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Jack Randall
Aug 10, 2011
Jack LeRoy Randall, 72, of Port Orchard, WA, died August 10, 2011 at Hospice Care Center in Bremerton, WA. Jack was born December 29, 1938 in Omak, WA to John and Maxine (Carlton) Randall. He graduated from Kahlotus High School in Kahlotus, WA in 1957 and then attended Columbian Basin Community College. In 1959 he started his career with Cascade...
Earlene Barich
Aug 6, 2011
Earlene Joyce was born to Earl and Mildred Anderson on Dec. 14, 1927. On August 6, 2011 her heavenly father took her home. She went peacefully surrounded by her loving family. She was preceded in death by her husband Andy Barich and her sister Betty Gilden. She is survived by her 8 children Andrea Gernaat (Larry), Joyce Reece (Eric), Debbie...
Eileen Tanner
Aug 4, 2011
Eileen Rose Tanner was born on February 24, 1929 in Hoquiam, WA and passed away peacefully on August 4, 2011 at the age of 82. She is survived by her sister Ruth Hill; 9 children, Kathleen McLean, Judy Cluck, Jeannie Cummings, Jackie Saxton, Roseanne Dore, Dawn Saxen, Theresa Clinton, Dell Cummings, and Dwayne Tanner; 21 grandchildren; and 13 great grandchildren....
John Van Boeyen
Aug 3, 2011
Our dad, Jan van Boeijen’s (Dutch pronunciation: Yawn ven Booo-yen), life journey came to an end on August 3, 2011. We are comforted knowing he is in his Lord’s rose garden meeting again with his parents Mientje and Lubbert, as well as siblings Elbertha, Andries and Antje. Dad would have been the first person to say he never imagined his...
Esperanza Quinn
Jul 31, 2011
Esperanza P. Quinn of Olalla, WA passed away peacefully on July 31, 2011 at St. Joesph's Hospital in Tacoma, WA due to complications of Parkinson's and PSP. Esperanza (Ester) was born Nov 13, 1947 in Bacolod City, Philippines to Esperedion and Catalina Atalio. She moved to Sasebo Japan in 1979 to be with her husband who was stationed there. She...
Cecil Walter
Jul 31, 2011
Cecil “Cy” Hampton Walter, III, 66, died peacefully at his home in Port Orchard on July 31, 2011. He was born June 29, 1945 in Syracuse, New York to Cecil Hampton & Julie E. (Hopkins) Walter, Jr. He graduated from Fayetteville Manlius HS in NY and University of Hawaii with an associate degree. He married Katherine A. Sydnor December 8,...
Susan Bauer
Jul 31, 2011
Susan K. Bauer, 65 of Port Orchard, died in Seattle on July 31, 2011. She was born September 17, 1945 in Seattle to Garland & Alta (Odom) Anderson. She married Thomas Bauer. Susan enjoyed reading and was a member of the Library Book Club in Port Orchard. Surviving are husband Thomas; son Ryan Shull of Renton, WA; daughters Robin Buchter...
Marjorie Fagin
Jul 29, 2011
Marjorie (Scribner) Fagin, 83, of Bremerton passed away on July 29, 2011. She was born September 29, 1927, to Frederick and Ginevra Penniston. Marjorie grew up in Ashland, Oregon and graduated from Jefferson High School in Portland, Oregon in 1945. Marjorie married Charles Robert Scribner in 1946. She worked at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard as a Supply Center Supervisor and...
Charles Bowker
Jul 29, 2011
Charles Kay Bowker, was born July 24th, 1923 in Clinton Iowa, passed away at Washington Veterans Home at Retsil on 29th July 2011 at the spry age of 88. He served as a Radioman in the Coast Guard from1941 to 1947. Drove for Yale trucking and Grey Lines Tours. He married Glenda Harris in a beautiful ceremony at the Chapel...
William Rooms
Jul 28, 2011
William James 'Bill' Rooms Age 78, of Port Orchard, WA, Bill passed away peacefully on July 28, 2011 at Harrison Memorial Hospital. He was born to Curtis Henry and Elsie Augusta Rooms at the family home in Port Orchard on March 5, 1933. He attended Central and Frank Givens Grade Schools and completed Junior High and Senior High at South...
