OBITUARIES
Local obituaries for Seattle, Washington, King County and Surrounding Areas
Christine Barrett
Jun 9, 2025
Christine Barrett, 87, passed away on June 9, 2025, leaving behind a rich legacy of friendship, intellect, dedication, and compassion.
Born on May 11, 1938, in San Diego, CA, Christine was the daughter of Lt. Cmdr. Allan C. Edmands, Sr. and Mary Hawes Edmands Ashbrook. She spent her formative years following her father's passing in World War II, in Centralia, WA....
Maureen Frances Thorstensen
Jun 8, 2025
Maureen Frances Thorstensen, age 98, of Seattle/Washington, passed away on June 8th surrounded by loved ones.
Born on October 24, 1926 in Seattle, Maureen was the beloved mother of Christine Porter, Tari Simmons, Mary Paschall and Delores Kinsman. She started her career as a registered nurse and then supported her husband Herman Thorstensen becoming the office manager of his business—Thorny’s Electric...
Sylvia Maureen Bush
Jun 7, 2025
Sylvia Maureen Bush, 79, passed away under the faithful watch of caregivers at the home where she lived comfortably for the last years of her life. Sylvia was born to Frances Bush and Ruth Giddings Bush on July 4, 1945, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, at F.E. Warren Air Force base. She took great joy in being privileged to share her birthday...
Laurențiu Dusciuc
Jun 6, 2025
Laurențiu Dusciuc was born in Botoșani, Romania on 14 January, 1980. He was a cyclist, a forager, an adventurer, a loving husband, a caring brother, and a conscientious transportation engineer. His caring spirit lives on in the bike lanes and multimodal transportation infrastructure that he designed throughout Seattle and the Bay Area including the bike lane at Green lake, Melrose...
Elmer Reynolds Shore
Jun 1, 2025
Elmer Reynolds Shore died on June 1, 2025. He had just celebrated his 91st birthday, and his hospital room at the University of Washington Medical Center was full of cards from his family and photos of his six children, seven grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. There was also a handmade Harley Davidson card from the hospital nurses. If you knew Elmer,...
Velia Susan Gerth
Jun 1, 2025
Vel Gerth beloved mother to Leslie Noson (Dennis), Roslyn Sealy, (passed 2017) Susan Pessemier and Robert Gerth passed away with her devoted family surrounding her on June 1st at the age of 97. She was an actively engaged and influential grandmother (Nonni) to 12 – Tom (passed 2024), Kirstin, Petra (Alen), Dominic (Laura), Anna (Doug), Kate (Nate), Alex and Willie,...
Rita Joanne Hollomon
May 31, 2025
Rita Joanne Hollomon was born on September 14, 1952, in Wenatchee, Washington, to Samuel and Marjorie Wheatcroft. She passed away on May 31, 2025, after a recurrence of cancer. Surrounded by the love of her family, she leaves behind a lifetime of cherished memories and a legacy of warmth and generosity.
In 1986, Rita married her beloved husband, John Hollomon. Together,...
Susan Banks Womeldorff
May 29, 2025
Susan Banks Womeldorff (née Banks) passed away peacefully on May 29th, 2025. Born in Yakima, Washington on May 24th, 1933 to Mary Elizabeth Banks (née Norie) and William “Bill” Carr Banks.
Susan grew up the second of three children in Moscow, Idaho. She made lifelong friends from her neighborhood. They dubbed themselves the “B Street Gang” and even wrote a compilation...
Mikio Tajima
May 26, 2025
Mikio Tajima passed away on May 26, 2025, at the age of 91. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Esther S. Tajima, son, Mark Tajima (spouse, Jennifer Haag), daughter, Emiko Tajima (spouse, Joe Handelman), and grandchildren, Claudia, Alex, Damir, and Ravi. His brothers, Kenkichi and Tatsuo preceded him in death.
Mikio was born March 30th, 1934, in Kobe,...
