Obituaries

Mary L. Delarosa

WALLA WALLA — Mary L. Delarosa, 57, died Feb. 23, 2013, at Providence St. Mary Medical Center. Arrangements are pending at Herring Groseclose Funeral Home.

Dorothy Heard

MILTON-FREEWATER — Dorothy Heard, 100, died Feb. 23, 2013, at Milton-Freewater Health and Rehabilitation Center. Arrangements are pending at Munselle-Rhodes.

My wife, Jean, was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer on Aug. 8, 2012; she passed away on Feb. 15, 2013. Our three kids: Gerry from Boise, Beth from Bellingham and Barbara from Mt. Vernon, were all in Walla Walla ...

Pat Kerckhof

Long time Dayton resident Pat Kerckhof, 89, passed away at Dayton General Hospital on Feb. 20, 2013. Patricia A. Buroker Kerckhof was born March 20, 1923, in Spokane, to Clytie Hamm Buroker and Walter W. Buroker. She married Bernard “Bert” ...

Irwin C. Fluor

Irwin C. Fluor passed away at the age of 98. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Pauline; two brothers; and a sister. He is survived by his daughter, Normajean Baxter of Vancouver; son, Irwin Jr., of Kennewick; ...

Verna Marie Zerba

Verna Marie George McMillan Zerba, 91, of Wheatland Village died Feb. 17, 2013, at home. Viewing will be from 8:30 a.m. to noon, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, at Munselle-Rhodes ...

Lola Jean Rachor

Lola Jean Rachor, 73, passed away Feb. 19, 2013, at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla, surrounded by her family. Lola was born Sept. 30, 1939, in La Grande to Grace Alice and John Robert Harris. She spent ...

Duane Robert Gusse

Duane Robert Gusse, age 69, passed away peacefully in his home in Olympia, on Feb. 1, 2013. He was born to Byron and Florence Gusse on Jan. 1, 1944, in Tacoma. He attended school in Waitsburg, where he discovered his ...

Louise Aliverti

ISSAQUAH — Louise Aliverti, 99, died Feb. 19, 2013, at Villa Teodora Adult Home in Issaquah, Wash. Arrangements are pending at Herring Groseclose Funeral Home.

Theodore P. Ponticelli

Theodore P. Ponticelli, of Milton-Freewater, passed away Feb. 18, 2013, at Providence Hospital in Spokane at the age of 55. He will be remembered for his musical talents and rock ‘n’ roll attitude, as well as his service to many ...

Jonathon Gale Edward Moseley

WALLA WALLA — Jonathon Gale Edward Moseley, newborn child, died Feb. 17, 2013, at Walla walla General Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Munselle-Rhodes.

Kathryn E. Frazier

Kathryn E. Frazier passed away on Feb. 17, 2013, at the Washington Odd Fellows Home in Walla Walla. Kathryn was born and raised in Walla Walla and graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1938. She attended Washington State College ...

Patricia A. Kerckhof

DAYTON — Pat A. Kerckhof, 89, died Feb. 20, 2013, at Dayton General Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Hubbard-Rogg Funeral Home.

Ty Ryan Tarter

Ty Ryan Tarter, 40, of Portland, died Saturday Feb. 9, 2013. He was born to Norman Elwood Tarter and the late Joan Benny Mansfield on Dec. 16, 1972. Ty attended Walla Walla High School until his senior year and graduated ...