Obituaries

Dec 12, 2013

O’dell Bowers was born on Sept 28th, 1927 to William and Josephine (Wilkes) Bowers in Springdale, AR. He passed away and into the Lord’s arms on Dec 12, 2013 with his son Danny and his Shepherd’s Gate family by his side. O’dell served in the army and was honorably discharged in 1947. Afterwards he came back to Selah where he...

Dec 12, 2013

Barbara Marie Elliott, 68, of Yakima died Dec. 12 at Yakima Regional Medical and Cardiac Center. Mrs. Elliott was born in South Dakota. She lived in the area since 1949. She worked as a caregiver and at Aging and Long Term Care for more than 20 years. Survivors include three sons, Tommy Floyd and Timothy Floyd, both of Yakima, and...

Dec 9, 2013

Randal Dale Jackson went to be with his Lord on December 9, 2013, at the age of the 60. He was born in Pendleton, Oregon on September 3, 1953. He is survived by his loving family: mother, Joann Van Wechel Jackson; step-mother, Jeanne Jackson; sister, Diane Jackson & her husband, Jim; brother, Larry Jackson & his wife, Irene; brother, Greg...

Dec 8, 2013

On December 8th, 2013, Michael Dee Guffey passed away at home with his family and went to be with the Lord after a long fight with heart disease. Mike was born on July 15th, 1947 to John and Mary Guffey. He grew up in Grandview and was the youngest of seven children. Mike enjoyed taking trips to the ocean and...

Dec 8, 2013

Ronald Craig Blanchard “Pappy” passed away on December 8, 2013 at Cottage in the Meadow in Yakima of complications with diabetes and kidney failure. He was born March 5, 1959 to Robert L. Blanchard and Mary Ellen (Otterson) Blanchard in Renton, WA. He grew up on the west side of the mountains. His fondest memories were of Shady Lake and...

Dec 8, 2013

Patricia Ann Katona, 98, of Selah died at Health Tech Inc. Assisted Living in Selah. Mrs. Katona was born in New York City. She lived in the Yakima Valley since 1996. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her son, Steve Katona of Selah; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Memorial service will be held later. Arrangements are by Valley Hills Funeral...

Dec 7, 2013

George Weston Oliver, 95, joined his wife Linda in heaven on December 7, 2013 at Memorial Hospital in Yakima. He was born July 5, 1918 at Clovercrest, the family farm near Amboy, Minnesota. He was the second of six children born to Earl DeWitt Oliver and Julia Ethel (Weston) Oliver. George spent his childhood on the farm and attended the...

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...