Obituaries

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

James Lemon,

James Lemon,

Dec 19, 2001

Mr. James "Jim" Arthur Lemon, Senior, Age: 56, died at his residence in Port Orchard, Washington on December 19, 2001.Jim had been born on November 18, 1945 in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, to Charles and Alvina(Solum)Lemon.He graduated from South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard. Following high school, Jim joined the United States Navy. He served aboard the USS Franklin D....

Dorothy Carroll

Dorothy Carroll

Dec 19, 2001

Dorothy Carroll, 78, of Port Orchard, WA, died December 19, 2001, at Northwoods Lodge in Silverdale, WA.Dorothy was born February 19, 1923, in Seattle, WA, to Francis and Rose (Duffy) Behrle.She graduated from South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard in 1940. Dorothy then attended UCLA in Los Angeles, CA, where she worked on her undergraduate studies from 1940 to...

Gwendolyn Morris Jenkins

Gwendolyn Morris Jenkins

Dec 18, 2001

Gwen M. Jenkins, Age: 85, resident of Manchester, Washington, died on December 18, 2001 at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton, after a long term illness.Gwen was born in Grand Mounds, Washington on June 5, 1916 to Winnifred(Dove) and Frank Morris. She attended Rochester High School, Rochester, Washington, graduating in 1933.On May 5, 1934, Gwen married Frank James Jenkins in Hollywood, California....

John Miller

John Miller

Dec 18, 2001

John P. Miller, 69, of Port Orchard, WA, died December 18, 2001, at his home in Port Orchard.John was born August 3, 1932, in Lockport, NY, to Harold L. and Mary (Wykrent) Miller.John attended Pittsburg Aeronautical Institute in Pittsburg, PA, after graduating from high school.John served in the United States Navy for 8 years earning the Korean Service Medal.He worked...

Eleanor Pizzano

Eleanor Pizzano

Dec 17, 2001

Eleanor P. Pizzano, passed away on December 17, 2001. She was a resident of Port Orchard, Washington since 1988. Eleanor was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts on July 24, 1921 to Robert and Annie(Pike) Lee. She was youngest of eight children.After graduation from high school, Eleanor worked as a payroll clerk for Seconi Mobil Corporation in Boston. Her career as an...

Velma Dayton

Velma Dayton

Dec 16, 2001

Velma Maurine Dayton, Age: 92, resident of Port Orchard, died at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton on December 16, 2001.Velma was born in Kansas City, Missouri on October 28, 1909 to Frank and Mattie(Dawson)McKenzie.She dedicated her life to being an Artist.She is survived by a daughter, Patricia Mulhausen of Tigard, Oregon; and two grandchildren.No services are planned at this time. Inurnment...

Clifford Levenseller

Clifford Levenseller

Dec 12, 2001

Mr. Clifford O. Levenseller, Age: 84, died on December 12, 2001 in Port Orchard, Washington. Clifford was born on July 26, 1917 in Ruston, Washington to Edgar and Ellen(O'Donnell)Levenseller. He attended West Seattle High School, graduating in 1937. On July 26, 1940 he married Wilma Kenney in Seattle, Washington.Mr. Levenseller worked as a Shipfitter at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in...

Elizabeth Jones

Elizabeth Jones

Dec 10, 2001

Elizabeth A. Jones, Age:96, resident of Port Orchard, Washington, died on December 10, 2001 in Port Orchard. Elizabeth was born on September 8, 1905 in Maquoketa, Iowa to Frank and Margaret(Reistroffer) Goldschmit. On September 27, 1923 Elizabeth married Minard Jones in White Lake, South Dakota. He preceded her in death in 1970.She spent her life as a Homemaker.Mrs. Jones is...

Minona Emery

Minona Emery

Dec 10, 2001

Minona F. Emery, 89, of Manchester, WA, died December 10, 2001, of heart failure at her home in Manchester.Minona was born January 17, 1912, to Roy and Elizabeth (Ehlebracht) Fitts on the Waikiki Farm in Spokane, WA. She graduated from Sunnyside High School in Sunnyside, WA, and attended 1 year of business college in New York City.Minona married Edward E....

Lucina Cassidy

Lucina Cassidy

Dec 8, 2001

Mrs.Lucina M. Cassidy, Age: 76, died at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton, Washington on December 8, 2001. She was a resident of Port Orchard, Washington.Lucina was born on September 3, 1925 in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to Jerimiah and Mae Holland.On May 14, 1944 she married Charles Cassidy in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Lucina spent her life dedicated to raising her...

