The Ritzville Adams County Journal - Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887

Malinda (Jantz) Zilliox was born Mar. 25, 1921 in the family home near Ruff, Wash. She attended a country school for three years. In 1930 the family moved to a farm near Ritzville, Wash. where she continued her education graduating from Ritzville High School. She went on to obtain her BA degree in education from Eastern Washington University and taught elementary school for over thirty four years. Her teaching took place in eastern Washington schools the last two being in Moses Lake and Othello.

She married Milton F. Zilliox Aug. 1959 in the Menno Mennonite church. They lived in Moses Lake...