Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Port Orchard, WA, Kitsap County and Surrounding Areas
Marian Rickett
Oct 8, 2009
Marian C. Rickett, 84 passed away unexpectedly October 6, 2009. She was born July 24, 1925 in Fremont, NE to Elwin & Emma Davis. At 12 years, Marian and her family moved to Port Orchard. Graduating from South Kitsap HS in 1943, she worked in the typing pool at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. In 1955 she went to work for...
Mark Head
Oct 8, 2009
Mark Allen Head of Port Orchard, Washington died January 21, 2004 in Tacoma, Washington. He was 33. He was born March 4, 1970 in Bremerton, Washington to Robert and Darlene (Meeks) Head. Mark married Marivic (Montalbo) Head in Batangas City Philippines on December 22, 2001. He graduated from South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard, Washington in 1989. He also...
Anthony Fein
Oct 6, 2009
Anthony David Fein Blessed us with his life from July 13, 1982 – October 6, 2009 Anthony was a bright star in this universe and in the many lives he touched. To his family and friends, Tony was a soft soul who loved us all very much. He lived out his dreams and challenged life to the fullest. Tony always...
Inge Swaggart
Oct 4, 2009
Inge Mary Swaggart , 80, died at Ashley Gardens Assisted Living in Bremerton on October 4, 2009 due to complications of Alzheimer’s. She was born on February 6, 1929 to Ernest and Albine (Fonta) Thaler in Vienna, Austria. She married Thomas Swaggart of Port Orchard on August 17, 1946 in Hayward, California. She is survived by her loving husband of...
Christina Carlson
Sep 29, 2009
Christina Marie Carlson, 40, died in Bremerton on September 29, 2009. She was born in Bremerton on June 23, 1969 to Susan Bell and Bill Carlson. She graduated from South Kitsap High School in 1988. Chrissy worked for Fred Meyer in East Bremerton for 17 years as a Stock Clerk. She was a member of Sylvan Way Baptist Church and...
Thomas Mason
Sep 26, 2009
Thomas J. Mason, 79, died on September 26, 2009 at Washington Veterans Home, Retsil, WA. He was born on August 5, 1930 to Thomas J. and Irene (Hise) Mason of Picher, Oklahoma. Mr. Mason completed grade school in Oklahoma; seventh through ninth grades in Bremerton, WA and graduated from Phoenix Union High in Phoenix, Arizona in 1949. He attended Phoenix...
Elsie Herdman
Sep 21, 2009
Elsie Herdman has been an amazing gift to those who knew and loved her. She began her life in New York City and after her father’s death moved to Bremerton, WA to be near her brother Alfred Sauerbrey. She married William S. Herdman May 3, 1947. Bill and Elsie raised 5 children in Port Orchard. Bill Herdman passed away in...
James Gandy
Sep 20, 2009
James Allan Gandy, 58, died of Huntington's Disease at home in Burley, WA on August 20, 2009. He was born September 27, 1950 in Bremerton, Washington to Jack & Sonia (Dahlquist) Gandy. He graduated from West High in Bremerton in 1969 and married Rose Nast on December 14, 1974, also in Bremerton. James worked as an Electronics Mechanic at the...
Mary Black
Sep 17, 2009
Mary Virginia Black, 89, died at her home in Port Orchard on September 17, 2009. She was born April 10, 1920 in Elm Grove, West Virginia to Lionel & Margaret (Chambers) Wilson. She married Victor R. Black on June 10, 1937 in West Virginia. He preceded her in death in 1993  Mary was a homemaker and mother who enjoyed sewing...
Ralph Carragher
Sep 12, 2009
Ralph James Carragher, 68 of Bremerton, died in Silverdale on September 12, 2009. He was born January 27, 1941 in Brooklyn New York  to William & Margaret (Braun) Carragher. He married Doris L. LaPierre on December 5, 1970 in Hudson New York. Ralph worked for 28 years as a Boiler Plant Operator at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, retiring...
