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Yvaughn Grace (White) Carstensen

Oct. 21, 1927 – Jan. 28, 2023

Yvaughn Grace "Yvaughnie" Carstensen, (95), of Almira, Wash. passed away on Jan. 28, 2023. Yvaughn a lifelong resident of Almira, Wash. was born in Wenatchee, Wash. on Oct. 21, 1927. The only daughter of Vaughn and Mary (Krause) White. She graduated from Almira Public School in 1945 and attended Eastern Washington State College graduating in 1949 with a teaching degree. Her first teaching job was in Colfax, Wash. from 1949-1950. She married her husband Henry on Sept. 23, 1950 at the Almira Community Church. (She and Henry st...