Local Obituaries for Prosser Funeral Home & Crematory

May 13, 2013

Burtis Otto Butler, age 75, passed away at home in Prosser on May 13, 2013, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. He was born in Pasco, Washington to Wesley and Cleo Butler and was raised and educated in Prosser. Burtis was a long time Boy Scout and became an Eagle Scout and enjoyed boxing. He graduated from Prosser High School...

May 8, 2013

Beth Rae Alexander Allen, beloved mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away on May 8, 2013 after a short illness. Beth was born in Tucson, Arizona on February 11, 1931, to John A. Alexander and Myrtle Ruth Nelson Long Alexander. Beth was the 2nd of 9 children. The family moved to a farm in Paterson, Washington, in August of 1942. She...

May 4, 2013

Charlotte Bernadette Tannehill, 86, died on May 4, 2013 at Prosser Sun Terrace. She was born on August 29, 1926 to Frederick Wooley and Bernadette Bulger Wooley in Great Falls, Montana. She was raised and educated in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She married Donald Clyde Tannehill in June, 1947. Donald worked for the Union Pacific Railroad and they lived for many...

May 3, 2013

Apr 12, 2013

On April 12th, 2013 Robert (Bob) Lee Saxton of Prosser, took his place amongst the angels. He was rejoined with his mother, father, sister, and brother in Heaven on this day. He was a beloved husband to Judy (Jude) for 48 years and a well-loved supervisor for 44 years at Twin City Foods. Bob enjoyed fishing, playing Keno and spending...

Mar 28, 2013

Vonna Ella (Coates) Throckmorton, age 93, entered into rest on March 28th, 2013. Vonna was born on June 25th, 1919 in Byron WA to Archibald and Sadie (Hall) Coates. At the age of 3, her family settled on Rattlesnake Hills outside of Prosser, where they farmed dry land wheat. Vonna was the youngest, with three older brothers Marvin, Leland, and...

Mar 28, 2013

Vonna Ella (Coats) Throckmorton, age 93, entered into rest on March 28, 2013 at her home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho with her son by her side. She was born on June 25, 1919 in Byron, Washington to Archibald Grover and Sadie Odessa (Hall) Coats. At the age of three years, she moved to the Rattlesnake Hills in Washington with her...

Mar 25, 2013

James F. Hachtel, after leading a courageous fight against cancer, died at his home in Prosser on March 25, 2013. Jim was born on February 1, 1957, in Ephrata, Washington to Rudolph and Pauline (Davis) Hachtel. He grew up in Ephrata, Coulee Dam and Richland, WA. In 1975, he graduated as a Bomber from Richland High. He then attended Western...

Mar 23, 2013

Harley “Bud” Clifton Kime, age 71, entered into rest on March 23, 2013 at his home in Pasco. He was born on September 15, 1941 in Orofino, Idaho to Earl and Eleanor (Porter) Kime. Bud married Becky Calland and they had four children. Later, on June 14, 1991, he married Janet Richman, which brought more children into his life. Bud...

Mar 10, 2013

Irene Edwinna Baker, age 74, of Prosser, passed away on March 10, 2013 at Tranquility Haven in Kennewick, Washington. She was born in Toppenish, Washington to Nathan and Edwinna (Montgomery) Bateman. She was the youngest of the three Bateman girls. Irene lived in Prosser for most of her life. She married her husband Tony (Hubert) Baker in November of 1959....

Mar 9, 2013

Arthur E. Berg, aka Horse Heaven Harry, passed away on March 9, 2013 in Prosser. He was born on December 12, 1916 to Ernest and Josephine (Schuller) Berg. He grew up in Yakima, graduated from Yakima High in 1935 and was named MVP in the state basketball tournament they won. Art then attended Washington State College to play basketball, among...

Mar 7, 2013

Calvin Bruce Skotland passed away on Friday, March 1, 2013 at Sun Terrace in Prosser. His family wishes to express their thanks to the caregivers at Sun Terrace and to Lower Valley Hospice for the care, compassion and respect that Cal received. Cal was born on September 30, 1925 on his Uncle Walfred Nelson's farm in McHenry County, North Dakota...

Mar 2, 2013

Debra Lynn Studdard fell asleep in death on March 2, 2013 at her home in Prosser. She was born on February 4, 1956 in Newport Beach, California. She was the fourth child born to Calvin and Pauline (Pullum) Mills. In 1963, the family moved to Benton City where she was raised and educated. They moved to Prosser in 1971 and...

Mar 2, 2013

Peter Ripplinger, 81, of Renton (formerly of Prosser), died on March 2, 2013 in Prosser. He was born on August 13, 1931 to Christian and Theresa (Wald) Ripplinger in Glencross, South Dakota and was raised and educated in Trail City, S.D. until the family moved to Prosser. He served in the U.S. Army tank division during the Korean War. In...

Feb 17, 2013

Marie Aspelund, 96, entered into rest on February 17, 2013 at Prestige Nursing Home in Grandview. She was born on December 27, 1916 in Blue Ridge, Texas to Virgil and Lettie Pearl (Langham) Ingram. She was raised and educated in Texas and moved, with family friends, to Oregon City where she met and married Alvin Hart. They made their home...

Feb 17, 2013

Wallace Wayne Hickerson, born July 30, 1934, in McMinnville, OR; passed away in Prosser on February 17, 2013. Wally was raised in Hopewell, OR, and graduated from University of Oregon in 1958 with a Masters Degree in Civil Engineering, Hydraulics. He enlisted in the U.S. Army with a long tradition of family patriotism from his father who served in both...

Feb 15, 2013

Sydney Cecil Fritch Boggs, 80, formerly of Indianapolis, IN, and St. Louis, MO, passed away Friday, February 15, 2013, in Prosser, WA. She was born January 25, 1933 in Indianapolis to the late Leonard Fritch and Bessie (Cropper) Curtis, and graduated from Arsenal Technical High School. She was preceded in death by her husband Arthur “Boots” Boggs and her sister...

Feb 11, 2013

Warren E. Hazen of Prosser, entered into rest on February 11, 2013 at his home in Prosser. He was born to Walter and Ida (Gruen) Hazen in Eau Claire, Wisconsin on March 29, 1925. He was so frail at birth the doctor did not expect him to live but he fooled them. The family migrated to the Pacific Northwest and...

Feb 1, 2013

Fern L. Waite died on Feb.1, 2013 at her home in Sheffield Manor in Prosser, Washington. She was released into death and the arms of a loving God after a difficult battle with cancer. Her family was by her side at her peaceful death. She was born in Plummer, Idaho on March 12, 1919 to George and Hulda (Triemer) Lowe...

Jan 28, 2013

Jeanette Mariah Holmes, age 74, entered into rest on January 28, 2013, at her home in Prosser. She and her twin sister were born on June 4, 1938 in Lake Andes, South Dakota. She was the eighth of ten children born to Emil and Gladys (Laiser) Olson and was raised at Rocky Acres in Prosser. Jeanette married Russell Holmes Jr....