Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Melissa Mae Harting, 44, of Waitsburg, Washington, passed away suddenly on October 4, 2023 at her home. Melissa was born in Walla Walla, WA, on January 10, 1979, to Ronald (Frog) Harting and Anne Hubbard. Melissa attended school in Waitsburg and Dayton in her earlier years, which ultimately led to her love for the surrounding rural communities. She was also a Waitsburg Days of Real Sport Princess in 1995 and spent a lot of her time raising and showing farm animals. In 2005, Melissa found her...
Walla Walla resident Nancy Rae Bray passed away quietly at home on August 28, 2023. Born on October 28, 1950 in Walla Walla, Washington and raised on the family farm in Waitsburg, where she attended Waitsburg Elementary and Waitsburg High School. She married Raymond Leon Bray on June 6, 1970. The couple moved to Walla Walla that same year where they began their new lives and started a family. She retired as an Administrative Secretary in 2004. Nancy enjoyed spending time with her family,...
Wanda Alice Cole Boyle passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loved ones, on September 22, 2023, after a short illness. Wanda was a resident of Waitsburg, Washington. She moved to Waitsburg from Cupertino, California, after her retirement from Hewlett-Packard in Santa Clara, California. Wanda was a lifelong, passionate reader. She was never without a book in her hand. She loved watching game shows and old movies, especially Westerns and WWII movies. Wanda loved traveling throughout the...
October 8, 1952 – September 3, 2023 Scott V Gorham, of Walla Walla, WA, passed away at home surrounded by family on Sunday, September 3, 2023. Scott was born October 8, 1952, to Harold V. Gorham and Eleanor F. Gorham, nee Kent. Scott graduated from Walla Walla High School and Washington State University, where he majored in education and was a Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity member. On June 7, 1975, he married Anne Heydon. They settled in the Walla Walla area, where they started their family. S...
Valerie Ellen Powers left us on the morning of August 23, 2023. Valerie was born in the old Dayton Hospital on February 14, 1957, to Eldred and Ellen (Moon) Want. She attended Dayton, Waitsburg and Prescott schools, and graduated from Prescott High School. She entered the U.S. Army. After her service, she lived in Prescott, Waitsburg, and Milton-Freewater. She enjoyed a lifelong love of her horses, hours spent with her grandchildren, and working at the Tractor Supply in Walla Walla. We all...
Helen (Rector) Reid was born on October 23, 1924 in Seattle, Washington. She was adopted as a baby by William Carl Rector and Betty Helen Casey of Touchet, Washington. Unfortunately, Helen's father died when she was two years old. Helen's mother remarried in 1929 making Clyde Henry Brown, a widower, her stepfather. Helen joined Clyde's three other children: Merle, Dwain, and Iris there on the Brown wheat ranch near Prescott, Washington. She attended school in Prescott graduating from high...
John Erick Stockton passed away peacefully at Dayton General Hospital on July 9, 2023. He was born on October 25, 1930, in Moline, Illinois to Homer and Alice Stockton. His family later moved to Davenport, Iowa. He attended schools in Davenport, Iowa where he was involved in football and track and field. After high school he attended Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. During his college years, he continued to be involved in football and track. His college career was interrupted when he...
Ronnie Mings was born on August 15, 1941. He was the son of Henry and Ruth Mings. Ronnie passed away peacefully and very well cared for at Park Manor in Walla Walla, Washington, on June 24, 2023. Ronnie attended and completed school in Dayton, Washington. After completing high school, Ronnie was off to serve in the United States Army. Ronnie married the love of his life, Ruth Angell, on July 25, 1964. Ronnie and Ruth went on to have two children. Ronnie worked construction around the area and...
James Richard Abel was born in Dayton, Washington to Estella O. and Chester A. Abel. James survived his beloved wife, Patsy, for another 13 years after her passing. He had made a promise that they would always be together, and he kept it while she waited patiently on the mantle of his fireplace for his time to join her again. So now they will both be finally laid to rest together and finish the journey that they so lovingly started many, many years ago. James and Patsy had two very full lives...
