Tri-City Herald death notices for March 5, 2025
Ronald R. Buel
Ronald Roy Buel, 81, of Richland, died Feb. 28 in Richland.
He was born in Vanport, Ore., and lived in the Tri-Cities area for 59 years.
He was a retired millwright manager at the Hanford site.
Life Tributes Cremation Center, Kennewick, is in charge of arrangements.
Alfonso ‘Al’ Perales Sr.
Alfonso “Al” Perales Sr., 91, of Yakima, died March 4 in Yakima.
He was born in Refugio, Texas, and was a longtime Sunnyside and Yakima resident.
He was a retired farm labor contractor.
Smith Funeral Home, Sunnyside, is in charge of arrangements.
Claudine M. Jasso
Claudine M. Jasso, 85, of Grandview, died March 4 in Sunnyside.
She was born in Chanute, Kan., and was a longtime Lower Yakima Valley resident.
She was a former waitress.
Smith Funeral Home, Grandview, is in charge of arrangements.
David M. Bolton
David Mark Bolton, 66, of Richland, died Feb. 21 in Pasco.
He was born in Eugene, Ore., and lived in the Tri-Cities for 45 years.
He was a retired heavy equipment operator.
Mueller’s Greenlee Funeral Home, Pasco, is in charge of arrangements.
Elias Acevedo Arteaga
Elias Acevedo Arteaga, 85, of Pasco, died March 3 in Richland.
He was born in Coalcoman, Michoacan, Mexico, and lived in Pasco for 33 years.
He was a retired landscaper, farm worker and janitor.
Mueller’s Greenlee Funeral Home, Pasco, is in charge of arrangements.
Ryan L. Longoria
Ryan Lawrence Longoria, 29, of Pasco, died March 4 in Richland.
He was born in Richland was a lifelong resident.
He was a salesman.
Mueller’s Greenlee Funeral Home, Pasco, is in charge of arrangements.
Barbara J. Nolan
Barbara Jane Nolan, 88, of Kennewick, died March 3 in Kennewick.
She was born in Amboy, Wash., and lived in the Tri-Cities since 2010.
She was a retired cook for the Fairbanks School District.
Mueller’s Tri-Cities Funeral Home, Kennewick, is in charge of arrangements.
Donald G. Morton
Donald Gene Morton, 93, of Kennewick, died March 1 in Kennewick.
He was born in Denver, Colo., and lived in the Tri-Cities area for 80 years.
He was an Army veteran and a retired radiation environmental monitor for Battelle at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland.
Einan’s at Hillcrest, Kennewick, is in charge of arrangements.
Harry D. Willett
Harry Daniel Willett, 84, of Kennewick, died Feb. 15 in Kennewick.
He was born in Fresno, Calif., and was a retired firefighter.
Compassionate Cremation Society, Richland, is in charge of arrangements.
Viola Garcia
Viola Garcia, 83, of Grandview, died March 3 in Grandview.
She was born in Donna, Texas, and was a longtime Grandview resident.
She was a homemaker.
Smith Funeral Home, Sunnyside, is in charge of arrangements.
Leah F. Metreaux
Leah Fayre Metreaux, 62, of Kennewick, died March 3 in Kennewick.
She was born in Seattle and lived in Kennewick for five years.
She was a retired child support officer for Washington state.
Life Tributes Cremation Center, Kennewick, is in charge of arrangements.
James R. Pratt
James Reed Pratt, 70, of Kennewick, died March 2 in Kennewick.
He was born in Portland, Ore., and lived in the Tri-Cities since 1972.
Mueller’s Tri-Cities Funeral Home, Kennewick, is in charge of arrangements.