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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Luanna Louise Kalahele, 58, a resident of Nehalem, OR died Saturday, March 3, 2012 at the Providence St Vincent Medical Center in Portland. A celebration of life will be held on March 24, 2012. Please contact 503-357-8749 for more information. Luanna was born on March 14, 1953 in Oakland, CA She was one of five children born to Herman and Rosemarie (Hastings) Kalahele. She was raised and received her education in Portland. Luanna had most recently worked at the Nehalem Care Center in Nehalem,...
A memorial service for Jamie Geisen, 40, Valley City, ND, will be 2 PM, Thursday, March 8, 2012 at the Oliver- Nathan Funeral Chapel in Valley City, North Dakota. A celebration of life will be held Friday, March 9, 2012 at 4pm at Woody's Bar & Grill in Dayton, WA. Jamie Allen Geisen was born on March 3, 1972 in Langdon, ND to Rod and Becky (Fischer) Geisen. He spent most of his life in the Dayton, WA area, moving to Valley City, ND seven years ago . He attended Dayton, WA High School,...
Carol Coleman Hoffmann, 90, passed away February 21, 2012 at home. Carol was born November 7, 1921 to Anna & Alexander Coleman in Laredo, Texas. Carol attended high school in Denton, Texas and graduated from Texas State College with a degree in Child Development and Sociology. On April 12, 1941 she married Curtis Hoffmann in Hollywood, California and moved back to Texas while her husband was away at the war. She returned to the farm near Eureka, Washington with Curtis after the war where they...
Carol Coleman Hoffmann, 90, passed away February 21, 2012 at home. She was born November 7, 1921 to Anna & Alexander Coleman in Laredo, Texas. Carol attended high school in Denton, Texas and graduated from Texas State College with a degree in Child Development and Sociology. On April 12, 1941 she married Curtis Hoffmann in Hollywood, California and moved back to Texas while her husband was away at the war. She returned to the farm near Eureka, Washington with Curtis after the war where they raised their family and lived the rest of their...
College Place Resident, Glena " Lee" Nichols, passed away February 15, 2012. Lee was born May 31, 1928, in Montpelier, Idaho, to Daniel Brigham and Frances Hellena Richards. The family moved several times until settling in Nampa, Idaho where Lee attended school. Lee worked in the early years of World War II as a weld inspector at Gate City Steel. She met the love of her life and husband of almost 60 years, Gerald "Gus" Nichols in Nampa. They were married January 16, 1946 and moved to Meridian, Idaho. She was a bookkeeper for Gus's blacksmith...
Our beloved husband, devoted father and faithful friend sadly left us on January 28, 2012. Neil was born December 25, 1931 in Spokane, WA. He grew up and graduated high school in Waitsburg, WA. Following graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and married his childhood sweetheart, Betty (Pollard) Maxwell. Upon completion of four years of faithful service to his country, Neil moved to Ralston, WA where he fulfilled his dream of becoming a farmer-a passion he enjoyed for over 15 years. When...
Neil Witt, 74, died Jan. 31, 2012, at his Waitsburg home. Arrangements are pending at Herring Funeral Home....
Jeannette Marie Gagnon, 58, of Cheney, passed away on Sunday, January 22, 2012. Jeannette "Jeannie" Pear- son was born to the late Dr. Alfred Stanley and Mrs. Pauline Pearson, May 23, 1953 in Dayton, Washington. Jeannie was a longtime resident of Waitsburg, Washington. Jeannie was the valedictorian of her 1971 graduating class at Waitsburg High School. She attended Washington State University before marrying Dwight Earl Thomas in 1972. Their daughter Stacy Lynn was born in February 1978, and...
Former Waitsburg resident Sara (Leid) Heggen, 28, passed away January 12, 2012, at her home in Bremerton, Wash. Sara was born July 3, 1983, in Walla Walla, Wash, to Greg and Joan Leid. She attended school in Waitsburg, graduating from Waitsburg High School in 2001. After graduation she moved to Bremerton to attend West Sound Tech and received her Associates Degree and her Esthetician License. In 2001 she married Jason Heggen in Waitsburg. On January 3, 2005, their daughter Kayda was born. Sara...
