OBITUARIES

Jul 23, 2020

July 24, 1931 – July 23, 2020

Jane Marie Keitges 88, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully Thursday, July 23, 2020 from Alzheimer’s a Disease she had struggled with for many years. Jane was born July 24, 1931 to Clarence and Laverne Murray in Boston MA. She grew up in Seattle and graduated from West Seattle...

Jul 17, 2020

Silas Livingstone Morse IV, 82, died at his home in Seattle, WA on July 17, 2020. Born January 28, 1938 in Bayonne, NJ, Si was the first-born son of Silas Livingstone Morse III and Marjorie Painter Morse. He graduated from Radnor High School in Wayne, PA, having acted in several school plays.  He graduated from Lehigh University in engineering,...

Jul 12, 2020

Dr. Thomas B. Sanford, loving husband and father of three children and three grandchildren, passed away in Seattle, WA, on July 12, 2020, at the age of 80, due to heart failure. Tom lived life to the fullest. He was an experienced man of the sea, as a lifelong oceanographer and sailor whose “business trips” were often spent on...

Jul 12, 2020

James Harold Weber was born October 11, 1971 in Nausori, Suva, Fiji. He was the firstborn grandson of Semesi and Garisau Samuela of Rotuma (South Pacific Islands) and Harold and Lorraine Weber of Missoula, Montana. On July 12, 2020, James passed on to the house of the Lord in the arms of his youngest brother, Paul Weber, surrounded by...

Jul 8, 2020

January 30, 1935 - July 8, 2020

Chen-Ming (William) Wang of Shoreline, Washington passed away peacefully at home on July 8, 2020 of natural causes. Chen-Ming was born in Taiwan on January 30, 1935, the first son of father Po-Chen Wang and mother Ming-Shia Wang. Taiwan (then Formosa) was under Japanese rule during the first ten years of his...

Jul 5, 2020

Lila Darlene Scholz Sutton, known by her loved ones as Darlene, passed away peacefully on July 5, 2020 in Seattle Washington from Dementia.  Darlene was 86 years old.  Darlene and her husband Merle were married for 66 years and lived a lifetime of adventure, travel, and everlasting love. In addition to her beloved husband Merle, she leaves behind a...

Jul 3, 2020

Barbara Ann Ratcliff was born June 16, 1940 in Everett, Washington and died July 3, 2020 at her home in Seattle. She was predeceased by her parents, Earl Dennis Ratcliff and Mary Alice Ratcliff, and by her brother, Richard Earl Ratcliff.

In the course of her life she worked a number of jobs: a case worker for...

Jul 1, 2020

Beverly Ann Kendall born 12 October 1931 in Portland, Oregon. died 1 July 2020 in Bellevue, Washington.

She was the only child of Guy Kendall and Clara Ahrens. Growing up on a Turner, Oregon farm surrounded by her mother’s siblings and a few cousins, she also lived in Portland while in junior high and high school. She...

Jun 23, 2020

30 January 1949 - 23 June 2020

Douglas Walter, age 71, of Seattle and Mazama, Washington, died in Seattle of cancer Tuesday with his sons at his side. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, he was the oldest of four sons of William I. and Jessica (Allen) Walter. His family moved to Needham, Massachusetts when Dave was...

Jun 23, 2020

At the age of 89, born September 2, 1930 in Seattle, Washington, Jim passed on June 23, 2020 in Renton, Washington. Raised in Seattle and part of the Pioneer Association of the State of Washington, he graduated from Franklin High School in 1948. He worked at the Washington Title Insurance Company for 3 years before joining the U.S. Navy...

Jun 19, 2020

Early on Friday, June 19th, 2020, Ian Donald MacLean-Blevins, loving husband, son, brother, uncle, and Corgdad, succumbed to a rare illness at the young age of 34.  Born to Mark and Kimberley MacLean-Blevins of Westminster, Maryland, Ian married Kristin Crane in July of 2015, in Seattle, Washington.

Ian grew up in Westminster, Maryland with his five sisters...

Jun 18, 2020

Virginia Claire Mears went home to be with the Lord on June 18th, 2020 at age 93. She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Robert, in 2003. She is survived by her three children, Raymond (Janice), Karen, and Sandra (Tom), her grandchildren Colleen (Mike), Chris (Kathryn), and Jonathan (Natasha), and five great-grandchildren. Virginia is also...

Jun 17, 2020

Virginia Beamer Nielsen, age 92, left this world to go Home on June 17, 2020.

Born in Seattle to Trudy Wagner and Rudy Beamer, she was a graduate of Lincoln High School. In 1946, she married Bill Nielsen at Fremont Baptist Church, where they had met.  She studied Home Economics at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon, and...

Jun 16, 2020

Irene Haddow passed away peacefully on June 16, 2020.  She was born in Scotland on December 15, 1947 to James and Janet (McKinnon) Haddow and lived and travelled all over the world before landing in Seattle.  She is preceded in death by her parents and two older brothers.  She is survived by her beloved son, Andrew Haddow Courtney, relatives...

May 28, 2020

After more than 11 weeks of COVID-19-induced separation from family, James Anthony Mot-in, got what he wanted most, time with his daughters and grandchildren before passing peace-fully Thursday, May 28, 2020. He gifted his daughters with two days and nights in his presence, and opportunity to help guide him to his last breath at 8:18 a.m. He was 98...

May 26, 2020

There will be a celebration

9/18/2021

V.R. Lee community center

221 S.W. 13th Street

Chehalis,  WA. 98532

Please wear your best flanel!

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May 25, 2020

“She was always helping people and was kind and compassionate to all even strangers.”

Juanita Joan RANDALL was living in Issaquah,  she has lived there for the last 20 years, currently with her grandsons Michael-Sean and Alex. Previously she lived in Livingston, MT and Portland OR.  She died of Kidney Failure at 7 am...

May 19, 2020

January 25, 1927 - May 19, 2020

Jeanne Warp died May 19 after a long journey through dementia. Born in Sioux City, Iowa to Hazel Rettig and C.E. Davey, Jeanne grew up in Missouri and Iowa with her mother, grandparents, and cousins.

After high school, Jeanne attended Broadlawns Nursing School in Des Moines, Iowa as part of...

May 12, 2020

Guy Scott Freutel, “Scott,” was born October 10, 1944 in Alhambra, CA and passed away on May 12, 2020 in Seattle, WA; he was 75 years old. He is survived by his daughter, Naomi Freutel (Timothy Koch); stepson, Tosh Drake (Kim Drake); brother, Eric Freutel (Tanya Freutel); as well as a granddaughter, niece, and cousins.

He grew...

May 10, 2020

Amber Ashley Wilson Francis, 40 passed peacefully surrounded by her loving husband Justin, her Mama, Michelle and her Daddy, Scott on Sunday, May 10, 2020 after a brief illness.

Amber was born March 30, 1980 in Valdez, Alaska to Michelle Gutierrez-Nesbit and Tracie J. Wilson. Amber received her early education in Valdez before moving to Washington State...