Joe Flores

Joe Flores, 84, of Wapato died Friday at Toppenish Community Hospital. Joe was born in Holly, Colorado, and lived in Wapato for 58 years. He worked as a custodian and a laborer. In the community Joe was known as a hard worker and a friend you could always count on for a kind word or for some good-natured ribbing. His children knew him as a nurturing and kind father who smoothed life’s edges. His wife, Jenny, who he called “Chicken”, knew him as the hopeful young man she started a family with and as the pillar that stood beside her for 60 years. Survivors include his wife, Jenny Flores of Wapato; three sons, Laurence Flores and John Flores, both of Wapato, and Joe Flores Jr. of Yakima; five daughters, Joann Flores and Angie Flores, both of Yakima, Gloria Foster of Montana, Josie Douglas of Wapato and Lorraine Flores of Utah; 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his son Johnny Joe Flores. We will miss you and will grieve for a while but that is for us. You’re already in heaven putting in a garden and building a little cabin and a chicken coop just waiting for your “Chicken” to join you. We miss you Papa and love you to pieces. Funeral services for Joe will be at 2 p.m. Friday, February 7, at Valley Hills Funeral Home, 607 2nd Avenue in Zillah. Valley Hills Funeral Home is in care of the arrangements. Online tributes can be left at www.valleyhillsfh.com To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Joe Flores, please visit our flower store.