Obituaries

Dec 7, 2013

Dec 5, 2013

Diane L. Sjogren, 66, passed from this life into the arms of a loving Savior at 2:30 p.m. on December 5, 2013 at her home in Yakima. Born on December 14, 1946 to Herbert L. Stormont and Allie "Jo" Gaultney Stormont in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Diane lived most of her young life in Toluca Lake, California. Diane's older brother, Doug,...

Dec 5, 2013

Valente Gonzalez died on December 5th, 2013 at the Yakima Regional Hospital. He was born in Jalisco, Mexico. He had lived in Yakima Valleyfor the past 21 years and worked in construction.

Dec 4, 2013

Olga Maria Cortez , 59, of Sunnyside went to be with the Lord, Wednesday December 4, 2013 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle surrounded by her family. Olga was a longtime resident of Sunnyside and will be greatly missed by many. Olga was born on January 27, 1954 at Prosser Memorial Hospital to Jose Roberto and Francisca Alaniz. She was...

Dec 4, 2013

Jackie Fred Williams, 77, of Yakima died Wednesday at home. Mr. Williams was born in Canton, Ill., and served in the Air Force as an airplane mechanic. He lived most of his life in the Yakima Valley, where he worked in construction and owned his own drywall construction business, J & L Drywall. Survivors include two sons, Chuck Dorrell of...

Dec 1, 2013

Emma Goulet, 99, of Yakima passed away at home on December 1, 2013 surrounded by her loving family. She was born on August 29, 1914 to David and Kathryn (Slagel) Bauer in Friday Harbor, WA. She married Albert Goulet on June 20th, 1934. They farmed for many years in grapes and dairy cattle. She loved to play cards and shuffle-...

Nov 30, 2013

Eva Mae Boshears, 97, passed away at Crescent Healthcare Center on November 30, 2013. She was born on January 11, 1916 in Princeton, KY to T.B. & Ellen Woolsey. She married Byron Boshears on June 2, 1934. They moved to the Yakima Valley in 1936 and were married until Byron’s passing on June 10, 1979. They had four children together....

Nov 25, 2013

Emily Alice Damron, 85, of Yakima died Monday. Mrs. Damron was born in Chickasha, Okla., and lived in the Yakima Valley since 1971. She was a homemaker. Survivors include two sons, Wayne Damron of Auburn and Roy Halbert of El Reno, Okla.; four daughters, LaDonna Damron of Yakima, Carol Damron of Toppenish, Linda Worth of Queen Creek, Ariz., and Alice...

Nov 24, 2013

William R. Touchette, 91, passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 24, 2013, at Sheffield Manor in Prosser. Bill was born on August 1, 1922 in Raymond, WA to Louis and Marie Touchette. After graduating from O’Dea High School in 1940, Bill married the love of his life Sylvia Jean Heyting in 1948 and settled in Grandview, WA. They shared a...

Nov 20, 2013

Maria Salas Quezada, 68, of Yakima died Wednesday at Cottage in the Meadow. Mrs. Quezada was born in Chihuahua, Mexico. She was a homemaker. Survivors include two sons, Abel Quezada of Yakima and Armando Quezada of Mexico; two daughters, Sofia Hernandez and Claudia Quezada, both of Yakima; a brother, Ines Salas of Mexico; two sisters, Marta Salas and Teresa Salas,...

Nov 20, 2013

Nov 18, 2013

Voitto (Korky) Korkalo (88) passed away peacefully on Nov 18, 2013 at the Emerald Care Center. He was born to Evert and Elsie Korkalo on Dec 21st, 1924 in New York Mills, Minnesota. He moved with his family to Tieton as a young child and was a part of the last graduating class of Tieton High School in 1944. He...

Nov 16, 2013

Richard Gordon Nicks passed away at Cottage in the Meadow on Nov 16, 2013 surrounded by his family. He had been battling lung cancer at home until a week ago. He was born in Ephrata, WA on Feb 16, 1931 to Gordon and Thelma Nicks. He graduated Ephrata High School in 1950 and shortly after, married his first wife Doris...

Nov 16, 2013

Stanley Neal Chandler, 90, of Yakima died Saturday at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital. Mr. Chandler was born in Lebanon, Mo., and lived in Yakima for more than 60 years. He was a heavy equipment operator with Union Local 302. Survivors include a son, Roy Dampier of Yakima; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. There will be no services at this time....

Nov 15, 2013

Jean (Tomowske) Corliss 78, of Grandview died suddenly at home on Friday November 15, 2013. She was born July 5, 1935 to Albert and Neva (Thompson) Tomowske in Yakima and was raised in the Yakima and Cowiche area. She graduated from Cowiche High School and attended Lewis and Clark College where she earned her Bachelor Degree in accounting. On July...

Nov 14, 2013

Harry Ray Cummings of Yakima passed away on Nov. 14, 2013 at the Cottage in the Meadow hospice facility at the age of 84 years. He was born on June 27, 1929 in Yakima to Harry G. and Esther Cummings of Wapato and attended schools there until his graduation in 1947. He participated in football, basketball and won the state...

Nov 13, 2013

Nora Hernandez, 52, of Sunnyside passed away peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 in Yakima. Nora was born Nov. 24, 1960 in Prosser and was raised in Sunnyside. She was the daughter of Aaron and Rosita Hernandez. She had been a resident of Sunnyside her entire life. In June 1979 Nora began working at The Sunnyside Sun...

Nov 12, 2013

Surrounded by his family Thomas M. Grady, 80, of Sunnyside WA passed away peacefully on November 12, 2013. He was born to the late Bill and Alice Grady in Ruthven, IA on January 15, 1933. After high school graduation and shortly before his 18th birthday his father signed for him so he could enlist into the Air Force. After proudly...

Nov 12, 2013

In Loving Memory of Frances (Francie) Ann Schroeder. On the eleventh day of the eleventh month at the eleventh hour of the evening, Francie Schroeder started the next chapter of her journey joining our Lord in Heaven. As many of you know, her last few years were a struggle against breast cancer, a battle hard fought. She was born on...

Nov 12, 2013

Viola Agnes Kroeplin Sorlie, age 92, went peacefully into the arms of her Savior at Good Samaritan Health Care Center, Yakima, Washington, on November 12, 2013. Viola was born to Henry Nicholas Kroeplin and Caroline Elizabeth Hahn on September 9, 1921 at Loon Lake in the Turtle Mountains near Bottineau, ND. She was the eighth child of 12 and spoke...