Whitman County Gazette - Serving Whitman County since 1877

Cecelia A. Dober, 97, of Pullman, Wash., passed away May 26, 2022, at Pullman Regional Hospital.

Cecelia was born Nov. 27, 1924, in Colton, Wash., to Fidel and Agatha (Moser) Frei. She attended Bald Butte County School until it consolidated with Colton School in 1934. She attended Guardian Angel School and Colton High School, graduating in 1943.

Cecelia met Bill Dober while his family was harvesting for her dad on Bald Butte and they married on Sept. 24, 1946. They moved to the Pullman farm, where she spent her entire life raising the family.

She worked for a time at Hinrichs Egg Plan...