Local Obituaries for Prosser Funeral Home & Crematory
Kenneth Wayne Speaks
May 3, 2017
Kenneth Wayne Speaks, 78 years old of Salem, Oregon, passed away suddenly of an aneurysm on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at Brookdale Salem Dementia Home while playing his favorite game, Dominos. He was born on September 28, 1938 in Antlers, Oklahoma to Roger and Lucille Speaks. Kenneth loved playing the guitar with his friends in the gospel bands in Grandview,...
Linda Lee Griffin
May 1, 2017
Linda Lee Griffin, age 69 of Prosser, entered into rest on May 1, 2017 at Chaplaincy Hospice Care in Kennewick. She was born on January 31, 1948 in Sunnyside, Washington to Clifford & Eleanora (Powell) Mount. She was raised and educated in Prosser and graduated from Prosser High School in 1967. Linda and Jay Griffin were married in Grand Coulee...
Joyce A. Bardessono
May 1, 2017
Our dear Mother, Grandmother, Great-grandmother, Sister, Aunt and Friend has gone to sleep in death until she is called back from the dead by her Heavenly Father Jehovah God, to once more be reunited with her loved ones, here on the earth in Jehovah God’s promised paradise. Joyce who was a resident of Prosser since the age of seven passed...
Alton Korsvik
Apr 28, 2017
Alton B. Korsvik, age 96, entered into rest on April 28, 2017 at Tranquility Manor in Kennewick. He was born on September 4, 1920, in Galchutt, North Dakota to George H. and Serena (Halgunseth) Korsvik. Alton’s grandparents emigrated from Norway to North Dakota in 1875 through homestead rights. In 1909, Àlton’s family made their home in Prosser. Alton attended Prosser...
Rita Arellano
Apr 28, 2017
Rita Arellano January 22, 1931 – April 28, 2017 PROSSER WA – Tia Rita, 86, was welcomed into the arms of our Savior on Friday evening, April 28, 2017, at home with her beloved family. Rita devoted her entire life making sure the needs of her entire family were met before her own. She exemplified true unconditional love for everyone...
Leroy Earl Gagner
Apr 9, 2017
LeRoy Earl Gagner, age 87 of Prosser, entered into rest on April 9, 2017 at Amber Hills Assisted Living in Prosser. He was born in Prosser on April 30, 1929 to Emery and Mianda (Sisseck) Gagner and was raised in the Whitstran/Prosser area, graduating from Prosser High School in 1948. While attending high school, he met Leona Mary Braconnier and...
Meliton Cardenas Llamas
Apr 7, 2017
Viewing will be held at Prosser Funeral Home on Saturday 4/15 from 6:00-9:00 PM and Sunday 4/16 from 6:00-8:00 PM. Recitation of the Rosary will begin at 6:00 PM. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 AM on Monday 4/17 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Prosser. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery in Benton City.
Amber Mcquillan Burnett
Apr 4, 2017
Amber McQuillan Burnett, 44, passed away midday on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 from post-surgery complications at her home in Prosser, Washington. Amber was born on May 18, 1972 in San Diego, California. She grew up in California, Utah, Nevada, and Oregon, running wild with her cousins and little brothers and excelling at swimming, school, flute and guitar-playing, and animal-loving. Amber...
Elizabeth Jacobs
Apr 4, 2017
Elizabeth Anna Jacobs, age 84 of Prosser, entered into rest on April 4, 2017 at Prosser Memorial Hospital. She was born on February 10, 1933 in Madawaska, Maine to Thomas and Anna (Martin) Dagile. She was raised and educated in Maine and Canada. Elizabeth and Karl Jacobs were married on May 1, 1965. Together, they owned and operated Prosser Electronics....
Mary Ellen Zimmermann
Apr 1, 2017
Mary Ellen Zimmermann, the daughter of the late Maranda Wehde and Cyril Krueger went to be with the Lord on April 1, 2017. She was born in Mayville, Wisconsin on April 18, 1936 and married Charles Edward Zimmermann on June 23, 1956. Mary Ellen resided in Prosser, Washington for 40 years where she was an active member of the community....
