Jutta Ebel
Mar 16, 2012
On March 16, 2012, Jutta E. Ebel, born in Alfeld/Leine, Germany, 88 years ago, passed away in the loving arms of Gerhild and Megan Ebel, and Darryl and Debi Lindsley. You will never be forgotten, for you will always be in our hearts! She came across the ocean on a two week voyage. Traveling across Canada by train, with two...
Edna Buck
Mar 16, 2012
Edna E. Buck left her earthly body Friday, March 16, 2012, at the age of 84 while residing at the Washington Veteran’s Home, Retsil, Washington. Edna was born to Arthur W. and Pearl Breed on September 28, 1927, in Wauwatosa, WI. She was preceded in death by her husband of 60-years, Floyd H. Buck; her parents, Arthur and Pearl Breed;...
Shirley Hower
Mar 12, 2012
Shirley Ann Hower, 70 of Port Orchard, died in Bremerton on March 12, 2012. She was born March 21, 1941 in Bremerton to Lester & Dorothy (Wyant) Landon. She married Arnold Hower on February 1, 1958 in Port Orchard. Shirley worked as a Retail Clerk. She was the first President of the Harper Park Improvement Club and a group member...
Walter Young
Mar 12, 2012
Walter Gene Young, 86, a resident of Port Orchard, died in Tacoma of natural causes on Monday, March 12, 2012. He was born in Oak Grove, MO to Lester and Margaret (Monroe) Young on August 17, 1925 sixth of eight children. He married Betty Lee Brown in July of 1947; she preceded him in death in November of 1998. He...
Donald Smith
Mar 11, 2012
Donald Gordon Smith, 84, a resident of Port Orchard, died peacefully at home on Sunday, March 11, 2012. He was born March 13, 1927 in Quincy, MA to Robert and Gladys (Walters) Smith, the youngest of four children. He married Joan R. Marty on August 2, 1958 in MA they had two children. Donald served in the United States Navy...
Samuel Rene
Mar 11, 2012
On Sunday, March 11, the Lord called my beloved son Sammy Young D'zolali Rene home to heaven. We are unsure of Sammy's exact age, as he was adopted from an orphanage in Ghana, West Africa. There were no records of his birth, no known relatives. We estimate Sammy to be 16. Sammy spent most of his life living in a...
Henry Gonzalez
Mar 10, 2012
Henry Gonzalez, Hank or Speedy to his friends, was called home to The Lord on Saturday, March 10th after a year-long battle with mesothelioma. Henry was born November 2, 1928 in Miami, Arizona to Manual and Manuella Flores Gonzalez where he was baptized by the mission priest . His father died when Hank was 6 and his mother moved her...
Michael Oakley
Mar 9, 2012
Michael George Oakley, 54, died March 9, 2012. He was born February 23, 1958 in Chateau, MT to George & Sharlene “Toppy” Oakley. Bainbridge HS class of 1976, then attended WWU. He married Karla Eddy May 20, 1996. The Oakley family established Dockside Sales & Service in the early 1980’s. Mike’s knowledge and love for anything mechanical made him a...
Mabel Petsch
Mar 7, 2012
Mabel Dorothy Prawitz-Petsch , 97, a resident of Port Orchard, WA, died March 7, 2012. She was born April 7, 1914 in Everson, WA, the fourth of six daughters to Jacob Earl and Willa Faye (Sivits) Mahan. Mabel lived in the Portland, OR area for 40 years with her husband Mel Prawitz and raised their two children Maureen Eliason Patton...
Jean Bunten
Mar 3, 2012
Jean Bunten, 84 of Port Orchard, died March 3, 2012. She was born December 27, 1927 in Olympia, WA to Frank & Dorothy (Wasson) Klumb. She graduated from South Kitsap High School in 1945 and married Patrick R. Bunten September 5, 1947. He preceded her in death in 2006. Jean was a homemaker and also worked for several years as...