Marjorie Johnson
Sep 8, 2009
Marjorie Johnson died Sept. 8, 2009. She was born on the Farm in Waterville, Kansas on January 15, 1913. Marjorie was a lady. She dressed in nice clothes every day whether she left the house or not. She was a wonderful cook, and baker, and a lovely and fashionable hostess. She loved her tea served in Fine China cups. She...
William Bradley
Sep 8, 2009
William H. Bradley, 68, of Port Orchard died in Bremerton on September 8, 2009 of cancer. He was born in Portland, Oregon on October 6, 1940 to Stanley and Pauline (Terry) Bradley. He graduated from Peninsula HS in Gig Harbor in 1959 and married Nadeen Marrs in Port Orchard on September 16, 1962. He served in the United States Navy...
Debra Finney
Sep 8, 2009
Debra Lynn Finney, 49 of Port Orchard died September 8th of Cancer. She was born June 4, 1960 in Bremerton to John and Jacqueline Tomizek. She graduated from South Kitsap HS in 1978 and from Olympic College in 1991 with a degree in Nursing. She married Wendell Finney August 10, 1991 in Port Orchard. She worked for 13 years as...
Edith Baldwin
Sep 6, 2009
Edith Eleanor Baldwin, 98, of Federal Way, WA died Sunday, September 6, 2009 at Hallmark Manor Care Center. She was born to Carl & Edith Rollen on June 20, 1911 in Minneapolis, MN. After the early death of her mother, she was lovingly raised by her uncle Albert Erlandson, and two aunts, Marie and Lydia Erlandson in Willmar, Minnesota. It...
Stanley Snartland
Sep 6, 2009
Stanley Torkel Snartland, 64 of Lake Bay, went home to be with the Lord September 6, 2009 in Tacoma. He was born August 1, 1945 in Seattle, WA to Torkel & Ida (Clemens) Snartland. He graduated from West Bremerton HS in 1963. He married Sally Elaine Hyde February 28, 1985 in Idaho. Stan was a member of the Pipefitters Union...
Larry George
Sep 5, 2009
Lawrence ‘Larry’ George, 68, a former Kitsap County resident, died in Bremerton on September 5, 2009. He was born in Farragut, Iowa to John and Iona George on January 25, 1941. He graduated from South Kitsap High School in 1959 then served in the United States Marine Corps from 1959 to 1968. He served one tour in Viet Nam and...
Kenneth Bartlett
Sep 4, 2009
Kenneth L. Bartlett 68, of Port Orchard passed away on September 4th, 2009 at his home. He was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island on September 16, 1940 to Herman and Lorretta (Ruge) Bartlett. He married Darlene Clements on June 20, 1964. Ken was a true Man of God, loving husband, father and grandfather who touched many lives in our community....
William Buettgenbach
Sep 3, 2009
William H, Buettgenbach, 53, died at home in Port Orchard September 3, 2009. He was born December 30, 1955 in Bremerton to William & Barbara (Kepler) Buettgenbach. He graduated from East High School in Bremerton and attended Olympic College. He married Veronika Pirker November 22, 1997 in Bremerton. William worked as a Welder and Pipefitter for 27 years at Puget...
Jeanette Kingsley
Aug 29, 2009
Jeanette Ione (Heacock) Kingsley, 56, of Camano Island, Washington, passed away August 29, 2009 from complications of Multiple Sclerosis. She was surrounded by her loving family. Jeanette was born February 19, 1953 in Bremerton to Howard and Vonda (Senn) Heacock. On November 30, 1973 Jeanette married Michael Kingsley in Seattle. She graduated from West High School in Bremerton in 1971,...
Lyle Worden
Aug 28, 2009
Lyle M. Worden, 83, of Port Orchard, WA, went to be with the Lord on August 28, 2009, while surrounded by family. He was born November 20, 1925 in Culver City, California to Ralph and Theresa Worden. He was one of ten children. Lyle Worden married Ida Mae Dodd on December 26, 1970. Together they had a blended family of...
Subscribe
Get alerts when new obituaries are posted
