Obituaries

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

Sandra Smith

Sandra Smith

Apr 27, 2009

Sandra Jane Smith, age 50 of Port Orchard, died unexpectedly April 27, 2009.  Sandra was born September 13, 1958 in Manchester, Iowa to Hareld & Dorla Joslyn.  She graduated from C.M. Russell HS in Great Falls, Mt in 1976 and Great Falls CC in 1978. On June 11th 1977 she married Kenneth Smith in Great Falls.  Sandra was a Floral...

Destry Deitchler

Destry Deitchler

Apr 27, 2009

Our beloved Destry was born March 4, 1990 in Bremerton Washington to Dustin and Dawn Deitchler.  Destry attended school in Port Orchard his entire childhood; he attended East Port Orchard Elementary, Marcus Whitman Jr. High, and graduated from South Kitsap High School June of 2008.  He attends First Lutheran Community Church in Port Orchard. Destry was a Machinist Helper at...

James Blythe,

James Blythe,

Apr 26, 2009

James H. Blythe, Sr., 72 of Port Orchard died in Bremerton on April 26, 2009.  He was born October 6, 1936 in Napa, California to Antone & Julia ett (Gordon) Blythe.  He graduated from Napa High School in 1954.  He married Darlene Lindall on June 5, 1982 in Port Orchard. James worked as a Pipefitter for 29 years at Mare...

Pasha Phares

Pasha Phares

Apr 24, 2009

Pasha Phares peacefully passed away on Friday, April 24, 2009. He was surrounded in love by his wife, Debbie, and two beautiful daughters, Sierra and Maddie.  Pasha is loved by many people:  His brother, Pablo; father, David; nephews, Evan, K.C, and Chandler; his niece, Courtney; his second family, mom and dad, Pat and Chuck; brothers, Jeff and Jason; sisters, Denise,...

Vivian Harris

Vivian Harris

Apr 22, 2009

Vivian G. Harris, 78 of Port Orchard died on April 22, 2009.  She was born June 24, 1930 in Auburn, WA to Gordon & Carola (Edwards) Gladson.  She earned an associate degree from Tacoma Community College in 1999.  She married Leon Harris in 1978 in Port Orchard. Vivian was a self-employed accountant as Harris Accounting and Tax Preparation for 25...

Helen Hixson

Helen Hixson

Apr 21, 2009

Helen Marian Allen-Hixson passed away in Bremerton on April 21, 2009 at age 90.  She was born in Bremerton on May 8, 1918.  After graduating from Bremerton High School she attended business school in Seattle.  In 1937 she followed her father, Roy Allen, to Juneau, AK to find work.  She worked as a bookkeeper for Columbia Lumber Co. and soon...

Phillip Clark

Phillip Clark

Apr 20, 2009

Phillip Daniel Clark, 40, a resident of Olalla, died peacefully at home in his sleep on April 20, 2009. He was born in Bremerton to Herman and Dee (Stafford) Clark on September 23, 1968. He graduated from South Kitsap HS in 1986, from Olympic Community College in 1988 transferring to Pacific Lutheran University from where he graduated in 1991 with...

William King

William King

Apr 19, 2009

William Clyle King, 74 of Shelton, died peacefully of heart disease on April 19, 2009 surrounded by his beloved family.  He was born on May 30, 1934 in Fort Worth, TX.  He was the first of 4 sons born to Virgil and Armenta King.  Bill and his family moved to Long Beach, CA when he was a boy and then...

Karla Robinette-Brusco

Karla Robinette-Brusco

Apr 16, 2009

Karla Robinette-Brusco, 52, of Port Orchard, went to be with the Lord April 16th. She was born September 17, 1956 in Dallas, Tx to Mason & Beverly Rothenborg. Karla lived in Hawaii on the island of Oahu many years and eventually became known as ’TuTu’ which is Grandmother in Hawaiian. In 1979 she married her first husband Mark Robinette they...

Glen Greseth

Glen Greseth

Apr 16, 2009

Glen E. Greseth (Sonny) of Port Orchard, Washington died December 19, 2003 at his home. He was 64. He was born March 4, 1939 in Olympia, Washington to Glen and Oleah Greseth. He married Sandra (Hoggan) Greseth in Port Orchard, Washington. He graduated from South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard, Washington in 1958. Glen enjoyed hunting and fishing. He...

