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Neil B. Vantine

Neil B. Vantine

Oct 23, 2014

Neil B. VanTine (age 89) passed away Thursday, October 23, 2014 at Whitman Hospital in Colfax. Graveside Services will be Friday, October 31 at 10:00 AM in the Colfax Cemetery followed by a Funeral Service at 11:00 AM at the Colfax United Methodist Church. Neil was born November 24, 1924 at Colfax to Allen and Maude (Baker) VanTine. His great-grandfather...

Susan M. Hart

Susan M. Hart

Oct 4, 2014

Susan M. Hart, 60, Steptoe resident, passed away Saturday, October 4, 2014 at the Whitman Hospital in Colfax. Memorial Services will be Saturday, October 18th at 1:00 at the Catalyst Church (Hillcrest Campus) in Colfax. Susan was the oldest of four children; born December 23, 1953 in Fremont, California to Ernest and Mary (Sage) Butler. She grew up in California...

Shannon J. (Emerson) Shupe

Shannon J. (Emerson) Shupe

Oct 1, 2014

Shannon JM Emerson-Shupe died on Wednesday, October 1st, 2014 with both her parents by her side in Moscow, Idaho. Shannon Jolene McMillan-Emerson Shupe was born to Verne and Willena Emerson on April 8, 1966 in Everett Washington. She and her family moved to Albion, Washington in 1969 for her dad to complete his master's degree at WSU. Shannon graduated in...

Philip B. Cowan

Philip B. Cowan

Oct 1, 2014

PHILIP BRODERICK COWAN, 84, formerly of Vancouver, WA and recently of Pullman, WA passed away Oct. 1, 2014 at Pullman Regional Hospital in Pullman, WA. Philip was born July 15, 1930 in Cleveland, OH to Henry & Margaret Mary (Broderick) Cowan. He grew up in Cleveland and following graduation from high school attended John Carroll University where he earned his...

Agnes Ruth Suess

Agnes Ruth Suess

Sep 20, 2014

Agnes Ruth Suess, 91, passed away on September 20, 2014 at the Cheney Care Center. Private family graveside services will be held at a later date and Agnes will be laid to rest next to her husband Otto at the Bethel Cemetery in Steptoe. Agnes was born on March 31, 1923 in Pullman, Washington to Roger & Pearl (Dinkins) Bayer....

Darrel Herrmann

Darrel Herrmann

Sep 19, 2014

Doyle Darrel Herrmann, 65, of Deary passed away unexpectedly on September 19, 2014 at his home. Graveside funeral services with Masonic rites will be held Tuesday Sept. 23, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at the Pinecrest Cemetery in Deary. Darrel was born on March 23, 1949 in Moscow, Idaho to Doyle & Betty (Henderson) Herrmann. His father passed away when Darrel...

Anna R. Pomerenk

Anna R. Pomerenk

Sep 19, 2014

Anna Roselyn Ellingboe Pomerenk, 87, died on Friday, September 19, at her home in Pullman. Family and friends were by her side. Anna had been in hospice care for several weeks. "She whom we love and lose is no longer where she was before. She is now wherever we are." Saint John Chrysostom Anna was born in Granite Falls, Minn....

Samuel Blake Thompson

Samuel Blake Thompson

Sep 12, 2014

Samuel Blake Thompson, Colfax High grad and Lewiston college student, died unexpectedly Friday, September 12, 2014 in a car accident south of Colfax. He was 20. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, September 20th at 10:00 A.M. at the First Baptist Church of Colfax. Viewing will be Wednesday and Thursday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at Bruning Funeral Home....

Nona A. Criswell

Nona A. Criswell

Sep 10, 2014

NONA ALICE HOWARD-CRISWELL, 96, of Colfax, WA passed away Sept. 10, 2014 at the Henderson House Adult Family Home in Colfax. Nona was born March 2, 1918 in Dent, Idaho to Thomas & Alice (Clark) Howard. She grew up in Orofino and attended country school in the Orofino area. Following graduation from high school, Nona attended nursing school. She worked...

Cynthia Rae Garrett

Cynthia Rae Garrett

Sep 9, 2014

Cynthia R. Garrett, 59, Pullman, passed away Tuesday, September 9th, with her best friend and loving husband Bob, by her side. She had fought a long and courageous battle with multiple myeloma. Funeral Services will be Friday, September 12th at 11:00 A.M. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Endicott with burial to follow in the Endicott Cemetery. Viewing will be Thursday...

