Celebration of Life Service will be held on Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at the Smith Funeral Home, Sunnyside, WA   Those wishing to sign Judy's online memorial book may do so at www.funeralhomesmith.com  Smith Funeral Home is in care of arrangements. 

Betty I. Ray, of Mabton, passed away at her home on September 24th surrounded by family members. Betty was born in Yakima, WA and spent her early years in the West Valley area before moving with her parents to the Sunnyside area. She married the love of her life, Albert Ray, on April 7, 1951, and they moved to the Mabton area in 1956. In 1967 she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and since they didn’t know much about the disease at the time, was told that if she took it easy,...

A devoted and loving husband, father, brother, and uncle, Gay Brewer, peacefully passed away at home with his wife Peggy and daughter Tina beside him on September 23, 2023. Gay was born on November 2, 1940 to Noel and Elenor (Greenough) Brewer in Anacortes, WA.  They later moved to Grandview, where Gay graduated from Grandview High School, with the Class of 1959.  He would fondly talk about his time working at Lichty Market, setting pins at the...

Ruben Romeo Botello Gonzalez, passed away at his home in Cle Elum WA on Thursday, September 21, 2023 due to health complications. He was surrounded by his loved ones. Ruben was 67 years old. He was born in Sunnyside WA, On April 1st 1956 where he lived most of his life. Ruben was a very handy man. He had a degree in carpentry, which his love of that skill is shown in his handy work in the house he bought and fixed up, to make a home the past 14 years. He also taught himself to cook and was a...

Edward Wilfred Boulay, Jr. passed away peacefully in his sleep on Thursday, September 21st, 2023 at the age of 80. He was born January 19th, 1943 to Edward Wilfred Sr. and Jane Ann Boulay in Providence, Rhode Island. He was one of three children and grew up in Swansea, Massachusetts. After finishing school, Ed was a paratrooper at the end of the Vietnam War. He became a Union Heat and Frost Insulator and moved to the Tri-Cities to work at Hanford when jobs were scarce in his area. He later...

Private Family Inurnment will be held in Hughson, CA.  Those wishing to sign Dayna's online memorial book may do so at www.funeralhomesmith.com   Smith Funeral Home, Sunnyside, WA is in care of arrangements. 

Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Granger, WA.  Those wishing to sign Angela's online memorial book may do so at www.funeralhomesmith.com  https://www.elsoldeyakima.com/noticias/reflexi-n-de-m-xico-aut-nticos-productos-mexicanos/article_89001da6-43f3-11e8-b63d-37aadb3ad98c.html  Smith Funeral Home is in care of arrangements. 

Felipe Flores, 94, of Sunnyside, Washington passed away, Monday, September 18, 2023 at Prestige Rehabilitation in Sunnyside after a short illness. Felipe was born February 5, 1929 to Anselmo and Adelina Flores. He lived in Mexico throughout his teenage years and moved to Texas as a young adult. He married his wife Josefina Garcia in 1954. They moved to Washington state in the late 1950’s to work in agriculture and to start a new life.  They settled in Sunnyside where they raised...

At the family’s request, no formal funeral services will be held. Those wishing to sign Robert’s online memorial book may do so at www.funeralhomesmith.com Smith Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.

Our loving husband, dad, and Grandpa Jack Cooper went to live with God in heaven on September 16, 2023.    Jack was born November 2, 1930 in Burleson Texas to Ferg and Bertha Cooper.  He spent most of his youth in Texas before moving to Sunnyside WA while in high school.  He played football and boxed for the Sunnyside Grizzlies and was also a thespian.  After high school he married his sweetheart Betty Lou Harrel.  In March 1951 Jack was hired as Assistant...