Herlinda Huereca
Apr 5, 2017
Herlinda Huereca, 67, of Toppenish, went with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to be with our Heavenly Father who art in heaven on Wednesday, April 5th, 2017. Herlinda was born November 28th, 1949 to Manuel and Leonor Rios, the sixth of seven children. She was raised in Eagle Pass, Texas. Herlinda was married to Juan Huereca Sr. In 1979...
Gilbert Gonzalez
Apr 4, 2017
Gilbert Gonzalez Sr, 84, of Wapato, powered down the tractor and hung up the shovel on April 4, 2017, surrounded by his family who showered him with acres of love. Gilbert was born on May 21, 1932 in Garza-Gonzalez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Son of Julio and Adela Olivares Gonzalez. He started planting memories in Wapato when he met the love...
Pauline Solberg
Apr 4, 2017
Pauline P. Solberg 87 passed away and into the waiting arms of her Savior on April 4, 2017. She was born the third of three sisters, to Walter and Catherine (White) Armstrong on November 21, 1929. Pauline grew up on an apple farm in Naches Heights during the Great Depression years. She attended Yakima High School and graduated in 1948....
Paul Allison
Apr 2, 2017
America has lost another member of the Greatest Generation. Paul Allison passed away peacefully on April 2, 2017 at 90 years of age. Imagine a young boy doing chores on a small farm in Idaho during the depression. A farm his father had once cultivated with mules. Imagine a rickety biplane sputtering overhead. Imagine the boy dreaming of flight. The...
Patricia Crane
Apr 1, 2017
Patricia Lee Crane, 82, of Yakima passed away peacefully, April 1, 2017 at her home surrounded by loving family. Patricia Lee Rieman was born in Portland, Oregon, September 27th, 1934, the only child of Mike Rieman and Valta Nadine Lee Rieman. Patricia graduated from Cleveland High School in Portland, Oregon in 1952 and in 1956 earned a B.S. degree from...
Marie Ravine
Apr 1, 2017
Marie leona Ravine, age 92, passed away in Yakima on April 1, 2017. She was born in Pierre, SD on August 12, 1924 to Gottlieb and Christina Winckler, the fifth of eight children. The family settled in the Central Washington area during the Depression. She had a happy childhood during those simpler times. She was a lifelong member of Grace...
Felipe Reyes
Apr 1, 2017
Viewing and visitation will be held 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM Thursday April 6, 2017 with the recital of the Holy Rosary at 6:00 PM at Valley Hills Funeral Home in Sunnyside. Mass of Christian Burial will be held 12:00 noon Friday April 7, 2017 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Grandview followed by a reception at Blessed Sacrament's gymnasium....
Chester Woodall
Apr 1, 2017
Because he missed her sweet smile, Chester "Woody" Woodall Jr. left us on April 1, 2017, to join his wife, Donna. He was born in Zillah on February 7, 1926, to Chester Sr. and Hazel (Hill) Woodall. He attended Zillah schools graduating from Zillah High School in 1944. It was in school that he met Donna Parrish. They married on...
Donald Thompson
Mar 29, 2017
Donald Thompson age 73 of Yakima passed on March 29, 2017. He was born July 31, 1943 to the late James and Dorothy (Ulrich) Thompson. He is preceded in death by his parents, his twin brother Ronald Thompson and his two sisters Hazel Cavin and Lois Jollie. Donald grew up in Yakima. He attended Naches High School. He entered the...
David Asbell
Mar 29, 2017
David E. Asbell, age 88, of Yakima passed away peacefully on March 29, 2017 at Selah Convalescent Home. He was born April 20, 1928 in Peru, Kansas to Edward and Ruby (Witt) Asbell. David enjoyed working, fishing, and raising a big garden. He is survived by his wife of 46 years Alice. He has a daughter Joannie (Helm) and 3...
Ronald Jim
Mar 26, 2017
Tyats (Ronald Alex Jim Jr.) passed away at his home on March 26, 2017. He was born in Toppenish and graduated from Wapato High School. He is survived by his mother, Patricia Sampson; father, Ronald Jim Sr.; sisters, Mary Alice Shippentower(Jon Sconawah) and Serelia Jim; brother, Niles Jim( Denise Antelope); aunts, Nita Shippentower, Julie Sampson, Darlene Jim, Elissa Flamming, Jeannette...
Barbara Maybee
Mar 26, 2017
Barbie A. Maybee, 50 passed away on Sunday, March 26, 2017 at the Cottage in the Meadow with her loving family and friends by her side. Barbie fought stage 4 Breast Cancer for 10 years and she found incredibly hard. Barbie was such an inspiration to so many people and was the definition of what it is to “Live like...
Albert Thalheimer
Mar 24, 2017
Albert J. Thalheimer Al Thalheimer, age 83, died peacefully at home March 24th, 2017. He was born October 31, 1933, in Wapato, to parents Henry and Magdalena (Heilman) Thalheimer. A lifelong farmer in the Toppenish area, he was active in the development of the Mint Marketing Order. In December, 2016, he received the Lifelong Achievement Award from the Washington Mint...
