OBITUARIES

Mary Ellen Kiesau, 45, of Mazama, Washington, passed away peacefully at sunrise on April 15, 2020, after a battle with melanoma. Born on June 11, 1974, in Durham, North Carolina, Mary was educated in the Durham and Pittsboro, North Carolina, schools. She graduated from the North Carolina School of Science and Math in 1992. She then attended […]

Mikie Skelton lost her battle with cancer on Friday, March 6, 2020, at the young age of 71. She passed away at Central Washington Hospital with her two boys by her side. Mikie was born, Michelle A. Stanphil, on March 18, 1948, to June and Paul Stanphil in Spokane, however she lived and grew up […]

Nettie “Claudine” Boggess went home to be with her Lord on March 4, 2020, surrounded by her daughter and grandchildren. Claudine was born to Joseph and Maybell Farmer on July 28, 1931, in Hazelhurst, Mississippi. Her family moved to Fontana, California, in 1942, to find work in wartime steel production. In later years, Claudine spent […]

Marlene Blackburn (née Hicks) passed away on March 3, 2020. She was tougher than both congestive heart failure and emphysema, but ultimately, she was not meaner than cancer. Marlene was born to James (Jim) and Sarah Jane Josephine (Josie) Hicks in Marshfield, Missouri, on Feb. 21, 1954. She inherited her feisty nature from her mother — a […]

On Feb. 5, 2020, Mary Sue Loucks passed away peacefully in Omak. She was born April 29, 1936, in Danville, Virginia. She met and married Jack W. Loucks in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1952. She and her eldest son, Phil, traveled across country to Carlton, Washington. to await her husband’s return from the U.S. Navy. While […]

Bob Spiwak, 85, passed away quietly at his home in West Boesel, on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. Robert F. “Bob” Spiwak was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, on May 2, 1934, to Bernard and Dorothy Spiwak, joining his older brother Ralph. The family moved to Townson, Maryland, for a few years before settling in Rumson, New […]

 “Never miss a chance to tell your family you love them” is a familiar and well-founded saying, and the Jerould A. “Jerry” Holm family found themselves doing just that on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, around a hospital bed in Wenatchee where family patriarch Jerry lay hooked up to an oxygen machine. Jerry’s health had taken an […]

Don Wilson, 88, passed away peacefully at Providence Sacred Heart in Spokane on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, as a result of a head injury from a fall at home. He was born in 1931 in Toledo, Ohio, to Grace Wilson and Alvin Hawk. He was the youngest of nine children in the home of Grace […]

Marilyn Newell Woodruff passed away naturally Monday, Jan. 27, at Valley Manor Care Center in Montrose, Colorado. She is survived by a sister, Audrey Brown of Colorado Springs, Colorado;  a sister-in-law, Doris Burgess of Onalaska, Wisconsin; four children, Kent (and Dawn) Woodruff of Twisp, Carol Woodruff (and Reggie Spiegelberg) of Denver, Colorado, David (and Kathy) […]

Bob, born Feb. 15, 1953, passed away on Jan. 12, 2020, from a long illness at Edmonds Swedish Hospital. Bob lived in the valley since 1996. He loved it here and will be missed by many. He is survived by his wife, Carla; sons Jeremy, Isaac and Adam, and daughter Shannon; grandchildren Alex, Derrick and […]