Obituary Listing

Nov 5, 2021

Clair Wayne Fisher passed away peacefully on November 5 th , 2021. Clair was born in Oroville, WA on March 5 th ,1935 to parents Guy & Marie Fisher. He was a surprise as he followed his brother into life. Clair earned the honor of achieving Eagle Scout before graduating from Tonasket High School. He and Merrie (Zolger) married...

Nov 2, 2021

Dal Emery Dagnon, age 83, of Tonasket, passed away on November 2nd, 2021.  He passed away in Issaquah at Swedish Medical Center with pneumonia. Many members of the family were at his side.

Dal was born in Okanogan on May 2nd, 1938 to Helen and Charlie Dagnon.  He spent the majority of his early life in the...

Oct 30, 2021

Gary Webb, age 64, of Oroville died October 30 th , 2021 at Central WA Hospital in Wenatchee. He was born August 10 th , 1957 in Willcox, AZ to parents RG Webb and Winnie Mae Shelton. Gary was well known by many people. He enjoyed hunting and going on motorcycle rides with friends. He loved being around his...

Oct 24, 2021

James Rogers, 68, recently of Loomis, WA passed away on October 24, 2021.

Jim was born October 1, 1953 in Tonasket, WA to Verne and Alice Gray Rogers and lived most of his life in the Loomis-Whitestone area. He attended 12 years of school in Tonasket and graduated in 1971. He began working for R.H. Spinner Co....

Oct 21, 2021

Ruth M. Nixon age 88 of Tonasket died on October 21, 2021 at North Valley Hospital in Tonasket.  She was born March 18, 1933 in Tonasket to parents Harry and Pearl Beeman. Ruth attended schools in Loomis and Tonasket.  She married Charles Fisher and they had three sons Allen, Dale and Gordon.  She later married Jim Nixon and they...

Oct 20, 2021

William Brian Johnson, age 50, of Oroville, passed away at home surrounded by his family on October 30, 2021 after a fight with brain cancer. William was raised in Hickory, North Carolina, and graduated from high school in Landrum, South Carolina. He attended Western North Carolina State University and graduated with a bachelor's of science in Biology with an...

Oct 16, 2021

Lois Molenda - wife, mother, grandmother, health care professional, and friend to many - passed away unexpectedly on October 15th, 2021 in Tonasket, WA.

Lois was born on September 9, 1952 in Bismarck, ND. She married Kenneth Molenda, and soon afterward they started a family. They moved to Tonasket, WA in 1990, and when Ken passed away,...

Oct 13, 2021

Anthony 'Tony' Walter entered into eternal rest on October 13, 2021.  He was born in Wenatchee, WA to Fred and Marguerite (Hagood) Walter in 1939.  Tony lived in Cashmere and Okanogan and graduated from Okanogan High School.  Tony attended Washington State College (WSU) and Wenatchee Valley College.

Tony married Sharon Rogers (Walter).  In 1964 they had a...

Oct 9, 2021

Mark Alan Patterson was born to John and Sara Patterson on September 11, 1941, in the town of Fairmont, West Virginia.  Mark's father John, commonly referred to as Marcus, was a design engineer at a glass fabrication facility and moved the family, including Mark and his older brother Brian, to Alton, Illinois for work when Mark was nine years...

Oct 8, 2021

*** A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, May 28, 2022, at 2:00 PM at the Loomis Mt. View Cemetery with a luncheon to follow. Please bring a chair with you. ***

With deep sorrow, we announce that Alexander Robb Douglas, 39, of Tonasket, Washington peacefully went to his heavenly home on October 8 th...

Sep 23, 2021

Brenda Nadine Helm Verbeck age 60 died at home on September 23. Brenda lived a life full of adventure serving her country and others as a social worker. Brenda always had a smile on her face, a laugh on her lips, and brought joy to everyone she met. Her home was a safe, welcoming place where she loved to...

Sep 23, 2021

Esther Bremner Merrill passed away on September 23, 2021 at her home in Republic, Washington at the age of 96. She was born on Thorp Prairie to Albert and Rebecca Tantlinger. She was raised in the Ellensburg area.

Esther began working at the age of nine and retired when she was 87 and a half years old....

Sep 20, 2021

Heinrich Banka, age 83, passed away on September 20, 2021 in North Valley Hospital in Tonasket, WA.

Henry was born in Poland on October 5, 1937. He was raised in Germany during very difficult times. He shared many stories about what life was like as a young child for him and his family growing up. At about...

Sep 19, 2021

Irene Merrill Bergh Robinson, age 100, of Tonasket, WA, died at home on September 19, 2021.

Irene was born in Stacyville, Iowa, to parents Charles and Goldie Hanson. She lived in that area until graduating from Osage Iowa High School. She then moved to Bend, OR, where she met her first husband Knute Bergh, a pilot, who...

Sep 16, 2021

Timothy Harold Vanatta, age 58, of Omak, WA beloved son, husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather passed away suddenly September 16. 2021. Timothy was born July 11, 1963 in Roosevelt, CA to parents Jerry & Frances Vanatta. The family moved a few times before settling in Tonasket, WA where Tim grew up and raised 2 sons and 3 daughters.

Sep 15, 2021

Teri Lynn Pruitt Kirkland, 61, was born to Jim and Margaret Pruitt in Tonasket, WA in September of 1959. She attended Tonasket High School, class of 1978. Her only child Dustin Pruitt was born in 1980 in Tonasket. She moved to Everett, WA in 1983 where she worked for Boeing, The Buzz Inn Steakhouse and American Arts and Graphics....

Sep 14, 2021

Troy Douglas Haydon, age 53, died on September 14, 2021 in Tonasket, WA.

Troy was born on January 21, 1968 at St. Joseph Mercy in Ann Arbor, Michigan to parents Robert and Sandra Haydon. When he was young, he did mechanics and scrapped with his dad. He enjoyed the company of his family and grandkids. He was...

Sep 13, 2021

Robert Eugene Hottell, age 85, of Curlew, WA passed away September 13, 2021 in Republic, WA. He was born July 13, 1936 in Orofino, Idaho to Rolfe and Barbara Hottell. He lived in Orofino until age 10 when the family moved to Curlew, WA where he attended school and met his wife, Betty Brown. They were married 65 years....

Aug 31, 2021

Louis Daniel Piszker was born on March 30th, 1943 in Passaic, New Jersey to Louis Piszker and Claudia Santin. He grew up with his sisters Joanne (Harlan) and Janet in Lodi, New Jersey, graduating with honors from Lodi High School. He attended the Newark College of Engineering, graduating with a BSEE degree in 1965.

While in college,...

Aug 28, 2021

Harold Franklin Jensen, Jr., of Oroville, Washington passed away peacefully on August 28, 2021. Harold was born in Ketchikan, Alaska on December 18, 1951 to Harold "Hap" and Virginia (Roe) Jensen, and was raised primarily in Big Horn, Wyoming.

Harold's love for the outdoors was cultivated during his childhood, as he spent countless days in the wilderness...