Josefina was born on May 26, 1944 to Angel and Alicia (Gustilo) Maduramente in Leganes, Iloilo, Philippine Islands during World War II and the Japanese occupation. Life in those days had many challenges. Her mother’s family, the Gustilo family was influential in Leganes. Early in her life the family moved to Olongapo, which was adjacent to the US Navy Base,...
Barbara Jo Masten was born in Tacoma, to Gene and Dorothy Masten on February 9th, 1944. She was second of three children; older brother Bob and younger brother Gene (Butch). She attended Stadium High School. Shortly after graduation, she met and married Delmer Griffey. The two were inseparable for over 57 years and became active members of their community; volunteering...
Shirley M. Young, 84, passed away in the early morning of January 16, 2020 with her loving husband by her side. Shirley died of complications from pancreatic cancer. An extremely strong lady, Shirley fought hard to make every moment she had on this earth count and she fought hard until the end. Shirley resided in Port Orchard with her husband...
Donald “Jim” James Roberts passed away January 12, 2020, in the loving arms of his family. He died of complications from multifocal glioblastoma. His fight with cancer was mercifully and mercilessly short. A memorial will be held Monday, January 20, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. at Rill Chapel’s Life Tribute Center in Port Orchard, Washington. A reception will follow at the...
Kenneth Dwight Kliewer was born January 26, 1930, in Newport, Washington. He was the youngest of nine children born to Frank and Katherine Kliewer. He was raised on a small farm in Spring Valley, a community of General Conference Mennonites during the depression. Life was difficult, but Ken had all the adventures of a boy growing up on a farm...
James F. Smith, 90, passed away January 10, 2020 in Melbourne, Florida. He was born January 3, 1930 in Saint Catharines Ontario, Canada to James P. Smith and Mary (Huke) Smith Donnelly. Shortly after his birth his mother moved back with family where he was raised in Brooklyn, New York. His childhood home in Brooklyn was situated above a butcher...
Kathy was born in Plymouth, Michigan March 2, 1940 to Carl and Dorcas Ellen (Burnap) Keig. She was the youngest of three having one sister and one brother. She met the love of her life, Wallace Lee, ‘Wally’ Wood, in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska. They married on June 10, 1960 and they moved from Nebraska to Port Orchard in 1965. Kathy...
In Loving Memory Elaine Martinez Tebo November 10, 1964 – January 7, 2020 Elaine Martinez Tebo of Bremerton, Washington passed away on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at the age of 55. In her passing, she now joins her father: Manuel N. Martinez; Maternal Grandparents: Thomas M. and Alminda T. Paulino; Paternal Grandparents: Jose and Elena Martinez. She is survived by...
We are gathered here to remember Dorothy Hess, a loving mother and grandmother, a friend and a servant of the Lord. We should be here not to mourn her passing, but to celebrate her joyous arrival into heaven. She was a simple woman and a true pioneer. She often remembers teaching grades 1-6 in a one room school during frigid...
Linda J Tweit was born March 5, 1948 in Valley City, ND to Edna and Johnny Twidt. She spent her childhood on a farm near Kathryn, ND, attended school in Hastings, ND and then attended Litchville, ND after the school in Hastings closed. Linda was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran church. Linda worked as custodian in multiple schools with...
Rosalie Lorraine Atkinson, Port Orchard, died January 4, 2020 at the age of 89. She was a loving and beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, aunt and friend to many. Rosalie, called Rosie by her family and friends, is survived by her six children, Nancy Doyle (Bill), Phyllis Counts (Dennis), Susan Mullins (Alvin), Richard Atkinson, Teri Girard, and Tom Atkinson (Sharon),...
Margie T. Myers, 88, residing in Port Angles, WA - passed away peacefully Saturday January 4th, in 2020. She was born August 27th, 1931 in Tacoma, WA to her parents Theodore and Winifred Prengel. Named after her father Ted as Theodora she was given the nic-name "Teddy" as a child which stayed with her all her life. Teddy grew up...
Mary Cecilia Finlay was born May 20, 1928 in Big Wells, Texas to Wallace and Cecilia (Zimmerman) Finlay. The fourth of five children, Henry, Ray and following Bonney and preceding Wallace. She was born in an area that was greatly affected by the Dust Bowl of the 1930’s ravaging prairie and farmlands throughout the United States and Canada. Because of...
Myrtle Lorraine Cooper was born near Hazen, North Dakota, on July 15, 1929, to Andrew Oster and Florence Conrath Oster. She was baptized September 22, 1929, in the German Evangelical Lutheran Church. They spoke German until Gerald, her older brother, started school. Then Florence decided that only English would be spoken at home. The family lived with her Grandpa Conrath...
Ileana Harriett Miller was born in Huston, Idaho on February 28, 1929, the second of two children, both girls to Archie and Thelma (Jones) Miller. She was named after Romanian princess Ileana. Though our Ileana was raised on a farm, she yet carried the dignity, finesse and elegance of her namesake. She overcame a great deal of sickness early in...
Reverend Orville August Jacobson, 80, passed at home in Indianola December 27, 2019. Born May 24, 1939 in Bemidji, MN to Reverend Oscar A and Olga Jacobson, Orv joined siblings Pearl Darlene and James Frederick. The family lived and ministered in Fertile, MN until Orv was eight years old, when they moved to Bellingham, WA. Upon high school graduation, Orville...
Milo G. Wright died on December 25, 2019 at Washington Veterans Home (Retsil) in Port Orchard, WA surrounded by those that loved and respected him fiercely. Milo died from complications of cancer found in his neck, he was 74 years old. Milo was born on September 12, 1945 in Bremerton, WA to his parents Florence (Caswell) Wright (born 1910 Minnesota)...
Berdine Vlasta Johnson, 87, of Port Orchard, passed away on December 20, 2019 after a short illness. Berdine was born on October 6, 1932 in Lincoln, NE, to Rudolph and Vlasta Srb. She graduated from Lincoln Northeast High School in 1950. After her marriage in 1951 to Ken Johnson, the couple moved to several cities and towns in Nebraska, Iowa,...
Mabel Elizabeth (Betty) James Thompson Beck 1926 ~ 2019 On Thursday, December 19, 2019 Mabel Elizabeth (Betty) James Thompson Beck was reunited with her loved ones in Heaven at the age of 93. Born September 1, 1926 to Robert (Bob) E. James and Mabel E. Harris James of Bethel, North Carolina. She was the middle of three children with an...