Obituaries

Dec 27, 2014

Raola (Rollie) Faye Sissom died peacefully in her home Saturday afternoon. She was born 68 years ago in Craig, CO. She was preceded in death by her parents (Ray and Zada White) and her four sisters. Rollie left behind three nieces, two nephews, three great nieces and one great nephew. Rollie enjoyed pool and darts. She loved to garden. She...

Dec 26, 2014

Viewing and visitation will be held 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm with the recital of the Holy Rosary at 6:00 pm Monday January 5, 2015 at Valley Hills Funeral Home in Sunnyside. Funeral Services will be held 11:00 am Tuesday January 6, 2015 at Valley Hills Funeral Home in Sunnyside. Burial will follow at the Grandview Cemetery in Grandview Washington...

Dec 25, 2014

Teresa Knutson, 43, died Thursday in Yakima. Ms. Knutson was born in Pocatello, Idaho, and lived in Brownstown. She is survived by her mother, Mary Manthe; father, Lester Knutson; two sons, Justin Wilder and David Manthe; a daughter, Amanda Butler; and two brothers, Robert Knutson and Jonathan Spider. Private family services will be held. Valley Hills Funeral Home is handling...

Dec 22, 2014

Lorraine Steele, 86, of Yakima died Monday. Mrs. Steele was born in Ritzville. Survivors include a daughter, Bobbie Faye; and a brother, Lewis Zundel. Family services are pending. Arrangements are by Valley Hills Funeral Home of Yakima.

Dec 21, 2014

Bruce Simon, 54, of Yakima died Sunday. Mr. Simon was born in Long Beach, Calif. Survivors include his wife, Mari Simon; his parents, John and Katherine Simon; and a brother, Eric Simon. Per Mr. Simon’s request, there will be no services. Arrangements are by Valley Hills Funeral Home of Yakima.

Dec 20, 2014

Jerry P Starzinski, died on December 20, 2014. He was born on March 15, 1945. He was born to Stella (Montgomery) and Frank Starzinski on a farm in Wisconsin. He had three older siblings who loved to use him as their guinea pig. He moved to Goodland, Kansas as a young boy with his mother after his parents divorced. That...

Dec 20, 2014

Thomas A. Fletcher, 66, of Dayton died Saturday in Yakima. Mr. Fletcher was born in Dayton. Survivors include two brothers, Ron Fletcher and Adrian Fletcher. Private services are pending. Arrangements are by Valley Hills Funeral Home of Yakima.

Dec 19, 2014

Richard “Dick” Ostrander, the architect of the Yakima Valley library system, died Friday in Yakima at the age of 82. Ostrander arrived in the Yakima Valley in 1973 to accept the position of director of the Yakima Regional Library, said his wife, Connie, moving from Lincoln, Neb., where he was an assistant library director. Over the years, Ostrander became a...

Dec 18, 2014

Theodore Jones, 81, of Yakima died Thursday in Yakima. Mr. Jones was born in Owosso, Mich. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Jones; a son, Wayne Jones; two daughters, Susan Clark and Jennifer Madrigal; and two sisters, Betty Dysinger and Mildred Miller. Funeral services are pending and will likely be in the spring. Arrangements are by Valley Hills Funeral Home of...

Dec 18, 2014

No services are scheduled at this time.

Dec 18, 2014

Delbert was born on the family farm in Plentywood, Montana to Harry & Hermie Whitish on Nov. 24th 1927. He attended a country school, riding horseback to school or a sleigh in winter. The family moved to Yakima, Washington in 1937. Del enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1944 on his 17th birthday. He served in the Pacific for two...

Dec 18, 2014

Elmer Wilson, 89, of Selah died Thursday in Yakima. Mr. Wilson was born in Stillwater, Okla. Survivors include his wife, Violet; four children, Kathryn Wilson, Gregory Wilson, Nikki Wilson Peters and Jason Wilson; and seven siblings, Ruby Bowers, Lloyd Wilson, Harvey Wilson, Ethyl Rowland, Loren Wilson, Marvin Wilson and Ruth McKenzie. Visitation will begin at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 27, with...

Dec 18, 2014

It is with great mourning that we announce the passing of Paul in Yakima on December 16, 2014. He was preceded in death by his father George, brother Mark and sister Marian. Paul is survived by his mother Virginia and numerous siblings, nieces and nephews. He grew up on the family hop farm in Sloughhouse, California. Paul was a gentle,...

Dec 17, 2014

Bessie Torres, 72, of Yakima died Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Mrs. Torres was born in Madera, Calif. Survivors include three sons, Stan Marquez, John Marquez and Pablo Soto; two daughters, Grace Hayes and Lorena Soto; brother, Manual Contreras; and three sisters, Patti Castro, Betty Frias and Bertha Diaz. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, with recitation of...

Dec 17, 2014

Silvestre Odon Olmedo Jr. 23 of Grandview passed away on December 17, 2014 in Seattle Washington with his family by his side. He was born July 29, 1991 to Erlinda Salinas and Silvestre Olmedo in Sunnyside Washington. Silvestre attended Grandview High School where he graduated and went on to attend college. He worked for Wallmart as a cashier and in...

Dec 17, 2014

Services are pending for Eagleman Family Cemetery in Rocky Boy, Montana

Dec 17, 2014

Viewing and visitation will be held 4:00 to 8:00 pm Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at Valley Hills Funeral Home in Sunnyside. Services will be held 10:00 am Wednesday December 24, 2014 at Valley Hills Funeral Home in Sunnyside followed by graveside services at Lower Valley Memorial Gardens in Sunnyside. Valley Hills Funeral Home in Sunnyside is in care of all...

Dec 17, 2014

James Francis Anderson, 72, of Yakima died Wednesday. Mr. Anderson was born in Detroit. Survivors include three sons, Patrick, Jason and James Anderson; and three sisters, Gwen Lamb, Ellie Martin and Sandra Calleja. Funeral services, with military honors, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Valley Hills Funeral Home of Yakima. Private burial will be in Tahoma Cemetery at a...

Dec 16, 2014

Dec 16, 2014

Marilyn Rae Fisher 81 of Mabton Washington passed away on December 16, 2014 with her family by her side. Marilyn was born January 16, 1933 in Sunnyside Washington to Fayette and Goldie (Hohenshelt) Lacey. As a young woman she attended Jefferson High School and Emmanuel School of Nursing in Portland Oregon and went on to work for Toppenish Central Memorial...