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Barbara Sullivan
Jul 24, 2016
Barbara E. Sullivan, 70, of Selah, WA passed away Sunday morning, July 24, 2016, unexpectedly at home following back surgery 3 weeks prior. Barbara was born on June 23, 1946 to Charles & Pauline Hert. She was raised in Wapato until the age of 11 when the family moved to Yakima. She married the love of her life, Bill Sullivan,...
Cecil Wagar
Jul 21, 2016
Cecil (Cy) Wagar passed into the presence of his Lord and Savior on July 21, 2016. He was born June 16, 1928, in Worthington, Minnesota to Art and Hazel Wagar. He was one of seven children. The Wagars were a farm family and Cecil learned early the importance of hard work. He served in the Air Force for four years...
Elias Cortez
Jul 19, 2016
Viewing and visitation will be held 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm with the recital of the Holy Rosary at 6:00 pm Thursday July 21, 2016 at Valley Hills Funeral Home in Zillah. Mass of Christian Burial will be held 1:30 pm at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Granger followed by graveside services at the Zillah City Cemetery in...
Nicholas Hinchey
Jul 17, 2016
Nicholas (Nick) Lee Hinchey, age 30, was pronounced dead at the Toppenish Hospital on July 17, 2016. He was born ono May 1st, 1986 in Yakima to Greg and Laurie(Maas) Hinchey. He was raised and lived all his life in Zillah. He graduated in 2004 from Zillah High School. He was a loving and caring individual who was an outdoor...
Narciso Herrera
Jul 17, 2016
Viewing and visitation will be held 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Monday August 1, 2016 at Palabra De Vida Church in Sunnyside. Funeral Services will be held 10:00 AM Tuesday August 2, 2016 at the Palabra De Vida Church in Sunnyside (1108 Lincoln Ave) followed by graveside services at the Grandview City Cemetery in Grandview. Condolences can be sent to...
Richard Scherer
Jul 16, 2016
Richard C. Scherer, age 77 passed away Saturday, July 16th at Prestige Care and Rehabilitation in Sunnyside WA. Rich was born in Yakima on July 17th, 1938 to Charles and Dorothea (Hudson) Scherer. He was the oldest of three boys and a girl. He attended Yakima schools and graduated from Yakima High School in 1956, during which he played basketball...
Anthony John
Jul 12, 2016
Anthony S. John, born Feb. 28, 1972, went to our Creator July 12, 2016. His parents were Wilkins & JoAnne John, and Tony & Betty Gould. He was the father of Tanisha John, and an uncle, brother, and good partner to many. Anthony enjoyed fishing, cooking, drawing, taking cruises to the mountains, and being with friends and family, spreading love...
Nicholas Martinez
Jul 12, 2016
Nicolas W.B. Martinez, 28, a Yakama Nation tribal member was called home on July 12, 2016. His Indian name was “Telling Stories by the Water”. He grew up in White Swan, WA and lived with his grandparents Marvin Sr. and Delilah Martinez most of his life. He worked various jobs through his young life. He was an avid fisherman and...
Clyde Morris
Jul 11, 2016
Clyde A Morris, 80, passed peacefully Monday, July 11, 2016 at his home in Grandview. Clyde was born August 3, 1935 in Hayden Lake Idaho, number six of ten children born to Holly and Altha Morris. His early childhood was spent climbing trees, playing good-guy/bad-guy games and running barefoot in the woods with his brothers and sisters. These stories were...
Sofia Nicacio
Jul 11, 2016
Sofia Guizar Nicacio 77 of Grandview passed away July 11, 2016. She was born in La Jolla, Michoacan Mexico to Panfilo Guizar and Carmen Lopez. She was raised in Mexico where she married Cecileo Cardenas in 1957. They moved to Washington in 1972 doing field work and working in a restaurant. Sofia had five children: Alberto Cardenas, Graciela Cardenas, Miguel...
Mary Hanes
Jul 10, 2016
Mary “Jeanne” Hanes On the morning of Sunday July 11, 2016 Mary Hanes, age 89, passed away peacefully under the care of the loving staff of Sunnyside Community Hospital. “Jeanne” as she was known to her friends and family, was born in Detroit Michigan and spent her youth traveling the country with her beloved late husband Leland “Lee” Hanes and...
Victoria Bredin
Jul 9, 2016
Victoria Lynn Bredin (Tori Day) went home to heaven unexpectedly July 9th. She was born March 16, 1951, in Bremerton, WA to Neil and Carol Day. Growing up in Yakima, WA she relished her place in the family of 6 children- the oldest girl, or second mother. Her childhood was filled with time at her grandfather’s church in Bremerton and...
Joyce Reeves
Jul 9, 2016
Joyce Dale‐Reeves (née Trepanier) was born in 1930 to Louie and Clara Trepanier in Baker, Oregon. Her earliest years were spent primarily in Toppenish in the care of her maternal grandparents, Joseph and Mary LeRoue. As a youngster, you would often find Mom singing and dancing outside of the family hotel raising money to buy her treasured sweets at the...
Mary Reynolds
Jul 7, 2016
Mary Juanita Reynolds passed away on July 7, 2016 at Kadlec Hospital in Richland. She was born October 14, 1945 in Streator, Illinois to Hoyt and Violet Castleton. Mary married the love of her life, Jerry, in 1963 and moved to Grandview, Washington in 1971. They raised three children together. She loved collecting dolls and butterflies. She worked as a...
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