Robert Sasse
Mar 18, 2019
Robert W. Sasse
1/22/1954 – 3/18/2019
Robert was b orn in Bremerton and was raised in the Tonasket area. Son of Quince Hutchens and Don Sasse. He worked in cable T.V. and drove trucks for many years. He came back to Tonasket in...
Terry Vernon Shaw
Mar 12, 2019
Terry Vernon Shaw 47, of Oroville, WA unexpectedly died, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Terry was born March 20, 1971 to Bennett and Barbara Shaw in Tonasket, WA and was a lifelong resident of Oroville, WA. On that day, the world lost a precious soul when Terry walked into the presence of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He is...
Richard Verbeck
Feb 24, 2019
Richard L. Verbeck, age 84, of Tonasket died February 24, 2019 at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee. He was born January 1, 1935 in Tonasket to parents Lynn and Jessie Verbeck. Richard grew up in Tonasket and on December 10, 1954 he married Leane Lewis. They continued to live in Tonasket and raise their family. He was a lifetime...
Doreen Webber
Feb 11, 2019
Doreen T. Webber passed away at home on February 11, 2019. Doreen was born in Kamloops, BC on August 17, 1937. She married Richard Sterling Webber on February 5, 1962. Doreen worked in the apple sheds and baby sat her grandchildren, her pride and joy. Her hobbies included sewing, camping, cooking, visiting friends at the Oroville Eagles, playing pinochle,...
James Chittenden
Feb 11, 2019
James Chittenden, 80, of Tonasket died peacefully February 11, 2019 at his home surrounded by grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and friends. Jim was born July 24, 1938 in Crockery Township, Michigan to Manley and Mabel Chittenden.
In 1956, at a theater in Spring Lake, Michigan...
David Dieterich
Feb 10, 2019
Oroville Resident David Edwin Dieterich passed form this life to the next Sunday evening February 10th, 2019 at Extended Care in Tonasket, Washington.
David was born June 11, 1924 to parents Edwin and Hazel Dieterich of Portland, Oregon. David graduated from Oaksville High,1942. He continued his education attending Centralia Jr college and then to the University of...
Ray Visser
Feb 3, 2019
Longtime area rancher Ray Visser died peacefully Sunday morning, February, 3, 2019. Ray was born at home in Havillah in 1925 to Martha and Garritt Visser. Their large family included ten boys and one girl.
Ray enjoyed his childhood on the farm and "had fond...
Billy Wilson
Jan 31, 2019
Billy Preston Wilson, age 74, passed away January 31 st , 2019 at his home in Tonasket, WA surrounded by his family.
Billy was born May 9 th , 1944 in Wister, OK to Press and Leatha Wilson.
Alfred Robinson
Jan 28, 2019
Alfred Hubert Robinson, 93, of Tonasket, passed away on January 28th, 2019. He will join his wife of 72 years, MaryAlice, who preceded him in death just 18 days before.
Al was born in Oroville, Washington, on September 6, 1925, to Vernon and Ruth (Verbeck) Robinson. He was raised...
Phyllis Jean Baump
Jan 25, 2019
Phyllis Jean Baump, daughter of Bruno and Wilna Mallgren passed away peacefully on January 25, 2019, in Marysville, WA surrounded by family and friends.
She was born on September 15th, 1928 in Grand Forks British Columbia. After birth she returned to the family homestead based at the...
Dennis Busick
Jan 22, 2019
Dennis "Denny" Sanford Busick, 71, after many hospital stays, and being put on Hospice a second time, passed away at home in Okanogan, WA on January 22, 2019. Denny was born December 30, 1947 in Torrance, CA to Ezra and Oma Busick. Denny loved riding motorcycles, camping, traveling to scenic places, being with...
Verlin Joe Hicks
Jan 12, 2019
Verlin Joe Hicks age 71 of Oroville died on January 12, 2019 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. He was born November 7, 1947 in Elkland, Missouri to parents Jim and Josephine Hicks. Verlin moved to Oroville at the age of 11. He attended the Oroville Schools and graduated from Oroville High School. He then entered the US Army...
Richard Graham
Jan 11, 2019
Richard Allen Graham age 82 of Republic died on Friday, January 11, 2019 in Spokane. He was born September 30, 1936 in Ewing, Nebraska to parents Harry and Marguerite Graham. Richard grew up in Nebraska and graduated from St. Mary's Catholic School in O'Neill. He served in the US Army with the 519th Artillery in Germany from 1956 to...
Maryalice Robinson
Jan 10, 2019
MaryAlice Robinson passed away at the age of 90, to join her Lord and loved ones, on January 10, 2019. She was born in Oroville, Washington on July 11,1928 to Jay and Jessie Holcomb. She grew up near Lake Osoyoos, where she spent her spare time adventuring on the shores and the hills...
Marjorie M Williams
Jan 9, 2019
Marjorie M. (Sackett) Williams, age 98, of Tonasket died January 9 th , 2019 in Arlington, WA. She was born February 3 rd , 1920 in Van Nuys, CA to parents Robert and Bessie Sackett. She grew up in southern California; attending and graduating from Covina High School in 1938. She worked for Travelers Insurance...
Rosalie Agnes Ellis-Doucette
Jan 7, 2019
Rosalie (Rosie) Agnes Ellis-Doucette age 73 of Oroville passed away Monday, January 7, 2019 at home peacefully in her bed. She was born September 7, 1945 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin to parents Ivan George and Ruth Rosina (Trefz) Ellis. Rosie moved to Oroville with her parents, brothers and sisters in 1957 where she attended the Oroville Schools. Rosie had...
Dallyn Laroy Utecht
Jan 6, 2019
Dallyn Laroy Utecht passed away peacefully sleeping next to his mommy on January 6, 2019. He was born five weeks early on December 10, 2018 in Omak, Washington to Cherre' Utecht. Although he spent the first two weeks of his life gaining weight and strength at Sacred Heart Medical Center, he was able to come...
Frances Hill
Dec 19, 2018
Frances G. Hill age 87 of Wauconda died on December 19, 2018 at Pinewood Terrace Nursing Center in Colville. She was born March 24, 1931 in Wauconda to parents Clarence and Edna Burbank. Frances grew up in the Republic area and attended and graduated from Republic High School. On July 2, 1949 she married Stewart Hill in Yakima. Frances...
Mildred Thayer
Dec 12, 2018
Mildred B. Thayer was born August 10, 1921 in Seattle, WA to Daniel A. Knowlton and Blanche E. Knowlton of Auburn, WA. She joined two older sisters. Her younger years included swimming in Lake Meridian with her family, picking beans and berries, babysitting, and cannery working. She excelled in school and graduated from Auburn High...
Thomas Hickman Jr.
Dec 11, 2018
Thomas Edward Hickman Jr, age 68, passed away at home, outside Tonasket on December 12, 2018. He was born to Burleen and Thomas (Ed) Hickman Sr. in Weaser, Idaho on October 4, 1950. Tom grew up in Idaho and California. He served in the US Army in Vietnam, after which he lived in California and Idaho. In the late...
