OBITUARIES

Jan 12, 2020

It is with great sadness that Joy Kiefner has passed away after a long battle with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). She experienced complications from her long term illness and after a short stint on hospice, died in her home in Brier WA on January 12, 2020 with her husband and daughter by her side.

Joy was born...

Jan 11, 2020

Kay passed away at home on January 11, 2020 at the age of 94.  She was born December 11, 1925 in Kimberly, British Columbia. She moved to Seattle, Washington to attend the University of Washington, where she met fellowship student and lifetime partner, Robert C. Thode.  Kay is survived by daughters Karen Morse (Mike) and Lorraine Paull (Mike), sons...

Jan 11, 2020

(1922-2020)

Niina Rebassoo passed away peacefully on Saturday morning, January 11.

She was born as Niina Juhanson in Tallinn in 1922. Her parents Aadu and Elisabeth had met and married in St. Petersburg and her older sister died there from malnutrition during the hard times in the wake of the revolution.

She grew up in...

Jan 8, 2020

Sigrid Christine Brorson (Thompson/Zylstra), aged 74, passed away on January 8th, 2020 in Seattle. Born on August 8, 1945 in Monroe, WA, to Bror and Edna (Berlin) Thompson, she grew up there with her three older brothers Roger, Ronald, and Robert, and extended Berlin family. She had fond memories and many stories of the pack of cousins playing in...

Jan 7, 2020

August 15, 1945 - January 7, 2020

John Carleton was born August 15, 1945, in West Seattle, where he lived the majority of his life. John was the only child of Everett and Jean (Dickinson) Carleton. He attended Jefferson Elementary School and graduated from West Seattle High School in 1963.

John served in the U.S....

Jan 7, 2020

Dorothy Eleanor Anderson Clegg passed peacefully at home on January 7, 2020. She was born on April fool’s Day 1926 to a pioneer family from Sweden, who immigrated to the Skagit Valley when Washington was still a territory. She grew up on a farm in the Skagit River Delta and graduated from La Conner high school on D-Day.

Jan 1, 2020

Ann Masuko Inouye (nee Yamazaki) was born on May 20, 1926 in Tokyo, Japan. She went home to the Lord on January 1, 2020 at the age of 93. She joins her husband of 64 years, Paul, who predeceased her in 2015.

She was the eldest daughter of Masuyoshi and Kimie Yamazaki and grew up in the...

2020

1939-2020

Born the fourth of five children in Hutchinson, KS to Leonard Thomas Stout and Mellie Mae (Staley) Stout, Ann was raised in Falls City, NE, but found her heart’s home in the Pacific NW, loving both the forests and the seas.

Married in 1955 to Jack Kelley, Ann lived in Falls City, NE, San Diego, CA,...

2020

With great sadness we announce the death of Ben Ball, son of long-time UUC members Kathleen Holm and the late Jim Ball.

Ben was 33 years old. Ben is survived by his mother and his sister, Katy Ball, along with extended family. He was predeceased by his father, Jim Ball, who died in 2020. Our hearts go...

2020

"Rain is a very good producer of underwater sound. It's louder than a high wind, louder than a hurricane, and so it's very easy to listen for and hear the sound of rain underwater."

The acoustics and oceanography communities lost an admired colleague Jeffrey Nystuen in September. Jeff had been a research professor at...

2020

1955 - 2020

Kristi grew up in a Seattle family of professional musicians. When her parents, Dorothy and Leon, introduced her to the cello there was no stopping her.  She followed in the footsteps of her teachers:  Eva Heinitz, Gabor Rejto, and Pierre Fournier.

Kristi first concertized in Seattle in her early teens. As her...

Dec 31, 2019

September 28, 1929—December 31, 2019

Chris Leuba, 90, former music faculty of horn at University of Washington and Western Washington University, passed away peacefully on December 31, 2019. He had lately been a three year resident of the Norse Home, after moving from his home in the Seattle neighborhood of View Ridge where he had resided for...

Dec 31, 2019

Bev passed away in the early morning of December 31, 2019, with her daughter Gwen and son-in-law Aaron at her side. She had lived with Alzheimer's for several years, and had been living in a Seattle memory-care facility for the past four.

The middle child of Irene and Edward Bryant, Bev was born in Fountain, Colorado on...

Dec 29, 2019

March 7, 1933 – December 29, 2019

Marion was born to David and Ruth Hendrickson on March 7th, 1933, in Chicago, Illinois. The family moved to Duluth, Minnesota, where Marion started school, before the family made their final move to Seattle, Washington. When Marion was ten years old, she became the big sister to the “Best Brother...

Dec 27, 2019

Dr Ruth Peles Rubinstein passed away at age ~90 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease on 12/27/19.  She is survived by her children, Jon (Vero Beach, FL), Jay (Seattle, WA) and Sari (New York, NY) Rubinstein, grandchildren, Luca (Reno, NV) and David (Seattle, WA) Rubinstein and Clementine Thomas (New York, NY), as well as her sisters Miri Kesten (New York,...

Dec 23, 2019

5/25/23 – 12/23/19

Sunako (Sunkie) Oye, 96, passed away on Dec. 23, 2019 in Seattle, WA.  She lived a very full and active life.  She was born in Salinas, CA, the third child and only daughter of five children.  Due to the US government’s war policy during WWII, she, along with her family, were relocated to an internment camp...

Dec 18, 2019

Birth: December 5, 1924

Death: December 18, 2019

Betty passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early morning of December 18, 2019. Preceded in death by her parents, Kathryn (Keenan) and Chelcie Edwards, and her brother, John Edwards. Born December 5, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois. Survived by her husband of 70 years, Bill and...

Dec 14, 2019

Charles Gregg Weferling, known to his friends as ”Greg”, passed away at the age of 59 on December 14, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. Greg was born in Wilmington, Delaware on April 6, 1960 to Charles A. “Bud” Weferling and Nancy J. (Miller) Weferling Hornick and was the youngest of three children from that union.

Greg lived in...

Dec 8, 2019

Carolee Mathers passed away peacefully at home on December 8th, 2019. She had experienced complications from her long term illness, Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM), a muscle degenerative disease.

Carolee Sue ‘Lund’ Mathers was born in Seattle to Elsie and Swen Lund, and moved to Spokane, Wa. when she was 5 years old. She attended J.J. Browne Grade...

Dec 8, 2019

The world lost a kind and exceptional man when Ken Myrabo passed away on December 8, 2019.

Ken was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to Dr. Arnold and Irene Myrabo while his dad was posted as a navy physician on a ship in the South Pacific. The oldest of five siblings, Ken grew up in Sioux Falls, South...