Cheri F. Travis

Cheri F. Travis

Sep 6, 2014

Cheri Travis, 49, died unexpectedly on September 6, 2014 in Colfax, WA. She was born to Norman and Marilyn Nelson Travis on May 17, 1965. She was raised on a farm outside of Pullman and graduated from Pullman High School in 1983. After High School Cheri traveled and worked in Hawaii, and the North Slope of Alaska. She worked in...

Paul J. Bennett

Paul J. Bennett

Sep 3, 2014

PAUL JAMES BENNETT, 85, of Albion, WA went home to be with his Lord and Savior on September 3, 2014 at his Albion home. Paul was born June 10, 1929 in Salem, OR to James T. & Barbara (Gallaher) Bennett. He grew up in Salem, Prosser, Snoqualmie and Spokane, WA where he graduated from North Central High School in 1947...

Marjorie Howland

Marjorie Howland

Aug 27, 2014

Marjorie Lucille Huber-Howland, 91, of St. John passed away on August 27, 2014 at Henderson House Adult Family Home in Colfax. Inurnment will take place later at the Oak Hill Cemetery in San Jose, California. Marjorie was born on January 21, 1923 in Dubuque, Iowa to Arthur and Gertrude (Pettit) Huber. She attended the school system in Dubuque and participated...

Audrey Knight

Audrey Knight

Aug 26, 2014

Audrey Knight, 90 Audrey Knight passed away on August 26, 2014, in Spokane. Audrey was born February 4, 1924, near Cottonwood, Idaho, to Hershell and Katie Pollock. She grew up on a farm outside Cottonwood. She attended the Stockcreek School, a one-room schoolhouse, through the eighth grade. She rode her horse, Nugget, to school throughout childhood. At Cottonwood High School,...

Barv Menay

Barv Menay

Aug 25, 2014

Barv Menay, 96, of Pullman, passed away peacefully on August 25, 2014 at Whitman Senior Living. At Barv's request, no formal services will be held and his ashes will be scattered at a later date. Barv's parents escaped the Turks in the Armenian Genocide in 1915 and immigrated to the United States arriving in Boston. It was in Boston that...

James A. Mullally

James A. Mullally

Aug 21, 2014

James A. Mullally Jr., 81, passed away Aug. 21, 2014, in Pullman, Wash., due to complications related to Alzheimer's. A resident of Kennewick, Wash., and a snowbird resident of Surprise, Ariz., Jim was born Feb. 9, 1933, in Washington, D.C., to James A. Mullally and Katherine Long Mullally. Jim was a 1952 graduate of Gonzaga College High School in Washington,...

Catherine H. Palmer

Catherine H. Palmer

Aug 16, 2014

Palmer, Catherine (Age 74) Of Cheney and Pullman, Washington, entered into rest on August 16th after a hard fought battle with Lymphoma at the Avalon Care Center in Pullman. She was born in Seattle on April 9, 1940 to Adell and Andrew Cox. She graduated from Ballard High School in Seattle in 1958 and continued her education at the University...

Sue Ellen Kromm

Sue Ellen Kromm

Aug 15, 2014

Sue Ellen Kromm, 93, of Colfax passed away on August 15, 2014 at The Courtyard. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday August 22, 2014 at the First Baptist Church of Colfax. Vault interment will follow at the Colfax Cemetery. Viewing will be at Bruning Funeral Home in Colfax on Thursday from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m....

Phillip Joseph Simon, Jr.

Phillip Joseph Simon, Jr.

Aug 13, 2014

Phillip Joseph Simon, 82, of Endicott passed away on August 13, 2014 at the Whitman Hospital in Colfax. Memorial services will be held on Friday August 22, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at the Endicott Bible Church. Phil was born on December 10, 1931 to Phillip & Geneva (Chalmers) Simon in Yakima, Washington. He grew up around the northwest, mostly in...

Blake G. Buri

Blake G. Buri

Aug 13, 2014

Blake G. Buri, 47, a prominent Colfax business owner, passed away August 13, 2014 at Holy Family Hospital in Spokane surrounded by his loving family. Funeral Services will be Monday, August 18th at 11:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Colfax. Private family graveside will precede at the Colfax Cemetery. Blake was born February 27, 1967 in Colfax. He...

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