Local Obituaries for Prosser Funeral Home & Crematory
Raymond Pinkal
Oct 20, 2014
Raymond L. Pinkal, 87, entered into rest on October 20, 2014 at Toppenish Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center. He was born on October 23, 1926 to Adolph and Lenora (Ochsner) Pinkal in Torrington, Wyoming where he was raised and educated. Ray was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the military during war time and was...
Mary O'Daniel
Oct 15, 2014
Mary O’Daniel, age 94, entered into rest on October 15, 2014 at Quail Hollow Care Center in Richland. She was born in Bridger, Montana on July 5, 1920 to Adam and Katherine (Rehn) Achziger. When she was 2 ½ years old, the family moved to the Yakima Valley where she graduated from Prosser High School with the Class of 1939....
Edna Hunt
Oct 3, 2014
Edna Mae Hunt was born on October 14, 1917 to Lee and Elma Winslow, in the home of her maternal grandparents near Overton, Nebraska. She lived with her family in that area until the family moved to Idaho during the Depression. Before moving to Idaho, Edna made her choice to follow Jesus at the first Gospel Meeting she attended when...
Larry Haynes
Sep 16, 2014
On September 16, 2014, surrounded by family, God called a good man and his faithful servant home. Larry Dee Haynes was born on October 28, 1949 to Allen and Rose Haynes, the oldest of four children. Their bundle of joy was born on their 1st wedding anniversary. He was born in Seneth, Missouri and according to his wife lived up...
Bess Ammerman
Sep 13, 2014
Bess Marie Ammerman, longtime Prosser resident, passed away peacefully at her home in Sun City, Arizona with her daughters by her side on September 13, 2014. She was born on December 10, 1927 to Edgar and Elizabeth Henley in Hay, Washington. Bess grew up in Waitsburg, WA then attended Kinman Business College. She worked for PictSweet Foods in Ellensburg then...
Audie Harvill Jr.
Sep 12, 2014
Audie Leonard Harvill Jr., age 83, passed away on September 12th, 2014. He was born on February 17th, 1931 in Mitchell, South Dakota to Audie Leonard Harvill Sr. and Florence Harvill. He made Prosser his home in 1959 and worked in the valley as an auto mechanic. Audie married his wife, Lois Karen in Grandview on August 6th, 1960. He...
Jeffrey Thomas Sehnert
Aug 31, 2014
Jeffrey Thomas Sehnert, age 62, entered into rest on August 31, 2014 at Prosser Memorial Hospital. He was born on April 22, 1952 in Spokane, Washington to Maurice and Norma (Homan) Sehnert. He was raised and educated in Prosser and graduated from Prosser High School with the Class of 1970. At the age of nineteen he began working for Prosser...
Geneve Plapp
Aug 27, 2014
Geneve Burchby Sexson Plapp died August 13, 2014, a few short weeks after reaching her long sought goal of celebrating 100 years of age on July 19. She enjoyed having her immediate family celebrate with her at Sheffield Manor where she'd resided for the last 18 months. She was the matriarch of the family and the last of her generation....
Ernest Wilbur Troemel
Aug 22, 2014
Ernest Wilbur Troemel, 80, longtime Prosser resident, entered into rest on Friday, August 22, 2014 in Sunnyside. He was born on January 22, 1934 in Outlook, Washington to Fred and Eva (Richardson) Troemel. He was raised and educated in Sunnyside and graduated from Sunnyside High School with the class of 1952. He then graduated from Yakima Valley College in 1954...
Serverina Mismanos Leyba
Aug 11, 2014
Severina Mismanos Leyba, age 81, entered into rest on August 11, 2014 in Sunnyside, She was born on February 21, 1933 to Aquilano and Maria (Lascano) Mismanos in Taal, Batangas, Philippines, where she was raised and educated. Severina married on July 31, 1954 to Ernesto Leyba and had five children in the Philippines. Severina moved to Washington in the early...
