Catherine Opal (Remsberg) Bowers passed away in her home on Dec. 16, 2020. Catherine was born on Jan. 3, 1929, in La Harpe, Kansas ,to Reuben and Paulyne Remsberg. The family moved to Carlton, Washington, where more of her seven siblings were born, then finally settling in Winthrop. She married the love of her life, […]
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Charles J. Breslin Jr.
Charles Joseph Breslin Jr. was born Monday, Aug.17, 1942, to Jessie and Charles Joseph Breslin Sr. in Los Angeles, California. He passed away peacefully in the loving care of his family on New Year’s Day, 2021, in his home in Lakeside, California. He is preceded in death by his son Sean, and his wife of […]
Carol Ann Haugen
Carol Ann Nelson McLoughlin Haugen passed away peacefully on Jan. 1, 2020, with her sister by her side and her loving family surrounding her, after a year-long battle with cancer. She is survived by her dear sis, Georgene Nelson Birchard (Ted); step-brother Tom Cossalter; sons Pat McLoughlin (Kathy), Mark McLoughlin (Jody), Jay McLoughlin (Jacquie), and […]
Barbara A. Olson
Barbara Ann (“Bobbie”) Olson died Dec. 16, 2020, at her home in Winthrop. She was born Aug. 23, 1935, in Anchorage, Alaska, to John and Margaret Lund. The Lunds were part of President Roosevelt’s New Deal project, the Matanuska Valley agricultural colony, established in Palmer, Alaska, in 1935 to aid those in the depressed states […]
Marianne Margaret Peters Clark
Marianne Margaret Peters Clark passed away Sunday, Oct 18, 2020, at Lewiston, Idaho, surrounded by family after a short but valiant battle with lung cancer. Born Sept. 15, 1941, in Twisp, to Henry (Bud) and Florence (Stafford) Peters. She was the middle child with older sister DuAnn and later younger brother Jim. Mari, as friends […]
Carl R. Miller
A small brown suitcase in the archives of the Shafer Museum holds the birth records of Dr. John Melzacher: Baby Boy Miller, born March 29, 1939, to Mary and George Miller at home at the confluence of Boulder Creek and the Chewuch River. Carl, a rough-and-tumble little boy, spent his childhood with two older brothers, […]
Jared Ashley Boesel
On Nov. 21, 2020, Jared Ashley Boesel left this life too soon. Jared was born March 20, 1981. He began his arrival that day in Wenatchee’s Costco in the canned pea section. Parents Craig and Patti were flown by air ambulance from Wenatchee to the University Hospital in Seattle where he was delivered at 3 […]
Lois Jean Garland
Lois Jean Garland died peacefully at her home in Port Angeles, Washington, on Nov. 16, 2020, after a valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. Members of Lois’s family, a close friend, and her dog Yoda sat with her as she took her final breath. Born April 1, 1959, to Jean Lois (Ludgate) and Clifton Garland Jr. […]
Louis F. Kallery
Louis F. Kallery — Teacher. Father. Adventurer. Independent Spirit. Friend. — a decades-long Twisp resident and beloved former English teacher at Liberty Bell High School, left this world on Oct. 24, 2020. Known as Lou to most, he was born to Louis Sr. and Ethel (Kendy) in Dearborn, Michigan on Sept. 24, 1939. Lou’s greatest loves were obvious to […]
Vaughn W. Jolley
Vaughn W. Jolley passed away on Oct. 29, 2020, at the age of 68. He was born March 13, 1952, in Spokane, to William “Bill” and Betty Jolley. Vaughn grew up in Colville and graduated from Colville High School in 1970. Following graduation he attended Eastern Washington University, earning his degree. Vaughn’s passion was real […]