Dennis Rice Laybourn was born on March 15, 1943 in Denver, CO to parents Harland Ayres and Ruth Marie Laybourn. He was their second son after Michael Laybourn. They moved when he was two to Richland, WA, so Hal could work at Hanford. Siblings: Shanon Laybourn Smith,...
Obituaries
Arlene Petersen
Arlene Louise Hellenberg Petersen January 26, 1923 – August 20, 2015 Arlene was born on January 26, 1923 to Fern (Keillor) Hellenberg and Carl Hellenberg in Highland Park, Michigan. This was a small middle class enclave surrounded by the city of Detroit with the...
Joan Hinkle
Joan Louise Hinkle (Campbell), 76, of Richland, Washington, passed away at Kadlec Medical Center in Richland on the morning of August 21, 2015. Joan, known better as Jo, was born on December 16, 1938 in Stratton, Nebraska. Her parents moved her and her two brothers...
Harvey Rodgers
Harvey Rodgers went to be with his precious loving wife Fran on 8-21-15. He was born in Sidney, Montana on June 18, 1929 to Clarence and Helen Thiel Rodgers. He attended school in Sidney until his senior year, when he moved to Sunnyside WA, where he graduated in...
Carol Mefford-Doctor
Carol Lurline Mefford-Doctor, 98, of Benton City, WA, passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2015 in Richland, WA. She was born on March 30, 1917 in Salina, KS to Wilma and Edd. Carol was raised in Fort Collins, CO. Carol married George and with that marriage they traveled...
Jill Hillmer
On Sunday, August 16, 2015, Jill Anne Hillmer passed into the arms of her Lord and Savior at Trios Hospital. She was born in Richland, WA on May 15, 1959, the youngest child of Duane and Dorothy Sobotka. She attended school in Richland and graduated from Columbia High...
Geraldine Sue Kelsey McMurray
Geraldine Sue Kelsey McMurray passed away Tuesday, Aug. 11, at Kadlec Medical Center in Richland. She was 84. Born May 26, 1931, in Pryor, Okla., to Edward and Adeline Kelsey, Gerry was raised in Oklahoma with older sister Virginia, older brother Ed “Bud” and twin...
Bruce A. McLeod
Bruce A. McLeod Bruce A. McLeod passed away 4:25am on August 8, 2015 at Kadlec’s ER. Bruce was born to Duncan and Sally McLeod, Jr. of Palto Alto, CA on Easter Sunday, April 6 1947. Bruce and his older sister Janyne were raised in a close-knit family in Palo Alto, CA....
Gail Brown
Gail Lynn Jurgens BrownGail Lynn Jurgens Brown, 61, of Richland, passed away on August 8, 2015 in Richland. She was born and raised in Ellensburg, WA on April 28, 1954. As a young lady, Gail enjoyed singing, was in the choir, and wrote poetry. She graduated from...







