Whitman County Gazette - Serving Whitman County since 1877

Maurice Raphael Moneymaker died Sunday, November 29th, 2020. He was 81 years old. Maurice was born on June 29th, 1939, to Roy and Bertilla Moneymaker, in a house near Uniontown, Wash. His brothers Dave and Danny joined the family in 1943 and 1951 respectively.

Maurice attended grade school at St. Boniface Catholic School and graduated from Colton High School in 1957. He graduated from WSU with degrees in Chemistry (1962) and Horticulture (1995). He married Rita Mae Zellerhoff of Colton, Wash., on September 10, 1960. They lived in Yakima and Pullman for a time and then moved to Uniontown to...