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Viola Hentila
Dec 8, 2011
Viola Hentila, age 90, died December 8, 2011 at home in Port Orchard, WA. She was born June 27, 1921 in Harper, OR to Warren Alfred & Irene Frances (Gugle) Schlupe. She moved to Kitsap County in 1939 and lived there ever since. She graduated from Bremerton High School and worked at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard briefly during the Second...
David Wilson
Dec 6, 2011
David Joseph Wilson, 76, of Tahuya, WA died in Tacoma on December 6, 2011. He was born January 6, 1935 to Walter and Catherine (Kennedy) Wilson. He marries Patricia (Patti) Jorgenson. David worked as a Railroad Engineer, retiring in 1999. He also served 2 years in the U.S. Army. He loved working with his hands - enjoyed landscaping, gardening, crafts...
Katherine Hoyt
Dec 4, 2011
Katherine (Kay) Devereaux Hoyt, 92, passed away December 4, 2011, at her home in Port Orchard. Kay was born October 16, 1919 in Seattle, Washington, daughter of John Devereaux Johnstone and Edith Miles Boddy. Katherine lived with her mother for some time in Connecticut and New York, but always missed the Northwest, traveling back as a teenager to finish High...
David Bromm
Dec 3, 2011
David A. Bromm, 69 of Port Orchard, died in Bremerton on December 3, 2011. He was born February 25, 1942 in Tacoma, WA to Herman A. & Erma ( Layton ) Bromm. He graduated from Wilson High School in Tacoma. David married Patricia Barnes on November 20, 1976 in Cowiche, WA. David worked as a truck driver since 1989, retiring...
Marquita Watkins
Dec 3, 2011
Marquita (Toni) was born in Tacoma, Washington April 7th, 1932 and died at home with her daughters by her side on December 3rd, 2011. Toni was preceded in death by her beloved husband Ralph. She is survived by four daughters, Terrie Warner, Sue Marcum, Cheryl Graham and Rosemary Collins, six granddaughters (Lindy, Angie, Lorie, Jessie, Nicole & Melanie, one grandson...
Hazel Danel
Dec 1, 2011
Former Port Orchard resident Hazel Joy Danel, age 84, passed peacefully on Thursday, December 1, 2011 with her daughters at her side in Silverdale. Hazel was born December 12, 1926 in Casper, Wyoming, one of six children, to Floyd and Ethel (Galutia) Vant. She attended Bremerton High School and graduated in 1945. In 1947 Hazel married Harold Danel in Bremerton. ...
Joan Smith
Nov 29, 2011
Joan Ruth Smith, 79 of Port Orchard, died in Bremerton November 29, 2011. She was born October 25, 1932 in Milwaukee, WI to Hugh S. & Ruth A. (Swingley) Marty. She married Donald Gordon Smith on August 2, 1958 in Cape Cod, MA. Joan worked for 17 years as a Preschool Teacher at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Daycare Center,...
Margaret Ibele
Nov 28, 2011
Margaret Ibele ( LeBlanc),Ryan passed away Nov 28,2011 at Life Care Center in Port Orchard . She was a long time resident of Belfair and lived in Lynch Cove. Born in Stutgart, Arkansas Nov 15,1918, she came from a Catholic family, in fact the first church in Stuttgart masses where held in the Ryan home Dec 27,1887 that lasted for...
Gordon Goudy
Nov 27, 2011
Gordon Robert Goudy, 79 of Port Orchard, died at Hospice Care Center in Bremerton on November 27, 2011. He was born October 5, 1932 in Redwood Falls, MN to George & Virginia (Pratt) Goudy. He graduated from Anoka HS in MN and attended the College of Great Falls in MT. He married Kunie Sakamoto on August 16, 1965 in Great...
Barbara Zurbrugg
Nov 21, 2011
Barbara (Hornell) Zurbrugg passed away peacefully surrounded by loving family just before dawn on Nov 21, 2011 at Hospice of Kitsap County in East Bremerton. She was born July 12, 1928 in Everett, WA to Tony and Juanita Jensen. She attended schools in Arizona and Washington including Annie Wright. She was the granddaughter of former Washington State Representative Daniel Luther...
