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Donna Detilla
Mar 2, 2003
Donna Kay Detilla died March 2, 2003 at home in Bremerton, Washington. She was 54.She was born November 26, 1948 in Fort Worth, Texas to T. James and Dell (Runnels) Cone.She married Charles "Chuck" Detilla November 7, 1992 at the American Legion in Bremerton, Washington.Donna went to high school in Fort Worth, Texas.She enjoyed making gift baskets; loved her friends;...
Kathryn Shoop
Mar 1, 2003
Kathryn (Kay) Shoop of Southworth died Saturday, March 1, 2003 in Tacoma. She was born July 31, 1920 in Bovill, Idaho to Henry and Alice Taylor. Kay graduated from Roy High School in 1938.Kay worked at the shipyards in Tacoma and at the PX at Fort Lewis during the Second World War. Later she worked at various restaurants in downtown...
James Dalton
Mar 1, 2003
James S. Dalton died March 1, 2003 in Spanaway, Washington as the result of a motorcycle accident. He was 30.He was born in Bremerton, Washington on March 22, 1972. His parents are: Patrick J. Dalton, Debra (Schinnell) Hanna and Robert Hanna. He graduated from Bremerton High School of Bremerton, Washington in 1990James was employed in retail sales for 12 years.He...
Catherine Johnson
Feb 25, 2003
Catherine L. Johnson died February 25, 2003 in Port Orchard, Washington. She was 87.She was born May 14, 1915 in Omaha, Nebraska to John L. and Sadie M. (Thompson) Sullivan.Catherine graduated from Notre Dame Academy in Omaha, Nebraska in 1932.She married Charles C. Johnson September 1, 1933 in Denver, Colorado.Catherine worked as a secretary for 20 years.She was a member...
Howard Anderson
Feb 23, 2003
Howard A. Anderson died February 23, 2003 at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton, Washington. He was 55.He was born August 27, 1947 in Gig Harbor, Washington to Dean and Darlene (Fisher) Anderson.He attended high school at South Kitsap High School and at Peninsula High School in Gig Harbor, Washington.He married Penney J. (Beatty) Anderson on December 31, 1994 in Bremerton,...
Patricia Proteau
Feb 22, 2003
Patricia L. Proteau, 56, of Belfair, WA, died February 22, 2003, at Northwest Regional Hospital in Seattle, WA. Patricia was born October 18, 1946, in Charleston, SC, to Leo A. and Ola Mae (Tyson) Proteau. She attended East Bremerton High School in Bremerton, WA.Patricia worked as a staff member with the Minneapolis Police Department and as a veterinary assistant in...
Soren Ferlander
Feb 21, 2003
Soren F. Ferlander died February 21, 2003 in Bremerton, Washington. He was 71.He was born June 29, 1931 in Solleftea, Sweden to Albert and Edit (Bolin) Ferlander.He married Karin (Wallgren) Ferlander in Sweden in 1956.He and his wife left Sweden in 1966 and moved to British Columbia, Canada along with their daughters. In 1968 the family moved to Kent, Washington...
Dorothy Schardt
Feb 21, 2003
Dorothy Schardt, 84, of Port Orchard, WA, died February 21, 2003, at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton, WA.Dorothy was born March 21, 1918, in Bismarck, ND, to Carl and Emma (Scott) Tolliver. She was educated in North Dakota and married Frederick Schardt in 1938 in Bremerton, WA. He preceded her in death in 1983.Dorothy volunteered in the Olalla Ladies Fire...
Ruth Deshazer
Feb 20, 2003
Ruth I. DeShazer, 77, of Port Orchard, WA, died February 20, 2003, at Forest Ridge Health & Rehab in Bremerton, WA. Ruth was born March 14, 1925, in Hastings, IA, to Andrew Jackson and Iva Mae (Stockton) Stephens. She received her nursing degree in San Diego, CA.Ruth married Kenneth DeShazer on May 5, 1941. He preceded her in death in...
Dorris Mcguire
Feb 20, 2003
Port Orchard resident Dorris Mae McGuire, 77, died February 20, 2003, at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle from a brain aneurysm.She was born November 30, 1925, in Woodpecker/Hixon, B.C., Canada to Earl & Ethel Bate. She graduated from Moore, ID, High School in 1943. Her family had moved to the Big Lost River Valley in Idaho in November 1941.At high...
