OBITUARIES


Local obituaries for Seattle, Washington, King County and Surrounding Areas

Charles Raymond Cardinaux

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

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...

Omar Al-Shibibi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. He designed many of the bike lanes and pedestrian infrastructure throughout Seattle and the Bay Area including the bike lane at Green lake, Melrose Ave in Capitol Hill, the Thomas...

Elmer Reynolds Shore

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Christopher Vegors

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

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...

Bert Sacks

Bert Sacks

May 16, 2025

Bert’s Life: A Brief TimelineBert was born in Cambridge, MA to proud parents, Samuel and Sylvia Sacks. He grew up in the small town of Sharon. His maternal grandparents lived with them and paternal grandparents lived nearby.From a young age he loved books and going to the library. He excelled in school and served as student body president in high...

Robert Henry Brothers

Robert Henry Brothers

May 13, 2025

Robert (Bob) Henry Brothers – beloved husband, father, brother, uncle, and friend - passed away at home on May 13, 2025 at the age of 80.

Bob was born in July, 1944 in Fort Wayne, Indiana to Mary Jo (Scott) and Thomas Henry Brothers, the second of four children. The Brothers family later moved to Springfield, Illinois, where Bob attended Springfield High School and...

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