OBITUARIES

Isabelle Betty Beltz

Sep 29, 2022

November 1, 1927 - September 29, 2022

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We called her our Timex mom. Takes a licking and keeps on ticking. She ticked along for almost 95 years here on earth and is now ticking away in heaven.

Isabella Bishop was born November 1,...

Aino Maria Amanda Valtanen Kunz

Sep 23, 2022

On September 23rd, 2022, Aino Maria Amanda Valtanen Kunz, 86, passed away peacefully at her home in Seattle, Washington. Aino was born in Kajaani, Finland, and her memories of her childhood and her family home—a farm named Siirtola—were replete with beauty and remained a lifelong source of strength and joy.

Aino moved to the United States in...

Wendy Gay Prohl

Sep 17, 2022

September 3, 1938 – September 17, 2022

Wendy loved nature, hiking, camping, and ALL creatures great and small. She was grateful for a 30-year career in expedition style travel which took her to some of the most remote places in the world. She shared her experiences enthusiastically and had the unique ability to connect with everyone she met. She...

Thomas Neil Carlton

Sep 16, 2022

October 20, 1933 – September 16, 2022

As Tom once remarked, Morroco, Indiana was “just a bit of a town.” It had a grocery store, a gas station, a bar and a large house converted into a hospital. It was in that little hospital, on October 20, 1933, that Thomas Neil Carlton was born, to Clyde and Nina Carlton....

Richard Moore Walston

Sep 13, 2022

December 28, 1933 - September 13, 2022

Father, grandfather, husband, uncle, counselor, teacher, friend.  These were the roles Richard (Dick) Walston loved and fulfilled so well.

Dick was born in Akron, Ohio. His mother was Dixie Faye Moore Graunitz, and his father was George Alton Walston. At the age of three Dick came to Longview and Kelso,...

Ethan William Willard

Sep 9, 2022

Ethan William Willard was born at Northwest Hospital in Seattle, Washington on June 4th 2001.  He came home to his family in Shoreline a few days later.

He spent his early years playing with his brother and sister, then the neighbor kids.  His parents called the constantly moving group of kids the “swarm” as the kids zoomed...

Faith Amy Bentley

Sep 9, 2022

October 15, 1927 - September 9, 2022

Faith was born on October 15, 1927, and died on September 9, 2022, at the age of 94. Faith grew up as the middle child among seven Grandine siblings on a small dairy farm in Crandon, a town in northern Wisconsin. As a child, she walked to a two-room schoolhouse...

Melvin Ross Kimmel

Aug 31, 2022

Melvin Ross Kimmel (Mel, also called “Ross” by his wife and extended family) was born in Sunnyside, Washington.  He departed us in September 2022, to his glorious homegoing to be with his precious Lord and Savior. He was 90 years old. Mel had four sons: Melvin Lee (Reva), Scott (Shirley), Todd (Heidi), and Tim (Becky); eight grandchildren: Kevin (Michelle),...

Michael William Evans

Aug 15, 2022

On August 15, 2022 Mike went beyond the wide blue skies he so loved, with grace and dignity, and with those who loved him at his bedside.

Mike was born in Portland, Oregon, and spent his earliest years in Montana, much of the time on the Crow Reservation, forging memories he would vividly recall decades later. Mike’s...

James Robert Allen, “Bob”

Aug 15, 2022

May 23, 1944 - August 15, 2022

Bob Allen, artist extraordinaire, loving husband and coparent, and friend of many passed away peacefully at home with his husband by his side after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 78.

Bob was born in Evanston, Illinois, but moved to Burlingame, CA as an infant along with his...

Ralph Anthony Barrea

Aug 14, 2022

Ralph Anthony Barrea was born in Seattle on December 27, 1930 to Leonardo and Carmela Barrea. He attended school locally, graduating from Cleveland High School in 1948 and the University of Washington with an Electrical Engineering degree in 1954. Ralph spent two years on active duty in the United States Army, graduated from the U.S. Army War College in...

Peter Church

Aug 11, 2022

Born May 12, 1941 in Ledbury, Herefordshire, Great Britain. Died peacefully at home August 11, 2022, after a 15-month battle with lung cancer (never-smoker).

Peter was the only child of Beatrice Haskins and Richard Church, who was killed during the Battle of Britain.  He grew up with his mother and step-father, Eric Sanders, in Thanet, Kent.  He...

Edith “Edie” Forey

Aug 6, 2022

July 21, 1923 – August 6, 2022

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Edie was born in Minneapolis, Kansas, the fifth child of Jesse E. and Catharine N. George, joining siblings Lois, Earl, Mildred, and Wilma Lou.

During the Great Depression, the family moved to Oberlin in Western Kansas, and eventually settled in Odessa, Missouri, where Edie graduated from...

Michael Brent Horrell

Jul 30, 2022

Michael Brent Horrell joined our lives in Yakima, Washington on October 25, 1958.  At age 63, Mike passed away on July 30, 2022.  Mike will be missed by his six children, Jay, Bill, Jon, Nick, Nova and Josh, his parents, Jim and Barbara Horrell, his siblings, Marcie Hinthorne and Mark Horrell and their families.  Together with his extended family...

Douglas D. Speers

Jul 29, 2022

Douglas D. Speers, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away on July 29, 2022.

Doug was born in Anacortes, WA on Dec. 3, 1938.  He grew up in San de Fuca, and attended Coupeville High where he was the 1956 Valedictorian.  He earned his degree in Civil Engineering at the University of Washington, and a Master’s at...

Varrel Lavere Smith

Jul 26, 2022

Varrel Lavere Smith was born in Tacoma, Washinton, on July 4, 1925. On July 26, 2022, he died in Kent, Washington, at age 97, after a long and full life. He will be sadly missed and will always hold a place in our hearts. He was one of four children born to Edwin Smith and Amanda (Jensen) Smith in...

Charles (Chuck) Howe

Jul 23, 2022

August 31, 1925 – July 23, 2022

On Saturday, July 23, 2022, Charles Homer Howe Jr. passed away at the age of 96 in Seattle, WA.

Chuck was born to Charles and Beulah Howe in the summer of 1925 in Kettle Falls, WA. During WWII he served in the US Navy and then graduated from the College...

Helen Jean Marshall

Jul 18, 2022

1932 – 2022

Helen Jean Marshall of Shoreline passed away on Monday, July 18, 2022, at the age of 90.  She was born on January 5, 1932, in Seattle, Washington.  She was adopted at birth by Helen & William Schoenfeld.

In 1950 she married the love of her life, John Mechan Marshall.  John was a Quality Control...

John Edmund Brzostowski

Jul 15, 2022

John Edmund Brzostowski, 67, passed away at his home in Seattle, WA on July 15, 2022. He was born on April 20, 1955 in Schenectady, NY.

John followed his own unique path through this world and gathered many friends all along the way, from his early years until the very end. His good looks, wicked and often...

Clarice “Criss” Meligro

Jul 13, 2022

Clarice “Criss” Meligro, died July 13, 2022 at home, in the loving care of her daughter Dr. Maile Flores and her granddaughter, Leanna Bordner. At the age of 82, Criss celebrated life to the fullest. Despite having graciously survived Polio as a child, multiple surgeries, multiple cancers, Criss never let illness or struggle prevent her from enjoying all that...