Sally Ann Smith Campbell
Aug 9, 2015
Sally Ann Smith Campbell was born to Virgil (Dick) and Francis Elgin June 28, 1938. She peacefully passed away in her sleep August 9, 2015.
Her early years were spent on the family ranch near Nighthawk, then moving with her Mother to the house on Lake Osoyoos after her Dad passed away in 1950. Sally married Delmar...
Royce Grimm
Aug 7, 2015
Royce Clare Grimm age 60 of Republic died on Friday, August 7, 2015 at home in Republic. He was born in Tonasket on March 2, 1955 to Parents Roy and Claire Jean Grimm. Royce was raised in Republic, graduating from Republic High School in 1973. He was a catcher on the Little League baseball team and played basketball on...
Robert (Bob) Irwin
Aug 6, 2015
Robert (Bob) John Irwin age 95 of Oroville died on Thursday, August 6, 2015. He was born February 4, 1920 in Oroville and spent the majority of his life in his hometown. He was the grandson of Hiram F. "Okanogan" Smith, one of the first American settlers of the Pacific Northwest and a pioneer of the Washington apple industry.
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Darrell Reese
Jul 31, 2015
Darrell Wayne Reese, 64, of Oroville passed away on July 31, 2015. He was born on April 14, 1951 to Glenn and Florence (Tibbs) Reese.
Darrell was a lifelong resident of Oroville, graduating from Oroville High School in 1970. He grew up helping his dad in the family orchards. As a young man he began driving...
Lenore E. Boiko
Jul 26, 2015
Lenore Estella Boiko age 95 of Republic died on Sunday, July 26, 2015 in Republic. She was born September 1, 1920 in Davenport, WA to parents Roswald and Emily Warren. Lenore grew up in Davenport and there attended school. In the early 1940's she move to Republic. In 1946 she married Joe Boiko and they raised 5 children. Lenore enjoyed...
Earl Stuart Rice
Jul 24, 2015
Earl Stuart Rice 72 of Oroville
On Friday, July 24, 2015 our beloved brother, father, grandfather, uncle and friend went home to be with the Lord after losing his battle with cancer. Earl was born in Vancouver, WA on February 25, 1943. He graduated from Woodland High School class of "61". He was an Electrician...
Richard L. Mayer
Jul 17, 2015
On Friday, July 17, 2015 Richard (Dick) Leo Mayer of Tonasket passed away peacefully at home at the age of 76 years. Dick was born in Buffalo, New York on July 6, 1939. He has lived in Tonasket since 2006, when he moved from Federal Way, Washington. Dick was predeceased by his parents, Robert and Kathleen Mayer. Left behind to...
Anna Munds
Jul 7, 2015
Anna Ammaretta Munds, age 90 of Oroville, WA passed away July 7, 2015 at North Valley Hospital in Tonasket, WA. She was born June 13, 1925 to parents Fred and Elsie Stevenson. Anna was the second child born in a family of thirteen, so she helped take care of her younger siblings. At age 18 she married Arthur Meyer and...
Helen A Brinkman
Jun 23, 2015
Helen Anna Brinkman (Olson) lost her brave battle with Alzheimer's Dementia on June 23, 2015 at the age of 89. She had been in the care of Hospice House North in Spokane, Washington for six weeks prior to her passing. Helen was born in a private home on Rincon Creek near the town of Curlew, Washington on February 11,...
Gladys Miller
Jun 4, 2015
Gladys G. Miller died 4 June 2015 at 97. She was born at Esther, Alberta on 6 Jan. 1918. She married Arlow Gerber in Edmonton, Alberta 7 Jan. 1942—he died 20, July 1950. She married Don Miller 19 Nov. 1957, he died 23 Nov. 1984. Gladys is survived by nephews Ron, Ken, Darien and Grant all living in Canada....
Elizabeth (Betty) Descoteaux
Jun 4, 2015
Elizabeth (Betty) Descoteaux age 87 of Oroville passed away Thursday, June 04, 2015 at North Valley Extended Care in Tonasket. She was born December 15, 1927 in Montreal, Quebec Canada to parents Harry and Annie Cowling. Betty grew up in Montreal and Kitchener, Ontario. She met Albert Descoteaux in Montreal and they married in May 1946 in Concord, New Hampshire....
Lenora Lorraine Swallom
May 28, 2015
Lenora Lorraine (Clark) Swallom was born on, January 9, 1922 to Jasper Lafayette Clark and Freda (Dahlen) Clark in what was known to railroad people as a section house. This section house was located in the township of Couderay in Sawyer County, Wisconsin just north of the little town of Lemington where her parents moved shortly after she was...
Lester A. Mcpheeters
May 25, 2015
Lester Allen McPheeters was born on December 21, 1923 to James and Pearl McPheeters in Kalispell, MT. He died on May 25, 2015 in Republic, WA with family by his side.
Les was the 10 th of 12 children, the seventh son of a seventh son. A year after graduating from Kalispell High School Les was drafted...
Fred York Jr.
May 25, 2015
Fred York Jr, age 78, passed away Memorial Day, May 25, 2015 at his home in Oroville. He was born April 24, 1937 in De Queen, Arkansas, the son of Alpha Myrtle Ballard and Fred York Sr. In 1947, the family migrated north, camping out in fields and by the roadside for the entire journey.
In his...
Phillip Dewitt Roth
May 7, 2015
Phillip Dewitt Roth age 80 of Oroville passed away Wednesday May 7, 2015 at his home surrounded by family. He was born September 24, 1934 in Salem, Oregon. Phil graduated from Franklin High School in Portland, Oregon in 1953. He attended Eastern Washington College on a football scholarship where he met and married Bev Nulton in 1956. Phil taught...
Raymond James Blystone
May 1, 2015
Jim was born in Penticton Canada in 1946. He moved to Vancouver Washington in 1950. He loved working on cars and spent most of his life as a mechanic. He also loved fishing and building model airplanes. He is survived by his loving wife Maryann; three daughters: Michelle, Tracie, and Gayle; five brothers and three sisters. He had seven grandchildren...
Jill Purdy-Almquist
Apr 30, 2015
Jill Denise Almquist (Purdy) p assed away April 30 2015 in Republic. She was born Dec 20 1963 in Toppenish Wa. The daughter of Clyde and Jean Purdy. She attended Granger and White Swan Schools, and received her GED at Grays Harbor College in Hoquim. Jill enjoyed fishing, cooking,gardening and her entire Family. She was looking forward to building her...
Terry Hill
Apr 30, 2015
SFC (Ret) Terry Lee Hill, 54 of Tonasket passed away April 30, 2015 at his home with his loved ones by his side after a short but valiant and courageous battle of pancreatic cancer. Terry was born April 14, 1961 to Gladys (Hill) and Clayton Carlson. After the death of his mother when he was just a baby he and...
Melvin M. Verbeck
Apr 29, 2015
Melvin M. Verbeck age 84 of Oroville went home peacefully to his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 with his beloved wife and daughter by his side. He was born August 31, 1930 in Olympia to parents Gaylen and Helen Verbeck. The family moved to Tonasket where Melvin was raised. He attended the Tonasket Schools and graduated...
Ted Hilstad
Apr 26, 2015
In the early hours of April 26 th 2015 Theodore Hollon Hilstad was called home by his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Ted was born August 7 th 1962 and started life with a struggle only weighing in at 3 pounds, which led to him being a determined man with a great will to accomplish the things...
