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October 7, 2009 9 p.m.

Mary Katherine Olson Kwak

Mary Katherine Olson Kwak, of Yakima, WA, made her transition to Divine Healing and cooking on October 4, 2009 at Good Samaritan Health Care Center in Yakima, WA. Mary was born July 18, 1927 at Wapato, WA to Ora Elizabeth McCorkle and Clinton Sivert Olson. Mary grew up in Wapato with a short time spent in Seattle during the early 40’s. Mary had many suitors but she chose John Wilbur Kwak as her forever love. They were married at Wapato on December 10, 1948 and enjoyed more than 60 years of togetherness.

Marvin Read Vernon
January 25, 2014 5 a.m.

Marvin Read Vernon

Marvin Read Vernon passed away at age 90 on January 20, 2014, at 4:14 pm at the Columbia Crest Care and Rehabilitation in Moses Lake, WA. A Funeral service for him is being held this Saturday, January 25, 2014 in the Nelson Road Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1849 E. Nelson Rd., Moses Lake, beginning at 1:00 pm. Viewing will be held there from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm.

Linda Weyns
October 10, 2022 12:52 p.m.

Linda Weyns

Linda Lu Weyns of Othello, Washington passed away at her home in the loving company of her husband, Gerard, on the morning of their 55th wedding anniversary. She went to rest in the arms of her Lord on Oct. 6, 2022, at the age of 74. Linda was born in Nyssa, Oregon to Ervin and Elsie Easterday on March 14, 1948. They lived in Parma, Idaho, where she attended Ten Davis Elementary. Ten years later her family moved to Basin City, Washington, where Linda was active with 4-H and enjoyed horse riding and helping her dad irrigate the farm. In 1966, during Linda’s senior year, she met Gerard Weyns, a foreign exchange student from the Netherlands. After Linda graduated from Connell High School, she and Gerard worked together during wheat harvest and enjoyed boating together and getting to know each other.

November 1, 2020 2:06 a.m.

ESSAY: Contemplating death in a year when it feels closer

MILWAUKEE (AP) — One day, on a walk in the middle of a workday, I came across a gorgeous red finch on a sunny sidewalk that didn’t fly off when I approached it. It barely put up a fight when I picked it up with a tissue.

November 2, 2020 12:03 a.m.

ESSAY: Contemplating death in a year when it feels closer

MILWAUKEE (AP) — One day, on a walk in the middle of a workday, I came across a gorgeous red finch on a sunny sidewalk that didn’t fly off when I approached it. It barely put up a fight when I picked it up with a tissue.

August 19, 2020 5:03 p.m.

The Latest: LA mayor orders utility shutoff for party house

LOS ANGELES — The mayor of Los Angeles says he authorized shutting off utility services at a home in the Hollywood Hills that has been the site of raucous parties despite a ban on large gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic.

September 2, 2020 6:03 a.m.

Rites surrounding death change as coronavirus ravages Peru

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Every day Joselyn García lights two red candles before a marble urn that holds her mother's ashes in the living room of her wooden home in the north of Peru’s capital.

September 2, 2020 7:27 a.m.

In Peru, virus erodes centuries-old burial traditions

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Every day Joselyn García lights two red candles before a marble urn that holds her mother's ashes in the living room of her wooden home in the north of Peru’s capital.

September 21, 2020 9:06 a.m.

The Latest: Ginsburg's body to lie in repose at court

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the

November 5, 2020 6:27 p.m.

El Paso gets trailers to meet possible COVID-19 death surge

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Five trailers from the Federal Emergency Management Administration have been brought to El Paso to help accommodate the surge of COVID-19 fatalities in the border city, officials said Thursday.

José de Jesús Ramirez
December 9, 2020 1 a.m.

José de Jesús Ramirez

The Reverend José de Jesús (Chuy) Ramírez, a senior priest of the Diocese of Yakima in residence at Our Lady of the Desert Catholic Church in Mattawa, died Thursday, Dec. 3, after several weeks in hospice care in the parish rectory following a cancer diagnosis.

Genaro Gonzalez
August 17, 2017 3 a.m.

Genaro Gonzalez

September 19, 1929 – August 13, 2017

'Art of the Undertaker' exhibit opens
March 27, 2017 4 a.m.

'Art of the Undertaker' exhibit opens

MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake Museum & Art Center director Freya Liggett said the exhibit that opened Friday had been generating curiosity the entire time the collection’s owners and museum staff were installing it.

Faelela Jean Hendricks Mitchell
February 12, 2018 2 a.m.

Faelela Jean Hendricks Mitchell

August 16, 1930 – February 8, 2018

Shirley Lou Morris
January 3, 2018 2 a.m.

Shirley Lou Morris

January 14, 1930 – December 31, 2017

July 15, 2020 9:06 a.m.

Police charge suspect in slaying of 8-year-old Atlanta girl

ATLANTA (AP) — A teen suspect has been charged with felony murder and aggravated assault in the shooting that killed an 8-year-old Atlanta girl near the site of an earlier police shooting, officials said Wednesday.

July 19, 2020 9:03 a.m.

Applications taken for 1 day to replace Rep Lewis on ballot

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Democrats will gather Monday to decide a replacement on November's ballot for U.S. Rep. John Lewis, who died Friday after serving for more than 30 years in Congress.

July 20, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Applications taken for 1 day to replace Rep Lewis on ballot

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Democrats will gather Monday to decide a replacement on November's ballot for U.S. Rep. John Lewis, who died Friday after serving for more than 30 years in Congress.

April 26, 2007 9 p.m.

Mildred 'Millie' Peterson Heath

Millie passed away April 22, 2007, in Spokane after a brief illness. She was born Oct. 28, 1920, to John and Effie (Morgan) Peterson in Marcus, Wash., and was raised in Spokane. She graduated from John R. Rogers High School in December 1937, just a few months after she turned 17. She attended Eastern Washington College for two quarters before entering the University of Washington in the fall of 1938. Millie graduated from the UW with a bachelor of science degree in nursing in August of 1942, eight months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and enlisted in the Navy Nurse Corps.

August 12, 2004 9 p.m.

Owen "Ken" Earl

Owen "Ken" Earl, of Moses Lake, Wash., passed away Tuesday, August 10, 2004 at the age of 84. He was born December 15, 1919 in Bunkerville, Nev., the son of Kenneth and Vertie Leavitt Earl (deceased).