Jerry Tanewasha
Jun 29, 2018
Jerry Ray Tanewasha born March 27, 1954 went to the creator surrounded by family on June 29, 2018. He attended Granger School District, his favorite sport was wrestling. One of the smallest wrestlers who had a big heart. His hobbies and interests were bead working, going to the mountains to cut wood, root digging, picking huckleberries and going fishing. He...
Macklin Gardner
Jun 27, 2018
His name was Mack Gardner. He knew that a garden, like those we love, requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them. If one has a lovely garden, then surely he has had a lovely life. Some people who live on the...
Wayne Walker
Jun 26, 2018
Wayne Wesley Walker, age 92, of Yakima passed away on June 26, 2018. He was born January 6, 1926 in Prosser, WA to Claud and Ethel Walker. The family soon moved to Buena Loop where Wayne attended grade school, graduating from Toppenish High School in 1944. He then enlisted in the army, being stationed in the Philippines as a mortar...
Enriqueta Knoeb
Jun 25, 2018
Enriqueta C Knoeb “Rita,” 89, of Wapato, WA passed away June 25, 2018 at home surrounded by her loved ones. She was born October 15, 1928 in Gallup, New Mexico to Lawrence Castillo and Luciana Contreras. Enriqueta married the love of her life Roy Knoeb in 1947. She was a homemaker and enjoyed yard sales; she loved to collect bears,...
Aldeane Morrow
Jun 24, 2018
Our precious Mamma flew into the arms of Jesus, her Savior, and to Bill her husband that she missed and longed to see again on June 26, 2018. She was 96 years young. She loved the Lord, her family and church family. She was born at home in Rockville, Missouri on March 25, 1922 to Bill and Audrey Evans, an...
Eva Vela
Jun 24, 2018
On Oct. 11, 1936 a beautiful flower named Eva Garza was born. She was the daughter of Evaristo and Dora Garza De Garza Gonzalez, Nuevo Leon. Her surviving siblings are: Donato Garza (RIP) from Modesto, CA, Adan Garza from Toppenish, WA, and Placida Garza Gonzalez, Sotero Garza, Rosa Garza Reyna, and Evaristo Garza, all from Wapato, WA. On Dec. 29,...
Ernest Camacho
Jun 23, 2018
Ernest P. Camacho, 62, of Sunnyside, passed away on June 22, 2018. He was born December 5, 1955 in Bridgeport, Nebraska to John Camacho and Simona Pina. Ernest grew up in the Yakima Valley and graduated from Sunnyside High School. He loved shooting pool, fishing, woodworking, collecting, and traveling. One of his greatest joys in life was spending time with...
Felipe Mendoza
Jun 21, 2018
Felipe “Milio” Mendoza Sr, 84, loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, passed away peacefully at Yakima Regional Hospital June 21, 2018. He was born January 10, 1937 in Agagrao, Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur, in the Philippines to Ambrocio and Bonifacia Mendoza. Felipe held jobs as a security guard in Manila and operated farms where he grew tobacco, rice, corn and...
James Lyalll
Jun 20, 2018
James “Jim” George Lyall, 86, passed away June 20, 2018 in Grandview Wa. after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born November 14, 1931 in Grandview, Wa to parents Frank and Lavina Lyall. James had a Huck Finn style childhood. He grew up on a farm and ranch by the Yakima River where he hunted and fished. James...
Ilda Robles
Jun 19, 2018
Ilda Ortiz-Robles, 56 of Sunnyside, A wife, mother and sister left to be with the lord Tuesday, June 19th 2018 peacefully in her home. she was born march 3rd 1962 to Angelina T. Ortiz and Jesus Ortiz. She grew up and lived her life in Sunnyside. In 1989 she married the love of her life and best friend Ruben Robles....
Barbara Kaufman
Jun 18, 2018
Barbara Jean Kaufman passed on to heaven, Monday, June 18, 2018 after a long fought battle with cancer. Barb was born on November 12, 1952 in Yakima, WA to Eugene and Geneva Benton. She graduate from A.C. Davis High School in 1971 and married Roy Anderson in 1972. After many years as a housewife she and friend Donna Henning opened...
Bardeena Boyd
Jun 17, 2018
Bardeena M. Boyd Bardeena was born on September 18, 1928 in Buena, Washington and passed away peacefully on the morning of June 17, 2018 at the age of 89. Bardeena grew up in Buena/Zillah area. She went to elementary school in Buena, WA and Lewiston Illinois for a short while. She attended junior high in Zillah and graduated from Zillah...
Georgeann Aviles
Jun 17, 2018
Georgeann Aviles, age 51, of Wapato, WA, was born on March 6, 1966. She was the daughter of Leona Peters Aviles and Benjamin O. Aviles. Her one and only child is her daughter, Jasmine Aviles. Georgeann was a member of the Yakama Nation. Georgeann was a Shaker woman and had been deeply in love with her culture. Georgeann spent a...
Ramon Ochoa
Jun 17, 2018
Ramon Ochoa, 19, of Yakima was born March 17, 1999. Ramon was a very lovable person. He got along with everyone and was not disrespectful. When he was a little boy he liked playing with his toy semi trucks until he fell asleep. He wanted to become a truck driver. He loved his food and never turned a plate away....
Brian Kalama
Jun 16, 2018
Brian Kalama was born May 19, 2001 to his Father Foster Kalama Jr. and his mother Deloris Picard. He was raised in Mission, OR Umatilla Indian Reservation and in Wapato, WA Yakama Nation Reservation. He attended Wapato High School. He enjoyed movies, making his own music, singing roundancing song and singing traditional songs, played lacrosse, skateboarding, swimming, making Native American...
