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Harriet Norwood
Aug 11, 2017
Harriet Louise Norwood died August 11, 2017 after a lengthy illness. She was the oldest daughter of Harriet and Russell Root of Port Orchard. She was born and lived all her life in South Kitsap. Harriet graduated from South Kitsap High School in 1957. She attended Olympic College for two years. Harriet volunteered 18 years in the South Kitsap Schools...
Hattie Luella Bruner
Aug 5, 2017
Hattie L. Bruner, 75, passed away Saturday August 5, 2017. She was born and spent most of her childhood in Montana. In 1965 she moved to Wenatchee, WA to work at a hospital. She later moved to Tacoma to continue her career and there she met her husband, Johnny Bruner. On Sept 8, 1978 there were married in the city...
David Anthony Boykin
Aug 1, 2017
David Anthony Boykin was born June 29, 1982 in Bakersfield, California. He spent his childhood in Puyallup, Washington and graduated from Maple Lane High School, which was one of his most cherished memories. Throughout his life, Christmas morning remained one of Dave’s most favorite times of the year. He loved spending those early morning hours with his family, opening up...
Ellen May Wear
Jul 31, 2017
Ellen May Wear was born on June 10, 1924 to Carl and Minnie Kelm in East Liverpool, Ohio. She was the youngest of 5 children. Her family was very poor and she lost both parents by the time she was 20 years old. She met and married Floyd Wear, an airman in the United States Air Force, in 1945. During...
Kenneth Lawrence Borchers
Jul 26, 2017
Kenneth Lawrence Borchers peacefully passed away at Harrison Medical Center, Bremerton, on July 26, 2017 at the age of 92. Ken was born April 17, 1925, in Maryville, Missouri to Ulysses S. Grant Borchers and Myrtle F. (Markwell) Borchers. The youngest of 14 children, moved with his parents as an infant to Aberdeen, Washington while his father worked building the...
Lydia Gowing
Jul 23, 2017
Lydia Gowing, beloved wife, mother and grandmother passed peacefully in the home she loved and shared with her family. Lydia was born in 1934 in Edinburg, TX to Demetria and Ignacio Alvear; the third oldest in a family of seven. From a young age, Lydia was independent, creative and shared a close relationship with all her brothers and sisters. After...
Betty Christine Erickson
Jul 22, 2017
Betty’s life was filled with fun, family & friends. She was 19 when married Kenneth Gordon Erickson in International Falls, MN. He was her best friend, companion, and the only true love of her life. They remained happily married for 62 years. Betty & Kenny raised two daughters, Christine and Susan in Virginia, Minnesota. Betty was a wife, mother, grandmother...
Mario Gonzales
Jul 22, 2017
Mario Gonzales was born on November 21, 1937 in Houston, Texas. He was the youngest of eight siblings: 3 sisters and 4 brothers, all born in Houston. He lived in Texas until 2013 when he moved to Washington to be closer to his remaining family. He served active duty in the Marines in the late 1950s then upon discharge studied...
Pauline Agnes Skelton
Jul 22, 2017
Pauline was born September 21, 1940 in Missouri Valley, IA to Joseph and Pearl Newhouse. She was the fourth of five children; Dorothy, Joyce, Joseph, and Judy. Growing up Pauline loved spending time at her Grandmother McCrickard’s farm with her Aunt Amelia and Uncles Mack and Albert. Shortly after graduating high school Pauline joined the Navy and served during the...
Evangeline Elizabeth Thompson
Jul 13, 2017
Evangeline (Toodie) was born in Minnesota and came to Washington at an early age. She lived in the Tacoma area until December 14, 1941, when she married James H. Thompson and moved to Auburn, Washington. Toodie graduated from Lincoln High School and Beutei Business College in Tacoma. During World War II she worked in Seattle for the Army Corp of...
Reiko Arima Okabe
Jul 8, 2017
Reiko Arima Okabe was born on February 16, 1933 in Haeju, Korea (now North Korea). Her father Morizo, sent her records to Kagoshima, Japan to his father’s house, and thus her birth record was registered in Japan. From then on her records stated that she was born in Japan. She was the oldest of five siblings: 3 younger sisters and...
Carl John Lyden
Jul 7, 2017
Carl was born August 10, 1935 in Worthington, Minnesota to Rosie and Carl Lyden Senior. Carl was the 4th of 5 boys. His brothers were Ole, Alexander, Lester, and Charles. Growing up in a small farming community was a great place for young boys to grow up. I cannot repeat some of the stories my father told of he and...
Sigrid Helga Douzart
Jul 2, 2017
Sigrid Helga Douzart also known as "DIDI", passed away July 2nd at her home with her husband and daughter by her side. DiDi was born in Frankfurt Germany on Feb 1st 1948,where she spent most of her childhood. She boarded the SS United State in 1961 and came to America. DiDi spent some of her teen years in Calistoga, CA...
Cynthia Robinson
Jul 2, 2017
Cynthia Roseanne Robinson (Buffington), 65, of Port Orchard passed away of natural causes at home on July 2nd, 2017. Memorial services are scheduled for Saturday, July 15th. A viewing is scheduled from 10:00 am to 11:00 am, with a memorial service to follow at 11:00 am. The viewing and service will be held at Rill’s Life Tribute Center, 1151 Mitchell...
Delores "Dee Dee" Eliza Wernet
Jul 1, 2017
Dee Dee was born in Hibbing, Minnesota to Frank and Arlene Smith on August 18, 1955. She was number 5 of 7 children. When she was 5, the family moved from northern Minnesota to Bremerton, Washington. In her younger years, Dee Dee was involved in Girl Scouts, Sea Scouts, Community Theater, and her church’s choir and youth group, as well...
Charlotte Gatchell
Jun 30, 2017
Charlotte Gatchell was born in Morton, Minnesota in 1922. She married Clifford Gatchell in 1940., they were married for 70 years . She was happy being a wife, mother and homemaker to their four children. Myrna Ball (George), Dale Gatchell, Lynn Gatchell (Deborah) and Julia Taylor (Michael) She is survived by her four children, their mates and her brother Vance...
Louise Post
Jun 29, 2017
Louise Jane Heath was born January 14, 1925 on a cold wintery morning in Salt Lake City, Utah at home and lived there until her marriage to Norman Houck Post of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Her parents were well pleased with a daughter after having three sons. When the war broke out, she quit high school and went to work for...
Arthur Leroy Sanford
Jun 28, 2017
Arthur Leroy Sanford Born: November 19, 1921 in Atlanta, GA Died: June 28, 2017 in Port Orchard, WA Survived by: His wife of 72 years, Betty Jean Soule Sanford; his daughter, Nancy Elizabeth Sanford Hintz (husband Robert, dec.) of Charlotte, NC; son Richard Earle Sanford, Hemet, CA (dec. 2012), son Dennis Sanford (wife Ginger) of Port Angeles, WA: son Patrick...
Dennis Perry
Jun 27, 2017
After completing school at South Kitsap High School, Dennis spent time traveling parts of the United States, including Alaska where he enjoyed fishing. He later entered an electrical Apprenticeship, and had a short career as an electrician until he was injured. He then went back to school and became a licensed Pharmacy Tech. Dennis liked Rock music and was a...
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