OBITUARIES

May 7, 2021

January 24, 1938 -May 7, 2021

Our wonderful mother, Christa Burgess, passed away May 7, 2021 in Seattle WA at the age of 83. Christa was born January 24, 1938 in Berlin, Germany. Mom grew up an only child during WWII witnessing the ravages that war brings. Despite illnesses, times of hunger and no heat, loss of school friends...

May 7, 2021

1935 - 2021

“Only the shadow knows...tippecanoe and tyler too.”  A frequent phrase of Frank Coburn’s that will be missed but not forgotten.  Frank died in Shoreline, WA, Friday, May 7, 2021 after battling several health challenges for the past year.

Frank Sewall Coburn, Jr. was born on July 8, 1935 in Melrose, Massachusetts. It was there...

May 6, 2021

Eric Gladsjo, 56, of Seattle, WA, passed away unexpectedly on May 6, 2021 at his home. He was born in Seattle on March 23, 1965, son of the late Ted and Jessie Gladsjo. He is survived by his sister Gail Amole and Gail’s grown children. Eric attended Roosevelt High School and graduated from Western Washington University in Bellingham, having...

May 6, 2021

OLD TOM IS DEAD

“Fun for all at a later date”

J. Joyce

March 30, 1938 – May 6, 2021 Ní fheicfimid a leithéid arís There will never be the likes of him again

When Tom died our family, and indeed the world, lost a kind and...

May 6, 2021

Sherrell L. (Lou) Osborne was born in Birmingham, Alabama on July 16, 1938, and passed away May 6th, 2021 after a 13-year battle with melanoma. Adopted by relatives, Lou made his way to Seattle at age 10. He graduated West Seattle High School, class of 1956, and University of Washington in 1961. Lou met his wife Florence (Flo) at...

May 3, 2021

Ronald J. Keeshan, 88, of Seattle died May 3, 2021, in his home with his family around him, following a lengthy illness. Ron was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on April 29, 1933. Following graduation from Norwood High School he served as a medic in the US Navy for five years. He utilized the G.I. Bill of Rights to earn...

Apr 30, 2021

Ken passed away in May 2021 from pneumonia at the age of 75. Born in Virginia, Minnesota to Norma Jane Warner and Kenneth Edward Slack in February 1946, he lived a unique childhood as the stepson of a road construction worker in the 1950’s and 60s. The family traveled through the Western US states and he had many stories...

Apr 29, 2021

Jean Mills, age 91, passed away peacefully at her home in Seattle, Washington, on April 29, 2021. She and her sister Charlene were raised in Los Angeles, California, and Jean finished her last two years of college at Marylhurst after the family moved to Portland, Oregon. Post-graduation, she moved to Seattle, Washington, where she interned as a medical technologist...

Apr 28, 2021

Margaret D. McCool (Peggy), 80, died after a battle with ALS, in Seattle, Washington on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. She was born to Frances and William Bullwinkel in Seattle on February 2, 1941. Peggy was the third of six children and she grew up in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle.

She attended Holy Names Academy from...

Apr 23, 2021

Alfred Loring Skinner Jr., MD, long-time Mercer Island resident and pediatrician to many Eastside families, died on April 23, 2021, at home, aged nearly 97 years. Al grew up in Needham, Massachusetts, and was the valedictorian of his high school class. He served as a Naval officer during World War II aboard a minesweeper, then on a PT boat...

Apr 22, 2021

On Monday, July 5th, Frank Pierre Jolly, loving husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather passed away with family at his side.  Known to all as Pierre from a young age, was born August 15, 1937, in Saranac Lake, NY to John and Marie Jolly.   The family moved to Seattle when he was a young boy and settled on Capital...

Apr 22, 2021

On Thursday April 22nd, Gretchen S. Jolly, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother passed away at her home in Shoreline, WA at the age of 83. She was born October 7, 1937, in Spokane, Washington, the daughter of Ford and Chata (Elsa Osborne) Smith. She spent her early years in Spokane until the family moved to Seattle where...

Apr 14, 2021

Timothy H. Harn Jr.  passed away on April 14, 2021, at St. Anne Hospital, Burien, WA.  Tim was born January 18, 1924, in Kent, WA.  He was a U.S. Navy veteran serving in the South Pacific during World War II as a corpsman and later as an Ensign.  After his military service he attended Seattle University, St. Louis University...

Mar 30, 2021

Joel Godston, distinguished engineer, avid aviator and beloved husband, brother and father, has passed away in Seattle, WA, on March 30, 2021, at age 86. He is survived by his wife, Annemarie, of 62 years, brother Arjay, sister Ruth, his sons Peter and Gregory, daughter Christa and grandchildren Jaclyn, Anna, Trevor, Ashlee, James and Annika.

Joel was...

Mar 23, 2021

Annette Rose Normann, died of natural causes at age 84 on March 23, 2021. Annette brought her artistic talents to everything she touched. She was strong minded, meticulous in her work, creative, playful, feisty, clever, generous and kind. More than anything, she was a pillar of strength for all those around her. Annette was born and raised in West...

Mar 12, 2021

Janet Livingstone, writer and music critic, died March 12, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. She was 94. Born in Fargo, North Dakota on April 29th, 1926, she attended the University of Iowa, moving to San Francisco in the late 1950s, where she reported for the San Francisco Chronicle, and worked at Freeman, Mander & Gossage, an advertising agency.

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Mar 9, 2021

Jan. 8, 1928 ~ March 9, 2021

Mahlon (“Nick”) Nichols passed away peacefully at the age of 93 after a long, full life filled with friendships and family memories. Born in Owensboro, Kentucky, Nick was the oldest child of Mahlon & Ellura Nichols. After growing up in small towns in Kentucky, Nick joined the Navy in 1946. While at...

Mar 6, 2021

Judith Ann Gorrell was born on October 30, 1941, in Holton, Kansas. She died in the family home on March 6, 2021, from complications related to Lewy body disease. Her parents were Wilbur and Frances Gorrell. She attended public schools in Topeka, Kansas, graduating from Topeka High School in 1959. While in high school she was honored as the...

Mar 2, 2021

Carl Kayui Lim (1970 - 2021)

After a long, valiant battle against advanced metastatic cancer, Carl Lim passed away on March 2 at age 50. The third of three children, Carl was born in Hong Kong and moved to Oklahoma at the age of 12 where he resided for one year. He and his family...

Feb 27, 2021

July 6, 1962 - February 27, 2021

Mark Orme was born on July 6th, 1962 to Myrna and William (Bill) Orme in Tacoma, Washington. He spent the early years of his childhood in Bellingham before he and his family eventually moved to Leone, American Samoa and later to Anchorage, Alaska. After graduating from Dimond High School in 1980, he...