OBITUARIES

Aug 11, 2022

Born May 12, 1941 in Ledbury, Herefordshire, Great Britain. Died peacefully at home August 11, 2022, after a 15-month battle with lung cancer (never-smoker).

Peter was the only child of Beatrice Haskins and Richard Church, who was killed during the Battle of Britain.  He grew up with his mother and step-father, Eric Sanders, in Thanet, Kent.  He...

Aug 6, 2022

July 21, 1923 – August 6, 2022

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Edie was born in Minneapolis, Kansas, the fifth child of Jesse E. and Catharine N. George, joining siblings Lois, Earl, Mildred, and Wilma Lou.

During the Great Depression, the family moved to Oberlin in Western Kansas, and eventually settled in Odessa, Missouri, where Edie graduated from...

Jul 30, 2022

Michael Brent Horrell joined our lives in Yakima, Washington on October 25, 1958.  At age 63, Mike passed away on July 30, 2022.  Mike will be missed by his six children, Jay, Bill, Jon, Nick, Nova and Josh, his parents, Jim and Barbara Horrell, his siblings, Marcie Hinthorne and Mark Horrell and their families.  Together with his extended family...

Jul 29, 2022

Douglas D. Speers, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away on July 29, 2022.

Doug was born in Anacortes, WA on Dec. 3, 1938.  He grew up in San de Fuca, and attended Coupeville High where he was the 1956 Valedictorian.  He earned his degree in Civil Engineering at the University of Washington, and a Master’s at...

Jul 26, 2022

Varrel Lavere Smith was born in Tacoma, Washinton, on July 4, 1925. On July 26, 2022, he died in Kent, Washington, at age 97, after a long and full life. He will be sadly missed and will always hold a place in our hearts. He was one of four children born to Edwin Smith and Amanda (Jensen) Smith in...

Jul 23, 2022

August 31, 1925 – July 23, 2022

On Saturday, July 23, 2022, Charles Homer Howe Jr. passed away at the age of 96 in Seattle, WA.

Chuck was born to Charles and Beulah Howe in the summer of 1925 in Kettle Falls, WA. During WWII he served in the US Navy and then graduated from the College...

Jul 18, 2022

1932 – 2022

Helen Jean Marshall of Shoreline passed away on Monday, July 18, 2022, at the age of 90.  She was born on January 5, 1932, in Seattle, Washington.  She was adopted at birth by Helen & William Schoenfeld.

In 1950 she married the love of her life, John Mechan Marshall.  John was a Quality Control...

Jul 15, 2022

John Edmund Brzostowski, 67, passed away at his home in Seattle, WA on July 15, 2022. He was born on April 20, 1955 in Schenectady, NY.

John followed his own unique path through this world and gathered many friends all along the way, from his early years until the very end. His good looks, wicked and often...

Jul 13, 2022

Clarice “Criss” Meligro, died July 13, 2022 at home, in the loving care of her daughter Dr. Maile Flores and her granddaughter, Leanna Bordner. At the age of 82, Criss celebrated life to the fullest. Despite having graciously survived Polio as a child, multiple surgeries, multiple cancers, Criss never let illness or struggle prevent her from enjoying all that...

Jul 11, 2022

1929-2022

Phyllis died peacefully with family by her side on July 11, 2022 at the age of 92.  She had late-onset Alzheimer disease for the past two years.  She enjoyed life, family and friends.  She had a bright smile and cheerfulness that was contagious and brought happiness to everyone she knew.

Phyllis was born in Chicago on...

Jul 10, 2022

1922 – 2022

Curt passed away on July 10, 2022. He almost made it to 100! He was born in Germany. As a teenager, he and his family left their country before the outbreak of World War II and moved to Shanghai where he lived for eight years. He attended St. Johns University’s School of Engineering, then worked...

Jul 9, 2022

Colt de Wolf, age 62, of Seattle, Washington, passed away on July 9, 2022, in his home surrounded by his sister Ainslee, brother Buck and his two cats Dede and Penny after a heroic battle with cancer. Colt was born in May 1960 in Washington, DC. He attended St. Albans School and earned a BA from the University of...

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,...