OBITUARIES
Local obituaries for Seattle, Washington, King County and Surrounding Areas
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Lawrence Pierce
Jul 22, 2021
Lawrence (“Larry”) Colman Pierce, Seattle, devoted husband and father, passed away, surrounded by his loving family, at Virginia Mason Medical Center on Thursday, July 22, 2021, from cancer. He was 84.
Larry was born in Seattle on December 24, 1936, the son of the late Lawrence and Isabel (Colman) Pierce. He grew up in West Seattle and...
Patricia Horn Hayes
Jul 19, 2021
Patricia Horn Hayes died Monday, July 19, 2021 in Seattle, Washington, surrounded by her children and grandchildren. She was 80 years old. Born June 5, 1941, in Sabine County, Texas, Pat completed her bachelor's degree in English Literature at Lamar University in 1963, followed by a master's degree in Education in 1981. She spent much of her career teaching...
Phyllis Ann Nelson Marshall
Jul 16, 2021
June 9, 1935 - July 16, 2021 Phyllis Ann Nelson was born June 9, 1935 in Seattle to loving parents Leonard C. Nelson and Elsie Anderson Nelson who had come to Seattle in 1922 from Pine City, MN. She joined elder siblings Shirley and Leonard at the Nelson home in the Beacon Hill area. A few years...
Allan C Haglund
Jul 7, 2021
Allan C Haglund left his 90 year old parts behind and passed peacefully at home in his sleep “ready” to return to his Maker on July 7, 2021.
Born June 17, 1931 in Denver, Colorado to Earle & Bernice Haglund, Allan enjoyed living in several houses around Denver together with his mom, grandparents, and extended family while...
Jaden Micah Joannes
Jun 28, 2021
It is hard to know where to put the sky in the morning
Where or how the sun should go to its resting blue
And the moon
where should it be
when a world is upside down
I keep thinking about you taking your first breath
your curls bouncing like a glorious lotus making monsoons under water
As you swam past midwives; your mother’s hands scooping you...
John Buchanan
Jun 24, 2021
John Buchanan was born on October 2, 1934. He left the world on June 24, 2021 with his family by his side.
John was born in Chicago, Illinois, the first child of Earl “Buck” and Marjorie Buchanan. He loved visiting Chicago over the years; the year the Cubs won the World Series was celebrated in John’s typical...
Robert Okano
Jun 23, 2021
17 December 1929 - 23 June 2021
Robert “Bob" Okano was born to Toshiyuki and Haruno Okano in Bellingham, WA and was the youngest of their five American-born children. In the 1930’s, the family relocated to Shelton, WA. When he was twelve, they were interned at Tule Lake War Relocation Center CA and later transferred to Camp Amache CO. ...
Jathan Jones Jr.
Jun 22, 2021
Born in Seattle, Washington, June 2, 1957, to the proud parents Jathan Jones Sr. and Mattie Lou Jones, Jathan Jr. had been the youngest of three children. Both his parents and older sisters, Annie Luvern Huguley and Ruby Mae Jones, have preceded Jathan Jr. in death.
Jathan was his own man and never one to follow the...
Michael Furtado
Jun 12, 2021
Loving and beloved, Michael Furtado, age 65, passed away peacefully the evening of June 12, 2021 at his home in Bellingham WA, with his family by side. Born in New York in 1955, Michael lived in six different states and from coast to coast. He and Kathy married in Israel after meeting just 10 days earlier and shared...
Mary Alice Kell
Jun 11, 2021
Mary Alice Kell (Molly) born July 18, 1960 in Warren, Ohio, died of breast cancer on June 11, 2021 at Madison House in Kirkland, WA. in the company of her close friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Richard A. and Mary Louise Farrell Kell, her brother Glenn H. Kell, sister Melinda L. Kell, and...
Vernon Fremont Smith
Jun 6, 2021
February 23, 1930 - June 6, 2021
Vernon Fremont Smith passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 6, 2021. Vernon was born in Seattle on February 23, 1930 to George S. Smith and Lucy M. Shelton (Smith). Sadly his mother passed away 8 days later. He grew up in the Ravenna neighborhood with his father and beloved (step) mother, Jennie...
Lanny Remme
Jun 5, 2021
July 11, 1946 – June 5, 2021
Lanny “Lan” Remme was born in the small town of Huron, South Dakota to parents Elaine and Ronald Remme. He grew up with his younger brother Joel on a farm with chickens and cows in Southwest Washington. Lan moved to the city of Seattle to attend the University...
Mary Anna Johansen
May 26, 2021
Mary Anna Johansen peacefully went to her Lord on May 26, 2021 surrounded by her family at her home in Mill Creek, WA. Born in Seattle on May 16, 1937 to Charles Clark Bowen and Susan Jane Bowen. She lived most of her life in the greater Seattle area. Mary had the opportunity to live overseas in Vietnam for...
Carolyn “Carol” Lee Connors
May 20, 2021
Carolyn “Carol” Lee Connors, 73, passed away on May 20th, 2021, while in hospital in Seattle Washington.
She was the wife of James Patrick “Pat” Connors. They shared 55 years of marriage.
Carol was born in Fresno, California, in 1948 to Robert Lee Turner and Virginia Smith Turner.
Carol fondly remembered her family’s...
Margaret Elisabeth Peden
May 15, 2021
November 15, 1929 to May 15, 2021
Margaret Elisabeth Peden was youngest of 3 sisters. Born in College Station, Texas November 15th, 1929 to David McCaw and Liddy Melissa Little. She was a very kind, loving, and gentle Christian woman. She spent her life caring for others. Caring for her children and caring for her in-laws until the end...
Julia Waduda-Majid Goforth
May 14, 2021
Julia Waduda-Majid Goforth, of Seattle, died peacefully in her sleep at home during the wee hours of the morning on May 14, 2021. She is deeply missed by countless people whose lives she touched.
Born Julia Anne Cox on November 23, 1949 in Danville, IL, to Dale and Betty Lee Cox, she grew up in Ashland, OR,...
Christa Burgess
May 7, 2021
January 24, 1938 -May 7, 2021
Our wonderful mother, Christa Burgess, passed away May 7, 2021 in Seattle WA at the age of 83. Christa was born January 24, 1938 in Berlin, Germany. Mom grew up an only child during WWII witnessing the ravages that war brings. Despite illnesses, times of hunger and no heat, loss of school friends...
Frank Sewall Coburn, Jr.
May 7, 2021
1935 - 2021
“Only the shadow knows...tippecanoe and tyler too.” A frequent phrase of Frank Coburn’s that will be missed but not forgotten. Frank died in Shoreline, WA, Friday, May 7, 2021 after battling several health challenges for the past year.
Frank Sewall Coburn, Jr. was born on July 8, 1935 in Melrose, Massachusetts. It was there...
Sherrell L. (Lou) Osborne
May 6, 2021
Sherrell L. (Lou) Osborne was born in Birmingham, Alabama on July 16, 1938, and passed away May 6th, 2021 after a 13-year battle with melanoma. Adopted by relatives, Lou made his way to Seattle at age 10. He graduated West Seattle High School, class of 1956, and University of Washington in 1961. Lou met his wife Florence (Flo) at...
Eric Gladsjo
May 6, 2021
Eric Gladsjo, 56, of Seattle, WA, passed away unexpectedly on May 6, 2021 at his home. He was born in Seattle on March 23, 1965, son of the late Ted and Jessie Gladsjo. He is survived by his sister Gail Amole and Gail’s grown children. Eric attended Roosevelt High School and graduated from Western Washington University in Bellingham, having...
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