OBITUARIES
Local obituaries for Seattle, Washington, King County and Surrounding Areas
John Scott Jardine
Jan 24, 2025
John Scott Jardine of Port Townsend, WA, 82, passed away from cancer on January 24, 2025, in Seattle, WA. He was born on March 6, 1942, in Seattle and lived all his life in the Seattle area. John’s playground was the zoo and Greenlake area. He graduated from Lincoln High School in 1960.
John was preceded in death by his parents...
Bernadine Parker
Jan 24, 2025
Bernadine L. Parker was born on September 15, 1930 in Shakopee, Minnesota, but she lived and raised her 3 children in the Pacific NW most of her adult life. She was a very capable and hard-working woman but her most defining quality was the love she had for her God Jehovah and her family, along with her love and interest...
Ellen Fackler Gamrath
Jan 18, 2025
A smart, beautiful, kind woman was called home by God on January 18th, 2025. Ellen was surrounded by family and love, in this world and the next. She is deeply missed and lovingly remembered for her steadfast love, commitment to living out her faith, lifelong dedication to learning, and her generosity.Ellen was born March 30, 1925 to Ottillie Trinklein and...
David Frank Murphy
Jan 13, 2025
David Frank Murphy was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts to William Ivo Murphy and Anne Catherine MacEachern on November 23, 1938.He is preceded in death by his sister Jane, and his brothers Don and Bill.A graduate of University of Massachusetts and an army corpsman, David built a life for himself after a childhood in Gloucester that included loss. He became a...
Roberta Kay Reed
Jan 11, 2025
Roberta Kay Reed died peacefully at age 77 on January 11 after a courageous 28-month battle with glioblastoma, a type of terminal brain cancer. Her brother, sister-in-law and dedicated care workers were at her bedside during her final days.
Roberta was born in Eugene, Oregon to Alan Bruce Reed and Dorothea Lillie Reed during the period of time after Alan was...
Glenny Law
Jan 10, 2025
Glenny Law (Glendora Louise Whitmire Green Law), age 94, died peacefully at home on January 10 in the company of her three children. Glenny was born on July 12,1930 in Woodland, CA, to Frank Whitmire and Gertrude (Carpenter) Whitmire.Although born in Woodland, CA, Glenny spent most of her childhood in Petaluma, CA. She graduated from Petaluma High School and, in...
Irene Glory Bell Andersen
Jan 10, 2025
Adored wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, Irene Glory Bell Andersen, passed away peacefully in her sleep early on the morning of Friday, January 10th, 2025. Born in Mysen, Norway, to Hedvig and Arvid Jønssen on April 9th, 1938, Irene was devoted to her Norwegian heritage, her family, and her many friendships.
Irene married the love of her life, beloved Jonny...
James Reed
Jan 3, 2025
James Reed once stated, “I never met an art form I didn’t like.” James closely observed the world around him and saw with his hands. Growing up as a boy in Ogden, Utah, he constructed complex models and created a train set that did not go around in a circle, but rather began and ended, because that was what real...
Bert D Stover
Dec 31, 2024
Bert D. Stover was born to Jim Stover and Dorothy Parr Stover on March 1st, 1957 in Alpena Michigan where he grew up on a working farm and later on Long Lake. There he learned to love spending time on the water and outdoors . His childhood was filled with adventure. In 1969, the family moved to Washington State. Following...
Kara Marie Huletz Thornes
Dec 27, 2024
Kara Marie Huletz Thornes born May 12, 1970 passed peacefully Friday December 27th after a short but brave battle with cancer. Her family was by her side throughout her fight never thinking she would not prevail as she had done so eight years prior.
Kara was Seattle born and bred. She knew everyone and everyone knew her…”hey, aren't you the little...
Guy Allan Tynes
Dec 27, 2024
Guy Allan Tynes of Shoreline, Washington, passed away on December 27, 2024, at the age of 79 from heart failure. Allan was a loving husband and father; a longtime Memphis radio announcer; an avid reader who early in life read an entire encyclopedia and loved true tales of adventure; an enthusiastic if erratic golf and poker player who once scored...
Gordon Everett Pomeroy
Dec 26, 2024
Gordon Everett Pomeroy died December 26, 2024, after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Nancy Finch, his children Holly (Zac) Kopra, Barry (Rebekah) Pomeroy, Eric (Barb) Johnson, Ryan (Katie) Pomeroy and Lindsey Pomeroy; as well as 7 grandsons, 1 granddaughter, his younger siblings – 3 sisters and 2 brothers, brother and sister-in-law John (Dana)...
Shirley Ann Kuczek
Dec 23, 2024
Shirley Ann Kuczek, 86, was a proud Alaska resident for more than 50 years. She was embraced by our Lord on December 23, 2024.
Shirley is survived by her children, Cheryl and Ron Kuczek. Her husband Ron preceded her in death in 2001.
Shirley was born on Flag Day in Oakland, CA, on June 14, 1938. She graduated from Santa Clara High...
Richard "Dick" Martin Gratzer
Dec 23, 2024
Richard “Dick” Martin Gratzer, 70, died December 23rd, 2024. His birth was announced in the newspaper under the headline “Milkman is Papa.” He was born on December 2nd, 1954 to parents Richard (employed by Flett Dairy) and Rose. His youth was spent reading Marvel Comics and pretending he was a cowboy.
Like many young kids in the sixties, Dick’s life changed...
Betty Mae Sill
Dec 22, 2024
Betty Mae Sill, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and loving sister, peacefully passed away on December 22nd at the age of 98. She dedicated her life to her family, friends, and her faith.
Born on May 24, 1926, in Seattle, Washington, to Alfred and Florence Hill, Betty grew up in National, Wenatchee, and Green Lake, WA. Betty met her beloved...
Kristin von Hahn
Dec 21, 2024
Wilderness adventurer, economist, wife, mother of two, and dog lover, Kristin Margarethe von Hahn left us much too soon on December 21, 2024 in Seattle, Washington at the age of 68. Kristin was born in Vancouver on May 24, 1956 to the late Freda and Heinrich von Hahn, where she was the fourth of five children in a Baltic German...
Derek Brown
Dec 21, 2024
Derek was born in 1960 in Idaho Falls, where he spent his formative years in the outdoors of the mountain west. Although based on the Snake River Plain, he grew up exploring a diversity of environments from the Tetons and the Wind Rivers to Zion and Moab in Utah. His stomping grounds expanded to include the Cascades and British Columbia...
Peggy Nelson Kallsen
Dec 20, 2024
Peggy Nelson Kallsen was born on November 18, 1949, in Eureka, California, the second child to Jean and Bruce Nelson. She grew up in a family of eight in Shelton, Washington, where her father had joined the family oyster business. When the oyster business declined, the family fell upon hard times. Despite these challenges, young Peggy was immersed in a...
Sharon Terry Galloway
Dec 19, 2024
Sharon Terry Galloway, 77, passed away on December 19, 2024, in Auburn, Washington. Sharon was the beloved wife of Peter Allen Galloway who preceded her in death. Sharon and Pete enjoyed travelling abroad and visiting the Washington Coast. Sharon was born June 7, 1947, in Seattle, Washington to Harold & Jessie Terry. Sharon was a Brownie Scout and Girl Scout...
Victoria Lynn Puronen
Dec 17, 2024
Victoria Lynn Puronen (Govero) passed away on 12/17/2024. She is survived by her son Galen, her daughter Camille, her son-in-law Daniel, her grandchildren Eric (12) and Owen (9), her sisters JoAnn and Mary, brothers Tom and David, and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Eric Puronen (1942-2012), parents Chester Govero and Irene...
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