OBITUARIES

Sundaram “Sunder” Rangaram

Oct 14, 2022

Sundaram “Sunder” Rangaram, 90, of Redmond, WA, passed away on October 14th, 2022 of natural causes when his heart stopped. In the months before he passed, Sunder had returned to a relatively normal life at his home in the Emerald Heights in Redmond after recovering from fracturing his back in August 2021.

Sunder was born to Sundaram...

Paul Anderson

Oct 12, 2022

Paul Franz Anderson, 74, passed away October 12, 2022, at the home of his dear friend Alberta George. Paul was born in Rockford, Illinois, to Howard and Svea Anderson. He was predeceased by his parents and his siblings Dr. Marc Anderson and Jacquelyn Peacock. He is survived by brothers H. David Anderson (Sue), Noel Anderson (Deb) and sister Kathleen...

Joshua Ray Blackwood

Oct 7, 2022

1995 - 2022

Joshua Ray Blackwood, was tragically taken away from us at the age of 27, on Oct 7, 2022. Josh lived his life to the fullest and loved living in the Seattle area.

Josh was someone that could always make you laugh if you were having a bad day and was always there...

Judith Alexander-Mcgovern

Oct 5, 2022

Judith Alexander-McGovern August 19, 1944 – October 5, 2022

Judith Alexander-McGovern was born August 19, 1944 in Sacramento, California and died in Seattle, Washington on October 5, 2022 at home, surrounded by family, six years after a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Many of the places where she lived during her lifetime, including the McClellan Air Force Base hospital where...

Nancy Mcdonnell

Oct 2, 2022

November 6, 1940 - October 2, 2022

Nancy McDonnell passed away peacefully in her sleep at the age of 81 at her home in Seattle, WA on October 2, 2022. She is survived by her 3 children, MaryEllen (Scott) Rehse, Tom (Heather) McDonnell, Patty McDonnell (Brian Flack), and was devoted to her beloved grandchildren Nathan, Emma, Dominic, Ian, Riley,...

Thomas Spade

Oct 1, 2022

May 7, 1943 - October 1, 2022

Thomas Grant Spade died on October 1, 2022, in Seattle, Washington, at age 79. He was born on May 7, 1943, in Manchester, New Hampshire. Tom and his older brother, James, were adopted by Colonel John S. Spade and his wife, Lieutenant Luella Spade, and raised in Germany, France, Taiwan, and New...

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),...

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...

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...

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...