Obituary Listing

Jun 13, 2018

Ruby Bremner, age 96, of Republic died June 13th, 2018 at Buena Vista Healthcare in Colville. Ruby was born August 20th, 1921 in Ferry County to parents Glen & Mary Skelton. Ruby graduated from Omak High School & soon after she married the love of her life, Archie Bremner, in 1940. She spent her life as a farmer's wife &...

Jun 11, 2018

Mary Moran, age 92, resident of Oroville, WA died June 11th, 2018 of natural causes at Golden Years Assisted Living in Riverside, WA. Mary was born August 12th, 1925 in Denver, CO, the daughter of Howard and Helen McCarthy, the oldest of 7 children, and survived by her brother Patrick McCarthy and two sisters Julie McCarthy & Joan Busto. She...

May 30, 2018

Michael Paul Utigard was born January 20, 1953 in Omak, Wa to Ralph and Nora Utigard. He was the eldest of 3 children. Fred and Kathy were his siblings. His dad was in the military and the family traveled extensively during their younger years. They lived in Italy and Germany as well as Kentucky and Virginia with Omak as their...

May 30, 2018

Jack J. Nelson, 64, of Oroville WA, passed away peacefully Wednesday May 30, 2018 after a tough battle with NASH disease. He was born July 14, 1953 to Warren and Ardith Nelson in Tonasket, WA.

He was raised and lived in Oroville his entire life. He graduated from Oroville...

May 21, 2018

Larry Stell, 66, of Tonasket died May 21 st , 2018. Larry was born on August 20 th , 1951 to parents Gerald and Oleta Stell in Shawnee, OK. Larry lived in Tonasket for 44 years. He loved making wooden furniture, floating the river, and spending time with loved ones. He had bright blue, kind...

May 15, 2018

Patricia J. Key December 21, 1937 - May 15, 2018 East Wenatchee, WA Pat was born to Bill and Marie Barnes on December 21, 1937, and the family settled in the Okanogan Valley. As a child, Pat cherished and often talked about her summer visits (taking the train all by herself) to Oroville, WA, to stay with her grandmother, Carrie,...

May 11, 2018

Patricia Foster was born into this world on September 16th, 1933 into modest Irish family, in Stamford Connecticut as Patricia Agnes Wilson. In 1951 she married John 'King' Fanning a WWII Navy veteran. In September of that same year her first son, John Lawrence Fanning was born. Three months later her husband perished in a fiery truck wreck. In 1954...

May 7, 2018

Dennis Paul Loudon, 58, of Oroville, WA went home to be with his loving savior on May 7, 2018 while at home with his wife and children by his side. Dennis was born March 22, 1960 in Tonasket, WA to parents Douglas and Fay Loudon. He lived his life in Oroville, WA where he loved...

May 3, 2018

Beulah was born May 29, 1928 in Okanogan to Ralph and Agnes Orr VanBrunt. She passed away May 3, 2018, at North Valley Extended Care in Tonasket, Washington. Her family moved to Oroville in 1936, where she lived the remainder of her life. She graduated from Oroville High School in 1946. She was a majorette in school...

Apr 29, 2018

Mardon E. "Marty" Newman 81 of East Wenatchee passed away on Sunday April 29, 2018 at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee.  Marty was born on July 22, 1936 in Seattle, WA to parents Donald P. and Margaret Newman.  He attended school and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1955. Following graduation, he entered the US Navy for 2 years. ...

Apr 14, 2018

William "Bill" Boyce Maple passed away peacefully on April 14, 2018 at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee.

Bill was born in Tonasket Washington on August 9, 1938 to Mabel Fox Maple Spry and Boyce Maple. As a child he lived in many different towns around the Western United States....

Apr 7, 2018

Anthony Calvin Koepke, born June 29 th , 1952 passed in a peaceful, pain free slumber on April 7 th , 2018. In true Tony fashion, he went out on "Lucky #7."

Tony was preceded in death by his father Sam and his best friend, hunting and fishing buddy, and partner in crime,...

Mar 30, 2018

Roy was the youngest of 7 siblings, he grew up and graduated high school in Tonasket and shortly thereafter joined the US Army Signal Corp. He returned to Eastern Washington and purchased ranch land near Loomis where he met Claudine who became his soul mate for life and beyond! They married April 12, 1958. In the mid-sixties they traded in...

Mar 22, 2018

William John Pyper was born August 20 th , 1917 in Chester, Montana to Elsie and James Pyper. In 1920, Elsie and James moved to Sunnyslope for work. About 1922, the family moved to the Ellisforde area where Bill's father worked in orchards and warehouses along Highway 7. Bill and his siblings went to Britton...

Mar 20, 2018

Darrel E. Bunch, born on April 8 th , 1931 in Molson, WA to Elmer & Elizabeth Bunch, passed away at home in Havillah, WA on March 20 th , 2018. Darrel is a graduate of Tonasket High School class 1949. He purchased a ranch in Havillah, were he met his future wife Judy Feddersen, & where...

Mar 19, 2018

Barbara Jean (Cheetham) Rothrock was born March 4 th , 1935 in Okanogan, WA and passed away peacefully in her sleep with her family by her side on March 19 th , 2018 in Omak, WA at the age of 83. She had a deep love of her family and close friends and passed knowing that she was returning...

Mar 16, 2018

Thomas Lee Luttrell age 79, died on 3-16-18 at his home in Republic WA. He was born on 10-22-1938 to parents William & Vivian Luttrell. He Graduated from Washington Union High School Easton in 1956 where he was a central California All-Star Tackle. After Graduating he became a member of the operating engineers union for 17 years during which time...

Mar 9, 2018

Starky Lee Mycock age 64 of Republic died on March 9, 2018 in Republic. He was born November 14, 1953 in Spokane to parents James and Betty Mycock. Starky was an avid fisherman, hunter and loved the outdoors. He was a loving husband to Deborah Thompson Mycock of 43 years, a father of two boys and grandfather of six. He...

Mar 7, 2018

Gail Roslyn Ozura age 57 of Tonasket passed away Wednesday March 7, 2018 at her home. She was born December 15, 1960 in Seattle to parents Ernest and Irene Fandrich. Gail attended Our Lady of Lourdes School and then John F. Kennedy High School, graduating in 1979. On June 23, 1979 she married Paul Ozura in Burien, WA. Her husband...

Feb 22, 2018

James William Zosel passed away in his home at Lake Osoyoos, Oroville February 22, 2018. He was born March 4, 1920 in Seattle to William and Katie (Zobel) Zosel and soon lived in Chesaw and Wauconda where his father had a sawmill business.  In 1926, the sawmill was moved to Oroville and remains in operation.  James graduated from Oroville High...