Marian Mergel Marian Mergel, 82, of Benton City passed away October 18, 2008 at Agape Care with family at her side. Mom was born in Webster, South Dakota on December 12, 1925 to Leo and Agnes Mattecheck. During the Depression her family moved to Long Beach,...
Obituaries
Lawrence ‘Larry’ M. Dawes
Lawrence M. Dawes Lawrence Melvin Dawes passed away at home on October 17, 2008 after a valiant battle with colon cancer. He was born December 19, 1935, in St. Louis, Missouri to Frank and Mary Kitchens Dawes. Larry came to Richland with his parents in 1944 where his...
Bertha Roylance
Bertha Clarkson Roylance 93 born July 7, 1915 passed away October 17, 2008 at her home in Mattawa Washington. She was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, married Harvey Roylance and they have five children. They resided in Utah, Idaho and Washington including...
William Maasen
WILLIAM BILL HENRY MAASEN William Bill Henry Maasen passed away on October 16, 2008. In Richland, Washington. Bill was one of twelve children and was born January 2, 1914 in Linn, Missouri. At the age of 20 he got into the Conservation Corp in Arkansas and stayed with...
David ‘Dave’ E. Carlson
David Everett Carlson, 82, of Richland, passed away peacefully at home early Tuesday morning. Born July 21, 1926, in Hartline he lived in Richland for 47 years. He worked as a Carpenter at various jobs around the state and was a well-respected Superintendent at...
Jackie ‘Jack’ V. Matheny
JACKIE JACK V. MATHENY Einan's Funeral Home. Jack V. Matheny was born March 21, 1924 in Peoria, Illinois to Thomas and Freda Matheny. Jack passed away on October 13, 2008. He joined the Navy at the age of 17 and served aboard the USS Hornet until it was sunk during...
Gary Lester Best
Gary L. Best, 54, of Benton City, passed away on Sunday, October 12, 2008 at his home. Gary was born in Brewster, WA on June 5, 1954. He lived in the Tri-Cities/Yakima area for the last 35 years. He was a proud member of the Labors union for over 35 years. He was a...
MaryLee Batterton
MaryLee Coates Batterton, 67, passed away Thursday, October 9, peacefully, with her 5 children and their spouses by her side in Albuquerque, NM, after a short, but courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. She is survived by her loving husband of 26 years, Robert...
James William Jones
James William Jones, Sr. known as Bill Jones was born on April 8, 1920, to James Clark Jones and Ruth Welch Jones. He passed away in Pasco on October 8, 2008. He had two sisters and one brother. He grew up in Friendship, Tennessee and worked hard even as a child on...







