OBIT:
Gwendolyn Marie Loney, 90, a resident of Park Manor Rehabilitation Center, 1710 Plaza Way, died there October 31, 2005.
Viewing will be from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Herring Groseclose Funeral Home, 315 W. Alder St. The graveside service and burial will be 1:30 pm., Friday at Mountain View Cemetery, 2120 S. Second Avenue, with the Rev. Don Gibbard officiating. Memorials may be made to Walla Walla Community Hospice or a charity of the donor's choice through the funeral home.
Mrs. Loney was born August 6, 1915 in Freewater to James Harrison and Leona Coffey Overturf. She attended McLoughlin Union High School. She and Albert S. Loney married February 25, 1936 and settle here. The family moved to the Snake River Junction area of Franklin County in 1943 for his wheat ranching career. They bought land 14 miles south of Connell in 1949 and lived there until his retirement in the early 1970s.
She maintained their home, raised the family and started Busy Beaver 4-H club with friend and led it for several years. She bowled and traveled to tournaments around the country. Earning a cosmetology license in the mid-1950s from Pasco Beauty School, she owned and operated Powder Puff Beauty Salon in Pasco for several years.
She had been active in Tri-City Emblem Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Walla Walla Elks Lodge, Rebekah Lodge 275 and National Hairdressers and Cosmetologist Association. She was a member of the U. S. Golf Association, Pasco Municipal Golf Club and later Tri-County Country Club. She played at courses in Washington State and Phoenix and attended a pro-am tourney in Florida in 1973.
She loved traveling and was a tour guide and agent for several years. She went to Hawaii, Europe and other places and on a cruise to Mexico. The Loneys also took their travel trailer to the southwest and wintered in Apache Junction, Arizona. They lived in Pasco from 1969 until his death in 1986. She came to College Place in May 2004 and then settled at Park Manor in January 2005.
Survivors include daughter and son-in-law Carole and Larry Harper of Connell; three grandchildren, five great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by son Gary Loney; granddaughter Tami Loney; four sisters, and a brother.
Walla Walla Union Bulletin, November 3, 2005
OBIT:
Gwendolyn Marie Loney, 90, a resident of Park Manor Rehabilitation Center, 1710 Plaza Way, died there October 31, 2005.
Viewing will be from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Herring Groseclose Funeral Home, 315 W. Alder St. The graveside service and burial will be 1:30 pm., Friday at Mountain View Cemetery, 2120 S. Second Avenue, with the Rev. Don Gibbard officiating. Memorials may be made to Walla Walla Community Hospice or a charity of the donor's choice through the funeral home.
Mrs. Loney was born August 6, 1915 in Freewater to James Harrison and Leona Coffey Overturf. She attended McLoughlin Union High School. She and Albert S. Loney married February 25, 1936 and settle here. The family moved to the Snake River Junction area of Franklin County in 1943 for his wheat ranching career. They bought land 14 miles south of Connell in 1949 and lived there until his retirement in the early 1970s.
She maintained their home, raised the family and started Busy Beaver 4-H club with friend and led it for several years. She bowled and traveled to tournaments around the country. Earning a cosmetology license in the mid-1950s from Pasco Beauty School, she owned and operated Powder Puff Beauty Salon in Pasco for several years.
She had been active in Tri-City Emblem Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Walla Walla Elks Lodge, Rebekah Lodge 275 and National Hairdressers and Cosmetologist Association. She was a member of the U. S. Golf Association, Pasco Municipal Golf Club and later Tri-County Country Club. She played at courses in Washington State and Phoenix and attended a pro-am tourney in Florida in 1973.
She loved traveling and was a tour guide and agent for several years. She went to Hawaii, Europe and other places and on a cruise to Mexico. The Loneys also took their travel trailer to the southwest and wintered in Apache Junction, Arizona. They lived in Pasco from 1969 until his death in 1986. She came to College Place in May 2004 and then settled at Park Manor in January 2005.
Survivors include daughter and son-in-law Carole and Larry Harper of Connell; three grandchildren, five great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by son Gary Loney; granddaughter Tami Loney; four sisters, and a brother.
Walla Walla Union Bulletin, November 3, 2005
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