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Carl Hemby
Nov 21, 2015
Carl Wenfort Hemby was born April 20, 1931 in Washington, North Carolina to John and Mamie Roberson Hemby. He passed from his earthly life on Saturday, November 21, 2015 in Yakima, Washington. He attended grade schools in Brooklyn, New York and after high school graduation he enlisted in the military by signing on with the United States Air Force from...
Leitha Moreside
Nov 20, 2015
Leitha Jean Moreside Yakima - Leitha Jean Moreside passed away on Friday, November 20, 2015, at Yakima Regional Medical Center. Leitha was born on October 16, 1922, to John Archibald and Sarah Isabel (Coles) MacLeod, in Ebenezer, Prince Edward Island, Canada. A widow with two daughters, Leitha lived on the Island until 1961, when she met David E. Moreside, a...

Felisa Magana
Nov 20, 2015
Viewing and visitation for the family will be held 4:00 to 8:00 pm Monday November 30, and Tuesday December 1, 2015 with the recital of the Holy Rosary at 6:00 pm each day at Valley Hills Funeral Home in Sunnyside WA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:00 am Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Grandview Wednesday December 2, 2015...
Ruby Hlousek
Nov 20, 2015
R. Irene Finney Hlousek was born Feb. 10, 1931 to John and Emma Finney in Sturgis, SD, the youngest of 3 children. Irene, (Ruby Irene), was named by her oldest brother. She grew up on a rural Meade County ranch living a real pioneer lifestyle. Her strength of character, tenacity and determination was learned there and impacted the rest of...
Bruce Graham
Nov 19, 2015
Bruce McDonald Graham (Pa Pa Great) Bruce McDonald Graham passed away Nov. 19, 2015. He was born on Jan. 16, 1917 in Buhl, ID to Van and Ethel Graham. He was one of 14 children who settled in the Satus and Outlook areas of the Lower Yakima Valley in 1918. He graduated from Granger High School in 1936. In 1038...
Donald Newquist
Nov 16, 2015
Donald “Don” Miles Newquist, 90, passed from this life the evening of Monday, November 16, 2015, in Yakima, Washington. He was born on Saturday, February 7, 1925 in Puyallup, Washington, the third child of John and Ethel (Brewer) Newquist. He lived most of his life on the family farm on the Satus, 10 miles south of Toppenish off Highway 22,...
Lenore Hill
Nov 14, 2015
Lenora May Hill, 88, of Grandview went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, November 14, 2015, with family and friends by her side. Lenora was born on February 5, 1927 in Monmouth Kansas to Elba and Mamie Williams. The family moved to Kennewick Washington where Lenora attended school and graduated from Kennewick High School in...
Evelyn Sheeley
Nov 14, 2015
Evelyn B. Sheeley Evelyn B. Sheeley, age 82 died November 14, 2015 at Cottage in the Meadow. She was born April 2, 1933 in Columbus, Kansas to Jess and Geraldine Evans. Jess moved the family to Washington at the end of World War II to a hop ranch near Cowiche. She was a graduate of Highland High School where she...
John Rodriguez
Nov 14, 2015
Beloved husband, father, brother, son, grandfather, uncle, and friend, John Rodriguez, 66 of Avendale Arizona passed from this life November 14, 2015. He was born October 13, 1949 the fourth child of Soledad and Margarito Rodriguez in Toppenish Washington. John attended and graduated High School at Granger High School. He went on to attend the University of Washington to further...
Verna Hinkley
Nov 13, 2015
Verna Jean (VJ) Hinkley passed on Nov 13, 2015. She was born November 23, 1924 in Yakima, to Carroll Harrison Clark and Melva Laird Clark. She graduated from Yakima High School in 1942 1/2. She attended Washington State University and University of Washington before marrying Walter Hinkley March 23, 1946 in Yakima. They spent 58 years together before his passing...
Carl Spiegelberg
Nov 10, 2015
Carl Spiegelberg died November 10, 2015 in Yakima, Washington. Carl was born May 4, 1929 in Longview, Washington to Harvey J. Spiegelberg and Jessie L. (Carl) Spiegelberg. Carl was raised in Bremerton, Washington and graduated from Bremerton High School. At age 16, he moved to Seattle, Washington to attend the University of Washington. He graduated with a degree in aeronautical...
Sharon Wesley
Nov 10, 2015
Tahyepum, Sharon Marie Wesley of Wapato, WA followed the great law of the land and went home to be with our Lord Jesus Christ, Creator, Tamanwithla, November 10, 2015. She was born October 12, 1955 in Yakima, WA to the late Robert H. Wesley and the late Esther L. Skahan-George. She reached the beautiful golden age of 60. Sharon was...
Therese Taylor
Nov 8, 2015
Thérèse Joy Taylor, 84, died Sunday, November 8, in Yakima, WA, following a sudden illness. Mrs. Taylor was born on December 21, 1930, in Oxford, England, to Phyllis (Beskeen) and Sidney Richard Boreham. She was raised in Oxford and after finishing her education, joined the British Royal Navy. After completion of her service, she emigrated to the United States, eventually...
Margaret Brons
Nov 8, 2015
In the early morning of Nov. 8, 2015, at Yakima Regional (St. Elizabeth) Hospital in Yakima, Margaret Evelyn Brons’ story ended where it began 93 years ago on Sept. 24, 1922. Her parents were Gabriel Loranz and Rose Keller of Yakima. She was their second of seven children.Margaret resided in Outlook with her husband of 65 years, Floyd Leroy Brons,...
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