Mary Hart

Mary Hart

Dec 6, 2001

Mary Kathleen Hart, Age: 82, of Port Orchard, Washington, died of natural causes on December 6, 2001 at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton.''Kathleen'' was born on March 21, 1919 in Wheeling, West Virginia to William and Adelia(Craig) Burkle. She attended Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Springfield, Massachusetts.In 1943 Kathleen married Ira Winfield Hart in North Carolina. He preceded her in...

James Cornwell

James Cornwell

Dec 5, 2001

Mr. James L. Cornwell, Age: 73, died at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton, Washington on December 5, 2001. He had been a resident of Port Orchard, Washington.Mr. Cornwell had been born on September 22, 1928 in Terre Haute, Indiana to Alan and Anna(Dickerson) Cornwell. He attended Roosevelt High School in East Chicago, Illinois, and Marine Corps Correspondence College. He served honorably...

Doris Welson

Doris Welson

Dec 5, 2001

Mrs. Doris I. Welson, Age: 85, died on December 5, 2001 in Port Orchard, Washington. She was a former resident of Renton, Washington.Doris was born on August 11, 1916 in Champagne, Illinois to Louis and Velma(Hefferman) Dentinger. On December 2, 1941, she married Ernest Welson. He preceded her in death in 1985.Doris worked at the Boeing Company for ten years...

Theodore J. Sirotzki

Theodore J. Sirotzki

Dec 3, 2001

Mr.Theodore, ''Ted'' Sirotzki, Age: 60, died at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton, Washington on December 3, 2001 due to cancer.''Ted'' had been born on December 9, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois to August and Sonia(Klepatski)Sirotzki. He attended Waller High School in Chicago, graduating in 1960.''Ted'' served in the United States Air Force from 1961-1965. On January 18, 1964 he married Jane Mock...

Jennie Petersen

Jennie Petersen

Nov 30, 2001

Jennie Dorothea Petersen of Port Orchard, died Friday, November 30, 2001 in Bremerton, Washington. She would have been 92 years old on Saturday, December 1,2001.She was born in her grandmother's house near Kristiansand, Norway to Peter E. and Johanne L.(Larsen) Petersen. At age four, she traveled by ship to the United States with her mother. Jennie and her mother and...

Kathleen Fahey

Kathleen Fahey

Nov 25, 2001

Kathleen Anne Fahey, Age: 44, died on November 25, 2001 in Port Orchard, Washington. She had been born on November 5, 1957 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Michael and Geraldine(Cozmina)Fahey.Kathleen attended Sunset High School, Beaverton, Oregon, graduating in 1976. She also studied at Oregon State University in Corvallis.Kathleen spent the majority of her career as a Care Provider and Waitress....

M. Walter

M. Walter

Nov 22, 2001

M. Opal Walter, 91, of Port Orchard, WA, died November 22, 2001, at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton, WA. Opal was born September 3, 1910, in Anselmo, NE, to Fred and Mabel (Lindly) Anderson. She graduated from Anselmo High School and then attended college in Nebraska for 1 year.In June 1931, Opal married Marion Crumrine in Merna, NE. They were...

Hazel Young

Hazel Young

Nov 19, 2001

Ms. Hazel H. Young, Age: 80, resident of Port Orchard, Washington, died on November 19, 2001 following a long term illness.Ms. Young was born on October 25, 1921 in Newport, South Dakota to William and Anna(Carro) Korthour. On November 25, 1963 Hazel married Ivo R. ''Bud'' Young in Bremerton, Washington. He preceded her in death in 1993.Hazel was a Homemaker,...

George Vanderbilt

George Vanderbilt

Nov 19, 2001

George H. Vanderbilt, 90, of Manchester, WA, died November 19, 2001, at Manor Care in Gig Harbor, WA. George was born August 30, 1911, in Palmer, WA, to William and Jessie (MacDonald) Vanderbilt. He graduated from Queen Anne High School in Seattle, WA, in 1929.George served in the United States Army during World War II, receiving his Honorable Discharge November...

Anthony Hannan

Anthony Hannan

Nov 17, 2001

Mr. Anthony Hannan, Age: 67, resident of Allyn, Washington died of cancer on November 17,2001 at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton, Washington.He had been born on July 30, 1934 in Maple Park, Illinois to Thomas and Mary(Halligan) Hannan.Anthony attended West High School in Bremerton. On January 5, 1957 he married Regina A.Beauchamp in Bremerton. He served in the United States Coast...