OBITUARIES
Local obituaries for Seattle, Washington, King County and Surrounding Areas
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Richard Hess
Oct 20, 2019
Family and friends mourn the death of Dick Hess who died on October 20, 2019 of brain cancer (glioblastoma).
Dick was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He graduated in 1976 from Iowa State University with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering. He moved to Seattle that same year after being recruited by Boeing. After 11 years at Boeing,...
Evelyn Marie Pooley
Oct 19, 2019
Evelyn Marie Pooley peacefully passed on October 19th, 2019. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends and all who knew her in the community. Born 09/22/28, in the farming community of Kimball, South Dakota, she graduated from Multnomah College (51) Portland, OR. Married James C. Pooley and they spent summers in lake Winnaposki, NH with the...
Earl W. Fleehart
Oct 12, 2019
July 31, 1929—October 12, 2019
Earl W. Fleehart, beloved father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away Saturday, October 12, 2019, at the age of 90, after a long and fulfilling life. He was loyal, active, committed to family and church, and loved by many friends. He is survived by three children (Alexandra, Rand, and Rick), two grandchildren (Greg and Karen),...
Detective Emil Drovetto, Ret.
Oct 6, 2019
Emil was born November 27, 1925 in Roslyn, Washington. His parents were Anton (Tony) and Mary Drovetto, and he was the youngest of four sons. Emil graduated from Cle Elum High School in 1944 and went on with enthusiasm to serve in the U.S. Merchant Marines, transporting supplies to troops and allies during World War ll. He was honorably...
Dorothy (Stone) Trondsen
Oct 1, 2019
Dorothy (Stone) Trondsen, born October 10th, 1930, passed away peacefully on October 1st, 2019 at the age of 88.
She was born in Great Falls, MT and was the second of Forrest and Mildred Stone’s two children. She grew up in Montana, Wyoming and Utah, before moving to Seattle to attend the University of Washington, where she...
Michael D Ingham
Oct 1, 2019
July 19, 1943 – October 1, 2019 (76 years)
Mike was born July 21, 1943, in San Diego, CA, which he referred to as “Heaven” for the first 16 years of his life. He was the oldest of 5, with three sisters and one brother. His family moved to Buffalo, NY, where he graduated from Kenmore High School, in...
Richard James Hill
Sep 30, 2019
Richard James Hill passed at the age of 76. He was born in Spokane, WA, in December 1942 and passed away October 2019 in SeaTac, WA. He spent almost all of his life in the Seattle area. Richard graduated from Roosevelt High School, Class of 1961. He attended WSU, Everett JC and North Seattle College where he studied electronics. ...
Isaac Namioka
Sep 25, 2019
Professor Emeritus Isaac Namioka passed away peacefully at home on September 25th, 2019.
Isaac was born in Japan on April 25th, 1928, and spent his boyhood in Himeji. After receiving his Electrical Engineering degree at Kobe University, Isaac moved to the United States to attend graduate school at Kansas University. At KU, he met Professor John Kelley,...
Miriam Lucille Hancock Taylor
Sep 24, 2019
Miriam Lucille Hancock Taylor of Seattle, WA and formerly of Miller, South Dakota passed away on September 24, 2019 at the age of 96 at the Foss Home in Seattle.
Miriam was born December 9, 1922 to Fred and Lulu (Smith) Hancock of Miller. She married Leland Taylor in 1940 and moved with him to the Taylor...
Chad Robert Anderson
Sep 23, 2019
In Loving Memory Chad R. Anderson August 16, 1974 – September 23, 2019
Chad was a wonderful father of two, Greyson and Rhemy, which he loved more than anything in this world. Husband to Shawnte for just shy of 20 years and best friend for even longer. He was an Army Veteran, friend to so...
William D. Clay
Sep 22, 2019
William D. Clay was a poet, painter, and high school English teacher who lived in Seattle from 2000 until his death on September 22nd 2019. He was born in 1952 in Evanston, Illinois and lived for over 20 years in New York City. He was the eldest son of William Clay and Mary Jane née Rogers. He studied at...
Robert Michael Mooney
Sep 20, 2019
An extended community of family and friends mourn the death of Robert “Bob” Mooney, age 58. Bob died with grace, bravery, and a full heart on September 20th, at his home, surrounded by those he loved most: his wife, Nicole, and their three sons, Tyler, Bryce, and Jack.
Bob was born in Seattle, WA, on November 8,...
Lisa Lyle Weeks
Sep 15, 2019
Lisa (Ann) Lyle Weeks passed away peacefully at home on Sunday September 15, 2019 after a three-year fight with brain cancer. She is survived by her husband of 33 years: David Allan Weeks, three sisters: Mary Elaine Lyle, Janet Rae Veesart, Betty Lynn Lyle, and two children: Bethany Ann Weeks and Jonathon Paul Weeks. She is preceded in death...
Judith Tarmey Southard
Sep 7, 2019
Judith Tarmey Southard passed September 7, 2019, 4 months prior CoVid. She will be laid to rest privately on Friday July 9, 2021 in Greenfield Cemetery, Uniondale Long Island, NY. A small gathering celebrating her life will take place in her honor at the gravesite on Sunday July 11, 2021 at 1 pm.
Judy was born November...
Toni Sue French
Sep 7, 2019
11/14/1949 – 09/07/2019
Toni Sue French passed peacefully on September 7 th , 2019 after a fifteen-year battle with breast cancer.
Toni was born in Sullivan, Indiana. She moved to North Bend, WA in 1978 with her husband and daughter. She retired from the Issaquah School District as a school bus driver in 2013.
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Judith Roberta Overman Munn
Sep 3, 2019
Judith Roberta Overman Munn was born October 7, 1941 and passed away September 3, 2019 at Crista Skilled Nursing Center in Shoreline, where she was cared for with great skill and love
Judi was preceded in death by her beloved husband John H.Munn, also her sister Janet L. Covington, and her father & mother, Robert and Jesse...
Margaret "Peggy" Ann Buskin
Aug 28, 2019
Margaret "Peggy" Ann Buskin, born Aug. 31, 1950, in Newark, NJ, died Aug. 28, 2019, in Shoreline, WA.
Peggy loved music of many genres, shockingly bright colors, unexpected conflations, purring cats, and original ideas.
Peggy was raised in Woodbridge, NJ, and lived most of her adult life in New Brunswick, NJ. She attended Middlesex County...
Nelson Chishun Wong
Aug 27, 2019
Nelson Chishun Wong was born on October 2, 1941, in Hong Kong. He was the third son of Robert Wong and May Wong, brother of Grace Wong Lam, Kenneth Wong, Gerard Wong, and Eugene Wong; father of Theodore Wong and Christina Wong; grandfather of Tilia, Charlotte, and Fiona; father-in-law of Michelle Mancini and John Morrison; and husband and lifelong...
Michael Terrence Patterson
Aug 16, 2019
Michael Patterson, 73, of Seattle passed away on Friday August 16, 2019.
Michael was born May 14, 1946 in Oakland, CA to Robert Patterson and Virginia Isenberger Patterson. He grew up in California and went to attend college in 1964. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa. There he...
Lyla Elizabeth Donley Ford
Aug 14, 2019
After a short illness, our dear Lyla passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning, as daughter Karen and son-in-law Alan held her and sang Somewhere Over the Rainbow. We are filled with sadness, but also with gratitude that she enjoyed a good life for 92 years, filled with family, friendships and love.
Lyla was born in Pueblo, Colorado,...
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