OBITUARIES

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...

May 10, 2020

Beverly Kaplan-Nelson was the first born to Donald R Lewis and Beneda Kent in Burke South Dakota. She is survived by her siblings Guyla (Bill) Kaplan, Donald (Pam) Lewis, and Larry (Lynell) Lewis. Growing up they attended church regularly and would stop by Grandma & Grandpa Lewis’ after service for a huge meal before heading to the farm to...

May 9, 2020

Beverley Jane MacDonald Ericson died May 9, 2020, at Swedish Hospital in Seattle after suffering a stroke three days earlier. She was 92.

Beve was born Aug. 23, 1927, in Tacoma General Hospital to William Walter “Mac” MacDonald and Annette Louise (Lucy) Bieneck. She was their only child. Beverley attended grade schools in Tacoma, including Annie Wright,...

May 9, 2020

September 14, 1920 – May 9, 2020

Chuck, the firstborn child of Charles G. Parke and Loma E. (Byron) Parke was born on September 14th, 1920 in St Helens, Oregon.  He died peacefully at his home, aka the Wrinkle Ranch, in Bothell, WA on May 9, 2020. Some people will do anything to get out of a 100th birthday...

May 2, 2020

Hazel Ann Carroll passed away May 2, 2020 in Seattle from complications of Alzheimer’s and COVID-19.  She will be dearly missed by four generations of her loving family, and a multitude of friends.

Hazel was born in New York City on December 22, 1925, to Bertram Howard Waters, MD and Hazel Lila Macfarlane Waters. Dr. Waters was...

May 1, 2020

On May 1, 2020 in Bothell, Washington, the incomparable Marlys Darlane Trygg danced her final promenade. Born in Wilton, North Dakota on July 14, 1931 to Conrad Leonard Johnson and Hazel May Newman, Marlys was the youngest of 6 to her brother George and sisters Velma, Helen, Doris, and Bernadine. The Johnson 6 grew up in farm life, and...

Apr 29, 2020

Sharon was born January 19th, 1963 in Seattle, Washington.  She passed away from Coronavirus on April 29th, 2020.  She was 57. Sharon is survived by her sister, Kathy Hesseltine, her niece, Ami McCuaig and her grand nephew, Malachi Simpson.

These are the basic facts of my sister’s life and death, but they don’t begin to tell the...

Apr 26, 2020

Geraldine (Geri) Ann Vance, 97, passed away April 26, 2020.  Her joy, humor, and loving spirit will be missed.

She is survived by her sons, Sid and Rod, and has 5 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild.  At her request, no memorial service is planned.

Geri married James Vance in 1943, and in 1953, when...

Apr 21, 2020

May 27, 1938 - April 21, 2020

Kathie Ramm, 81, passed away April 21 at Swedish Hospital in Seattle due to complications of diabetes. She was born in Bremerton, WA to John and Emmagrace Ramm and graduated from Bremerton High School in 1956. She went on to the University of Washington to major in music.

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Apr 19, 2020

May 23, 1968 – April 19, 2020

Hope Nicole Roberts, died unexpectedly in Seattle, Washington on April 19, 2020 at the age of 51. Hope is survived by her aunt, Debra Kloehn of Sun City, Arizona, Aunt Sedonia Freeman Young and Uncle Roy Freeman Jr, and numerous cousins, her father, Earl Freeman, and his partner, Michelle Atkins as well...

Apr 18, 2020

Beloved mother, wife, aunt, and friend Patricia was born Nov 15th, 1938, in Kings New York. She passed on April 18th, 2020, from respiratory complications due to Coronavirus.

Vivacious, tenacious, and fiercely independent, Pat was a trailblazer. After divorcing her first husband in 1963  (which was uncommon at the time hovering around 3%), Pat set out as...

Apr 18, 2020

Margaret Paull Messner (Marg) passed away April 18, 2020 at Covenant Shores Retirement Community, Mercer Island, WA. The cause was complications of Covid 19. Margaret was born May 27, 1930 in Laurium, Michigan, the third of Elise T. and Arthur E. Paull. She was fond of reminding all that she was "the rose between two thorns" -- her brothers...

Apr 8, 2020

Brian Hugh Ernest Cleworth passed away at his home in Seattle, Washington on April 8, 2020. He was 95 years old.

Brian was born May 14, 1924 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the Army Air Force at the start of World War II and was a ball turret gunner on a...

Apr 7, 2020

Age 90. Passed away April 7, 2020 after a long period of declining health following a stroke in 2016. Marilyn was born in Seattle in 1929, graduated from Roosevelt High School, and received a BA from the University of Washington in 1952. After working at Frederick & Nelson's as a fashion buyer in the 1950s, she switched careers, and...

Apr 6, 2020

The Life of

Susan Carlson Moffett died at age 76 of natural causes on April 6, 2020. Susan was born on April 26, 1943, in Chicago, Illinois, just 2 minutes before her twin sister, Sharon. Being the oldest of the five children of Jack and Elise Carlson, Susan was a strong-willed, social, chatty woman – the ultimate people person....