OBITUARIES

Oct 31, 2020

5/13/1939 – 10/31/2020

Born May 13, 1939 in Seattle, John, who loved his May birthday and his city, lived here all his life. He went to St. Edward’s grade school, graduated from Franklin High School in 1957, and received his B.A. in Education from Seattle University in 1963 (Magna Cum Laude). Awarded a Federal fellowship to attend St. Louis...

Oct 25, 2020

Jan. 17, 1931 - Oct 25, 2020 John Storz passed away Oct 25, 2020 in Seattle, Wa after a short battle with cancer.

He was born Jan. 17, 1931 in Portland, Ore. to Charles and Pauline Storz. John was raised in Portland, Ore. and went to Jefferson High School. He graduated from Oregon State University in 1952...

Oct 25, 2020

On October 25, 2020, Keith Slawson wrote the final chapter of his story. Over his 56 years, he was a consummate storyteller in a variety of ways. He loved stories and characters, whether they were found in fantasy and young-adult novels, games of Dungeons and Dragons, or in conversation over coffee or a beer. Though he dealt with cancer...

Oct 24, 2020

Bette Mae Reiman Coon of West Seattle, passed away peacefully at 94 December 15, 1925 ~ October 24, 2020

From her birth in Dryden, WA onwards, Bette maintained an attitude of optimism with a high degree of participation. As a youth helping her family with orchard and garden work, through her high school years in Seattle, early...

Oct 23, 2020

Preston Jovan Barquet was born on November 11, 1978 to Preston and Diane Henderson and was called home to be with the Lord on October 23, 2020. He leaves behind his wife Courtney Barquet, his son Preston Alexander Barquet, and daughter Jada Molina. Preston’s sister Kina, a Barquet/Taylor, was called home to be with the Lord on May 18,...

Oct 21, 2020

Born 16 July 1938, Sioux City, Iowa Passed 21 October 2020, Seattle, Washington Rosalie was a loving wife, mother, sister, and friend. Rosalie married her high school sweetheart, Don, shortly before moving away from Sioux City, Iowa to join extended family in Seattle, Washington. She and Don invested in a small home on the neighborhood corner that became her...

Oct 21, 2020

Born in Seattle on February 5, 1938, the only child of Harold and Germaine (Santerre) Mohundro, Jim was embraced also by a group of aunts, uncles, and his parents’ friends. He traveled around the city by bus from a young age, going to the Seattle Rainiers batting practice whenever he could.  He enjoyed being in theater productions at Lincoln...

Oct 19, 2020

Mark David Davies, 67, of Sammamish, passed away on October 19, 2020 due to complications from bacterial pneumonia.

Born November 11, 1952 in Shirley, MA to David and Marjorie (Wiseman) Davies, he lived most of his childhood in San Jose, California. He moved to Tacoma, Washington in 1970 to attend Pacific Lutheran University where he met many...

Oct 18, 2020

Andrea SkyWalker Chapman was born on December 27, 1950, in Mannheim, Germany and died on October 18, 2020 of natural causes in Everett, Washington where she made her home for a quarter of a century. Her German mother, Karola Edrich, married her father Moses Walker, an African-American of Cherokee Descent, during his military service. Dedicated to the teachings of...

Oct 17, 2020

12/30/1953 - 10/17/2020

Phil died in the early morning on October 17th, ending his dogged four-year fight against cancer.

Phil was born in Braintree, Massachusetts to Bob and Joan Smart as the middle child of five siblings. He studied political science at Boston University, beginning a lifelong trend of disappointment in politicians. At...

Oct 11, 2020

A friend of JoAnne’s writes, “I found her to be a remarkable person, with an equanimity and spirit of acceptance and simplicity and patience that I never before encountered. JoAnne was something of a revelation. I am very grateful to have known her. I shall miss her, and I believe that I will carry the memory of her with...

Oct 7, 2020

Ruthanna (Fam) Bayless died peacefully in her sleep Oct. 7, 2020, in Seattle. She was 97.

Fam was born Aug. 31, 1923, in the Quaker farming village of Lincoln, in Loudon County, Va., the youngest of five children of William Thomas Smith and Bertha Pancoast Smith. They were members of the Goose Creek Friends Meetinghouse in Lincoln....

Oct 3, 2020

Our beautiful, amazing mother, Helen Comport Olson, passed away peacefully on October 3, 2020 at 101 1/2 years of age, still smiling until the end. Her life was book ended by two major pandemics: the Spanish Flu and the novel coronavirus.

Born in 1919 in Glasgow, Montana, and raised in Minnesota, Helen attended Hamline University, where she...

Oct 3, 2020

Jane Elizabeth (Darrah) Gates, age 78, passed on peacefully, surrounded by her family, on October 3, 2020. Jane was known for her dry Midwestern one-liners and her ability to make every moment a teaching moment. Her red-headed spirit and quick, constant laugh made Jane the center of every party.

Jane was born on March 6, 1942, in...

Oct 3, 2020

Wendell Verner Tangborn, 93, died peacefully on October 3, 2020 at the Mirabella Retirement Community in Seattle. He was admired by all who knew him for his genuine modesty, his intellect, kindness, and generosity. Wendell was born in Sioux City IA to Vaner and Jennie (Oase) Tangborn and grew up with four brothers and one sister on a farm...

Oct 1, 2020

September 27, 1937 – October 1, 2020

Russell Gordon Edwards, Jr. of Bellevue, Washington passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at the age of 83.

Gord was born in Brockton, Massachusetts to Russell Gordon Edwards, Sr. and Virginia Edwards on September 27, 1937. He was raised in Quincy, Massachusetts with his younger brother...

Sep 27, 2020

Horace Henry (Tom) Sawyer August 08, 1923-September 27, 2020

Tom age 97, a devoted Christain was preceded in death by his parents Francis Marion and Laura E. (Orton) Sawyer of Sawyer, Iowa and beloved wife Rowena A.(Pierce)Sawyer, sisters Catherine Jackson, Clara Horst, brothers Edward and Frank Sawyer. He is survived by his sister Edith Junk, his loving...

Sep 25, 2020

Evelyn Harnett (née Trumbull) passed away on the morning of September 25, 2020, at Valley Medical Hospital after having spent her entire life in the greater Seattle area. Evelyn was born in Seattle, in December 1938. She and her 3 brothers (Harold (deceased), Leonard and Dennis) and 2 sisters (Sandy (deceased) and Lynne) grew up in rural Renton, Washington....

Sep 21, 2020

George, husband of Judi Miller, died at the age of 86, following several years of kidney and heart failure. He was a native of Seattle, born to Gertrude and George Miller, and lived in the Seattle area.

George was a 1st LT. in the USAF and was stationed at the Boron Air Force Station in Boron, California,...

Sep 21, 2020

Bobby passed away in her home at sunset on September 21, 2020 after a 2 ½ year battle with cancer.

She was born on May 4, 1933 in Seattle to Ben and Eleanor Welch. She is a true “Ballard girl”, even marrying her Ballard High School sweetheart, Roland Halle.

Bobby was a lover of people...