Obituaries

Niebuhr Jean Niebuhr, age 77, passed away at her home in Benton City, WA on June 1, 03. She was born in Homer, Nebraska to Charley and Helen Yusten. Jean and her husband Melford of 61 years have lived here in Benton City for 36 years. She was preceded in death by her...

Maple Lee Mashburn Nan Maple Lee Mashburn Nan age 86 of Richland died Sunday June 1st at Richland Life Care Center. She was born July 3rd, 1916 to John and Mattie Shaw in Merkle, Texas. Maple was born and raised in Texas, then lived in Richland, Washington for 27...

Shirley Joan Whalen Ahrens Shirley was born to Harry Barnard David and Leona Marie Hall May 7, 1935 in Los Angeles California. She passed away on May 30, 2003 in Kenniwick Washington after a 2 year battle with cancer. Shirley was raised in Los Angeles California with...

Robert Franklin “Bob” Lambie passed away Thursday, May 29, 2003, at his Kennewick home. He was 83. Bob was born January 23, 1920, to John and Laura Lambie in a sod house in Sioux County, North Dakota. He started school in a one-room country school where the teacher...

Dorothy P. Owens was born to Addie Dugas and Jefferson D. Portie on February 12, 1923, in Sulphur, Louisiana, Calcasieiu Parish, and died May 27, 2003, in Richland, Washington. She was 80. Dottie lived in the Tri-Cities from 1943 to 1945 in the old Hanford barracks....

Jason “Jerry” Elder Jason “Jerry” Elder, 81, of Benton City passed away in the comfort of his home on May 26, 2003. He was born in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, on August 24, 1921 and lived in Benton City since 1960. Jerry was a retired painter from Union Local 478. Jerry...

Elizabeth 'Betty' Ruth Sexton, 80, was born August 15, 1922, to Earl and Naomi Ruth Swink, in Uniontown, KS, and passed away peacefully, at the Hospice House in Kennewick, WA, May 24, 2003. Betty married Leonard M. Sexton on March 15, 1941. Betty was preceded in death...