Obituary Listing

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...

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...

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...

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...

Dec 11, 2018

Albert Laval Maden, age 73, of Tonasket died on December 11, 2018 at home surrounded by close family after a battle with cancer. He was born February 10, 1945 in South Bend, Washington to parents Mary C. and Ellis Maden. Albert spent his entire life living in the state of Washington. His early life was...

Dec 6, 2018

Bill was called to heaven to join his wife, Liz, just short of what would have been their 62 nd wedding anniversary this month.  Raised in Marcus and Evans, Washington, Bill excelled in athletics to later become an Oroville High School coach, for mostly baseball, basketball, and football. He later became athletic director. His teaching career began in 1962,...

Dec 4, 2018

Mildred Jean Godwin, 75, of Tonasket, WA went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on December 4, 2018. Jean was born in Amarillo, TX on September 22, 1943 to Robert Carl Dane and Mildred (Shelby) Dane. Her earliest years were spent as the eldest of three daughters in a military family. They returned to Texas...

Nov 29, 2018

Betty L. Baldwin-Meese-Hart-Hall-Stewart, age 89, of Oroville died on Thursday, November 29, 2018 at Regency of Omak. She was born September 2, 1929 in Healdsburg, California to parents Alvie and Letha Baldwin. Betty moved from Yakima to Tonasket in the 6 th grade where she graduated from High School in 1947. She later attended Seattle...

Nov 26, 2018

On November 26, 2018, at 8:15 p.m., the Lord sent his angels to take John home. John was born August 18, 1929, to Thomas Fredrick and De'Lacey Lawson in Elkland, Missouri and had six siblings. John came to Oroville in the mid-1940s and began working in the orchards. He left Oroville for a short time and returned with his...

Nov 14, 2018

Elizabeth Anne Grunst (Miller) was born in Colville, Washington on May 14, 1934. She was born to Clara and Robert Miller. She was second in a family of four: Bob (deceased), Margaret, and Jim. They were raised in Boyds, Washington.

Liz attended a small rural school called Country School (between Napoleon and Boyds). She skipped 2nd grade...

Oct 30, 2018

Donald (Don) Elmer Wasson, 87 of Oroville, WA, also a long-time Skagit County resident, passed away on Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at North Valley Extended Care in Tonasket, WA.

Don was born September 29, 1931 in Tacoma, WA to Elmer and Edna Wasson. He grew up in the Samish/Prairie...

Oct 17, 2018

Jessie Teresa Browning Marks passed away peacefully Wednesday October 17, 2018 in Wenatchee after a lengthy battle with dementia.

She was the first born of 7 children to Frank & Theresa Browning on January 30, 1930 in Recco, Alberta Canada. At the age of 5 she moved with her...

Oct 16, 2018

Darlene Kay Gliddon, age 75, of Republic, WA died October 16, 2018 in Omak, WA. She was born on August 8, 1943 to parents Elbert Allen and Mary Elizabeth Hershberger (Martin) in Auburn, WA. Darlene was born in Auburn and grew up in Kent Washington graduating from Kent High School in 1961. She then attended IBM Business College graduating in...

Oct 1, 2018

Jim was born in Seattle, WA on 11/19/43 and raised in his ancestry home (5 th generation Goode Family) in Issaquah, WA. At age 14 he started work at Bergsma Issaquah Valley Dairy.  While in high school he worked on the Pickering Dairy Farm milking 50 cows by hand before school. Many of his pals ran from him with...

Sep 23, 2018

Kale Arron Holbert, age 5, of Tonasket, WA died on September 23rd, 2018 from a tragic accident. He was born January 25th, 2013 in Tonasket, WA to Alyssa Holbert. He was a student at Tonasket Elementary School. He took after his Grandpa Arron in his love for fishing. He was obsessed with dinosaurs and had great T-Rex abilities. He was...

Sep 21, 2018

Barbara Clark, age 86, of Oroville passed away peacefully at home, as she wished, from a long battle with cancer. She was born July 21, 1932 in Lewiston, ID to parents Claude and Eva Young. After graduation, she served in the U.S. Army & was stationed in Tokyo during the Korean War. She later married...

Sep 14, 2018

Colleen Love Pyatt-Picard, age 82, died September 14, 2018 at her home in Tonasket. She was born to parents Charles H. Love & Martha Burge on February 19, 1936 in Los Altos, CA. She married Paul Dean Pyatt in 1952 and the lived on a ranch in Aeneas Valley for 28 years where they raised...

Sep 8, 2018

Dennis Jay Stewart, age 67, died September 8, 2018 in Oroville. He was born September 1, 1951 in Renton, WA to Jack and Cathy Stewart. He is survived by his children: Kathy & Sarah of Oroville, Tina of Wenatchee, siblings: Pat of Spokane, Carol of Oroville & Janet of Yakima & special friends the Finsens. He is preceded by Jack...

Sep 6, 2018

Josephine F. Richter-Gladden, age 92 passed away peacefully on September 6, 2018 in her home in Tonasket. She was born on November 9, 1925 in Keremos, B.C. to parents Hans Richter and Sarah Marsel. As the weather permitted she crossed the river to attend school at the Chopaka School. At the age of 91 she...

Aug 21, 2018

Gerald Arthur Henderson went to the Lord at his mother and fathers estate on Aug 21, 2018. Gerald was born in Ephrata WA. Feb 11 1950, The Son of Art and Bunny Henderson. He is survived by his brothers Cleve and Dugan Henderson. Son: Jason Henderson and wife Shalina, daughters Brittany, Sydney, Alexis and Emma and two great grandchildren. Daughter:...