Alisa Smith
Dec 12, 2008
Alisa N. Smith, 17 of Port Orchard, died in Seattle on December 12, 2008. She was born April 9, 1991 in Anchorage, Alaska to John & Sumarie (Forman) Smith, III. Alisa attended Discovery High School in Port Orchard. She liked drawing, writing poetry, and cooking. She loved nature and enjoyed catching bugs and snakes. Surviving are mother Sumarie (Mark) Weaver...
Verlie Williams
Dec 11, 2008
Verlie M. Williams, 86, died at Tacoma Lutheran Home on December 11, 2008. She was born April 25, 1922 in Bremerton to James & Martha (Lakman) McCary. She graduated from South Kitsap High School in 1940. She married Clifford Williams on August 11, 1972 in Port Orchard. He preceded her in death in 1975. Verlie was a homemaker who enjoyed...
Martin Bowes
Dec 7, 2008
Martin Eugene Bowes was born September 26, 1945 in Lead Mine, Missouri. "Marty" died peacefully December 7, 2008, after fighting a courageous battle against the ravages of Diabetes. He was surrounded by his loved ones who were able to say their goodbyes. Marty is survived by his wife and best friend Kathleen Dolan-Bowes, daughters Sarah Horton (Alan) Portland, Amanda Seattle,...
Beverly Jolley
Dec 5, 2008
Beverly Mae Jolley, 77, died at her home in Port Orchard on December 5, 2008. She was born May 20, 1931 in Nortonville, ND to Harold Neal & Eva Mae (Berg) Jordan. She graduated from Bremerton HS in 1949 and married Joseph Eber Jolley on January 1, 1950 in Bremerton. Beverly worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant for 15 years,...
Stephen Vanvalkenburg
Dec 1, 2008
Stephen H. VanValkenburg, 78 of Port Orchard, died in Bremerton on December 1, 2008. He was born November 6, 1930 in Long Prairie, MN to Leon & Amanda (Manthorne) VanValkenburg. He graduated from Long Prairie High School in 1949 and married Janice G. Vervalen on April 2, 1963 in South Dakota. Stephen worked in Miami, FL and Port Orchard in...
Margot Sokytis
Nov 30, 2008
Margot I. Sokytis died peacefully on Nov. 30th surrounded by her loving family. She was born 1 of 13 children to Alfred & Johanna Plesse in Dresden Germany on Feb. 10, 1923. Margot spent time at a Nazi concentration camp farm leading up to WW II and she moved to West Germany where she met her husband Albert in Mannheim...
Rolland Jones
Nov 30, 2008
Rolland Edward Jones, 84 of Port Orchard, died November 30, 2008. He was born November 23, 1924 in Clarinda, IA to Bert & Nellie Jones. He graduated from Clarinda HS in 1946, Boyles College in Omaha, NE in 1949, & City University in Silverdale, WA in 1981 with a BS degree in Business Admin. He married Wanda Lea Thomas June...
Frank Smith,
Nov 29, 2008
Frank LeRoy Southern Smith, Sr., 62 a life long resident of Port Orchard, died in Oklahoma on November 29, 2008. He was born in Bremerton on August 22, 1946 to Kenneth and Lilian (Brockhoff) Smith. Frank served in the US Army during the Viet Nam Era. He worked for the Post Office in Port Orchard and was known as ‘the...
Charles Kruse
Nov 29, 2008
Charles William Kruse, 84 of Retsil, died November 29, 2008 in Bremerton. He was born September 2, 1924 in Hibbing Minnesota to Peter John and May (Phelps) Kruse. He graduated from Hibbing High School in 1943. He married Valeria Fisher in 1963. Chuck worked at various jobs throughout his life such as firefighter in Richland, WA, commercial fisherman and evergreen...
Robert Peterson
Nov 27, 2008
Robert E. Peterson, 84, a resident of Bremerton, died November 27, 2008 in Poulsbo. He was born March 28, 1924 in Brainerd, MN to Axel and Dagne (Jacobsen) Peterson. He graduated from Proviso Township High School and married Helen Wasserman on December 18, 1941 in Forest Park, IL. She preceded him in death in 2005. He served in the United...
