Local Obituaries for Prosser Funeral Home & Crematory
Vera Ward
Feb 26, 2016
Vera Ward died February 26, 2016 in her apartment, at Sun Terrace Prosser Assisted Living, in Prosser, Washington. She was 91. Vera was born to Oscar and Clare Wilkins on June 1, 1924, in a little cabin on the Camas Prairie, near Grangeville, Idaho. Her parents taught her to love Jehovah God with her whole heart, whole mind, and whole...
Charles Robert Sample
Feb 23, 2016
Charles Robert Sample, age 98 of Prosser, entered into rest on February 23, 2016 at Prosser Memorial Hospital. He was born to Charles and Sarah Sample on June 20, 1917 in Fayetteville Arkansas where he was raised and educated. In 1944, Charles moved to Richland where he lived for many years while working at Hanford as a welder and pipefitter....
Kirk Andrew Miller
Jan 19, 2016
Kirk Andrew Miller was born 57 years ago in Long Beach, California on March 15, 1958 to Curtis Andrew and Peggy Jean (Amick) Miller. He was called to heaven unexpectedly on January 19, 2016 with Snoopy, his dog, by his side at home in Seneca, South Carolina. The family moved from Fontana, California to Stanwood, Washington in 1967 and then...
Corrine Rattray
Jan 18, 2016
Corrine Rattray, age 91, passed away peacefully on January 18, 2016 at Cottage In The Meadow in Yakima, with family by her side. She was born on August 29, 1924 to Wilhelm Sven and Matilda Rattray in Carnation, Washington where she was raised and educated. She graduated from Carnation High School in 1940. In 1943, she married Walter Rattray and...
Karin Joyce Taylor
Jan 14, 2016
Karin Joyce Taylor, 63, of Prosser, passed away peacefully at home with her family by her side on January 14, 2016. She was the wife of Steve Taylor with whom she shared thirty-six wonderful years; her soulmate. Born in Roseburg, Oregon on January 26, 1952, she was the daughter of Merlin and Katherine (Dillingham) Elliott. She graduated from Anderson High...
Delbert Ray Mc Call Jr.
Jan 9, 2016
Delbert Ray McCall Jr., age 49, entered into rest on January 9, 2016 at his home in Kennewick. He was born on August 25, 1966 to Delbert Ray Sr. and Barbara (Like) McCall in Prosser where he was raised and educated. After graduating from Prosser High School in 1985, he made his home in the Tri-Cities. Delbert led a full...
Leroy Scott Hamilton
Jan 4, 2016
LeRoy Scott Hamilton Monday evening, January 4, 2016, Scott peacefully passed away. Scott was born in Froid, Montana on September 9, 1922 to Eleanor (Scott) and Forrest Hamilton. The family moved to the Yakima Valley where Scott graduated from Selah High School in 1940. He worked at Boeing until 1942, when he enlisted in the US Navy. After the war,...
Kathryn Achziger
Dec 17, 2015
Kathryn Achziger, 82, longtime Prosser resident, passed away on December 17, 2015 in Pasco. She was born on April 18, 1933 in Douthat, Oklahoma to George and Rose (Pruitt) Bumpaous. She was raised and educated in Pasco. Kathryn married Frederick Achziger on August 11, 1966 in Benton City. She worked at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and after moving to...
Richard "Bill" Virgil Halverson
Dec 9, 2015
Richard “Bill” Virgil Halverson, 75, of Prosser, passed away on December 9, 2015 at Kadlec Medical Center in Richland. He was born on December 12, 1939 in Havre, Montana to Virgil Perry Halverson and Agnes Christine (Mork) Halverson. He was raised and educated in Havre and Great Falls, Montana. In 1958, he joined the U.S. Army and was stationed in...
Gerald "Buz" Kesterson
Dec 8, 2015
Gerald A. “Buz” Kesterson, age 87, entered into rest on December 8, 2015 at his home in Prosser. He was born on August 27, 1928 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri to Henry Alfred and Vera Hassel (Sago) Kesterson. In 1944 the family moved to Prosser where he graduated from Prosser High School with the class of 46. Following graduation he enlisted...
