niehenke
Apr 15, 2011
MURIEL M. NIEHENKE, 65, of Colfax, passed away on Friday, April 15, 2011 at her Colfax home. Muriel was born May 20, 1945 in Waipahu, Hawaii to Takeo & Grace Arakaki. She grew up and attended school in Hawaii, graduating from McKinley High School in 1963. She moved to Spokane, WA to continue her education at Gonzaga University, graduating with...
Dorotha Jean (Roffler) Cronk
Apr 6, 2011
Dorotha Jean Roffler Cronk, a resident of Garfield passed away peacefully on April 6, 2011 at Ladow Court Assisted Living. Jeannie was born August 16, 1921, to Walt and Mabel Hazzard Roffler of Pine City, Washington. She was a 1939 graduate of Pine City High School and attended Spokane Beauty School, graduating in 1940. She married Carl Gene Cronk at...
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...
