OBITUARIES
Local obituaries for Seattle, Washington, King County and Surrounding Areas
Guy Allan Tynes
Dec 27, 2024
Guy Allan Tynes of Shoreline, Washington, passed away on December 27, 2024, at the age of 79 from heart failure. Allan was a loving husband and father; a longtime Memphis radio announcer; an avid reader who early in life read an entire encyclopedia and loved true tales of adventure; an enthusiastic if erratic golf and poker player who once scored...
Gordon Everett Pomeroy
Dec 26, 2024
Gordon Everett Pomeroy died December 26, 2024, after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Nancy Finch, his children Holly (Zac) Kopra, Barry (Rebekah) Pomeroy, Eric (Barb) Johnson, Ryan (Katie) Pomeroy and Lindsey Pomeroy; as well as 7 grandsons, 1 granddaughter, his younger siblings – 3 sisters and 2 brothers, brother and sister-in-law John (Dana)...
Shirley Ann Kuczek
Dec 23, 2024
Shirley Ann Kuczek, 86, was a proud Alaska resident for more than 50 years. She was embraced by our Lord on December 23, 2024.
Shirley is survived by her children, Cheryl and Ron Kuczek. Her husband Ron preceded her in death in 2001.
Shirley was born on Flag Day in Oakland, CA, on June 14, 1938. She graduated from Santa Clara High...
Richard "Dick" Martin Gratzer
Dec 23, 2024
Richard “Dick” Martin Gratzer, 70, died December 23rd, 2024. His birth was announced in the newspaper under the headline “Milkman is Papa.” He was born on December 2nd, 1954 to parents Richard (employed by Flett Dairy) and Rose. His youth was spent reading Marvel Comics and pretending he was a cowboy.
Like many young kids in the sixties, Dick’s life changed...
Betty Mae Sill
Dec 22, 2024
Betty Mae Sill, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and loving sister, peacefully passed away on December 22nd at the age of 98. She dedicated her life to her family, friends, and her faith.
Born on May 24, 1926, in Seattle, Washington, to Alfred and Florence Hill, Betty grew up in National, Wenatchee, and Green Lake, WA. Betty met her beloved...
Kristin von Hahn
Dec 21, 2024
Wilderness adventurer, economist, wife, mother of two, and dog lover, Kristin Margarethe von Hahn left us much too soon on December 21, 2024 in Seattle, Washington at the age of 68. Kristin was born in Vancouver on May 24, 1956 to the late Freda and Heinrich von Hahn, where she was the fourth of five children in a Baltic German...
Derek Brown
Dec 21, 2024
Derek was born in 1960 in Idaho Falls, where he spent his formative years in the outdoors of the mountain west. Although based on the Snake River Plain, he grew up exploring a diversity of environments from the Tetons and the Wind Rivers to Zion and Moab in Utah. His stomping grounds expanded to include the Cascades and British Columbia...
Peggy Nelson Kallsen
Dec 20, 2024
Peggy Nelson Kallsen was born on November 18, 1949, in Eureka, California, the second child to Jean and Bruce Nelson. She grew up in a family of eight in Shelton, Washington, where her father had joined the family oyster business. When the oyster business declined, the family fell upon hard times. Despite these challenges, young Peggy was immersed in a...
Sharon Terry Galloway
Dec 19, 2024
Sharon Terry Galloway, 77, passed away on December 19, 2024, in Auburn, Washington. Sharon was the beloved wife of Peter Allen Galloway who preceded her in death. Sharon and Pete enjoyed travelling abroad and visiting the Washington Coast. Sharon was born June 7, 1947, in Seattle, Washington to Harold & Jessie Terry. Sharon was a Brownie Scout and Girl Scout...
Victoria Lynn Puronen
Dec 17, 2024
Victoria Lynn Puronen (Govero) passed away on 12/17/2024. She is survived by her son Galen, her daughter Camille, her son-in-law Daniel, her grandchildren Eric (12) and Owen (9), her sisters JoAnn and Mary, brothers Tom and David, and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Eric Puronen (1942-2012), parents Chester Govero and Irene...