Sheridan Edward Lum
Mar 22, 2017
Sheridan Edward Lum, 78, of Prosser, passed away peacefully at his home in Prosser on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. He was born on May 19, 1938 in Ellensburg, Washington to Charles and Freda (Draper) Lum. The family moved to Kennewick in 1942 where they farmed until making their home in Mabton in 1949. Sheridan graduated from Mabton High School in...
Ruby Eleanor Maclean
Mar 19, 2017
After a brief illness, our beloved mother Ruby Eleanor MacLean passed away peacefully on March 19, 2017 at Chaplaincy Hospice House in Kennewick, WA. She was born on April 6, 1930 in Prosser, WA. She lived in Prosser, Grandview, Paterson, Benton City, Easton, Cle Elum and Kennewick. She was preceded in death by sister Darlene Judkins in 1936; husband James...
Inez Berg Stegall
Mar 9, 2017
Inez Stegall (Weippert), 82, of Hermiston, OR passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on March 9, 2017. The daughter of Peter and Magdelena (Aichele) Weippert, Inez was born on April 30, 1934 in Chaseley, North Dakota, the youngest of six siblings. Inez grew up on a farm and attended Chaseley School. While in high school, Inez played basketball...
Pauline A. Speck
Mar 6, 2017
Pauline “Polly” (Ayers) Speck, 100, entered into rest on March 6, 2017 at Sun Terrace in Prosser. She was born, the 4th of nine children on June 8, 1916 to Charles and Omie (Bradley) Ayers on the family homestead in Marietta, Oklahoma. The family raised corn, cotton and peanuts and always had a vegetable garden. The family moved to Oil...
Freda Virginia (Hopper) Sensney
Mar 3, 2017
Freda Virginia (Hopper) Sensney went home to be with the Lord on March 3, 2017, passing peacefully, her family at her side. Freda made notes over the last several years as to her life, well lived, and wished these thoughts shared, titling her writings, “My Life as I Remember It!” “Freda Virginia (Hopper) Sensney was born May 20, 1918 in...
Herbert Roscoe Warriner
Mar 3, 2017
Herbert Roscoe Warriner, who died at 94 on March 3, 2017 in Prosser, Washington, was born June 2, 1922 in Stickney, South Dakota to Herbert Roscoe Warriner, Senior and Gertie Van Arendonk. In 1925 Roscoe moved his family of Ruth, the older sister, and the baby Herb, to Grandview, Washington where he purchased a farm on Pleasant Ave. Younger brother...
Leona Mary Gagner
Feb 28, 2017
Leona Mary Gagner, age 89 of Prosser, entered into God’s Hands on February 28, 2017 at Prosser Memorial Hospital. She was born on January 13, 1928 to George and Grace (Mc Intire) Braconnier in Millicent, Alberta, Canada. She was raised and educated in Alberta until her family moved to Prosser in November, 1947. She met her future husband, LeRoy E....
Melissa Widener
Feb 28, 2017
Melissa Widener, 42, of Weippe, Idaho went peacefully to be with the Lord on Tuesday (February, 28, 2017) at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center after a five year battle with cancer. She was the beloved wife of twenty-one years to Michael Widener of Weippe. Melissa went Home to be with the Lord surrounded by her friends and family. Melissa was...
Francis "Fritz Joseph Jaeger
Feb 23, 2017
Francis “Fritz” Joseph Jaeger “A Prince of a Fellow”, Francis “Fritz” Joseph Jaeger was born to German’s from Russia parents, Anton and Magdeline Hoffart Jaeger on July 12, 1930 in Glencross, South Dakota. He passed away in Yakima on February 23, 2017. The Dust Bowl/Dirty 30’s brought his family to the YakimaValley because there was work for able-bodied men and...
Rita Kuh-Orr Stoops
Feb 10, 2017
Rita Marie (Kuh-Orr) Stoop, age 58 of Prosser, entered into rest on February 10, 2017 at Chaplaincy Hospice Care in Kennewick. She was born on September 19, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois to Peter and Margaret Kuh. She was raised and educated in Washington, DC where she lived until moving to Toppenish in 1993. Rita and Joe Stoops were married on...
