Celebration of Life for Spence Higby | Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune

Celebration of Life for Spence Higby

By Gazette-Tribune • April 12, 2017 2:18 pm

Spencer Wilson Higby

There will be a Celebration of Life for Spence Higby on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at the Free Methodist Church in Oroville, starting at 2 p.m.

For the full obituary, see Spencer Wilson Higby.

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