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Myrle Virginia King
Feb 26, 2014
M. Virginia King was born to Louis and Winifred Millin, in Canyon City, Colorado in January of 1924. Married for more than 36 years, widowed in 1976 from Lawrence W. King, logger and ship fitter, who loved music and played base fiddle, piano, violin, and guitar. Virginia was an exceptional lady, country bred with grace and wisdom of a queen....
Geneva Harriett Read
Feb 25, 2014
Grandma Read Geneva Harriet Read, 87, passed away February 25, 2014 with her family by her side in Gig Harbor, Washington. She was born March 18, 1926 to Charles and Lenora Randolph. Geneva was married to Rex Read of California. Rex was an L.A. County Sheriffs officer and Geneva was an amazing homemaker. Together they had one daughter, Leslie Bettle....
Sharon Lee Danger
Feb 22, 2014
Our beloved Sharon Lee Danger passed away February 22, 2014 in Belfair, WA. Born in Seattle, WA November 8, 1951, she was preceded in death by her father Harold C Effrig, husband Michael Danger and her life partner/soul mate Joseph White. Sharon was a gentle heart and a loving soul. She was brave and faced many challenges. She wasn't afraid...
Judy R Harris
Feb 21, 2014
Judy R. Harris of Port Orchard passed away on February 21, 2014. She is survived by her sister June Robertson of Sandpoint, Idaho, her brother, Charles McGraw of Port Orchard, her estranged daughter Mona Mainwaring of Port Orchard, Mona’s three children, Mona’s Granddaughter and her children, Debra, David, and Michael Hoffman and Laree Harris of Port Orchard. Judy is also...
Rose E Wood
Feb 21, 2014
Rose E. Wood, 89, of Southworth went to be with Jesus February 21, 2014 in Bremerton, WA. She was born September 26, 1924 in Auburn, WA to Charles and Margaret (Rodstol) Westlund. She graduated from Auburn High School in Auburn, WA, in 1942 and married Wilmar E. Wood on May 18, 1946 in Bremerton, WA. Rose Wood lived for the...
Carl William Armstrong Sr.
Feb 21, 2014
Carl William Armstrong, Sr., 89 of Port Orchard, died in Bremerton on February 21, 2014. He was born January 13, 1925 in Columbus, KS to Charles & Pearl (Edgemond) Armstrong. He attended the University of Iowa and married Joan M. Ginthner on October 17, 1946 in Port Orchard, WA. She preceded him in death in 1988. Carl was an Electrical...
Christopher Harunobu Exton
Feb 20, 2014
Christopher H. Exton, 34 of Port Orchard, died February 20, 2014. He was born January 30, 1980 in Bremerton to Bruce & Kathrine (Okabe) Exton. He graduated from South Kitsap High School in 1998. He received an Associate’s degree from Olympic College and attended Washington State University. Christopher loved fly fishing, rock climbing, swimming, biking, reading, playing video games with...
Beverly Dale Sobey
Feb 20, 2014
Beverly Dale Sobey died at home in Tacoma, WA after a long battle with diabetes. She was born in Bremerton, WA to Delbert Dorothy and Betty Ernst Dorothy Freiwald. Her father was a career soldier and her childhood was spent traveling with her family to various military installations around the world. She lived in Japan and France, traveling all throughout...
Helen B Collins
Feb 17, 2014
Helen Bernadette Collins, 91 of Port Orchard, died in Gig Harbor on February 17, 2014. She was born October 15, 1922 in Baltimore, MD to Bernard H. & Helena (Schimmel) Thuman. She married Charles on April 25, 1959 in Bellevue, NE. Helen received her diploma in nursing from St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing in 1948. She served in the...
Allen C Brown
Feb 17, 2014
Allen C. Brown 75, died at his home in Bremerton, Washington February 17, 2014. He was born April 3, 1938 in Archer, Iowa to Charles L. & Delpha Ione (Johns) Brown. He married Georgia Topliff on September 3, 1955. Allen worked various jobs until 1964 when he became a Licensed Practical Nurse for 46 years. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, flying...
