Local Obituaries for Prosser Funeral Home & Crematory
Dona Callahan
Apr 13, 2018
Dona Jean Callahan, age 93, entered into rest on April 13, 2018 at her home at Sun Terrace Assisted Living in Prosser. She was born on August 12, 1924 in Albion, Nebraska to Charles Bernard and Fannie Belle (Martin) Emery. She was raised and educated in Southern California and graduated from Venice High School in 1942. She remained in the...
John W. Minchew
Apr 6, 2018
John W. Minchew was born in Jacksonville, Florida on February 2, 1941 and entered into rest on April 6, 2018 at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland. He married Virginia Renfro and they had two children, John Eric and Angela Renee. After their divorce, he then married Della Buell Blackburn in 1978. Stepson, Edward Blackburn (Lupe Hurtado) and step-daughter, Sheri...
Patricia "Pat" Yvonne Thayer Merrill
Apr 4, 2018
Patricia (Pat) Yvonne Thayer Merrill June 2, 1923 – April 4, 2018 Patricia (Pat) Yvonne Thayer Merrill was born in Seattle, Washington on June 2, 1923 and adopted at three weeks by Theodore and Ruth Ewing Coates. She graduated from Roosevelt High School June 1941 and continued her education at the University of Washington. She married Edwin Thayer Merrill in...
Berniel Schulthies Hartley
Mar 22, 2018
Berniel Schulthies Hartley devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend passed away Thursday, March 22, 2018 peacefully in her home, surrounded by her loving family, after a two year hard fought battle with ALS. She was born March 12, 1946 in Salt Lake City, Utah and minutes after her birth her parents were surprised with another baby, her twin brother Brent....
Miguel Meraz-Lopez
Mar 18, 2018
Miguel Meraz-Lopez, 40, of Prosser, passed away Sunday, March 18, 2018 at his home. He was born in La Barranca Del Potrero, Michocan, Mexico to Aureliano and Genoveva (Lopez) Meraz. He came to the United States in 1999 and worked as a cattle rancher for Terry Christianson in Prosser and was currently working at the Toppenish Sales Yard. He was...
Theodore E. Mann
Mar 16, 2018
Death Notice Theodore Eugene Mann, age 67 of Prosser, entered into rest on March 16, 2018 at Virginia Mason Memorial Hospital in Yakima. He is survived by his wife, Michaela Mann. Services will be held at a later date in California.
Ralph Oldfield
Mar 14, 2018
Ralph E. Oldfield, age 91, entered into rest March 14, 2018 at Sun Terrace Assisted Living in Prosser, WA. He was born January 17, 1927 at Whitstran, WA to George and Hazel (Howard) Oldfield and was raised and educated in Toppenish, Granger and Grandview. Ralph’s first job was bucking water for a threshing crew at the age of 8. Ralph...
Anton "Tony" Heintz
Mar 13, 2018
Anton “Tony” Robert Heintz, 90, longtime Prosser resident, passed away on March 13, 2018. Tony was born on December 10, 1927 in Aberdeen, South Dakota to Anselm and Christina (Gese) Heintz. The family moved to Prosser in 1938, and Tony graduated from Prosser High School with the Class of 1946. He joined the U.S. Army later that year and was...
Lillian Mitchell
Feb 26, 2018
Lillian Rae Mitchell, 85, went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 26, 2018. She was born December 14, 1932 to Roy and Elsie (Gordon) Harris in Sunnyside. She married James Mitchell Sr. in 1953 and they raised their four children in Ellensburg until her husband’s death in 1969. In 1970, she moved with her children to Prosser....
Goldie Ella Stafford
Feb 26, 2018
Goldie Ella Stafford, age 54, went to be with the Lord on February 26, 2018 at Magdalena’s Adult Family Home in Kennewick. She was born on March 2, 1963 to Calvin and Frances (Webley) Stafford in Burien, Washington. She graduated from Kiona-Benton high school in 1981. She was Para Educator for the Richland School District. Goldie was a blazingly bright...
