Ruth Eva Baumgartner

Ruth Eva Baumgartner, a resident of Quincy since 1977, died on Saturday, the 26th of May at Columbia Basin Hospital. She had a peaceful ending of her life here on earth and is living with the Lord now.

David A. Proffitt

David A. Proffitt, 60, longtime Moses Lake resident and plant manager at Weyerhauser, passed away Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005 at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee.

Robert Lee Senn

Robert Lee Senn, 81, of Ephrata died Friday from injuries sustained in a car accident. Born Oct. 23, 1923 in Brea, Calif., Robert graduated from Shafter, Calif., and married Dona Jane Neufeld in June 1944. He served as an Army Air Corp P-47 fighter pilot in Italy, France and Germany.

John Edward Brown Jr.

John Edward Brown Jr., 58, of Moses Lake passed away on Feb. 7 in the Critical Care Unit of Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee after a brief illness. He was born on Nov. 14, 1947. John knew that Jesus was his Lord and Savior, and reached out to him in the hospital saying, "I'm right here. Here I am." John was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Moses Lake, where he was recently elected to the Church Council. He was involved in every Bible study he could be in and participated in many fellowship events.

Merle Palmerton

It is with great joy that we celebrate her life and with sadness, we announce the death of longtime Moses Lake resident Merle Palmerton. She died on Jan. 4, 2007, at the age of 91. She was born June 25,1913, in Mt. Vernon, Wash. to Wilbur and Zoe Chesnut. After graduation from high school in Mill City, Ore. she attended Oregon State University where she competed on the swim team and majored in Art. She married Sam Palmerton in Salem, Ore. on Nov. 25, 1941, and they were married for 54 years. They had two children, Gae and Pat. Merle and Sam moved the family to Moses Lake from Idanha, Ore. in 1952 at the opening of the Columbia Basin Reclamation Project. They cleared sage brush and built the family farm in Block 41, east of Moses Lake where she lived until Sam's death in 1996. Merle was employed as a secretary by the Moses Lake School District until her retirement. For many years she was the secretary for the district's Special Services Dept. She was a 30-year member of the Washington School Secretaries Association and was selected as one of the top 10 school secretaries in the nation. She hunted and fished, was an accomplished seamstress, baked heavenly pies, loved to dance and play bridge. Merle and Sam traveled throughout the nation and the world during their retirement and loved their winters in Hawaii. They were both avid snorklers.

Eugene (Gene) Henry Oord

Eugene (Gene) Henry Oord, 74, died peacefully in his sleep Thursday, Dec. 14, at his home in Othello. Oord was born Dec. 27, 1931, in a farmhouse in Zillah. Oord is a graduate of Zillah High School (1950). He won scholarships to play basketball and baseball at Yakima Valley Junior College and Whitworth College, earning his B.A. in education in 1955. Oord also eventually earned his M.A. in education and certificate in administration from Washington State University and his certificate of counseling from Eastern Washington University.

Max Edgar Heinzmann

October 10, 1918 — December 7, 2009

At 91 years of age, Max E. Heinzmann passed away of natural causes on December 7, 2009 at his home in Burlington, Washington.

Paris, Bernd keep leads in PUD races

EPHRATA — Top vote getters in the Grant County PUD races kept their leads after more ballots were counted Wednesday from the primary election.

Ruth E. Burnett, 86

God called Ruth to her heavenly home on Thursday, August 5, 2010.

Bobby Glyn Chandler

Bobby Glyn Chandler passed away on December 23, 2010 in Wenatchee,

Bonnie June Cole

1924 - 2011

Claude A. Pearce

Feb. 24, 1927 ~ Feb. 7, 2011

Frederick (Fred) C. Danz

April 29, 1941 ~ February 19, 2011

Charlene Annette Moline

Charlene Annette Moline, 72, of Royal City, passed away on Saturday, May 31, 2014 at her home with her family at her side.

Paul Neff

1959-2014

1959-2014

Clifford LeRoy Bean

February 26, 1953 - September 2, 2015

February 26, 1953 - September 2, 2015

Richard Hollis Mulford

October 17, 1932 - August 11, 2015

October 17, 1932 - August 11, 2015

Jiri Vanourek

Jiri Vanourek (JV), 84, of Othello, Wash. departed this mortal life while at his home, to be with his Lord amongst heaven’s mountains Sept. 18, 2015. He was born in Horky, Czechoslovakia on Jan. 30, 1931 to parents Vratislav and Ruzena (Zahradnikova) Vanourek. He and his two sisters grew up on the farm and he attended high school in the nearby town of Caslav.

Judith Clayton Jones

March 4, 1930 - March 8, 2015

March 4, 1930 - March 8, 2015

Marilyn Swanson Matthews

May 20, 1938 – December 3, 2015

May 20, 1938 – December 3, 2015