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Saturday, June 10, 2017Esther Lucille (Adamson) Paddock of Greeley. Stan graduated in 1952 from Campion Academy in Loveland and then attended the Northwest Institute of Medical Technology in Minneapolis, Minn. He attended Walla Walla College in College Place, Wash., where he studied for two years, marrying his first wife, Helen A. (Ann) Lampson. After returning to Colorado, he continued work in the auto repair business with his father at Paddock Auto Repair.During his growing-up years, he traveled extensively throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico with his parents. He was a life-long history buff, loving to stop at all the historic monuments and road signs. He always had a love for cars. He raced at Big Country Speedway in Cheyenne and became a crewmember at Colorado National Speedway in Erie. Stan was a great father and grandfather. He is preceded in death by his second wife, Alyce (Brown) Paddock; and parents, Jesse and Esther Paddock.He is survived by his children, Cindy (Bill) Patten, Rex (Shelley) Paddock, and Barb Simonton; and stepchildren, Traci (Eric) Hess and Brett (Chrissy) Allison; also survived by eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, June 16, 2017, at the Moser Funeral Service Chapel, 3501 11th Ave., Evans, Colo. 80620.In lieu of flowers, it is the wishes of the family that the memorial remembrances are made to The American Cancer Society in care of Moser Funeral Service. An online guestbook and obituary are available at http://www.moserfuneralservice.com.
Monday, January 09, 2017The department news release gave no other details about his medical condition.An autopsy will be performed, the news release said.Woods, who was in the state prison in Walla Walla, was convicted in June 1997 on two counts of aggravated first-degree murder in the killings of Telisha Shaver, 22, and Jade Moore, 18.Most Read StoriesUnlimited Digital Access. $1 for 4 weeks.Shaver and Moore were raped and beaten on the head with a baseball bat in a Spokane Valley mobile home in April 1996, according to The Spokesman-Review.The two women knew Woods, then 25, because he had been dating Shaver’s sister.Gov. Jay Inslee in 2014 announced a moratorium on state executions, saying the way the death penalty is applied is too flawed to let more go forward.Inslee last week signed a reprieve for Clark Richard Elmore, who had been convicted of raping and killing his girlfriend’s 14-year-old daughter, Kristy Ohnstad, in Bellingham in 1995. Elmore will remain in prison for life. With his legal appeals exhausted, Elmore’s execution had been scheduled for Jan. 19.Despite Inslee’s moratorium, executions are still part of state law, so any reprieves require that Inslee exercise his authority as governor.No execution date had been set for Woods.
Monday, July 18, 2016WALLA WALLA — Duane Wollmuth, who led the Walla Walla Valley wine industry for five years, died Monday morning.His family said he suffered a heart attack at his home. He was 60.News of Wollmuth’s death left regional and state wine industry members in grief.“It’s a sad day,” said Marty Clubb, owner of L’Ecole No. 41 in Lowden. “I’m in shock. Everybody in the industry had great respect for what Duane was doing.”Unlimited Digital Access. $1 for 4 weeks.Wollmuth came into the executive director job of the Walla Walla Valley Wine Alliance in 2011 with a tremendous amount of wine industry and business experience. He worked in the cellphone industry before launching Three Rivers Winery west of Walla Walla in 1999. He and his wife, Mary, developed the showpiece winery with partners Bud and Paulette Stocking and Steve and Ann Ahler.The Wollmuths also owned Biscuit Ridge Vineyards, a 2-acre planting near the Blue Mountain foothills town of Dixie. The vineyard was originally owned by Jack Durham,...
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Saturday, June 10, 2017Esther Lucille (Adamson) Paddock of Greeley. Stan graduated in 1952 from Campion Academy in Loveland and then attended the Northwest Institute of Medical Technology in Minneapolis, Minn. He attended Walla Walla College in College Place, Wash., where he studied for two years, marrying his first wife, Helen A. (Ann) Lampson. After returning to Colorado, he continued work in the auto repair business with his father at Paddock Auto Repair.During his growing-up years, he traveled extensively throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico with his parents. He was a life-long history buff, loving to stop at all the historic monuments and road signs. He always had a love for cars. He raced at Big Country Speedway in Cheyenne and became a crewmember at Colorado National Speedway in Erie. Stan was a great father and grandfather. He is preceded in death by his second wife, Alyce (Brown) Paddock; and parents, Jesse and Esther Paddock.He is survived by his children, Cindy (Bill) Patten, Rex (Shelley) Paddock, and Barb Simonton; and stepchildren, Traci (Eric) Hess and Brett (Chrissy) Allison; also survived by eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, June 16, 2017, at the Moser Funeral Service Chapel, 3501 11th Ave., Evans, Colo. 80620.In lieu of flowers, it is the wishes of the family that the memorial remembrances are made to The American Cancer Society in care of Moser Funeral Service. An online guestbook and obituary are available at http://www.moserfuneralservice.com.
Monday, January 09, 2017The department news release gave no other details about his medical condition.An autopsy will be performed, the news release said.Woods, who was in the state prison in Walla Walla, was convicted in June 1997 on two counts of aggravated first-degree murder in the killings of Telisha Shaver, 22, and Jade Moore, 18.Most Read StoriesUnlimited Digital Access. $1 for 4 weeks.Shaver and Moore were raped and beaten on the head with a baseball bat in a Spokane Valley mobile home in April 1996, according to The Spokesman-Review.The two women knew Woods, then 25, because he had been dating Shaver’s sister.Gov. Jay Inslee in 2014 announced a moratorium on state executions, saying the way the death penalty is applied is too flawed to let more go forward.Inslee last week signed a reprieve for Clark Richard Elmore, who had been convicted of raping and killing his girlfriend’s 14-year-old daughter, Kristy Ohnstad, in Bellingham in 1995. Elmore will remain in prison for life. With his legal appeals exhausted, Elmore’s execution had been scheduled for Jan. 19.Despite Inslee’s moratorium, executions are still part of state law, so any reprieves require that Inslee exercise his authority as governor.No execution date had been set for Woods.
Monday, July 18, 2016WALLA WALLA — Duane Wollmuth, who led the Walla Walla Valley wine industry for five years, died Monday morning.His family said he suffered a heart attack at his home. He was 60.News of Wollmuth’s death left regional and state wine industry members in grief.“It’s a sad day,” said Marty Clubb, owner of L’Ecole No. 41 in Lowden. “I’m in shock. Everybody in the industry had great respect for what Duane was doing.”Unlimited Digital Access. $1 for 4 weeks.Wollmuth came into the executive director job of the Walla Walla Valley Wine Alliance in 2011 with a tremendous amount of wine industry and business experience. He worked in the cellphone industry before launching Three Rivers Winery west of Walla Walla in 1999. He and his wife, Mary, developed the showpiece winery with partners Bud and Paulette Stocking and Steve and Ann Ahler.The Wollmuths also owned Biscuit Ridge Vineyards, a 2-acre planting near the Blue Mountain foothills town of Dixie. The vineyard was originally owned by Jack Durham,...