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Sheila Nordale
Jan 23, 2009
Sheila Maureen (Berry) Nordale passed suddenly on January 23, 2009 in Seattle and a bright light left us. First a joyful wife, mother and grandmother, she gloried also in her roles as daughter, sister, cousin, aunt, friend, nurse and neighbor.  Born in Juneau, Alaska on January 13, 1935, she lived and had countless friends in Juneau, Soldotna, and Fairbanks and...
Ann-Marie Legere
Jan 23, 2009
Ann-Marie Sheltra Legere, beloved daughter of Donald and Frances Sheltra (Springvale, Maine) went to her Lord on Friday, January 23rd after a valiant and courageous fight with cancer. She was diagnosed with a brain tumor in October 2008. Ann-Marie relocated to Port Orchard, WA in 1998 after the death of her husband James Robert (Bob) Legere. Ann-Marie born on May...
Ramona Lieseke
Jan 20, 2009
Ramona Jean Lieseke, 80, died in Port Orchard on January 20, 2009. She was born November 18, 1928 in Buffalo, OK to Steve & Lela (Dewey) Powell. She attended High School in Mount Vernon, WA. Ramona retired after 22 years working for the Naval Exchange at Naval Subase Bangor and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. She loved spending time with her...
David Till,
Jan 18, 2009
David G. Till, Sr., 83, died at home in Lakebay January 18, 2009. He was born February 6, 1925 in Sargent, NE to Rex & Vivian Till. He married Verna M. Hayes who preceded him in death after 50 years of marriage. David earned his HS diploma at 70 years old. David worked for 25 years as a Machinist at...
Clare Brigham
Jan 17, 2009
Clare Dee Brigham, 87 died peacefully at home of natural causes on January 17, 2009. He was born in Kettle Falls, WA to Hugh and Bertha (Bradley) Brigham on February 10, 1921. He graduated from Onalaska high school in 1940 and attended the University of Washington from 1946 to 1948. He married Ruby V. Erwin on August 6, 1943 and...
Susan Mills
Jan 17, 2009
Susan E. Mills, 77, of Port Orchard, died at Life Care Center of natural causes surrounded by her loving family. She was born June 25, 1931 in Denver, CO to George and Elsie (Olson) Morrison and graduated from Kent High School Denver in 1949. She also attended the University of Colorado. She married Leon R. Mills on July 18, 1950...
Nadine Bryant
Jan 17, 2009
Nadine M. Bryant, 83, of Port Orchard, WA died January 17, 2009 at her home. She was born October 22, 1925 in Tacoma, WA to Hugh and Charlotte Nesbit. Nadine graduated from Stadium High School. She later worked at the Clover Leaf for 9 years and at Payless for 7 years in Receiving. She was active in the Port Orchard...
John Taylor
Jan 14, 2009
John Jeremy Taylor, 25 of Port Orchard, died in Tacoma January 14, 2009. He was born August 8, 1983 in Bremerton to John & Frances Taylor. John spent his whole life helping and serving others. He was employed by Central Communications in Kitsap County for several years as a dispatcher & supervisor. He was a volunteer Firefighter & Emergency Medical...
Ronald Adkins
Jan 14, 2009
Ronald J. Adkins, 76 Ronald J. Adkins, a professor and one of the founders of WWAMI, the University of Washington's medical school education program for the states of Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho, died Wednesday, Jan. 14 in Port Orchard, Wash., following a long-term battle with coronary disease. He was 76. Born in Bremerton in 1932, Ron was a...
Dan Brose
Jan 13, 2009
Dan Brose (70) born August 27,1938 in Tulsa OK, passed away at Harrison Hospital on Tuesday January 13, 2009. Dan moved to Washington State at the age of two and was a graduate of the South Kitsap High Class of ‘56, along with his wife Betty Anne Nervik whom he married in June of ‘58. They recently celebrated their 50th...
George Lutz
Jan 11, 2009
George W. Lutz, 71 of Port Orchard, died in Bremerton on January 11, 2009. he was born December 23, 1937 in Little Rock, Arkansas to Barney & Hazel (Friddle) Lutz. He graduated from South Kitsap HS in 1956 and married Teri Gordon on August 9, 1958 in Omaha, Nebraska. George worked as a Produce Supervisor in retail grocery in the...
Florence Flagg
Jan 6, 2009
Born to Anna and John Engbrecht on May 27, 1920 in Dickinson, North Dakota, and the youngest of 9 children, Florence Flagg was a woman full of life, love, humor, and strength. Florence grew up and spent most of her life in Kirkland, WA, where she and her family were an important part of the community. After graduating from Kirkland...
Madonna Woodward
Jan 5, 2009
Madonna Maxine Woodward, 88, of Port Orchard, Washington died Monday in Spring Valley, California. She was born July 26, 1920 in Sharon, Kansas., to Jerry and Ruby Cole. In 1945 she married Francis "Woodie" Woodward in Port Orchard. During World War II and the Korean War, she worked at the ammunition depot in Bremerton and part-time as a proof reader...
Mary Williams
Jan 4, 2009
A wonderful mother, grandmother, wife, nurse and friend passed away on January 4, 2009. Mary Kay Williams was born in Abilene Texas, on October 26, 1926. She moved frequently with her parents, Allan and Margery Hanson. She graduated from Flathead High School in Kalispell Montana. After receiving a Register Nursing Degree, she obtained her Bachelor’s of Science Degree at Montana...
Eileen Johnson
Dec 27, 2008
Eileen Johnson was born June 11, 1924 in Seattle, WA, to Torsten and Mae Knudsen. She grew up in the Bothell area and graduated from Bothell High School in 1942. She aided in the war effort by working at a wholesale hardware company, also as a volunteer for the USO Dance Program. She met her husband Jim during this time....
Patricia Wilson
Dec 25, 2008
Patricia Mae Wilson, 75, of Olalla, WA, died peacefully December 25, 2008 at her favorite time of year surrounded by her family at home. She was born April 28, 1933 in St. Paul, MN to Kenneth and Vivian (Smith) Rittinger. Patricia graduated from Clover Park HS in Lakewood, WA in 1952. Our mom's life was filled with lots of love,...
Brenda Dombrock
Dec 25, 2008
Brenda K. Dombrock, 56 died at home in Port Orchard on December 25, 2008. She was born August 11, 1952 to James T. & Lucy F. Beckum in Columbia Tennessee. She and her family moved to San Diego, California in 1955. She and her husband Willie were married 39 years and have 2 children. Brenda's loves in life were her...
Albert White,
Dec 24, 2008
Albert (Al) D. White, Jr. passed peacefully on Christmas Eve at the University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, after suffering prolonged illnesses. He was born in Bremerton to Albert D. and Monica A. White.   He Graduated from West Bremerton High in 1968. In 1973 he married Vickie Stephens of Hemple, Missouri. They made the Port Orchard area their home for...
Tommy Quigley
Dec 21, 2008
Tommy Ray Quigley, 40 a resident of Tahuya died at his home on December 21, 2008 of cancer. He was born in California on April 26, 1968 to Bill and Brenda (Hill) Quigley. He graduated from South Kitsap High School in 1986. He married Missy Faulkner on July 25, 1998 in Belfair. He was a Union Iron Worker with Local...
Dorothy Carter
Dec 20, 2008
Dorothy F. Carter peacefully went home to be with our Lord on December 20, 2008 after a long battle with Alzheimer's. She was born in Wheeler, Texas on January 19, 1923 and was preceded in death by her loving husband Earl E. Carter and her first grandson P. Brent Houghton Jr.  She is Survived by her sister Ann Paul, Sister...
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