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Obituaries

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Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Virginia Lee Conway

Virginia Lee Conway, 98, a longtime Moses Lake resident, passed away February 28, 2024, in Moses Lake at the age of ninety-eight. She was born July 5, 1925, in…

Updated 1 year, 11 months ago
Lucy Gunn

Lucy Gunn passed away on February 19, 2024. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, March 9 at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church. Everyone welcom…

Updated 1 year, 11 months ago
Ronald Delore Grandpre

Ronald Delore Grandpre, 74, passed away February 27, 2024.

Updated 1 year, 11 months ago
Socorro Wright

Socorro (Ortega) Wright, 59, of Burlington, Washington passed away on February 12, 2024, after a yearlong illness.

Updated 1 year, 11 months ago
Jean Fleming

Jean Fleming, 78, was born on April 10, 1945, in Wilmington, North Carolina. She was the daughter of Jess T. Barksdale and Charlene A. (Hughes) Barksdale.

Updated 1 year, 11 months ago
An infectious smile

EPHRATA – The halls of Ephrata High and Middle schools have seemed a bit dimmer for the last week and a half. Jett Johnson, a sophomore at the high school and …

Updated 1 year, 11 months ago
Esther Olson

Esther Gladys Olsen, 100, passed away Feb. 24, 2024, in Othello, Wash. Funeral services will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ward…

Updated 1 year, 11 months ago
James 'Jim' W. Hutton

James “Jim” W. Hutton passed away suddenly on December 3, 2023. Jim was born October 19, 1967 to James “Skip” and Patricia Hutton in Spokane, Washington.

Updated 1 year, 11 months ago
Carolyn Jean Claffey (Bender)

A light has been taken from this world with the passing of Carlyn Jean Claffey (Bender), 74. She was born Aug. 17, 1950, and passed away Feb. 22, 2024.

Updated 1 year, 11 months ago
Clyde Charles Andrews

Clyde was born on Jan. 31, 1935 to Clyde (CC) and Alice (Lewis/Haines) Andrews in Sunnyside, Washington. His mother died tragically in a farm accident in 1938,…

Updated 1 year, 11 months ago
Patricia Hutton

Patricia “Pat” Elaine Hutton, 77, longtime Moses Lake resident, passed away peacefully Feb. 15, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. Pat was born in Ephra…

Updated 1 year, 12 months ago
Delores Mae Stine

Delores Mae Stine, born in Pocatello, Idaho in 1936, died February 1, 2024, at the age of 87.

Updated 1 year, 12 months ago
Michael R. Finch

Michael R. Finch of Moses Lake, Wash. was born Jan. 11, 1944, as the first child of Eldie and Margaret Finch in Yakima, Wash. Michael passed away Feb. 5, 2024,…

Updated 1 year, 12 months ago
Stanley (Stan) Earl Vangen

Father and grandfather, friend and neighbor, Stanley Earl Vangen, peacefully passed away Feb. 14, 2024, at his second home in Sun Lakes, Ariz. His long-time ca…

Updated 1 year, 12 months ago
Judy Caroline Ploghoft

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Judy Caroline Ploghoft, 82, who passed away on Jan. 31, 2024, while at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Sp…