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Ervin Austin

Ervin Austin

Jan 13, 2018

Ervin Austin “Buck” went to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday January 13, 2018. He passed away peacefully surrounded by family. Buck was born in Delta, Colorado on November 13, 1934. As a young man Buck moved to Wapato, Washington. He met the love of his life Carol Demoss, they married June 4, 1955. They shared...

Valda Reynolds

Valda Reynolds

Jan 12, 2018

Valda Margaret Reynolds, 96, of Benton City, WA peacefully passed on to be with her Lord on January 12th 2018 in her home surrounded by her loving family. Valda was born in St. Lawrence, South Dakota to John and Hazel Stone. Her family moved to Benton City in 1936 during the "dust bowl". She married Louis E. Reynolds in 1942...

Salvador Pacheco

Salvador Pacheco

Jan 12, 2018

Our father, grandfather and brother Salvador Pacheco Passed away Friday January 12, 2018. He was born September 5th, 1959 in Mexicali, Mexico and migrated to Washington state in 1980. Shortly after Salvador moved to Southern California for work and in 1990 Pacheco made the permanent move to the Yakima valley. In 1994 he began as a farm worker for Hyatt...

Teresa Cordova

Teresa Cordova

Jan 12, 2018

Teresa Marie Cordova (Terri) Our beloved daughter, sister, niece, cousin and granddaughter went to be with our Lord on January 12, 2018. She finally beat cancer and is in God’s beautiful world where there is no cancer, sickness or pain. Terri was born on February 26, 1970 at St. Elizabeth Hospital to her parents Richard Cordova Sr. and Martha Garcia....

Angela Tabares

Angela Tabares

Jan 12, 2018

A Memorial service will be held at Terrace Heights Civic Center (4011 Commonwealth Rd., Yakima) on Saturday February 3, 2018 at 2:00 p.m.

Vernal Allen

Vernal Allen

Jan 10, 2018

Vernal Estella Allen was born in Douglas, Wyoming on December 6, 1929. Her family moved to Washington State when she was in high school. She met Louis Allen, the love of her life and another transplant to Washington from Nebraska and they married in 1946. Louis and Vernal farmed in Sunnyside and their three children Leon, Janice and Roger were...

Jesus Reyes

Jesus Reyes

Jan 9, 2018

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Donald Abbott

Donald Abbott

Jan 8, 2018

Donald W. Abbott, age 70, passed away on January 8, 2018 after a long battle with cancer. Don grew up in Lakeview Oregon. He loved eastern Oregon his whole life, spending many days there exploring, fishing, hunting and camping. He knew the location of great desert camping spots, including the remotest hot springs where at night they are just a...

Robert Gunnoe

Robert Gunnoe

Jan 8, 2018

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For i am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is...

Marie Molina

Marie Molina

Jan 8, 2018

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some people move our souls to dance. They awaken us to understanding with their passing whisper of their wisdom. Some people make the sky more beautiful just to gaze upon. They stay in our lives for awhile, leaving footprints on our hearts. And we are never the same. Marie Ann Rocha-Molina...

Janet Anderson

Janet Anderson

Jan 6, 2018

Janet M. Anderson was born January 17, 1936 in Mount Vernon, WA to Earl and Emma Hanson and went home to be with her savior January 6, 2018 in Yakima. Janet graduated from Mount Vernon High School in 1954 and Washington State College in 1958 with a degree in home economics education. She married Vernon Anderson June 21, 1958. They...

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,...

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