Dwight Webb

Dwight Webb

Apr 13, 2009

Dwight Webb, 81, died April 13, 2009 at WA Veterans Home in Retsil.  He was born June 11, 1927 in Brushy Mountain, OK to Benjamin & Emma (Quinton) Webb.  He attended HS in Sallisaw OK. Dwight worked as a supervisor and foreman in box manufacturing in Southern CA and the San Francisco Bay area, retiring from Stokley Cannery in Oroville,...

Robert Galbraith

Robert Galbraith

Apr 13, 2009

Robert V. Galbraith of Bainbridge Island passed away April 13,2009 after a brief and courageous battle with lymphoma.  Bob was born October 9, 1938 in Everett, WA to Leslie and Althea Galbraith. He graduated high school in Bremerton in 1956 and attended college at Washington State University. After beginning work at Pacific Northwest Bell, he was drafted into the Army...

Joyce Bradshaw

Joyce Bradshaw

Apr 12, 2009

Joyce Renee' Bradshaw, 80, died at her home in Port Orchard on April 12, 2009.  She was born in Davenport, Iowa on November 22, 1928.  She was raised in Minnesota and lived many years in Oregon where she raised 3 children, Merrily Prentice of Kailua, HI, Lewis Weber of Newport, OR & Ruth Walls of Springfield, OR.  She married Ronald...

Patrick Thon

Patrick Thon

Apr 12, 2009

Born September 20th 1927 in Bellingham to Jacob and Mary Thon, Died Easter Sunday at home and was reunited with his loving wife Patricia who died March 13th 2008. Pat was a depression era “Kid” who prior to graduating High school spent any free time helping support his family, including as part of a forest fire fighting crew with the...

Ellen Stone

Ellen Stone

Apr 10, 2009

Surrounded by her family, Ellen passed away on Good Friday after courageously battling congestive heart disease and its effects for nearly 60 years. Ellen Avis Hoganson (Ellie) was born on October 6, 1939 at her family home in Blair, Wisconsin to Hazel and Lawrence Hoganson. The youngest of four children, Ellen loved playing the piano and harmonica, singing in church,...

Olive Knox

Olive Knox

Apr 10, 2009

Olive B. Knox, 86 of Port Orchard, died in Bremerton, WA on April 10, 2009.  She was born January 3, 1923 in Bonetrail, ND to Olaf & Oline (Enlien) Bakken.  She graduated from HS in Williston, ND in 1941 and married Charles Knox on November 27, 1943 in Bremerton.  Charles preceded her in death in 2006. Olive worked in banking...

Randall Kendrick

Randall Kendrick

Apr 10, 2009

Randall T. Kendrick, 59 of Port Orchard, died in Seattle on April 10, 2009.  He was born April 9, 1950 in Portsmouth, VA to William & Helen (Schwab) Kendrick.  He graduated from HS in Jena, LA in 1968 and Northeastern Louisiana University in Monroe, LA in 1987 with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science. Randy was a Computer Programmer/Analyst for...

Ann Newland

Ann Newland

Apr 7, 2009

Ann Marie Newland, 65 of  Port Orchard, WA lost her long fought battle with cancer on April 7th, 2009 and took her golden chariot ride to be with God. She was born August 5th, 1943 in Tacoma, WA to Lloyd and Myrtle Walker and raised on the family farm outside of Port Orchard. She graduated from Peninsula High School in...

Trudy Wennerberg

Trudy Wennerberg

Apr 5, 2009

Trudy LaVonne (Phipps) Wennerberg, 50, of Port Orchard, died April 5, 2009 at her residence. She was born May 19, 1958 in Bremerton to Bobby & Marilyn (Hull) Phipps. She attended Pleasant Valley, Cedar Heights & South Kitsap high schools. Trudy was an animal lover who always had cats & dogs and was into horses when she was very young. ...

Rosalie Griffin

Rosalie Griffin

Apr 4, 2009

Rosalie Pauline Griffin (77), of Port Orchard lost her battle with cancer on April 4, 2009.  She was born  March 6, 1932 in Turlock, Ca to Russell King and Melba Pierce Leedom.  Surviving her are four children, Colin R. Griffin (Josie) of London, AR, Christina Taylor (Shawn) of Tecumseh, MO, Murray C. Griffin (Mayla ) of Allen Park, MI, Laura...