Family: Obituaries

PAGE — John, 78; born March 10, 1936, Los Angeles, Calif.; died July 27, 2014, Grants Pass, Ore. Surviving: wife, Sandy (Pittman) Randolph; stepson, Jay Randolph, Grants Pass; daughter, Elizabeth Page, Nampa, Idaho; stepdauters, Cristal Randolph and Cindy Betchik, both of Grants...

PALMER — Donald "Don" Sr., 86; born Dec. 17, 1933, Brainard, Minnesota; died Aug. 30 2020, Salem, Oregon. Surviving: wife of 67 years, Helen (Thrush); sons, Don Palmer Jr., Salem; daughters and sons-in-law, Connie and Jim Heinrich, Tolstoy, South Dakota; Karen and Jan Eric Kiele...

PALMER — William Salton, 92; born June 26, 1926, Solusi Mission, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Africa; died Aug. 24, 2018, Gresham, Ore. Surviving: wife, Marjorie Palmer; daughters, Judy Gill, Des Moines, Wash.; Jan Skau, Gresham; 2 grandchildren and a grandchild.

PALMER — James Wilson, 78; born July 29, 1937, Weiser, Idaho; died May 2, 2016, College Place, Wash. Surviving: son, John, Walla Walla, Wash.; daughter, Janel Palmer, Lincoln, Neb.; stepdaughter, Donna (Dunn) Pringle, College Place, Wash.; and sister, Darlene (Palmer) Anders,...

PALMER — Louella Geniva (Robbins) Matthews Wassom, 95; born Dec. 23, 1920, Spokane, Wash.; died Dec. 28, 2015, Seattle, Wash. Surviving: sons, Rodney Palmer, Mount Lake Terrace, Wash.; Leonard Wassom, of Oregon; Gary Matthews, of California; daughters, Doryce Palmer Seibold,...

PAMPAIAN — Effie M. (Hale), 110; born May 16, 1910, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; died Dec. 3, 2020, College Place, Washington. Surviving: daughter, Sheryl Pampaian Learned, Kirkland, Washington; a grandchild and 3 great-grandchildren.

PANCOAST — Donald Paul Jr., 92; born Dec. 26, 1929, Mountain Home, Idaho; died Oct. 22, 2022, Lake Oswego, Oregon. Surviving: sons, Patrick, Paul and Peter; daughter, Patricia Roessler-Pancoast; 10 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.

PANCOAST — Helen Emilee (Stump), 84; born June 8, 1933, Phoenix, Ariz.; died July 12, 2017, Gladstone, Ore. Surviving: husband, Donald Jr.; sons, Paul, Columbia, Mo.; Patrick, Lake Oswego, Ore.; daughter, Patricia Pancoast, Lake Oswego; and 10 grandchildren.

PARK — Della May (Blakely), 74; born Sept. 10, 1943, Cowley, Wyo.; died Sept. 9, 2018, Portland, Ore. Surviving: husband, James Park, Salem, Ore.; daughters, Yolande Waters, Seattle, Wash.; Ciciley Michelle Moore; and 3 grandchildren.

PARKER — Donald Eugene, 91; born Nov. 11, 1932, Kim, Colorado; died Feb. 21, 2024, Otis, Oregon. Surviving: spouse, Sherry Pope Parker; sons, John, Ron, Don and Roy; daughter, Wanda Parker Briggs; 9 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.

PARKER — Wesley L., 89; born July 12, 1927, Maple Plain, Minn.; died Dec. 16, 2016, Walla Walla, Wash. Surviving: son, Ken, Buckley, Wash.; daughter, Jan Roberts, College Place, Wash.; 5 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.

PARKER — Jacqueline Jean (Bauer), 87; born March 3, 1928, Battle Creek, Mich.; died Aug. 16, 2015, Walla Walla, Wash. Surviving: husband, Wesley; son, Ken, Buckley, Wash.; daughter, Jan Roberts, College Place, Wash.; 5 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.

PARKS — Otis Wayne, 90; born July 17, 1933, Diamond, Washington; died Jan. 28, 2024, Deary, Idaho. Surviving: spouse, Ann Parks; sons, Randy Dickinson and Edward Parks; daughters, Becky Parks, Yvonne Shahan, Jody Boothby and Melodie Parks; 14 grandchildren and 8 great-...

PARKS — Geri (Fowler), 83; born July 6, 1940, Walla Walla, Washington; died Oct. 1, 2023, Eagle, Idaho. Surviving: spouse, Dennis; sons, Randy, Ron and Don; daughter, Jennifer (Parks) Bellew; brother, Gayle Fowler; 6 grandchildren.

PARKS — David Merrill, 77; born Dec. 1, 1938, Lewiston, Idaho; died Jan. 23, 2016, Loma Linda, Calif. Surviving: wife, Reitha (Hutson); son, Tim Parks, Placentia, Calif.; daughter, Heidi Edberg, Brea, Calif.; foster son, Dhay Htoo Sein, Yangon, Myanmar (Burma); brother, Tom,...

PARKS — Delbert W., 87; born Oct. 3, 1927, Pillager, Minn.; died June 20, 2015, Eugene, Ore. Surviving: wife, Darlene (Nelson); daughters, Janelle Parks, Nampa, Calif.; Christina Lonning, Cheney, Wash.; brother, Leo Parks, Collegedale, Tenn.; sister, Dorothy Henifin, Portland,...

PARMELE — R. Earl, 100; born March 28, 1920, Taft, Oregon; died May 2, 2020, Chehalis, Washington. Surviving: sons, Gary W. Parmele, Beaverton, Oregon; son and daughter-in-law, Joe E. and Pat Parmele, Columbia, Missouri; daughter and son-in-law, Earlene (Parmele) and Bob Wohlers...

PARMENTER — Norman Eugene, 87; born Feb. 3, 1935, Tacoma, Washington; died Oct. 26, 2022, Spanaway, Washington. Surviving: spouse, Ann Parmenter; daughter, Nancy Wienecke; 3 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.

PASCHTAT — James Otto Jr., 74; born Aug. 20, 1941, Olympia, Wash.; died Nov. 30, 2015, Plummer, Idaho. Surviving: daughter and son-in-law, Cherie and Todd Engebretson, Walla Walla, Wash.; sister and brother in-law, Ethel and Robert Heath, Seattle, Wash.; and a granddaughter,...

PATTERSON — Elmer Charles, 86; born Nov. 23, 1930, Rifle, Colo.; died Jan. 23, 2017, Portland, Ore. Surviving: cousins, Bernard Yonker, Gresham, Ore.; and Bernice Ely, Grand Junction, Colo.