OBITUARIES

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

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 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 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....

Apr 3, 2020

William G Wilson, known to his friends as Gordon, passed away peacefully on April 3, 2020 at the age of 98. He lived independently until age 96 when he moved to Garden of Eden AFC.

Gordon was born on December 2 1921 in Bryant, WA. He was adopted as an infant by Frank and Grace Wallingford.  He...

Mar 31, 2020

Carl Edward Jones born in Wawawai, Wa. on Oct.29,1928, passed into the great fishing oceans of heaven on March 31,2020 from Parkinsons disease. He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Marilyn, bother Bob, son Bob and grandson Jeremy.

Carl served in the USAF and US Army after graduating from West Seattle High; during...

Mar 24, 2020

Richard Orlin Phillips died unexpectedly at home in Seattle on March 24th, 2020.  Dick was born February 14, 1936 in Bellingham, Washington to Newton E. Phillips and Margaret Bowen Phillips.

He is survived by his sister Margaret Phillips, his children Diane Ritchie (Michael), Richard Phillips, Jr (Debbie Girts), Jo’Ana Phillips and Janet Raynor (Dave). He also leaves...

Mar 23, 2020

Margaret Anne Kitchell was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on February 23, 1948 to Ralph Lloyd and Mary Clare (nee Murray) Kitchell.  When she was a teenager, the family moved to Manhattan, Kansas, where she graduated from Lucky High School.

Margaret returned to Minnesota to attend Carleton College for the first two years of undergraduate school, then...

Mar 20, 2020

Passed away at 91, March 20, 2020 after fighting cancer, years of battling a heart condition, and a recent attack of influenza. Louise was born on October 27, 1928 at 5PM in Turkey, Arkansas to Charles Thomas Williams and Mary Elva (Burleson) Williams. The family moved west in 1941 and she graduated from Highland High School near Yakima in...

Mar 16, 2020

Patricia Sevringhaus Melgard, cofounder of an inter-cultural, inter-racial preschool in central Seattle which celebrated its 50th year in 2019, has died peacefully in Seattle after a short decline March 16th, 2020.

A member of a “Life Review” writing group for 20 years, ’88-’08. Happily married for 51 years to Christian Gustav Melgard (died 2016) (teacher, science and...

Mar 15, 2020

(12/16/1937 – 3/15/2020)

Just before midnight on March 15, Helen Louise Burgess Lindhorst died as a result of a respiratory infection to which she was made vulnerable by congestive heart failure and advanced vascular dementia.  She died on hospice in her daughter’s home with her children all present.

Helen was born in Yakima, WA in...

Mar 14, 2020

Wil Borchers Nelp, MD, died peacefully on Saturday, March 14, 2020, age 90. He was raised in Franklin, Indiana by parents Olive and Wil Nelp with his sister Doree. He graduated from Franklin College and earned his MD at Johns Hopkins University.  After post graduate work in internal medicine and radiology, he served as Captain and Acting Chief at...

Mar 14, 2020

Born in Yakima, Washington, and raised in fruit orchard country, Pauline grew up with a vivid appreciation for agriculture and the land in a time when life was hardscrabble and community was key. Her formative years during the Depression and World War II found her family with little money, but a wealth of enthusiasm, ingenuity, love and perseverance. Ever...

Mar 14, 2020

Beloved sister, aunt, cousin and friend.  Jackie was Born June 20, 1953 in Seattle, WA .  She passed away March 14, 2020 with family by her side.

Jackie grew up in the Seattle and Kirkland areas and was a 1971 graduate of Juanita High School.    After receiving her degree from a community business school, Jackie worked many...