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Mar 19, 2018

died Monday, March 19, 2018

Mar 15, 2018

Suelyn Wong (formerly Woo) passed away on March 15, 2018 after a short battle with Leukemia.  Born October 1935 in Los Angeles, she graduated from UC Berkeley majoring in Fine Arts. She worked as an artist and an elementary school teacher.

She met the love of her life, Herman Wong, while he was a reporter for the...

Mar 14, 2018

Hal B. Gordon, age 62, passed away on March 14, 2018, after a long battle with cancer. He was born Aug. 5,1955, in Aberdeen, Wash. and was raised in Elma and attended Elma High School. He resided in McCleary, Wash.

He worked as a logger and log truck driver for years. Hal enjoyed agriculture and farming as...

Mar 8, 2018

May 9, 1921 - March 8, 2018

Doreen Robinson, 96,  passed peacefully in her sleep on Thursday, March 8, 2018 in her home at the Brighton Court Retirement Community in Lynnwood, Washington after a life, well-lived and full of love.

A Celebration of Life memorial service will be held at Ronald United Methodist Church in...

Feb 21, 2018

“Chambless” navigated this journey in life with awe; a dry sense of humor; melancholia; compassion; grief and sorrow. A radical humanist, an enigmatic, and charismatic individual. He will be missed in this river of life, as a beloved partner, father, grandfather, mentor, friend, leader and teacher. JcDc

**** Ancestral Muses It’s been six years since you physically...

Feb 9, 2018

Henry Eldridge Perry Jr., age 96, passed away peacefully from natural causes on February 9, 2018 at his home in Seattle, Washington. Husband of Janet Steputis Perry and the late Joyce Fowler Perry; father of Joyce Perry Cornell, Henry Eldridge Perry III,  and George Fowler Perry; stepfather of Susan  Steputis; grandfather of Grace Evelyn Gonzales, (Michael Eugene Gonzales); great  ...

Feb 8, 2018

Esther E. (Keimig) Burkett died on February 8, 2018 at the age of 91 in Seattle, Washington. Mrs. Burkett was born September 11, 1926 in Isabel, Kansas and spent most of her adult life in Norwich, Kansas. Esther married Dwight E. Burkett on August 13, 1950. Esther is remembered for her service to the Norwich United Methodist Church and...

Feb 7, 2018

Dwight Cormack Baker, born September 15, 1922, died peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on February 7, 2018.  Dwight was born in Peking, China to Dwight Condo Baker, a historian, and the former Retta Cormack, daughter of medical missionaries.

Dwight lived until age three in Taian, China then moved to Modesto, California. As a youth Dwight loved hiking,...

Jan 29, 2018

Betty Lou McGowan was born in Kansas City on February 21st, 1926 to her beloved parents Mary and Earl Phillips. She was their only child and their pride and joy. Betty’s father died when she was only twelve, and she and her mother developed a strong bond as they lived together through the Great Depression and beginning of WWII....

Jan 26, 2018

March 14, 1925 – January 26, 2018

John Loflin was born and grew up in Tacoma and attended the University of Washington.  He was a Certified Public Accountant and spent a total of 40 years specializing in taxes.  Thirty of those years were with the Internal Revenue Service as an Examiner and a Administrative Appeals Officer working in the...

Jan 24, 2018

Carolyn Jane (Williams) Griffin passed away peacefully on January 24, 2018 surrounded by her loved ones.

Carrie was born on June 21, 1956 in Seattle, WA. She worked as a Senior Medical Coder for Pacific Medical Centers for over twenty years. Carrie was an enthusiastic Seattle sports fan, but the University of Washington Huskies was her favorite...

Jan 18, 2018

Born to Jesse Monroe Clark and Mary Kemp Miller March 6, 1929 in Andalusia, Alabama.  Died January 18, 2018.  Grew up in the countryside developing a love of nature.

Graduated from Anniston High School and attended Stephens College before moving to Anchorage Alaska with her family.  Graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in History.  ...

Jan 16, 2018

Goldie Phill Manolides died on January 16, 2018 in Seattle, WA following a brief illness.  She was 94.

Goldie was born on March 29, 1923 in Tacoma, WA to her parents, Steve and Mary Phill. She graduated from the Stadium High School in 1941 and then entered Tacoma General School of Nursing (formerly known as...

Jan 7, 2018

December 21, 1919 - January 7, 2018

There will be a graveside service for Douglas Young at Holyrood Catholic Cemetery in Shoreline, Washington on Wednesday February 21 at 1:00 PM.

Jan 3, 2018

March 28th, 1950—January 3rd, 2018 Roger Scot Heine, age 67, was finally released from his long battle with Alzheimer’s on January 3rd, 2018. His children, the loves of his life, Molly and Alex, were by his side until the end and though his death is incredibly difficult, they are immensely grateful that his body and soul are at peace....

Jan 3, 2018

Negash Atsbeha was born on August 28th, 1941 in Adua district, Tigrai state, Ethiopia. His father was Atsbeha Gebrelibanos and his mother was Wobet Gebremedhen both from Tigrai state.  Negash left Tigrai state at an early age and attended elementary and secondary school in Addis Ababa while working as a driver and translator for the American Embassy. He also...

Jan 2, 2018

1931 - 2018

Florene Hughes, age 86, died on January 2, 2018 in Seattle, WA. She is survived by her daughter Denise Hughes of Seattle, WA, her son Clayton Hughes and daughter-in-law Janine Bassin of Westport, CT, two grandchildren Zoe and Quinn Hughes, and two sisters Joyce Montague and Doris Luttrell.

She was preceded in...

Dec 31, 2017

Edward Vincent Teehan died on December 31, 2017 in Seattle, WA.  Born on July 9, 1939 in Boston, MA, he is survived by his loving friend, Miriam Garvey; two children, Timothy Teehan and Mary Frances Rich and their mother Joan (Astorquia) Teehan; two grandchildren, Conrad and Margo Rich; his sister Mary Machado and many nieces and nephews.

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Dec 29, 2017

John Arthur ‘Jack’ Saneholtz, age 88, died on Friday, December 29, 2017 in Bellevue, WA, where he resided for the past 6 years.

Jack was born on October 20, 1929 in Napoleon, Ohio, the son of Byron ‘Bud’ and Bernice (Casteel) Saneholtz.  After graduating from Napoleon High School in 1947, he attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio...

Dec 22, 2017

On December 22, 2017, Dorothy Maye Stumpf passed peacefully at her home of 50 years in Shoreline, WA, surrounded by her loving family. We are grateful for every day of her 97 years.  Born in 1920 in De Queen, Arkansas to George Sims and Beulah Laster, the second oldest of their 8 children, she assumed care of her siblings...