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Lee Higginson
Dec 6, 2016
Lee Higginson, longtime Colfax businessman, passed away December 6, 2016 at his Colfax home. He was 74. Memorial Services are being planned for later in the spring. Hollis Lee Higginson was born January 19, 1942 in Los Angeles, California to Hollis and Elina Parque Higginson. He was the oldest of the three Higginson children who all grew up in the...
Larry Jones
Nov 28, 2016
Larry Jones, Colfax businessman and entrepreneur, died unexpectedly early Monday morning, November 28, 2016 in Spokane. He was 74. A viewing for family and friends will be on Friday, December 2nd from 9 am to 4 pm at Bruning Funeral Home in Colfax. A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, December 9th at 11:00 am at Peace Lutheran Church...
Chuck W Cadle
Nov 22, 2016
Charles W. "Chuck" Cadle, 79 of Pullman, WA died Nov. 22, 2016 at his Pullman home. Charles was born Jan. 22, 1937 in Berkeley, CA to Lawrence & Olive (Schmidt) Cadle. He grew up in the wine country around Berkeley, graduating from Sanoma Valley High school. Chuck enlisted in the US Army following high school and served four years both...
Carol Brown
Nov 20, 2016
Carol Brown, long time Oakesdale homemaker and farmer, passed away early Sunday morning, Nov. 20, 2016 at her home. She was 76. Funeral Services will be Monday, Nov. 28th at 11:00 a.m. at the Oakesdale Community Presbyterian Church. Rev. Erik Buhl will officiate and burial will be in the Oakesdale Cemetery. Viewing will be at the church for one hour...
Imelda Claire Roberts
Nov 18, 2016
Imelda Claire Roberts, infant of local couple, was stillborn on November 18, 2016 at Holy Family Hospital in Spokane. A family graveside service was held in the Colfax Cemetery on Wednesday for Imelda. Father Al Grasher of St. Patrick's Catholic Church officiated. Imelda was born to Christopher and Tammy (Gass) Roberts. Both of her parents grew up in the Colfax...
John William Britton
Nov 13, 2016
John William Britton passed away on November 13, 2016 at the Avalon Care Center in Pullman, WA. He was 87 years old. John was born December 27, 1928 in Canon City Colorado to Joel Britton and Mary Adams. He married Betty (Marr) Britton on January 24, 1971 in Florence Colorado. John served in the United States Navy from 1950-1952. While...
Marcus C. Fowler
Nov 12, 2016
Marcus Charles Fowler, 37, of Uniontown, WA died November 12, 2016 at his Uniontown home surrounded by his family. Marcus was born July 10, 1979 in Lewiston, ID to John & Pat (Collins) Fowler. He grew up in Craigmont, ID, and graduated from Highland High School in 1998 where he played basketball. He attended North Idaho College where he received...
Joe A. Keeney
Nov 11, 2016
Joseph A. Keeney, 91, a longtime Albion, WA resident died Nov. 11, 2016 at Henderson House Assisted Living in Colfax, WA. Joe was born Oct. 31, 1925 in Moscow, ID as at that time the family was living in Viola. He attended a country school house in rural Idaho with a dozen kids in grades 1-6, walking to school every...
Sheila M. Gillespie
Nov 10, 2016
Sheila M. Gillespie, 72, of Pullman, died Nov. 10, 2016 at Avalon Care Center in Pullman, WA. No public services are being planned. A full obituary will be posted when completed.
Sue Brigham
Nov 5, 2016
Sue Brigham (72) My lovely and loving wife, Sue Brigham, quietly passed away Saturday November 5, 2016 at our home in Pullman. Sue (Marilyn Sue Mosely) was born in Lawton, Oklahoma January 24, 1944. Although she was born in Oklahoma, Sue lived most of her life in Texas and considered herself a proud Texan. Her children, Debra Dwight, Denise Reichenbach,...
