Judith Ellen Atkinson (Phillips) passed away March 26, 2020. Judy was born in Walla Walla, WA to Rodney Morris and Reba May (Riggle) Phillips on November 21, 1937. Most of her school years were spent in Buckley, WA, where she graduated from White River H.S. in 1957. She worked in the circulation department at the Walla Walla Union Bulletin for four years before moving to Spokane, WA, in 1960 she worked for the Spokesman Review and Chronicle for nine years. She worked at Pacific Northwest Bell in the engineering department mostly doing clerical work for ten years before retiring to be a housewife. While working at the Chronical she met and married the love of her life, Richard N. Atkinson.
She is survived by one brother Dick Phillips, one sister-in-law Iva Thuringer and three sons Frank (Suellen), Rick (Sarah) and John (Gale), six grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
She will be laid to rest beside Richard at West Greenwood Cemetery. Due to these very trying times a memorial will be determined at a later date.
Judy was preceded in death by her parents and older sister, Florence (Roy) Daschofsky of Walla Walla, WA. A memorial stone will be placed in her and her husband's name in the Phillips family plot in Walla Walla's Mt. View Cemetery at their request. Dick and Judy designed this memorial marker about one year before Richard's passing.
Published in Spokesman-Review on Apr. 12, 2020
She is survived by one brother Dick Phillips, one sister-in-law Iva Thuringer and three sons Frank (Suellen), Rick (Sarah) and John (Gale), six grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
She will be laid to rest beside Richard at West Greenwood Cemetery. Due to these very trying times a memorial will be determined at a later date.
Judy was preceded in death by her parents and older sister, Florence (Roy) Daschofsky of Walla Walla, WA. A memorial stone will be placed in her and her husband's name in the Phillips family plot in Walla Walla's Mt. View Cemetery at their request. Dick and Judy designed this memorial marker about one year before Richard's passing.
Published in Spokesman-Review on Apr. 12, 2020
Judith Ellen Atkinson (Phillips) passed away March 26, 2020. Judy was born in Walla Walla, WA to Rodney Morris and Reba May (Riggle) Phillips on November 21, 1937. Most of her school years were spent in Buckley, WA, where she graduated from White River H.S. in 1957. She worked in the circulation department at the Walla Walla Union Bulletin for four years before moving to Spokane, WA, in 1960 she worked for the Spokesman Review and Chronicle for nine years. She worked at Pacific Northwest Bell in the engineering department mostly doing clerical work for ten years before retiring to be a housewife. While working at the Chronical she met and married the love of her life, Richard N. Atkinson.
She is survived by one brother Dick Phillips, one sister-in-law Iva Thuringer and three sons Frank (Suellen), Rick (Sarah) and John (Gale), six grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
She will be laid to rest beside Richard at West Greenwood Cemetery. Due to these very trying times a memorial will be determined at a later date.
Judy was preceded in death by her parents and older sister, Florence (Roy) Daschofsky of Walla Walla, WA. A memorial stone will be placed in her and her husband's name in the Phillips family plot in Walla Walla's Mt. View Cemetery at their request. Dick and Judy designed this memorial marker about one year before Richard's passing.
Published in Spokesman-Review on Apr. 12, 2020
She is survived by one brother Dick Phillips, one sister-in-law Iva Thuringer and three sons Frank (Suellen), Rick (Sarah) and John (Gale), six grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
She will be laid to rest beside Richard at West Greenwood Cemetery. Due to these very trying times a memorial will be determined at a later date.
Judy was preceded in death by her parents and older sister, Florence (Roy) Daschofsky of Walla Walla, WA. A memorial stone will be placed in her and her husband's name in the Phillips family plot in Walla Walla's Mt. View Cemetery at their request. Dick and Judy designed this memorial marker about one year before Richard's passing.
Published in Spokesman-Review on Apr. 12, 2020
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