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. […]
OBITUARIES
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 […]
Hazel Lois Allen (Stevens) Burnett 1926 – 2013
Hazel was born Feb. 24, 1926, in the Pine Creek area of Okanogan County to James and Elizabeth Allen, whose parents homesteaded in Okanogan County in 1905 from Austria. She was raised in the Pine Creek area with many family members, including her siblings, Grover, Frank, Elaine, Pearl and Harold, who passed at age 5. […]
Dolores Ann Sobjack 1941 – 2013
Dolores Ann Sobjack of Blaine, Wash., passed away Friday, Nov. 29, 2013, at OHSU Hospital in Portland, Ore., from complications due to surgery. Born on March 2, 1941, in Bellingham to Grace (Miller) and Floyd Tuttle. Dolores, along with her brother, Richard Tuttle, grew up on Lummi Island. Her two close friends during those years […]
Phyllis Nadine “Connie” Van Hees 1934 – 2013
Phyllis Nadine “Connie” Van Hees died peacefully in her home, in the arms of her adoring husband and surrounded by her family, on Nov. 26, 2013, at the age of 79, after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She will always be remembered for her ear-to-ear smile, sense of humor, and unbridled enthusiasm for life. […]
George P. Honey 1933 – 2013
George P. Honey was born Aug. 15, 1933, to George and Hazel Honey at John and Elizabeth Zachman’s Pine Creek homestead in Riverside, Wash. He passed away Nov. 14, 2013, in East Wenatchee. The family lived in the Chiliwist area until 1936. George’s father was hired by George Miller to pack ore out of the […]
