Tri-City Herald death notices March 9, 2024
Betty Roy Burns
Betty Roy Burns, 95, of Benton City, died March 7 at Hospice Chaplaincy Care in Kennewick.
She was born in Floydada, Texas, and lived in the Tri-Cities for 76 years.
She was a homemaker.
Hillcrest Funerals and Cremation, Kennewick, is in charge of arrangements.
Merlin Van Twitchell
Merlin Van Twitchell, 83, of Renton, Wash., died March 3 in Issaquah.
He was born in Prosser and lived in the Tri-Cities area for 35 years.
He was a retired federal agent for the U.S. Department of Justice.
Einan’s at Sunset, Richland, is in charge of arrangements.
Antonio Jalomo Vargas
Antornio Jalomo Vargas, 72, of Kennewick, died March 6 in Kennewick.
He was born in Uvalde, Texas, and lived in the Tri-Cities since 1956.
He was a laborer at the Hanford site.
Mueller’s Greenlee Funeral Home, Pasco, is in charge of arrangements.
Efrain Osorio Ramos
Efrain Osorio Ramos, 54, of Sunnyside, died March 5 in Kennewick.
He was born in Puebla, Mexico, and lived in Sunnyside for 40 years.
He was a a farm worker.
Mueller’s Tri-Cities Funeral Home, Kennewick, is in charge of arrangements.
Gareth L. Thornton
Gareth Lee Thornton, 76, of Kennewick, died March 6 in Kennewick.
He was born in Lewiston, Idaho, and lived in the Tri-Cities area for 29 years.
He was a retired nuclear process operator at the Hanford site.
Mueller’s Tri-Cities Funeral Home, Kennewick, is in charge of arrangements.
Richard D. Holman
Richard Dee Holman, 86, of Pasco, died March 4 in Pasco.
He was born in Fargo, N.D., and lived in the Tri-Cities since 1976.
He was a retired electrical engineer.
Mueller’s Greenlee Funeral Home, Pasco, is in charge of arrangements.
Kai-Chih Wang Chang
Kai-Chih Wang Chang, 86, of Richland, died Feb. 20 in Richland.
She was born in China and lived in Richland for 46 years.
She was a retired chemical engineer at the Hanford site.
Einan’s at Sunset, Richland, is in charge of arrangements.
Elijah M. Jones
Elijah Martin Jones, 36, died Feb. 20.
He was born in Ridgecrest, Calif., and lived in the Tri-Cities area.
He was a fisherman.
Einan’s at Sunset, Richland, is in charge of arrangements.
Lon Parker
Lon Parker, 63, of Kennewick, died Feb. 29 at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland.
He was born in Great Lakes, Ill., and lived in Prosser and later in Kennewick.
He worked at Columbia Industries and McDonald’s in Richland for several years.
Prosser Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Edward A. Schuck
Edward A. Schuck, 64, died March 1.
He lived in the Tri Cities area for 40 years and worked as a cutter for Iowa Beef.
The Neptune Society of Kennewick is in charge of arrangements.
Richard A. Malaguti
Richard Alan Malaguti, 77, of Kennewick, died March 1 at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland.
He was born in Middleborough, Mass., and lived in the Tri-Cities area for 10 years.
He was a retired postal carrier for the U.S. Postal Service.
ezCremate.com Pasco is in charge of arrangements.
Elias Alba Gonzalez
Elias Alba Gonzalez, 93, of Yakima and formerly of Sunnyside, died March 6 in Yakima.
He was born in San Francisco de Rico, Guanajuato, Mexico, and was a longtime Yakima Valley resident.
He was a retired nuclear plant laborer.
Smith Funeral Home, Sunnyside, is in charge of arrangements.
Travis W. Daniels
Travis William Daniels, 16, of Pasco, died Feb. 18 in Richland.
He was born in Roseburg, Ore., and was a lifelong Pasco resident.
He was a student.
Einan’s at Sunset, Richland, is in charge of arrangements.
Frances G. Thompson
Frances Geraldine Thompson, 85, of Pasco, died March 3.
She was born in Chadron, Neb., and lived in the Tri-Cities area for 56 years.
She was a retired transit bus driver.
Einan’s at Sunset, Richland, is in charge of arrangements.
Maria De La Luz Diaz
Maria De La Luz Diaz, 66, of Prescott, died March 1 at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland.
She was born in Zapotiltic, Jalisco, Mexico, and lived in the Tri-Cities for 31 years.
She was an agricultural laborer.
Hillcrest Funerals and Cremation, Pasco, is in charge of arrangements.
Gary L. Olels
Gary Lee Olels, 79, of Richland, died March 2 in Kennewick.
He was born in Seattle and lived in Richland for 30 years.
He was the retired owner and administrator of his own business.
Einan’s at Sunset, Richland, is in charge of arrangements.
Sylvia R. Soto
Sylvia Rosa Soto, 60, of Pasco, died March 2 at Kadlec Regional Medical Center.
She was born in Rio Grande City, Texas, and lived in the Tri-Cities for 44 years.
She was a homemaker.
Hillcrest Funerals and Cremation, Pasco, is in charge of arrangements.
Maria A. Lopez
Maria Alicia Lopez, 74, of Grandview, died March 1 in Grandview.
She was born in Mexico and was a lifelong Grandview resident.
She was a home care provide for Consumer Direct.
Einan’s at Sunset, Richland, is in charge of arrangements.
Virginia J. Hill
Virginia Jane Hill, 78, of Richland, died Feb. 23 in Richland.
She was born in Richland and lived in the Tri-Cities for 29 years.
She was a homemaker.
Mueller’s Greenlee Funeral Home, Pasco, is in charge of arrangements.
Edward E. Coyne
Edward Elmer Coyne, 86, of Kennewick, died March 1 at home.
He was born in Oroville, Calif., and lived in the Tri-Cities since 1985.
He was a retired engineer at the Hanford site.
Life Tributes Cremation Center, Kennewick, is in charge of arrangements.
Mary Diaz Mendoza
Mary Diaz Mendoza, 76, of Pasco, died March 1 in Richland.
She was born in Hanford, Calif., and lived in the Tri-Cities for 14 years.
She was a retired laborer at Gentry’s.
Mueller’s Greenlee Funeral Home, Pasco, is in charge of arrangements.
Jeffrey A. Roberts
Jeffrey A. Roberts, 67, of West Richland, died Feb. 29 in West Richland.
He was born in Richland and lived in the Tri-Cities for many years.
He was a retired manufacturing foreman.
Einan’s at Sunset, Richland, is in charge of arrangements.
