Obituaries

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...

Robert "Bob" Stuart Poplin, Jr. Robert "Bob" Stuart Poplin, Jr., 82 of Richland, passed away on January 5, 2009 in Richland. Bob lived in the Tri-City area for 35 years. He was born on December 14, 1926 in Oxnard, California to an established Southern California...

Audrey Lou Kelley Audrey Lou Kelley passed into rest with The Lord December 31st 2008 at Kadlec Medical Center Richland, WA. Audrey was born on September 2, 1933 to parents John L and Esther Perryman in Torrington, WY. She had one older brother John L. Perryman Jr....

Our beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, Joy Emelia Grad, passed away surrounded by her family on December 29th, after a courageous and hard fought battle with ovarian cancer. Joy lived her life so generously with such dedication and devotion for those she loved and...

Marcus Damon Arntzen, beloved of all, has gone back to his Heavenly Father. Marcus was born in Richland, Washington on January 27, 1976, to Kathleen and Martin Arntzen. Despite being beset with complicated developmental disabilities including Spina Bifida and...

Kenneth Edwin Waud passed away peacefully, December 27, 2008, at Hospice House Hospice at The Chaplaincy in Kennewick, WA. Ken was born August 14, 1926, in Pasadena, CA to Joseph and Blanche Waud, the oldest of three sons. He moved to Nyssa, OR as a youth and...