Obituary Listing

Dec 17, 2025

Ronald E. Peterson, age 80, of Oroville, Washington, passed away on December 17, 2025, at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

Ron was born on August 27, 1945, to Don and Margaret Peterson. He was raised in Oroville and graduated from Oroville High School in 1964. On October 31, 1964, he married Sandra Hill in Oroville, beginning a...

Dec 15, 2025

John Thomas Snyman died peacefully on December 15, 2025 in Spokane, Washington after a long battle with Dementia.  He was born on January 6, 1944 in Las Vegas, New Mexico to Thomas and Pricilla Snyman, and spent his childhood in New Mexico before his family relocated to Denver, Colorado, where he attended area schools . After graduating high school,...

Nov 30, 2025

Ruth Helen Anderson, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully in her sleep on November 30, 2025, after spending a warm and laughter-filled holiday surrounded by her family. Ruth was born on January 7, 1935, in Republic, Washington, to Edna and Carl Alm, and from the very beginning she carried a spirit of generosity, quick wit, and...

Nov 26, 2025

Lawrence Claud Rubert, 83, of Tonasket, Washington, passed away at his home on November 26, 2025. He was born May 24, 1942, at St. Martin's Hospital in Tonasket to Claude and Gertrude Rubert.

Lawrence grew up on the family farm above Hanging Rock off Highway 20 east of Tonasket and graduated from Tonasket High School. He began...

Nov 20, 2025

Wayne Douglas Miller, 66, of Republic, WA passed away suddenly and unexpectedly, early on the evening of November 20, 2025. Those that were fortunate enough to know Wayne, knew him as a wonderful human being.  Thoughtful, generous, humorous, empathetic and sympathetic reflected his wonderful character.  Well read, intellectual, observant, keen mind, wicked sarcasm were often used to describe Wayne.  ...

Nov 12, 2025

William Craig Knorr (Bill), 93, passed away early in the morning of November 12th, 2025, at Mid Valley Hospital in Omak.

Bill was born in his maternal grandmother's house in Breckenridge, CO. on December 4th, 1931, to Ted & Greta Knorr. He grew up on the banks of the Blue River, walking (or skating when he could...

Oct 30, 2025

Janet Marie Reese Vargas

Our beloved Janet, age 71, passed away on October 30, 2025 at North Valley Hospital in Tonasket.  Janet attended school in Oroville, graduating in 1972.  She was a checker/cashier at Princes IGA, Randall's and Beyers Market and later was a cook for popular restaurants in Tonasket and Oroville.  Janet married Joe...

Oct 23, 2025

Beverly Agnes Le Master (Harvey) passed away Oct 23. 2025 at home in Oroville, Washington where she lived most of her life. Following a fall at home on Aug 31, Beverly spent 4 days at CWH where she had surgery to repair a leg fracture, then 3 weeks at NVH before coming home with help from Enhabit Hospice and...

Oct 22, 2025

Jason Robert Freese (Bird) 41 of Oroville passed on October 22, 2025 in Oroville.  He was born December 14th 1983 in Wenatchee.  Jason was a loving husband, father, son and friend whose kindness, humor and adventurous spirit left a lasting mark on everyone who knew him.    Jason lived life to the fullest and had a knack for finding joy...

Oct 18, 2025

Patricia (Pat) Ann Smith was born on April 27, 1949, in Enumclaw, Washington to Ed and Lynn Siskar. She was raised in the same farmhouse where her father had grown up. Pat had an older sister, Kathy, and a younger brother, Don.

She attended Enumclaw High School and later earned a Bachelor of Arts in Education from...

Oct 11, 2025

David Allen Stansbury, baby brother to Roger (d.2016), Larry, Linda, and Heidi, was born July 15, 1958 to Raleigh and Elizabeth (Barber) Stansbury in Omak, WA. Dave passed away October 11, 2025 at the ranch, after his yearlong battle with cancer.

In his early years, he grew up doing all the farm things young boys did. With...

Oct 8, 2025

Born Helen Louise Thomas on 16 November 1926 in Fernie, British Columbia, the fifth of ten children, to Ward Joseph and Nellie Blanche (Goodson) Thomas.  Helen attended Holy Cross Catholic School in Fernie until age eight, when she moved with her family to the Black Diamond area of Washington.  She attended public schools until her graduation in 1944.  Shortly...

Oct 7, 2025

Patrick Kenneth Mullen, age 43 of Oroville, WA died on October 7, 2025 in Spokane, WA.

Patrick was born on September 18, 1982 to parents Marcia Guerzon and Kip Mullen.

Patrick was born and raised in San Diego, CA. He loved to surf, skateboard and fish. He loved his family and was loving, caring, devoted...

Oct 3, 2025

Glenn Lowell Frisk of Tonasket passed away Oct 3rd. Born in Wenatchee April 29, 1953 to Clyde and Elenore Frisk of Entiat. He grew up in the Entiat where he was a 12-year senior graduating in 1972.  Glenn learned to hunt and fish as a young boy from his dad. Glenn was an excellent marksman at any range and...

Sep 20, 2025

Margaret Rebecca (Sherman) Finley went home to be with our Heavenly Father on September 20, 2025. Marge was born October 4, 1943 to Lloyd and Marion Sherman in Rochester, WA.

Marge loved to make jewelry, play piano, write poems, and collecting all sorts of nick-nacks. Her favorite things to collect were eagles, horses and teddy bears. In...

Sep 20, 2025

Danny R. Fletcher, age 75, of Oroville died September 20, 2025 at Sacred Heart Memorial Hospital. He was born August 29, 1950 in Tonasket to parents Wendell and Jean Fletcher.

Danny grew up helping on the farm in Molson and went to high school in Molson until he transferred to Oroville, where he later graduated in 1968.  ...

Sep 9, 2025

Ronald "Ron" Leonard Finley, 88, passed away peacefully on September 9, 2025 at North Valley Hospital in Tonasket, Washington. Ron was born on November 20, 1936 to Leonard and Ethel (Billups) Finley at the home of a midwife in Oroville, Washington. He grew up on an apple orchard north of Ellisforde and attended schools in Oroville, Ellisforde, and Tonasket....

Sep 6, 2025

Tonasket, WA - Hazel Ruth (Lenton) Dezellem, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, teacher, and friend, passed away peacefully on September 6, 2025, in Tonasket, Washington, at the age of 91.

Hazel was born on April 15, 1934, on the bank of the Similkameen River northwest of Nighthawk, WA, to Joseph Austin Lenton and Ruth Enid Johnson....

Sep 5, 2025

Roy Acord passed away September 5, 2025. He was born March 16, 1958 in Brewster, WA to Eddie and Sharon Acord. He spent 51 years in the logging industry between Alaska, Washington, and Montana. He enjoyed fishing in Alaska and spending time with family and friends.

He is preceded in death by his sister Debbie and brother...

Aug 17, 2025

Janice J. Miller (Joy), age 85, of Tonasket died on Sunday, August 17, 2025 at home with Jeff by her side.  She was born May 22, 1940 on Toroda Creek to parents Robert and Isabelle (Borders) York.  Joy grew up on Toroda Creek and Orient where as a youth she excelled in athletics, especially enjoying basketball.  She was married...