Cecil "Tyke" Curtis
Apr 8, 2016
Cecil Amos Curtis, known as "Tyke", of Hay, Washington, passed away on Friday, April 8, 2016 in Wenatchee, WA at the age of 94. Tyke was born to Charles and Bessie Curtis on August 24, 1921 in Hay. He grew up in the Riparia area on his father's ranch. He attended Riparia grade school and later graduated from Hay High...
James Anton Emerson, Sr.
Apr 5, 2016
James Anton Emerson, Sr. was born at home in Albion, Washington on October 28, 1922 to Anton and Ruth Kenoyer Emerson. He went to the Lord from his home in Albion, Washington on April 5, 2016. Dad's father was crippled and unable to work, and Dad spent his childhood and teenage years helping to support his family during the depression....
Paul E. Gass
Apr 5, 2016
Paul Eldon Gass, 87, former longtime Pullman resident, passed away on April 5, 2016 in Boise, Idaho with his family at his side. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 12 at 11:00 p.m. at Kimball Funeral Home in Pullman. Vault interment with military honors will follow at the Pullman Cemetery. He was born August 8, 1928, in Miller Missouri...
Marylee Tenwick
Apr 3, 2016
MaryLee Tenwick, 75, of Pullman, passed away on Sunday, April 3, 2016 at her home after a brief illness. MaryLee was born March 5, 1941 in Colville, WA. The family moved to Pullman where she grew up and graduated from Pullman High School. MaryLee married Bruce Tenwick in 1960 and the couple made their home in Pullman for 51 years....
Ted Torgeson
Mar 29, 2016
Ted Torgeson, 77, lifelong LaCrosse resident, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at his home in LaCrosse surrounded by his family. Memorial Services will be held Saturday, April 9th at 11:00 a.m. at the LaCrosse Methodist Church. Theodore Charles Torgeson, Jr. was born at home in LaCrosse on September 5, 1938 to Theodore, Sr. and Delphia (Wriggle) Torgeson. He grew...
Archie Magon
Mar 27, 2016
Arthur G. "Archie" Magon, a long time Colfax resident, passed away at his home and surrounded by loved ones on Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016 in Spokane. He was 94. Viewing will be Thursday from 9 to 5 at Bruning Funeral Home in Colfax and for one hour prior to the funeral service at the church. Funeral Services will be...
Wesley A. Nuxoll
Mar 26, 2016
Wesley A. Nuxoll, Colfax resident and attorney for over 50 years, passed away on Holy Saturday, March 26, 2016, with his family at his Colfax home. Rosary will be recited at 5:00 p.m. Friday at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Colfax, with a wake to follow at the Colfax Golf Club. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00...
Janet Brandt
Mar 26, 2016
Janet Elizabeth Brandt, 85, longtime Pullman resident, passed away on March 26, 2016 at the Pullman Regional Hospital. The Burial Office and Holy Eucharist will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 21 at St. James Episcopal Church in Pullman with Fr. Armand Larive presiding. A reception will follow in the church parish hall. Janet was born on Easter...
Inez Kynoch
Mar 25, 2016
Inez R. Kynoch, 91, longtime Colfax area resident, passed away at the Hospice House of Spokane on March 25, 2016. Friends may call and pay their respects at Bruning Funeral Home on Tuesday, March 29 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 30 at Peace Lutheran Church in Colfax with...
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...
