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William "Bill" Ross Clarke
Jun 18, 2016
William (Bill) Ross Clarke (Port Orchard), 70, died unexpectedly of natural causes and went Home on June 18, 2016. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Clarke of Bremerton; daughters, Karen (Michael-Paul) Koontz of Port Orchard and Ellen (Brock) Moller of Bremerton, and grandsons, Brennan and Tyler Koontz and Braxton and Briggs Moller. Also survived by his sister Mary (Michael)...
Leslie Norene Jones
Jun 16, 2016
Leslie Jones of Port Orchard passed into the arms of her loving Savior June 16, 2016 surrounded by her family. She was born October 8, 1942 in Bremerton, Washington to Norman and Marie (Teitzel) Whitcomb. Leslie grew up in Manchester, Washington, attended South Kitsap schools, graduating from South Kitsap High School, class of 1960. After high school Leslie worked at...
Dixie D. Norton
Jun 14, 2016
Dixie was born & raised in Muncie Indiana. She grew up in a little 2 bedroom house that was originally a garage. She shared a very small bedroom with her sister and 2 brothers. The boys shared the top bunk and the girls shared the bottom bunk. However there was always family coming and staying with them which meant the...
Donald (Don) L. Winn
Jun 12, 2016
On June 12, 2016, Don lost his life after a short stay in a nursing home. Don was born October 29, 1931 to Durward F. Winn and Leona Winn in Colton, Nebraska. He graduated from Grants Pass High School in 1949, where he belonged to the ROTC. He joined the Army in 1952 until 1954, during that time he served...
Leroy F. Carlson
Jun 3, 2016
Leroy Frederick Carlson, 93, of Port Orchard, WA, went home to God on Friday, June 3, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Gig Harbor, WA. Leroy was born on December 24, 1922, in Yakima, Washington, where he was raised on the family farm and apple orchard. From an early age, he was both athletic and intensely studious. As a child, in...
Ruth Elizabeth Brooks
Jun 2, 2016
Ruth Elizabeth (Sowell) Brooks, 101 of Bremerton, died June 2, 2016. She was born in Wichita Falls, Texas on June 23, 1914. She was preceded in death by her husband William Maxwell Brooks; parents William Lewis Sowell and Georgia Narcissus Dearing; and son-in-law Gerald Frank Woehrle. She and Max had 4 children William (Sandra) Brooks, J.P. Max Brooks, Mary (Gerald)...
Florence V Cleofe
May 29, 2016
Florence Graida Verdan was born on April 23, 1947 in Atimonan, Quezon Province, the Philippines. She was born to Vicente and Gracia Verdan and was one of 8 children: Soledad, Juliana, Mario, Melchior, Florence, Divina, Felisa, and Filipina. She married Juancho Cleofe on June 24, 1967. As a navy wife, she and her husband travelled from navy station to navy...
Ethel Lucille Clark
May 26, 2016
Ethel (McInnes) Clark passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 26, 2016, at the age of 93 years old in Port Orchard, Washington. Ethel was born in Allen, Kansas on February 26, 1923. She moved from Kansas to California at the age of 13. After high school graduation she worked at Bank of America and ultimately met Richard (Dick) Ohlson at...
Carol Joann Olsen
May 25, 2016
Carol Olsen loved Jesus and spent her entire life taking care of her family and serving others: her family, church, students, and friends. She passed peacefully from this life into the next on May 25, 2016 in Port Orchard surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 14, 1940 in Sunnyside, Washington, where she grew up on her parents'...
Marla Dawn Lillybridge
May 20, 2016
Marla Dawn (Halvorson) Lillybridge, age 57, passed away at home on May 20, 2016 with loved ones present, following a 2 ½ year battle against triple negative breast cancer. Marla was born November 25, 1958, in Bremerton, WA to Manley and Delores Halvorson. She lived in Port Orchard, WA all her life and attended South Kitsap schools, graduating in 1977...
Robert James Brown
May 16, 2016
In Memory of Airman First Class Robert “Bobby” Brown Robert “Bobby” James Brown was born on December 20, 1995 in Wheat Ridge, Co to Jeff and Valeta Brown. Throughout his life, Bobby lived in several states including Colorado, Oregon, Nevada, Texas, Washington and most recently Alaska. As a result of this, Bobby experienced a wide variety of culture, nature and...
Dennis James Cressman
May 8, 2016
Dennis J. Cressman, 65, of Port Orchard died May 8, 2016. He was born in Newport, Rhode Island. As a small boy his family moved to Bremerton and eventually to their home on Long Lake where Dennis lived out his life. Dennis graduated from South Kitsap High School in 1968 and Western Washington University 1972 with a degree in Education....
Edward Lee Loski
May 7, 2016
Ed passed away at his residence from cancer. He was born in Ione, WA. He enjoyed the outdoors, fishing and cowboy action shooting. Survived by his wife Jane, son Stephen and brothers Bob & Jim. Graveside service is 1 pm Thursday, May 12th, at Sunset Lane Memorial Park in Port Orchard. A complete life story is pending.
Bruno Adams
May 1, 2016
Bruno Adams passed away peacefully with family at his beside on May 1st 2016. He was born January 1st 1931 in Russelton West Dear PA to parents Bruno Adams and mother Frances Adamkiewicz. Early on in life he lost both parents and was raised by his three older sister Lottie, Sophie and Bertha in Brooklyn NY. Bruno early on had...
James "Jim" Bennett
Apr 29, 2016
James "Jim" G. Bennett of Port Orchard, passed away April 29, 2016 at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, Washington. Jim was born May 27, 1959 in Gideon, Missouri to the late Girdon and Evelyn Bennett. On June 25, 1983 he married Rhonda Hillis. Jim was the Pastor of Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Port Orchard Washington. He graduated from Poplar Bluff...
Otto J Snay
Apr 27, 2016
Otto J. Snay was born August 5, 1930, in Mount Clemens, Michigan to Charles and Dollie (Klinefelter) Snay. The family moved to the Ohio area when Otto was a young child. In May of 1969, he married LeVena (Hansen) Snay. Otto and LeVena then moved to Omaha Nebraska when Otto joined the Air Force in 1951. Otto served in the...
Agnes Elizabeth Ravnholt Nussle
Apr 27, 2016
Agnes Elizabeth Ravnholt Nussle was born just before her twin sister Astrid Margrethe on July 21, 1931. They were born at home on the family farm in Milltown, Wisconsin, the ninth and tenth children of Kristine and Ansgar Ravnholt. Agnes lived in Milltown until the second grade when the family moved to the nearby town of Luck. As a child...
Nicholas Joseph Schlafer
Apr 27, 2016
Nicholas Schlafer, 69, Port Orchard WA 1947-2016 Nick was born April 13, 1947 in Merrick, NY to Katharine and Joseph Schlafer. Nick was the first of six children. Nicks younger years were filled with family and friends, his stories would captivate his younger syblings and he loved driving to Jones Beach on Long Island. After high school he was drafted...
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