Alfred Wiest

Alfred Wiest passed from this life peacefully into the presence of his Savior at the age of 96 on Wednesday morning, February 3, following a short illness. He was born May 15, 1919 in Kurudschika, Bessarabia (Romania), the eldest of six children born to Michael and Mary (Grams) Wiest. At age six, his family moved to Brazil, and 2 ½ years later settled in Ralston, Wash.

Alfred graduated in 1941 from Ritzville High School. He saw action in WWII in the Battle of the Bulge. On June 26, 1949, Alfred and Ruth Gross were married in Dryden, Wash. For the next eight years he worked in grain elev...