Martha Jean (Hood) Scourey
Mar 23, 2016
Martha Jean Scourey, St. Maries, Idaho resident and formerly of Pullman, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at the Guardian Angel Homes in Lewiston from complications of dementia. She was 77. A Memorial Service will be Monday, March 28th at 11:00 am at Kimball Funeral Home in Pullman. Martha was born March 9, 1939 in Colfax to William J. and...
Donald "Cork" Christian
Mar 19, 2016
DONALD L. "CORK" CHRISTIAN, 87, a lifelong Pullman, WA resident died March 19, 2016 at Bishop Place Retirement Community in Pullman, WA. Don was born August 20, 1928 in Pullman to Ira & Dessie (Hatley) Christian. He grew up in Pullman, graduating from Pullman High School. Following graduation Don went to work for Pullman's first fertilizer company and later began...
Betty Lee
Mar 16, 2016
Always smiling and offering a helping hand, this best describes Betty Lee, 83, who passed away on March 16, 2016 at Pullman Regional Hospital in Pullman, WA. Betty and her twin Peggy were born in Pullman, WA on May 3, 1932, living their entire lives in Pullman. Betty received degrees from Pullman High School and Washington State University. She worked...
Marilyn L. Gramm
Mar 14, 2016
Marilyn L. Gramm, 88, of Pullman, WA died on March 14, 2016 at her Pullman home. No public services will be held.
Roger Edwin Swalley
Mar 11, 2016
Roger Edwin Swalley, a longtime Colfax area resident, passed away March 11, 2016 in Colfax. He was 70. Roger was born September 28, 1945 in Lewiston, Idaho to Carl and Erma (Bonham) Swalley. His father was a merchant marine so the family moved many times while Roger was growing up. They lived in California briefly and then moved to St....
John E. Kicza
Mar 9, 2016
John Edward Kicza, 68, retired professor of history at Washington State University, passed away at home on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 with his wife, daughter, and son at his side. John was born July 29, 1947, to John and Mary (Bak) Kicza in Northampton, Massachusetts. John became enthused with Latin American history as an undergraduate at Amherst College, from where...
Karen Lowe
Mar 7, 2016
Karen Lowe, 71, a longtime Colfax area resident, passed away at Whitman Hospital on Monday, March 7, 2016 after battling cancer. Karen Lorraine Sackmann was born December 2, 1944 in Lind, Washington to William and Martha Kautz Sackmann. She grew up in the Lind area and went to school there. Following high school, Karen married Dennis Baker, and the couple...
Gary Jay Arata
Mar 5, 2016
Gary Jay Arata March 3, 1948 – March 5, 2016 Gary Jay Arata passed on March 5, 2016 at Whitman Hospital in Colfax, Washington, two days after his 68th birthday, following a nearly decade of battling cancer. Gary was a lifelong farmer and grew up on his family's ranch and dairy on the central California coast. He began recording the...
Verna Stephenson
Mar 4, 2016
Verna Maxine Fennimore Stephenson was a lifelong resident of Whitman County. She was born in her grandfather's (Harry Fennimore) home near Canyon, Washington four days after Christmas on December 29, 1927. She passed away March 4, 2016 in Pullman at the age of 88. She was the first born of Marion and Leonora Fennimore. Verna grew up on the family...
Duane A. Brelsford, Sr.
Mar 1, 2016
Duane Arthur Brelsford, 78, passed away in the wee hours of March 1 from causes related to age and multiple sclerosis. He was surrounded by his family during his final week of life, and he passed peacefully with his wife of 60 years, Esther, by his side. Duane was born August 9, 1937 in Lewiston, Idaho (Pullman had no maternity...
Konnor Thomas Stirling
Mar 1, 2016
Konnor Thomas Stirling, Colfax student, lost his valiant and courageous battle with leukemia on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 in Spokane. He was 13. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, March 12th, at 11:00 am at the Colfax High School Gymnasium followed by a potluck reception at the Colfax Golf Club. Konnor will be laid to rest privately at the...
Pamela Moulton
Feb 27, 2016
Pamela M. Moulton, 56, longtime Deary-Helmer area resident, passed away on February 27, 2016 while at work in Pullman. The family will greet friends for a visitation at Kimball Funeral Home on Thursday, March 3 from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Graveside inurnment will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 5 at the Pine Crest Cemetery in Deary....
Mary Lou Neill
Feb 26, 2016
Mary Lou Neill McFarland Clauss, age 73, passed away on February 26, 2016 at Pullman Regional Hospital. A reception will be held in her honor on Saturday, March 19 at 1:00 PM at Banyan's on the Ridge. A private family interment will take place at the Pullman Cemetery. Mary Lou was born on November 17, 1942 in Anaheim, California, to...
Naoma James
Feb 23, 2016
V Naoma James 84 May 24, 1931 – February 23, 2016 V. Naoma James, 84, of Pullman, died February 23, 2016 at her home at Bishop Place Retirement Community. Naoma was born at her grandparent's home Clara (Howard) Richardson and Fred Richardson at Green Hollow outside of Colfax to Thelma (Richardson) Van Tine and G.H. "Hi" Van Tine. She lived...
Edward J. Kramer
Feb 22, 2016
Edward James Kramer, 84, of Pullman, died February 22, 2016 of internal complications at his Pullman home. Ed was born October 6, 1931 in Colton, WA to Ed and Margaret (Busch) Kramer, on his parent's farm in Whitman County southeast of Colton, WA. He graduated from Colton High School in 1949 and graduated from Seattle University in 1954 with an...
Larry W. Harris
Feb 20, 2016
Larry Weston Harris, 81 of Colfax, Washington passed away surrounded by family at Sunshine Terrace Assisted Living in Spokane on February 20, 2016. A memorial service will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, February 26 at the First Baptist Church in Colfax with Rev. Dean Ellis officiating. A reception will follow. Larry was born in Ravenwood, Missouri the fifth...
Carl "Gus" Gustafson
Feb 13, 2016
Carl Eugene "Gus" Gustafson, 79, of Pullman, died February 13, 2016 after a short battle with a particularly aggressive form of cancer. Carl was born on May 13, 1936 in McPherson, Kansas. He married Frances Charlene Gustafson in 1957 and subsequently relocated to Pullman in 1960 to attend graduate studies in zoology at WSU. Upon graduation, Carl joined the faculty...
Catherine Parr
Feb 13, 2016
CATHERINE JEAN PARR, 84, a lifelong Pullman, WA resident died Feb. 13, 2016 at her Pullman home. Catherine was born Jan. 27, 1932 in Pullman to Arthur & Martha (Moser) Yost. She grew up in Pullman, graduating from Pullman High School. Catherine married Glenn Frank Parr following his return from the war and together they have made Pullman their home...
Nicole Taflinger
Feb 12, 2016
NICOLE TAFLINGER, 88, of Pullman, WA passed away in her sleep February 12, 2016 at Bishop Place in Pullman, WA. On May 11 1927, Nicole Braux was born in Nancy, a city in eastern France. She had a happy childhood until she was 13 years old. That is when the Nazis occupied her city, and her life was forever changed....
Brian T. Decker
Feb 11, 2016
BRIAN THOMAS DECKER, 53, of Albion, WA passed away Feb. 11, 2016 at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center in Colfax, WA. Brian was born Dec. 20, 1962 in Missoula, Montana. He grew up and attended school in Stevensville, MT where he played high school football. Following high school, in 1981, Brian enlisted in the US Navy serving on the USS...