Vicki Lynn Cox passed away Dec. 31. Vicki was born on January 5, 1943 to Otto and Bessie Fletcher Winnett in Grand Coulee, WA. Vicki attended Prescott High School for three years where she was a cheerleader and a member of the flag twirlers. She was very outgoing in school activities and was well liked by all her classmates and teachers. Vicki was also active in baseball and basketball. She changed schools in her junior year to DeSales where she graduated. Vicki lived a good part of her life with her sister, Colleen and Ray Cross, with her...
March 1, 1923 - December 14, 2011 Dayton resident, Helen B. Drake, 88, died December 14, 2011, at her daughter's home. Recitation of the Rosary will be 7:00 p.m., Friday, January 6, 2011, followed by a Memorial Mass at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, January 7, 2011, at St. Mark's Catholic Church in Waitsburg. Fr. Bob Turner will officiate. Inurnment will follow on Saturday in Waitsburg Cemetery. Arrangements have been entrusted to Mountain View- Colonial DeWitt, 1551 Dalles Military Road, Walla Walla, Wash....
Walter E. Sinkbeil was born on February 5, 1912 in Zeeland, North Dakota, to Adolf and Pauline Sinkbeil, the eldest of 12 children. Walt passed away peacefully at age 99 at the Booker Rest Home in Dayton, Wash., on Sunday, November 27. He graduated from Eureka, South Dakota High School in 1930. In his early years he worked for the lumber yard in Zeeland, which helped foster his lifelong love of woodworking. He started coming, along with his brothers and friends, out West to work seasonally in...
Ida Mae Scott, age 96 years, died November 18, 2011 at the Dayton General Hospital. Viewing will be Friday, November 25, 2011 at 10:00 am at the Hubbard Rogg Funeral Home. Graveside Services will be at 11:00 am at the family plot in the Dayton City Cemetery and Memorial Services will be at 2:00 pm at the First Congregational Church with The Reverend Bill Graham officiating. Ida Mae was born on July 16, 1915 in Hubbard, Oregon, one of 7 children born to George and Sophie Markuson Beam. She graduated from West Linn High School with the class of...
Phyllis Eaton passed from this world on Nov. 6, just a few days following the celebration of her 90th birthday. Her family and loved ones were gathered around her as she passed away. Phyllis was born in Dayton, Wash., an only child, to Frank and Maudie (Hinton) Danielson. She was raised on a wheat farm in nearby Waitsburg and went to Waitsburg High School. She was on the inaugural court of what was to become an annual event continuing today, the Waitsburg Days of Real Sport. While at Waitsburg...
Ms. Wanda Elizabeth Johnson, 78, died of a heart attack, Friday evening, Oct. 28, 2011, in Moses Lake. Please sign the guestbook at www.kayserschapel.com. Arrangements are in care of Kayser's Chapel & Crematory. She was born in Clovis, New Mexico on May 20, 1933, to Winfield and Euna Johnson. In 1945 the Johnson family moved to Waitsburg, Wash., and Wanda graduated from Waitsburg High School in 1950. Ms. Johnson has lived in Washington State for 35 years. In 1985, she graduated from the...
Long- time Columbia County resident Olga Kathleen Brown passed away Oct. 29, 2011 at Dayton General Hospital. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Mrs. Brown was born Oct. 17, 1924 in Athena, Ore., to George and Sarah Stretch Richardson. She attended schools in the Walla Walla area. She married Glen Brown on June 7, 1941 in Lewiston, Idaho. They lived in Walla Walla County and near Boardman, Ore., before moving to their farm near Dayton in March 1946. Olga was a homemaker most of...
Donna Luve rne Price Keeney passed away at Providence St. Mary Medical Center on September 24, 2011, at the age of 79 years. At her request, there will be no memorial service. Inurnment will be private. Donna was born July 31, 1932, to Harold and Verna (Hurst) Price at St. Mary Hospital in Walla Walla. She and her brother, Vance, grew up on the family farm on Jasper Mountain, outside of Waitsburg, riding horses and working harvests. She attended grade school for a time in a one room schoolhouse...
