Harry Emtman passed away at home in Richland on July 26, 2017. He was 79. He was born in Spokane on April 4, 1938. Harry was the third child of Arthur and Martha (Paulet) Emtman. He grew up on the family farm near Plummer, ID and graduated from West Valley High...
Obituaries
Roger Oukrop
Roger Edward Oukrop, 73, of West Richland, passed away on July 25, 2017 at Caring Hands in Kennewick. He was born January 18, 1944 in St. Helens, OR. Roger grew up in Columbia City, OR and graduated from St. Helens High School in 1962. After High School he attended...
Michael Devine
Judy Westsik
Judith (Judy) K. Westsik passed away July 21, 2017 in Richland, WA, at the age of 70. Judy was born December 10, 1946 in Portland, OR to Donald and Margaret Eckton. She grew up in Portland, graduating from Cleveland High School in 1964 and Northwest School of Commerce...
Avis Meeks
Avis H. Meeks, 86 years young, passed away July 22, 2017 at Chaplaincy Hospice House in Kennewick. She was born April 19, 1931, in Erie, Pennsylvania to John and Dorothy Hambley. In 1943 she learned her father (a millwright) would be leaving their Michigan home to...
Patrica Cook
Patrica E. (Pat) Cook Pat was born in Willow Township, Woodbury County, Iowa on December 22, 1927 to Jay and Margie (Forney) Clark. She passed away Sunday, July 23 2017 in Hospice House, Kennewick, WA. In the early 1940’s the Clark family moved...
Arlene Haynes
Arlene Allphin Haynes (known to the Tri-Cities as the “Grover’s Apple Lady”) passed away peacefully on July 20, 2017, at the age of 81. As a young girl she moved with her family from Lovell, WY, to Kennewick, WA. She graduated from Kennewick High School, and then...
Helen Speer
Our Mom, Helen L. Speer, completed her earthly journey on July 20, 2017. Mom was born September 12, 1921 in Bath, New York. She and her brother, Chester, were raised by their widowed mother, Katherine. Mom, always a good student, graduated with high honors from...



