Local Obituaries for Prosser Funeral Home & Crematory
Vonna Throckmorton
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...
James F. Hachtel
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...
Harley "Bud" Clifton Kime
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...
Irene Edwinna Baker
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....
Arthur Berg
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...
Calvin Skotland
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...
Debra Studdard
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...
Peter Ripplinger
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...
Marie Aspelund
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...
Wallace Wayne Hickerson
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...
Sydney Cecil Fritch Boggs
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...
Warren E. Hazen
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...
Fern L. Waite
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...
Jeanett Mariah Holmes
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....
Shirley Hester
Jan 17, 2013
Shirley June Hester, age 73, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and sister, entered into rest on Thursday, January 17th 2013, surrounded by her family, after a very courageous battle with cancer. Shirley was born on June 4, 1939 in Mountain Home, Arkansas to William Allen and Ruby May (Watson) Studdard. She grew in Arkansas and graduated from Mountain Home High School...
Geneva "Jean" Broderson
Jan 15, 2013
Geneva “Jean” Broderson, age 78, entered into rest on January 15, 2013 at her home in Prosser. She was born on May 28, 1934 in Unionville, Missouri to Milton Owen and Dolly May (Buckalew) Farmer. She was raised and educated in Yakima, Washington. After graduation from high school, she attended nursing school and became a Registered Nurse. While in Yakima,...
Teresita Duenas Thomas
Jan 8, 2013
Teresita (Teri) Duenas Thomas was born on October 5, 1951 on the beautiful island of Guam. She went to her heavenly home on January 8, 2013. At the death of her first husband, Pete Elatico, Teri raised their two children, LeeAnne and James in Southern California. In 1989 she met and then married her 2nd and one and only love,...
Bill Pleake
Dec 31, 2012
Bill Pleake fell asleep in death on Saturday, December 31, 2012, surrounded by family and friends. Bill was born on December 19, 1931, in Council Bluffs, IA. He was the third of nine children born to William Pleake and Margaret Grothier. Bill met the love of his life, Jeanne Brown in Ellensburg, WA and were married in 1954. They made...
Ella Margaret Meachem
Dec 29, 2012
Ella Margaret Meachem, age 97, entered into rest on December 29, 2012 at Royal Vista Nursing Home in Ellensburg. She was born on September 4, 1915 in Alford, North Dakota to Walter and Margaret (Klundt) Herrmann. She was one of nine children and is survived by two sisters, Faye Brown of North Carolina and Vi Barnes of Salem. She is...
Robert W. Cox
Dec 28, 2012
Robert W. Cox was born September 20, 1929 to Sanders and Clara (Johnson) Cox in Colfax, Washington. He passed away on December 28, 2012 at his home in Benton City. Robert loved farming, hunting, fishing, world traveling, camping, skiing and dancing. There were no strangers to Robert, just friends that he hadn’t met yet. He was a genuine person that...
