Willa Mina Alice (Rinker) Jacque

Willa Mina Jacque died on March 20 at the Walla Walla General Hospital.

Willa was born on Jan. 5, 1933 in Lind to Bert Tinker and Mildred (Motley) Rinker.

She went to Comptroller School in Spokane and worked at the Crescent Department Store. Head cook at the Benton-Franklin County Juvenile Justice Center.

Willa was preceded in death by her parents, her aunts; Winnie Haggerty, Mina Meilke, Alice Phillips.

She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Robert Jacque, her brother Percy Rinker (Spokane), her son, Wade Jacque (Vancouver), and her daughters; Karie Jacque (College Place), Beckie Thomas (Kennewick), Jackie Eastwood (Garden Plain, Kansas), and eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

A graveside memorial service will be held at the Lind Cemetery at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 25.