Geraldine Worland
Feb 20, 2003
Geraldine Elizabeth (Reeser) Worland, 80, of Port Orchard, Washington, died February 20, 2003 in Bremerton, Washington. She was born March 30, 1922 in Southwick, Idaho to Edward & Edith (Walker) Reeser. She graduated from Bremerton high scool in 1940 and married Lawrence D. Worland on March 22, 1941 in Shelton, Washington.Mrs. Worland was a secretary with the United States Government...
Betty Carlson
Feb 17, 2003
Betty J. Carlson died February 17, 2003 at Harrison Memorial Hospital, Bremerton, Washington. She was 74.She was born October 18, 1928 in Crystal, North Dakota to Roy and Gladys (Erickson) Corbit.She attended school at Bremerton High School.Betty was a home maker for 48 years.She enjoyed cooking, gardening, crosswork puzzles, crocheting, raising children and grandchildren.Betty is survived by her husband, Robert...
Hjalmar Riksheim
Feb 17, 2003
Hjalmar Monrad Riksheim died February 17, 2003 in Port Orchard, Washington. He was 100.He was born November 27, 1902 in Alesund, Norway.Hjalamar married Eula (Greene) Riksheim January 6, 1936 in Port Orchard, Washington.Hjalmar was a commercial fisherman for 50 years.He was a member of the Deep Sea Fisherman's Union.Hjalmar is survived by his wife, Eula (Greene) Riksheim of the family...
Stephanie Thomas
Feb 15, 2003
Stephanie D. Thomas 42. of Wenatchee, and a former longtime resident of Methow, passed away quietly at her home on Saturday, February 15, 2003, surrounded by her family.She was born May 19, 1960 to Harold Edison and Harriet Ella (Lindemann) Thomas at Bremerton, Washington. She was raised and educated in Pt. Orchard, graduating from South Kitsap High School in 1978....
Leslie Henderson
Feb 11, 2003
Leslie J. Henderson died February 11, 2003 at his Southworth, Washington home. He died of Visceral Carcinoma. He was 78.He was born September 7, 1924 in Belle Fourche, South Dakota to Leahlea (Brown) Henderson and Leslie M. Henderson.Leslie attended high school; and, served in the U.S. Navy from December 17, 1941 through July 3, 1961. He attained the rank of...
Virginia Senzek
Feb 11, 2003
Virginia C. Senzek died February 11, 2003 at Cottesmore of Life Care Center. She died of Pulmonary Hypertension. She was 76.She was born February 8, 1927 in The Dalles, Oregon to Milford and Marion (Freeland) Dillaboy.She graduated from Hood River High School of Hood River, Oregon in 1945.She married Leonard M. Senzek December 26, 1962 in Stevens, Washington. He preceded...
Steven Varsa
Feb 8, 2003
Steven J. Varsa died of a heart attack on February 8, 2003. He was 49.He was born in Detroit, Michigan on May 17, 1953 to John F. Varsa and JoAnn (Beck) Varsa.Steven graduated from Hillsdale High School in Hillsdale, Michigan in 1971. He also graduated from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1975.He married Susan K. (Pile) Varsa in...
Michael Mike" A. Toomey
Feb 5, 2003
Michael A. Toomey died February 5, 2003 at his Port Orchard, Washington residence. He was 64.He was born in Pitcher, Oklahoma March 24, 1938.Mike served in the U.S. Navy; and, was, also, a laborer and union member for Local 185 in San Diego, California. He is survived by his son, Michael, of Port Orchard, Washington; daughter, Tonya, of New Mexico;...
Robert Petty
Jan 28, 2003
Robert L. "Bob" Petty died January 28, 2003 at his Port Orchard, Washington home. He died of Mesothelioma (Abestos Cancer). He was 52.He was born in Yakima, Washington April 3, 1950 to Clifford and Pauline (Wallbaum) Petty.Bob married Dianne (Anderson) Petty January 12, 1980 in Port Orchard, Washington.He graduated from South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard, Washington in 1969....
Dorothy O'Connor
Jan 24, 2003
Dorothy R. O'Connor died January 24, 2003 in Port Orchard, Washington. She was 85.She was born July 7, 1917 in Erie, Pennsylvania to Edward and Lillian (Doller) Bishop.She graduated from Withrow High School in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1936; and, attended Miami of Ohio in Oxford, Ohio.Dorothy married John J. O'Connor August 9, 1941 in Cincinnati, Ohio.She was employed by the...
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