OBITUARIES
Local obituaries for Seattle, Washington, King County and Surrounding Areas
Richard Wayne Jernberg
Jun 2, 2016
1952-2016
Wayne was born on July 22, 1952 in Ephrata, WA to Ken and Margaret Jernberg. He spent his youth in Sunnyside, but called Seattle his home. Wayne has lived on the Hill for more than 40 years. He was a dedicated, and loving son. The most meaningful work that gave Wayne the most pride was working in an...
Barbara Zerbach
May 31, 2016
Passed away peacefully the morning of May 31, 2016. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Bob MacDougall, son Gavin MacDougall, brother Arthur Zerbach, sister-in- law Betty Zerbach, brother-in- law Bruce MacDougall and his wife Christine MacDougall, nephew Bryant MacDougall and various cousins, nieces and nephews.
Born in Spokane, WA in 1932, she moved to...

Hugh Doerschuk
May 30, 2016
August 30, 1922 ~ May 30, 2016
Hugh Cappel Doerschuk was born and lived in Massena, New York, until moving to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when he was 12. He graduated in Engineering from Cornell University. After serving in the Navy during WWII, he married Joanne Wilhelm on May 8, 1945. Hugh worked for Alcoa Aluminum for 37 years. His career...
Wen Wha Hsu
May 28, 2016
Wen Wha HSU of Seattle went to be with the Lord on Saturday May 28, 2016 after 91 years of a fruitful life in China, South Korea and the USA. She was born in Jilin China as the youngest of five children. Her family arranged for her to marry Ching Fang Hsu at age 17. After the Sino-Japanese war...
Arthur Rice Kruckeberg
May 25, 2016
Arthur Rice Kruckeberg (1920-2016) was born in Los Angeles to Arthur Woodbury and Muriel Rice Kruckeberg, and spent his boyhood in South Pasadena. He graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School and Occidental College (1941) in Los Angeles. Graduate studies in botany at Stanford University were interrupted by the Second World War, where Art served as a U.S. Navy Language...
Elizabeth Chapman Staley
May 24, 2016
Elizabeth Chapman Staley advocated learning through experiences
Elizabeth Chapman Staley was born in Chicago, IL on December 5, 1937 and died May 24, 2016 at age 78 in Seattle, WA. After 18 months in an assisted-living facility for people with dementia, Liz suffered a stroke and passed away peacefully 4 days later surrounded by family.
Elizabeth was...
Gyla Marmont Smith
May 23, 2016
GYLA MARMONT SMITH passed away on May 23, 2016, six days before her 92nd birthday. She was born in Shelby, Montana in 1924 to Frank and Marguerite Marmont, and was one of 5 children. She graduated from Montana State College in 1947 and was co-director of the Hiawatha Field House in West Seattle for several years. She married Hugh...
Robert L Wahlborg
May 23, 2016
Age 105, born in Seattle to John and Carrie Wahlborg on August 26, 1910, died May 23, 2016. The first of four children, he attended Seward Elementary and Broadway High Schools in Seattle. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1932 with a degree in Civil Engineering and as an Ensign in the US Naval Reserve. He then...
Gary A. Schwab
May 22, 2016
Gary A. Schwab, age 78, died of natural causes the morning of Sunday, May 22, 2016. He was born October 21, 1937, in Pittsburgh, PA. Gary resided at the Covenant Shores Retirement Community on Mercer Island, WA, with his wife, Judy, since 2014 when they moved from Issaquah, WA, having lived there for 23 years. Prior to living in...

Walter J. Kastrup
May 19, 2016
Seattle, WA: May 19, 2016, age 73.
He is predeceased by his parents John and Emily (Chamberlain); brothers Jack and Karl. He is survived by his wife Carol (Conley); son Christian (Laura) of Vancouver, BC; daughter Emily (Jason) Walton of Seattle; sister Sharon (Henry) Wisniewski of Grants Pass, OR; 4 grandchildren: Eleanor, Sebastian, Rhys & Isla; nieces...
