Laura Medina
Jan 15, 2021
Laura went home to be with her Lord and Savior on January 15, 2021. She passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family members who loved and cared for her deeply. Laura was born in Tototlan, Jalisco, Mexico on January 12, 1972. She moved to the United States at a very young age and made Yakima her home until...
Joe Castilleja
Jan 14, 2021
Joe Castilleja took the Lord’s hand and went home on January 14, 2021 at the age of 83. Joe was born on June 24, 1937 in Edinburg Texas. At the age of 9 he and his family hopped in a truck caravan and traveled to Washington in 1946. Where they decided to stay and settled in Satus area. Soon after...
Maria Gamet
Jan 12, 2021
Maria Trinidad Ceja Romero Gamet, 80, of Wapato, WA, passed away peacefully in her home on Jan. 12, 2021. Maria was born on Oct. 18, 1940, in La Cuestita Chavinda, Mexico, to Miguel Ceja Romero and Irene Romero Avila. She Married Nomeriano Baya Gamet-she is predeceased by him. Maria worked for Oakland University in Rochester Hills, Michigan, for many years...
Gary Aliff
Jan 10, 2021
ALIFF, Gary passed away peacefully at his residence in Zillah on January 10th, 2021 after a long bout with renal failure. Gary was born to Clyde and Phyllis Aliff on January 12, 1946 in Eccles, West Virginia. Resided in Beckley , West Virginia until his family moved to Oakland, California where his father found work. Gary graduated from Oakland High...
Karl Wyckoff
Jan 8, 2021
Karl was born June 8, 1937 in Portland, Oregon to Bess and Earle Wyckoff. He graduated in 1955 from Ontario High School. Karl was in the Air Force from 1955 - 1958, and was stationed in Bar Harbor, Maine. On March 9th, 1936 he married Joyce Wiley in Couer d’ Alene, Idaho. He then worked at various radio stations, including...
Lydia Cassaway
Jan 8, 2021
Lydia Cassaway passed away on January 8th, 2021 surrounded by her loved ones in Kennewick, Washington peacefully in her home. She was born in Toppenish, Washington on July 3rd, 1949 to Gregorita and William Maes Sr. She grew up in Wapato, Washington where she enjoyed being a CNA and later was a bus driver for EPIC students. Lydia was a...
Michael Pecheos
Jan 8, 2021
Mike passed away January 8, 2021 at his home in Yakima, Washington. He was born May 27, 1954 to Andy and Wilma Pecheos of Toppenish, Washington. He graduated from Toppenish High School, Class of 1972. He started his career working for Union Pacific Railroad around 1974 as a laborer at the same time took and finished a civil engineering degree....
Thomas Corning
Jan 8, 2021
Thomas was born in Everett, Washington to Lowell and Merna Lee Corning. He grew up in Port Orchard and later in Yakima, Washington. He met his wife and mother of his children, Debra Corning, while in Yakima. Tom was trained and served for nineteen years in the Army National Guard, where he specialized as a tank turret mechanic. Tom worked...
Jenet Johnson
Jan 7, 2021
Jenet Johnson died peacefully in her sleep on January 7, 2021 at The Orchards in Grandview, Washington. She was born on May 9, 1963 in Yakima, Washington, to Verna Johnson. Jenet never married or had children, but had an abundance of friends for whom she considered many of them an extension of her family. Jenet held many jobs in her...
Athena Wapsheli
Jan 6, 2021
Athena Jewel Wapsheli, 23 of Toppenish passed away January 6, 2021 early Wednesday morning. A member of the Yakama Nation and descent of the Nez Perce Tribe, born March 18, 1997 to Dianna Aleck and the late Archie Wapsheli Jr. born and raised in Toppenish, attended schools in Toppenish, Granger and graduated in 2015 from Yakama Nation Tribal School. She...
David Dunn
Jan 6, 2021
David Dunn, 58, dad and husband of Zillah Washington entered into Jesus' arms Wednesday, January 6th 2021. He was and is a loving dad to his daughters Sarah, Theresa, Mary and Breanna. He was and is a loving husband to his wife Terri who also loved him so much. Dad, mom wanted you to know that she loves you so...
Heinrich Furtner
Jan 5, 2021
Heinrich Johann Furtner, better known as Henry Furtner passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at the age of 84. After a week of Covid-19 related pneumonia, Henry died peacefully in the hands of the Lord. Henry was born in Munich, Germany on December 3, 1936 to Johann and Erika Furtner. Henry is survived by his wife Victoria; daughters: Sandra...
Brook Fuller
Jan 5, 2021
Following a reading of Robert Frost’s ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ and surrounded by love, Brook Fuller peacefully passed on January 5, 2021 in Yakima, Washington. Brook was born to Vicki Fuller on November 15, 1980, minutes after her twin sister Jamie and three years to the day after their sister Brandy.
 In 1994, after Brandy’s passing, the...
