Obituaries

Ruby Iola Vetterhus Johnson came into this world on a Sunday afternoon, September 14, 1919. She was born to Ove Vetterhus and Almina (Hagestad) Vetterhus near Brandt Lake, South Dakota. Her mother and father chose her name. It was a choice between Opal and Ruby, both...

Judy Lynn Keplinger 1943-2016     Judy Lynn Keplinger, age 72, passed away Sunday, February 14, 2016, at Hospice House in Kennewick, Washington, after a year-long bout with cancer.     Judy was born 29 December 1943 in Van Nuys, California to William Robert Keplinger...

David Lee Mumm             David Lee Mumm passed away Tuesday, February 16th, 2016 at home in Richland, WA surrounded by family.  He was 93 years old. He was born in Winona, MN March 17th, 1922 to Frank Hugo Mumm and Eleanor Mae Harriman Mumm.              David spent...

James (Jim/Willie) Richard Williamson 1934-2016 Jim passed away on February 15, 2016, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. He was born to Robert and Anna Williamson in Kansas City, Missouri.  He moved to Richland in 1944, and graduated from Columbia High School in...

Robert Hugh Somerville March 20, 1926 – February 14, 2016   Robert was born in Los Angeles, where he recalled as a child picking beans on the ground which is now the Los Angeles International Airport. He graduated from Inglewood Union High School in June, 1944 at age...

Shirley Oline McCullough, 85, passed from this life to the next life on Friday, February 12, 2016 in Richland, WA.  Shirley was born in Salt Lake City, UT the first of six children of William Wallace Adams and Lucille (Sands) Adams.   She lived her first 4-½ years in...

Dale Edward Bumpaous Dale Edward Bumpaous, 50, left this world to join the Lord on Sunday, February 14, 2016 in Richland, WA. He was born August 25, 1965 to Darlene (Swearingen) and Richard Bumpaous in Pasco, WA. Dale was a simple man who was devoted to his wife,...