Obituaries

A life-time of faith, joy, and service was left behind on Monday, September 29th when Mary Eleanor King Cox went to a place she described as a "land that is fairer than day." All five of her children were at her side. She was born October 18, 1920 in Fort Worth, Texas...

Lloyd Dale Kron was preceded in death by father, mother and two brothers. He was the oldest of three boys. Both parents were born in Sweden. They met in Nebraska and were married in 1920. Lloyd's family moved to Richland in 1934, where he remained the rest of his...

Michael R. Sweet, 51, of Richland, WA died in his home late Saturday, September 27, 2008. He was born in Phoenix, Arizona to James and Catherine Clinton. He was the youngest of three children. When he was 18 he enlisted in the Army. Mike proudly served his country for...

John Dexter Smith John Dexter Smith, 83, was born on August 24, 1925 in Portland, Oregon to Naval Captain Basil Burton Smith and Zella Pearl Malone Smith. The family moved to the Laurelhurst District in Seattle, Washington in 1934. In 1942, the family moved to...

Elaine Rebecca Kudej Herald 1926 – 2008 Elaine R. Kudej Herald, age 82, loving mother, wife, sister, grandmother, and aunt, passed away in her home on September 23, 2008. She was born in Mason City, Iowa on August 24, 1926, to Dora and Edward Kudej, and spent...

Janet Lou Perchalski 1934-2008 Our beloved mother, wife, grandmother, and sister passed into eternal life on September 22, 2008 after a long courageous battle with lung disease. She will be greatly missed but we know she is in better place and is no longer suffering....

Sister Margaret Mary Polacci, CSJ May 7, 1937—September 21, 2008 Sister Margaret Mary Polacci, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 52 years, died in Lourdes Medical Center on September 21 in Pasco from complications of melanoma. She was lovingly accompanied...

William "Bill" J. Burke, Jr. Our father, grandparent, brother, husband and friend, Bill Burke, went to Heaven on September 20, 2008. He was 72 years old when he unexpectedly passed away. He was born April 19, 1936 in Chicago, IL, to Caroline and William Burke, Sr....

James I. Bucklin, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather passed away in his sleep the morning of September 20, 2008, at Callaway Gardens. James joined the United States Marine Corps at age 17 and was stationed in Iceland prior to the breakout of...