Local Obituaries for Prosser Funeral Home & Crematory
Thalia Michelle Symons
Oct 16, 2020
Thalia Michelle Symons, 61, passed away peacefully at home October 16, 2020. Born July 12th, 1959, in Prosser, Washington to Lawrence and Thalia Storey. Thalia Michelle was a Prosser High graduate and joined the Laborers Union after high school: she was a member of the local Eagles and VFW. For the majority of her life, she shared her time between...
Pearl Mildred Royer
Oct 15, 2020
Pearl Mildred Royer, 97, Longtime Prosser Washington resident, passed away on October 15, 2020 at TenderCare Home in Clarkston, Washington. Pearl was born in Prosser on August 14, 1923 to Paul and JoHanna (Soberg) Nordby. She attended Prosser and Grandview schools and graduated from Grandview High School with the class of 1941. Pearl worked as the secretary to the principal...
Milton C. Russell
Oct 12, 2020
Milton C. Russell, age 88 of Prosser, entered into rest on October 12, 2020 at Prosser Memorial Hospital. He was born in Conrad, Montana and was raised and educated in Dayton, Washington and graduated from Dayton High School with the class of 1949. In 1951 he enlisted in the US Army and was stationed in Germany and Poland. After his...
Rodney Lee Stutzman
Oct 7, 2020
Rodney Lee Stutzman was born to Virgil and Dorthy Stutzman May 12, 1965 in Othello, WA. He was the youngest of six children. He died of cancer at the hospital October 7, 2020. Rodney grew up in Pasco, WA. He loved riding his bike, playing by the river, teasing cats and playing with his dog. (He repented later of his...
Perley Louise Harrington Pry Crosier
Sep 30, 2020
Our talented and loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend Perley Louise Harrington Pry Crosier was reunited with her best friend, her husband Bob, on September 30, 2020. She lived 96 years. She was born at home to George and Lena Harrington on August 23, 1924 in Carthage, Illinois. She was the eighth of nine children and was the last survivor...
Thomas Quaresma
Sep 29, 2020
Thomas Lee Quaresma was born April 5, 1946 in Walla Walla, WA where he attended school. After graduation from high school, he attended Central Washington State College. He married Ginger Gallant, August 26, 1967, in Burien, WA. After college graduation in 1968, he was employed as a teacher with the Prosser School District for 30 years. He was a member...
Kellee Dalene Hart
Sep 27, 2020
Prosser Funeral Home 509-786-3642 Our dear and beloved wife, mother, and sister, Kellee Dalene Hart, 53, Prosser, entered into rest on September 27, 2020. She was born on April 13, 1967, to Walter and Sandra Glaspell in Prosser, Washington. She attended school in Prosser and graduated in 1985. She graduated from Columbia Basin College with an Applied Science degree in...
Macaria, Luz, Luis And Michelle Martinez Garcia
Aug 27, 2020
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm on Friday, September 11th at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. They will be buried in Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico.
Ulin "Don" Devere Pierce
Aug 21, 2020
Ulin (Don) Devere Pierce December 28, 1932-August 21, 2020 On Friday August 21, 2020 Don passed away at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Washington. Don was born in Keystone, South Dakota to Harold and Hazel Pierce. His parents moved him and his siblings to Clatskanie, Oregon and that is where he received his education. In 1952 he enlisted in...
Madlyn Lorraine Simpson
Aug 9, 2020
Madlyn Lorraine Simpson, 97, of Prosser, passed away on August 9, 2020 at her home at Sun Terrace. She was born on August 16, 1922 in Andover, South Dakota to John and Elsie (Roettel) Knoll. She was raised and educated in Stratford, SD and graduated from high school in Groton, SD. Madlyn married Roy John Simpson in Groton in 1941...