Audrey M Walker
Feb 17, 2014
Audrey M. Walker, 86, died in Port Orchard on February 17, 2014. She was born May 28, 1927 in Seattle, the only daughter of Hilburt & Eva Hendrickson. She was educated in Seattle Public Schools in the Ballard area. While at Webster Elementary, she joined Camp Fire Girls and was a member of Girl Scout Troop 77 at James Monroe...
Norman Lewis Teeters
Feb 12, 2014
Norman L Teeters, 81, of Port Orchard, WA was born March 15, 1932 in Oklahoma City, OK and died February 12, 2014 in Tacoma, WA. Norman worked in maintenance at the Retsil Veterans Home. He is survived by his wife Grace. Services will be Wednesday, February 19, 12 Noon at Rill's Life Tribute Center. Online memorial at www.rill.com .
William "Bill" Kaes
Feb 9, 2014
William “Bill” Kaes, 79, left this world on February 9, 2014, surrounded by his family at his home in Port Orchard. Bill was born to William and Ruth (Cheyne) Kaes in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 27, 1934. The youngest of three children, he was raised with his two sisters in Boston. It was there that he met the love of...
Brenda Marie Kallal
Feb 7, 2014
Brenda Marie Guidry Kallal, 68, wife, mother, grandmother, sister, teacher passed away Feb. 7, 2014 in Bremerton. Born in Lake Charles, LA on May 26, 1945 to Vera and Norris Guidry Sr., she honorably served as a Naval Hospital Corpsman and later taught and provided care to children with special medical needs. Brenda’s love of faith, family, music and good...
Mary Louise Fields
Feb 7, 2014
Mary Louise Mason Fields was born in Picher, Oklahoma to Thomas James Mason and Irene Hise Mason. Mary attended Coontz Junior High School in Bremerton, graduating from High School in Phoenix, Arizona where she played tennis and wrote for the school newspaper. Mary enlisted in the Army in 1950 and was working as an Army Recruiter when she married Delmar...
John Anton Grevstad
Feb 5, 2014
John Anton Grevstad passed away on Feb. 5, 2014, at the side of his devoted wife of 75 years Mary Louise Grevstad. He is preceded in death by brothers, Carl, Christian, and Lars; granddaughter, Julie Grevstad, and daughter-in-law, Judith Grevstad. John is survived by sons, Larry L. Grevstad (Lorrie), William J. Grevstad, and Christian A. Grevstad (Terry Draheim); grandchildren, Jennifer...
Kenneth Dale Adams
Feb 3, 2014
Dr. Kenneth D Adams, 84, of Port Orchard died Monday at Harrison Hospital. He was born in Washita County, Okla., to Alvin and Leona (Carpenter) Adams. He graduated from Cowden School in Cowden, Okla., in 1946 and attended Southwestern University in Weatherford, Okla., Oklahoma University (OU) in Norman, Okla., Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA., and University of Southern California...
Jerome James Harmon
Jan 30, 2014
Jerry J. Harmon, 59, of Port Orchard, died Thursday, January. 30, 2014 at his home. Jerry was born February 9, 1954 in Roseburg, Oregon to Marlin and Elizabeth (Foster) Harmon. Jerry graduated from Brea Olinda high school in Brea, California in 1972. He then attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and Cal State Fullerton in Fullerton, California. He was...
James L Bratcher
Jan 29, 2014
James L. Bratcher, 75, passed peacefully on January 29, 2014 at Harrison Memorial Hospital due to cardiac complications resulting from a long fought battle with cancer. He was surrounded by family, and joined in hand with his loving wife Jolene (Ives) of 19 years. Born to Lewis & Lyda Kennedy in Kinston, NC on Sept 1, 1938; Jim was raised...
James Walter Shannon
Jan 28, 2014
James "Jim" Shannon, 76, of Belfair died Jan 28th at the Kitsap Hospice care center in Bremerton. Jim was born Jan 8, 1938 in Vandergirft, PA to John & Myrtle Shannon. He served in both the Navy Reserves & Army from 1958-1963. He enjoyed fishing, photography, writing, sculpting, painting and playing his guitar. He is survived by his brother -...
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