Valeri Ritchie-Vatne
Valeri Ritchie-Vatne, 56 years old, lost her battle to pancreatic cancer on August 26, 2013.
Val was born in Salt Lake City, Utah January 28, 1957. She graduated from Kentridge High School in 1975. Val worked for the Washington State Department of Corrections until her death.
Val was preceded in death by her Husband Michael Vatne and her Mother, Beverly Joy Hawley Ritchie. Surviving Valeri is her daughter Tamira Dawn Ritchie-Vatne, and her granddaughter due in January, her Father, Earl Don Lee Ritchie, Stepmother Peggy Ritchie, Sister Jill Ritchie Davis and Husband Jeff Davis, Brother James Hawley Ritchie and Wife Michelle Ritchie, Niece and nephews, Lyndsey DeLuca, Branden DeLuca and Austin Freeman, Mother and Father In-Law Marion and Ronald Vatne.
Her service is on September 7 at 2pm at Powers Funeral Home in Puyallup followed by a Celebration of her life at Shepherd of the Hill Presbyterian Church in Puyallup.
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