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Marta Batista
Feb 2, 2006
Marta Herminia Batista, 73 of Bremerton, died at Harrison Memorial Hospital after a long and courageous battle with liver disease. She was born on June 3, 1932 in Sagua La Grande, Cuba to Marta (Diaz) & Mario Machado. Marta married Abelardo C. Batista on December 29, 1959 in La Habana, Cuba. Marta graduated from high school in La Habana, Cuba...
Gordon Gilman
Jan 30, 2006
Gordon C. "Gil" Gilman of Port Orchard, Washington died at home with loved ones on January 30, 2006. He was 84. He was born April 28, 1921 in New Effington, South Dakota to Willard and Jessie Gilman. Gordon was married to Jacqueline (Matteson) Gilman for 41 years. She resides in the Port Orchard family home. Gordon attained a GED in...
A.C. Benson
Jan 29, 2006
A.C. "Bud" Benson, 75, died at his home in Port Orchard, Washington. He was born in Longview, Washington on April 18, 1930 to Opal (Yenne) & Walter Benson. Bud graduated from Port Angeles High School in Port Angeles, Washington in 1949. He married Darlene Norma Seward in 1950 and Kathryn A. Hall in 1958. Bud worked on the Kitsap Peninsula...
Frederick "Fred" Flinn
Jan 23, 2006
Frederick C. Flinn, 56, died at his home in Port Orchard, Washington on January 23, 2006. He was born March 21, 1949 in Bremerton, Washington to Cecil F. & Olga (Strilczuk) Flinn. He married Cynthia Dawn Weekly on November 26, 2977 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fred graduated from South Kitsap High School. He also graduated in 1983 and 1993 from...
Pauline Barra
Jan 15, 2006
Pauline Barra, 92, left this Earth to be with her Lord and Savior with her daughters at her side on January 15, 2006. She was a resident of Ridgemont Senior Apartments at the time of her death. Â Â Â Â Â She was born in Astoria, Oregon to Emma and Emil Martin. She was raised in Skamokawa, Washington. She graduated from Wahkiakum High School...
Helen Ross
Jan 15, 2006
Helen Lou Ross, author and Medal of Honor historian, died on January 15, 2006 at Claremont East Retirement Apartments in Bremerton, Washington. She was born on January 18, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois to Otto Lenau Meyer and Louise Geng. An athletic young woman, Helen swam with the first-ever synchronized swimming group, the Modern Mermaids, at the Chicago World's Fair in...
Linda James-Mccrae
Jan 12, 2006
Linda L. James-McCrae of Port Orchard, Washington died January 12, 2006 in Port Orchard. She was 84. She was born March 9, 1921 in Liverpool, England to William and Lilly (Ward) Ball. Linda married Walter "Wally" Briski in Tacoma, Washington on April 7, 1987. She received: a PHD - Psychology (certified forensic psychologist) from Georgia State University in 1976; Juris...
Steven Taylor
Jan 12, 2006
Steven M. Taylor of Port Orchard, WA. died January 12, 2006 at the Life Care Center of Port Orchard due to liver failure. He was 44. Steven was born January 16, 1961 in Bellingham, Washington to Ray and Beverly (Bergum) Taylor of Oak Harbor, WA. He married Sarah (Gahms) Taylor May 24, 2004 in Las Vegas, NV. Steven graduated from...
Ada Jarrett
Jan 10, 2006
Ada H. Jarrett, 91 of Port Orchard, Washington died at Manor Care of Gig Harbor in Gig Harbor, Washington on January 10, 2006. She was born on September 13, 1914 in Bakersville, North Carolina to William & Cordelia (McKinney) Howell. Ada married John Jarrett in 1953. He preceded her in death in 1987. Surviving are sister Lois Hall of Spruce...
Patrick Bunten
Jan 9, 2006
Patrick R. Bunten, 79 of Port Orchard, Washington died at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Washington on January 9, 2006. He was born March 17, 1926 in Seattle, Washington to Samuel & Eva (Landaker) Bunten. He graduated from South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard in 1944. He married Jean Klumb on September 5, 1947 in Seattle. Patrick graduated from...
