OBITUARIES

Jan 19, 2023

Janet Ann (Barr) Christiansen died quietly after a brief illness on January 19, 2023, at the age of 86. She was born and raised in Port Orchard and lived most of her life in Renton.

Janet loved to travel, taking regular trips with her family to Mount Rainier, the Oregon Coast and much of the Northwest. In...

Jan 18, 2023

Richard “Rick” Gerring passed suddenly on Jan. 18 at age 60. He is survived by his parents, Ray & June Gerring, Brother Dale (Linda), niece & nephew Laurie Turner (Garrett) & Steven Gerring, his cherished friend Liz Martini, Shirley Pierce and many other loving friends and relatives. A long-time resident of Lopez Island,Rick owned and operated Lopez Island Electric...

Jan 16, 2023

Dean Lane Whelan (74) was born on March 12, 1948, in Fort Collins, Colorado. He passed away peacefully in his sleep from heart complications in Seattle, WA on January 16, 2023.

Growing up in Fort Collins, Dean spent much of his childhood camping, fishing and skiing on the lakes of Northern Colorado. As a hard-working and energetic...

Jan 15, 2023

Helen Frances Brumbach died on Sunday, January 15, 2023 of heart failure at the Mirabella Skilled Nursing Facility in Seattle, WA. Born in Index, WA on February 29, 1924 to parents William Sr. & Elna Priestley, a pioneering gold mining engineer and his wife, she lived to experience her life through a remarkable 98 years, 10-and-a-half months. She was...

Jan 13, 2023

Horace V Slippy (Vernon), age 100, passed away peacefully in his sleep early on January 13, 2023.

Vernon is survived by his loving wife of 72 years, Iris J Slippy, his sister Virginia Leedy, nephew Bill Lindsay (Linh), and nieces Lindy Paull (Bill Roberts), Sunny Patton, and Piper Hunter (Bruce), as well as many great and great-great...

Jan 12, 2023

Michael John Scott (Mike) passed away on January 12, 2023 after a brief battle with glioblastoma, a highly aggressive form of brain cancer.  He was 71.

Mike was born on February 16, 1951 in Medford, Wisconsin and grew up in the small hamlet of Chelsea. Though raised in a small town, he was a city boy at...

Jan 12, 2023

February 3, 1933 – January 12, 2023

Peter quietly passed away from metastasized colon cancer at age 89 in his home in Kirkland, Washington, surrounded by his loving family.

Peter was born in Bačka Topola, Yugoslavia (now Serbia) to Hungarian parents Irén Toth-Bagi and Peter Nagy-Farkas, Sr.  His father and sister Irénke died during World War II.  ...

Jan 8, 2023

Norma died January 8, 2023 at Taylor’s Adult Family Home in Burien, WA where she had been a resident since October, 2015. She previously lived in Tacoma, WA for 47 years.

Norma was born in Staten Island, NY on September 9, 1926 to parents Etta and Irvin Sternfels. She attended Port Richmond High School in Staten Island...

Jan 7, 2023

Frank A. Norton died surrounded by family on Saturday, January 7 following a brief illness.

Frank was born in Tacoma, Washington on March 6, 1926.  Originally from South Cle Elum, Washington, his family soon moved to Spokane where he became an Eagle Scout and graduated from Lewis & Clark High School.

During World War II,...

Jan 6, 2023

Linda Joanne (Dyngeland) Brimacombe, 73, passed away at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle, Washington on Friday, January 6, 2023 following a heart attack. Linda was born on April 28, 1949 in Waseca, Minnesota, the first child of Helene (Larsen) and Kristian (Krist) Dyngeland. She grew up in Waseca, leaving to attend the University of Minnesota where she earned a...

Jan 4, 2023

Emmanuel (Manny) Mankowski was born on June 13, 1937 in Jerusalem to Icchok Jakob Mankowski, a physician, and Katharina Maria Elizabeth Zoerb, a secretary and homemaker. He had three sisters – Vera Deckelbaum, Aida Davis, and Mary Hewitt The family emigrated to New York when Manny was 9 years old, settling first in Bound Brook, New Jersey, then Medical...

2023

Edna Preuss was born in Seattle, WA (Ballard) to Edward and Christine Preuss--the second of their four daughters.  Edna spoke very fondly about her strong family and was thankful that her Daddy always had a job as a harness maker, even through the Great Depression. This time of life is likely when Edna learned to be very frugal, working...

2023

1937-2023

Mom grew up in North Seattle, moving into her family home when she was 2.  She moved out when she married and had 4 children. Moving back into that same house to care for her dad when his health took a turn and he needed to be cared for.  She was a 3rd generation Washingtonian!

During...

Dec 30, 2022

C. Wayne Porter (Wayne), age 62, was surrounded by several family members when he passed away at home on December 30, 2022, following two and a half years of treatment for glioblastoma (brain cancer).

Wayne was preceded in death by his parents, Arthur L. and Almeda Porter and two of his older siblings: Eunicetine (Eunice) Franklin-Pharr and...

Dec 28, 2022

Charles Alan Whittemore passed away peacefully at home in Seattle, on December 28, 2022, from complications of Myelodysplastic Syndrome.  He was 87 years old.  Alan was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Lolita; his brother Bob and sister-in-law Leslie; his brother Herb and sister-in-law Billie; his sister Sue; and his wife of 45 years, Bernice.  He is...

Dec 27, 2022

We have lost the true Music Man of our time: Andrew (Andy) D. Robertson passed away on Dec. 27th in his home surrounded by his family, after a courageous fight with cancer. Andy (or “Mr. Ert” to thousands of students) lived to share his love of music with anyone and everyone he could. He created a musical legacy that...

Dec 26, 2022

March 14, 1934-December 26, 2022

Jim passed away peacefully with his wife at his side after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.  He was born in Bristow, Oklahoma, to James and Bertha Ellis and grew up in Texas, Kansas, and Oklahoma.  He graduated from Sapulpa High School in 1952 and from Oklahoma State University in 1957 with a degree...

Dec 22, 2022

1933-12/22/2022

Marilyn Kavanaugh was a helper and a doer.  She was born to Esther Williams Manerud and Harold “Cotton” Manerud at Seattle General Hospital.   Her sister Barbara (Petie) was born two years later.  She attended Lincoln High School (entertaining her children and grandchildren well into her 80’s with the school cheer, including high kicks!), graduating at 17.

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Dec 20, 2022

Born in Oakland, California on March 7, 1919 and passed away December 20, 2022 in Bellevue, Washington. Click here for online guestbook . In leu of flowers, a donation to the Metropolitan Opera or Classical King County Radio would be appreciated.

Dec 20, 2022

Marva Lee Daryl (Wohlman) “Lee” Langsted of Seattle, WA died December 20th 2022, peacefully in her sleep, although quite suddenly. She had been diagnosed with COPD years earlier and Acute Sleep Apnea just days before.

Born in Cedar County, Nebraska on May 5, 1929, to Edward Henry Wohlman and Mildred Albertine (Anderson) Wohlman, she was the eldest...