Librada Fegarido
Mar 2, 2012
Librada Alano Fegarido of Olalla, Washington died of natural causes March 2, 2006 in Seattle, Washington. She was 81. She was born January 18, 1925 in Alfonso, Cavite, Philippines to Ireneo and Petra (Varias) Alano. February of 1945 in Quezon City, Philippines, she married Guillermo Fegarido. Librada graduated from Alfonso High School in Cavite, Philippines in 1943. She was a...
Patricia Hall
Mar 1, 2012
Patricia Calaway Hall, 69, of Bremerton Wa., a two time cancer survivor, passed away peacefully on March 1st . She was born on February 14,1943 in Carapito, Venezuela to Timothy and Mary Jo Calaway. The first born of nine children, the growing family soon moved to Oklahoma and then on to Billings and Great Falls, Montana. In Great Falls the...
Antonia Tabtab
Feb 28, 2012
Antonia Ancheta Tabtab, 73, of Port Orchard, WA died February 28, 2012 at home in Port Orchard. She was born July 13, 1938 in the Philippines to Felipe and Maria (Tabafunda) Ancheta. Antonia graduated from high school and then Cosmetology College in the Philippines. She worked as a kitchen aid for 28 years at the Washington Veterans Home in Retsil,...
Katherine Cook
Feb 28, 2012
Our beloved Kitty peacefully passed away in her home on February 28 in Manchester after a 7-year-long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Born Katherine Ellen Ballard to Fred & Merab Ballard. Known as Kitty or Kit, she spent her entire life in Manchester. She loved life, her family, and had countless friends. She was an active member of the Children’s Hospital...
Robert Casey
Feb 24, 2012
Robert J. Casey, 89, passed away peacefully in Port Orchard with his family by his side on Friday, February 24, 2012. He was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on January 1, 1923 to James and Mabel Casey. Robert is survived by his second wife, Jacqueline; sons Dennis (Rose), Mark (Tina); daughters Maureen Jacobs (Bob), Sharon Barauskis (Thom), Marian Brust (Dave), Shelia...
Susan Holt-Kramer
Feb 24, 2012
Susan A. Holt-Kramer, 50 of Port Orchard, died at Madigan Army Medical Center on February 24, 2012. She was born October 30, 1961 in Memphis, TN to Jimmy & Nancy (L’Heureux) Holt. She graduated from Aiea High School in Hawaii in 1980 and married Jeffrey S. Kramer on September 19, 1985 in Honolulu. Susan worked in retail sales for 5...
Ruth Nearhoff
Feb 22, 2012
Ruth Nearhoff passed away February 22, 2012 at the age of 90. Ruth and her twin brother Rex (deceased) were born to Harry and Odie Case on June 16, 1921 in Bellingham, Washington. At 9 months old the family moved to the Bremerton area where she lived until marrying Willis J. (Bill) Nearhoff (deceased), at which time she moved to...
Ferne Winter
Feb 19, 2012
Ferne L. Winter, 88 of Port Orchard, died February 19, 2012. She was born May 20, 1923 in Pine River, MN to Roy and Ida Degnan. After graduating from high school, she attended college and received her teaching degree. She married Anthony Winter on July 16, 1949. After raising 6 children, she went back to work at SK High School...
Anthony Winter
Feb 18, 2012
Anthony A. Winter, 88 of Port Orchard, died February 18, 2012 in Bremerton. He was born November 13, 1923, one of 9 children. He married Ferne Degnan on July 16, 1949 and they were married for 62 years. Anthony retired from Puget Sound Naval shipyard in 1980, after 33 years. He also served in the U.S. Navy during World War...
Alfred Brown
Feb 16, 2012
Alfred George Brown, known to his family and many friends as "Brownie" or "Sonny," died on February 16, 2012 at Harrison Memorial Hospital. He was born in Bremerton, Washington on 7/4/1927 to Alexander Oliver Valentine Brown and Edna Fay (Cribb) Brown. He had a sister and two brothers, Verna May Jackson, Robert (Claudia) Brown, and Richard (Donna) Brown. He was...