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William Pruissen
Sep 20, 2010
William Pruissen, 84 of Port Orchard died in Bremerton on September 20, 2010. He was born April 12, 1926 in Lake Park, Iowa to Gerrit & Sadie (Post) Pruissen. He attended Hinkley High School in Hinkley, MN and married Ardith Brooks in Port Orchard in 1961. She preceded him in death in 2006.  William graduated from the apprentice program at...
William Chynoweth
Sep 19, 2010
William John Chynoweth, 70 of Manchester, WA died at the Hospice Care Center in Bremerton on September 19, 2010. He was born September 14, 1940 in Ishpeming, MI to William T. & Jane (Pascoe) Chynoweth. He graduated from Thomas Downey HS in 1958 in Modesto, CA and attended the University of CA at Berkley. He married Jean Davis on December...
Ruth Weatherill
Sep 18, 2010
Ruth Virginia Weatherill died quietly at her home in Port Orchard on September 18, 2010.  She was 87. Ruth was born on October 7, 1923 in Sidney, Nebraska to Bernard Hassenstab and Theresa Donnelly Hassenstab. When she was a young child, the family moved to Silverton, and then to Salem, Oregon where Ruth attended Catholic and public schools. She married...
Hazel Morton
Sep 15, 2010
Doris Hazel Morton, 86 of Port Orchard, WA and Amarillo, TX for 35 years died after complications from a heart attack on September 15, 2010. She was born in Littlefield, TX to William Henry and Clara LaVada (Gray) Flippin, March 19, 1924 along with her twin brother Harold. On May 31, 1941 she married Newton Turner Morton in Snyder, TX....
Grant Brown
Sep 13, 2010
Grant G. Brown, Sr., 82 of Port Orchard, died in Bremerton on September 13, 2010. He was born January 14, 1928 in Bremerton, WA to Charles & Odie (Royal) Brown. He graduated from Bremerton High in 1946 and married Doris Haydock on October 30, 1954 in Bremerton. She preceded him in death in 2008. Grant worked for 24 years as...
Brent Bayliffe
Sep 12, 2010
Brent Richard Bayliffe, 30, a resident of Port Orchard, died in Tacoma on Sunday, September 12, 2010. He was born in Bremerton on June 12, 1980. He received a GED and later went back to school and became a Certified Nursing Assistant. He was going back to school to further his education. He worked as a care giver and really...
Jack Romano
Sep 12, 2010
Jack John Romano of Port Orchard, Washington died of natural causes March 17, 2004 at Harrison Memorial Hospital. He was 51. He was born July 30, 1952 in Jamaica, New York. Jack graduated from Apple Valley Senior High School in Apple Valley, California in 1970. He served 20 years in the U.S. Navy from 1970 - 1993. He attained rank...
Elsie Hansen
Sep 11, 2010
Elsie Ray Hansen, 78 of  Bremerton, died September 11, 2010. She was born February 13, 1931 in Butte, MT to LeRoy & Audry (Campbell) Bradley. Elsie worked as a Floral Designer. She is survived by daughters Connie (Bob) Garrett, Lynn (Mark) Drew, Tammy Riggle, Jody (Mark) Hays, and Donette Johnson; 18 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren; and special friends Karen Schauer...
Faliticus Mcmurray
Sep 9, 2010
Faliticus Hatch McMurray, nicknamed "Peggie", passed away in the loving arms of her daughter, Martha, on September 9, 2010. She was born October 15, 1916 in Dallas, Texas where she graduated from Woodrow Wilson High. From 1933 to 1939 Peggie was employed as an office worker at various businesses while furthering her education and graduating from Rutherford Business College. It...
Marie Baker
Sep 9, 2010
Marie Joy Baker was 71 yrs old and resided in Port Orchard, WA. She was born on September 13th, 1938 in Chicago, IL to Patricia and Carmello Scortino who have both preceded her in death, as did her grandson Jeremy, great grandson Shane, brother Tim & sister Mary. She went to South Kitsap High School and graduated from Bremerton Business...
Patricia Morris
Sep 8, 2010
Patti Morris, 62 of Port Orchard, Washington passed away peacefully on Sept. 8, 2010. Wife of Michael Morris and daughter of the late Joe and Juanita Groszek. Mrs Morris enjoyed mystery novels, crossword puzzles, photography, camping and fishing. She served as a corrections officer with Kitsap County for 30 years prior to retirement, and held the distinction of being its...
Vivian Thomson
Sep 7, 2010
Vivian J. Thomson, 93, of Port Orchard, WA, died September 7, 2010 in Port Orchard. Vivian was born October 30, 1916 in Beaver Creek, OR to Herman and Hannah (Klinger) Moehnke. She graduated from Oregon City High School in 1934.  In 1935, she married Walter Thomson who preceded her in death in 2004.  Vivian had a passion for flower gardening. ...
Lisa Gooch
Sep 6, 2010
On Monday, September 6, Lisa lost her battle with cancer. She went peacefully under the compassionate care of the doctors and nurses at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton. Lisa was surrounded by her loving family and friends. She will be missed terribly by her family and friends. We will have a hole in our hearts where a great woman once stood. ...
Loretta Stallings
Sep 4, 2010
Loretta (Moilanen) Stallings, 75, peacefully passed away September 4, 2010 in Seattle after a long battle with lung disease. She was born to Eric and Myrtle (Mikelsen) Moilanen in Bremerton, Wa. on March 25,1935 and raised in West Seattle. She married Burlie Kenneth Stallings on April 20, 1968. Loretta graduated from West Seattle HS and attended the University of Washington....
Donald Anderson
Sep 4, 2010
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Helen Matz
Sep 1, 2010
Helen Mae Hanson Matz, 74, died on Sept. 1st, 2010. She was born April 18th, 1936 in Estelline, South Dakota to Alfred and Thora Hanson. Helen was 10th of 11 children. She graduated from Bryant High School in 1954. Helen held various jobs during her life as a dental assistant, key punch operator, and a social worker. Helen worked hard...
Delores Murphy
Aug 30, 2010
On August 30, 2010 Delores Murphy, beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother peacefully left this earth after having a wonderful chat with her hospice nurse about her family. Her great-grandsons were always a favorite topic of conversation. She was born to Otto and Marion Brose in Freemont, Nebraska on December 15, 1928. The large German family moved to Bemidji, Minnesota when...
Lloyd Reite
Aug 30, 2010
Lloyd J. Reite, 88 of Port Orchard, passed August 30, 2010. He was born July 7, 1922 in Port Orchard to Anton & Laura (Londal) Reite. He graduated from South Kitsap HS in 1940 and was a graduate of the PSNS Apprenticeship Program as an Electrician. Lloyd worked over 30 years at PSNS, retiring in 1977 as an Foreman Electrician. ...
Carl Adams
Aug 28, 2010
Carl Bogar Adams, 61 of Port Orchard, died August 28, 2010 in Bremerton. He was born April 14, 1949 in Bellingham, WA to Warren & Donna (Dew) Adams. Carl, Carl had an enormous love of animals with 5 lizards, 3 dogs, 4 birds. There was never an animal Carl could not win their affection, Carl was a loved father, brother,...
Kathryn Commings
Aug 28, 2010
Kathryn Haverstick Commings, 91, died at her home in Port Orchard on August 28, 2010. She was born February 12, 1919 in Indianapolis, IN to Charles & Lillian (Hiskin) Wolven. She graduated from Petersburg High School in Indiana in 1936 and married Charles R. Haverstick on May 28, 1938 in Indianapolis He preceded her in death in 1961. She married...
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