Obituaries

In the early afternoon of January 10, 2026 as a fly buzzed against the window pane in the rays of an unseasonal sun a carriage stopped for Pearl Louise Bradstreet and drove her past the fields of gazing grain toward Eternity.

Dewey and Ada Hapgood gathered their Pearl of great price into loving arms on July...

Verna M. Davis passed away on February 10, 2026 after a short illness. She was born on May 10, 1934 to Charles Loar and Alicia Mason Loar in Nebraska. When she was 9 years old her family moved to San Pero, California where her parents found employment during WWII. They lived in a housing project where she met her...

Ross Elder died at his Walla Walla home on December 22, 2025, after battling an aggressive cancer for four months. He was surrounded by his family and, during his last moments, was sniffed and kissed by his beloved grand-dogs, Lily, Cora, and Poppy. We all miss him so much.

Ross was born on Memorial Day, the first...

John Michael Gallagher, devoted husband, father, and grandfather, passed away February 7, 2026.

He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Laura (Bailey) Gallagher; children, Shane, Valancy Desmarias, Jolene Shepherd, Erik McIntosh.

Donations may be made to the Public Library, the Veterans Home of Walla Walla, or a...

Dolores Gruzensky passed away February 14, 2026, in Walla Walla, Washington, at age 98. Dolores was born October 16, 1927, in Portland, Oregon, to Dorinda Brooks Scott Parmele and Gilbert H. Parmelle. She was the youngest of seven children. Early in her life her father left the family, leaving her mother to raise...

Gerhard Hoffman was born in 1930 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where his parents had immigrated from Germany. Soon after his birth, his mother was required to travel alone to her homeland to correct immigration papers. It was about six months before she could return to the U.S. and her children. Shortly afterward, the...

Barbara Jeppe died peacefully in Round Rock, TX on February 3, 2026 at the age of 87. She was born in Burbank, CA on March 13, 1938, and was the beloved daughter of parents Thomas S. Jensen and Ruth O. (Ford) Jensen. As her father entered WWII in the Navy and trained in the U.S., Barbara and her Mother followed him...

Leonard Eugene Laabs passed away January 30, 2026, at the age of 88. He was born in 1937 to Lawrence and Margaret (Bottsford) Laabs in Clatskanie, Oregon. He grew up in the Portland area and attended Auburn Adventist Academy in Auburn, Wash. Len obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in industrial education from...

Wilfido Marroquin, known to family and friends as Wil, passed away peacefully on February 20, 2026, at the age of 100. He leaves behind a legacy defined by loyal love, Christlike compassion, and a lifetime of faithful devotion and service to his Heavenly Father, Jehovah. After 22 years of military service, Wil and...

Elizabeth "Liz" Eubanks McCracken, 70, a lifelong Walla Walla resident, passed away February 24, 2026, at Providence St. Mary Medical Center.

Liz was born April 12, 1955, in Walla Walla, Washington, to Robert and Rosemary Fowler Eubanks, joining her 16-year-old sister, Lin. She spent her early years on Lincoln...

Donna Jean Stevenson (née Rolph), 89, died February 24, 2026, of complications from cancer, with her family at her bedside. She was born May 15, 1936, in Spokane, Washington. She was raised as an only child by her mother, Bernice Anderson, and her grandmother, Annie Olson, in the Spokane area, and by her father,...