OBITUARIES

Jan 25, 2019

Mike Blackwell died early on the morning of January 25, 2019, at Queen Anne Retirement Community, in Seattle. He was a beloved and steadfast husband, partner, father, and friend. At the time of his death, he was planning to stay in Seattle while recovering from several months of health problems, complicated by a fall and a fractured vertebra. In...

Jan 25, 2019

Sylvia Nussbaum, age 100, died on Friday January 25, 2019 in Seattle.

Sylvia was born in New York City April 10, 1918, the second child of Sol and Sarah Robbins, who had emigrated from Eastern Europe at the turn of the twentieth century. She grew up in Brooklyn and the Bronx, with a large extended family in...

Jan 24, 2019

May 4, 1941 - January 24,2019

Born in Clinton, Arkansas to Bessie and Dell Reeves, Jer was raised in Tieton, Washington. He attended Whitworth College and after graduation moved to Seattle where he began a long career as a cinematographer/videographer.  He loved this work because it satisfied his curiosity of the world and his sense of adventure....

Jan 21, 2019

Nancy Phillips Perkins, 98, died at her home in University House in Seattle, Washington on January 21, 2019 - Martin Luther King Day. This was fitting, as her civil rights activity in Atlanta, Georgia in the late 50's and early 60's was one of the things she was most proud of. She is survived by her five children, 13...

Jan 16, 2019

James G. Bond, PhD, former University President, Carter appointee, and Mayor, passed away after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s Disease, on January 16, 2019. He died peacefully in his sleep, at 94, in Seattle, Washington, with family members by his side. Jim was the third of five children of Silas G. Monroe Bond, a truck driver, and Coloma Russell...

Jan 15, 2019

Marsha Ann Wiecks Wright died in her Seattle home on 01.15.19. She was born 09.06.1946, and grew up in Southern Minnesota where she attended Macalester College in St. Paul and Minnesota State University in Mankato. Nearly 35 years ago she relocated to Seattle where she has been a classical pianist as well as a piano teacher. As a board...

Jan 15, 2019

2/11/1929 – 1/15/2019

Born in Victoria, BC but called Seattle home.

Garfield High School 1947

President of the Boys Club, Assistant Editor of the Arrow:  Sophomore Class President; Track: Advisory Board; Quill and Scroll; Honor Roll; Honor Society; Senior Picnic Committee.

His desire to become an Eagle Scout was thwarted when...

Jan 13, 2019

Stephen Jeffrey Matthew Robbins was born on April 13, 1942 at Swedish Hospital in Seattle. He died at age 76 of cancer on January 13, 2019 in his home in Seattle. Between those years, he lived in Guam, Madrid, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New Haven, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Sacramento, New York, Palau, Middlebury and Lisbon among other...

Jan 12, 2019

Hubert “Herb” Belanger left this Earthly life on January 12, 2019, in Bellingham, WA, after a 2-week illness.

He was born Nov. 24, 1923, to Valmore and Blanche Belanger of Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Fresh out of high school, in October of 1941 Herb enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, serving as a radio operator and seeing combat...

Jan 10, 2019

Charlene Davis Skypeck, 91, died on January 10, 2019, in Seattle, Washington. Charlene is survived by her children and their families:  Tom and Diane Skypeck; Chuck and Gretchen Skypeck; Don Skypeck and Brad Mee; Jessie and David Cunningham; and David Skypeck and Jennifer Clements, plus eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren.  Walt Skypeck, Charlene’s husband of 57 years, passed...

Jan 6, 2019

Charlotte Vanebo Holmes died on January 6, 2019 at the age of ninety-nine.  She was born to immigrant parents on February 8, 1919 in San Pedro, California.  Her father, John Georg Vanebo, was born on the Vanebo farm in Norway on January 5, 1882.  Her mother, Anna Elina Sten, was born in Portom, Finland on July 1, 1896. Charlotte...

Jan 6, 2019

Colleen Long (October 18, 1932-January 6, 2019) described her life thusly:

I was born in Seattle and it’s where I grew Raised right in the city and my parents were, too. In a school called the Immaculate I learned to read and pray. And for thirty years I taught reading at B.F. Day. Then went on to...

2019

1932 – 2019

Evelyn McChesney was a passionate advocate for justice, fairness, education, equality, democracy and family traditions.

A firm believer in the power of women to lead change, she attended the University of Washington Law School in the early 70’s. After graduating with honors, she embarked on a meaningful legal career at the Office of General...

2019

Edel Thelma Hansen was born Thelma Edel Jensen on July 9, 1925, in Sauda, Norway. There she grew up with a sister and a brother on a small farm owned and run by her parents, Tor Jensen and Eldrid Jensen. At the encouragement of their parents, the three siblings each took up a musical instrument; Edel’s instrument of choice...

Dec 28, 2018

John M. (Mike) Johnson, 68, died peacefully in his own bed, at home in Seattle with his wife beside him on December 28th, 2018, of Alzheimer’s disease.

Mike was a quintessential self-made man. He was born in Wenatchee, Washington, raised in the Seattle area, and attended Franklin High School, Washington State University, and Seattle Colleges. While still...

Dec 27, 2018

Kai Reid Shimizu Johnson broke the ties of his earthly life on December 27, 2018 at the tender age of 25. Despite years of battling the effects of Marfan’s syndrome, a genetic disease, born December 1, 1993, Kai lived fiercely and fully. He wore his signature ball caps backwards. He was a good confident and keeper of secrets. He...

Dec 26, 2018

Peter William Goddard was born on October 12, 1954 in Denville, New Jersey to Herbert Goddard and Gertrude Alefeld Goddard.  After spending his childhood in New Jersey, Pete attended Lenoir Rhyne University in Hickory, North Carolina, graduating with a degree in sociology in 1979 and a set of lifelong friends.  After graduation, Pete returned home to NJ to work...

Dec 12, 2018

9/2/1932 - 12/12/2018

"Lil" or "Babes" to her childhood family and friends, was born in Hoboken NJ. When she was 2 years old her family moved to Metuchen NJ. where she grew up and made life-long friends. She was the third and youngest child of Lillian (Randall) and Carleton E. Brune. Her sister, Carlotta, was the eldest...

Dec 11, 2018

Mabel (“Mabes”) Morrill, née Isebrands, (97) died of congestive heart failure in Seattle, WA on December 11, 2018. She was born on April 30. 1921, in Sibley, Iowa, a small town near the Minnesota border, the youngest of three girls born to Henry and Louise Isebrands.

The Great Depression struck when Mabes was 8 years old, and...

Dec 9, 2018

January 10, 1920 - December 9, 2018