Gerry McLanahan

August 31, 1944 – June 22, 2023

Gerry Ray McLanahan, 78 years old and a 63-year resident of Moses Lake, passed away on June 22. Gerry had a major stroke in April 2022 and spent some time in Spokane afterward to try rehabilitation. When rehab was exhausted, Larry and his wife Chris moved him to Kennewick as Gerry wanted to be closer to family.

He was born Aug. 31, 1944, in Walla Walla, Washington to parents Milton (Mac) and Sally McLanahan. The family moved to Moses Lake in 1955 where Gerry went through most of his school years and graduated from Moses Lake High School. Gerry then enlisted in the Navy where he spent some time on the USS Constellation as well as in Vietnam. When he came back, he worked many jobs but eventually worked quite a few years with the Columbia Basin Irrigation District, where he then retired from. Gerry took every opportunity to go hunting for ducks, geese, pheasants, deer, elk or about anything he could and when he wasn’t hunting, he was fishing. He also loved to take his motorcycle out for a ride when the weather was nice.

Gerry was preceded in death by his parents Mac and Sally and his younger brother Tim.

Graveside services will be held on Friday June 26, 2023 at Pioneer Memorial Gardens at 11 a.m.