Local Obituaries for Prosser Funeral Home & Crematory
Heleodoro Climaco Salazar
Apr 8, 2020
Heleodoro Climaco Salazar, age 61, of Prosser, entered into rest on April 8, 2020 at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland. He was born to Cristobal & Anita (Salazar) Climaco in El Espino, Nayarit, Mexico where he lived for ten years until the family moved to Tijuana, Mexico. Five years later, the family moved to Los Angeles, California. On October,...
Dorothy Deaton
Apr 3, 2020
Dorothy Ann Deaton, age 78, entered into rest on April 3, 2020 at her home in Prosser. She was born on October 22, 1941 in Missoula, Montana to John and Bertha (Peashel) Gress. Dorothy married Bill Deaton on November 27, 1962 and made their home in Prosser where they raised two children and she enjoyed being a housewife. Dorothy loved...
Charie Prior
Apr 2, 2020
Charie Champoux Prior, age 79, longtime Prosser resident, was reunited with her husband in heavenly rest on April 2, 2020. She was born on January 21, 1941 to Ernie and Helen (Saul) Champoux in Yakima. She attended St. Joseph’s School, graduated from St. Joseph’s Academy, attended Seattle University and worked as a stewardess for United Airlines. Charie married Fred Prior...
Clinton Simmons
Apr 1, 2020
Clinton Edward Simmons, age 59 of Bickleton, entered into rest on April 1, 2020 at Prosser Memorial Hospital. He was born on June 12, 1960 to Merle and Donnie (Town) Simmons in Moscow, Idaho. Clint was raised and educated in Richland and Kennewick and graduated from Kamiakin High School in 1978. He was very active in the Boy Scouts and...
Frank Kreis
Mar 31, 2020
Frank Kreis, 86, of Prosser was born on February 27, 1934 in Piliscsaba, Hungary to Andreas and Katarina (Weiss) Kreiss. When he was 12 years old after the end of World War II his family moved to Oehringen, Germany where he finished his schooling. In September 1952 when he was just 18 years old, he joined the United States Army...
Kenneth Arthur Paulson
Mar 29, 2020
Kenneth Arthur Paulson was born on January 31, 1930 in Opheim, Montana and passed away March 29th at the age of 90, at his home outside of Prosser, WA. Ken believed all of life's problems could be solved by working harder. After graduating from Glasgow HS in 1948 Ken was offered a football scholarship that he later passed on and...
Stella Strandwold
Mar 28, 2020
STELLA MAE HENSLEY STRANDWOLD FEBRUARY 25, 1914 --------MARCH 28, 2020 How do you put 106 years of living into a couple of paragraphs? There were a number of hard, challenging, and beautiful years in that dash between 1914 and 2020. She was born in Arkansas and moved to Oklahoma until 1937. Then she moved to Prosser Washington where she met...
Luis Rivera Salgado
Mar 27, 2020
Luis Rivera Salgado, 61, of Prosser, passed away on March 27, 2020 at Kadlec Regional Medical Center. He was born on August 25, 1958 in La Concordia, Guerrero Mexico to Salomon Rivera and Juana Salgado. As a child, he was outgoing and playful. He always was adventurous and liked trying new things. Luis married Cirila Mendoza in La Concordia, Mexico...
Angela Marie Korvola
Mar 25, 2020
Angela Marie Korvola, age 53, of Richland, entered into rest on March 25, 2020 at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland. She was born on January 2, 1967 in Pasco, Washington. During her childhood she moved around a lot due to her step-father being in the Army. She helped raise her three sisters and enjoyed spending time with them. Angela...
Bruce Lansing
Mar 25, 2020
Bruce Lansing, 82, of Prosser, passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at Prosser Memorial Hospital. He was born on April 11, 1937 in Yakima, Washington to Clyde and Virginia (Emmons) Lansing. He lived in Prosser for forty-two years and was retired from the Benton PUD. He is survived by his wife, Bonnie of Prosser; his children, Teri (Dan) Baldwin...
