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...
Rosalia Willey
Aug 31, 2016
Rosalia (Rosalie) R. Willey passed away on August 31, 2016 in Moscow, Idaho. Born September 2, 1924, in the midst of the Depression, she was the third of five children born to Aloys J. and Agnes (Bielenberg) Reisenauer on a farm north of Colton, Washington. Rosalia graduated from Consolidated School in 1942, just after the beginning of World War II....
Denise J. Hatley
Aug 27, 2016
Denise Jean Hatley, 46, passed away Saturday, August 27, 2016 surrounded by her family and friends at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane following complications of a stroke she suffered on June 24, 2016. Denise was born December 31, 1969, in Pasco, Washington where her dad was attending college but she grew up on a farm on Union Flat between Pullman and...
Raymond L. Brooks
Aug 26, 2016
Raymond L. Brooks, 70, a resident of Rosalia, WA died Aug. 26, 2016 at home. Raymond was born July 23, 1946 in Council, ID to James & Lois (Prest) Brooks. The family moved to Bates, OR when he was a young boy. He graduated from Prairie City High School in 1964. Raymond entered the U.S. Navy and served during the...
Richard Neal Cutler
Aug 23, 2016
Richard N. (Rich) Cutler Richard passed away after a brief illness on August 23, 2016 at the Spokane Veteran's Home in Spokane Washington. Richard was born in Colfax Washington to Lola and Howard Cutler on July 20, 1934. He was raised as a farm kid on the family ranch on the Palouse River near Endicott Washington. He loved raising animals...
Kathy Kammerzell
Aug 23, 2016
Kathryn Ann Bidle Kammerzell was called home on the afternoon of August 23rd, 2016. The days prior, she was surrounded by friends and family while sharing smiles, laughter, and stories from her past. She was 77. Kathy was born in Colfax on 2-11-1939 to Loren and Nida Chambers Bidle of Albion; she was born on her brother's 13th birthday. On...
Diane Dawn Pitts
Aug 23, 2016
Diane Dawn Pitts, 67, was called home on Aug. 23, 2016. She entered into rest at the Whitman Health and Rehab Center in Colfax from health complications. Diane was born on June 26, 1949, to Willard and Florence Toner of Milan, Wash., and was the youngest of five children. Growing up in Milan, Diane attended Riverside High School with her...
Benjamin Patrick Tibbetts
Aug 20, 2016
Benjamin Patrick Tibbetts, 26, of Spokane, died in an accident while driving an ATV near Rosalia, Washington on Saturday, August 20, 2016. Benjamin loved living life to its fullest and he was doing something he passionately loved when he died. He was exploring the rolling hills of the Palouse with his girlfriend Vanessa by his side; his best friend "Buddy"...
Ruth Loucks
Aug 18, 2016
Ruth Loucks, 86, of Pullman, died August 18, 2016 at Avalon Care Center in Pullman, WA. Ruth was born May 18, 1930 in Columbus, Nebraska to Eugene & Clara (Schroder) Miessler. She grew up in Columbus, NE where she attended school. She graduated from Gulf Park Jr. College for women in Gulf Port, MS in 1950. She received her Bachelor...
Martin J. Furney
Aug 9, 2016
Martin J. Furney, 66, of Colton, WA died on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016 at Pullman Regional Hospital. Martin was born Sept. 12, 1949 in Minneapolis, MN to James & Eileen (Furlong) Furney. He grew up and received his education in the Minneapolis area until the family moved to the Seattle, WA area in 1962 where Martin completed his schooling. He...
Robert G. Bafus
Aug 5, 2016
Robert G. Bafus, 79, Pullman resident and formerly of Pendleton, Oregon, passed away August 5, 2016 in Pullman surrounded by his children. Bob will be entombed at Olympic Memorial Gardens in Tumwater, Washington privately by his family on Saturday, August 20th. A Celebration of Life reception for family and friends will follow from 3:00 - 5:00 PM at Waterstreet Cafe,...
Arshula Anderson
Aug 3, 2016
Arshula Ann Anderson, former longtime Colfax resident, passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at her home in Spokane after battling dementia for several years. She was 78. Memorial Services will be held Friday, August 12th at 10:00 am in the Bruning Funeral Home chapel. A graveside service will follow at 4:00 pm at the Kamiah Cemetery in Kamiah, Idaho. Arshula...
Lisa F. Swim
Aug 2, 2016
Lisa Swim, born February 27, 1957 passed away August 2, at her home in Colfax. She was 59. Lisa was the youngest of 16 children born in Spokane Washington. Lisa moved to DreamWorks on March 18th of 2005. She loved her job at BOOST Collaborative in Pullman Washington, where she did sorting in the thrift store. Lisa loved country music,...
Judy Flamm Moser
Aug 1, 2016
Judy Flamm Moser, 48, died August 1, 2016 at Pullman Regional Hospital in Pullman, Whitman, Washington. She was born on July 8, 1968 in Rexburg, Idaho to Jim and Colene (Russell) Flamm. Her younger life was spent in Rexburg where she grew up and graduated from Madison High School. Education and learning was always important to Judy. She graduated from...
John R. Crotteau
Jul 30, 2016
John Robert Crotteau, 84, of Pullman, died July 30, 2016 at his Pullman home. John was born Sept. 14, 1931 in Libby, MT to Vernon & Anna (Motichka) Crotteau. He grew up and attended school in Libby following which John at a lumber company for a time. John was drafted into the US Army during the Korean War serving at...