Lloyd Eugene Claunch
Dec 8, 2015
Lloyd Eugene Claunch, age 89, entered into rest on December 8, 2015 at his home in Prosser. He was born on December 22, 1925 to Lloyd and Nora (Whities) Claunch in Pocatello, Idaho where he was raised and educated. He enlisted in the US Navy and served for 2 years during WWII. On February 15, 1957 Lloyd and Martha Marie...
Virgil Francis Foster
Dec 7, 2015
Virgil Francis Foster, age 94, passed away on December 7, 2015 at home, with his daughter, Stephanie and Lower Valley Hospice personnel in attendance. He was born July 1, 1921, the third of 8 children, to Harry Amos Foster and Hattie Marie Johnson on a farm outside of Brookings, South Dakota. After service with the US Army in the European...
Celedonio "Cele" Landa Madera
Dec 6, 2015
Celedonio “Cele” Landa Madera, 70, longtime Prosser resident, entered into rest on December 6, 2015 at Prosser Memorial Hospital. He was born on March 3, 1945 to Lucio and Esther (Madera) Landa in Mesa de Piedras, Jalisco, Mexico where he was raised and educated. As a young man, he was one of the first to leave his ranch in Mexico...
Nadeen Elliot
Dec 2, 2015
Nadeen Elliot, 88, of Prosser, passed away on December 2, 2015 at Sheffield Manor Assisted Living Facility. Nadeen was born in Arapahoe, Colorado to Charles and Lily Wilson on March 6, 1927. She was the fourth of six children to survive early childhood. The family moved to South Dakota in 1930, and to Adrian, Oregon, in 1940, where she grew...
Antonio Sanchez Jr.
Nov 27, 2015
Antonio Sanchez Jr., known to many as Tony, was called up to Heaven to be at the side of our Father on November 27, 2015. Tony was born with a rare medical condition known as Arthrogryposis Multiplex, a condition that did not allow him to walk. He was born on July 22, 1991 in Prosser to Antonio Sanchez Sr. and...
Marcela Castillo
Nov 19, 2015
Marcela Castillo, 74, of Grandview, passed away on November 19, 2015 at her home. She was born on January 16, 1941 in Donna, Texas to Juan Jose Trevino and Matilde (Nieto) Trevino. She began driving at the age of nine and at eleven, drove her parents from Texas to Sanger, California where they made their home. Marcela married Ramon Garza...
Reed Heath
Nov 19, 2015
Reed Stewart Heath, age 86, entered into rest on November 19, 2015 at Sun Terrace Assisted Living in Prosser, Washington. He was born on October 6, 1929 in Sunnyside, Washington where he lived until graduating from high school. He spent a lot of time working, as an iron worker, in Alaska, and also worked in Arizona. He came back and...
James W. Corliss
Oct 31, 2015
James (Jim) W. Corliss, 80, of Grandview died on October 31, 2015 at The Hospice House in Kennewick after an extended illness. Jim was born on January 30, 1935 to Harold T. and Lucile B. (Whitehair) Corliss in Yakima and was raised on a farm west of Yakima. Jim earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Horticulture at Washington State...
Leonard Earl Reed
Oct 31, 2015
Leonard Earl Reed, 76, of Grandview, passed away on Saturday, October 31, 2015 at Harborview Medical Center. He was born on November 13, 1938 in Colorado Springs, Colorado to Earl and Opal (Christen) Reed. He served in the U.S. Army from 1959 until being transferred into the U.S. Army Reserve in 1961 and was honorably discharged in 1964. He made...
Polly Nell Moritzky
Oct 26, 2015
Polly Nell Moritzky, 69, former longtime Grandview resident, passed away on October 26, 2015 at her home in Prosser. She was born on December 11, 1945 in Delaware County, Oklahoma to Peter and Virginia (Blaine) Dykes. She was raised and educated in Oklahoma. Polly married Ronald Moritzky in 1962 and the couple made their home in Grandview in 1968. After...
