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Shirley V. Gray
Dec 8, 2020
6/14/1920 - 12/08/2020
Shirley was a selfless, caring person her entire life. She was always there to help anyone in need and was always supportive of her children’s dreams and desires.
With her husband John jr. she fostered several children, ranging in age from infants to teens over the years and adopted four of their five children....
Roselyn Cecelia Buck Pape
Dec 5, 2020
Roselyn Cecelia Buck Pape passed away on December 5, 2020, having just celebrated her 95th Birthday. Roz was born on November 13, 1925 in Cambridge, a sleepy little town in southern Idaho, to Violet Allen Buck and Ralph Buck. Roz and her older sister, Alice Marie Buck Slette, loved spending time on their ranch, picking fresh vegetables from the...
Al Houston
Dec 4, 2020
Al Houston, former KING 5 cameraman and studio supervisor, dies at 93
Born Alan Eugene Houston on August 10th, 1927 in Longview, Washington, Al had a normal childhood along with his parents and younger brother, Robert. As WWII was winding down, Al was old enough to join the Army where he served until he was honorably discharge in 1947. ...
Ana Kathleen Cooper
Dec 4, 2020
Ana Kathleen Cooper of Vashon Island, WA passed away at age 69, with her adoring husband at her side, on December 4, 2020. She was born on March 16, 1951, in Reno, Nevada, to Arthur and Kathleen Cooper. She graduated from Hayward High School in California in 1968, and studied at the University of Hawaii and California State University...
Ronald Eugene Kokesh
Dec 2, 2020
Ronald Eugene Kokesh was born to Frank and Helen Kokesh in Seattle, Washington on September 9th, 1930. He grew up in the Rainier Valley area of Seattle with his younger brother Robert (deceased). He attended St. Edwards Catholic Elementary School, Seattle Preparatory School and graduated from Seattle University majoring in English. He put himself through college working with his...
Kathryn Ostrom
Nov 30, 2020
09/02/1931-11/30/2020
Kathryn G. Ostrom was born 09/02/1931 in Tacoma Washington. She was the youngest daughter and the “princess” of James G. and Lona L. MacWilliam. She grew up in the Tacoma/Puyallup area until they moved to Seattle in the Ballard neighborhood. She graduated from Ballard High School and then attended Bob Jones University. When she came back...
Margaret “Peggy” Howard
Nov 28, 2020
1919 to 2020 “102 Thanksgivings”
Margaret Ritchie marveled at the changes she’d seen in her lifetime, which began July 1919 in a little farmhouse in Northern Michigan. She joined an older sister Mildred. Woodrow Wilson was president and doughboys were coming home from the trenches. The family had no electricity nor indoor plumbing. The outdoor pump froze in winter....
Maria (Nina) Lomarda
Nov 26, 2020
Maria (Nina) Lomarda, passed away peacefully on 11-26-2020 at her residence. Nina is survived by her husband Emil (James), son Elvis, sister Ria Lucio Nass, brother Marco Lucio and parents Ramon and Edna Lucio. Nina is also survived by numerous cousins in Washington, California and in the Philippines. Her passing has been a great lost to her family and...
Virginia Louise Gaynor
Nov 16, 2020
Virginia Louise Gaynor was born 9/26/1924 and died surrounded by family on 11/16/2020.
Virginia lived a long life and felt blessed to have six daughters and their spouses, 13 grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. She loved the opera and was artistic and friendly. She could charm anyone. She and her husband, Tom, who died in 1969, bought...
Michael Hoff
Nov 15, 2020
Michael Hoff was a loving husband, brother, father, papa, mentor and friend. He passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, November 15th, 2020 after a short battle with lung cancer. He was surrounded by his loving wife of 40 years and family.
He was preceded in death by his father, Irvin Hoff, mother Helen Hoff and...
Paul Fesler Dunn
Nov 11, 2020
Paul Fesler Dunn died on November 11, 2020 in Seattle, WA, of complications from lung cancer. He was 88 years old.
Paul was born in Detroit, MI on September 30, 1932, the son of John Herschel Dunn and Vivian Frances (Shuert) Dunn. He grew up in Detroit, and graduated from Central High School (1951), the University of...
Lloyd Clifford And Joan Ruth Koch Arnold
Nov 8, 2020
Lloyd Clifford Arnold died on November 8, 2020, at the age of 94. He was the son of Walter Ulysses Arnold and Ruth Marie Flohr Arnold. He was born and raised in York, PA, in the Church of the Brethren.
Joan Ruth Koch Arnold died on June 7, 2023, at the age of...
Gabriel Ferrera Golla
Nov 5, 2020
(funeral mass and burial TBD)
Gabriel F. Golla, age 67, passed away on 11/5/2020 at an adult care facility. Although he was at the care facility for nearly three years, his death was unexpected. He was predeceased by his mother, Francisca F. 1970, brother Norman 2008, father Nick S. 2016, step-mother Roberta P. 2019. Gabriel is survived by siblings...
Janet Ann Volk
Nov 5, 2020
Date of Birth: 8/13/1938 Date of Death: 11/5/2020
Janet Ann Volk was born on August 13, 1938 to Lorion and Eileen LaBarre and passed from this life into the arms of Jesus on November 5, 2020. Jan grew up on a farm in Webster, North Dakota and was the third of 12 children...
Preston Singletary
Nov 4, 2020
Preston Singletary, 80 of Seattle, Washington died on November 4, 2020 in Seattle. Preston was born on February 27, 1940 in Ryderwood, Washington to Clifton and Marie Singletary.
Preston was an avid outdoorsman, a voracious reader and music lover who enjoyed many hobbies and interests over the course of his life including fly fishing, camping, cross country...
Janet Edney
Nov 4, 2020
Janet Edney, age 89, was born in 1931 in Glendale, California to parents Charlotte and Elton Haring. Janet passed away at home peacefully in her sleep on November 4, 2020, in Shoreline Washington. She is survived by her husband Bruce, their two sons Kenneth and Tommy, grandchildren Dolan, Jeannie, Nick, Ian, Marina, and her sister Marcia.
Janet...
John Michael Foy
Oct 31, 2020
5/13/1939 – 10/31/2020
Born May 13, 1939 in Seattle, John, who loved his May birthday and his city, lived here all his life. He went to St. Edward’s grade school, graduated from Franklin High School in 1957, and received his B.A. in Education from Seattle University in 1963 (Magna Cum Laude). Awarded a Federal fellowship to attend St. Louis...
John Thoma Storz
Oct 25, 2020
Jan. 17, 1931 - Oct 25, 2020 John Storz passed away Oct 25, 2020 in Seattle, Wa after a short battle with cancer.
He was born Jan. 17, 1931 in Portland, Ore. to Charles and Pauline Storz. John was raised in Portland, Ore. and went to Jefferson High School. He graduated from Oregon State University in 1952...
Keith Slawson
Oct 25, 2020
On October 25, 2020, Keith Slawson wrote the final chapter of his story. Over his 56 years, he was a consummate storyteller in a variety of ways. He loved stories and characters, whether they were found in fantasy and young-adult novels, games of Dungeons and Dragons, or in conversation over coffee or a beer. Though he dealt with cancer...
Bette Coon
Oct 24, 2020
Bette Mae Reiman Coon of West Seattle, passed away peacefully at 94 December 15, 1925 ~ October 24, 2020
From her birth in Dryden, WA onwards, Bette maintained an attitude of optimism with a high degree of participation. As a youth helping her family with orchard and garden work, through her high school years in Seattle, early...
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