Jack C. Johnson
May 18, 2011
Jack C. Johnson, age 87, of Curlew died on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at his home in Curlew. He was born September 3, 1923 in Day Creek, Washington to parents Frank and Leona Johnson. At the age of 9, Jack began working full time as a tail sawyer in his father's sawmill. On September 9, 1942, he married Dorothy Greer...
Ruth Minna Moore
May 18, 2011
Ruth "Boots" Minna Moore Our Mom presented our Dad with the greatest birthday gift of all. Ruth passed away peacefully, May 18th (Our Dad's birthday) at North Valley Extended Care in Tonasket, joining her husband, Cecil, of 60 years. Ruth was born September 21, 1924 in Pine Creek to homesteaders Fritz and Frieda Ammann. Around 1939, Fritz moved his...
Mildred Thornton
May 12, 2011
On the 12 th day of May 2011, a gentle loving servant of God went to rest awaiting the Judgment Day.
Mildred May (Wiltfong) Thornton was born August 9, 1916 in Oronoque, Kansas the third of eight children to Franklin Elver and Lillie May (Camp) Wiltfong. When Mildred was...
Jane Brown
May 12, 2011
Dorothy Jane Brown Tonasket , WA
Jane Brown, age 80, died at home May 12 th in Tonasket four months after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Jane was born on October 8 , 1930 in Wenatchee to Clarence and Dorothy Travis. When Jane was...
Helen Bernice Godier
May 1, 2011
Helen "Bernice" Godier, 95, died Sunday, May 1, 2011 at North Valley Extended Care in Tonasket, WA. Bernice was born in Danby, Missouri on September 17, 1915 to Chris and Sarah Garber. She married Raymond Godier on April 30, 1939 in Crystal City, Missouri. Most of her life was spent in Crystal City until she...
Duane Mckinney
Apr 30, 2011
Duane Burl McKinney, age 42 of Rathdrum, Idaho died April 30, 2011 at home. He was born September 20, 1968 to Bob and Donna McKinney in Tonasket, Washington. Duane married Shannon Barton on August 6, 1988 in Tonasket and they moved to Rathdrum in July 1997. He was a long-haul truck driver that enjoyed snowmobiling,...
Clauda Perez
Apr 28, 2011
Claudia Mae Perez age 84 of Oroville died on April 28, 2011 at North Valley Extended Care in Tonasket. She was born on August 27, 1926 in Clayton, New Mexico. Clauda attended school in New Mexico. She married Emery Ellis and he preceded her in death. She then met and married Jose C. (Ruben) Perez...
Sonny Didra
Apr 19, 2011
Sonny Didra, age 85, of Loomis, WA died April 19, 2011 at North Valley Extended Care in Tonasket. He was born February 26, 1926 in Tonasket to Sam and Hilda (Utt) Didra. Sonny grew up in Tonasket and served his country in the Army during WWII. Following his honorable discharge, he returned...
Gerald (Jed) Thompson
Apr 6, 2011
OBITUARY Gerald A. (JED) Thompson was born to Albert and Vera McPherson Thompson in Everett, Washington on April 20, 1938. He had an older brother, Jim Thompson, and soon to follow would be sister Judy Thompson. Seven years later he was joined by another sister, Joyce Thompson. He lived in Everett most of his life. Jed graduated from Everett High...
Ray E. Weaver
Apr 2, 2011
Ray E. Weaver, age 86 of Tonasket went home to be with his Savior and Lord Jesus Christ on Saturday, April 2nd, 2011. He was born on August 11th, 1924 in Scottsbluff Nebraska to parents Ray and Rena Weaver. After finishing Bible College, he was married to Beverly Barber in 1948 and started a church in Alderwood Manor...
Wallace Brown
Apr 1, 2011
Wallace (Wally) Turner Brown was born June 6, 1949 to Ellsworth and Betty J Smith Brown in Tonasket, WA. He passed away at home April 1, 2011. Wally spent his entire life in the Tonasket area and graduated from Tonasket High School. Wally grew up on the family orchard and farm. He learned his lifetime love of hunting...
Isabelle Losvar
Mar 22, 2011
Isabelle B. Losvar Isabelle B. Losvar peacefully passed away on March 22, 2011, at North Valley Extended Care in Tonasket, Washington. She was born on November 11, 1926 in Ketchikan, Alaska to parents William and Mary Brown. Isabelle spent her childhood in Ketchikan and Nome. She attended Stephens College, Columbia Missouri, Everett Junior College, and Everett General Hospital School of...
Arden "Ardie" Halvorsen
Mar 16, 2011
Memorial services were held Monday, March 21 st for Arden Dale Halvorsen at the Oroville Free Methodist Church. He passed away on March 16 at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee.
Ardie was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 28, 1937 to Alvin and Hazel Halvorsen. He spent...
Kristopher William Anderson
Mar 15, 2011
The Celebration of Life and Candle light vigil for Kristopher William Anderson is scheduled for Sunday, March 27 th , 2011 at the Chief Tonasket Park in Tonasket, Washington at the Salmon viewing platform at 6:30 P.M.
Kristopher William Anderson was born May 22, 1985 in Seattle,...
Donald Mackenzie
Mar 14, 2011
Donald Roderick MacKenzie age 67 died after a brief illness, on Monday, March 14 th , 2011 in Wenatchee, Washington.
He was born on May 16, 1943 in Omak Washington to Grace MacKenzie and Kenneth Donald MacKenzie and lived most of his life in Omak. He attended School in...
Tom Harvey
Mar 13, 2011
Tom Harvey,64, of Oroville passed away on Sunday, March 13, 2011 at his home in Oroville. He was born in Boise, Idaho on November 23, 1946 to parents Oliver and Bernice Harvey. In 1962, he left for Juneau, Alaska to live with his older brother, Bruce and family. In May of 1965, he married Sandy Ellis and they had 3...
Harry Hartman Haney, Sr.
Mar 12, 2011
Harry Hartman Haney Sr., age 92, logger, author, and historian of Oroville, Washington was delivered into the world by is mid-wife grandmother in a log cabin on July 10, 1918 in the township of Rat Root, Minnesota. The Haney Homestead was so remote education necessitated Harry board-out with a family near the one-room grades 1-8 school. Double-promotion allowed him to...
Gay Utzinger
Mar 8, 2011
Barbara Gay (Kendall) Utzinger, age 92, passed away March 8, 2011 at the Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee. Gay was born on February 9, 1919 in Caldwell, Idaho to Everett and Florence Kendall. The following year, the family moved to Horse Springs Coulee near Tonasket. In 1922, Everett moved his family once again to the property four mile northwest...
Wayne Cumbo
Feb 26, 2011
Wayne Michael Cumbo, 55, of Oroville passed away February 26th. Wayne was born to Howard and Byrdie (Thrasher) Cumbo December 4 th, 1955 in Tonasket, Washington. He lived in Oroville all his life and graduated from Oroville High School in 1975. Wayne was a part of the Oroville Fire Department (1978-1993), was a charter member...
Sidney Clarence Wyatt
Feb 14, 2011
Sidney Clarence Wyatt, age 89, of Republic, Washington died February 14, 2011 at home with his family. He was born February 12, 1922 in Trinadad, WA to Clarence and Amy Wyatt. Sid was born at Crescent Bar and went to school at Trinadad and Quincy, graduating in 1942 from Quincy High School. In Sept. 14 the same year he entered...
