Local Obituaries for Prosser Funeral Home & Crematory
Laverne May Beal
Oct 26, 2015
Laverne May Beal was born May 1, 1912 in Madison, Wisconsin. She was the second child of Raymond S. All and Metta Belle Serles. She married George Wernett and lived in Chicago, Illinois and had two beautiful daughters, Georgia and Loretta. The family moved to Centralia, WA in 1938 and after a six month hiatus in Reno, Nevada, Laverne and...
Janice Darlene Turner
Oct 24, 2015
Janice Darlene Turner went home to be with the lord on October 24, 2015. Darlene was born November 11, 1937 in Woodland, California to Noel and Delores Brooks. She had five siblings. Brothers, Dean, Alfred, Lyle, Clayton and sister, Karen. Darlene was married September 22, 1956 to Carl Edward Turner in Squires, Missouri. They worked in many different locations until...
Gerry Hagarty
Oct 13, 2015
Gerry P. Hagarty, 74, of Prosser, passed away peacefully on October 13, 2015 at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. Gerry was born to Lawrence and Donna Jean (Leinweber) Hagarty on May 13, 1941 in Frankfort, Kansas. The family moved to Prosser in 1944 where he was raised, educated and a member of the high school boxing team. He...
Lowell Wendt
Oct 12, 2015
Lowell T. Wendt, age 78, entered into rest surrounded by his family on October 12, 2015. He was born on September 20, 1937 in Hutchinson, Minnesota to August & Ella Wendt. His early years were spent in Hutchinson on the family farm until the age of 8 when his family moved to Grandview, WA. After graduating Grandview High School he...
Dorothy Marie Webster
Oct 5, 2015
Dorothy Marie Webster, 94, longtime Tieton resident, passed away on October 5, 2015 at Summitview Health Care Center. Dorothy was born on February 5, 1921 in Yakima to Clove and Margie Barber. She was raised in Schoolcraft, Michigan and graduated from Western Michigan College. She went to work for the U.S. Government as a comptroller during World War II, as...
Franklin Randolph
Oct 1, 2015
Franklin Darrell Randolph, age 80, entered into rest on October 1, 2015 at Cottage in the Meadow in Yakima. He was born on November 5, 1934 in Great Falls, Montana to Dale F. and Doris I. Allin Randolph. He was raised and educated in Great Falls Montana through the ninth grade when the family moved to New Port, Washington. After...
Jacqueline Miller
Sep 29, 2015
Jacquelyn Andrea Miller was born 59 years ago in San Bernardino, California on May 25, 1956 to Curtis Andrew and Peggy Jean (Amick) Miller. She was called home to heaven to be with the Lord, very peacefully in her sleep, on September 29, 2015 after a long illness. She fought hard for eight years. The family moved from Fontana, California...
Sammie Irby
Aug 30, 2015
Sammie was born on September 9, 1938 to Betty and James Irby in Oak Grove, Louisiana. He grew up the youngest of 12 children. As a young boy, Sammie enjoyed fishing and playing softball on Sundays with his siblings. Sammie also spent hours in the cotton fields. Sammie left Louisiana in 1958 for Washington State. He worked on the Roza...
Lenzie Sizemore
Aug 29, 2015
Lenzie Sizemore went to be with the Lord on August 29, 2015. Lenzie was born in Russellville, AK on March 6, 1928 to Felix and Rachel(Hensley) Sizemore. His family moved to Prosser in 1935 after his father who was a sheriff was shot by some outlaws. He attended school in Prosser and graduated in 1946. Lenzie competed in rodeos all...
Richard Paul Riggs
Aug 7, 2015
Richard Paul Riggs, 82, of Prosser, entered into the arms of the Lord on August 7, 2015 at Kadlec Regional Medical Center. Born on September 17, 1932 in Las Animas, Colorado to Edward and Mildred (Goodrich) Riggs and his family moved to Wapato where he attended elementary school and then Outlook Middle School. He graduated from Sunnyside High School in...