James P Etcheverry
Nov 5, 2016
James P. Etcheverry, 77, a resident of Pullman, WA., passed away Saturday, November 5, 2016 at Pullman Regional Hospital. A Memorial Service will be Thursday, November 10th, at 10:00 a.m. at Kimball Funeral Home in Pullman. James was born March 15, 1939 in Fruita, Colorado to Pete and Isa Nix Etcheverry, the oldest of their five children. He grew up...
Sharon Mcglothlin
Oct 30, 2016
Sharon McGlothlin, 66, passed away October 30 at her home in Colfax, WA. Sharon was born the youngest of 5 children in Kirkland, WA. During pregnancy Sharon's mother contracted toxemia with albumin urea and high blood pressure. Those complications led to her developmental disability. In 1958 Sharon was admitted to Lakeland Village where lived for many years and had a...
Merlin Warnecke
Oct 30, 2016
Merlin E. Warnecke, 87, a lifelong Uniontown, WA resident, died Oct. 30, 2016 at his Uniontown home. Merlin was born to John & Helen (Hehl) Warnecke on August 2, 1929 in Uniontown, WA. He grew up in Uniontown and attended school there and in Colton. On June 5, 1950 Merlin married Madeline Kremer in Colton, WA. Together they made their...
Velma Louise Guice
Oct 27, 2016
Velma L. Guice Velma Louise (Schroeder) Guice, 90, passed away in Pullman Regional Hospital on October 27, 2016 after suffering a severe stroke earlier in the week. Velma had resided in Kemmerer, Wyoming for 57 years before moving to Pullman, WA and taking up residence at Pullman Regency assisted living facility. She was in the process of gaining many new...
Betty Paulsen
Oct 22, 2016
Betty L. Paulsen, 89 , entered into eternal rest after a long battle with dementia in Pullman, WA (formerly of Wenatchee) on October 22, 2016. She was the ninth child of Robert and Malissa Vaughn, born June 18, 1927, West Plains, MO. In 1934 her family of 12 traveled in a flatbed truck during the great depression to Peshastin, then...
Maryann Sharp
Oct 21, 2016
Maryann Sharp, 84 passed away Friday, October 21 in Colfax WA. Maryann was born on July 8, 1932 in Colfax, WA to William and Annette Kramlich. She attended Hamilton Grade School and graduated from Colfax High School in 1951. Maryann worked at the Top Notch in Colfax as a waitress and helped with cooking. She worked at St. Ignatius Hospital...
Cynthia M. Hughes
Oct 19, 2016
Cynthia M. Hughes Cynthia Margaret Hughes passed away on October 19, 2016 at the age of 79 in Pullman, WA. Cynthia was born on February 21, 1937 in Colfax, Washington to Juanita and Chet Holbrook. She married her high school sweetheart, Bruce B. Hughes, 60 years ago on July 3, 1956. Cynthia is survived by her five children, LaVonne Harrington...
Beulah M Hemmer
Oct 19, 2016
Beulah M. Hemmer, 96, a resident of Burbank, WA., passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at the Chaplaincy Hospice House in Kennewick. A graveside service will be held Saturday, October 29th, at 2:00 p.m. at the Colfax Cemetery in Colfax, WA. Beulah Mary Cram was the youngest of seven children born November 25, 1919 in Colfax to Clancey and Mary...
Winston B Mader
Oct 16, 2016
Surrounded by love, Winston B. Mader, 86, of Pullman, Washington passed away Sunday, October 16, 2016 in Pullman. All are invited to a celebration of his life on Saturday, October 22nd at 2:00 pm at "The Barn at Mader Farm", 13506 Hillside Road, Genesee, Idaho. For more information and directions go to www.thebarnatmaderfarm.com. Dress warmly for seasonal weather in western...
Sharon M. Morgan
Oct 15, 2016
Sharon M. Morgan, age 79, of Pullman, died on Saturday, October 15th 2016 in Pullman, WA. She was born October 5th, 1937 in Middletown, Ohio to Roy and Harriet Smith. She was a 1955 graduate of Middletown High School and attended both Xavier and Miami Universities. On June 30, 1962, she married Cyril Morgan and together they had 3 sons,...
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