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Donna Broyles

Donna Broyles

Sep 19, 2023

Donna Mae Broyles passed away on September 19, 2023 at 3:06 am peacefully at home in Wapato, WA, surrounded by her family. She was born in Kansas City Missouri on March 4, 1932 to Ollie and Theodore Phelps. She married Jacob Arthur Broyles on April 28, 1951. Her life was lived serving others with an overflow of love and compassion....

Stella Thompson

Stella Thompson

Sep 17, 2023

Loving Mom, Wife, Grandmother, Great-grandmother, Great-great-grandmother, Foster Mom, daughter, sister, aunt, cousin, friend went to Heaven on September 17, 2023 surrounded by family. She was born May 20, 1929, in Benewah County, ID to Sam and Margaret (Vallee) Friedlander. She was a member of the Colville Tribe and married to Leslie H. Wahsise Sr. and they had 13 children, 35...

Mina Jacobsen

Mina Jacobsen

Sep 15, 2023

Mina Jacobsen, age 97, passed away on September, 15, 2023, at Cottage in the Meadow in Yakima, WA. She was born on April 15, 1926 in Marktl, Germany to Joseph Mayer III and Kunigunde (Fischer) Mayer. She was the youngest of 9 children. In 1950 Mina met Arnold Jacobsen Sr. (“Arnie”), an American serviceman in the Air Force who was...

Tony Mendoza

Tony Mendoza

Sep 15, 2023

Tony Colwash Pratt Mendoza, born October 5, 1984 to Mandy Colwash, was called home to the Creator on September 15, 2023. He was an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. Tony was a man of many families. In his younger days, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, playing with his dogs, video games, watching wrestling, and...

Gene York

Gene York

Sep 10, 2023

Gene Arthur York was born on July 21, 1938 in Toppenish, WA to Helen (Lienkaemper, York) Stout. Gene was the second eldest of 20 siblings, his elder brother Glen and him sharing 3 siblings on their mother’s side, and another 15 on their father’s side. While his siblings are many and spread across the country, and some have already passed...

Alfonso Meza

Alfonso Meza

Sep 10, 2023

Alfonso (Scooter) Meza Jr.,79, of Granger WA passed away September 10,2023 , peacefully at his home. Alfonso was born in LaMesa TX, on October 1, 1943 to Alfonso Sr. and Trinidad L. Meza. The family migrated to the Granger area where he made his home for the last 60 years. Alfonso graduated from Granger High School and attended Evergreen College....

Glen Lisle

Glen Lisle

Sep 9, 2023

Glen W. Lisle, Jr. was born on July 4, 1942 in Graham, TX to Glen W. Lisle Sr. and Kathleen (Ardis) Lisle. He lived in Odessa, TX where he met his wife, Helen Ann Gipson. They were married on Sept. 6th, 1963. Glen attended Stephen F. Austin College in Nacogdoches, TX where he graduated with a degree in Forest Management....

Elmer Walker

Elmer Walker

Sep 3, 2023

ELMER RAY WALKER E. Ray Walker born August 24, 1934 in Sayre, Ok left the dust bowl came to beautiful Yakima Valley. Attended Yakima High school, graduated in 1952. Ray took over his dad's Apple Farm in 1952 - 2011 and also worked 1960-1965 for Safeway then started local trucking, 1965 - 1991. Ray met his wife in Loveland,CO in...

Michael Deluna

Michael Deluna

Sep 1, 2023

Life for Michael Ray began on May 22nd and from his first moments he embraced adventure and whatever the world had to share with him. From a young age he was surrounded by family. His cousins and grandparents always frequented camping, encouraging him to be outside to take in all of nature and sticking together as a family. Something he...

Lloyd Bruhn

Lloyd Bruhn

Aug 31, 2023

Lloyd Bruhn, a long-time resident of Granger and Zillah, Washington, passed away on Thursday, August 31, 2023, at the age of 93, surrounded by his family. Lloyd was born in Marion, North Dakota on April 20, 1930, to Lottie and Edward Bruhn. His early years were spent farming with his dad and brothers, also helping neighbors. On August 4, 1950,...

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