Elizabeth Breitenfeldt
Mar 18, 2020
Elizabeth “Betty” Sullivan Breitenfeldt passed away peacefully, age 97, on March 18, 2020 at Chaplaincy Hospice House in Kennewick, Washington. She was born in Adams County (Corning), Iowa on August 2, 1922 to Florence and Daniel Sullivan. Betty attended Northwest Missouri State Teachers College during the summer months of high school before graduating from Corning High School in 1939. From...
Wendell "Wendy" Weld
Mar 15, 2020
Wendell “Wendy” Weld July 10, 1936 – March 15, 2020 Due to heart failure, Wendell “Wendy” Weld met Jesus on March 15, 2020, at the age of 83. He met Him the first time in 1966 when he became a Christian and gave his life to the Lord. Wendy was born on July 10, 1936, in Bowden, North Dakota. The...
Beverly Ann Whitehead
Mar 14, 2020
Beverly Ann Whitehead, age 32 of Benton City, went to be with the Lord on March 14, 2020 as the result of a traffic accident. She was born on October 22, 1987 in Grants Pass, Oregon. She was raised and educated in Redmond, Oregon and Everett, Washington where she lived most of her life until moving to Prosser for two...
Thomas Hildebrant
Mar 5, 2020
Thomas E. Hildebrant passed away on March 5, 2020 at the age of 68. Tom passed in his home surrounded by family. Tom was born April 23, 1951, in Prosser, WA to John and Barbara Hildebrant. He graduated from Prosser High School in 1970 and served in the US Navy from 1971 to 1973. After discharging from the service, Tom...
Christina "Tina" Martinez
Feb 23, 2020
Christina “Tina” Martinez, age 31, was born on June 3, 1988 in Sunnyside, WA and went home to her Creator on Sunday, February 23, 2020, after a brief illness. Her final days were spent surrounded by the family and friends that Tina had touched in some small way throughout her short, yet very memorable life. She was a graduate of...
Loren William Amack
Feb 19, 2020
Loren William Amack, age 68, entered into rest on February 19, 2020 at his home in Prosser. He was born on October 28, 1951 in Denver, Colorado to Carl William and Florence Pearl (Kibel) Amack. He was raised and educated in Prosser and graduated from Prosser High School with the class of 1970. After high school, Loren enlisted in the...
Helen Steelman
Feb 11, 2020
Helen Rosetta Steelman, age 89, entered into rest on February 11, 2020 at Sun Terrace in Prosser. She was born March 8, 1930 to Edward Albert and Anna Marie (Leupp) McCall in Oak Point, Washington. The family migrated to Eastern Washington following construction work and settled in Whitstran where Helen attended a two room school. In 1948, she graduated from...
Bruce Stutheit
Jan 28, 2020
Bruce Sigmund Stutheit, age 78, entered into rest on January 28, 2020 at his home in West Richland. He was born on November 21, 1941, the eldest of four boys, in Red Oak, Iowa to Edgar and Ruth (Moureau) Stutheit. The family moved to Ottumwa, Iowa, where they built and operated the Cheery Motel. Bruce later lived in Oregon, including...
Mathew James Lyczewski
Jan 27, 2020
Mathew James Lyczewski, 90 of Prosser, went to be with the Lord, January 27, 2020 at Prosser Memorial Hospital. He was born in Hillsview, SD on February 9, 1929 to Frank & Katherina (Zimmerman) Lyczewski. The family moved to Prosser when Mat was a baby. Mat graduated from Prosser High School in 1947. Mat was a lifetime resident of Prosser...
June Frances (Higdon) Bates
Jan 11, 2020
June Francis Higdon Bates Passed away peacefully at Chaplaincy Hospice in Kennewick, surrounded by family. She was born to George Washington and Irma (Carrick) Higdon on June 9, 1922 in Felida, Washington, the first of three children. The family moved to Prosser in 1937, where she released 17 Oregon Gray Squirrels into the City Parks and claimed she was the...
