D. Juanita Spilman of Clinton died May 23, 2004. She was born in Goble, Ore. on Aug. 7, 1923, where she spent her childhood. Her family moved to Finley in 1935, and she graduated from Kennewick High School in 1941.

She married her first husband, Glenn Ruffcorn, and raised her family in Kennewick and Walla Walla. She married her second husband, LeRoy Spilman, in 1970 and relocated to Richland. After her retirement from WPPSS, she and LeRoy relocated to Whidbey Island in 1989.

According to family, Mrs. Spilman was a warm and loving person who will be greatly missed for her wit, laughter and gentle caring nature. She found great joy in family gatherings and sharing herself with her grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by an infant son, Dwight; brother Stafrin Grimshaw; parents Jesse and Ivanilla Grimshaw; and sister Winona Trutter.

She is survived by her husband, LeRoy Spilman; sons Sidney Ruffcorn and wife, Jennifer, Spokane, Evett Ruffcorn and wife, Susan, of Kenmore, Ronald Ruffcorn and wife, Debbie, of Lynnwood; daughter, Becky Ward and husband, Robert, of Clinton; brothers Robert Grimshaw of Yakima and Don Grimshaw of Pasco; sister Jessie Blair of Baker City, Ore.; grandchildren Janelle Wilson, Ryan Ruffcorn, Andrea Krause, Mahonia Ruffcorn, Linnaea Ruffcorn, Melody Ward, Robert Ward, Ian Ward and Hannah Ruffcorn; and four great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at Visser Funeral Home in Langley on May 29 at 2 p.m.

A private family interment to follow at a later date at Desert Lawn Memorial Park in Kennewick.<p