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Tye J. Harper
Apr 1, 2023
Tye Joseph Harper, 52, of Kendrick, ID passed away April 1, 2023 at his Kendrick home.
Tye was brought into this world by his parents Lawren J. Harper and Carol A. Gant Harper on July 8, 1970. He was two months premature weighing in at 3 lb. 10 oz. and spent the first three weeks of his...
David Louis Jones
Apr 1, 2023
David Louis Jones
August 16th, 1940 - April 1st, 2023 With great sorrow in our hearts, we announce the passing of David Louis Jones. David was born on August 16th, 1940 and lived to the age of 82 years old. On April 1st, 2023, he died of a heart attack. He is survived by his beloved wife, Sharon,...Clifford "Cliff" Zakarison
Mar 26, 2023
Clifford I. "Cliff" Zakarison, 93, of Pullman, WA passed away March 26, 2023 at Bishop Place Assisted Living in Pullman. The full obituary will be posted soon.
Betty Ann Fletcher
Mar 25, 2023
Betty Ann Fletcher, longtime Dayton resident, passed away March 25, 2023 in Walla Walla. She was 90Â years of age. A Memorial Service to celebrate her life will be held Thursday, April 6 th , at 1:00 PM at the Dayton First Congregational Church followed by a light lunch.
Betty Ann was born September 13, 1932 in...
Velma Benjamin
Mar 24, 2023
Velma Benjamin, longtime Kendrick, Idaho resident, passed away Friday, March 24, 2023 at her Lewiston home at the age of 95. Velma was born at the family farm along Big Bear Ridge near Kendrick on February 7, 1928 to W.E. "Bill" and Edith Fairfield Hecht. She attended school in the one-room Steele Schoolhouse until the 2 nd...
Carol Sanders
Mar 21, 2023
Yolanda "Carol" Sanders, of Cheney, WA, passed away surrounded by friends and family on March 21, 2023 in Minneapolis, MN from complications with cancer. Carol was born on May 8, 1953, in Burlington, WA to Joyce and Lawrence Adamek. She was a graduate of Burlington-Edison High School in 1971, and was the 3rd of four siblings, including two older...
Carol Ann Goddard
Mar 16, 2023
Carol Ann Goddard, Dayton resident, passed away March 16, 2023 at the Rivers Walk Assisted Living in Dayton. She was 76.
Carol was born December 22, 1946 in Bremerton, Washington to Kay and Leona Woeshnik Thompson. She grew up in Belfair where she completed high school. Carol attended Olympic College in Bremerton and it was while there...
Sharon Mckeirnan
Mar 16, 2023
Sharon Lyn Sullivan McKeirnan lost her battle with cancer on March 16, 2023. She leaves behind her beloved husband, Joe McKeirnan, sons Keith (Tim Hung) Sullivan, Bo Sullivan, and Matt McKeirnan, and daughter Kayla (Deck) McGuire, her grandchildren Jaxson and Parker, mother Carol Sullivan, and her sisters Debbie (Rick) Kelley and Evon (Mike) Jones, her sister-in-law Heather Sullivan-McKay, and...
Matthew Thomas Organ
Mar 10, 2023
Our husband, father and friend Matthew Thomas Organ died peacefully at home March 10, 2023 surrounded by family after a long battle with cancer. He was born February 12, 1960 at Saint Ignatius Hospital in Colfax, WA. His parents, Don and Shelley Organ raised him in Colfax where he graduated from high school. Matt began working at age 12...
Lars G Sjostrand
Mar 8, 2023
Long time Colfax resident, Lars Sjostrand, passed away peacefully on March 8 th , 2023. He was born in Sweden on July 31, 1943 to parents Anna and Goran Sjostrand. Seventeen members of his family were sponsored by the Mormon church to move to the United States when Lars was 5 years old. They settled near Salt Lake City,...
Joe Morris
Mar 8, 2023
Joe Morris, lifelong Colfax resident, died suddenly at his Colfax home on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. He was just 3 days shy of his 65 th birthday. A private family service will be held on Saturday, March 11 th , followed by a Celebration of Life for friends and family from 2 – 8 at Billy's Shop on Crumbaker...
Kerry Kay Rodeen
Mar 8, 2023
Kerry Kay Rodeen was born on July 14, 1965 and lost her brief battle with cancer on March 8, 2023.
In her youth, Kerry was an avid dancer in jazz and tap and spent many summers as a life guard and swim coach. As an adult, Kerry had a fondness for reading and travel.
Kerry...
Marilyn Kaye Roff
Mar 7, 2023
Marilyn Kaye Roff
June 30, 1937–March 7, 2023
Marilyn Kaye Roff, much loved, devoted mother, grandmother, and friend, gained her "angel wings" on March 7, 2023 at Rivers Walk Assisted Living in Dayton, Wash.
She was born to Cecil and Clara Williams on June 30, 1937. Growing up, she attended local schools and...
Colleen Crook
Mar 7, 2023
It is with warm remembrance that we are announcing the passing of Colleen Crook on March 7, 2023. Colleen was a passionate Cougar, a proud Gamma Phi Beta, and a beautiful Irish lass.
Colleen was born April 26, 1940 to Gerald and Norma McDermott in Fort Morgan, CO. She grew up and attended school in Richland, WA....
Bill Evans
Mar 4, 2023
Bill Evans, Colfax tree trimmer, passed away suddenly in Colfax on Saturday, March 4, 2023 after suffering cardiac arrest. He was 75. Bill was born January 26, 1948 in Missoula, Montana and grew up in that area. He spent his early life working in the Missoula vicinity where he learned the art of tree trimming from his father. Bill...
Richard Carlton Petura, Jr.
Mar 2, 2023
Richard C. Petura, Jr. 80 died March 2, 2023 at Pullman Regional Hospital in Pullman, WA. He and his beloved wife, Barbara Petura, shared 54 years of marriage. A son of the late Virginia (Chute) & Richard Petura, he was born in 1942 in Hackensack, NJ, and grew up in Central NY (Syracuse & Skaneateles). He graduated from Skaneateles...
Norman C. Lewis
Feb 27, 2023
Norman Clarence Lewis, 95, our beautiful and amazing father, passed away February 27, 2023 at Pullman Regional Hospital in Pullman, WA.  He was born in Pullman on March 24, 1927 to Archie & Mame (Weir) Lewis. He grew up in Pullman and graduated from Pullman High. Following graduation Norman served in the U.S. Air Force during WWII and upon...
Donald C Orlich
Feb 27, 2023
Donald C. Orlich. Husband, father, professor, author and inveterate poker player, died peacefully with his daughter and son by his side at Bishop Place in Pullman on Saturday, February 27. 2023.
He was born December 28, 1931 in Butte Montana to his parents Sam and Mary Orlich. He grew up in a family with a history of...
Donald C. Orlich
Feb 27, 2023
Donald C. Orlich. Husband, father, professor, author and inveterate poker player, died peacefully with his daughter and son by his side at Bishop Place in Pullman on Saturday, February 27. 2023.
He was born December 28, 1931 in Butte Montana to his parents Sam and Mary Orlich. He grew up in a family with a history of...
Donald (Don) Wayne Ping
Feb 23, 2023
Donald Wayne (Don) Ping died on February 23, 2023 in Pullman, WA at the age of 97. He spent most of his life living in Lacrosse, WA, with his wife of more than 70 years, Marie. His spirit now happily joins Marie's, who died just 4 months earlier, in October 2022.
Don was born to Albert and...
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