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Edna Marie Randle
Jun 13, 2026
Sunrise November 29, 1937 Sunset June 13, 2026
Edna Marie Randle was born on November 29, 1937 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Her parents Blanche Lisby and Carleton Cowan raised Edna and her sister Elsie together, until the unfortunate passing of her mother Blanche when Edna was a toddler.
Edna and Elsie lived with their maternal grandmother Pearl for a short while, and went...
Michael Alan Ramey
Jun 12, 2026
Michael Alan Ramey August 2, 1938, Washington DC – June 12, 2016, Seattle, WA died peacefully as he wished after Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED), supported by three loving friends and the wonderful people at A Sacred Passing.
Mike arrived in Seattle in 1964, after 4 years in the United States Air Force.
Mike lived by the philosophy of “Tikkun Olam”,...
Jerome Joseph Goedde
Jun 4, 2026
We are heartbroken to announce the passing of Jerome J. Goedde, loving husband, father, and grandfather, who passed away June 4, 2026. Born in Elgin, Nebraska to Joe and Mary Goedde in 1933, the family moved to Chelan where Jerry grew up with his three brothers. He graduated Chelan High School in 1951, and earned his degree in Mechanical Engineering...
Nancy Jean Code
Jun 2, 2026
Nancy Jean Code passed away unexpectedly on June 2, 2026, at the age of 92 years old. She was born September 22, 1933, in Fargo, ND to Walter and Mary (Masterson) Larson and was raised in Buffalo ND, except for the years from 1943 to 1945 when the extended family moved to Mt. Vernon, WA due to the lingering impacts...
Larry Raymond Smith
Jun 2, 2026
Larry Raymond Smith, 83, of Seattle, Washington died peacefully on June 2, 2026. He was a wonderful, gentle man: equal parts strength, sensitivity and kindness. His life was full of love. A cherished husband, father, grandfather and friend, he will be sorely missed.
Larry was born in Seattle on December 14, 1942 to Eleanor Lundberg and Nathan Smith. Though he lived...
Stanley Gartler
May 25, 2026
Stanley (Stan) M. Gartler passed away peacefully in the early hours of Memorial Day, May 25, 2026. He was a couple of weeks shy of his 103rd birthday. For the past few months, he had been slowly losing strength and was ready to be done with the full and rewarding life he had lived. He got his wish. To the...
Linda Jang-Narancic
May 24, 2026
Linda Jang-Narancic was born in Seattle on Sep 28, 1949, to Lowman Soo Jang and Nancy Jean (Chinn) Jang. She passed away on May 24, 2026, at age 76 in Edmonds, Washington, after a long illness.
Linda graduated from Franklin High School in 1967. She loved to travel, and her first trip after high school was to Taiwan with her lovely...
David Michaud
May 21, 2026
David Michaud passed away peacefully at age 90, on May 21 2026 at his Seattle home. He was asleep in bed and passed just as his dear mother had before him.
David was born in Vancouver Canada but moved to Seattle to pursue opportunities in real estate. Over the years, he developed and restored his residences and rental properties in Seattle,...
Erin Jeaneen Chapman Kansala
May 21, 2026
Erin Jeaneen Chapman Kansala, 51 years of age, passed away May 21, 2026 of cardiac arrest.
Erin was born April 25, 1975 to Jeaneen and Russell Chapman. She was a sister to Maureen Arnesen (Alan) and grew up in West Seattle where she lived throughout her life.
Erin attended Holy Rosary Elementary School and was a graduate of Holy Names Academy. She studied communications at...
Nelda Jean Zaballos
May 19, 2026
Nelda Jean Zaballos passed away at Bayview Manor in Seattle, Washington, on May 19, 2026. Nelda was formerly a resident of Modesto, San Leandro, and Oakland, California.
She was born Nelda Jean Smart in Modesto on November 23, 1931 to Oliver William Smart (1901-1981) and Georgia Edith (Spivey) Smart (1904-1991). She graduated from San Leandro High School in 1949.
Nelda met Francisco...
Frank Moretti
May 19, 2026
Frank Moretti passed away peacefully at the age of 93 in his home in Seattle, Washington on May 19, 2026 surrounded by his loving family. Born in Ontario, Canada to Italian immigrants, he was the first in his family to go to college, then went on to earn a PhD in geology. During college, he met and later married the...
Robert A Jensen
May 15, 2026
Robert A. (Bob) Jensen, 88, passed peacefully on May 15 after a full life centered on family, friends and work. Raised in the Pacific Northwest, Bob attended Whitman College where he met life partner,Rhoda. Bob also studied at Columbia and Suffolk Universities before entering private patent and trademark law practice. Quick to laugh, Bob was known for his honesty, humility, compassion...
Cathy Ann Wingert
May 14, 2026
Cathy Ann Wingert, a longtime Seattle resident, passed away peacefully on May 14, surrounded by her family. She was 81 years old.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, to Richard and Catherine Canaan, Cathy graduated from East Detroit High School. In 1966, she married Albert Edward Wingert, a relationship that would span over 60 years and become the defining love story of her...
Barbara Osborn Sandford
May 4, 2026
Barbara Osborn Sandford was born February 24, 1929, and died May 4, 2026. She faced the Great Depression as a young child, experienced the consequences of a world war and confronted the scourge of racism in her teens, and came into adulthood during the changing times of the 50s. She attended Reed College and graduated from University of Washington before...
Elvira Capuco Brundage
Apr 25, 2026
Elvira Capuco Brundage, a resident of Laurel, MD for 40 years, passed away while on vacation in Seattle, WA on April 25, 2026 due to a sudden brain hemorrhage. She was surrounded by family and – in keeping with her enormously generous spirit – fulfilled her final wish of being an organ donor.
Born in the Bronx, NY to Vito and...
Jason Chien-Ping Lo
Apr 21, 2026
It is with deep sadness and loving remembrance that we announce the passing of Jason Chien Ping Lo, who departed this world on April 21, 2026, at the age of 82. He passed away from a ruptured aortic dissection at home. He was surrounded by the love of his family, in the manner we believe he would have wanted, with...
Frederick Herb
Apr 16, 2026
Frederick Herb passed away on the 16th of April surrounded by his loving family. He is survived by Margaret, his wife of 61 years, his children Michael, Colleen and Joseph, and grandchildren.
Fred met Margaret when they both worked at Boeing. When she left his department, he asked her out on a date. Fred and Margaret married in 1965 and lived...
Patricia Anne Jaeger Quinn
Apr 16, 2026
Patricia Anne Quinn (née Jaeger), known as Patti to her family and friends, passed away peacefully on April 16th, 2026, peacefully after a long period of illness.
Patti was born in Seattle, January 10th, 1952 to Lorrayne and Peter Jaeger. The second youngest of four siblings, Marilyn, David, and Debbie Jaeger, she grew up in a close-knit family that valued learning,...
Margaret Virginia Reid
Apr 14, 2026
Margaret Virginia Reid, a longtime Snohomish County resident and Washington educator, peacefully passed away on April 14, 2026, at the age of eighty-seven.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts on October 7, 1938, she was the first child of the late William Joseph Reid and Marguerite Marie Pohl Reid. Margaret devoted her life to learning and to helping others discover their own passion...
Masato Hagiwara
Apr 13, 2026
Dear Friends,
I would like to update you that we will host Masato’s memorial at the SGI-USA Seattle Buddhist Center (835 S Fidalgo St, Seattle, WA 98108), on Saturday, May 16, 4 pm in Seattle time. The memorial will also be available via Zoom for our many friends around the world. The link will be available a few days before the...
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