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Martin Quinones-Caraballo Sr.
Mar 2, 2025
Martin Quinones-Caraballo Sr (1927 – 2025) passed away peacefully in his sleep, surrounded by family.
A humble man with a lasting impact. Born one of 29 children to a farming family in Yauco, Puerto Rico. Hard working, he left school at 14 to work on the family farm.
Looking for more from life, he left for New York at the age of...
Marcy "Tig" Dupre IV
Feb 25, 2025
Tig was born on a troop ship near the Bremerton Shipyard. His father was in the Navy, so Tig lived all over. Tig spent 36 years in the Army. Tig was a true artist who made pottery.
He was preceded in death by his son Nick and his parents.
His hobbies were working with leather, quilting, jewelry making and quilling. Tig was...
Luther Loyd McCallister
Feb 22, 2025
Lieutenant Luther Loyd McCallister was a devoted husband, brother, friend and firefighter/paramedic and a cherished member of our community. Born on September 18, 1957 in Porterville, California, Loyd grew up with a strong sense of service and dedication to others, which led him to pursue a career in firefighting. From the moment he joined South Kitsap Fire and Rescue in...
Crystal Hanisch (Dudacek-Davis)
Feb 21, 2025
Crystal passed into the Universe on February 21, 2025. She was unique. Fiercely independent and private, she was proud of earning her degree as an adult, buying/selling real estate and of the life she made for herself.
In earlier days, she was so committed to her family and nurtured qualities of independence, creativity, hard work, responsibility and always doing-your-best. She loved...
Robert Lewis Soper
Feb 17, 2025
Robert Lewis Soper died peacefully at home. He was born May 14, 1949. He is with the love of his life, Donna Soper who
passed away September 2013. He was in the Air Force during the Vietnam war. He owned his own wrecking yard for many years. He was honorably retired from the, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Northwest in July 2011....
Melinda Ann McMoore
Feb 15, 2025
Melinda Ann McMoore passed away peacefully in her sleep on February 15, 2025 at her home in Port Orchard, WA. Melinda was born on May 18, 1960 in St. Helena, CA. She grew up in Napa Valley, CA and graduated in 1978 from Vintage High, also in Napa, before moving to Washington State.
Melinda enjoyed spending time with family playing in...
Henry Bitz
Feb 13, 2025
Henry Bitz of Port Orchard, 90, passed away February 13th 2025. Henry was a beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
He was born on October 25, 1934, to William and Dorothy Bitz on the family farm in Montpelier Township, North Dakota. He attended the local schools until graduating 8th grade, while working on the farm. At age 19, he enlisted in...
Gerald (Jerry) J. Nootenboom Jr.
Feb 6, 2025
Jerry Nootenboom was born in Artesia, California on March 5th, 1953, to Patricia Mae Sease and Gerald James Nootenboom. He fondly remembered his days in California by going barefoot, skateboarding in his neighborhood, surfing and picking fruit, especially avocados, right off the tree.
His dad’s new position managing the dairy on Sherman Farm, Whidbey Island, brought the family to Washington when...
Cordell Curtis Sunkel
Feb 5, 2025
Cordell “Corky” Sunkel of Silverdale, WA passed away peacefully February 5, 2025 at the age of 82.
He was born at his family home in Silverdale November 16, 1942. His father was Edward H. Sunkel & Mother Minnie Cox Sunkel. He had 7 brothers, Isaac, Edward I, Fred, Ferd, Frank, John & Tommy, all deceased.
He attended Central Kitsap Schools. As a...
Remedios Cerezo Aragon
Feb 1, 2025
Remedios C. Aragon, 93, passed away on February 1, 2025, in Port Orchard, Washington.
Born on November 28, 1931, Remedios earned her Bachelor of Education from the National Teachers College in Manila. She dedicated her career to teaching and later worked as a dietician and cook at Ridgemont Terrace. She was an active member of the Filipino American Association and a...
Arthur Lee Guidi
Feb 1, 2025
It has been spoken and written: “He is a Belfair legend.” “He is the Candy Man.”
Arthur Lee Guidi,94, passed away peacefully on February 1st, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Gig Harbor. Arthur was born on January 1,1931 to Silvio and Mary Guidi in Tacoma, WA. Arthur and his family resided in Eatonville, WA. At 11 years old, he had his...
Bonnie Lee Sykes
Jan 31, 2025
Bonnie Lee Sykes, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, passed away surrounded by family on January 31, 2025, at the age of 81 in Port Orchard, Washington.
Born on February 21, 1943, in Girard, Pennsylvania, Bonnie was the daughter of Elizabeth Bond Herhold and Richard J. Herhold. She graduated from Girard High School in Erie, PA, in 1961.
In...
Patty Mae Booth
Jan 28, 2025
In Loving Memory of Patty Mae Booth
January 28, 2025
It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of Patty Booth, a woman of profound kindness, boundless grace, and an unwavering spirit of generosity. She left this world on Tuesday, January 28th, 2025, leaving behind a legacy of love that will forever be cherished by those who had...
Ronald Andrew Cicalese
Jan 26, 2025
Ronald ”Ron” Cicalese, 75, of Port Orchard, WA passed away on January 26, 2025. He was born October 24, 1949 in Brooklyn, NY to Anne Lazovsky and Reynold Cicalese. He attended St. Fortunata, then Most Holy Trinity High School. He married Phyllis Hayward on April 24, 1971. Ron was preceded in death by his spouse, Phyllis in 2005. He is...
Janice Lynn Mesa
Jan 25, 2025
Janice was born on January 29, 1973 in San Diego, CA. She spent her childhood in San Diego and on Guam with her grandparents. She is the eldest of June Sudo Mesa San Nicolas, first grandchild of Rosa Baza Sudo Mesa and Eduardo Camacho Mesa. She attended St. Francis Catholic School in Yona and graduated from Mira Mesa High School...
Lanny Melvin Horton
Jan 25, 2025
Lanny Horton, 84, of Bremerton, Washington, passed away on January 25, 2025. He was born August 15, 1940 in Alliance, Nebraska to Melvin Horton and Vera Horton.
Lanny is survived by his brother Tom; two sons, Ryan & Brandon, and three granddaughters Emmalynn, Elenor, & Eris.
Lanny was a Civil Services retiree, working at the supply center in PSNS, retiring after 33...
Linda Dee Birum
Jan 20, 2025
Linda (Dee Dee) Birum, 51 of Port Orchard WA left us and went to Heaven January 20th, 2025 after a short battle with cancer.
Dee Dee was born in Bremerton, WA on January 28th, 1973. She grew up in many places ranging from Washington to Hawaii and North Carolina for a short time. She had her first child in 1991 (Joey)...
Robert Arthur Coning
Jan 19, 2025
Bob was born in Duluth, Minnesota, the only child of Art and Sadie Coning. Bob grew up in Duluth, attending Denfeld High School where he met the love of his life, Enid Baldwin. They married in 1957 and built a home in Duluth while Bob was selling insurance and Enid worked at St. Lukes Hospital.
They started a family in February...
Miriam Ann Shirley
Jan 16, 2025
Miriam Ann Shirley, born on August 24, 1937, in Fairhaven, MA, passed away on January 16, 2025, in Port Orchard, WA. Miriam's life was a testament to kindness and dedication, a legacy woven through the strands of her family and community.
Miriam attended the historic Fairhaven High School, where she started to cultivate a lifelong love for learning and connecting with...
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