OBITUARIES

Jul 8, 2022

October 12, 1922 – July 8, 2022

Kenneth “Ken” Darwin Prichard was born October 12, 1922, in Schaller, Iowa to Clyde and Etta (Haitz) Prichard.  Ken passed away on July 8, 2022, at the age of 99.  Celebration of Life will be held at Evergreen-Washelli on July 28th at 10:00 AM.  Ken served in the US Army during WWII...

Jul 6, 2022

Margaret Louise Randall Oslin (Jamison) was born in Seattle on January 23, 1935. She passed this July 6, 2022. She is missed by her two remaining children Robin Oslin (Eroka) Kristin Ellison-Oslin (Gordon); her sister Chan; grandchildren Candace Burton, Travis Oslin and Brett Armstrong; great grandchildren, Jessica, Chaz, and Navonte Burton, and Lennox “Lenny” Armstrong.

She is...

Jul 6, 2022

Charles Evans Mason, age 77, passed away at his home in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle on Wednesday July 6, 2022.

Charles, also known as Chuck, was born on March 21, 1945, in Pasadena, California to father William Benjamin Mason and mother Noelle Cecilia Mason. He grew up with three siblings: Jacqueline, William and Julie. As a...

Jul 5, 2022

Gayle Annette Reed (née Herbert) was born January 19, 1952, in the Jamaica borough of Queens, New York, to parents Gloria Ann and George Lee Herbert. She passed away peacefully of Alzheimer's at the age of 70 in Kent, Washington on July 5, 2022.

She is survived by her husband Paul W. Reed, sons Nicholas A. and...

Jun 27, 2022

Beate Raschke, 84, of Bellevue passed away peacefully on June 27, 2022, surrounded by her spouse and friend(s) and with the support of Evergreen Hospice.

Beate grew up in Leipzig, Germany, a town she loved. She emigrated to the US at age 18, where she worked in the hospitality industry. She enjoyed a number of hobbies, including...

Jun 23, 2022

Edeltrud (Trudy, Traudel, Ed) Adams aged 93 passed away peacefully on June 23, 2022 in the presence of her husband, lifetime love and best friend, Greg. Our beloved was born May 9, 1930 in Mannheim, Germany.  The oldest child of Heinrich and Anna Lomb; she was a devoted sister to Karl, Hermi and Evi, whom she loved and cared...

Jun 23, 2022

Mei Mei Lee Sum was born on July 21, 1945 in Toisan, Canton, China. Her parents were Ping Lee and Heung Wong. Mei Mei was their oldest child. Her younger siblings were Mei Bo, Mei Ying and Kwok Keung. In 1949, they had to abruptly leave China on foot as the Communists took over China. Mei Mei remembers taking...

Jun 22, 2022

Edwin B Gillispie passed from this life on June 22, 2022, at Valley Medical Center, Renton, Washington, at the age of 92, with his wife of nearly 70 years by his side. He was born in Roger Mills Co., Oklahoma, on September 12, 1929, the first child of Delmar B and Rosalia May Gillispie.

In 1944 he,...

Jun 18, 2022

Allan Dean Williams, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away on Saturday, June 18th, 2022.

Allan Dean, who was called Dean by the family, was born on February 11, 1947, in Walhalla, North Dakota. In 1951, the family moved to Seattle, settling in the south end.

In 1966, he and Janet Zembrycki were married at...

Jun 17, 2022

강은홍 1934.09.30–2022.06.17

The Rev. Dr. Edwin Enhong Kang, 87, passed away Friday, June 17, 2022 in Kirkland, WA. He was born in Pyongyang, Korea, on September 30, 1934. He was predeceased by his parents Deok Sung Kang and Yoonsil Jeon, his brothers Seon Hong Kang and Young Geun Kang (both younger), and his loving wife of 50 years, Mae...

Jun 7, 2022

Craig MacGowan (80) – extraordinary teacher, creative artist, passionate husband, father,

grandfather and friend died at home in Seattle from brain cancer (glioblastoma) on June 7, 2022.  He was surrounded by his devoted wife, Patricia MacGowan, daughter,

Petra MacGowan, son Scott MacGowan, daughter-in-law Haripurkh Khalsa, and his grandchildren Halia Correia, Narayan, Sahej and Akasha MacGowan....

Jun 5, 2022

Diana Sigalla, born Sheila Diana Screech, passed away peacefully at the age of 88 on June 5th, 2022, in the Bellevue home where she had lived for 62 years. Diana would laughingly say that she was called Diana rather than Sheila because when she was in trouble as a child she was called Diana, and the name stuck. Diana...

Jun 5, 2022

Hanna Misch French thought the world was better viewed with gratitude and appreciation than with judgment. Born in Stuttgart in 1934, she escaped Nazi Germany for China with her parents in 1936, where her father Peter Misch taught geology in Canton and Kunming. In 1939, with Japan bombing China, Hanna and her mother Susanne Maier-Leibnitz returned to Germany as...

Jun 4, 2022

January 18, 1923 to June 4, 2022

Kenneth Lee Butz was born January 18, 1923, to Alvin and Edna (Briggs) Butz in Oneida Kansas. He was the 6th child and 5th son of 8 children.  He spent his early years in South Dakota, where his family were farmers. During the Depression and Dust Bowl years they moved with several...

May 24, 2022

Why am I here?

I often ask myself

That deep existential question: “Why am I here?”

Then I remember,

I came to the basement

For a jar of pickles—

That’s why I’m here.

Molly Holmes January 15,...

May 19, 2022

James Patrick “Pat” Connors, 77, passed away on May 19th, 2022, while in hospital in Bellevue Washington.

Pat was born in Seattle Washington in 1944 to James Connors and Mary Haas Connors.

In his early years Pat met his friends who he still has today that have held a special place in his heart throughout...

May 17, 2022

Michele Mari Kelly, born February 11, 1967;

passed away on May 17, 2022, peacefully at home in Mountlake Terrace, WA. Preceded in death by parents John & Ardath Kelly, and brother Michael Kelly. Survived by son Evan Kelly; his "grandparents"; uncles Don (& Lee) Kelly and Frank Kelly; close friends and family-of-choice. Owner of Pipewench...

May 17, 2022

Elaine Vivian Smith (Knutson) was born at Heron Lake, Minnesota, on August 8, 1928. On May 17, 2022, she died in Kent, Washington, at age 93, after a long and full life. Loved by her surviving family, she is missed terribly.

One of seven children born to Silas and Stella Knutson on a small farm near Windom,...

May 16, 2022

Elmerante “Boyette” Acacio was born August 2, 1958 in Manila, Philippines to Elmer and Erlinda Acacio. He was the oldest of 10 children. Growing up as a child, Elmerante spent many of his younger years with his grandparents in Vintar, Ilocos Norte where he finished his elementary and high school education. He returned to Manila to attend Jose Rizal...

May 13, 2022

Athalie “Lee” McMillen Long, Born May 24th, 1939, in Fort Wayne, IN; Died Friday, May 13th, 2022, in Seattle, WA. Lee was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Elizabeth F. and Dale W. McMillen, Jr.  She lived most of her young life in Fort Wayne and attended DePauw University for two years.  She married in 1959 and raised three...