John Colestock
Nov 27, 2008
John Edward Colestock, Sr., 79 of Port Orchard, died November 27, 2008. He was born August 12, 1929 in Rushville, IN to Wilford & Martha (Martin) Colestock. He graduated from Morristown HS in 1948 & attended several technical schools. He married Linda J. Frickel in Canoga Park, CA in December 1973. John worked for 45 years as an Automotive Mechanic,...
Gina Verge
Nov 25, 2008
Gina Verge, 22, passed away on November 25, 2008 of natural causes. She was born April 2, 1986, at Bremerton Naval Hospital. She graduated from Klahowya Secondary School in 2004 and was attending Olympic College, taking courses toward a degree in business management. Gina also worked for Verizon Wireless in Silverdale, WA. Gina was recognized as an outstanding swimmer, excelling...
Laverne Ecklund
Nov 24, 2008
LaVerne "Chub" Nicholas Ecklund, 71 of Port Orchard, died peacefully at home on November 24, 2008 of lung cancer. He was born in Kenmare, North Dakota on November 12, 1937 to Veronica and Roy Ecklund. He spent his early years in North Dakota before moving with his family to the Port Orchard area in 1943. At age 17, Chub enlisted...
William King
Nov 24, 2008
William King, 78 of Port Orchard, passed away on November 24, 2008. He was born in Kansas City, Kansas on May 22, 1930. He spent his early years in Nebraska before moving to Washington in 1942. Bill graduated from South Kitsap High School in 1947 and then became an apprentice at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. He served in the U.S....
Lorin Vaughn
Nov 24, 2008
Lorin Vaughn, 44 a resident of Port Orchard, died at his home on Monday, November 24, 2008 of brain cancer. He was born November 24, 1964 in Riverside, CA to Billy Ray and Leona Rose (Koss) Vaughn. He attended Moorpark HS in CA, graduating in 1983 and worked as a Security Guard in Victorville, CA for 3 years and Construction...
Victor Lesher
Nov 19, 2008
Victor (Vic) Clifford Lesher, 79 of Tacoma, passed away November 19, 2008 at the Life Care Center of Port Orchard after a battle with cancer and heart disease. He was born to John Frecht Lesher and Elizbeth Mae Trimble on April 26, 1929, in Lancaster, PA. He was the 11th of 15 children. Vic joined the U.S. Navy in 1946...
Jeffrey Joplin
Nov 17, 2008
Jeffrey Allen Joplin, 34 of Bremerton, died in Purdy, Washington on November 17, 2008. He was born August 16, 1974 in Bremerton to Jasper Hill & Gayle Wells. He attended Olympic College in Bremerton. Jeffrey worked for 15 years in construction as an Iron Worker, most recently in New Mexico building a power plant. He was a musician and worked...
Hans Bromm
Nov 17, 2008
Hans David "Dave" Bromm, 30 of Port Orchard, died in Seattle on November 17, 2008 as a result of a motorcycle accident. He was born January 3, 1978 in Spokane, WA to David & Patricia (Barnes) Bromm. He attended South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard. Dave worked as a Truck Driver for the past year. He enjoyed dirt bike...
Marnie Lougheed
Nov 17, 2008
Marnie Lilian Lougheed, 67 of Bremerton died November 17, 2008. She was born May 21, 1941 in Vancouver, B.C., Canada to Arthur & Lillian (Haddock) McLarry. She graduated from Montesano High School in 1959 and married Mike Lougheed in Montesano, Washington on June 18, 1960. She graduated from Central Washington University in 1985 with a Bachelors in Education, and Seattle...
William Mcilvoy
Nov 16, 2008
William Lawrence McIlvoy, 79 of Port Orchard died November 16, 2008. He was born February 15, 1929 in Gettysburg, South Dakota to Thomas & Ina (Cartwright) McIlvoy, Sr. William grew up on a big farm in South Dakota with his parents and younger brother. During the 13 years he lived there, he experienced the Great Depression and World War II. ...