Mildred Lamotte recently passed away. Monday (March 31) at 1:30 p.m. there will be a rememberance service coordinated by the Senior Center at the Methow Valley Senior Center in Twisp. Light refreshments will be served.
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Services for Jim Yocom
Jim Yocom’s funeral will be this Saturday (March 29) at 2 p.m. at the Beaver Creek Cemetery with coffee and dessert to follow.
James L. Yocom: 1939 – 2014
Jim Yocom, patriarch of Twisp River, passed away on March 8, 2014. Jim was born in Twisp on Dec. 27, 1939, to Joe and Lela Yocom. He was raised on the family farm up Poorman Creek along with four brothers and three sisters. The family endured hard times during the depression. Father Joe was a […]
Peggy J. Lloyd Putnam
Peggy J. Lloyd Putnam, 74, formerly of Twisp, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on March 10, 2014, at her home in Meridian, Idaho. Peggy suffered from frontotemporal dementia, a progressive and degenerative brain disease. Peggy was the youngest of five children born to the late Roy and Nina Lloyd. She was […]
Helen Cumming Robinson
1929 – 2014
Helen Robinson, beloved mother, sister and grandmother, passed away on Feb. 6, 2014, at her home in Twisp, attended by her sister Sally and her son Steve. Helen was born on Dec. 4, 1929, in Milwaukee, Wis., to Hinton and Blanche Weeks Cumming; she was the oldest of four children. She grew up in Whitefish […]
Debra Irene Christensen
1956 – 2014
Debra had a passion for ocean beaches and books. She loved to cook for her family and friends. Her cooking will be greatly missed. She also loved to travel, experiencing places such as Jamaica, New Zealand, Mexico and Alaska. Her greatest passion was her grandchildren, whom she adored and was so proud of. She was […]
Minnie Campbell
1921 – 2014
Minnie graduated from high school in Twisp and then attended one year of college in Cheney. She married a local cowboy, Elmer Campbell, on Jan. 2, 1940. They made their home south of Carlton at Gold Creek, where she and Elmer raised cattle and horses. Minnie worked spring and summer months on the ranch, and […]
Ann Caldwell Buell
1918–2014
Long-time Farmers State Bank matriarch Ann Caldwell Buell gracefully passed away Jan. 30, 2014, in Winthrop, WA at age 95. Ann and her late husband Frank Buell purchased Farmers State Bank in 1964 and moved to the Methow Valley from Seattle in 1967. Hers was a familiar face, as she worked in the small family-owned […]
Shirley Ann Lewis
1946–2014
Shirley Ann Lewis of Twisp had fatal heart failure at her home on West Second Avenue in Twisp on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, at 1 a.m. She was born in Cabool, Mo., on Sept. 30, 1946, to Marvin and Elta Wilhite. She was raised and went to school in White Center, Wash. She married John […]
Charlotte Velma Gibson
1936–2014
Charlotte Velma Gibson was born Feb. 10, 1936, in Twisp, to parents Fred and Sadie (Rickard) Foster, and died Feb. 7, 2014, in Puyallup, Wash. In 1954 she graduated from Twisp High school, where she played tennis and was a cheerleader. Charlotte had a master’s degree and was a counselor in mental health. She rode […]