Clifford Douglas Ferguson Jr
May 19, 2016
Known as Doug to his family and friends and Cliff to the working world. Doug died of Glioblastoma Multiform brain cancer at age 72 at the Seattle VA hospital on May 19th, 2016.
Doug was born in Tacoma WA, the 2nd child of Clifford and Margaret Ferguson. They resided in the south Tacoma area where Doug grew...
Haruko Margaret Itow
May 7, 2016
Haruko Margaret Itow, born in Los Angeles, on May 6, 1918, a true "Spring child", proud graduate of Manual Arts High, W'37; LA City College, dental assistant program; Amache Survivor, 1942-44 and doting grandmother of Celia Michiko Palmer and Geoff Kenji Palmer, of Seattle, lived to her 98th birthday. Her daughter and grandson Geoff were blessed to be with...
Nyda May
Apr 27, 2016
Nyda (Pudge) May was born in Blackfoot, Idaho on January 21, 1929 and left this world peacefully in Seattle, Washington on April 27, 2016. Nyda (nicknamed Pudge as a toddler) spent her youth in Sumas, Washington where she learned the newspaper business from her father, Ralph Scofield. It was there she met the love of her life, Jack May,...
Hans Gleichweith
Apr 24, 2016
Hans was born December 10, 1927 to Johann & Maria (Ostrizek) Gleichweith, in beautiful Vienna, Austria. The family lived in a 3-room walk-up apartment in a marvelous old building, even by Viennese standards. Hans attended school in Vienna and like all boys loved playing soccer with his friends. During the war years they endured the bombing of Vienna, although...
Rona Barry Jones
Apr 23, 2016
Rona Barry Jones, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away on April 23, 2016 after a long and valiant fight with cancer. Born on January 26, 1924 in Dunedin, New Zealand, Nonie moved to Toronto, Ontario at an early age. She attended Bishop Strachan School. In 1942, at the tender age of eighteen, Nonie joined the Royal Canadian Airforce. It...
Chester Davis
Apr 23, 2016
Chester Davis went home to be with the Lord on April 23, 2016.
He was one of several children born in Georgia to Roosevelt and Louella on January 2, 1938.
As a young man Chester loved to Box and was truly happiest training in the ring and sparring. He loved to do the “James Brown...
Lisa Jane Arnold
Apr 21, 2016
Lisa was born at Palo Alto Hospital and grew up in Los Altos Hills, California. She passed away April 21, 2016, in Seattle after a long and valiant battle with cancer. She didn’t want a long obit—if you know her you will know she was a very private person. But as her big sister, I am taking the liberty...
Edward Lee Mueller
Apr 21, 2016
Born on August 10, 1930 in Kansas City, MO, Edward L. Mueller died on April 21, 2016 in Seattle, WA. He is survived by his four children, John, Michael, Susan and Paul; seven grandchildren, Presten, Adrienne, Claire, Jack Dennis, Christian, Willem and Graham; his former wife, Betty Mueller, and the families of his deceased brother, Bruce N. Mueller of...
Glenn Eugene Gabrielson
Apr 17, 2016
Capt. US Navy
Born June 8, 1922 in Woodstock, Illinois, to James and Minnie Gabrielson. Glenn died on April 17, 2016, in Normandy Park, Washington, and went home to his Savior Jesus. He leaves his daughter, AMY of Seattle, and his son, PAUL of Normandy Park. Glenn graduated from Woodstock Community High School in Woodstock, and then entered WWII...
Ronald Earl Woods
Apr 15, 2016
October 10th, 1938 – April 15th, 2016
Ronald Earl Woods passed away at his home in Seattle, overlooking Lake Washington and Seward Park, on April 15, 2016.
Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Ron worked his way through Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, by serving as a security guard in the US Senate. He married Judith...