Irene Mary Manuel
Aug 5, 2013
Irene Mary Manuel, age 90, died August 5, 2013 in Tonasket , Washington . She was born February 22, 1923 in Penticton B.C. to George and Louisa Lezard. Irene, as a girl, lived in Penticton and went to boarding school in Cranbrook B.C. As a young woman, she came to Washington , worked in the apple industry, raised...
Lola Burton
Jul 22, 2013
Lola Burton passed away on July 22, 2013 at her home in Tonasket, Washington. She was born in Port Gamble, Wash on October 17th, 1943 to Lowell and Mae Hill. Lola grew up in Poulsbo and as a child had fond memories of playing with the chicks on her great grandparents farm. She would often share stories about her grandparent's...
Katharine E. Leslie
Jul 13, 2013
Katharine Leslie, 96, of Tonasket , Washington died July 13, 2013. She was born February 24, 1917 to Joshua and Viola Rowton in Sand Springs , Montana .
As a young girl Katharine, along with her parents, sister Claire, and brother Erwin left Sand Springs , Montana . They trailed over one hundred head of...
Linda Lou Schultz
Jul 12, 2013
Linda Lou Schultz, 71, of Republic, Washington died July 12, 2013 in Republic. She was born January 27, 1942 in Bluffton , Indiana to Harriete Cary. Linda was a loving mother, grandmother and also a devoted sister. She loved spending time in her garden and with friends and family. Linda had a strong faith and love for the...
Wyatt James Clarence Mccurdy
Jul 9, 2013
Wyatt James Clarence McCurdy, age 24, of Republic Washington died July 9, 2013 at Curlew Lake . He was born July 26, 1988 in Republic. Wyatt attended Republic schools from Kindergarten through 12 grade and made many friends in school. He went on many hunting and fishing trips with family and friends. He enjoying going hiking though...
Bob Lee Ferguson
Jul 4, 2013
Bob Ferguson of Republic passed away on July 4, 2013 at his home. Bob, a longtime Ferry County resident was 79 at the time of his passing. Bob graduated from Wilbur High School in 1953 and married his high school sweetheart, Dorothy Miller. Bob went right to work driving logging trucks for his father for three years. He then worked...
Kathryn A. Harris
Jul 1, 2013
Kathryn A. "Kay" Harris age 91 of Tonasket died on Monday, July 1, 2013 at her home in Tonasket. She was born January 13, 1922 in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania to parents Harry and Gertrude Richardson. In 1933, the family moved west in search of work and settled in Boise, Idaho where Kay grew up and graduated from high school. On...
Mary Ann Chamberlin
Jun 21, 2013
Mary Ann Chamberlin age 84 of Oroville died on Friday, June 21, 2013 at North Valley Extended Care in Tonasket. She was born on April 15, 1929 in Leavenworth, Washington to parents Earl and Janet Harris. Mary Ann grew up in Okanogan, graduating from Okanogan High School in 1948. Following graduation, she...
Lewis H. Rider
Jun 20, 2013
Lewis "Lew" Rider, 102, of Tonasket died June 20, 2013 at North Valley Extended Care in Tonasket. He was born May 21, 1911 in Tonasket to Sam and Susie Rider. Lew was raised in the North Okanogan County and attended school in the Chewiliken Valley until the 6 th grade. He then began to work, packing supplies into...
Leroy Francis Crawshaw
May 17, 2013
Leroy Francis Crawshaw (Lee), 62 of Oroville WA, passed away on 5/17/2013 at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee WA. He was born at home in Entiat WA on December 14 th , 1950 to Elmo and Lucile (Porter) Crawshaw. He served his country in Vietnam as a member of the 101...
Teresa Lynn Peterson
May 15, 2013
Teresa Lynn Peterson, age 50, died May 15, 2013 in Oroville, Washington. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at 1:00 P.M. at the Oroville Riverview Cemetery with Father David Kuttner officiating.
Lillian E. Montague
May 13, 2013
Lillian E. Montague age 88 of Republic died on Monday, May 13, 2013 at Ferry County Memorial Hospital in Republic. She was born November 30, 1924 in Republic to parents Alex and Jessie Bremner. Lillian grew up and attended school in Republic. In 1942, she graduated from Republic High School as salutatorian. She and all of her class mates remained...
Luz Maria Gonzales
May 8, 2013
Luz Maria Gonzales, age 74 of Ellisforde died May 8, 2013 at home. She was born November 19, 1938 in Ibarra, Guanajuato, Mexico to Bruno and Juanita (Rodriguez) Flores. In August 1955 she married Cirilo Gonzales in Texas. They moved to Ellisforde in 1962 and in 1977 moved to their home where she resided. Luz worked for many years as...
Ed Frank Windsor
May 6, 2013
Ed Frank Windsor was born May 25, 1930 and died on May 6, 2013 at his home in the arms of his devoted and loving wife Stella after a very lengthy disease called Lewy Body/Parkinson Syndrome. Ed was born in Ellensburg , Washington to Frank and Hazel (Schiller) Windsor, the fifth child and first boy of the...
Raymond J. Oliver
Apr 30, 2013
Raymond J. Oliver age 77 of Oroville went home to be with the Lord on April 30, 2013 at the North Valley Extended Care in Tonasket. Ray was born on October 31, 1935 in Paris, Arkansas where he graduated from High School. After graduation he moved to Oroville with his parents Raymond and Rose Oliver and one brother Charles "Bud". ...
Larry D Taylor
Apr 22, 2013
Larry D. Taylor
Age 79
Larry was born 4 April 1934 in Cadillac, MI to Dale and Edith Taylor. He died on 22 April 2013 in Tonasket, WA. He served in the United States Air Force for 13 years and was a retired Postal Service Carrier.
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Billie Lee Essary
Apr 12, 2013
Billie Lee Essary, age 66 of Oroville went home to be with Jesus on April 12, 2013. Billie was born in Tonasket on January 11, 1947 to Lola Mae Willis and Joe Kenneth Keithey. Billie lived in Oroville and was a pillar in the community and in her church. She married Manford Essary on November 4, 1961 and they...
Donald Ivings
Apr 9, 2013
Donald "Don" Herbert Ivings passed away peacefully at Ferry County Memorial Hospital April 9, 2013 in Republic, Washington. He was born July 11, 1931 to Edwin and Jennet (Ivings) of York, Ontario. Don worked his entire life as a merchant seaman, traveling and living in many different parts of the world. He enjoyed warm weather, hot tropical beaches, pretty women,...
Brian William Bassett
Apr 1, 2013
Brian William Bassett, age 59, of Loomis, Washington died April 1, 2013 in Loomis. He was born March 18, 1954 in Detroit, Michigan to Eileen M. and William R. Bassett. After high school he attended the University of Detroit-Mercy, majoring in criminology. Later his career path in the Merchant Marines took him all over the world. His most recent employment...
Richard "Dick" Joseph Wisener
Mar 28, 2013
Richard "Dick" Wisener, age 93 of Oroville, died March 28, 2013 at North Valley Hospital in Tonasket. He was born January 25, 1920 in Peaceful Valley , WA . Dick attended school in Spokane then moved as a young man to Republic. He worked there at Black's Beach and the Republic mine. In 1947 Dick moved to Oroville,...
