Obituaries
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Loretta Jean Greenwalt Schoonover
Loretta Jean Greenwalt Schoonover went to our Lord on Tuesday, Nov., 2019 with her daughter Mary Ann (Punkie) at her side. She was residing at DeSansos Assisted Living in Jerome, Idaho in their loving care at the time of her death. Loretta was born o...
Ruben J. Knodel
Ruben Joseph Knodel was born November 6, 1924 in Lind, Washington to Emma and Gustave Knodel. He grew up on the family farm 8 miles east of Lind. He went to school in Ralston, Washington in his early...
Obituary: Alven Loren Dyck
Alven Loren Dyck was born July 22, 1925 to Frank and Lena (Schrag) Dyck. He had three brothers-Ray, Clinton and Leo-and a sister, Nora (all deceased). He passed away at Monroe House in Moses Lake,...
Bob Westergard
Bob Westergard went to be with his Lord and Savior on December 21, 2018. Bob was born in Brigham City, Utah on October 7, 1939 five minutes after his twin brother Billie. The twins joined older sister...
Norman James Sackmann
Norman James Sackmann passed peacefully from natural causes on December 29, 2018. Norman was born in Lind, WA on December 11, 1933 in the midst of a winter blizzard on the family wheat farm. Norman attended school from K through 12 in the Lind...
Melvin C. "Corky" Kiehn
Melvin C. "Corky" Kiehn was born on March 27, 1938 in Ritzville, WA to Carl and Agnes Kiehn and passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019. He was preceded in death by his...
Bill Pond
Bill Pond passed away in Lind on Dec. 29 at the age of 76. Born in Chewelah, WA to Selma and William Pond, he moved to Lind with his mom when he was 5-years-old. Bill worked at the Experiment Station...
Duane Ruser
Duane Ruser, 83, of Marissa, IL; born on September 30, 1935 in Holstein, IA; passed away on Monday, December 17, 2018 at the Freeburg Care Center in Freeburg, IL. Mr. Ruser was a newspaper publisher....
Elena A. Sieverkropp
Elena A. Sieverkropp, age 88, died at home on Sunday, December 2, 2018. She was born October 1, 1930, to Joseph and Eleanora (Schmidke) Beckman in St. Paul, Minnesota. The eighth of nine children, she...
Lily Baker
Lily Baker passed away on Sept. 7. Her memorial lunch will be held at Mi Jalisco Mexican Restaurant at 214 West Main Street in Ritzville at 1 p.m. on Oct. 20. Please call 659-0355 for reservations....
Peter James Hilzendeger
July 15, 1945 – September 30, 2018 Peter James Hilzendeger passed away unexpectedly on September 30, 2018, after a very brief battle with aggressive lung cancer. Pete was born July 15, 1945 in...
Iva Jo Hollenback Kuster
August 25, 1928 – October 8, 2018 Iva Josephine Hollenback was born in Spokane August 25, 1928. After seven children and having an obvious sense of humor, her parents Fred and Jennie (Roth) Hollenback allowed family members to drop name...
Richard L Phelps
Richard L Phelps of Washtucna died September 13, 2018. He was born on Dec. 4, 1933, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. A memorial will be held Oct. 20 at 1 p.m. at 510 4th St. in Benton City Washington....
Gabriella Hope Staley
October 3, 2012 – August 29, 2018 Gabriella Hope Staley earned her wings suddenly and unexpectedly on August 29, 2018 at 5 years of age. Gabby is survived by her parents Paul and Elizabeth Staley, h...
Lavina D. Baumann
Lavina D. Baumann passed away September 7, 2018 in Everett, WA, at the age of 92. Lavina was the first of two children born to Edmund and Bertha Kusler in North Dakota. The Kuslers moved to Ritzville...
Donald “Don” Burghard
Donald F. Burghard passed away Aug. 31, 2018 at Samaritan Hospital surrounded by his family. He was born February 26, 1931 to Fred and Lilly Burghard, Ritzville, Washington. He graduated from Ritzville high school in 1949. Following closure of U & I...
Thelma Jean (Sandy) Elkins
Sandy Elkins, 93, passed away peacefully at Platinum Care in St. George, UT on August 28, 2018. She was born April 13, 1925, to Robert G. Elder, and Myrtle Eloise Flynn Elder in Garfield, Wa. Sandy is...
Ann Schuoler
Ann Schuoler passed away on Saturday, September 8, surrounded by family at her home in Mill Creek, Washington, after a long illness. Ann was born in Yakima, Washington on September 10, 1934, the...
Pamala Gail Schmidt (Smith)
On September 3, 2018, Pamala lost her toughest battle and gained her wings. She was born March 28, 1953 to JoAnn Schweitzer in Bakersfield, CA. She graduated from Falls City High School in Oregon in...
Emil Sackmann
Emil Sackmann was born on April 18, 1922, on the family farm in Lind, Washington, the seventeenth child born to Gottlieb and Lydia Sackmann. He spent his life working on the wheat farm, playing...
Lillian Irene Baker
Lillian Irene Baker would like to let you know that her work here is done. She had an offer that she could not resist which comes with a huge signing bonus which is a reunion with her husband Scotty... Full story
Emil Sackmann
Emil Sackmann, 96, passed away on September 1, 2018. A full obituary will be published in an upcoming edition of The Journal with the time and date of the service.... Full story
Robert “Bob” Owen Pence
May 24, 1944 – August 20, 2018 Robert “Bob” O. Pence passed away at 4:30 pm with his brothers and sisters at his side, at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane, WA after suffering a heart attack. Bob...
Robert O. Pence
Robert O. Pence passed away on Aug. 20, 2018 in Spokane, WA. There will be a graveside service held Friday Aug. 24, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at the Lind Cemetery. Arrangements handled by Danekas Funeral Home Ritzville, WA....
Wanda Kay Dirks-Hill
Wanda Kay Dirks-Hill was born on February 3, 1939 in Lamont, Washington and died from complications related to cancer on August 11, 2018 in Spokane, Washington. Kay graduated from Lamont High School a... Full story