August Weddle
Jan 21, 2021
August Edward Weddle retired from his last duty station, “Earth,” on January 21, 2021 at age 92 at his home Ponderosa Assisted Living with family comforting him. Dad wanted to be with mom and gave up (only time we ever saw him give up) and died of kidney failure. He was youngest of five children born to Charles Vernon and...
Lorintha Umtuch
Jan 20, 2021
Teehocknye, Lorintha J. Umtuch, age 73, of Toppenish, WA passed away on January 20, 2021 at her home. She was born March 26, 1947 to Donald and Hazel Umtuch in Yakima, WA. A graduate of Toppenish High School, she also studied classical piano at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, NM, and completed her B.A. in Political...
Fe Arreola
Jan 19, 2021
Fe Eleccion Arreola, 57 of Seattle, passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at Swedish Hospital. Fe was born on August 1, 1963 in Dunglayan, Santa Maria Ilocus Sur, Philippines. At the age of 7, Fe immigrated to the US with her mother and two sisters, where she would reunite with her father and three other siblings. She first settled in...
Frederick Rougk
Jan 19, 2021
Frederick (Fritz) Dean Rougk, age 93, passed away on January 19, 2021. He was born in Sheldon, Illinois on June 2, 1927, to his beloved parents, Freida Marie (Foster) Rougk and Fritz Uncer Rougk. From the time he was a young boy, Fred found working to be something he loved to do. When he was in the seventh grade, he...
Anthony Wahpat
Jan 16, 2021
Anthony Hiram Wahpat, Sr. 60,”A’skilamama” of White Swan, Wa passed peacefully early morning on January 16, 2021 with his wife and daughters by his side, due to complications of COVID-19 and pneumonia at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Yakima, Washington. He was born March 29, 1960 to the late Kenneth Wahpat and Joanna Meninick. He was an enrolled member of...
Janie Vijarro
Jan 16, 2021
After a month long fight with Covid-19, Janie Ibarra Vijarro was called to be with her heavenly father on January 16, 2021. Janie was born April 18, 1948 in Uvalde, Texas to Alfredo and Guadalupe Ibarra. It was here that Janie lived for 35 years and had her four children, Robert, Joanne, Daniel, and Laura. While she didn’t call Texas...
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...