Ruth Helen Baze
Jan 19, 2018
Ruth Helen Baze, 88, passed on peacefully on January 19, 2018 in Kennewick after lengthy illness. Helen was born on January 25, 1929 in Ponderay, Idaho, the daughter of John and Susan (Neva) Pomerinke, the youngest of 7 children. After her father’s illness, her mother became a hardworking single parent, a rarity at the time. Her Mother’s examples of hard...
Bruce R. Wagner
Jan 16, 2018
Bruce Robert Wagner, age 74, entered into rest on January 16, 2018 at his home in Prosser. He was born on April 15, 1943 to Daniel Wesley and Arlene Ruth (Jenny) Wagner in Prosser where he was raised and educated, graduating from Prosser High School with the class of 1961. He played Prosser Mustang Football and was named as All...
Phyllis Hosko
Jan 8, 2018
On the night of Monday, January 8th, Phyllis (Oswalt) Hosko, age 79, went to be with her Lord and Savior surrounded by her loving family. This ended a long battle with rheumatoid arthritis and numerous ailments and delivered her to a place where she can finally be free of pain. Phyllis was born on September 6th, 1938 in Palisade, Nebraska,...
Kathryn Virginia Titus-Elliott
Jan 6, 2018
Kathryn Virginia Titus-Elliott, a bright star to all who loved her, left us on Saturday, January 6, 2018. She died at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland after a long hard fight. Kat, Kitty or Mema, as her family called her, was born on February 26, 1940 in Inverness, Mississippi to Clifford Cagle and Rosa (Williams) Cagle. She attended school...
John A. Persinger
Dec 29, 2017
John A. Persinger, age 72 of Prosser, entered into rest on December 29, 2017 at Prosser Memorial Hospital. He was born on September 5, 1945 to Buford and Nola Jean (Hysell) Persinger in Yakima, Washington. He was raised and educated in Benton City. John was a self-taught mechanic and worked for Holtzinger Fruit Company until his retirement in 2011. He...
Violet R. Hamilton
Dec 19, 2017
Mom, Violet Rebecca Hamilton, was born to Aubrey Hall and Nettie Jones Hall on May 31, 1923 and passed unto the hands of our Lord on December 19, 2017. She was raised in coal country, Wise Co., Virginia and received her early education there. After moving to the valley in 1946 she attended beauty school in Yakima and upon successful...
Douglas Jackson
Dec 10, 2017
Dr. Douglas Milton Jackson, age 81, entered into rest on December 10, 2017 at Richland Rehabilitation Center. He was born on January 19, 1936 to Howard Thomas and Myrtle Jackson in Prosser, Washington, where he was raised and graduated from Prosser High School. He attended Washington State University where he received a Master’s Degree in Veterinary Medicine followed by a...
Dr. Kenneth E. Hartz
Dec 9, 2017
Dr. Kenneth E. Hartz, 81, passed away Saturday, December 9, 2017. Ken was born December 21, 1935 in Philadelphia, PA. to Kenneth H. and Eugenie M. Hartz. He enlisted in the Air Force after graduating high school in 1954. The Air Force took him to Korea, Goose Bay, Labrador, New Mexico, and Maine as a radar operator. He took advantage...
Wilbur L. Stovall
Dec 4, 2017
W. L. “Webb” Stovall, a longtime Prosser resident, passed away on December 4, 2017 at Prosser Memorial Hospital. He was born on August 17, 1926 to Floyd Ida and Ruby (Cole) Stovall in Peola, Washington and was raised and educated in Toppenish. After graduation he served in the US Navy for five years during World War II. In his younger...
Monica Theresa Schiller Dufault
Nov 27, 2017
Monica Theresa Schiller Dufault (1917 – 2017) Monica was born on June 15, 1917 in Walla Walla, Washington to Albert T. Schiller and Elizabeth Martin Schiller. She entered into rest on November 27, 2017 at her home in Prosser. She was one of eight children and worked many hours on the family farm as well as in the household. She...
