Obituaries

DALE SASSER Dale Sasser, 91, passed away on January 18, 2009 in Richland. He was born on April 12, 1917 in northern Arkansas to Joseph and Bernice Sasser. He was the eldest of nine children. After graduating from high school, he married. During WWII he served in the...

Shunian Zhang passed away peacefully on January 1, 2009 at Kadlec Medical Center. He was born in Jiangsu Province, China on October 30, 1933. He moved to Shanghai in 1943 and worked as a professional chef for one of the major steel companies in China. After his...

Misty Ann Rose Coonrod, 26, of Richland, passed away January 14, 2009 at home in Richland. She was born March 30, 1982 in Durant, Oklahoma and lived in the Tri-Cities for one year. She was a homemaker Survivors include husband, Tom Coonrod; daughters Destine and...

Wanda Ballew, our wife, mother and friend left us on January 15, 2009. She was born in Sprague Washington to George and Florence Wickham on February 8, 1927. The Wickham's soon moved to Medford, Oregon, where Wanda grew to become a young woman and where she met the...

Nicholas Royden Pember unexpectedly passed away January 11th, 2009. Nick was born in Richland, WA on August 14th, 1983 and spent most of his life going to school and working in the Tri City area. After high school, Nick began his career as a carpenter, working on both...

Terry Wayne Smith passed away Wednesday January 7, 2009 in Kennewick, just 18 days from his forty-first birthday. He was born January 25, 1968 in Richland to Clifford Gene Smith and Doris Van Reenen Smith. Terry graduated in the top 4% in the State of Washington and...

Rada Lund, age 104, passed away on January 6, 2009, at her home in Richland. She was born June 22, 1904, in Logan, Utah, to Dr. and Mrs. George Taggart Parkinson. Rada lived with her maternal grandmother and grandfather during her early childhood while her father...