Ethel D. Johnson, age 81, died Dec. 22, 1999 in Port Orchard, WA. She was born Oct. 30, 1918 in LaMoure County, ND to Olaf & Inga Johnson and she was raised in Lisbon, ND. She married Dale Johnson January 26, 1941 in the Standing Rock Church in Fort Ransom, ND. Mrs. Johnson moved to Port Orchard in 1958. She...
Hal G. Wennerberg, age 70, died December 21, 1999 in Bremerton, WA. He was born August 14, 1929 in Pendleton, Oregon to Hal and Elsie (Marlin) Wennerberg. He served in the U.S. Marines from March 16, 1946 until May 26, 1947. He worked as a Sheet Metal Foreman in shop #17 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard before retiring in...
Shari K. Simmons-Marshall, age 42, died December 19, 1999 in Bremerton, WA. She was born January 27, 1957 in Lansing, Michigan to Beeman and Elaine (Parkes) Simmons. She was raised in Gaylord, MI and graduated from Gaylord High School in 1975. She graduated from Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa in 1984. She worked as a nurse for the past 15...
Violet B. Sheridan, age 81, died December 19, 1999 in Port Orchard, WA. She was born September 7, 1918 in Visalia, CA to John and Gertrude (Stover) Kloth. She was raised in Visalia and graduated from Visalia High School in 1932. She worked as a legal secretary in Visalia, CA. She also worked as a homemaker. She was a member...
Barbara Nadine Ruscin, age 55, died December 18, 1999 in Port Orchard, WA. She was born August 14, 1944 in Beloit, WI to George Wallace Chaney and Emmalei Vandervort (Clymer). She was raised in Evansville, WI and attended Evansville High School. She was a past member of the Port Orchard Eagles Auxiliary. She married Howard Ruscin on May 14, 1988...
Isabel Santos Cruz, age 70, died December 17, 1999 in Baltimore, MD. She was born July 2, 1929 in Guam to Mariano Carbullido Santos (Theodora Cruz Babauta) where she was raised. She was a resident of Sinajana, Guam. She graduated from Western State College of Colorado in Gunnison, CO in 1952 and from the University of Guam with a Masters...
John Mossi, age 90, died December 16, 1999 in Port Orchard, WA. He was born January 15, 1909 in Belonzona, Switzerland. He imigrated to the U.S. in 1929 to Petaloma, CA, in 1988 he moved to the Port Orchard area. He worked as a butcher in California for 30 years before retiring in 1988. He is survived by his son...
Christopher Guy Secor, 43, of Port Orchard died Dec. 14, 1999 in Port Orchard. He was born Sept. 11, 1956, in Longview to William and Vella (Wise) Secor. He grew up in Kelso, graduating from Kelso High School. Mr. Secor graduated from Lower Columbia College in Longview and from The Ocean Corporation (diving school) in Houston. He served in the...
Marchelle Mae Tabtab, 10, died at her home in Port Orchard, Washington after a long struggle with cancer. She was born in Tacoma, Washington on August 26, 1989 to Amando & Tamura (Bryan) Tabtab. Marchelle attended Manchester Elementary School in Manchester, Washington.Surviving are her parents; brothers Nathan & Anthony and sister Shandra Tabtab, all of the family home; paternal grandmother...
Norma Marie Swinsinski, 77 of Port Orchard, died December 11, 1999. She was born November 30, 1922 in Stubinville, Ohio to Antonio & Julia (Geonetti) Leone. Norma married Pete Swinsinski in Stubinville, Ohio. He preceded her in death in 1966. Mrs. Swinsinski moved to Fontana, California in 1950 where she resided for 40 years. She worked for the Fontana Unified...
Patrick K. Reid, 79, died at her home in Port Orchard on December 10,1999. She was born on April 13, 1920 to Clifford & Anna (Walker) Kelley and raised in Indiana. She graduated from Caldwell High School in Caldwell, Idaho in 1937. Patrick married Thomas J.E. Reid, Jr. on November 2, 1942 in Hailey, Idaho. He preceded her in Death...
Leslie L. Mears, 50 of Bremerton, died December 9, 1999. He was born in Yakima, Washington on March 25, 1949 to Lawrence & Charlene (Barnes) Mears. He was raised in Moxee, Washington graduating from East Valley High School. Mr. Mears worked as a Lagger at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. As a child he worked in the hops fields in the...
MaeBelle E. Fitzpatrick, 91, died at her home in Port Orchard, Washington on December 9, 1999. She was born on November 19, 1908 in Daggett, Michigan to Eric & Selma (Bergstrom) Carlson. She was a 1926 graduate of Kingsford High School in Iron Mountain, Michigan and graduated from Upper Peninsula School of Nursing in Marquette, Michigan in 1952. MaeBelle married...
Sydney Raymond Loucks, age 81, died December 6, 1999 in Bellevue, WA. He was born June 13, 1999 in Vashon Island, WA to Rodney and Vinita (New) Loucks. He was raised in Seattle, WA and graduated from Queen Anne High School in Seattle in 1938. He also attended the Chef Training School at Edison Technical School in Seattle. He served...
Ada Fern Perry Stead, 95, died in Port Orchard on December 4, 1999. She was born July 19, 1904 on a farm near Westhope, North Dakota to Frank and Huldah (Hiatt) Perry, the youngest of seven children. She was raised and educated in Westhope and married James Edward Stead on November 21, 1923 in Lyleton Manitoba Canada. They had one...
Ruth Ann Phillips, 77 of Port Orchard, died at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton on December 4, 1999. She was born November 3, 1922 in Aberdeen, South Dakota to John A. & Ruth Elizabeth (Westlund) Black. Ruth was raised in Harper, Washington and graduated from West Seattle High School in 1941. She married Carl Phillips in Yuma, Arizona on June...
Bryson Paul Kalani Ryans, 25 of Bremerton, died at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on December 1, 1999. He was born December 1, 1974 in Hilo, Hawaii to Raymond & Yvonne Jean (Morris) Ryans, III. Bryson graduated from Roosevelt High School in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1992. He worked as a Drywall Installer.Surviving are his mother Yvonne Lima; daughter Bryka Simone...
Inez May Kirsch, 88, of Seattle, died at Swedish Medical Center in Ballard, Washington on November 30, 1999. She was born April 7, 1911 to Kenneth & Jauquina (Walsh) Newell in Harper, Washington. She was raised in Harper and graduated from Vashon High School in Vashon, Washington. Inez married Ernest Kirsch on July 27, 1935 in Harper, Washington. He preceded...
Clarence E. Darrow, age 74, died Nov. 23, 1999 in Bremerton, WA. He was born in Cayuga, WI to Cooper and Elizabeth Darrow where he was raised. He was self employed in many areas, including building homes and scrap iron. He also worked in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in his earlier years. He was a member of the church...
Selay Marr Lammers, age 98, died Nov. 22, 1999 in Port Orchard, WA. She was born Nov. 10, 1901 in Jericho Springs, MO to Enos and Caltha (Brasher) Hubbard where she was raised. She most recently worked as a telephone operator before retiring. During the 1940's and 1950's she worked at the old Port Orchard telephone office, and the Puget...