Bradley Ashby
Nov 20, 2011
Bradley David Ashby, 53, of Port Orchard died Nov. 20, 2011 in Bremerton. Brad was born Nov. 27, 1957 in Seattle to Donald and Margie (Johnson) Ashby. He attended Lynnwood H.S., received his G.E.D. from the University of Washington and then attended Culinary School. He married Karla Thorner Jan. 17, 1999 in San Poncho, Mexico. Brad was a painting contractor...
Jerry Bower
Nov 19, 2011
Jerry was born to DeWitt and Anna Bower (Cline) on June 29, 1937 in Klamath Falls, Oregon. He passed from this earth at his home on November 19, 2011, having been preceded in death by his parents. Jerry graduated from South Kitsap High School, then spent four years in the US Army, where he served a tour in Germany. He...
Vera Loflin
Nov 18, 2011
Vera Loflin of Port Orchard Dec. 17, 1929 to Nov. 18, 2011 Vera left us on November 18, 2011, of a broken heart at the recent passing of her beloved husband John. Vera was born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania in 1929 to Andrew and Ellen Jugan. She married her true love, John, in 1949 and they spent 62 wonderful years together...
Francis Westhoff
Nov 17, 2011
Francis Westhoff, “Fritz”, 89, of Port Orchard, WA died November 17, 2011 at his daughter’s home in Port Orchard. Francis was born November 2, 1922 in Kenneth, KS to Earl and Blanche Westhoff. Francis served in the US Navy as an aviation machinist mate during WWII and as a machinery repairman during the Korean War. He then worked as a...
Mary O'Farrell
Nov 16, 2011
Mary Monica Sullivan/O’Farrell was born April 3, 1924 in Denver, Colorado to William and Caroline Eggert. She grew up with eight brothers and sisters. She was a life-long Catholic. During WWII she met her future husband, Robert Sullivan, who was stationed in Denver. They married and he was transferred to Kansas City, MO and it was there that their son...
Betty Meeker
Nov 13, 2011
Betty Jean Meeker. 80, died at home in Port Orchard on November 13, 2011. She was born January 17, 1931 in Moberly, MO to Joseph & Cora (Elliott) Bowden. She married Elmer Dale Meeker in 1952 in Yuma, AZ and he preceded her in death January 28, 2011. Betty and her husband were owners of Meeker’s Trading Post – a...
Charles Killinger
Nov 12, 2011
Charles R. “Buck” Killinger, 83 of Grapeview, WA died November 12, 2011 in Olympia, WA. He was born February 28, 1928 in Redfield, SD to Charles & Theora (Upchurch) Killinger. He married Bonnie Ryan on July 16, 1966 in Seattle. Charles began his career with Pacific Northwest Bell, which later became U.S. West, working for 38 years in a variety...
Madeline Gallagher
Nov 11, 2011
Madeline Corrine Gallagher, 97 of Port Orchard died November 11, 2011 at Hospice Care Center in Bremerton. She was born April 4, 1914 in Norway, MI to Joseph and Anne Valentine. She married Paul Gallagher August 9, 1932 in Council Bluffs, IA. They moved to Bremerton in 1942. Madeline retired from Keyport Naval Station in 1976. She moved to California...
Manley Halvorson
Nov 11, 2011
Manley was born March 3, 1919 to Haakon and Josephine Halvorson in Glenfield, ND. He passed away peacefully in his sleep on November 11, 2011 at the age of 92. He graduated from Glenfield High School in 1938 and was a farmer prior to enlisting in the US Army. He served 4 years of military service during World War II...
Grace Sannicolas
Nov 10, 2011
Grace Rene Benavente San Nicolas, also known as "Gracie" and "Kaleki" passed away on November 10, 2011 at Port Orchard, Washington at the age of 39. She was preceded in death by maternal grandparents: Eloy Quichocho & Maria Cruz L. G. Benavente; and paternal grandmother: Maria Perez San Nicolas. Grace Rene is survived by her paternal grandfather Jacinto Perez San...
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