OBITUARIES

Feb 6, 2022

L Michael Williams was born August 26, 1942 in Long Beach, California and died February 6, 2022 in Seattle, Washington, at home surrounded by his loving family.  At age 5, Mike moved to Renton, Washington. He graduated from Renton High School in 1960, where he actively participated in baseball, football and basketball.

Mike attended Western Washington University...

Jan 22, 2022

Marge Maddux passed away peacefully on January 22, 2022, after a brief bout with pneumonia. She was supported by her family, friends and all the dogs she loved so much. She is survived by her daughter, Hillary, her stepdaughter, Cheryl, and her granddaughter Soleil.

In lieu of flowers, Marge asked that donations be made to Pasado’s Safe...

Jan 18, 2022

September 16, 1960 ~ January 18, 2022

Kristine passed away, at the age of 61 in Seattle from complications of a stroke. Kris was born in Waseca, Minnesota and graduated in 1979 from Waseca High School. Then went on to earn a B. S. Degree in paralegal studies from Winona state university in Minnesota. After spending several years in...

Jan 18, 2022

August 11, 1932 - January 18, 2022

Arthur H. Waller died of multiple causes in January 2022. He is survived by former wife Sally, his two sons, Colin and Gavin, daughter-in-law Sonja Groset, granddaughter Alexa Glore, three great-grandchildren, and his significant other of 25 years Vicki Westberg. He was 89.

Arthur was an...

Jan 11, 2022

Departed this life on January 11, 2022. Born March 5, 1923, in Buhl, Idaho, to Esther and Nels Larson. I joined my sister Anna Mae who “paved the way” for my first 18 years. Named Margaret Linnea, I became known to my friends as Linn.

Following graduation from high school in Filer, Idaho, I attended St. Luke’s...

Jan 9, 2022

​On January 9, 2022, Annelies L. Templeton (nee Taenzer), 94, died peacefully with her children around her, thanks to the compassionate and attentive comfort care she received at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington.

She was born in Breslau, Germany, in the Prussian province of Silesia (now Wrocław, Poland) and led a fascinating, and in her younger...

Jan 4, 2022

March 31st, 1926, Austin, Texas - January 4, 2022, Seattle, Washington

Hortense Ruth (Garza) Slate of the Maple Leaf area in northeast Seattle passed away peacefully on January 4, 2022 at the age of 95.  She was born on March 31st, 1926 in Austin, Texas, the second of 9 children.  Her parents were of...

Jan 3, 2022

November 24th, 1937 – January 3rd, 2022

Harry was born in Spokane, Washington to Sidonia (Larson) Vye and Raymond Irving Vye. He moved to Seattle with his parents, his sister, Nadine (Vye) Gladson, and his grandmother, Eugenia Vendla (Nelson) Larson, when he was four. His mother, Sidonia, lamented as a child that Harry was so tall that the Seattle...

Jan 3, 2022

Marion Gelfer Altman, 91, died gently and peacefully on Monday, January 3, 2022 in Seattle, Washington after living with Alzheimer’s Dementia for eighteen years. Her daughter Diane Altman Dautoff and son-in-law Stuart Dautoff  were by her side. Marion was born and raised in the Bronx neighborhood of New York City. She lived with her parents Frank Gelfer and Cecile...

Dec 31, 2021

May 1922 – January 2022

Jerry Rutherford of Bothell, Washington, passed away peacefully at Evergreen Hospital, a few months short of her one-hundredth birthday. Jerry was born to Henry and Helen Schillreff in Seattle, Washington, where she attended Oak Lake School through eighth grade, Queen Anne High School and the University of Washington. She is survived by her two...

Dec 31, 2021

1939-2021

AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE WELL LIVED

Norm Winn’s experience with the outdoors started in 1941.

And eighty years later, Norm still loved and supported the environment when he died at 82 in his Seattle home on Dec. 31, 2021.

From age 2 until age 5 Norm was...

Dec 31, 2021

August 1921 – December 2021

Florence “Flo” Kelton Lentz passed away on New Year's Eve at her home in Seattle Washington, after celebrating her one-hundredth birthday just months before.

She is survived by her four children, Libby Lentz Davison of Tucson, Flo Lentz of Seattle, Barb Lentz (Steve Ashorn) of Reno, John Lentz...

Dec 27, 2021

Jaysukh Muljibhai Shah was born on November 19, 1933 as the youngest of three children in Rajkot, Gujarat India. He spent his school years in Nadiad, Gujarat and studied in the evenings by a kerosene lantern. ‘Jay’ was the first person in his immediate family to attend college. He spent his early years of college in Mumbai at Elphinstone...

Dec 25, 2021

Gary Lynn Breitenbucher, a son, our brother, a father & grandfather departed this world early Christmas morning, December 25. 2021.

He was the eldest son of Jack & Ruth Breitenbucher born October 13, 1952, in Seattle, WA.

His parents moved to Mt. Vernon, WA. from Seattle when Gary was young. In-between a move...

Dec 23, 2021

March 12, 1958 - Dec. 23, 2021

Born March 12, 1958, to June Mack and James Anthony Motin, Lisa Kay Motin lived to sing, dance, laugh and praise the Lord through all of the above. The middle of three children, Lisa ran track and later used her energy and creativity to become a founding member...

Dec 13, 2021

Amanda A. Robinson of Magnolia, Washington passed away peacefully on December 13, 2021 after suffering a significant stroke in mid-November.

Amanda, (formerly known as Amanda A. Yost and Amanda A. Powell) was born to Ruby Sudman and Ralph Yost on June 19, 1944 in Seattle, Washington.  Amanda continued to feel a close connection to the great state...

Dec 12, 2021

On December 12, 2021, Carlyn Kaiser Stark quietly drew her last breath and passed peacefully out of this life. She was a mother of five, longtime progressive, valued Board member for non-profits, skilled sailor, and musician, and thrived on events filled with family, friends, strangers, and colleagues. “She was a casual but formidable woman,” said her stepdaughter.

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Dec 1, 2021

( 10/23/1933 – 12/1/2021 )

Jean passed away on Dec. 1st 2021.  She was born in Seattle, and raised on Queen Anne Hill where she lived most of her life.  She attended West Queen Anne Elementary, Queen Anne High School, and graduated from the University of Washington where she was a member of the Alpha Gamma Delta...

Nov 24, 2021

At 4:40 AM on April 1,1945 Richard Paul O’Connell was born at Providence Hospital in Seattle Washington, the second son of Jerry and Paul O’Connell. As a child his nickname was Teddy but as an adult he was known to most as Dick. As a small child he and mom and older brother Michael lived in government housing in...

Nov 16, 2021

Dec 09 1930 – Nov 16, 2021

Born December 9, 1930 to Rolland and Avalyn Abrahamson in West Seattle. Predeceased by husbands P.L. Sellars, Rbt. Skalsky, Keith Archer, sister and brother-in-law Donna & Rod Dry and great grand-daughter Aaliyah Motley. Survived by children Cheri, Steve, Laurie and Melanie Sellars, 4 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren.

Betty lived in...