Alva Review-Courier -

William Harvey “Bill” Nighswonger passed away Dec 2, 2016, in Selah, Washington. He was born March 24. 1930, the child of Harvey Pinkerton “Pink” and Cora Demler Nighswonger, on his parents' Woods County farm, 14 miles northwest of Alva. He attended Greenleaf Elementary School and was a 1947 graduate of Alva High School.

Bill grew up during the Depression, surrounded by loving family and neighbors. One Christmas, he and his brother, Jim, received one bicycle and one basketball. even though there were two of them. They would take turns, one of them running and the other riding the bike to schoo...