Roger A. Irwin
Oct 3, 2016
Roger Allan Irwin, 87, of Pullman, died Oct. 3, 2016 at his Pullman home. Roger's family will greet friends at a visitation from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 9 at the Kimball Funeral Home in Pullman. A graveside service with full Military Honors will be held at 1:30 p.m., Monday, Oct.10, 2016 at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery...
Jack L Wood
Oct 2, 2016
Jack L. Wood, 89, of Colfax died Oct. 2, 2016 at Whitman Health & Rehabilitation. A graveside service will be held at 3:30 pm on Friday, Oct. 7, 2016 at the Colfax Cemetery. Jack was born in Colfax on Oct. 5, 1926 to Frank & Ethel (Hall) Wood. He grew up in Colfax attending Mockonemia School and graduating from Colfax...
Ronald L. Marose
Sep 30, 2016
Ronald Lester Marose, of Pullman, WA, passed away on Friday, September 30, 2016 at the age of 70. Ron was born to parents Elinore and Elmer Marose on December 9, 1945 in Waukesha, WI. Ron was a 1964 graduate at Waukesha High School and a 1970 graduate of Northwestern University with a Master's Degree in Journalism. As a reporter Ron...
Edwin William Johnson
Sep 30, 2016
Edwin William Johnson September 29, 1962 – September 30, 2016 We are saddened to announce that Ed peacefully passed away on September 30, 2016, a day after his 54th birthday, at Whitman Hospital due to complications of an inoperable thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm. During his recent hospitalization, the outpouring of support and love from friends and family were a testament to...
Jack Rodgers
Sep 30, 2016
John "Jack" Rodgers, long time Colfax resident and electrician, passed away Friday, September 30, 2016 at his home. He was 75. A Memorial Service will be held at Bruning Funeral Home on Friday, October 7th at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor Lynn Nelson officiating. John Franklin Rodgers was born in Colfax February 17, 1941 to Dale and Esther (Schweiger) Rodgers. Growing...
Richard Lee Nervig
Sep 28, 2016
Richard Lee Nervig, passed away on September 28th, 2016 at the age of 84. He died at home on the farm where he was born and raised, with his hat on his head and his dog by his side. Richard was a lifelong wheat farmer, which was his passion and career. Richard also was a rock hound who enjoyed making...
Nona Evelyn Camp
Sep 28, 2016
Nona Evelyn Camp passed away at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center in Colfax, WA, September 28th, 2016. She was born August 13, 1916 to Grace and Oral Duncan in Baker City, Oregon. Nona Duncan left Baker City after the third grade when she and her parents moved to Spokane, Washington. She attended grade school and high school in Spokane where...
Leroy W Walton Jr.
Sep 26, 2016
Leroy W. Walton Jr., 89, of St. John, WA died September 26, 2016 at his home. Leroy was born August 16, 1927 in Tacoma, WA to Leroy Sr. & Edna (Hultengren) Walton. Leroy graduated from Lincoln high school in Tacoma during which time he participated in track and field. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the Army where...
John Bonwell Simpson
Sep 26, 2016
John Bonwell Simpson of Colfax, Washington passed peacefully on September 26, 2016 at the age of 87 with his wife & family at his side. Born August 15, 1929 to Allen & Gertrude (Morrison) Simpson in Vancouver, Washington, his family moved to a farm near Endicott that they referred to as the Flat, where they lived in a Cook House...
Marlene Cooper
Sep 26, 2016
Doris Marlene Cooper was born January 18, 1936 in Los Angeles, California to Lewis Clark and Doris Lina Aydelott. She was the third of four children, including brothers Roger and Jim, and sister Lois. Marlene died peacefully in Pullman, Washington on September 26, 2016. Marlene lived most of her early life in Alhambra, California, and graduated from Alhambra High School...
Ruth L. Pacyga
Sep 26, 2016
RUTH LORRAINE (CLICK) PACYGA, age 91, passed away peacefully on September 26, 2016 in Pullman, WA with daughter, Diane, at her side. Ruth was born in Holdingford, MN to Robert & Inga (Anderson) Click. Proceeded in death by husband of 57 years, Edward (2003) and daughter, Donna (2007); brothers, Robert and Maynard Click; stepbrother and sister, Ervin and Louise Koehn;...
Angela Wittman
Sep 23, 2016
Angela "Ange" Veronica Wittman, a life-long Colton and Uniontown resident, passed away Friday, September 23, 2016 at the Life Care Center of Lewiston at the age of 101. A mother, educator and farmer, Ange's life witnessed an incredible century of history and change. Ange was born on December 18, 1914 to Tony and Mary B. (Druffel) Reisenauer in East Helena,...
Zella Iona Bassett
Sep 22, 2016
Zella Iona Anderson Bassett, 91, of Pullman died September 22, 2016 at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. Zella Iona Anderson Bassett, of Pullman WA, was born into a pioneer life in Ephraim, Utah on October 30, 1924. As one of eleven children, Zella loved her childhood on the horse-powered farm. She made soap, churned butter, and carried fresh eggs...
Willene Horton Daniel
Sep 16, 2016
Willene Horton Daniel died at Pullman, Washington on September 16, 2016. A native of Whitman County, she was a proud farmer's daughter and farmer's wife. The oldest child of Worley Mitchell and Lena (Magdalene) Daubert Horton, she was born September 21, 1923 in the family home on Alkali Flat, although the Post Office address was the Snake River orchard community...
Charlene Geier-Kunze
Sep 14, 2016
Charlene Geier-Kunze, a longtime Colfax resident, passed away Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at the Whitman Hospital following a brief illness. She was 80. The rosary service will be Sunday, September 18th at 7:00 pm at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Colfax. The funeral Mass will be Monday at 10:00 am at the church. Burial will follow in the Colfax Cemetery....
Bonnie H. Bigsby
Sep 14, 2016
Bonnie H. Bigsby, 83, of LaCrosse, WA died Sept. 14, 2016 at home surrounded by family. Bonnie was born Aug. 6, 1933 in Emmett, ID to Walter & Edith (Lynn) Bigsby. The family moved throughout his growing up, settling in LaCrosse where Bonnie graduated from high school during which time he was a golden gloves boxing champ and played on...
Todd Emery Nealey
Sep 13, 2016
"The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long." ~Lao Tzu Our beloved Todd Emery Nealey - son, brother, nephew, uncle, grandson and friend - left us way too soon on September 13, 2016. Todd suffered for many years with a horrible disease called alcoholism. In all his life, this was the only obstacle our fierce warrior couldn't...
Betty J. Reynolds
Sep 9, 2016
Betty J. Reynolds, Pullman resident, passed away Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 at Bishop Place, where she had lived since 2010. She was 95. Private family graveside services were held at the Pullman Cemetery and Betty was laid to rest next to her beloved husband Virgil. She was born February 10, 1921 in Colfax, Washington to Melvin and Mary McAdams Gass....
Monte Daniel Kammerzell
Sep 7, 2016
Monte often watched the clouds, going to hilltops to get the best view. "A flat bottomed cloud never rains", he'd say. He now soars above those clouds he was once mesmerized by. Monte had a heart attack just hours after he heard the news that his wife of 59 years had died. On September 7th, two weeks after his wife...
Martha Kay Reese
Sep 6, 2016
Martha K Reese (Maxwell) Born to Molly and Murel Maxwell in Colfax, WA November 9, 1948, Martha passed away September 6, 2016 in Post Falls, Idaho. She was 67 years old. Attending schools in Colfax, Martha graduated from Colfax High School in 1967. She earned her Bachelors of Arts in Music Education from WSU and her Master's in Public School...
