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Stanley George Bowen
Jun 6, 2015
Stanley George Bowen passed away peacefully June 6, 2015 at his home in Seattle Washington. He was 87. He enjoyed a long, rich life until he left to be with his heavenly father. His friends knew him as Stan.
Stan was born in Seattle, April 10, 1928. His parents, George and Edith Bowen were immigrants from Canada;...
Stephen Eugene Lievense
Jun 5, 2015
Stephen (Steve) Eugene Lievense passed away peacefully with his family by his side on June 5th, 2015 at the age of 66. Steve was born in Seattle on May 6, 1949 to Dolores Arvae and Harold Willis Lievense of Renton, Washington. Steve was a natural athlete and excelled at basketball and football playing for Kent Meridian HS. He traveled...
Carl V. Larson
Jun 4, 2015
February 13, 1916 – June 4, 2015
Carl Larson passed away in the company of loving family members at the age of 99 following complications from a fall. Carl was born in Seattle to Carl Johan Larson and Augusta K. Peterson. He attended West Seattle High School and the University of Washington, graduating with a degree in electrical engineering....
Ellen Frances Jones
May 25, 2015
Ellen Frances Jones, 85, was known as Wife, Mom, Grandma, Sister, Aunt, and Friend. In her adult years she enjoyed quilting, sewing, needlearts of all types, fishing, Sudoku, cookbook collecting, PBS dramas, gardening, cooking, baking, couponing, and fussing over her grandchildren. She was born an "Elder" on November 6, 1929 in Somerset, Ohio. She died Monday, May 25, 2015...
Patience Rogge
May 23, 2015
PATIENCE GRIFFIN ROGGE September 11, 1936 - May 23, 2015
We are profoundly sad to announce the loss of Patience Griffin Rogge, beloved wife of David M. Rogge, on May 23, 2015 in Seattle, WA, after a sudden illness. Born September 11, 1936 in Bradford, Pennsylvania to Constance Ward Griffin and Albert A. Griffin; Patience’s love of...
Leonard Eugene Tritsch
May 14, 2015
March 14, 1925 – May 14, 2015
Leonard Eugene Tritsch, 90 passed away on Thursday, May 14, 2015. He was born on March 15, 1925, in Hewitt, Minnesota, to Arthur C. Tritsch and Della O. Habben Tritsch. He graduated from Hewitt High School in 1943 and received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1949 from Hamline University...
Nghi Nhac Tran
May 11, 2015
Nghi Nhac Tran, resident of Seattle for the past 27 years, died of cancer at age 58 on May 11, 2015.
Col. Emiliano Tiojanco Pineda
May 10, 2015
Passed away peacefully on May 10, 2015 surrounded by family. Known as Miling to friends, Col. Pineda was born on April 29, 1917 in Hagonoy, Bulacan, Philippines. He was a survivor of the Bataan Death March, serving as a young USAFFE lieutenant during World War II and later as an officer in the Philippine Air Force. He migrated with...
Ruby Taylor
May 6, 2015
Ruby Taylor age 89, was born October 1925 and passed away May 6, 2015 surrounded by loving family. A r espected teacher, mother, grandmother aunt and friend, she will be missed and remembered by many.
Ruby was born in Weimar Texas. She graduated from the University of Texas with a BA and a Master’s Degree. ...
Nancy Johnson Colbert
May 6, 2015
Nancy Colbert died of respiratory failure on May 6, 2015, at her home with her sisters by her side. She was born in Syracuse, New York, on September 25, 1947, to Jean and Don Johnson and grew up in Liverpool, New York.
She graduated from the University of Denver in 1969, and received a Masters in Library...
Michael Paul Witmer
May 1, 2015
Michael Paul Witmer (44) passed away on May 1st 2015 in his home. Michael was a kind and caring person who went out of his way to help others. He will be remembered as a son who provided extensive care for his mother during her lengthy terminal illness, a treasured family member, and a friend. Michael loved animals, music,...
Jack Lynch
Apr 30, 2015
Jack Lynch died at the age of 80 in his home at Horizon House, Seattle, WA, on April 30, 2015, surrounded by the people who loved him, his wife and children. He was born John Irving Lynch, Jr., on December 16, 1934, the first child of John Irving Lynch and Hilda Edmonds Lynch in Auburn, NY. He is survived...
Matt John Halter
Apr 26, 2015
Matt was born January 15, 1940 in Dodge, North Dakota to John and Emma (Flemmer) Halter. After a six month battle with brain cancer, Matt passed in the evening of April 26, 2015, surrounded by his loving family. Matt was a loving, devoted husband of Marcia (Good) Halter, father of Erin and Brett (Holly), grandfather of Aidan and Ryan. ...
Virginia A Rose
Apr 20, 2015
Virginia A. Rose, a Seattle resident for over 50 years, died Monday, April 20, 2015. She was 83.
Ms. Rose was born in June of 1931 to A. Spaulding and Carolyn Chaftin Rose in Worcester, Massachusetts. A graduate of Green Mountain College, Virginia worked as a flight attendant, business owner, and chef.
In addition to...
Mark Chambers
Apr 20, 2015
Mark Collin Chambers – beloved husband, brother, uncle, friend, photographer, painter,traveler, partier, lifelong learner – died of ALS in Carnation, WA on April 20th, 2015, at the too-young age of 61.
Mark is lovingly remembered by his wife, Oda Egeland; his father, Glen Chambers; his brothers Lee and Jery Chambers; his sister Kristin Chambers; numerous adoring in-laws,...
Robert S. ("Bob”) Caldwell
Apr 18, 2015
The world lost a little brilliance when Robert Stowe Caldwell passed away on April 18, 2015. Bob is remembered for his humor, generosity, dedication to family, and as a maker of memories throughout his long and full life. Born in China on April 2, 1924 to missionary parents, Bob grew up in the U.S., served in the Navy during...
Mildred Katz
Apr 6, 2015
November 15, 1924 to April 6, 2015
By Lily Katz
At the age of 90, Mildred Katz left this planet for someplace new. Up until the very end, she was a firecracker; joyful, sharp as a tack, and unafraid to tell it like it was. Her tenacity, independence and stubbornness inspired us all. Millie loved her family...
Alan Brown Groves
Mar 30, 2015
Alan Groves was born April 9, 1926, to Wellington and Marjorie Groves in Aberdeen, Washington. Died peacefully on March 30, 2015. Survived by wife, Fumiko Uyeda Groves, and her children Aimee Michi and Kevin Shin, cousins, Marilyn Monahan and Murray Kleist, nephews Randall and Kevin Groves and niece Susan Apt.
Alan moved to Seattle shortly after he...
Patrick Dwyer
Mar 30, 2015
Patrick Michael Dwyer passed away at his home in Kenmore, Washington on March 30, 2015, of cancer of the head and neck. He was surrounded by friends and family. Patrick was born in Anaconda, Montana on September 8, 1944, the fourth of ten children born to Helen Jendresen Dwyer and Horace Dwyer. He attended St. Paul Elementary school and...
Charles Keith Holdorf
Mar 29, 2015
Charles Keith Holdorf, born on May 11, 1930 in Fort Collins, Colorado, was the fourth of six children born to William Frederick Carl Holdorf and Rena Eunice Ziegler Holdorf. They lived on a ranch in Cornish, Colorado until the 1936 Dust Bowl forced them to move west to Dallas, Oregon. Charles graduated from Dallas High School in 1949 with...
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