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Mary Bangs
Sep 24, 2023
Mary Ella Bangs peacefully passed away Sunday, September 24, 2023, at Highgate Senior Living in Yakima, WA. She was born to Henry and Mary Ann Roth on February 11, 1942, in Toppenish. She graduated from Toppenish High School in 1960. The following year she married John Bangs on June 10, 1961. Mary Ella was a loved and respected wife, mother,...
Randolyn Kilpatrick
Sep 21, 2023
Randolyn (Randy) Kilpatrick of Cowiche, Washington passed away peacefully with family at her side on September 21, 2023. She was 99 years old. Randolyn was born the first of 12 children to Charles and Lillian Courtney in Winslow Arkansas on May 7, 1924. She lived and worked on the family homestead until age 18 when she met and married James...
Kooper Erickson
Sep 20, 2023
Our precious little angel,Kooper Gerritt Erickson beloved infant son of Josh and Krystal Erickson born September 20th,2023 at 10:07 in Prosser,WA and peacefully passed September 20th, 2023 at 1:45 PM. It is with heavy hearts that we honor and say goodbye to our precious baby boy. Some people only dream of angels; we held one in our arms.
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
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
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
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
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...
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