Rebecca Lynn Phillips
Nov 22, 2014
Rebecca Lynn (Akre) Phillips (55) On Nov. 22, 2014 our beloved Becky succumbed to cancer and passed quietly in her sleep. She was born July 13, 1959 to Roger and Edith Akre of Grand Rapids, Minnesota. She lived in Costa Rica and Panama for a short time as a small child and her family later settled in Pullman where she...
Jug Daubert
Nov 21, 2014
Jerome "Jug" Daubert, 73, a lifelong Colfax resident, died suddenly on Friday, November 21, 2014 at Whitman Hospital. Funeral Services will be Saturday, November 29th at 1:00 p.m. in the gymnasium of the Colfax High School. Burial will follow at the Colfax Cemetery. Viewing will be Friday from 9 to 3 at Bruning Funeral Home. Jerome William Daubert was born...
Molly K. Maxwell
Nov 21, 2014
Molly Kathleen Maxwell, 97 passed away at Nelson's Corner in Colfax on November 21, 2014. She was born on April 7, 1917 To Martha and Arthur Harry Reilly in Spokane Washington. She joined her sister, Brita at home. She grew up on the family dairy at Waukon, WA. and graduated from Edwall High School. She attended Kinman Business School in...
Virginia Auwen
Nov 19, 2014
Mary Virginia Auwen (82) passed away 18 Nov 2014 in Pullman, Washington where she had lived for the past two years. Virginia was born 22 June 1932 in Moreland, Idaho to Leo L. and Mary H. Johnson. She had two older brothers and a younger sister. Virginia attended elementary school in Moreland and graduated from Snake River High School in...
Ced Hall
Nov 18, 2014
Ced Hall 1929 – 2014 Cedric Leroy "Ced" Hall, lifelong Steptoe farmer, passed away Tuesday afternoon, November 18, 2014 at the Whitman Hospital in Colfax. He was 85. Funeral Services will be Saturday, November 22nd at 11:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Colfax followed by a luncheon reception. Graveside Services with military honors will be at 2:30 p.m....
Marilyn Miller Van Tine
Nov 17, 2014
Marilyn Miller Van Tine, life-long area resident, passed away Monday, November 17, 2014 at Sacred Heart in Spokane from complications following surgery. Marilyn was 81. A Memorial Service will be held Monday, November 24th at 1:00 P.M. in the chapel of Bruning Funeral Home, Colfax. Reception to follow at Events on Main. Marilyn was born June 8, 1933 in Steptoe...
Roy Sharp
Nov 17, 2014
Roy Sharp 1940 – 2014 Roy Sharp, a resident of St. John, Washington, passed away Monday, November 17, 2014 at Sacred Heart in Spokane. He was 74. A potluck gathering for family and friends will be Saturday, November 22nd at 11:00 a.m. in the St. John Community Building. James Roy Sharp was born July 16, 1940 near Winona to Douglas...
John B. Murray
Nov 16, 2014
Our beloved father and friend, John B. Murray, passed away November 16, 2014 following a brief illness. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday November 21, 2014 at the Pullman Presbyterian Church. A light reception will follow the service. Dad was born January 6, 1923 in Spokane to Garnet H. and Florence (Binns) Murray. He was raised...
Kenneth L. Johnson, Jr.
Nov 15, 2014
Kenneth L. Johnson Jr. On November 16, 2014 Kenneth (Kenny) L. Johnson Jr., age 70, passed away quietly at his home in Colfax, WA. Born in Baltimore, MD, raised in Aberdeen, MD, he was the son of the late Kenneth L. Johnson Sr. and Dorothy M. Scales Johnson. He is survived by his wife TiaLan Hannigan Johnson, two stepsons, Ian...
Paul G. Swartz
Nov 15, 2014
Paul George Swartz peacefully entered his eternal home with his Lord and Savior on November 15, 2014. Born in Muskegon, Michigan on June 4, 1920, he outlived his 7 siblings who moved west as children when his parents moved to Burbank, CA to open a blacksmith shop. Being mechanically inclined like his father, he worked as a machinist at Lockheed-Martin...