Barney Ray Culbertson was born in Dayton, Washington to Irene and Joe Culbertson on March 25, 1952. Barney passed away peacefully and well taken care of at St. Mary's Hospital in Walla Walla, Washington on May 19, 2023 at the age of 71, unfortunately, due to cancer. Barney went to school in Dayton, Washington then moved to Sequim, Washington and graduated from Sequim High School in 1970. Barney worked at various places such as: Jolly Green Giant Cannery in Dayton WA, on a fishing boat in...
Andy was born in Dayton, WA, on February 12, 1976, to parents Lupe and Marva. He was the first grandson born on both sides. He attended school in Dayton and received his GED from Walla Walla Community College. Andy married Debbie Porter on May 30, 1998, at the Hitching Post in Coeur d'Alene, ID. Andy not only gained a wife that day but also a 2-year-old son, Daniel. In 2001, they completed their family by welcoming their baby girl, Bethany. Andy considered being a father to Daniel and Bethany hi...
Brian D. Zenk, of Dayton, passed away suddenly on May 4, 2023 at the Dayton General Hospital. He was 56. He was born September 20, 1966 in Novato, California and attended Santa Rosa High School. He lived in California, Nevada and Washington. According to many, he was the best truss stacker and sheeter California ever saw. His spare time was spent tinkering with cars, or electronics or anything that he could disassemble and fix or improve. Brian loved to be out in nature, walking by a river or...
Ruth Elizabeth (Beth) Flathers McDonald passed away due to a stroke on April 22, 2023, at her home in Ocean Park, WA. Beth was born on September 6, 1948, in Walla Walla to Howard and Ruth (Langdon) Flathers. Raised in Prescott, she went to school there and graduated from Prescott High School in 1966. She earned her Licensed Practical Nurse Degree at WWCC in 1967. On September 2, 1967, she and Riley J. McDonald were married. They raised four sons, Matthew (Michelle), Andy (Beth Ann), Riley R....
Lynn McCaw, 69, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family and friends after a brief, but hard-fought, battle with cancer. Known to some as Mama Lynn and others as "Cro", she was the strong, quick-witted, and feisty matriarch of her family, a role she also naturally filled for so many friends in her beloved community of Waitsburg. Born to Gale and Janice Davis of Dayton, WA, Lynn graduated from Dayton High School in 1971 and went on to attend Yakima Community College. Growing up,...
Clinton James Atteberry, Dayton resident, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, April 30, 2023, at the Dayton General Hospital. He was 42. A Celebration of Life for Clint will be Friday, May 12, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. at the Touchet Valley Golf Course. Clint was born July 24, 1980, in Pasco, Washington. His early years of learning were in Walla Walla before moving to Dayton in 1993. Clint graduated from Dayton High School in 1998 and then attended Walla Walla Community College, where he earned a...
Lifetime farmer, rancher, and everybody's favorite cowboy, Ellsworth (LZ) Conover, passed on April 22, 2023. It is fitting for the outdoorsman and steward of the fields and mountains to have passed on a spring morning when the crew was branding calves. LZ was 95 years old. LZ was born and raised in Waitsburg. He attended Waitsburg High School and graduated with the class of '45. He attended one semester at WSU until he was needed to help on the farm. He worked alongside his dad and was part of...
Darrel “Dean” Shea, 87, passed away on April 12, 2023 at the Walla Walla Veterans Home, surrounded by family. He was born on February 8, 1936 to Clarence A. and Olga G. (McCauley) Shea in Dayton, Washington; he was one, of four sons. Dean was the first born of twin boys, his twin was named Gean, and he had two older brothers, Roy and Wayne. The “Shea” boys were well known in Dayton as mischievous, but they learned to be hard workers at an early age. After Dean’s twin was killed in a tragic motorcycle accident, Dean moved to Everett to finish...
