OBITUARIES
Local obituaries for Seattle, Washington, King County and Surrounding Areas
Elisabeth M. Huntley
Sep 12, 2018
Elisabeth M. Huntley age 99. Born February 11, 1919 in Lille, France. Passed away September 12, 2018 in Bothell Washington.
Preceded in death by her husband Robert Huntley. Survived by son William M. Batchelor, Niece Heather Teed, Nephew Glen Cook and extended family and friends. Memorial will be held at a future date.
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Stephen Charles Nelson
Sep 12, 2018
Steve passed away on September 12, 2018, at age 69 after a three-year battle with prostate cancer. He was the son of Perry John Nelson and Mary Killian Nelson Gavin. He grew up with brothers John and Mike Nelson in the Queen Anne and North Seattle neighborhoods. In the 1960s, sisters Katherine Clausen (Randy) and Angela Oliveri (Patrick) were...
Gary Chamberlain
Sep 10, 2018
Professor Gary Chamberlain passed away on Monday, September 10, 2018, at age 80 after a long battle with lymphoma. He is the only son of John L. Chamberlain and Marie Thomson. He grew up in Denver, CO, graduated from Regis High School, then entered the Jesuits to become a Jesuit priest. He earned a PhD in political science from...
Gerard Fritz Schreuder
Sep 4, 2018
On September 4th, 2018 our beloved Husband, Dad and Opapa, Gerard Fritz Schreuder, passed away in his sleep at his Mercer Island home. He was born in Medan, Indonesia on April 4, 1937 to Everet Jan Schreuder and Wilma Margaretha Ottillie Staecker.
Gerard was very fortunate to have a long, adventurous, and incredible life journey as a...
Lee Chock Wong
Sep 3, 2018
April 15, 1935 - September 3, 2018
Lee was born in southern China and came to U.S.A. at a young age. He lived in New York before moving to Seattle while working in various jobs as a young man.
Lee met Anne Quon from Vancouver, BC and they married in 1959 and honeymooned in Victoria,...
Jeanne Aston
Aug 30, 2018
August 28, 1934 - August 30, 2018
Jeanne Aston was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Robert L Aston and Dorothy M Gamble Aston. She graduated from Central High School, attended the University of Tulsa and received her Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy from the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA in 1965. During the summer of...
Emiko Suyama Augustin
Aug 25, 2018
Emiko Suyama Augustin passed away quietly on August 25, 2018 at Valley Medical Center after suffering a stroke at her home. Born in 1933, Emiko spent part of her youth in Yokohama, Japan where she eventually met her husband, Mamerto Augustin, who had arrived in Japan from the Philippines. They married in 1952 and moved to Seattle in 1958....
Norman Burgos Pineda
Aug 23, 2018
July 27, 1955 - August 23, 2018
Preceded in death by parents Emiliano and Lily Pineda and eldest brother Rene, Norman, the youngest brother, is survived by siblings Vic, Dennis, Maricel (Blancaflor), and Marilou (Trias). His countless nieces and nephews and their families, grateful for his time on earth, will miss him. He was pure and innocent...

Bonita (Brown) Williams
Aug 23, 2018
March 16, 1950 – August 23, 2018
Age 68 Seattlite, and former long-time resident of Juneau, Alaska, Bonita passed away peacefully with family by her side.
Bonita was born in Seattle, WA and graduated from Mountlake Terrace Senior High. Prior to moving to Juneau in the mid 70’s, Bonita worked in the purchasing department of...
Keo Maureen Myer
Aug 22, 2018
Born March 1, 1943 in Faith, South Dakota – Passed Away August 22, 2018 in Seattle, Washington
The third of eleven children born to Marion and Edna Myer, she is survived by her only son, Michael Darren, grandson Kyle, mother Edna, twin sister Kay, sisters Bev, Debra, and Barbara, and brothers Randy, Tracy and Brad. She is...
Roudaba Davido
Aug 19, 2018
February 4, 1934 - August 19, 2018
ROUDABA (BUNTING) DAVIDO was born in Tenerife, Canary Islands on February 4th, 1934. Her father was Basil Bunting, a famous British poet. Her mother was Marion Culver, an American English school teacher. Roudaba has an elder sister named Bourtai, who lives in Olympia, Washington. She had a younger brother named Rustam who...
Debbie Hasenkrug Bowen
Jul 28, 2018
Debbie Hasenkrug Bowen, age 65 of Bellevue, WA, passed away on Saturday, July 28th, at the University of Washington Medical Center. She had been fighting Acute Myelogenous Leukemia since November of 2017, and succumbed to a secondary infection she was unable to overcome.
Funeral services will be Saturday, August 18th, 2018, at St. Madeleine Sophie Parish at...
Virginia Kelley
Jul 20, 2018
Virginia Kelley died on July 20, 2018 while visiting Green Lake Park in Seattle, WA. at the age of 105.
She is survived by her daughter Joan Ritzenthaler and her husband Tom.
Virginia was born on February 28, 1913 in Baltimore, Maryland to Frank and Virginia Robinson. In her late 20’s, because of her love...
Herman Payton
Jul 17, 2018
August 25, 1940 – July 17, 2018
Herman was born in Houma, Louisiana on Aug. 25, 1940. He nearly died from pneumonia his first year of life. That kind of set his course in life as a fighter.
He was raised in Franklin, graduating from Franklin Colored High as the Valedictorian. He received scholarships for...
Linda Beryl (May) Forseth
Jul 16, 2018
Aug 1, 1944 – Jul 16, 2018
Linda was a longtime resident of Lake Forest Park and an active member in the local community. Surrounded by family, she passed peacefully after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
Born in Calgary, Alberta Canada she spent the formable years of her life in the Seattle area,...
Howard Hansen
Jul 16, 2018
Howard Hansen, born and reared at La Push, WA until age 14, passed into the Spirit World July 16th, 2018 attended by his wife Joanne, and a care giver. Many friends and relatives with Ceremonies and Songs reflecting his beginning amongst the Quileute people helped him along on his way. A Celebration of his Life is scheduled for Sat....
Wing Cheong Mak
Jul 13, 2018
Wing passed away peacefully on July 13th, surrounded by family, after a brave battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He is survived by wife Kwai, daughters Denise, Lydia, and Jamie, and brothers Mak Kui Cheong 麥鉅昌, Mak Kai Cheong 麥啟昌, Mak Kwok Cheong 麥國昌, Mak Chi Cheong 麥志昌, and Mak Wai Cheong 麥偉昌.
Wing was born in...
John Hiroto Momii
Jul 7, 2018
John Hiroto Momii, 93, went to be with his Lord on July 7, 2018, at Swedish hospital in Seattle, WA. Family and friends were able to say prayers and farewells prior to John’s passing. His daughter, Machiko, held his hand until his last breath at 4:20 AM.
John was born on July 29,1924 in Pasadena, California, to...
Virginia F. Krebs
Jul 6, 2018
Deedy, born November 11, 1923 to Florence and Lee Frech, passed away July 6, 2018 at 94. During her time in nursing school at Washington University, she met and married Edwin G. Krebs in March, 1945. They moved to Seattle in 1948 when Ed joined the faculty of the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Deedy was...

Linwood Ray Carlson
Jul 1, 2018
Lin was born on October 18, 1950 in Rochester, NY to Frank and Fern Carlson. He grew up with younger sister Roberta around New Bethel Baptist Church in Indiana where their father served as pastor. Summers were spent with family in Wisconsin and Lin assisted his father with canoe trips for juvenile offenders in the Boundary Waters. Lin attended...