Beverly "Bev" (Hood) Chadderdon
Jul 20, 2020
Beverly “Bev” (Hood) Chadderdon, 93, lifetime Prosser resident passed away on July 20, 2020 at Sun Terrace in Prosser. Bev was born on October 30, 1926 to Charles Hugh Young and Effie Maude (Westmoreland) Young in Prosser where she was raised and educated. She was “Yell Queen” at Prosser High School and graduated with the class of 1944 and then...
Carla Ruth Harris Robinson
Jul 6, 2020
Carla Ruth [Harris] Robinson, formerly of Beaumont, Texas died July 6, 2020 in Prosser, Washington. Carla was born at home in Beaumont, Texas on June 15, 1926. Her parents were John Wylie Harris [1900-1971] and Carla Theo [Heisig] Harris [1900-1928]. Brother Wylie was born two years later and two weeks after that their mother died. Carla age two, and newborn...
Cheryl Colella Ellis
Jul 5, 2020
Following a two year battle with ovarian cancer, Cheryl Colella Ellis, 65, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 5, 2020. She was born October 22, 1954 on the Fairchild Air Force Base to Raymond and Jerry Colella. She enjoyed growing up on the north side of Spokane and attending Rogers High School, where she served as that...
Ray "Rusty" Russell Burnett
Jul 4, 2020
Ray “Rusty” Russell Burnett, age 63, entered into rest on July 4, 2020 at his home in Kennewick. He was born on October 29, 1956 in Hillsboro, Oregon to Edward and Bernita (Dillon) Burnett. Rusty was raised and educated in Prosser, Washington and graduated from Prosser High School with the Class of 75. After graduation he worked as a parts...
Ilene Mellor
Jul 4, 2020
Ilene Mae Mellor, age 91, entered into rest on July 4, 2020 at Prosser Memorial Hospital. She was born on February 21, 1929 in Bolivar, Mississippi to Oliver and Rosa Mae (Pate) Painter. Her father worked as a carpenter and as such the family moved around where her dad could find work. In her youth, Ilene lived in Walker County,...
Marjorie (Margie) Morse
Jun 26, 2020
Marjorie H. Morse (Margie) was born on November 1, 1927, daughter of James and Hilda Ellis, in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. She passed away peacefully on June 26, 2020 of natural causes. Margie grew up in Bonners Ferry, ID. until moving to Spokane, WA. when she was 14 and graduated in 1946 from North Central High. She then moved to Wenatchee,...
Robert Austin Yahn
Jun 24, 2020
Beloved husband, father, and grandfather Robert Austin Yahn (Bob), 93, passed away peacefully on June 24, 2020 at Prosser Memorial Hospital. He was born on March 20, 1927 in Portland, Oregon to Milton and Margaret (Austin) Yahn. He was raised in Winlock, Washington and played baseball, basketball and football in high school. His favorite sport was baseball which he excelled...
Robyn Christopherson
Jun 17, 2020
Robyn K. Christopherson, 58, of Yakima, passed away at home with her family on June 17, 2020. Robyn was born on December 13, 1961 in Burley, Idaho to Terry and Sandra (Daily) McIntosh. She was raised and educated in Seattle until 1976 when the family moved to Yakima. Robyn and Rick Christopherson became a couple in1995,and got married in 2006...
Dwight Ramon "Ray" Shumway
Jun 10, 2020
Dwight Ramon “Ray” Shumway, 88, died June 10, 2020 in Prosser, Washington after a long battle with Alzheimers/Dementia. Ray was born in Boise, Idaho (1932). Ray is survived by his wife Paula, ex-wife Gayle, four children: Kim (Dan) and Kathy of Alaska, Kris (Sharmin) of Oregon and Kara (Tracy) of Idaho; four stepchildren: Michelle (Tim), Monte (Andrea), and Mark (Stacey)...
Alfred Roy Mitchell
May 21, 2020
Alfred Roy Mitchell, age 75 of Grandview, Washington, entered into rest on May 21, 2020 at home with his children and grandchildren. He was born in Twin Falls, Idaho to Earl and Reva Mitchell on September 17th, 1944. They later moved to Washington and he was raised in Wapato, where he met the love of his life and future wife....
