Roy E. Mcdougall
Oct 18, 2017
Roy was born August 27, 1925 in Leavenworth, WA to parents, James and Ruth (Canaday) McDougall. He passed away Oct 18, 2017 at North Valley Extended Care in Tonasket, WA. A longtime resident of Oroville WA, Roy's Family moved there in 1939 by car carrying all of their possessions. Roy joined them shortly thereafter as he was in the...
William "Bill" G. Greene
Oct 11, 2017
On Tuesday, October 10th, 2017, God saw that Bill had suffered enough and took him home. He was surrounded by loving family and peacefully slipped away. Bill was born March 12th, 1940 in Rogersville, M.O. to parents Glenn and Gladys Greene. Bill and his family moved to Washington to make Oroville their home. A place he dearly loved. He graduated...
Nora Gavin
Sep 28, 2017
Lillian Elnora Beeman (Utigard ) Gavin
Nora Passed away on Thursday, Sept.28,2017 at her home in Tonasket. She was born on April 4, 1933 in Wauconda to parents Guy and Alice (Sigrist) Beeman. When she was young she moved with her family to Omak, near Riverside. She started school in Riverside, after 2 years she moved to Omak ,...
Charles Smith
Sep 25, 2017
Charles R. Smith, age 79, of Oroville died September 25th, 2017 at North Valley Hospital. He was born on October 25th, 1937 in Yuma, AZ to parents Harvie and Mary Smith. He joined the Army National Guard 49th Armored Division as bow gunner on an M48 tank in Houston, TX from March to August of 1955. He returned to Oroville...
Jim Hawkins
Sep 19, 2017
James Russel Hawkins was born August 14th 1938 in Tonasket Washington. He passed away on September 19th 2017 doing what he loved, driving tractor in the midst of apple harvest. Jim spent his entire life as a resident of the Whitestone lake area. He attended high school in Tonasket and graduated in 1956. He spent his youth finding a...
Edith M. Thornton
Sep 9, 2017
Edith Marie Thornton, 95 of Tonasket, passed away peacefully Saturday morning, September 9 at the Tonasket Nursing Home. Edith was born August 17, 1922 in Wenatchee, Washington to Roy and Theo (Patterson) Thornton. At the age of 2, Edith moved with her family to the Okanogan Valley and the family became established in the orchard business. Edith graduated from Tonasket...
John E. Feddersen
Sep 8, 2017
John E. Feddersen age 73 of Havillah died on September 8, 2017 at Regency of Omak He was born November 27, 1943 in Tonasket to parents Paul and Agnes Feddersen. John grew up in Havillah attending school there thru the sixth grade. He then attended school in Tonasket graduating from Tonasket High School in 1962. In 1963 he entered...
Melvin Ray Gallagher
Sep 8, 2017
Melvin R. Gallagher, 74, of Oroville died September 8th, 2017 at North Valley Hospital in Tonasket. Melvin was born July 27th, 1943 in Seagraves, TX to parents Earl and Wynona Gallagher. As a young child he moved with his family to Oroville. He attended school and graduated from Oroville High School. He entered the U.S. Army, served for 2 years...
Joy Ehlers
Sep 6, 2017
Joy Ehlers died on September 6, 2017 in Tonasket. She was born May 22, 1933 in Halsey, Nebraska to parents John and Joanna Mast. Her father died when she was one-year old so the large family moved to Oroville where she was raised by Jim and Marie Thompson. Joy married the love of her life, George Ehlers, on March...
Rosa Borland
Sep 3, 2017
Rosa Geneva Borland, 88, of Oroville died September 3 rd , 2017. She was born April 16 th , 1929 to parents Dewey and Charlotte Galyean in Childress, TX. She was the 2 nd born of six kids and spent her childhood in or near Childress, TX where her dad farmed and ranched for Mill Iron Ranches. Her family...
Bud Gerken
Aug 24, 2017
Theo Wayne "Bud" Gerken passed peacefully surrounded by family at North Valley Hospital in Tonasket on August 24, 2017 after an extended illness with Leukemia and complications from a prior stroke.
Bud was one of seven children (4 boys-3 girls) to move to Oroville in 1942 after his birth in Thompson Falls, Montana on June 1, 1938. ...
Stephen Konz
Aug 16, 2017
Stephen Stanley Konz was born in Poland on Sept. 6th, 1926 to Lillian Kwiatkowski and Michael Rosinski. As a three month old baby he came to America through Ellis Island in the arms of a teenage mother. Raised in Chicago, the city kid worked at a dairy at age 15. Konz graduated high school in 1944 from CVS (Chicago...
Harvie Smith
Aug 12, 2017
Harvie D. Smith Jr. age 86 of Oroville, WA passed away August, 12, 2017 at home in Oroville, WA. He was born March 3, 1931 in Yuma, AZ to parents Harvie Drew and Mary Magdalene Smith. In 1945 Harvie joined the U.S. Army and served in World War II. After 2 years of service, when he went to reenlist,...
Romie Hilderbrant
Jul 13, 2017
Romie Hilderbrant was born in Bassano, Alberta, Canada to Norman and Blanche Hilderbrant on April 16th, 1923. He and his family moved to Republic in 1927 where he spent his childhood days farming, hunting and riding his horse all over Ferry County. Romie attended all twelve years at Republic schools and graduated from Republic High School in 1942. In high...
Robert Edward Notson
Jun 20, 2017
Robert Edward Notson, 68, of Tonasket WA, went to be with his Lord on June 20, 2017 after a brief battle with cancer. He was at his home with his sister Jean at his side. Bob was born on February 16, 1949 in Renton, WA and raised near there. After graduating from Tyee High School in 1967, he attended Seattle...
Ruth Alaine Adams
Jun 18, 2017
Ruth Alaine (Wills) (Harper) Adams, age 90, of Oroville passed away at home on June 18th, 2017. Ruth was born September 27, 1926 in Omak, Washington to Bernard Melvy Kerr Wills and Wiltrude E. (Carrel) Wills. Ruth lived all her life in Oroville except for a brief period in 1948 in which she and her first husband, John Harper, lived...
Arnold "Joe" Shaw
Jun 16, 2017
On the morning of Friday, June 16th, 2017, our loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, brother, uncle, cousin and friend passed peacefully into paradise. Over the last year, Joe bravely underwent treatment for cancer. He spend his last weeks fondly remembering times spent with family and friends, fishing, camping and telling stories about his fun-filled adventures in life. A...
Nellie May Cook Zachman Paulsen
Jun 16, 2017
Nellie was born July 27th, 1925 in Loomis, WA to parents John Sherman Cook and Oma Jane Colbert. Nellie passed away in her home on June 16th, 2017. Nellie was a stamper for Wenoka Apple Warehouse, a manager of the kitchen at North Valley Hospital where she met Bill Gates, he asked her if she would like to invest in...
Scott Lee Gilge
Jun 7, 2017
Scott Lee Gilge, 28, of Omak died June 6th, 2017. Scott was born on May 11th, 1989 to Duane Gilge of Tunk Mountain and Lisa Hagney. As a young age Scott came to live with his grandparents, Gary Gilge and Charlene Alexander. Scott was very busy and a "handful" but loved watching his uncles and grandpa work on cars. After...
Gary Leroy Anderson
Jun 1, 2017
Gary LeRoy Anderson, born August 1, 1941 in Republic, Washington to Charles and Ruth Anderson, died unexpectedly on June 1, 2017. Gary graduated from Republic High School in 1959, and graduated with honors from the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York in 1963 with a degree in Marine Engineering and a commission in the Naval Reserves....
