Debra Carlson
Nov 10, 2013
Our loving mother Debbie (Bainter) Carlson passed away on November 10, 2013 after complications due to pneumonia. Debbie was born in Yakima, WA on July 29, 1955 to Ted & Marge Bainter and spent her younger years in Zillah, WA. While attending high school she worked at the family’s restaurant, the Squeeze Inn. She also participated in clubs and school...
Margaret Phillips
Nov 8, 2013
Margaret Phillips, 92, passed away on Friday, November 8, 2013, at the Ponderosa Assisted Living in Yakima. Margaret was born in Moxee to Joseph and Rebecca Faucher. She attended Holy Rosary Catholic School, then Holy Names Academy in Seattle, graduating from Wapato High School in 1939. She received her Registered Nurse’s License in 1944 from St. Elizabeth’s School of Nursing....
R.E. Cornelius
Nov 8, 2013
In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth and a tough guy by the name of R.E. Cornelius Sr. R.E. was born on August 11, 1931 in Hampton, Arkansas. As a young teen, he had already begun demonstrating his independent spirit. Along with his older brother’s, he left his humble homestead which by then was in Hardin, Montana...
Joseph Rohrich
Nov 5, 2013
Joseph F. Rohrich was born November 8th, 1927 in Yakima, Wa. to Joseph B. and Rose (Weichel) Rohrich. He passed away on November 5, 2013 just a few days short of his 86th birthday. He attended St. Paul Cathedral School, Marquette High School and Gonzaga University. Joe served in the U.S. Navy as a Fireman First Class on board the...
Daniel Hooper
Nov 3, 2013
Daniel Larry “Catfish” Hooper died on November 3rd in Richland, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born to Robert Hooper and Elizabeth Sullivan Hooper on February 22nd, 1945 in Portland Oregon. Daniel moved to Richland, Washington with his parents as a child. He attended school in Richland, and graduated from Columbia (Richland) High School in 1964. In August...
Maria Maciel
Nov 2, 2013
Maria Socorro Maciel, 49, of Yakima died Saturday at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Maciel was born in Chavinda, Michoacan, Mexico. She lived in the Yakima area since 2000. She was a licensed child care provider since 2001. Survivors include her husband, Jose Maciel; a son, Jose Angel Maciel; a daughter, Carina Maciel, all of Yakima; her father, Benjamin Bejarano...
Louisa Botkin
Oct 31, 2013
Louisa E. Botkin, 91, of Yakima died Thursday at Good Samaritan. Mrs. Botkin was born in Pocatello, Idaho, and lived in the Yakima Valley for many years. She was a nutritionist/cook and worked for Hills Cafe, Workman’s Cafe, Al’s Cafe and later at Crescent Nursing Home. Survivors include four daughters, Nona Gunnoe of Wapato, Shirley Baugher of Prosser, Joan Jerome...
Marcella Venable
Oct 31, 2013
Marcella Venable passed away on October 31st 2013 Toppenish, Washington. Marcella was born to Ed and Myrtle Ekard on February 19th 1931 in Lincoln Nebraska. Early in her life they moved to Toppenish Washington where she enjoyed her youth, and graduated from Toppenish High with the class of 1949. She was beautiful as The Toppenish Rodeo Princess one year! She...
Patricia Eiternick
Oct 29, 2013
Patricia Ann Eiternick, 74, of Naches died Tuesday at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Eiternick was born in Chicago. She was a restaurant owner. Survivors include a son, Kevin Eiternick of Seattle; a daughter, Kristine Eiternick of Naches; and a grandchild. There will be no services. Arrangements are by Valley Hills Funeral Home and Crematory of Yakima.
Mary Smith
Oct 29, 2013
Mary “Eleanor” Smith “Miss Elli” of Selah passed away peacefully Tue Oct 29th at Cottage in the Meadow. She was born to Fred and Mary Wilson in Isabel, SD. The Family moved to Coeur d’ Alene when she was a young girl. She graduated valedictorian and went on to college to become a teacher where she taught the first grade....
Dorothea Hall
Oct 28, 2013
Dorothea Elizabeth Hall, 81, of Wapato died Monday at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Hall was born in Dairyland, Wis., and moved to the Yakima area when she was 15. She later moved away and returned to Wapato in 1999. She worked as an accountant and bookkeeper for Seafirst Bank, Peoples Bank and Leber Inks for many years. Survivors include...
Jose Flores
Oct 27, 2013
Jose Luis Flores passed away on October 27, 2013. Viewing and visitation will be held 4:00 to 8:00 pm Thursday, October 31, 2013 at Valley Hills Funeral Home in Sunnyside. Services will be held at 10:00 am Friday, November 1, 2013 at Valley Hills Funeral Home in Sunnyside, followed by graveside services at Lower Valley Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Sunnyside.
Robert Groenig
Oct 23, 2013
Robert was born in Yakima, WA. He has lived here his entire life. He owned his own company...Groenig Custom Shop and Blueline Manufacturing where he manufactured orchard equipment.
Kimberly O'Neal
Oct 23, 2013
Kimberly Diane O'Neal Kimberly Diane O'Neal went home to be with the Lord on October 23rd 2013. She passed away peacefully at Cottage in the Meadow with family near after losing a year and half battle with cancer. Kim was born September 15th 1963 to James and Neta Greathouse in Marysville Ca. Kim’s family moved to Yakima when she was...
Ruby Worrell
Oct 23, 2013
Run Date: Sunday 10/27 Ruby P. Worrell, 84, of Union Gap passed away on October 23, 2013 at Garden Village. She was born on September 1, 1929 in Wolf Point, MT, to Thomas and Ruby (Keller) Fenton. Ruby lived in the Yakima area for most of her life. She met Dennis Worrell and they married on November 8, 1947. She...
Florence Hepworth
Oct 23, 2013
Florence Hepworth, 92, of Toppenish died Wednesday. Mrs. Hepworth was born in Farmington, Utah. Survivors include a son, Jerald Hepworth of Yuma, Ariz.; and three daughters, Linda Sauer of Toppenish, Kathleen Rogers of Wendell, Idaho, and Peggy Ann Muir of Ruby, Mich. No formal services are planned at this time. Arrangements are by Valley Hills Funeral Home of Zillah.
Ezekiel Bowman
Oct 21, 2013
Ezekiel Guo Biao Bowman was found on a street corner of Zhuhai, China on March 17, 2002 at the age of 4 years. He spent the next ten years of his life being cared for by the orphanage workers, asking often if there was a family for him…somewhere. In 2010, an American family serving nearby, began taking Zeke to their...
Ethel Sams
Oct 20, 2013
Ethel Lucille (Spencer) Sams Obituary Run Date: Wednesday 10/23 Ethel Lucille (Spencer) Sams, 95, of Selah, passed away on Sunday, October 20, 2013. She was born January 8, 1918, in Berwyn, Nebraska. She was the oldest of 11 siblings. She attended a one-room school in Rose Valley, Nebraska. She married her childhood sweetheart Lee and they were married August 24,...
