OBITUARIES
Local obituaries for Seattle, Washington, King County and Surrounding Areas
Charles Raymond Cardinaux
Jul 6, 2025
Charles “Joc” Raymond Cardinaux died peacefully at home on July 6, 2025, after living with Lewy Body Dementia for eight years. He is survived by his wife Gray Wilson and his son Charles “Charlie” Cardinaux, as well as his sister Isabelle Schnydrig of Zurich, Switzerland.
Ever the non-conformist, Joc followed his own path through life with a sense of adventure and...
John Henry Lerch
Jul 1, 2025
John Lerch had a long, adventure-filled life and died on July 1, 2025 at 84 years old in Seattle, WA. He grew up in Southern California and went to college at Cal State University. His first job was in Texas after graduating college but he quickly returned to the Golden State after a few months. He was creative, curious, and...
Gregory Byrum Routt
Jun 26, 2025
With the passing of Greg Routt, the world lost a truly remarkable, yet humble, human being.Born to Donald Harrison Routt and Dorothy Ann Bickel on June 17, 1950 in Kansas City,Missouri, Gregory Byrum Routt died at Swedish First Hill on June 26, 2025 after a brief illness.
He is survived by his loving wife, Kristie Ann Kujawski; his brother Gary Routt...
Omar Al-Shibibi
Jun 25, 2025
Omar Al-Shibibi, 29, left this world for the next one on June 25, 2025.
He was born on Feb. 15, 1996, in Orlando, Fla., and at age 4 moved to Seattle, where he became fast friends with the “talking” monkfish at Pike Place Market, the seagulls at Ivar’s and the starfish at low tide.
We are blessed to have beautiful memories of...
Arlyn Kerr
Jun 23, 2025
Arlyn Kerr, 80, passed away on June 23, 2025. She died peacefully at home. She was preceded in death by her daughter Julie. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Les Kerr; son David; daughter-in-law Merissa; grandchildren Natalie/Nell and Allison; and her brother Howard Meisner.
Arlyn was born March 8, 1945 in Jersey City, New Jersey. She received a...
Tonjia Marie Kolanowski
Jun 12, 2025
Tonjia Marie Kolanowski was born in Iola, Kansas in 1944 to William and Edythe Karr. Tonjia spent her early years in southeastern Kansas. Growing up she was a member of the local 4 H club, and working as a life guard teaching swim lessons at the Humbolt pool. In 1962, Tonjia graduated from Humboldt High School. The following fall, Tonjia...
Anne Cecelia Wilson
2025
Our beloved daughter, sister, and friend, Annie Wilson passed away Sunday June 8th in bed at her Shoreline home. Annie was born in San Jose California in 1961, the first daughter of Thomas and Susan Wilson. Her childhood years were spent in Aldercroft Heights, a small mountain community just above Los Gatos. Through her days of hiking along the San...
Christine Barrett
Jun 9, 2025
Christine Barrett, 87, passed away on June 9, 2025, leaving behind a rich legacy of friendship, intellect, dedication, and compassion.
Born on May 11, 1938, in San Diego, CA, Christine was the daughter of Lt. Cmdr. Allan C. Edmands, Sr. and Mary Hawes Edmands Ashbrook. She spent her formative years following her father's passing in World War II, in Centralia, WA....
Maureen Frances Thorstensen
Jun 8, 2025
Maureen Frances Thorstensen, age 98, of Seattle/Washington, passed away on June 8th surrounded by loved ones.
Born on October 24, 1926 in Seattle, Maureen was the beloved mother of Christine Porter, Tari Simmons, Mary Paschall and Delores Kinsman. She started her career as a registered nurse and then supported her husband Herman Thorstensen becoming the office manager of his business—Thorny’s Electric...
Sylvia Maureen Bush
Jun 7, 2025
Sylvia Maureen Bush, 79, passed away under the faithful watch of caregivers at the home where she lived comfortably for the last years of her life. Sylvia was born to Frances Bush and Ruth Giddings Bush on July 4, 1945, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, at F.E. Warren Air Force base. She took great joy in being privileged to share her birthday...
