Daniel Pugsley
May 7, 2013
Daniel Byrd Pugsley, 93, of Naches passed away on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at home. He was born in Tacoma, WA on March 2, 1920 to Carl and Grace (Zander) Pugsley. Daniel was a resident of the Yakima Valley since 1954. He was a small business owner in television repair until his retirement. Survivors include his son, Dan Pugsley of...
Abel Velasquez
May 6, 2013
Abel Velasquez Jr. 19 of Wapato went to join his grandmother in heaven on May 6, 2013. He was born in Toppenish to Rosa Alcantar. Abel was raised in Sunnyside then later moved to Wapato in 2006, where he attended Wapato Pace High School. He was engaged to Amy Ibarra and employed at the Wolf Den in Wapato. When he...
Eric Taylor-Boisselle
May 6, 2013
Eric Allen Taylor-Boisselle, 45, of Terrace Heights died Monday. He was born and raised in Yakima. He worked as a photographer and a photography studio manager. Survivors include his mother, Shirley Boisselle of Terrace Heights; three brothers, George Boisselle of Toppenish, and Bob Boisselle and Tracy Bossard-Boisselle, both of Yakima; and three sisters, Dottie Austain, Deanna Worthington and Linda Sue...
Jackie Friss
May 5, 2013
Jackie, our beautiful, loving daughter, passed away peacefully into the arms of her loving Savior on Sunday, May 5 after a long illness at Yakima Regional Hospital. She was born to Richard G. and Thea (Kolma) Friss in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, Germany on February 28, 1967. Jackie attended East Valley High School and received her GED from YVCC. She also attended...
Leland Shaul
May 4, 2013
Leland Lodell Shaul, age 92, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, May 4, 2013. Born December 13, 1920 to Daniel Lodell and Edna May (Smith) Shaul, Leland was a lifelong resident of Buena, WA. He was a 1939 graduate of Toppenish High School. He married Bertha (Reimer) in 1942. Bertha passed away in 1959. Leland married Christina Rose (McClure)...
Benton Brovont
May 4, 2013
Benton Millard Brovont, age 7, went to be with the Lord Jesus on May 4, 2013, after battling cancer for two and a half years. He was born to Merle and Rachel (Long) Brovont on November 8, 2005, at Ellensburg, WA. In 2007 Benton moved with his family to Zillah, WA, where he spent the next three years making new...
Patricia Mckelroy
May 4, 2013
Patricia Lee McKelroy, 86, of Yakima died Saturday. Mrs. McKelroy was born in Yakima and lived in the area most of her life. She was a bookkeeper and prepared tax returns until last year. Survivors include a daughter, Katherine Mood of Benton Harbor, Mich.; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. No services are planned. Arrangements are by Valley Hills Funeral Home...
Jess Mcdonald
May 1, 2013
Jess E. McDonald, 76, of Zillah died Wednesday, May 1 2013, at Cottage in the Meadow. Mr. McDonald was born in Jonesboro, Ark. May 25, 1936 to Jess and Teresa McDonald, and served in the Army from 1956-1958 as a Specialist Third Class. He worked in construction from 1960 until 1991, when he became a crane operator in the Lower...
Florence Morin
Apr 30, 2013
Florence W. Morin, 91, of Yakima died Tuesday at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital. Ms. Morin was born in Yakima and served in the Navy. She owned her own craft and floral boutique. No services are planned at this time. Arrangements are by Valley Hills Funeral Home and Crematory, Yakima.
Jose De Jesus Alcazar Ochoa
Apr 29, 2013
Jose Alcazar-Ochoa, 25, of Cowiche died Monday, April 29, 2013 in Yakima. Mr. Alcazar-Ochoa was born in Tepames, Mexico, and lived in the Yakima Valley for the past three years. He worked as a field laborer and in the CPC warehouse. Survivors include his wife, Wendy Carolina Sanchez; his mother, Angelina Ochoa Perez; his father, Jesus Alcazar Andrade; three brothers,...