Russell Leroy Martin
Jul 29, 2014
Russell Leroy Martin, 71, of Portland, Oregon, passed away at his home on July 29, 2014. He was born on October 1, 1942 in Longview, Washington to Brodie Everett Martin and Grace Oliver (Ward) Martin. The family moved to Prosser in 1952 where he was raised and educated. He played football and was on the wrestling team at Prosser High...
Joy Mary Larson
Jul 22, 2014
Joy M. Larson (1923-2014) Born January 11, 1923, Joy Steckler was a descendant of the culture and traditions of New Orleans, Louisiana. Educated by nuns, she wrote for her 60th year reunion from Ursuline Academy, "The Sisters gave me the tools to lead a happy and useful life." She attended Newcomb College for 3 years. In 1945 she became Mrs....
Joe Frank Madison
Jul 19, 2014
Joe Frank Madison, 75, of Prosser, passed away on July 19, 2014, in Prosser, Washington. Joe was born in Prosser, WA on May 21, 1939 Joe was known for falling trees, gardening, and traveling. Joe was deeply invested in his community and took great pride providing support to friends and family. Joe always had a story to tell or a...
Corinne Marie Gasparac Lovestrand
Jul 18, 2014
Corinne Marie Gasparac Lovestrand passed away at her home in Clayton, North Carolina on July 18, 2014 at the age of 47. Born December 9, 1966 in Yakima, Washington, she grew up in Yakima and graduated from West Valley High School in 1985. She then attended Yakima Business College, from which she graduated in 1987. After working at Yakima Valley...
Leonard Leon Ball
Jul 9, 2014
Leonard Leon Ball (Lenny) was born in Snoqualmie Washington to his Mother, Mary Ethel (Molly) Foster (Ball) and his father Ira L Ball on September 3 1926. Leonard lived his early years in the Seattle Washington area and joined the Army in December 1945 at Camp Roberts, California. In the Army Lenny was an athletic director and was shipped to...
Richard Monroe Craig
Jun 28, 2014
Richard Monroe Craig, 64, of Boise, passed away on June 28, 2014, in Prosser, Washington. Richard was born in Richland, WA on September 25, 1949, and moved to Prosser a year later. He often spoke fondly of growing up on the farm in Prosser. He graduated from Prosser High School in 1967, Columbia Basin College in 1970, Washington State University...
Edith Odelphia (Johnson) Albright
Jun 24, 2014
Edith Odelphia (Johnson) Albright went to be with Jesus on June 24, 2014, at the age of 94. Edith was born to Johan Henry Johnson and Orphea Lee (Rooks) Johnson on May 17, 1920, in Granite, Idaho. She spent her childhood in Spirit Lake, Idaho and earned an Elementary Teaching Certificate from the University of Idaho. She taught for two...
Delia Wanda Vincent
Jun 9, 2014
Delia W. Vincent Loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and sister, Delia W. Vincent, 71, died Monday, June 9, 2014 in Yakima. Delia was born in El Centro, CA on June 11, 1942. Delia is survived by her daughters, Sonja Vincent of Prosser, Nancy Dufault of Yakima, and Rebecca Vincent of Port Orchard, WA; her 9 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; Brothers...
Jerry Carl Peal, Jr.
May 21, 2014
Jerry Carl Peal, Jr. entered into rest on May 21, 2014 in Sunnyside. He was born on February 10th, 1958 also in Sunnyside. J.C. spent most of his youth in the lower valley area and started working as a young adult in various fields in the Prosser and Grandview area. J.C. had many hobbies, although he especially enjoyed working on...
Walter Vanderwood
May 13, 2014
Walter Vanderwood, 91, of Wenatchee, WA, was received into the arms of his beloved Savior, Jesus, on May 13, 2014. Walter was born on June 2, 1922 in Buist, ID to Walter and Sarah Jane (Woodland) Vanderwood. He was raised and educated in Yakima and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Walter met Geneva Johanna “Jo” Leusink...
