Obituaries

After fighting her cancer by every means possible, Joanne Caprio, loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, and aunt, passed away on April 22, 2008 in Richland, WA, at the age of 63, with her family by her side. Joanne was born in 1945 in Vancouver, B.C...

Mary Lou Schumacher, 67, of West Richland, passed away April 22, 2008 at her home. She was born in Toppenish, Washington on August 2, 1940 to William and Alma Beaudry. She graduated from Prosser High School in 1958. After attending college, she moved to the Tri-Cities...

Marjorie Glee Kurtz Marjorie G. Kurtz, 95, passed away on April 21, 2008. Born in Bellingham, Washington on February 12, 1913 to Franklin J. Bell and Ethyl Lila McMillan, she grew up in Everett on Rucker Hill and graduated from Everett High School in 1931. Marge had...

Darlene Faye Finn Conn, 66, Richland, died Sunday, April 20, 2008 in Seattle. Born in Ogallala, Nebraska and raised in the village of Arthur, Darlene and her four siblings lived on a ranch and often used a horse as transportation to and from school. In 1959 she...

Donald Hovley, loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle and friend passed away on Wednesday, April 17th at his home in Pasco, Washington. Don was born in Los Angeles, CA to Peter Joseph Hovley and Eleanor Elizabeth Pelster on October 18, 1925. Don...

Born on April 1, 1923 in Oklahoma City, OK Easter Sunday that year!, John Milton Thorp, age 85, finished his journey on this earth April 13, 2008. He grew up on his parent's farm in NW Arkansas with his younger brother Charlie and sister Mary. While serving in the US...

Carrol Hugh Jones, “Cal”, 83, passed away April 11, 2008 in Richland, Washington. He was born July 29, 1924 in Waukesha, Wisconsin to Carrol and Erma Jones. Cal was a mechanical engineer for Rocketdyne and lived in the Tri-Cities for 28 years. He served in...

Barbara Lynn Stover Rutt was born April 23, 1954 in Colfax, Washington to Alice Morasch and Dale Stover. She passed away on April 11, 2008 in her parent's home in Endicott, WA of a heart attack. She was the second child of 3 children; her siblings were Fred and Diane....

Ronald Lee Ewing was born on 12 April 1947 in Portland, Oregon. he passed away on 9 April 2008 in Kennewick, Washington. He grew up in Richland, Washington with his parents Dick and Kay and his brother Rick and sister Linda. He attended Columbia High and graduated...