OBITUARIES

Mar 10, 2025

Tomiko Yamazaki Schmoe, aged 95, passed away peacefully March 10, 2025. Tomiko was born in Japan in 1929, and lived there until 1970, when she married Floyd Schmoe. Previously, they had met building Houses for Hiroshima. They lived in Kirkland, Washington. In the early 2000's, when widowed, Tomiko moved to downtown Seattle to be closer to friends and the city....

Mar 8, 2025

Mary Stafford Nehring peacefully passed away in her sleep on March 8, 2025, in her home at Covenant Shores on Mercer Island, Washington. Mary had just turned 95 and enjoyed a birthday celebration with her loving family.

Mary was predeceased by Robert Nehring Sr., her loving husband of 55 years, and her two brothers, Peter and Paul Stafford.

Mary’s childhood was spent...

Feb 22, 2025

Karen Swanson Berry was born September 4, 1940 in Milwaukee, WI and died February 22, 2025 peacefully at home in Seattle. She leaves husband Dr. Herbert Berry, sons Peter and Eric, daughters-in-law Kirsten and Anne, and beloved grandchildren Niklas, Tatum, Oskar and Fiona, all of Seattle. 

Karen grew up in Wilmette, IL. Her dad, Wilburn Swanson, was a creative inventor and...

Feb 20, 2025

Jan Eisenman died peacefully on February 20, 2025, just a couple months after celebrating her 100th birthday. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim (James A.) Eisenman, who died in 2001.

Jan was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Louise Clark and John Gaylord Brackett, and grew up in Arlington, Massachusetts. She attended Buckingham School in Cambridge, followed by Smith...

Feb 18, 2025

John Winters, custom jeweler and original owner of Gold Mine Jewelry passed away February 18 after a brief illness. John was the son of Billy and Juanita Winters of Colusa, California. He lived there until he graduated from Colusa High School where he was on the football team. After high school he attended Sacramento State University in Sacramento, California. While...

Feb 15, 2025

Marilyn Nita Carlson passed away recently just before her 98th birthday.

She was born Marilyn Nita Foerster on March 3, 1927 in Seattle, Washington. She was raised on Pigeon Hill in West Seattle. Her father was a longshoreman of German descent and her mother was from Oslo, Norway. She had one brother, Art, who was 6 years older. She attended Youngstown...

Feb 12, 2025

Carolyn Anne McManus – Leaving with Love, Going to Love

A Life Well-Lived

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Carolyn Anne McManus who died peacefully in her lovely home on a sunny afternoon in Seattle on February 12, 2025 of metastatic breast cancer. She was 70 years old. Carolyn was a beloved wife, stepmother, step-grandmother, sister, sister-in-law,...

Feb 9, 2025

Lorraine Theresa Bardsley passed away February 9th. Born to Robert E. Rose and Mary Elizabeth Dallaire in Medford, Oregon in 1947. Terry, as she was known, spent most of her 77 years in Seattle, Washington.

For many of those years she was employed with Laird Norton Trust Company, Grange Insurance and worked for the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Terry's forte and...

Feb 6, 2025

Anne W. Evans spent most of her life in Chicago, CT, and NYC, enjoying summers in Edgartown, MA and Shelter Is., NY. While living in New York, she enjoyed working as a color consultant and a volunteer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she spent 30 years in the Education Department and was chairman of the Division of Tours...

Feb 6, 2025

Peter Elbow was born in New York City, the youngest of three children. His father, C. William Elbow, owned an elegant men’s clothing shop in Paterson, NJ. His mother, Helen Platt Elbow, was an artist. He was raised as well by Estelle Jones, whom he considered to be a second mother. 

He grew up in Fairlawn, NJ, with long summers in...

Jan 30, 2025

Jan 30, 2025

On January 30, 2025 beloved Ann Barcevac - Mother, Nonnie, Auntie, Sister-in-law, and friend passed over to join family and friends that preceded her.

 As a manicurist and beautician she dedicated herself to her colleagues and clientele. Ann always made deep connections with each of them as a friend and valued confidant. Over the years she found herself returning to work...

Jan 29, 2025

Born on 15 September 1948 in Kansas City, MO, J. Patrick (Pat) Dobel died on 29 January 2025 of pancreatic cancer in Seattle WA. His life was full of passions: his family, sports, travel, scholarship and teaching at the University of Washington, and service to others. It is likely that his only regret is that he did not see the...

Jan 27, 2025

James “Jim” Martin Caldwell, 82, passed away on January 27th , 2025 at Swedish Edmonds Hospital. He was born August 19, 1942 in Wenatchee, WA, the son of William and Florance Caldwell.

Jim joined the Navy after Graduating from Washington State University. He served as an officer for 4 1/2 years on active duty, serving two tours in the Mediterranean and...

Jan 26, 2025

Bill Lauman was born in Seattle, WA, the son of Carolyn and William Verne Lauman. Because he was named after his father,his parents gave him the nickname Butch from the very start. He continued to be called Butch by all who knew him until he went off to college, and those who knew him from his early days continued to...

Jan 25, 2025

Betty Kinney Olson, age 91, passed peacefully and unexpectedly in her home on January 25th. She was a kind, joyful, and loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, friend and community member.

Betty Jean Kinney was born on July 15, 1933 to Bessie and Edward Kinney in Washington D.C. and raised with her younger brother, Ron Kinney, nearby in Arlington, Virginia. Despite being...

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...

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...

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...

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...