Lorraine Steele
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.
Bruce Simon
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.
Jerry Starzinski
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...
Thomas Fletcher
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.
Richard Ostrander
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...
Theodore Jones
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...
Delbert Whitish
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...
Elmer Wilson
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...
Paul Signorotti
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,...
Bessie Torres
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...
Silvestre Olmedo
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...
Caroline Eagleman
Dec 17, 2014
Services are pending for Eagleman Family Cemetery in Rocky Boy, Montana
Rosendo Garcia
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...
James Anderson
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...
Marilyn Fisher
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...
William Copner
Dec 16, 2014
William Leslie Copner, 93, passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2014 from liver cancer and dementia at Cottage in the Meadow. William was born April 22, 1921 in Spokane, Washington to Oscar and Opal Copner. He was living in South Cle Elum, WA at the time he met Margaret Heide whom he married in 1953. He had 2 daughters, Janice and...
Heather Lines
Dec 15, 2014
Heather Marie Lines, 23, of Yakima died Monday, December 15, 2014 at Cottage in the Meadow. Heather was born in Yakima December 23, 1990. Survivors include her mother, Gail Lines; and a brother, Eric Lines. A celebration of life will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 20, 2014 at Valley Hills Funeral Home of Yakima.
