Ray Schaff
May 3, 2020
Ray J. Schaff, 83, of Pullman, WA and recently of Dayton, WA passed away May 3, 2020 in Dayton, WA at his daughter's home. Ray was born July 2, 1936 in Nez Perce, Idaho to Innocent & Louise (Fuchs) Schaff. Ray grew up and attended school in Nez Perce, and following high school graduation he entered the US Army. ...
Martha Ann Upshaw
May 3, 2020
Martha (Fritzie) Upshaw
Martha Ann Upshaw, known to her friends and family as "Fritzie", passed away Sunday May 3, 2020 at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center in Colfax, Wa. She was 85. Fritzie was born in December of 1934 to Samuel and Mae Findler in the township of Neptune, New Jersey. She loved to share with family...
Elmer A. Carlson
May 2, 2020
Elmer Adolph Carlson, 94, of Pullman passed away May 2, 2020 at his Pullman home. Elmer was born December 12, 1925 in St. Maries, ID to Fred William & Leila Grace (Bogardus) Carlson. He grew up in St. Maries and following high school graduation Elmer entered the US Army. During this time he attended Stanford University for a year...
Sheila Patterson
Apr 26, 2020
Sheila Kay Patterson, 72, of Pullman, WA and formerly of Salem, OR, passed away on April 26, 2020 at her Pullman home. Sheila was born April 7, 1948 in Ontario, OR to Elbert Neil & Lois Elaine (Metcalf) Hoffman. Following her high school graduation, Sheila attended Treasure Valley Community College and later earned her dental assistant certification in Portland,...
Greta Winter
Apr 26, 2020
Greta Laura Beatrice (Whitney) Winter, 91, of Pullman, passed away April 26, 2020 at the Memory Villas at Bishop Place in Pullman, WA. Greta was born April 17, 1929 in Wellingbourgh, England. Greta and her two brothers Keith & Derick were raised by their widowed mother Alice Whitney. Greta met her first husband, Lawrence Wertzler in England during WWII...
Loretta Jane Babb
Apr 21, 2020
Loretta Jane Babb came into this world on October 4, 1943 to Eddie and Inez Wall. Her early life was spent on the family homestead eight miles from Mansfield, WA. During the 1950's the family moved into town and Loretta attended school in Mansfield graduating from high school in 1961. She married Marvin Cavadini in June of 1961 and...
William E Gussenhoven
Apr 20, 2020
William "Bill" Eugene Gussenhoven, 68, passed away peacefully, on April 20, 2020, at Gritman Medical Center in Moscow, ID following a long battle with Parkinson's.
Bill was born on October 10 th , 1951, in Lewiston, ID, to Eugene William and Mary Dickinson Gussenhoven. He graduated from LHS in 1969 to later attend the Universities of Idaho...
Linda Robinette
Apr 18, 2020
Linda R. Robinette, 74
Dr. Linda R. Robinette, 74, veterinarian of Pullman, WA passed peacefully away, at home on Saturday, April 18, 2020. Linda was born April 5, 1946 in Fayetteville, Arkansas to Luther and Gertrude (White) McElhaney. Both of her parents were WWII veterans. When the war ended, they returned to the McElhaney family...
Phyllis Rae Miland
Apr 14, 2020
Phyllis Rae (Fish) Miland, 88, passed away peacefully April 14, 2020 in Colfax, WA
Phyllis was born at home on the farm in Oakesdale, WA February 21, 1932 to Frank &Alice Fish. She grew up in Oakesdale and liked to play basketball. She was her dad's "boy". She graduated from high school in 1949 and went on...
Billie Owens Johnson
Apr 14, 2020
Our Mother, Billie Frances, was born at the home of family friends on February 17, 1928 in Woodward, Oklahoma. She was the first child of C.B. and Vivian Taylor Owens. She lived in Woodward until 1934 when she moved to Washington with her parents and paternal grandparents.
Mom attended several schools in the Spokane area including Logan,...
Joan Pubols
Apr 13, 2020
Joan Lucille (McGill) Pubols, 88, of Pullman, WA died quietly and peacefully at Considerate Care Adult Family Home in Pullman on April 13, 2020.
Joan was born March 5 th , 1932, in Havre Montana, the eighth of ten children, seven girls and 3 boys, born to Henry E. and Willie (Grubb) McGill. When Joan was in...
Jeanne Louise Joost
Apr 11, 2020
Jeanne Louise (Kneale) Joost, 68, passed away on April 11, 2020 in her home in LaCrosse surrounded by her family. Jeanne was born on July 25, 1951 in Colfax, Washington to James and Lila Kneale. She attended school in LaCrosse graduating with the class of 1969. Following high school, she moved to Spokane to attend Kinman Business University. While...
Esther Kroll
Apr 2, 2020
Esther Archer Kroll, 94, of Colfax, passed into the presence of her Savior Jesus Christ on April 2, 2020, at the Courtyard in Colfax. Esther was born July 17, 1925, at the family home near Penawawa, WA, to John Archer, Sr. and Elsie Sanders Archer. She was the youngest of five children. The family later moved into Colfax. Esther...
Rudy Blackstone Dingman
Apr 1, 2020
Rudy Dingman, Oakesdale resident, passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at his home following a year long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 75. He was born February 18, 1945 in Denver, Colorado to Theodore and Vonceile Eoff Dingman. He grew up in the mountains west of Denver where there was always plenty of snow. They enjoyed skiing,...
Amy Bafus
Mar 31, 2020
Amelia (Amy) Bafus passed away while residing at a Regency Canyon Lakes rehabilitation facility in Kennewick, WA on March 31, 2020. She was 96 years. A private burial has taken place where she was laid to rest next to her husband Jack and their three sons Harvey, David, and Richard. Amy was born in Belfast in North Ireland on...
Loraine E Scaggs
Mar 29, 2020
Loraine E. Scaggs, 86, a longtime Dusty and Colfax area resident passed away March 29, 2020 at Whitman Health and Rehabilitation Center in Colfax, WA. Private family graveside services will be held at the Dusty Cemetery. Visitation for family and friends will be held at Bruning Funeral Home in Colfax on Wednesday and Thursday from 9 AM to 5...
Kathryn Cooper
Mar 27, 2020
Kathryn Rose Cooper of Colfax, passed away on March 27, 2020 at her home. She was 75. Kathryn was born on May 13, 1944 in Newport, WA to Arthur and Alma (Griner) Freeman. She worked at WSU throughout her life where she reached her retirement. She enjoyed spending her time browsing yard sales, going on drives and the company...
Grace A. Horstmann
Mar 26, 2020
Grace Ann Horstmann, 71, of Pullman, died peacefully following a month-long battle with multiple illnesses on March 26 th , 2020, in her home with her son by her side.
Grace was born on February 26 th , 1949, in Dickinson, North Dakota, to Norman Horstmann and Harriet (Hanson) Horstmann, who owned a photography studio. Grace graduated...
Georgia Webb Gordon
Mar 25, 2020
Georgia Webb Gordon, lifelong St. John resident, passed away March 25, 2020 at the Whitman Hospital in Colfax. She was 96. A private family burial has taken place in the St. John Cemetery where she was laid to rest next to husband Harold. Georgia was born on the family farm just outside St. John on October 6,...
Durand Arthur Cox
Mar 23, 2020
Durand Arthur Cox passed away on Monday, March 23, 2020 surrounded by his loving family at his home in Pullman, Washington from congestive heart failure. He was 81. He was born September 29, 1938 in Colfax to Dallas and Lena Cox. The family moved from Hay to Colfax when Durand started grade school at Hamilton Grade School in Colfax....
