Local Obituaries for Prosser Funeral Home & Crematory
Shirley L. (Blomquist) Bolich
Nov 27, 2022
Shirley L. (Blomquist) Bolich returned to her heavenly family on November 27, 2022 in Prosser, Washington. She was born on August 26, 1932 in Hood River, Oregon and was a resident of the Yakima Valley most of her life. Shirley loved her family, friends, music and traveling. She was a member of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day...
Stephanie Nicole Hall-Mullen
Nov 22, 2022
Stephanie Nicole Hall-Mullen (11 June 1982, Raleigh, N.C.) passed away 22 November in Richland. Always kind, thoughtful, and caring, Stephanie will live on in the hearts of friends and family. She loved working with children, animals, and the elderly – those she felt deserved care the most. Stephanie grew up travelling the United States, which kindled a wanderlust in her...
Linda Ellis Andrews
Nov 20, 2022
Linda was born in Des Moines Iowa to Richard and Joan Ellis and grew up on the family farm near Dallas Center, Iowa. Linda attended Dallas Center High School and Iowa State University where she majored in Graphic Design and played intercollegiate volleyball. After graduating with her BA in Fine Arts in 1972, Linda worked for 4 years as an...
Michael Pourier
Nov 3, 2022
Michael Allen Pourier, age 54 entered into rest on November 3, 2022 at his home in Paterson, Washington. He was born on December 18, 1967 in Hermiston, Oregon. Until making his home in Paterson two years ago, he lived in Yakima. Michael and Ebony Rockenbach were married on February 17, 2022 in Reno, Nevada. He received his GED and then...
Dorothy Ann (Kemp) Wolf
Oct 30, 2022
Dorothy Ann (Kemp) Wolf Dorothy Ann (Kemp) Wolf was born October 15, 1937 at Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to Albert & Anne (Clearie) Kemp. Dorothy passed away peacefully on the evening of October 5, 2020 following an emergency surgical procedure. Dorothy’s parents had come to Vancouver, BC from Scotland when they were in their early twenties....
Betty Jean Wendt
Oct 30, 2022
Betty Jean Wendt Betty Jean “BJ” Wendt passed away on October 30, 2022 at the age 82 surrounded by her family. Betty Jean was born in Sunnyside, WA, to Charles Winant & Minnie (Winant) Cox. Betty Jean spent her early years as a true country girl at heart. She grew up on a huge turkey farm and surrounded by animals....
Mildred "Millie" Zimmermann, Powell, Childers
Oct 29, 2022
Mildred Margaret Zimmerman, Powell, Childers, age 90, entered into rest on October 29, 2022 at her home in Prosser. She was born on July 18, 1932 in Sunnyside, Washington to William Henry and Emma Sophia (Carlson) Madison. She was lifetime resident of Prosser and graduated from Prosser High School with the Class of 1951. Over the years, Millie worked at...
Florence Bridget Taggares
Oct 15, 2022
Florence Bridget Taggares was born on July 27, 1929 and died peacefully in her home on October 15, 2022 at the age of 93. She was born in Prosser to Peter John Taggares the 1st, an immigrant of Greece, and Mary Kuklinski Taggares. A beloved sister, aunt and friend, Florence grew up on the family homestead in Prosser and was...
Bonnie Brown
Oct 7, 2022
Bonnie Jean Morris Brown, age 59, passed away in the comfort of her home in Prosser on October 7, 2022. Morris She was born on April 3, 1963 in Prosser to Taylor Neal and Betty (Radach) Morris and grew up on a small cattle farm, north east of Prosser. She started her education at Whitstran and graduated from Prosser High...
Patricia "Pat "Paulson
Oct 5, 2022
Patricia Ruth “Pat” Paulson passed away October 5, 2022 in Richland, Washington. She was 82. She was born May 10, 1940 in Hollywood California. She lived with her mother and grandmother until she had her first child. In 1958 she moved to Washington where she met and married Herb Lightle. They had one son. After separating, she moved to the...
