Local Obituaries for Prosser Funeral Home & Crematory
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...
Jeanette O'Brien
Apr 4, 2014
Jeanette O’Brien was born February 16, 1931 in Bismarck, North Dakota to Marceaux & Magdalena Bury. She died April 4, 2014 at the age of 83. She was raised in Butte, Montana. She moved to Washington and married Thomas O’Brien on March 17, 1951. They purchased property and built a home in Whitstran. She held various positions, over the years,...
Tere Gould
Apr 3, 2014
Tere Brooks Gould, age 65, entered into rest on April 3, 2014 at his home in Prosser. He was born on March 20, 1949 in Sunnyside, Washington to Jere Brooks Gould and Eunice Mae Remele. He was raised and educated in Prosser, was on the Prosser High School wrestling team and graduated with the Class of 1967. After graduation he...
Harry A. Onishi
Mar 28, 2014
Harry A. Onishi, beloved husband of Alice Onishi, Passed away on March 28, 2014 in Grandview, WA at the age of 79. He was born on November 18, 1934 in Paul, Idaho. The second youngest of 10 children from Tom and Sue Onishi, Harry attending high school in Burly, Idaho and graduated in 1952. He obtained his Electrical Engineering degree...
David Alan Niemi
Mar 19, 2014
David Alan Niemi, 68 of Prosser, WA, died March 19, 2014 at Sun Terrace in Prosser. David was born on July 1, 1945 in Dana Point, CA to Charles and Shirley Niemi. He attended Prosser High School and set numerous track and field records in the Decathlon and finished 3rd in his class, the class of ‘63. He continued his...
Claire Harmon Wise Mcneely
Mar 18, 2014
Claire Harmon Wise McNeely, 89, passed away on March, 18, 2014 in Newport, Oregon. She was born in Chanute, Kansas, on December 6, 1924 to Grace Alice Moyer and James Marian Harmon. She is preceded in death by her husband James Edwin Wise; her husband Russell Arthur McNeely,Sr.; her brother James Marian Harmon; and her beloved grandson, Ryan McNeely. At...
Margaret "Peggy" Hedley
Mar 17, 2014
Margaret (Peggy) Hedley died March 17, 2014, at Sun Terrace Assisted Living in Prosser, Wash., at the age of 90. She was born in Mountain Grove, Mo., on Aug. 17, 1923, to Evan and Mildred Chase. After graduating from Mountain Grove High School in 1941, she attended Southwest Missouri State Teachers College in Springfield, Mo. On Dec. 9, 1944, she...
Jack Charles Milton
Mar 16, 2014
Jack Charles Milton passed away on March 16, 2014. Mr. Milton was born in Walla Walla, Wash., on Dec. 10, 1928. He received his schooling in Walla Walla. He married Barbara Jean Koenig on Oct. 9, 1949. They continued living in Walla Walla until Jack was drafted into the Army in March 1952. Barbara moved with her parents to Prosser,...
Edith Ann Smith
Mar 10, 2014
Edith Ann Smith Loving mother, grandmother and sister, Edith Ann Smith, 99, died Monday, March 10, 2014 at her Yakima home with her family by her side. Edith was born in a sod house in Atwood, Kansas on February 13, 1915, to Joseph and Josephine Hrenchir. She was raised and educated in Atwood and Herndon, Kansas. After high school, Edith...
Lois Pearl Harris
Mar 10, 2014
Lois Pearl Harris, 96, of Grandview, passed away on March 10, 2014 in Wynnwood Assisted Living in Richland. She was born on November 23, 1917 in Casper, Wyoming to Doyle and Ruby (Pollard) Anderson. She traveled with her family as a child while her father worked as a sheriff and in the oil fields until settling in the White Bluffs...
Steven Lloyd Tinker
Mar 7, 2014
Steven Lloyd Tinker, 58, lost his six month battle with cancer on March 7, 2014, at his home in Prosser. He was surrounded by the love and support of family and friends. Steve was a great son, husband, father, and grandfather. He was an overall incredible and strong person that we will always miss and love. Steve was born August...
Marion "Mary" C. Radosevich
Mar 7, 2014
A gentle and warm spirit, Marion “Mary” C. Radosevich, age 56, entered into rest on March 7, 2014 while surrounded by loved ones at her home in Prosser. Mary was born on May 5, 1957 in Stockton, California to Thomas and Peggy (Phillips) Cooper. She was raised and educated in the Yakima Valley and in Tieton, graduating from Highland High...
Kayden Michael Burns
Mar 1, 2014
Kayden Michael Burns, 13, of West Richland, passed away on March 1, 2014 at his home. Kayden was born on April 20, 2000 in Prosser to Michael Moore Burns and Tracy Lea (Byrne) Burns. He was raised and educated in West Richland and was currently in eighth grade at Enterprise Middle School where he played football, baseball and was on...
Dana Lee Yearout
Feb 28, 2014
Dana Lee Yearout, born April 15, 1980, passed away on February 28, 2014 at age 53 in Benton City, Washington. He worked in Alaska and resided in Benton City. Dana is survived by his daughter, Danielle Savage; son, Robert Yearout; and many other relatives. A celebration of life will be held at the American Legion in Benton City on Saturday,...