Earlean Burnem
Jan 8, 2006
Earlean Burnem, 85, of Port Orchard, WA, died January 8, 2006, at Olympia Manor in Olympia, WA. She was born September 17, 1920, in Hamburg, Arkansas, to Zach and Ivory (Miller) Burnem. Earlean owned a restaurant earlier in her life called "The Dew Drop Inn" in Bremerton, WA. She also worked as a chef/cook with a hotel chain in Seattle,...
Frank Haberlach
Jan 7, 2006
Frank Ross Haberlach, 64, of Port Orchard, WA, died Saturday, January 7, 2006, at Highline Medical Center in Burien, WA. He was born to Frank and Justine (Peake Weatherford) Haberlach on April 9, 1941, in Portland, OR. He was raised in Clackamas, OR, and attended high school there. After a brief career with Boeing as an industrial engineer, he started...
Mary Beck
Jan 7, 2006
Mary Jane Beck, 83, died at Life Care of Port Orchard in Port Orchard, Washington on January 7, 2006. She was born in Dallas, Texas on September 21, 1922 to Martin Luther & Josie Lula Josephine (Fleming) Green. Mary Jane married Gene Beck on May 3, 1943 in Seattle, Washington. Mary Jane worked as head cashier with Ben Franklin in...
Carol Middleton
Jan 5, 2006
Carol Grace Middleton, 85, of Port Orchard, Washington died on January 5, 2006 at Ridgemont Terrace. She was born December 22, 1920 in Madison, Wisconsin to Bertyn & Josephine (Molbrekke) Hendricksen. She married Thomas Taylor Middleton on February 11, 1944 in Chicago, Illionis. He preceded her in death in 2004. Carol worked as a Registered Nurse. She was a member...
Victor "Bill" Smith
Jan 5, 2006
Victor W. "Bill" Smith, 86, of Port Orchard, Washington died at Ridgemont Terrace on January 5, 2006. He was born on September 20, 1919 in Seattle, Washington to William H. & Dori (Oliver) Smith. He graduated from South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard in 1939 and attended Olympic College in Bremerton. Bill married Maxine Therkelsen on May 24, 1941...
Marlin Little
Jan 3, 2006
After many years of fighting the good fight, Marlin was liberated on January 3, 2006. Born in Fort Monroe, Virginia to Joseph and Helena Little, Marlin was the son of a military family, joking that he had attended 13 different schools in 12 years. After graduating from Roosevelt High School in Hawaii, he joined the Air National Guard as a...
Jean Eischens
Jan 2, 2006
Jean Louise Eischens, 69, died in Tacoma, Washington on January 2, 2006. She was born on July 26, 1936 in Greensfield, Wisconsin to Manford James & Edith Ann (Armbruster) Bailey. She graduated from South Kitsap Sr. High School in Port Orchard in 1954. Jean married Merlin "Buster" Eischens on September 21, 1958 in Port Orchard. He preceded her in death...
Richard Peyrek
Dec 29, 2005
Richard "Dick" Reising Peyrek, 79 of Port Orchard, Washington died on December 28, 2005 in Bremerton, Washington. He was born on February 6, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York to Theodore Rudolph & Maria (Reising) Peyrek. He graduated from Richmond High School in Staten Island, New York in 1943. He also graduated from the New York State Maritime Academy in 1946...
Mathew Kogan
Dec 28, 2005
Mathew C. Kogan, 59 of Retsil, Washington died at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Washington on December 28, 2005. He was born on December 9, 1946 in Ely, Nevada to Joseph and Delsa (Gardner) Kogan. He graduated from Kennewick Sr. High School in Kennewick, Washington in 1965. Mathew worked as a Nuclear Inspection Technician at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in...
Susan Caley
Dec 27, 2005
Susan E. Caley, 65, died at her home in Port Orchard, Washington on December 27, 2005. She was born in Portland Oregon on December 29, 1939 to Ethan & Elizabeth (Rafter) Allen. She graduated from Holy Names Academy in Seattle, Washington in 1957 and attended Seattle University. Susan married Rock E. Caley on September 5, 1959 in Seattle. Susan was...
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