Laurențiu Dusciuc
Jun 6, 2025
Laurențiu Dusciuc was born in Botoșani, Romania on 14 January, 1980. He was a cyclist, a forager, an adventurer, a loving husband, a caring brother, and a conscientious transportation engineer. His caring spirit lives on in the bike lanes and multimodal transportation infrastructure that he designed throughout Seattle and the Bay Area including the bike lane at Green lake, Melrose...
Elmer Reynolds Shore
Jun 1, 2025
Elmer Reynolds Shore died on June 1, 2025. He had just celebrated his 91st birthday, and his hospital room at the University of Washington Medical Center was full of cards from his family and photos of his six children, seven grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. There was also a handmade Harley Davidson card from the hospital nurses. If you knew Elmer,...
Velia Susan Gerth
Jun 1, 2025
Vel Gerth beloved mother to Leslie Noson (Dennis), Roslyn Sealy, (passed 2017) Susan Pessemier and Robert Gerth passed away with her devoted family surrounding her on June 1st at the age of 97. She was an actively engaged and influential grandmother (Nonni) to 12 – Tom (passed 2024), Kirstin, Petra (Alen), Dominic (Laura), Anna (Doug), Kate (Nate), Alex and Willie,...
Rita Joanne Hollomon
May 31, 2025
Rita Joanne Hollomon was born on September 14, 1952, in Wenatchee, Washington, to Samuel and Marjorie Wheatcroft. She passed away on May 31, 2025, after a recurrence of cancer. Surrounded by the love of her family, she leaves behind a lifetime of cherished memories and a legacy of warmth and generosity.
In 1986, Rita married her beloved husband, John Hollomon. Together,...
Susan Banks Womeldorff
May 29, 2025
Susan Banks Womeldorff (née Banks) passed away peacefully on May 29th, 2025. Born in Yakima, Washington on May 24th, 1933 to Mary Elizabeth Banks (née Norie) and William “Bill” Carr Banks.
Susan grew up the second of three children in Moscow, Idaho. She made lifelong friends from her neighborhood. They dubbed themselves the “B Street Gang” and even wrote a compilation...
Mikio Tajima
May 26, 2025
Mikio Tajima passed away on May 26, 2025, at the age of 91. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Esther S. Tajima, son, Mark Tajima (spouse, Jennifer Haag), daughter, Emiko Tajima (spouse, Joe Handelman), and grandchildren, Claudia, Alex, Damir, and Ravi. His brothers, Kenkichi and Tatsuo preceded him in death.
Mikio was born March 30th, 1934, in Kobe,...
Patrick David McLain
May 26, 2025
Patrick David McLain passed away on May 26th, 2025 in Shoreline, WA due to complications of Huntington’s Disease. Born on January 17th, 1950 in Hutchinson, KS, he was the youngest of four children of James T. McLain and Juanita (Kennedy) F. McLain.
Pat pursued his education with dedication, attending Hutchinson High School, Hutchinson Junior College, the University of Kansas, and last...
Paul Hoerlein
May 25, 2025
Paul Hampton Hoerlein was born in Portland, Oregon to Paul Frank Hoerlein and Mildred Hoerlein. Known to his family as “Buddy Paul”, he grew up in Hood River with his older sister Nancy on an orchard in the Mt. Hood foothills where he learned the value of family ties, hard work and faith. Through his dad’s affiliation with mountain rescue group The Crag Rats...
Christopher Vegors
2025
Christopher (Chris) "Crime Scene" Vegors passed away peacefully at home and surrounded by family on May 21, 2025, at the age of 45, after living courageously for almost three years with ALS. He was a son, brother, husband, father, friend, proud marine, and small business owner for over 20 years. While his trade was crime scene cleaning, his trademark was...
Leota Rae Van Wieringen
May 19, 2025
Leota Rae Van Wieringen – Age 94, of Seattle, WA passed away peacefully on May 19, 2025.
Leota was born to Pauline and Lawrence Knight in Bayview, WA. The family relocated to property south of Mount Vernon where they had a small farm. As an only child, Leota had many chores on the farm. Leota attended a one room schoolhouse and...
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