Local Obituaries for Prosser Funeral Home & Crematory
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...
Bobbie Laverne Hayes Gobel
May 10, 2014
Bobbie Laverne Hayes Gobel our wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, friend, sister and aunt went home to rest on Saturday, May 10th 2014 at Sunnyside Community Hospital. She was raised in Naches, WA and lived the last sixteen years in Prosser, WA. Bobbie is survived by her most loving and devoted husband and best friend of 47 years, Rancy Gobel...
Mary Louise Juzeler
May 5, 2014
Mary Louise Juzeler, 91, longtime Prosser resident, entered into rest on June 5, 2014 at Kadlec Medical Center in Richland, WA. Mary was born on January 12, 1923 in Colton, Washington where she was raised and educated. She was one of seven children born to Frank and Doris (Semler) Becker. Mary was the Valedictorian of Colton High School’s class of...
Ethel May Farthing
Apr 27, 2014
Ethel May Farthing, age 100, entered into rest on April 27, 2014 at Prestige Care and Rehabilitation in Grandview. She was born on January 8, 1914 in Clyde Park, Montana to Robert and Susan (Bullock) Hays. Ethel married Robert C. Farthing and they lived in the Richland- Kennewick area for fifteen years until making Prosser their home in 1962. She...
Betty Zabel
Apr 21, 2014
Betty Zabel, 95, long-time Grandview resident, passed away on Monday, April 21, 2014 in Mile City, Montana. She was born on May 25, 1918 to Edna (Bull) and William Guy Kirscher in Townsend, Montana where she was raised and educated. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Montana State University in Bozeman. Betty married William E. Zabel on...
John Christopher Wiley
Apr 17, 2014
John Christopher Wiley, 69, of Prosser, passed away on April 17, 2014 at his home on the Horse Heaven Hills. He was born on August 27, 1944 in Colfax, Washington to John Edward Wiley and Doris Jeanette (Ault) Wiley. His family made their home on the Horse Heaven Hills in 1946 and farmed wheat. Chris grew up on the farm...
Leota Olney
Apr 8, 2014
Leota Olney, age 86 of Prosser, entered into rest on April 8, 2014 at Hospice at The Chaplaincy in Kennewick. She was born in Jessup, Iowa on March 4, 1928 to Edward and Julia (Ford) Olney. The family later moved to Fortworth, Texas. In 1940, when Leota was in the ninth grade, the family decided to move to Prosser to...
