OBITUARIES

Feb 7, 2017

January 27, 1935 – February 7, 2017

After a brief illness Eleanor passed away peacefully at the Swedish Hospital in Seattle.  She was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.  After 8 years working for Hudson’s Bay Oil, she moved to Seattle at age 29. Eventually she enjoyed a wonderful 30 year career at Metropolitan Federal Savings & Loans...

Jan 30, 2017

8/8/1943 ~ 1/30/2017

Monday evening, January 30th, our mother passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family.  With heavy hearts, we say goodbye but know she is reunited with our father John, our sister Marie and so many of her other relatives.

Mom grew up in San Diego, California where she met and married the...

Jan 23, 2017

Dorothy Jill McArthur passed away on January 23, 2017 after many years of struggling with Alzheimer’s Disease. She was born in England on November 27, 1937 and grew up there. She married James McArthur and moved to the United States in 1965. She was dedicated wife, mother and friend. She volunteered for many organizations especially the Parent Teacher Association....

Jan 22, 2017

Dolores Naomi Duffield born April 17, 1923 in Raymond, WA. and died January 22, 2017 in Kirkland, WA at the age of 93.  She was the eldest of 3 children, Joe Lewis of Shelton, WA and Dixie Leske Gagnier (deceased). Married to Arthur Willis Duffield (deceased) on January 31, 1946, she and Art had two sons, Lawrence (Larry) E....

Jan 21, 2017

Shelby Collard Gilje

Gone to The Great Newspaper in the Sky to join her friends.

Born Jan. 23 1937 in Seattle.

Graduate of Roosevelt High School, Seattle, 1954; and the University of Washington Department of Communication, 1958.

Ms. Gilje worked at The Anchorage Daily News, The West Seattle Herald, The Bremerton...

Jan 18, 2017

Charis Ann (Graaf) Whyte. Age 89. Born June 15th, 1927 in Seattle. Died peacefully January 18th, 2017 at Evergreen Adult Family Home in north Seattle. Daughter of Roger and Marie Graaf, she grew up on Queen Anne Hill, graduated from Queen Anne High School in 1944, and attended Whitman College. A lifelong mother and housewife, she will be greatly...

Jan 17, 2017

Born in Yuba City, California on March 23, 1943, Barbara passed away in Seattle on January 17, 2017 at the age of 73. A lifelong learner, she held Master’s degrees in both Chemistry and Education and was the first of her family to graduate from college, which she attended at the University of California, Davis, completing a degree in...

Jan 17, 2017

Emily Parrott Cator passed away at home in Normandy Park, Washington on January 17, 2017, after a brief but brave battle with a rare and very aggressive form of lymphoma.

Emily was born in Morristown, New Jersey, and raised in Dickeyville, Maryland. Upon her graduation from St Mary’s College of Maryland in 1976, she joined VISTA and...

Jan 15, 2017

Mary was born in Escondido, California on December 13, 1928 and passed away unexpectedly after complications from knee surgery on January 15, 2017 in Seattle, Washington.

The daughter of two immigrants Edward (England) and Mary (Bohemia) Wright, Mary grew up in California and Washington State.  Her father had two careers - turkey farmer and race horse trainer,...

Jan 14, 2017

Joyce Marie Maresh was born April 19, 1941 to Lester and Thelma (Pike) Maresh in the family home in rural Kimball, SD.  She passed away in her home under hospice care, with her daughter Brenda at her side, on Jan.  14, 2017, at age 75. Joyce graduated from Kimball High School in 1959, attended Moody Bible Institute in Chicago...

Jan 12, 2017

Lois L. Barr of Ontario, CA (formerly Bay City MI) passed peacefully on January 12, 2017 at the age of 92 after a long and memorable life. Lois was born in Saginaw, MI on July 22, 1924 to the late Earl and Mamie (Atherton) Getty.  She moved with the family to Bay City, MI during her middle childhood years.  ...

Jan 11, 2017

Nathaniel H. Wylie passed away on January 11, 2017 at the age of 43. Lifetime resident of Mercer Island, Nathaniel is survived by former spouse Heidi and son Austin; parents Linda and Peter; sister Renee; and brother Scott.

A memorial service will be held at Emmanuel Episcopal Church on Mercer Island. Date and time will be announced...

Jan 10, 2017

Dr. Cinda Lu Steenhof Morrison, formerly of Prairie Village, KS, concluded her courageous fight with cancer on January 10, 2017 in Seattle, WA.

Cinda was born in Kansas City, MO, and graduated from Gulfpark College for Women in Mississippi and subsequently earned her BA from University of Tulsa. She later earned her Master’s degree in Education from...

Jan 9, 2017

The Reverend Vivian Lee Bowden, 73, passed away on January 9, 2017 at her home in Seattle, Washington, surrounded by family and friends.

Vivian was born in Washington DC, on February 23, 1943. Moving thirteen times over the course of her childhood was hard, even for an extrovert like Vivi, but it made her compassionate to anyone...

Jan 2, 2017

Dad was born March 9, 1920, in Asotin, Washington. He grew up in Elma, Washington building crystal radio sets and playing the piano. A man who displayed no outward religious convictions to his children, he himself was baptized not once, but twice in his childhood. Making his way to Seattle to attend the University of Washington, he worked to...

2017

Ib passed away on May 1 at the age of 99-1/2 years. He fully enjoyed life until just a few days before his passing.

Ib was born in 1924 in the small town of Kolding, Denmark. He experienced the hardships of the war in Europe as a young teen, and when the war ended, he served in...

Dec 29, 2016

Jack Lee Walters died of congestive heart failure December 29, 2016 in Seattle, WA. Born in Seattle in 1936, he attended Whitworth Elementary, John Hay Elementary, Queen Anne High School, Edison High School, and University of Washington.

He married Gayle Hendrick in 1961.

He was a perfectionist who loved music, movies, celebrity gossip, politics, sports,...

Dec 27, 2016

Irene was born in Sunburst, Montana on June 12th, 1927 and passed away December 27th, 2016 at the age of 89. She has reunited with her husband, Charles, and son, Craig Jarvis. Awaiting their reunion is Linda Bisset, daughter, Cassandra and Caitlin Jarvis, her beloved granddaughters, and Lorraine Jarvis, daughter-in-law. Irene was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She...

Dec 24, 2016

In Celebration of and Remembering a Prince of a Fellow.

Joseph Holman Ward - Born Sept 25, 1942, in Tulsa, OK passed peacefully at his home surrounded by family and loved ones December 24, 2016 in Seattle, WA.

A gracious, generous and good man, Joe is survived by his wife and best friend Ella, daughter...

Dec 16, 2016

Reverend Robert Dean Bradbury got his wings December 16, 2016, while a patient at Seattle’s Swedish Hospital, after a few weeks of illness at home. He was surrounded by family, who sang him into the light.

Bob married his beloved wife Jane Ann in 1960 at Edgebrook Community Church, Chicago, where he was ordained into the United...