Obituaries

Mar 20, 2020

Arrangements are pending...please check back for future information updates. ~ Valley Hills Staff

Mar 20, 2020

Information is pending at this time... please check back for updates ~ Valley Hills Staff

Mar 18, 2020

Joy Ann Purdy was born on July 9th,1972 in Toppenish Washington to Shirley and Clyde Purdy, and was raised in Sunnyside Washington. Those who knew her would describe her as a sweet, kind, and loving individual. When Joy got the chance, she loved to go camping and fishing during the summer time. Joy was all about family, friends, and especially...

Mar 16, 2020

Mar 15, 2020

Mar 15, 2020

Mar 14, 2020

Robert G. Webb Jr., left us on March 14, 2020, to be with his Lord. Bob was born on March 26, 1937, in Blackfoot, Idaho and died at the age of 82 in Yakima, WA. Bob enjoyed lots of things, especially becoming a barber shopper in Yakima and sang with them with his beautiful bass voice for many years and...

Mar 13, 2020

Mar 13, 2020

Mar 12, 2020

Joel Wray (Keith Earl Wray- birth name) was born May 30, 1945 to Peggy (Rutherford) and Earl Otto Wray in Yreka, CA. Joel passed away peacefully at home in Yakima, WA on March 12, 2020. Joel was a Vietnam Veteran, very proud to have served his country in the Navy. Following his military service, he became employed by Boeing in...

Mar 11, 2020

Melia Delp passed away Wednesday March 11, 2020 after a strong, brave, and courageous fight with cancer. Melia Mae (Meyers) Delp was born December 28, 1956, to Jack and Virgina (Quick) Meyers in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She was the 2nd of 4 children; Debbie, Melia, John, and Jack “Hoss”. Her father was a furniture auctioneer which required the family to work...

Mar 11, 2020

Oretta Perrotti passed away peacefully on March 11, 2020, with her family by her side. She was born in 1935 to Paul and Dorothy Dodge of Parker Heights. Some of her fondest childhood memories were of her riding her horses, Babe and Scamp, along with fishing at Rim Rock Lake with her parents. As a young girl, she was a...

Mar 11, 2020

Mar 10, 2020

Jerry Louis Berry was born in Yakima, WA on June 17, 1949. He passed away peacefully on March 10, 2020. Jerry was born and raised in Yakima. He graduated from Davis High School and shortly after graduation he enlisted in the US Army and served from 1972-1975. Upon ending his service, Jerry returned to Yakima where he became a service...

Mar 9, 2020

Willy Joe Riggs, 45, of Wapato, WA passed away at his home on March 9, 2020. He was born April 29, 1974, in Yakima, WA, the son of Gary B. Riggs Sr. and Georgiann (Lopez) Riggs. Willy was a full time student at Heritage University in Toppenish, WA. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. He also had a passion for horses...

Mar 7, 2020

Mar 6, 2020

Donald (Keith) was born in Grafton, North Dakota on January 28, 1929 to Albert and Clara Bjelda Kingsbury. Clara died when Keith was five and Albert and Keith moved to Yakima. Albert adopted Keith’s cousin Virgil and he joined the family in Yakima. Keith graduated from Davis High School in Yakima in 1947. He then moved to New York City...

Mar 6, 2020

Obituary for Maria del Consuelo Valencia Maria Del Consuelo Valencia, 74, died peacefully in the hands of her husband, sons and grandchildren when she went with the Lord on March 6, 2020. Consuelo was born on October 20, 1945 in Jalisco, Mexico to Aureliano Valencia & Ponposa Magaña. She came to the USA in 1976 with her husband Rodolfo Valencia...

Mar 6, 2020

On March 6th, the medical community and the city of Toppenish lost a remarkable physician who devoted 50 years to giving exceptional care to patients all over the Yakima Valley. A dear and caring mother, and grandmother. Surrounded by family and love, Julie Annette Ricking M.D., passed away after her battle with cancer. Born March 1st, 1945 at Maple Knoll...

Mar 4, 2020

Mary N. Palmer, age 91, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 4, 2020, at Tuality Hospital in Hillsboro, Oregon. She was born July 30, 1928, in Medicine Valley, WA, to Roland and Georgia (Georgie) Scott. She was one of six children. She was a 1946 graduate of White Swan High School. She married the late James B. Palmer on April...