Christine Marie Kinsey
Aug 5, 2015
Christine Marie Kinsey went to be with her Lord and Savior on August 5, 2015. Christine was born and raised in San Pedro, California. There she met and married her first husband Jim Seymer. Together they moved to Prosser, Washington where they raised two daughters. She enjoyed her work as a nurse for over 20 years. In April of 2000,...
Sarah Margaret Baumgartel
Jul 12, 2015
At the age of 84, Sarah Margaret Baumgartel of Grandview passed away on July 12, 2015. The tenth of thirteen children, Sarah Margaret Evans was born July 23, 1930 in Albertville, AL to Bertha Cleo and Martin Luther Evans. She attended Birmingham Baptist Hospital School of Nursing where she received her registered nursing diploma. Her practice requirements were fulfilled at...
Nancy Karle
Jul 4, 2015
Nancy Karle, 71, longtime Prosser resident, entered into rest on July 4, 2015 at her home in Yakima. She was born on March 27, 1944 in Spokane, Washington to Bill and June (Fleischman) Schreiber. She was raised and educated in Spokane until the family moved to Prosser in 1959. Nancy graduated from Prosser High School with the class of 1964....
Marilyn J. Krentz
Jun 29, 2015
Marilyn J. Krentz, age 62, entered into rest on June 29, 2015 at her home in Prosser. She was born on July 7, 1952 in Whitehall, New York to Daniel and Joan (Higley) Duffy. She was raised and educated Ballston Spa, New York where she graduated from high school. Marilyn and Joe Krentz first met at the dirt track race....
James M. Stanberry
Jun 26, 2015
James Millard Stanberry, known to most people as Millard, passed away on June 26, 2015 at the age of 97. Millard was born on January 29, 1918 in Cumberland County, Illinois to Owen and Carrie Stanberry. He was the youngest of eleven children. When he was two, he moved with his family to Mexico, Missouri where he was raised and...
Freada Schneider
Jun 26, 2015
On June 26, 2015, Freada Schneider left this earth to join her husband, Howard, after thirteen years apart. Freada was a life-long resident of Prosser and member of Messiah Lutheran Church. She was born in Prosser on May 17, 1931 to David and Pauline (Achziger) Hettich. She retired from Seneca Foods. Freada enjoyed ruthless games of Rummikub with her three...
Mona L. Skinner
Jun 22, 2015
Mona L. Skinner, age 69 of Benton City, entered into rest on June 22, 2015 at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland. She was born on March 29, 1946 in Mount Vernon, Washington to Price and Pearl (Edwards) Loveless. She was raised and educated in Grandview and graduated from Grandview High School with the Class of 1964. Mona met the...
Antonio "Tony" Hermosillo Jr.
Jun 9, 2015
Antonio “Tony” Hermosillo Jr. born on August 29th, 1993 to Olga & Antonio Hermosillo Sr. He was raised in Prosser, WA along with his three sisters. As a young kid Tony enjoyed riding bikes, horses, and playing with his cousins on the ranch. Tony understood hard work even before he was a teenager as he worked alongside his parents in...
Clifford Henry Christensen
Jun 8, 2015
Clifford Henry Christensen, 101, died June 8, 2015 in his sleep at Prosser, Washington. He lived a long and productive life since his birth in 1913 at the family farm near Woodland, Washington. He began his career in electrical power when he helped a lineman install the first electrical service on the farm—a light in the milking shed. After finishing...
Albert Lee Sartain
Jun 7, 2015
Lee Sartain of Grandview, Washington was born in Tishomingo, Oklahoma to James Orvile and Audrey (Martin) Sartain on May 24, 1928 and went to be with his Lord and Savior on June 7, 2015. He left this world surrounded by his loving wife, his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Lee grew up and attended school in Russet, Oklahoma. In his early...
