OBITUARIES
Local obituaries for Seattle, Washington, King County and Surrounding Areas
Myrna Rae Kinyon Orme
Jan 17, 2015
Teacher, Child and Family Advocate, Wife, Mother, Sister, and Friend
Myrna was born February 11, 1941 to Ethel and Homer Kinyon. She grew up in Joplin, MT and graduated from high school in 1959. She attended Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA where she met William Orme. They married on June 14, 1961, and were...
Donald L. Thoreson
Jan 16, 2015
July 15, 1930-January 16, 2015
Donald L Thoreson, loving husband, father and grandfather, passed away peacefully, with his family at his side, on January 16, 2015.
Don was born in Pekin, North Dakota, on July 15, 1930, the fifth child of Christine Johanna and Thorfin Hjalmer Thoreson. He moved to Seattle with his family in...
Barbara Mcbride Minghetti
Jan 15, 2015
Barbara was born on Dec 5 1953 in Yakima WA. Barbara moved with her family to Seattle in 1956, making this her home here until she died on Jan. 15, 2015 of a heart condition. Barbara was the youngest of three children. She has two older brothers, Jack Jr. and Bruce. She attended Emerson Elementary school and Rainier Beach...
Heather Shantih Kmitta
Jan 4, 2015
Heather Shantih Kmitta was born in Los Angeles, California, on September 30, 1971, and passed away on January 4, 2015. She was our sweet flower of peace that grew into one of the most loved friend of so many people. She grew up in Hermosa Beach, California, a couple blocks from the beach and loved building sand castles with...
Jim St. John (Fosso)
Dec 31, 2014
Born 1/20/1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Paul and Nona Fosso. He is survived by his wife Sara, daughter Samantha, mother Nona, sister Kristi, along with many extended family members and friends.
During his childhood, he lived in Arlington, Spokane, and finally in West Seattle for the majority of his young life. He graduated from West Seattle High...
Marian Roselle Lewis
Dec 31, 2014
Marian was born in Everett, WA on July 12, 1919 to John T. and Hattie Waide Johnson. She grew up in Santa Rosa, CA and Everett, WA where she graduated from High School. In 1939 she received a BA from Seattle Pacific College and married Roland B. Lewis. They had two children, David Warren Lewis and JoEtta May Lewis. ...
Glen Daly Wilson
Dec 23, 2014
Glen Daly Wilson passed away on December 23, 2014, in Woodinville, Washington. He was 91 years old.
Born in Hazel Valley, Arkansas on September 29, 1923, to Ernest and Bertha Wilson, Glen graduated high school before serving in the Navy in World War 2. He then became a plumber, eventually for Wilson Plumbing Company. In his spare...
M. Elaine (Hamilton) Lowrie
Dec 20, 2014
May 11, 1925 – December 20, 2014
Elaine Lowrie died peacefully Saturday morning at her home with her 2 daughters by her side. She is survived by her daughters; Laura Corwin and Leslie Lowrie, and granddaughter Emily.
A life-long Seattleite, Elaine graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1943. She quickly put her speedy typing and...
Peter Hand Conard
Dec 10, 2014
Peter Hand Conard, a deep thinker and connector of people and ideas, died at home, after a long journey with lung cancer, on December 10, 2014, surrounded by his wife and sons. He was 52 years much too young.
Peter grew up in Vershire, Vermont, on the campus of the Mountain School, founded by his parents just...
Elizabeth Flexer
Dec 10, 2014
Elizabeth Flexer, 57, of Bainbridge Island, completed her life's journey late in the evening of December 10th, 2014, after having spent her final days bathed in the love of family and friends.
As one of the pioneering early survivors of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Centers bone marrow transplant program in 1975, Elizabeth was determined to transcend her early...
Richard Hayes Warner
Dec 9, 2014
Peacefully passed away December 9, 2014
Dick was born September 14, 1939, the second son of Rev. Walter and Ruth Barnes Warner. His early years were spent in various parsonages in New York and Pennsylvania and then moved west with family in 1948 to Oregon. He graduated from University of Oregon in 1964 after acquiring training as...
Patricia L. Krall
Dec 9, 2014
June 21, 1935 – December 9, 2014
Patricia Louise Krall, 79, of Seattle, died December 9, 2014 of end-stage dementia, with family at her bedside.
Pat was born June 21, 1935 at Alexander’s Maternity Home in Kelso, WA to Michael and Winnifred (Olson) Krall. In 1941 the family moved to Central Valley Road near Poulsbo...
William Munro
Dec 7, 2014
Scotsman, sailor, friend, squash player, world traveler, mentor, dog lover and devoted husband
Born in Scotland on August 10, 1939, Bill passed away peacefully at his home in Seattle on December 7, 2014. Bill grew up with a love of the water and a fascination for technology. He earned degrees from St. Andrews University and Edinburgh University. A highlight...

Glenn D. White
Dec 4, 2014
September 1, 1933 – December 4, 2014
Glenn was known as a Renaissance individual with unbounded curiosity and an extensive variety of friendships, knowledge, capabilities and careers. Following graduation from the University of Washington (Physics), he supervised instrumentation at Boeing Environmental Test Laboratories. As the first Sound Engineer at the Seattle Center, one of his fondest memories...
Roland Schlueter
Dec 4, 2014
Reverend Dr. Roland F. Schlueter, 95, of Seattle, died peacefully on December 4, 2014. Born in Iron River, Wisconsin, on November 12, 1919, he was the son of Reverend Franklin and Lena Schlueter. He was the loving husband of the late Frances Kaub Schlueter, whom he married in Denver, Colorado on September 5, 1943. She died in 1993.
...Ellen Delores Jackson
Nov 30, 2014
Ellen Delores Jackson was born on September 27th, 19__ in Austin, Texas and passed away peacefully at her home of 45 years in the Wedgwood neighborhood of Seattle on November 30th, 2014 after a long fight with a debilitating illness.
Ellen was exceptionally intellectually gifted. She graduated high school with one year of study then completed her...
David Lloyd Whited
Nov 30, 2014
January 28,1951 - November 30,2014
David was and is a human being, a true member of the people and the animals, a storyteller without compare, a poet with a gift, a worker for the people, planner for the Puyallup Tribe. He will be missed.
He is survived by two sisters, seven brothers, mother Bonny Komp,...
Hal Dodd Angell
Nov 29, 2014
Hal Dodd Angell of Port Orchard died at the home of his son on November 29th 2014 following one last courageous battle …this one was with lung cancer.
Born December 3rd 1927 in Mocksville North Carolina to Albion Hiawatha and Nannie Nichols-Angell, he joined the U.S. Navy at age 17 during WWII. At war’s end and after...
Christopher Lawrence Connors
Nov 17, 2014
Christopher Lawrence Connors, 41, passed away at his home in Seattle, Washington on Monday, November 17, 2014 after being diagnosed with stomach cancer in August. His loving family surrounded him at the time of his passing.
Chris was born in Seattle, Washington on February 09, 1973 to Larry and Janet Connors. A lifelong resident of Seattle, Chris...
John Sewell
Nov 13, 2014
John Lowe SEWELL Born April 24, 1968 in Landstuhl Germany. Died November 13, 2014 in Seattle WA. John is survived by a loving Partner, Greg McKnight and many beloved friends and family members. John grew up traveling the world with his Military family, graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1990, and continued living in and traveling to every...