Obituary Listing

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...

Aug 13, 2025

Joseph "Todd" Sackman was born September 8,1964 to Roland "Buck" Sackman and Anne (Newman) Sackman in Wenatchee, Washington. Todd grew up ranching and farming with his family where he developed his love of the outdoors and honed his independent nature. He attended school in Tonasket until moving with father to Canada where they started a ranch near Williams Lake....

Jul 24, 2025

Joseph "Joe" Emery Dagnon, age 59, was taken from us far too early on June 24, 2025. He was born in Omak, Washington, to Dal and Joanne Dagnon and grew up on the family's cattle ranch in Tonasket. It was there that he developed a lifelong love for machines, wide-open spaces, and a good laugh.

Joe graduated...

Jul 22, 2025

Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend.

Cara Lyn Rampley, age 80, passed away peacefully at her home in Tonasket, WA on July 22, 2025. Cara was born August 27, 1944, in Seattle, WA. She graduated from Mountlake Terrace High School in 1962 and attended Everett Junior College. Cara was deeply rooted in her Lutheran faith and was...

Jul 17, 2025

In loving memory of Susan Kay Geisler who passed away peacefully on July 17, 2025 one hour before her 83rd birthday.

She was born in Traverse, MI and raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Susan was a very devoted, strong, intelligent and well-read woman who never backed down from a lively conversation.

While doing cancer research...

Jul 14, 2025

Ronny Ace Stafford, 86, of Tonasket was born February 14, 1939 in Chelan, WA to parents Ralph Lester and Eulalia Juanita (Meinzer) Stafford.   Ronny attended 1st – 6th grades in Chelan Falls elementary school and 7th -12th at Chelan Junior/Senior high school.  He met his childhood sweetheart, Kay Charlene Sullivan, in school and after they graduated, they were married.  ...

Jul 4, 2025

On Friday, July 4th, 2025, the world lost a beautiful soul way too young and her absence leaves a hole in so many people's hearts. She had a once in a lifetime love and anyone that knows Jody and Tyler Compton, were blessed to have witnessed that love between them.

She left behind 5 boys (Jayce 11,...

Jun 27, 2025

Richard Lee Forrester was born to Ida Rosine Sneve and Richard Daniel Forrester at home in Molson, Washington on December 29, 1932. His father was working at the Bonaparte Lookout at the time. Richard, who went by Dick, was an only child.

When Dick was a young boy, his parents moved to Oroville, Washington, so his father...

Jun 24, 2025

Robert Joseph Pellegrini passed away on June 24, 2025, at the age of 87. He was born as Bobby Jo Brack on June 1, 1938, in Dallas, Texas, to Joe and Ruth Brack. He had a tumultuous start to life, which led to a lifelong aversion to nuns and anything resembling what he called "orphanage food." In the mid-1940s,...

Jun 7, 2025

Dr. June Konz was born June Marie Kuzma on June 4, 1934 in Fisher's Island, New York. Her dad's Army service involved many moves throughout her life. She was the oldest of five siblings and she was a big part of raising her two brothers and two sisters.

The family relocated to Pacific Beach, California before again...

Jun 3, 2025

Grace Mae Cromwell (DeBock), age 96, passed away peacefully on June 3, 2025, in Spokane, Washington. Born in Euclid, Washington to Gustave (Frank) and Mabel DeBock on November 7th, 1928. She spent her younger years living on a small farm in Outlook, WA. She married Ward Cromwell on October 22nd, 1945, at the Church of the Brethren in Outlook,...

Jun 2, 2025

Dr. Richard (Rick) Craig Welton was born September 28, 1954 in Trail, British Columbia. A lifelong lover of the outdoors, Rick grew up swimming and skating on the Columbia River as well as hiking and biking in the nearby mountains. He earned a medical degree at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC and completed his graduate medical...