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Local Obituaries for Port Orchard, WA, Kitsap County and Surrounding Areas
Richard Mattson
Jan 6, 2000
Richard Mattson, age 60, died Jan. 6, 2000 in Port Orchard, WA.  He was born May 28, 1940 in Bronx, NY to Joseph and Helen (Campbell) Mattson where he was raised.  He served in the U.S. Army from 1958-1960 as a Chemical Corps - Decon Operator.  Most recently he worked at Johnson Controle at Bangor Submarine Base as a custodian.  ...
Mabel Spiese
Jan 3, 2000
Mabel C. Spiese, 85, died at her home in Port Orchard, Washington on January 3, 2000.  She was born February 17, 1914 in Reading, Pennsylvania to John E. & Cora (Kummerer) Leese.  Mabel married Clair Spiese in Reading on December 25, 1924.  He preceded her in death in 1997.Mrs. Spiese was a telephone operator and church organist in Reading, Pennsylvania.  ...
Dorothea Rutherford
Jan 2, 2000
Dorthea E. Rutherford, 79, died at her home in Port Orchard, Washington on January 2, 2000.  She was born January 31, 1920 in Dallas, Texas to William Gilchrist & Editha Mae (Hamilton) Campbell.  She was raised in Chihuahua, Mexico, home schooled in El Paso, Texas and graduated from Harden-Simmons University also in Texas.  Dorthea married Francis Rutherford on March 15,...
Iola Bradley
Jan 1, 2000
Iola L. 'Ollie' Bradley, 82 of Burien, died in Des Moines, Washington on January 1, 2000.  She was born January 14, 1917 in Blackfoot, Idaho to John & Sarah (Ivey) Loy.  'Ollie' was raised and attended school in Blackfoot also.  'Ollie' retired as an Evergreen worker from Pacific Coast Evergreen.  She was a member of the Port Orchard Eagles 'Rambling...
Zoe Schultz
Dec 28, 1999
Zoe Eloise Schultz, age 82, died Dec. 28, 1999 in Bremerton, WA.  She was born July 18, 1917 in Ritzville, WA.  More information on services will be availabe at a later date.
William Hammel
Dec 28, 1999
William Gerard Hammel III, age 47, died Dec. 28, 1999 in Port Orchard, WA.  He was born May 12, 1952 in Pittsburgh, PA., to William Hammel, Jr., & Vera (Horne) Hammel where he was raised.  He graduated from high school in Pittsburgh, PA and Penn State College in Pittsburgh, PA.  He served in the U.S. Army from 1972-1976 at Ft....
Michael Fields
Dec 27, 1999
Michael J. Fields, 45 of Port Orchard, died at his parents home in Bremerton on December 27, 1999.  He was born November 3, 1954 in Bremerton, Washington to Delmar & Mary (Mason) Fields.  Michael graduated from West Bremerton High in 1973 and from the Apprentice Program in 1979 as an Inside Machinist at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.Mr. Fields worked...
Louise Rodstol
Dec 27, 1999
Louise E. Rodstol, age 87, died Dec. 27, 1999 in Seattle, WA.  She was born March 14, 1912 in Eglon, WA to Augusta and Mary (Shoemaker) Maxwell.  She was raised in Harper, WA.  Mrs. Rodstol was a homemaker.  She was a past member of the Harper Evangelical Free Church; and attended Gatewood Baptist Church in Seattle, WA., for over 50...
Ivan Crawford
Dec 24, 1999
Ivan Crawford, 91, died in Port Orchard on December 24, 1999.  He was born April 18, 1908 in Carmen, Oklahoma to Aldyn Timothy & Pearl Eulla (Burnaugh) Crawford.  Ivan also grew up in Carmen.He married Laura Opal Stufflebeam in Oklahoma in 1937.  They were divorced in 1955 (Laura remarried James A. Culp).During the 1920's and 1930's, Ivan was a Farmer...
Herbert Downing
Dec 23, 1999
Herbert L Downing, age 80, died Dec. 23, 1999 in Bremerton, WA. He was born Feb. 1, 1919 in Saffel, Arkansas to William & Sarah (Adams) Downing.  He served in the U.S. Navy for 20 years.  Mr. Downing served on the U.S.S. Nevada at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese hit in December 1941.  He served in the Pacific all through...
Ethel Johnson
Dec 22, 1999
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 Wennerberg
Dec 21, 1999
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 Simmons-Marshall
Dec 19, 1999
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 Sheridan
Dec 19, 1999
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 Ruscin
Dec 18, 1999
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 Cruz
Dec 17, 1999
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
Dec 16, 1999
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 Secor
Dec 14, 1999
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 Tabtab
Dec 13, 1999
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 Swinsinski
Dec 11, 1999
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...
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