Lily K. Beckman, 88, passed away peacefully on Dec. 31, 2013 in Chelan. For the past two years, Lily lived at Columbia Heights in Wenatchee. A Twisp resident from 1982 until 1993, Lily owned and operated Flowers, Etc., a popular flower and gift shop on Glover Street, where The Studio and Peligro are now located. […]
OBITUARIES
Lily K. Beckman
Freeland Preston (Pres) Hobart Jr. 1937 – 2013
Preston Hobart, of Winthrop, went to be with The Lord in his home on Dec. 20, 2013, at the age of 76, due to circumstances related to Alzheimer’s disease. He will be remembered as a faithful follower of Jesus Christ, and a devoted husband and father to his children. He was a giver of help […]
Ruth May Webb 1926 – 2013
Ruth May Webb was born May 8, 1926, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Bertha M. (Thomas) and Enos Axel Tow. She died Dec. 21, 2013, after an intense battle with pneumonia. Being the youngest child, she was adored by her five much-older brothers. At the age of 10 she traveled alone by train from Iowa […]
Catherine Annie Ritz 1925 – 2013
Catherine Annie Ritz, 88, of Methow, passed away to be with her Lord and Savior on Dec. 30, 2013. She was born on Feb. 1, 1925, in Thompson, Saskatchewan. She and her American citizen parents moved back to the United States in 1930. Catherine is survived by her children, Catherine Nickerson and Calvin Ritz; siblings, […]
Aloysius (Al) Joseph Kominak 1926 – 2014
Aloysius (Al) Joseph Kominak, 87, a resident of Twisp, and longtime resident of Ohio, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014, at Mid-Valley Hospital in Omak from complications due to pneumonia. He was born on April 27, 1926 in Campbell, Ohio, the son of Andrew and Anna Kominak, who emigrated from Austria-Hungary, now Slovakia. […]
John William Umberger 1930 – 2013
John W. Umberger, 83, of Methow, passed away at home Dec. 26, 2013. John was born in Issaquah, Wash., on Sept. 20, 1930, to Leon and Opal Umberger. At the age of 14 his family moved to Methow and in 1948 John graduated from Pateros High School. John joined the U.S. Air Force in 1951 and […]
Leon (Bud) Lehman 1914 – 2013
Leon (Bud) Lehman, 99, of Winthrop, passed away peacefully on Dec. 27, 2013, at Three Rivers Hospital in Brewster. Bud was born July 6, 1914, at Patterson, Calif., to Bertie and A.C. Lehman. He moved to the Methow Valley when he was just 2 months old. Bud graduated from Twisp High School. He played the […]
Cecil L. Dupey 1931 – 2013
Cecil L. Dupey, 82, a former Methow Valley resident, passed away Dec. 24, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. Cecil was born to Frank and Lillie McGuire Dupey, lived in Milan, and graduated from Deer Park High School with the class of 1952. He served in the Korean War, graduated from Eastern Washington University, attended the […]
Ruth M. Webb 1926 – 2013
Ruth M. Webb, born May 8, 1926, died Dec. 21, 2013. There will be no services held at this time.
Helen Marie Darwood 1930 – 2013
Helen Marie Darwood, 83, of Twisp, passed away peacefully at her home on Dec. 16, 2013. Helen was born Feb. 6, 1930, to Charlie and Velma Knowles in Chelan, Wash. She attended school at Boyd District in Chelan and Twisp High School. She met the love of her life, Donald Hugh Darwood, at the Carlton […]
