Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Port Orchard, WA, Kitsap County and Surrounding Areas

David Bromm

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Larry Smith

Larry Smith

Nov 8, 2011

Larry Dean Smith, "Pickles", 76, of Port Orchard, WA died November 8, 2011. Larry was born December 18, 1934 in South Colby, WA to William and Noma Smith. He graduated from South Kitsap High School in 1953 and attended Olympic College. Larry married Nina Porter in 1957. He worked as an inspector for the Boeing Company for over 38 years...

Shirley Jones

Shirley Jones

Nov 7, 2011

Shirley Maxine Jones, a resident of Belfair, died November 7, 2011. She was born January 25, 1939 in Siloam Springs, Arkansas to Virgil Edward Moore and Sarah Jewell Bolinger. Shirley was married to Harold J. Jones for 50 years. Shirley and Harold served as Pastors in Ogden Utah for the Pentecostal Church of God. She loved to spend hours spoiling...

Marietha Eaglefeathers

Marietha Eaglefeathers

Nov 1, 2011

Marietha Ann Eaglefeathers, 60, of Bremerton, WA, went to heaven on November 1, 2011 after a courageous fight with cancer. Marietha was born to the late Milton and Mamie Eaglefeathers on May 29, 1951, where they made the family home in Busby, MT. Marietha was a 5th generation descendant of Chief Dull Knife whose Cheyenne name was Ameohne’e (Amay-yo-neh) meaning...