Myrtle Walker
Jul 28, 2011
Myrtle Kristina Walker, 92, a resident of Port Orchard, died peacefully in Port Orchard of natural causes, July 28, 2011. She was born on the family farm in south Port Orchard on December 12, 1918 to Laurits and Bodel (Neilsen) Fynboh. She is survived by daughters Joyce Ortego (Errol) and Sandy Looney; son-in-law Jerry Newland; 5 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren....
H. Ruona
Jul 26, 2011
Henry Scott Ruona passed away July 26, 2011. He left this world the way he lived in it, quietly and peacefully, comforted by the love of his family. He fought esophageal cancer courageously for two years, never letting it slow him down. Scott was born on June 18, 1948, in Sault Ste. Marie, MI, to Henry and Ruby (Steele) Ruona....
Ronald Mathews
Jul 24, 2011
Ronald Gene Mathews, aka “Toad”, 66, of Belfair, WA passed away July 24, 2011 of natural causes. Ron was born May 29, 1945 in Bremerton, WA to Chester and Irene Mathews. He was preceded in death by his parents. Ron attended North Mason High School and then joined the Army at the age of 17. He married Janie Anderson May...
Walter Schultz
Jul 24, 2011
Walter W. ‘Bud’ Schultz, 77, a resident of Tahuya, died peacefully in the presence of loved ones in Silverdale on Sunday, July 24th. He was born in Eagle Bend, MN to William and Emma (Le’ helm) Schultz on February 16, 1934. He attended Central Kitsap HS and received his GED while serving in the US Army from 1953-56 as an...
Donald Winter
Jul 22, 2011
Donald T. Winter, 85, a resident of Port Orchard, died in Seattle of heart failure on July 22, 2011. He was born April 9, 1926 in Poulsbo to Paul and Margit (Bergliot Brinchmann) Winter. He graduated from North Kitsap HS in 1944 and attended University of WA. He married Maxine (Kamholtz) Winter on May 3, 1952 at 1st Christian Church...
Harvey Reed
Jul 19, 2011
Harvey K. Reed, 94, of Bremerton, WA died July 19, 2011 at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton. He was born June 30, 1917 in Omaha, NE to Margaret (Hamilton) Button and John M. Reed. He moved to Port Orchard in 1942 and served in the 8th Army Air Force from 1942 to 1945 attaining the rank of Corporal. Harvey worked...
Lulu Anderson
Jul 19, 2011
Lulu Lena Anderson passed away Tuesday, July 19, in her home at Federal Way. She was born in Gresham, Nebraska on November 12, 1916 to Johann Karl Rudolph and Ellen [Dey] Peterson, and was preceded in death by her husband Carl John Anderson, brothers Ralph, Lloyd, Lewis, and William, and an infant sister Ester, her daughter-in-law Gloria Anderson, and grandson...
Mary Walsh
Jul 16, 2011
Mary Lucille Walsh, 90, a resident of Port Orchard, died on July 16, 2011 in Port Orchard of natural causes. She was born April 28, 1921 in Winlock, WA to Joe Thomas and Pearl (Burgess) Vales the middle child of three girls. She graduated from Queen Anne High School in Seattle and married Robert Charles ‘Bob’ Walsh February 11, 1940...
Wanda Blumenthal
Jul 14, 2011
A memorial service for Wanda Lee Blumenthal, 83, of Bremerton, WA who died July 14, 2011 will be held at 1:00PM, Saturday July 23, at Faith Fellowship Church in Silverdale. Visitation is scheduled for Wednesday, July 20, from 6:00 to 7:00PM at Rill’s Life Tribute Center. Interment will be at Tahoma National Cemetery. Wanda was born Nov. 28, 1927 in...
Helen Wright
Jul 13, 2011
Helen L. Wright, 93, a longtime resident of Scottsdale, died Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at a group home in Mesa. Helen was born Aug. 23, 1917 in Forsyth, Montana, to Gustave and Ella (Dahle) Olson. Following graduation from Forsyth H.S. she attended Columbus Hospital School of Nursing in Great Falls, Mt. where she became a Registered Nurse. She then became...
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