OBITUARIES

Jan 7, 2020

Dorothy Eleanor Anderson Clegg passed peacefully at home on January 7, 2020. She was born on April fool’s Day 1926 to a pioneer family from Sweden, who immigrated to the Skagit Valley when Washington was still a territory. She grew up on a farm in the Skagit River Delta and graduated from La Conner high school on D-Day.

Jan 1, 2020

Ann Masuko Inouye (nee Yamazaki) was born on May 20, 1926 in Tokyo, Japan. She went home to the Lord on January 1, 2020 at the age of 93. She joins her husband of 64 years, Paul, who predeceased her in 2015.

She was the eldest daughter of Masuyoshi and Kimie Yamazaki and grew up in the...

2020

1939-2020

Born the fourth of five children in Hutchinson, KS to Leonard Thomas Stout and Mellie Mae (Staley) Stout, Ann was raised in Falls City, NE, but found her heart’s home in the Pacific NW, loving both the forests and the seas.

Married in 1955 to Jack Kelley, Ann lived in Falls City, NE, San Diego, CA,...

2020

1955 - 2020

Kristi grew up in a Seattle family of professional musicians. When her parents, Dorothy and Leon, introduced her to the cello there was no stopping her.  She followed in the footsteps of her teachers:  Eva Heinitz, Gabor Rejto, and Pierre Fournier.

Kristi first concertized in Seattle in her early teens. As her...

2020

With great sadness we announce the death of Ben Ball, son of long-time UUC members Kathleen Holm and the late Jim Ball.

Ben was 33 years old. Ben is survived by his mother and his sister, Katy Ball, along with extended family. He was predeceased by his father, Jim Ball, who died in 2020. Our hearts go...

2020

"Rain is a very good producer of underwater sound. It's louder than a high wind, louder than a hurricane, and so it's very easy to listen for and hear the sound of rain underwater."

The acoustics and oceanography communities lost an admired colleague Jeffrey Nystuen in September. Jeff had been a research professor at...

Dec 31, 2019

Bev passed away in the early morning of December 31, 2019, with her daughter Gwen and son-in-law Aaron at her side. She had lived with Alzheimer's for several years, and had been living in a Seattle memory-care facility for the past four.

The middle child of Irene and Edward Bryant, Bev was born in Fountain, Colorado on...

Dec 31, 2019

September 28, 1929—December 31, 2019

Chris Leuba, 90, former music faculty of horn at University of Washington and Western Washington University, passed away peacefully on December 31, 2019. He had lately been a three year resident of the Norse Home, after moving from his home in the Seattle neighborhood of View Ridge where he had resided for...

Dec 29, 2019

March 7, 1933 – December 29, 2019

Marion was born to David and Ruth Hendrickson on March 7th, 1933, in Chicago, Illinois. The family moved to Duluth, Minnesota, where Marion started school, before the family made their final move to Seattle, Washington. When Marion was ten years old, she became the big sister to the “Best Brother...

Dec 27, 2019

Dr Ruth Peles Rubinstein passed away at age ~90 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease on 12/27/19.  She is survived by her children, Jon (Vero Beach, FL), Jay (Seattle, WA) and Sari (New York, NY) Rubinstein, grandchildren, Luca (Reno, NV) and David (Seattle, WA) Rubinstein and Clementine Thomas (New York, NY), as well as her sisters Miri Kesten (New York,...

Dec 23, 2019

5/25/23 – 12/23/19

Sunako (Sunkie) Oye, 96, passed away on Dec. 23, 2019 in Seattle, WA.  She lived a very full and active life.  She was born in Salinas, CA, the third child and only daughter of five children.  Due to the US government’s war policy during WWII, she, along with her family, were relocated to an internment camp...

Dec 18, 2019

Birth: December 5, 1924

Death: December 18, 2019

Betty passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early morning of December 18, 2019. Preceded in death by her parents, Kathryn (Keenan) and Chelcie Edwards, and her brother, John Edwards. Born December 5, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois. Survived by her husband of 70 years, Bill and...

Dec 14, 2019

Charles Gregg Weferling, known to his friends as ”Greg”, passed away at the age of 59 on December 14, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. Greg was born in Wilmington, Delaware on April 6, 1960 to Charles A. “Bud” Weferling and Nancy J. (Miller) Weferling Hornick and was the youngest of three children from that union.

Greg lived in...

Dec 8, 2019

Carolee Mathers passed away peacefully at home on December 8th, 2019. She had experienced complications from her long term illness, Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM), a muscle degenerative disease.

Carolee Sue ‘Lund’ Mathers was born in Seattle to Elsie and Swen Lund, and moved to Spokane, Wa. when she was 5 years old. She attended J.J. Browne Grade...

Dec 8, 2019

The world lost a kind and exceptional man when Ken Myrabo passed away on December 8, 2019.

Ken was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to Dr. Arnold and Irene Myrabo while his dad was posted as a navy physician on a ship in the South Pacific. The oldest of five siblings, Ken grew up in Sioux Falls, South...

Dec 4, 2019

John Devere Severn, born March 19, 1935 in Hunters WA, died December 4, 2019 at his home in Shoreline WA due to complications from COPD. John was the only child of Justin and Sylvia Severn, who at that time ran a farm near Corvada WA.

In 1943, they moved to the big city of Spokane and from...

Dec 4, 2019

We are so sorry to tell you of the passing of our sister Calliope Sol, who lost her battle with ovarian cancer on Friday, Dec.4th.

Calliope was born in Kennewick, WA, on April 9th, 1963, the third of three sisters. Apart from the usual ballet and tap lessons, she also showed strong early talent as a musician,...

Dec 2, 2019

Beloved mother (best ever).  Born December 17, 1928 in Redmond, WA to David and Theresa Steel.  Passed away on December 2, 2019, peacefully at home. Grew up in Fall City and Seattle, attended Lincoln High School.  Mary loved her daughters and sons-in-law, her fur-babies, her ladies’ lunch bunch, chatting with neighbors at the pool, Seahawks and Husky football.  Preceded...

Nov 28, 2019

Betty Jean Giles left this Earth Thanksgiving Day, 2019 at the age of 97.  Mom grew up in Sumner, WA on her parents’ bulb farm.  She was predeceased by her parents, Edward C. and Grace Orton, brothers Bob (Loraine) and Stan (Colleen), husband Elmer M. Giles and son Daniel Norman Giles.  She is survived by two sons, Thomas Edward...

Nov 27, 2019

Barbara Jane Martin Rieman was born to Rowland J. Martin and Dorothy M. Lea on July 6, 1927 in St. Ignatius, Montana. She was pretty proud of this but we don’t know why.

Mom went to 5 different K-8 schools and 5 different high schools in New England, Montana, Palm Springs, moving mostly to escape learning fractions...