Vernon A. Wellsandt

Vernon A. Wellsandt died at the age of 91 on Feb. 27 in Moses Lake.

He was born on Sept. 12, 1921, to Ludwig A. Wellsandt and Catherine Harder (Jess) Wellsandt on the family farm near Ralston, Wash.

Catherine’s first husband, John Jess had died in August of 1918. He is survived by his sister, Erma Ferderer Spencer.

Vernon Wellsandt and Elsie Verner were married April 14, 1949. They remained on the family farm, raising wheat and livestock until they retired to “town” in Ritzville in 1981.

He loved the family farm and devoted his life to the place where he was born. He had two stepchildren: Arlo...