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Janet Hanson

Janet Hanson

Jan 5, 2018

Janet Lorrainne (Watson) Hanson born December 25th, 1932 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho to Jennie and Joseph Watson. She and her family moved to the Yakima Valley where she met Carroll P. Hanson and married in 1949. She passed away on January 5th, 2018 in Yakima. She was proceeded in death by a daughter, Carolyn Hanson and her loving husband Carroll....

Maria Cisneros

Maria Cisneros

Jan 5, 2018

On January 5th, 2018, at the age of 73, Maria Marroquin Cisneros passed peacefully to heaven from the comfort of her own home as she was surrounded by family and loved ones. She was preceded in death by her parents, Guadalupe and Paula Marroquin, and her brothers, Lupe Jr., Beto, Jesus, and David Marroquin. She is survived by her beautiful...

Andrea Floresca

Andrea Floresca

Jan 4, 2018

On Thursday, January 4, 2018, Andrea Floresca passed away. She was 64 years old, and graduated from Wapato High School in 1970. She is preceded in death by her parents: Lupe and Margaret Espinoza of Wapato, WA, two brothers: Lino Espinoza of Seattle, WA and Lupe Espinoza Jr. of Renton, WA. She leaves behind her daughters: Marla Hernandez, Margaret Floresca,...

Jerome Jonas

Jerome Jonas

Jan 4, 2018

Jerome Emil Jonas Jr. 72 went to meet his parents and brothers at the gates of Heaven on January 4, 2018 Born October 8, 1945 in Richardton North Dakota to Jerome and Anna (Dewald) Jonas he was the youngest in the family After graduating high school he joined the navy in 1965 and became a Seabee for 4 years and...

Howard Sutton

Howard Sutton

Jan 3, 2018

Howard Eugene Sutton passed away on January 3, 2018 at A Better View AFH in Nine Mile Falls, WA (a resident for the last 2 years). He was born November 6, 1948 in Goldendale, WA to the late Leo Ernest Sutton and Mary Eloise (Grush) Sutton. He is also preceded in death by his sister Carolyn A. Perry Howard battled...

Dewey Brandon

Dewey Brandon

Jan 2, 2018

Dewey, age 75, of Granger, WA, passed away on January 2, 2018 surrounded by his wife and family members at Yakima Astria Hospital in Yakima, WA. He was born on April 3, 1942 in Mountain Home, Idaho and grew up in Yakima & Wapato. He attended Wapato High School and served in the U. S Army for 3 years. He...

Kim Kelley

Kim Kelley

Jan 2, 2018

Kim Kelley passed away January 2, 2018 at Virginia Mason Memorial hospital. Kim was born June 2, 1955 to Gene and JoAnn Kelley in Yakima. He grew up in Toppenish going to Toppenish High School. After marrying Linda Thompson in 1981 they moved to Granger where they raised a son, Christopher and a daughter, Tiffany. They brought great joy to...

Juan Infante-Martinez

Juan Infante-Martinez

Jan 1, 2018

Josue 1:9 Mira que te mando que te esfuerces y seas valiente; no temas ni desmayes, porque Jeová tu dios estará contigo en donde quiera que vayas. Joshua 1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Aaron Fauth

Aaron Fauth

Dec 31, 2017

Aaron Wilbert Fauth May 5, 1921 – December 31, 2017 Aaron W. Fauth passed away December 31, 2017, at the age of 96. He was a proud veteran, serving in the U.S. Army during WWII. He lived in the Yakima Valley since 1946 and was married to Gladys Tilley Moore for 61 years. Aaron is survived by two brothers, Reuben...

Ella Bolstad

Ella Bolstad

Dec 30, 2017

Ella May Bolstad, 97, of Panorama Retirement Community, Lacey, WA passed away peacefully in Lacey at the Panorama Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center on Saturday evening, December 30, 2017. She had celebrated her 97th birthday ten days before. Ella was born December 20, 1920 in Hoquiam, WA to Henry George and Minnie Pearl (Gower) Hoffman. In 1923 she moved with her...

Spurgeon Keeth

Spurgeon Keeth

Dec 28, 2017

Spurgeon D. Keeth, Sr., a long-time resident of Wapato, WA, passed away on December 28, 2017, in Hammond, OR, at the age of 92. Spurgeon was born in Iberia, MO, on February 6, 1925, to his parents, Henry and Beatrice (Andrews) Keeth. Having lost his mother when he was 6 years old, he lived with relatives until at age 9,...

Mardonio Fernandez-Lopez

Mardonio Fernandez-Lopez

Dec 27, 2017

Mardonio “Pas” Fernandez-Lopez Pas, as we all knew him, was called to be with the Lord on December 27, 2017. He was born January 24, 1968. Pas was born and raised in Tulancingo Hidalgo Mexico. He moved to Sunnyside in 1994. Pas had no known blood relatives, but he did have many people who accepted him in their family as...

Fred Vasquez

Fred Vasquez

Dec 27, 2017

Our beloved brother Fred R. Vasquez, 51 of Parker, WA passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 27th at Astria Sunnyside Hospital. He died of natural causes. Fred was born on Jan. 4, 1968 in Yakima, WA to Federico & Evelia Vasquez. Fred is a 1984 Graduate of Wapato High School where he ran track, cross country and was an excellent wrestler....

Dortha Bates

Dortha Bates

Dec 27, 2017

Dortha "Jean" Harney Bates, 87, was born in Cambridge, Idaho on November 7, 1930 and passed away in Moses Lake, WA on December 27, 2017. She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Josephine Harney, siblings Robert Harney and Richard Harney, husband Karl Bates, and sons Dan Bates and John Bates. Having spent many of her early years...

Delois Mathews

Delois Mathews

Dec 23, 2017

DeLois “Dee” Mathews went to her heavenly home on December 23, 2017, at age 77, from her home in Milwaukie, Oregon. She was born on August 28, 1940 in Marietta, Oklahoma to Claude and Gladys Adams, the fourth child in the family of three boys and five girls. Dee moved to the Yakima area with her family when she was...

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