Patrick David McLain
May 26, 2025
Patrick David McLain passed away on May 26th, 2025 in Shoreline, WA due to complications of Huntington’s Disease. Born on January 17th, 1950 in Hutchinson, KS, he was the youngest of four children of James T. McLain and Juanita (Kennedy) F. McLain.
Pat pursued his education with dedication, attending Hutchinson High School, Hutchinson Junior College, the University of Kansas, and last...
Paul Hoerlein
May 25, 2025
Paul Hampton Hoerlein was born in Portland, Oregon to Paul Frank Hoerlein and Mildred Hoerlein. Known to his family as “Buddy Paul”, he grew up in Hood River with his older sister Nancy on an orchard in the Mt. Hood foothills where he learned the value of family ties, hard work and faith. Through his dad’s affiliation with mountain rescue group The Crag Rats...
Christopher Vegors
2025
Christopher (Chris) "Crime Scene" Vegors passed away peacefully at home and surrounded by family on May 21, 2025, at the age of 45, after living courageously for almost three years with ALS. He was a son, brother, husband, father, friend, proud marine, and small business owner for over 20 years. While his trade was crime scene cleaning, his trademark was...
Leota Rae Van Wieringen
May 19, 2025
Leota Rae Van Wieringen – Age 94, of Seattle, WA passed away peacefully on May 19, 2025.
Leota was born to Pauline and Lawrence Knight in Bayview, WA. The family relocated to property south of Mount Vernon where they had a small farm. As an only child, Leota had many chores on the farm. Leota attended a one room schoolhouse and...
Bert Sacks
May 16, 2025
Bert’s Life: A Brief TimelineBert was born in Cambridge, MA to proud parents, Samuel and Sylvia Sacks. He grew up in the small town of Sharon. His maternal grandparents lived with them and paternal grandparents lived nearby.From a young age he loved books and going to the library. He excelled in school and served as student body president in high...
Robert Henry Brothers
May 13, 2025
Robert (Bob) Henry Brothers – beloved husband, father, brother, uncle, and friend - passed away at home on May 13, 2025 at the age of 80.
Bob was born in July, 1944 in Fort Wayne, Indiana to Mary Jo (Scott) and Thomas Henry Brothers, the second of four children. The Brothers family later moved to Springfield, Illinois, where Bob attended Springfield High School and...
Mary Alice Tully Elias
May 11, 2025
Mary Alice Tully Elias (1948 to 2025) died peacefully at home among family and friends on May 11th (Mother's Day). She died as a result of her long battle with breast cancer and her post-polio syndrome. She was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1948 and still maintains strong bonds with the area.
She is survived by her loving husband, Harold...
Scott Giraldin
May 10, 2025
With great sadness we share the passing of our precious brother Scott Giraldin (71) at home with family, in Renton on May 10. He was born in 1953 in Renton and grew up in San Jose, California.
Scott was a music lover. He and his boyhood friends made cardboard guitars, put on wigs and lip-synced songs of his favorite band, The...
David Scott Emery
May 7, 2025
The father of two beautiful children, Lisamari Emery and William Eric Emery, and the brother of two wonderful sisters, Nancy Emery and Linda St. Clair...
*** having a kind heart*** a bright mind*** and a quick wit (that he loved to share)*** intellectually sharp as a tack*** always seeking the evasive path of "enlightenment" David was a graduate of the University...
Glenda Mary Holden née McPherson
May 7, 2025
Glenda was born almost 87 years ago in the small town of Rockhampton, on the east coast of Queensland, Australia, right on the Tropic of Capricorn. Her father Robert was a baker; her mother Thyra was a homemaker.
A beloved matriarch celebrated for her refined taste, sharp wit, passion for travel, culinary expertise, and a devoted family, she was an early...
Jeffrey Buckley
May 4, 2025
What defines a life?
If it is in a person’s passions, my father, Jeffrey Buckley, had many definitions.
A soldier, a dancer, a musician, a ballplayer, a photographer, a collector, a teacher, a friend, a father, a brother, an uncle, a patriot.
The eldest of seven children, Jeff was a jokester from an early age, often playing pranks on his younger siblings and...
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