Sherrie Johnson Land passed away at her home in Walla Walla on March 10, 2023 at age 73. Sherrie Lee Johnson was born in Spokane, Washington on May 16, 1949 to Betty and Bobbie Lee Johnson, their first child. Her family moved several times during her childhood, as Bob was employed on several of the Snake River dams as an ironworker, before settling in Waitsburg, WA when Sherrie was in eighth grade. Sherrie graduated from Waitsburg High School in 1967. In her senior year, She was the captain of...
Betty Ann Fletcher, longtime Dayton resident, passed away March 25, 2023 in Walla Walla. She was 90 years of age. A Memorial Service to celebrate her life will be held Thursday, April 6th, at 1:00 PM at the Dayton First Congregational Church. Betty Ann was born September 13, 1932 in Dayton to W. Ray and Annabel Jackson Rogers. She grew up in Dayton with her younger sister Rita Rae and graduated from Dayton High School in 1951. Annabel worked very hard as a single mom to raise her two daughters...
Jack Otterson, 86, Waitsburg WA, passed away peacefully on March 9, 2023. Jack was born to Otto and Ruth Otterson in Jackson MN and moved to Waitsburg in 1945. Jack graduated from Waitsburg High School in 1956, and attended Eastern Washington College after graduation. Jack married his high school sweetheart, Nancy, and enjoyed 63 happy years of marriage. Jack and Nancy had three children: Tammy, Laurie and Jack Jr. Laurie preceded her family in death. Jack was a patriarch in his community and...
Emily Leslie passed away on January 29, 2023. She was born on October 3, 1920, in Panakanic, Wash., and lived to be 102 years old. She taught at the Prescott School District for seven years and believed in "Education ... Your Path to the Future." It was her path as a lifelong student and teacher. Prescott Schools hired her after her divorce in 1957, allowing her to restart her career and continue her education to a master's degree. Her co-workers' camaraderie and companionship in the carpool to...
Clifford Dewayne Henze, 81, of Burbank, Washington peacefully passed away on March 5th, 2023, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was surrounded by loved ones. Clifford (Dewayne) was born on March 9, 1941, to Clifford Ivan and Irene Mary Henze in Mendon Township, Illinois. He lived his early life on a farm in Illinois with his parents and three sisters. His family moved to Waitsburg, Washington in 1959 after visiting the Carl Henze family. He quickly became known as a Hot Rodder in his 196...
Lynn Eldred Roberts, 85, passed away on February 24, 2023, at Parkview Memory Care in Walla Walla, Washington. Lynn was born in his grandparents' home in Wren, Oregon, to Eldred Claude Roberts and Velma Arlene Bell on January 8, 1938. He was the second of four children, raised in Philomath, Oregon. He was an athlete in school and a lifelong avid outdoorsman. Lynn is survived by his wife of 56 years, Pat (Miller) Roberts, and their two sons, Wes Miller and Jay Miller (Michele), two sisters,...
Sallyanne Elizabeth Cochran Eggers, 76, of Prescott Washington, passed away on December 19, 2022. On October 22, 1946, Sally was born and lived a life to the fullest. Born in Walla Walla, Sally enjoyed cooking, baking, lavender, and her beloved cats. She loved the Elk Camp trips, dancing, hunting, she joined the Dixie Church. Sally loved nature and especially loved visiting the Shoshone Falls. Sally was always there for those in her life and will never, ever be forgotten. Sally would always...
"You light 'em, we fight 'em" and "Where I go, weeds don't grow". Two familiar slogans on the business cards of one memorable man. 'Tommy' as he was known to his oldest friends and 'Papa' to his grandchildren was a proud husband, father, grandfather, helicopter pilot and lifelong farmer. Tom was born to Richard & Dorothy Archer on October 22, 1952 in Oklahoma, before the family settled down on the Archer Family homestead near Waitsburg, Washington. At an early age, Tom was driving grain trucks...
