Obituaries

Mary M. Nowakowski, resident of Richland since 1955, died April 19, 2007 at Hospice at the Chaplaincy. She was 85. Mary was born August 9, 1921 in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, only daughter of Robert L. and Margaret Grady Pritchard. Following graduation from Manitowoc's...

Anna ''Lucille'' Jones Lair, age 85, went to rest from all her labors on April 17, 2007, in Richland with her three daughters embracing her. Congestive heart failure will be expressed as cause of death; however, osteoporosis spinal compressions and scoliosis of the...

Ralph Earl Stevens Jr., 79, of Richland, passed away April 16, 2007, at his home in Richland. He was born June 7, 1927 in Portland, Oregon to Gayle and Ralph Stevens. He spent his childhood years in the Portland area until his family moved across the river to...

Peggy Louise Yale, resident of Kennewick since 1957, passed away this day of April 14, 2007. She was born in Atwood, Illinois on the bright day of Halloween, October 31, 1933, to Frances and Cecil Personett. Peggy and her younger sister, Kay, moved with her family to...

Joyce Ann Gibson, 60, of Camas, Washington, passed away April 14, 2007 in Camas. She was born in 1947 in Bakersfield, California, migrating to North Richland Trailer Court where she attended John Ball Grade School. She moved to Richland with Mom and Dad and attended...

After a long and courageous battle with diabetes and kidney failure, Lew Tony Beck, age 67, went home to his heavenly father on April 11, 2007. Born to Tony and Ruth Beck on August 5, 1939 in Drummond, Montana, he was the oldest son of five children. He was always...