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Josefina Landaverde
Jan 27, 2020
Psalm 91:1-7 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover...
Alta Grajeda
Jan 26, 2020
Alta June Grajeda (June), 94, passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2020 at Virginia Mason Memorial Hospital in Yakima, WA surrounded by her loving family. June was born on June 4, 1925 in Beaver City, OK, the second of two children born to Gerald and Lucy Poe. Growing up she traveled the country with her family; she lived in 36...
Mary Fry
Jan 23, 2020
On Thursday January 23rd 2020 Mary Lyn Fry , loving wife and mother of four children passed away at the age of 86. Mary was born on December 15, 1933 in Lead Hill Arkansas to Roy and Dollie Austin. She received her high school diploma from Lead Hill High School in Arkansas. She came to Washington in 1951 where she...
Betty Sunday
Jan 23, 2020
Betty J. Sunday (Moran) went to heaven on Thursday January 23, 2020 at home surrounded by family. Betty was born March 9, 1947 to Ted and Anne Moran. Betty was born on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation of which she was an enrolled member. Her Early years were spent in North Dakota, summers in the Red River Valley picking spuds....
Fernando Ornelas
Jan 20, 2020
Fernando “Shorty” Ornelas, age 66, of Granger, WA passed away in his home. Fernando was born in Ballinger, TX to Felicita Ornelas. Fernando and his family moved to the Yakima Valley in 1969. Shorty is survived by his three sons, Fernando Jr., Ralph and Michael Ornelas, among his numerous grandchildren, 6 sisters, 5 brothers, and many nieces and nephews. He...
Kevin Larson
Jan 19, 2020
Kevin Ahlert Larson, died suddenly January 19, 2020, in Northern California. He was 33 years old. Kevin was born in Yakima, Washington August 6, 1986. He attended West Valley Schools and was active in sports and JROTC. He played soccer from the age of five years and through his senior year. Even after high school, he played on recreation leagues,...
Martha Sharp
Jan 19, 2020
The Reverend Martha Sharp departed this life on Sunday, January 19, 2020 in Toppenish, Washington. She was 92 years old. Martha was born in Shelby, Texas to Jeff Davis Duffield and Rosie Lee Duffield on Oct. 17, 1927. She married Cleo Sharp in Carthage, Texas, in 1942, a marriage that lasted 49 years. The couple made a home in Toppenish,...
Wayne Jorgensen
Jan 18, 2020
Wayne LeRoy Jorgensen passed away on January 18, 2020 at the age of 86. He was a much-loved special son of Howard and Ruby Jorgensen. He is survived by his sister Maxine Lydin, and three nieces: Karen (Tom) Rand of Monmouth, Oregon and Cheryl (Brad) Mellotte and Jan (Dean) Bass, both of Yakima, as well as 8 great-nephews and nieces,...
Donna Radach
Jan 18, 2020
Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil:...
Merlin Matson
Jan 15, 2020
Merlin Lawrence Matson was born April 14, 1928 in Yakima, WA to Manuel and Rena Matson. He was taken home to the family farm north of Buena, WA to join his older brother, Harold. 16 months later baby sister Donna would complete the family. Harold and Merlin went on to work the modest sized fruit farm with their father and...
Nancy Budner
Jan 15, 2020
Arrangements are being decided... will update as soon as we have current information. Thank You ~ Valley Hills Staff
Savannah Renion
Jan 14, 2020
Our Creator gained another angel. Savannah leaves behind her mother Lillian Compo & her father Jerry A. Renion, two brothers Jerry Fuji Renion; Wapato Charles Compo, three sisters Kaitlyn Compo Meanus (Shaniko), Joanne Compo, Alma Compo. Her surviving Great Grandmother Virginia Beavert. Savannah is preceded in death Grandmother Carol George and Grandfather Jerry G. Renion and her aunt Ann Sam....
Millie Sweowat
Jan 11, 2020
Millie Jo Wesley Sweowat, 56, passed away at her home peacefully surrounded by family on January 11, 2020. She was born on December 26, 1963 at Toppenish hospital to Cecil N. Wesley Sr. and Rosita Jim Wesley. She was raised and grew up in many different places with her grandma Maggie, her aunts and cousins. She attended school in Wapato...
Damiana Manrriquez
Jan 10, 2020
Damiana Rodriguez Manrriquez passed away into the arms of Our Lord on January 10, 2020 in Sunnyside, Washington. She was born April 12, 1942 to Ambrosio Manrriquez and Luisa Espinoza in Cueramaro, Guanajuato, Mexico. On February 14, 1958 she married the love of her life, Pedro G. Rodriguez. They were married in Guanajuato, MX and in 1979 they moved to...
Ruth Scarlett
Jan 10, 2020
Ruth Ann (Armstrong) Scarlett, who gave her love and was loved by so many, joined her Lord in heaven on Jan. 10, 2020. She was 83 years old. She was born August 7, 1936 in Wenatchee, WA to Harold Bertram Armstrong and Ruth Alice (Olsen) Armstrong. Ruth started school in Seattle but later moved to Vashon Island, where she graduated...
Rose Heurion
Jan 7, 2020
Rose Mary (Love) Heurion, 85 of Yakima died January 7, 2020 at the Cottage in the Meadow. Born July 8, 1934 in Great Falls, Montana to parents Elwin and Olga Love. She was the youngest of four girls and the family lived on a ranch north of Great Falls. The girls attended a one room country school, where one teacher...
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