Ann J Ringstad
2024
Mom, Grammie, Friend
Ann, cherished only child of John Olai and Martha Olea Jensen, was born in Tromsø, Norway. Her father had emigrated from Norway in 1907 and became a US citizen in 1921. In 1924 he returned to Norway to visit family. While there he reconnected with Martha. They were married later that year and in February 1925, Ann was...
Ronald Francis Rapacz
Dec 10, 2024
Ronald Francis (Ron) Rapacz died peacefully in his home on December 10 th (his 78th birthday) after being diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer. His loving wife, son, and daughter were with him bedside as he completed his earthly journey.
Born on December 10, 1946 in Warren, MN to Anton & Eleanor Rapacz. The 2 nd of ten children. The family moved...
Sherry Hall
Dec 9, 2024
Sherry Hall was born December 21st 1962. She was a 61-year-old beautiful hearted woman. Sherry met her husband Jeff when she was 14. They were together for 35 years. Unfortunately she lost her husband in 2012. She then moved to Idaho with her fur baby Kelly. (Her favorite child) Sherry continued cleaning houses and opened her cleaning business called, Sherry's...
Edward Stephen Singler
Dec 9, 2024
Edward Stephen Singler, 93, of Seattle, beloved husband, father and public servant, passed away in Swedish Hospital in Edmonds on December 9, 2024. Ed was born to Stephen and Sally Singler of Detroit in 1931. His father was President of the Electric Streetcar and Busmen’s Union, and his mother Sally worked for the United Auto Workers, Dodge Local 3. Early...
Gary Yonaka
Dec 4, 2024
Gary Yonaka passed away peacefully on December 4, 2024, with his wife Agnes at his side.
He was 83 years old. Gary was born on July 1, 1941 in Pendleton, Oregon, to Clarence (“Clink”) Yonaka and Ivene Emerson Goemaere. He was the second of two children and was the loving brother to his sister, Sherre Clerf.
He spent the early years of...
Rev. Harry Heyden Hoehler
Dec 3, 2024
Rev. Harry Heyden Hoehler, aged 95, died at home on December 3, 2024, in Seattle, Washington, surrounded by family. Born December 5, 1928, the eldest child of Harry G. Hoehler and Dorothy Heyden Hoehler, of Wayne, Pennsylvania, Harry graduated from Haverford College in 1951 and earned a Master of Divinity degree at Harvard Divinity School in 1954. While working as...
Laurie Ann Szidloski
Nov 30, 2024
Laurie Ann Szidloski, born on February 21, 1965, in Dover, New Jersey and grew up in Lake Hopatcong where she forged life-long friendships. She passed away peacefully on November 30, 2024, at her daughter’s home in Seattle, Washington, surrounded by her three children.
Laurie was known for her helpful spirit and boundless enthusiasm. Whether it was helping her sister assemble furniture,...
Ernesto Mejarito Guzman
Nov 29, 2024
In loving memory of Ernesto...
Ernesto, 59, passed away peacefully in his sleep. He was born in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines to Teodora Mejarito Guzman and Eladio Paredes Guzman.
Ernesto was the 7th child of eight children. The first thirteen years of his life was living in Mindoro and Manila, Philippines. He moved to Seattle, WA with his mother and two siblings,...
Kirk Andrew Griswold
Nov 23, 2024
Kirk was born to the late Helen M. and Robert R. Griswold Jr. in Pasadena, CA on September 6, 1952, a middle child with two sisters. They lived in a prize-winning home filled with his grandmother’s enamels and paintings, great food, and the multiple languages his parents studied. Kirk was a third-generation Californian and celebrated holidays with his extended Griswold...
Robert "Bob" Douglas Robinson
Nov 22, 2024
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Robert “Bob” Douglas Robinson, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, educator, umpire, and friend, who passed away on November 22, 2024, in Everett, Washington. Born on April 19, 1936, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Bob was the cherished son of Wilhemina (Mina) Robinson (née Atton) and Robert Robinson, both of...
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