Naomi Ann Malick — December 23, 1934 - September 28, 2025

    Our beloved mom, sister, grandmother, great grandmother and aunt passed away on Sept. 28, 2025, in Richland, Wash. Naomi was born in Anaconda on Dec. 23, 1934, to Walt and Ann Sanders. She was the oldest of Walt and Ann’s two children. Her sister Helen arrived 7 years later.
    As a child she loved to ride horses and help her dad on their ranch in Philipsburg. She graduated from Granite County High School in 1953 and completed a Business Degree at Kinman Business University in Spokane, Wash., in 1954. Naomi lived in Kent, Wash., from 1961-2018, where she raised her three sons (Rick Smith, Jeff Smith and Brian Glidden).
    Naomi worked at the Boeing Company where she met Mike Malick. They were married in June 1980. They enjoyed 37 years together. They both retired from the Boeing Company in January 1991, and they spent the next five winters exploring the country in their motor home before settling into their winter home in Bullhead City, Ariz., in 1996. They spent the next 19 years living in Kent, Wash., in the summer and in Bullhead City, Ariz., in the winter.
    In Kent, Naomi enjoyed gardening. Her favorite flowers were Dahlias and Peonies. In Bullhead City, she enjoyed doing ceramics. Wherever she lived, there was always a dog by her side that was happy to be spoiled by her. Mike and Naomi made time to spend a couple of weeks every summer at the Philipsburg family cabin that her family built in the early 1970s.
    She moved to Pasco, Wash., in 2018 to be closer to family, where she lived until her passing in 2025.
    Naomi is preceded in death by her parents Walt and Ann Sanders, and sons Rick Smith and Brian Glidden. Naomi is survived by son Jeff Smith (Donna), sister Helen Reistad (Terry), grandchildren Randall Smith and Jaime Smith, great grandchildren Sienna and Autumn Martinez, three nieces, three great nieces and two great nephews. No matter where Naomi lived, her heart was always in Philipsburg, Montana.