Frances Ellen (Smasne) Wunderlich
Oct 1, 2022
Frances Ellen Smasne Wunderlich passed peacefully with her daughter at her side on October 1, 2022. She will be missed beyond measure and loved forever. She was born on December 3, 1936 in the family home near Mabton, WA, close to where her grandpa and grandma Smasne lived on a farm called Rocky Ford on the Yakima River. The family...
Judith Crow
Sep 27, 2022
Judith Kay (Baumgart) Crow was an angel on earth with a radiant smile for everyone, and a welcoming hug to all family and friends. Everyone who knew Judy felt her big heart and giving nature. Judy was born on July 3, 1951, in Columbus, Nebraska. She entered into rest on September 27, 2022 in Kennewick. Known as Judy to her...
Lavonne "Bonnie" Allen
Sep 26, 2022
On September 26th, 2022, Bonnie Lavonne Allen passed away peacefully at the age of 86 years old. She was born to Ralph and Lela Lee Myers on July 10th, 1936, in Wray, Colorado. She was married to Warren Allen on March 4th, 1967, in Carson City, NV, and they were happily married until his passing in 1991. A longtime Prosser...
Janina Goroch
Sep 20, 2022
Janina Wanda Goroch age 100, entered peacefully into rest on Tuesday, Sept 20,2022 at her farm in Prosser. She was born June 10, 1922 in Pinsk, Poland to Jan and Stanislawa. She married Chester Goroch, her husband of 73 years, on December 26, 1944 in Pinsk, Poland and the couple had 3 children together, Andy, John and Donna. During WW2...
Phyllis Freeman
Sep 16, 2022
Phyllis Lee Freeman, age 90, entered into rest on September 16, 1922 at her home at Sun Terrace in Prosser. She was born to Ralph Fern and Lela Lee (Williams) Myers on December 15, 1931 in Montrose, Colorado. Her family lived in Colorado until she was 4 and then moved to Sunnyside where she graduated from Sunnyside High School with...
Sherry Elaine Ferguson
Sep 14, 2022
Sherry Elaine (Fouts) Ferguson October 1, 1943-September 14, 2022 Sherry’s prayer was answered the evening of September 14th at Prosser Memorial Hospital when our Lord took her home. Sherry was born in Walla Walla, Washington to Charles and Ida (Kelly) Fouts. The Fouts family resided in Milton-Freewater, Oregon before moving to Prosser in 1954. Sherry graduated from Prosser High School...
Kathleen Easterly
Aug 24, 2022
On Wednesday morning, August 24th 2022, Kathleen Billingsley-Crawford-Easterly passed away very suddenly in Prosser surrounded by her family and some of her closest friends. Kathy was born 1/24/47 in Santa Paula, California to Clyde and Melba Billingsley. She was the oldest of her siblings, sister, Kristine Varble and brother, Wes Hodges. She grew up in Moorpark, California where she had...
Katherine Marie Flynn
Aug 17, 2022
Katherine Marie Flynn, 52, passed away surrounded by her family on August 17th, 2022 at her home in Richland, Washington, following a yearlong battle with gastric cancer. She was born March 15th, 1970, to George and Sandy Schneider in Ogden, Utah. She was raised in Whitstran, Washington, where she graduated from Prosser High School in 1988. After attending Spokane Falls...
Jeffrey Alan Cook
Aug 10, 2022
Jeffrey Alan Cook, 62, of Prosser, died peacefully at his home on August 10, 2022. Jeff was born on August 14, 1959 in Roseburg, Oregon to Gerald and Constance (Thompson) Cook. The family lived in Tacoma before making their home in Prosser in 1961. While in high school he worked at Evans Market as a product stocker and box boy....
Delane Thomas Stewart
Aug 9, 2022
DeLane Thomas Stewart, age 88, entered into rest on August 9, 2022 at his home in Prosser. He was born on April 29, 1934 in Yakima, Washington to Thomas and Nina (Hulme) Stewart. He was raised and educated in Toppenish and then enlisted in the US Air Force where he served for four years. He was honorably discharged in 1956...