Mary Stoops
Apr 28, 2013
Mary Lou was born May 28, 1931, to Art Patterson and Hazel Murphy Patterson in Parker, Washington. Mary Lou peacefully passed away on April 28, 2013, surrounded by her loved ones. Mary Lou married the love of her life, Fredrick Stoops, on Christmas Eve sixty-four years ago in 1948. They met while ice skating on a duck pond at Satus....
Howard York
Apr 28, 2013
Howard York, 60, of Vashon Island died Sunday, April 28, 2013. Mr. York was born in Toppenish. He worked as a handyman. Survivors include a brother, Floyd York of Toppenish; and three sisters, Ethyl Morgan of Vashon Island, Pauline York of Buena and Betty Call of Gleed. Private burial will be in the Zillah Cemetery. Arrangements are by Valley Hills...
Mark Robert
Apr 26, 2013
Mark E. Robert, 68, of Naches, passed away on April 26, 2013 at Yakima Regional Hospital. He was born on July 26, 1944 to Adolf and Lucile (Shelby) Robert in Grandview, WA. Mark attended Naches High School. He married Shirley Wayman on August 15, 1964. Mark was a man who thoroughly enjoyed all the friends he made over his lifetime....
Wasene Hoskins
Apr 25, 2013
Wasene Hoskins, 89, of Sunnyside passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2013 in Sunnyside. Wasene was born March 2, 1924 in Thornfield, Missouri, to Jess and Jesse (Abshire) Dukworth. She worked at Stokley Van Camp’s for a number of years. She also worked for many years at Libbey’s in Grandview and retired in 1986 from Libbey’s. She enjoyed quilting and...
Catherine Olszewski
Apr 25, 2013
Catherine (Schreiber) Olszewski 73, of Yakima, Wa. went to meet her Lord and Savior April 25th, rejoining her mother Elizabeth, father Valentine, brother Fritz, and sisters Theresa, Joanie and Agnes who preceded her in death. She is survived by husband Richard, daughter Cheryl, sons Ken, Kevin, and Mark, daughter-in laws Kim, Shannon and Jackie, grand daughters Kennedy and Ava, sisters...
Randy Mccoy
Apr 23, 2013
Joe was born Feb. 27, 1960 and left us to enter heaven’s gate into the arms of his brother Lee and uncle “Doc” on April 23, 2013. He loved fishing, camping in the mountains and weekends at Whistlin’ Jack Lodge with his loving partner Linda. He had great fun in the backyard visits with Richard and Elaine and at the...
James Raught
Apr 21, 2013
Jim Raught was born in San Bernadino, CA on January 11, 1934. He passed away peacefully at home on April 21, 2013. Jim had his own landscaping business for many years before retiring. He is survived by Alice Raught, his loving wife of 10 years. There will be a memorial for Jim at the East Valley Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s...
Leo Clark
Apr 21, 2013
Leo David Clark, born May 9, 1927 in Bayard, Nebraska, passed away April 21, 2013. He is survived by three daughters, Evelyn (Brad) Robison of Yakima, Sharon Ruiz of Wapato, and Teresa Perez of Conyers, Georgia, six grandchildren, Alicia, Jeremy, April, Jamie, Jose, M. Arica, and four great grandchildren. A special thank you to the ladies at Cedar Hill and...
Jeffrey Martinez
Apr 20, 2013
Jeffrey A. Martinez, 44, of Yakima died April 20 at Willow Springs Care Center in Yakima. He was born in Toppenish and worked for most of his life as a landscaper. He worked for J&A Tree Care. Survivors include three sons, Shawn Martinez, Brandon Martinez and Jeffrey Martinez Jr., and a daughter, Tia Martinez. Graveside services will be at 2...
Jerry Rowland
Apr 19, 2013
Jerry Kent Rowland was born in Nov. 1931 in Ketchikan, Alaska, to Clarence and Grace Rowland (McKibben). He passed on into eternity on Saturday, 6th April 2013. At an early age, he returned to the Pacific Northwest with his father, who worked for the Fisheries Dept., in many places that hatcheries were kept in Montana, Idaho, and Washington state. During...