May 23, 1930 - September 17, 2011 Longtime Waitsburg, Washington resident, John William "Bill" Thompson, 81, died September 17, 2011, at Providence St. Mary Medical Center, Walla Walla. Family and friends may pay their respects from 1:00 - 7:00 p.m., Sunday, September 25, 2011, at Mountain View-Colonial DeWitt, 1551 Dalles Military Road, Walla Walla, Wash. The funeral service was at 11:00 a.m. Monday, September 26, 2011, at the First Christian Church, 604 Main Street, Waitsburg, Wash. Pastor...
Lyle Dean Judd of 203 Bruce Street Waitsburg, WA was born September 4, 1916 to Everett L. and Ester (Trembley) Judd in Lineville, Iowa. He passed away Sept. 18, 2011 at Booker Rest Home in Dayton, Wash. at the age of 95. Lyle attended school in Lineville and graduated from High School in 1933 at the age of 16. Working for a dairy farmer for 50 cents a day plus room and board, he saved enough money to attend Simpson college. He ordered clothes from Spiegel on time. Lyle graduated in 2 years and...
March 11, 1932 - November 9, 2010 Shirley was loved much by her family and friends. She is survived by her husband Kenneth, son Michael, and daughter Shelly Romo. A celebration of her life will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, September 30, 2011, at the Dayton First United Methodist Church, 110 S 3rd Street, with Reverend William H. Peck officiating. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Dayton High School Alumni Association. Shirley is an alumnus of the high school. Refreshment will follow....
John William Thompson, known as Bill Thompson, was born on May 23, 1930. He died Sept. 17, 2011 in Waitsburg. He was 81 years old. A funeral will be held Monday at the First Christian Church at 11 a.m. with burial to follow here in Waitsburg. Following his burial will a community luncheon at Town Hall. The First Christian Church will provide rolls and lunch meat. Those attending are asked to bring salad or dessert. There will be someone at Town Hall from 9 to 11 a.m. to receive the food. A family obit will run in the Times next...
Our dearest Richard left us to be with our lord and savior on July 20, 2011. Richard K. Harper was born one of two kids to the late Marguerite and Wayne Harper in Portland Ore on July 21, 1927. Richard enlisted in the Navy in 1945 and graduated in 1952 from WSU. He became a dry land Wheat farmer for 12 years, and then began a career in irrigation in 1971.He worked for various irrigation companies but ending his career with Skone Irrigation and Northwest AG Products out of Pasco Wash. Richard...
Dean Lowell Atkinson passed away on June 7, 2011. He was born on March 2, 1921 in Waitsburg, Wash., the youngest son of Zo and Hazel Atkinson. After graduating from high school in Waitsburg, he continued his studies in Portland, Ore., until he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942. After training (partially here in the desert under General Patton), his company embarked on the Queen Mary for England. Later, Dean's company participated in the D-Day operation; wading ashore from an LCV on Utah Beach. H...
Donald ( Donnie) Richardson of Waitsburg, Wash., passed away July 5th at Booker Nursing Home in Dayton, Wash., and cremation has taken place. Don was born in Bozeman, Mont., on July 31, 1928 to James Jacob Richardson and Martha Elizabeth Neville Richa rdson. He attended Richland Grade School and graduated from Park County High School in Livingston, Mont., in 1947. On October 25, 1947 he married Betty Lou Cox and they were divorced in 1975. They had four children: Thomas, Leslie, Deborah, and...
James (Jim) Weeks was born August 19, 1940 in Dayton, Wash., to Jay and Fern Ford Weeks. He died June 25, 2011 in Greensboro, North Carolina. After serving in the United States Air Force, he worked at Radisco, the financing branch of the Chrysler Corporation, and then had his own Nationwide Insurance Company until retirement. He is survived by his wife, Donna, son, Brad Weeks, daughter and sonin law Karon and Allen Petty, stepdaughter, Cassie Norman and two grandsons, Alec and Collin, all of North Carolina. He is also survived by sisters Dona...
