Elizabeth “Liz” Chambers-Paplinski, 83 of Walla Walla, WA passed away peacefully August 19, 2016 with her family in Bigfork, MT.
A dearly loved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother Liz was truly one of a kind. She was kind and deeply compassionate and hilariously sassy. She traveled all over the world as a military wife and mother and later served for over twenty-years for the United States Forest Service in Bend, OR. She was an excellent cook and enjoyed canning. Her golden years were some of the best of her life with her husband Ken. They enjoyed traveling and spending time on the Washington Coast.
She was preceded in death by her late husband James Chambers, her mother Edna Hickey, her brother Jimmy Herndon and Grandaughter Jennifer Mathis. She is survived by her husband Kenneth Paplinski, her sister Mae Herndon, her brother Robert-Kenady Herndon; and his daughter, Kelly Rendon- Bans: her daughter Patricia Ill and husband Ken; Her Grandchildren Sabriand Fairweather, Annie Kirchner and husband Michael, Dawn Veltri and husband Rich, Trevor Erickson and wife Sasha; Sarina Sterner and husband Reece and ten great grandchildren. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday August 27, 2016 at Buffalo Hill Funeral Home. to send a note of condolence to the family please visit www.buffalohillfh.com . Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.