Edward E. Donaldson
Nov 9, 2014
Dr. Edward Enslow Donaldson, 91, longtime Pullman area resident and physics professor at Washington State University, passed away at his home on Sunday, November 9, 2014 with his family by his side. Memorial services will be held on Friday, November 14, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. in the Bishop Place Independent Living social hall. A light snack reception will follow the...
Ruby J. Jones
Nov 7, 2014
Ruby Jane Jones, age 68, joined her Lord Jesus Christ on November 7, 2014. She died at her home in Pullman, Washington surrounded by her family. She was born August 1, 1946, the daughter of Cecil M. and Ruth L. Hazen. She grew up in Illinois and Pullman, Washington. She attended Pullman High School where she met and fell in...
James L. Howell
Nov 4, 2014
James Laurence Howell (August 24, 1930 - November 4, 2014) Jim was born in Spokane August 24, 1930 to Overman and Lucile (McCroskey) Howell. He grew up in St. John, Washington and graduated from St. John High School in 1948. Jim attended Washington State College and was a member of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity. He was a student athlete, lettering...
Evelyn B. Ensley
Nov 4, 2014
Evelyn B. Ensley, lifelong Colfax resident, (until Melvin passed away and daughters moved her to be close to them in Bothell, WA) passed away Monday, November 3rd, at 11:40 pm at Aegis Assisted Home at the age of 96. Friends may pay their respects at Bruning Funeral Home from 1:00-4:00 pm Friday November 14 and from 11:00am- 2:00 pm on...
Lloyd F. Sunwold
Nov 3, 2014
Memorial Service Details: Saturday, March 14, 2015 1:00 p.m. Selbu Lutheran Church Light reception to follow **** LLOYD F. SUNWOLD, 81, of LaCrosse, WA passed away Nov. 3, 2014 at Whitman Health & Rehab Center in Colfax, WA. Lloyd was born Nov. 20, 1932 in Fairfield, WA to Albert & Christine (Miller) Sunwold. He grew up and attended school in...
Erwin Hall
Nov 3, 2014
Erwin Hall, a longtime resident of Steptoe, passed away Monday, November 3, 2014 in Spokane. He was 79 years old. Funeral Services will be Sunday, November 9th, at 4:00 pm at Onecho Bible Church with reception to follow. Viewing will be Friday from 9 am to 4 pm at Bruning Funeral Home. Robert Erwin Hall was born August 4, 1935...
Robert W. Young
Nov 2, 2014
Longtime Pullman area resident and farmer Robert W. Young, 89, passed away on November 2, 2014. A Celebration of Life reception will be held at the Banyan's on the Ridge Pavilion on Thursday November 20, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. Robert was born March 4, 1925 in Spokane, Washington to Thelma Faught. At age two, she put him in an orphanage...
David W. Carroll Beatty
Oct 29, 2014
On October 29, 2014 at 22 years of age David William Beatty passed away. From the time he opened his eyes on March 26, 1992 he lived in within a magnificent kaleidoscope where the building blocks of life moved artfully in his mathematical mind. As a savant a rare appreciation of life spurred, deepening the desire to know love, the...
Vernon D. Henning
Oct 28, 2014
Vernon Dale Henning, 80, a longtime resident and Onecho area farmer passed away on Tuesday October 28, 2014 at Colonial Court Assisted Living in Spokane. Viewing will be at Bruning Funeral Home on Sunday from 6-8pm and Monday from 9-Noon. Graveside services will be at 1:00 pm Monday at the Colfax Cemetery followed by a Memorial Service at 2:00pm at...
Alma M. Knopes
Oct 26, 2014
Alma Marie Knopes, 78, of Colfax passed away peacefully at her home on October 26, 2014 after a brief illness. At Alma's request, no services will be held. She was born on January 25, 1936 in Hof, Germany to Hans and Marie (Schorner) Schaller. She grew up in Germany, attended the local schools and graduated from high school in Hof....
