OBITUARIES

2009

Nancy Pinney, age 85, passed away peacefully on May 29th in Mercer Island, WA. Born in Oregon, Ohio, Nancy’s life was a testament to resilience and creativity.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers was playing the night of Nancy’s first date, a night that ended in tragedy as an accident nearly cost her life. However, Nancy’s indomitable spirit...

2006

Dorothy was born in Marshalltown, Iowa, to Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Moore, on October 11,1926.

Dorothy attended Iowa Teachers College in Ames, Iowa and after transferring, obtained a degree in piano from Drake University, where she was a member of Delta Gamma sorority and Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity.  Music was her gift and she enjoyed twenty-eight...

2004

Ruth Campbell Rohrer, née Williams was born on October 31, 1918, in Atlanta, Georgia but her family moved to Renton, WA when she was just 3. After graduating from Renton HS, she attended the University of Washington, the only one of 4 siblings to do so.  There she was among a very small cohort of women who chose to...

2004

Also joining the ranks of the Church Triumphant this past week was Fumi Uomoto, who went home to her Savior this past Monday (May 4).  Born Fumiko Onoda in Cosmopolis, Washington, on September 17, 1924, “Fumi” was the daughter of Japanese immigrants from Kyushu Island. She responded to her Savior’s call while in high school.  During her senior year,...

2003

With sadness, the family announces the death of our mother, Anna Maria Korathu, on April 9th.  Anna Maria was born on October 14, 1946, the eldest child of Clarise Shaw and John Krasucki.  Anna grew up in Seattle's Leschi neighborhood. The rich cultural melting pot of her family and Leschi neighborhood was a gift Anna Maria cherished throughout her...

2000

Flavor Bell was born September 9, 1917 in Sardis, Mississippi to Caroline and Charlie Hibbler. She married her childhood sweetheart, Otis Hill and from that union, one son, AD, was born.  The marriage ended in divorce.  She met Leroy Booker in Memphis; they married and moved to Seattle in the late 40s when numerous Southern black people migrated north...

Dec 25, 1994

Elliott Lindsay Maylor was born in 1934 and raised in Oak Harbor, Washington, the great-grandson of Oak Harbor's first European settlers who emigrated from Ireland. His proud parents were Bessie and Howard Maylor. His sister, Janis, arrived in 1939. He grew to be a foot taller than his mother, much to her delight. Elliott attended Everett Junior College and...

1991

She sang opera. Randomly. Anywhere, everywhere belted out random passages of song in her operatic voice. On the escalator in Frederick & Nelson. In the supermarket. On the neighborhood walks (as she “liberated” the neighbor's roses). Embarrassing her 4 children constantly. Fitting, as her Italian mother always expected her to be a famous soprano singer, so random acts of...

1979

Ilse Wilhelmine Pfaff Woislawski was born in Saarbrucken, Germany on July 14, 1924. Saarbrucken is located on the border of France, and July 14 is Bastille Day. As an only child to Friederich and Karoline “Lina,” she was told that the annual festivities were to celebrate her birth. Ilse survived WWII. Aerial bombs destroyed her family home and all...

1948

William Martin "Marty" McCabe died in early May at his home in Seattle, WA, of heart disease. He was born in Lily, PA, in 1948, grew up in Chester, PA, attending Chester High School, graduating in the class of 1966, and attended college in Philadelphia at Drexel University, where he achieved a bachelor's, ('71) master of science ('73), and...

1936

Allan Blackman, beloved uncle and friend, passed away at his home, as was his wish, in Seattle, Washington after 85 full years of life. Allan was born April 7th, 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Rebecca and Samuel Blackman. Allan was the youngest of four children.

Allan grew up with his brother and sisters in Philadelphia. The family...

Lawrence ‘Larry’ Gross Jr. was born in Detroit, MI, on August 18, 1952. He was the eldest of Lawrence Sr. and Shirley Gross’ five children: Larry, Grace, Valeria, Andre and Pamela.

Larry spent his adolescence in Detroit, graduating in 1970 from Cass Technical High School. Being from Detroit, of course he loved Motown music and had a...

George William Vander Veer, age 68, passed away in January.  He was a life-long resident of Seattle and is survived by his son Robert R. Vander Veer of California, sister Alice Oliver of Florida, sister JoAnn Kennard of El Paso, and brother Robert Vander Veer of Houston, as well as several nieces and nephews.  He was preceded in death...

Stacy Sidener Lee is survived by the love of her life, her husband of 28 years Norman (Scotty) Lee . Also surviving Stacy are her son Josh Purden, grandson Trenton Purden, sisters Candace Brush and Toni Rehmer, brother Russel Houghton, and many nieces, nephews and cousins. Thru out her life, Stacy was always referred to as a free spirit...

Mary grew up in the Chicago suburb of Hinsdale, IL. She attended Mundelein College and the University of Illinois. At various times she lived in New York, Virginia, Los Angeles, and Ashland, OR, where she loved the theater and took classes at Southern Oregon University. Finally in 1980, she arrived in Seattle.

Once here she quickly embraced...

Paul Charles Soper was a kind man. A man of unmeasured humor, creativity and gentleness. He moved through the world with a sense of childlike wonder and amazement that would stop him in his tracks to admire a leaf with the same intensity that one might examine fine art. Anyone who had the privilege to know him, even in...

Levin M. Lynch was a family man, a sailor, a commercial real estate agent, a loyal fan of Seattle sports teams and a champion of the Pacific Northwest, particularly Puget Sound and the San Juan's, which he considered the world’s finest sailing haven.

For decades, Lev looked and exercised like a much younger man. He rowed a...

Commander Robert Emmet Trotter (ret.) was born in Seattle in 1943 to Guy and Helen Trotter. Though he spent his early years in Seattle, along with brother Tom arriving in 1947, the Trotters headed to San Diego in 1952 and again in 1957, where Bob eventually graduated from Point Loma High School.

After high school Bob attended...

Sheila FitzGerald Umlauf was born March 2, 1925 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska---the second daughter of attorney Joseph M and Gretchen Easterling FitzGerald.  She was very close to her family, especially her only sibling, Mary Jo FitzGerald Prudhomme (deceased).  The family moved to Denver, Colorado in 1935.  Sheila Graduated East High in 1943 and won a scholarship to the University of...

Brian Killgore was born July 22, 1959, in Vancouver, Washington.  He grew up in Bellevue, WA and graduated Sammamish High School in 1977.  He went on to earn a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Washington in midlife.  As a young adult, Brian worked in the mortgage markets and later opened his own court reporting business...