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Charles M. Ballinger Jr.

Charles M. Ballinger Jr., 73, of Yakima died Tuesday at home.

Mr. Ballinger was born in Victorville, Calif., and moved to Yakima from Spokane in 1999. He was an executive manager in the grocery wholesale/retail business for several grocery companies.

Survivors include his wife, Gail Ballinger of Yakima; four sons, Philip Ballinger of Kirkland, Wash., Gregory Ballinger of Kent, Wash., Steven Ballinger of Spokane and Charlie Ballinger of Yakima; a brother, Albert Ballinger of Fairfield, Calif.; a sister, Loy Rheinauer of Phoenix; and four grandchildren.

A memorial service is planned for Sept. 6. Time and location are pending.

Keith and Keith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Joseph Ichiro Hayashi

Joseph Ichiro Hayashi, 62, of Ellensburg died Tuesday at Yakima Regional Medical and Cardiac Center.

Mr. Hayashi was born in Kapac, Mich. He worked as a postal clerk.

Survivors include his wife, Doris Hayashi of Ellensburg; a son, Joseph E. Hayashi of Watertown, S.D.; a daughter, Jennifer A. Hayashi of Ferndale, Wash.; a brother, Michael Hayashi of the Seattle area; three sisters, Kiku Hayashi of Seattle, Elizabeth Frisch of Renton, Wash., and Katherine Kiyonaga of Issaquah, Wash.; and three grandchildren.

A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Ellensburg Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, 1407 N. B St., Ellensburg.

Valley Hills Funeral Home and Crematory in Yakima is in charge of arrangements.

Pearl Lorena James

Pearl Lorena James, 88, of Yakima died Thursday at Peachtree Retirement Center.

Mrs. James was born in Ponoka, Alberta, Canada. She was a homemaker.

Survivors include a daughter, Claudia Richardson of Yakima; two brothers, Ralph Hinkley of Yakima and Nelson A. (Curly) Hinkley of Richland; three sisters, Ruby Perkins and Jean Gough of Yakima and Dorothy Baxter of Richland; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

A graveside service will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Terrace Heights Memorial Park.

Valley Hills Funeral Home and Crematory in Yakima is in charge of arrangements.

Tamera J. Link

Tamera J. Link, 37, former Yakima resident, died Monday at Kittitas Valley Community Hospital in Ellensburg.

Mrs. Link was born in Illinois and moved as a child to Nevada. She lived in Yakima from 1999 until earlier this year, when she moved to Ellensburg.

Survivors include her husband, Jason Link of Ellensburg; her father, Harold Rhinehart; her mother, Imogene Cooper; two brothers, Kenneth Rhinehart and Ronald Rhinehart, all of Nevada.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. today at the Yakima Seventh-day Adventist Church, 507 N. 35th Ave., Yakima.

Affordable Funeral Care of Ellensburg is in charge of arrangements.