Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Bainbridge Island, WA, Kitsap County and Surrounding Cities
Carolyn Jo Couch
Feb 18, 2010
passed away on Thursday, February 18, 2010 at her home in Bremerton, Washington. She was born on August 15, 1937 and was 72 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Arthur Nicholas Mirkovich
Feb 17, 2010
68, died February 17, 2010Art was born on August 22, 1941 and was the youngest of three children. He took great pride in his Croatian heritage and in being a life long resident of Bainbridge Island. He was involved in recording his family's history on the Island and in the local fishing community. He graduated from Bainbridge High School in...
Ingrid Johanna Hathaway
Feb 16, 2010
passed away on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at The Hospice of Kitsap County Care Center in Bremerton, Washington. She was born on March 22, 1929 in Milspe, Germany and was 80 years of age. She was a resident of Olympia, WA. Ingrid lived in the areas of Sequim, Federal Way, Whidbey Island and Lacey, WA. She was a homemaker and...
Tashio Fujioka
Feb 15, 2010
a long time resident of Vashon Island, WA, passed away Feb 15 after a short illness. He was 97 and lived the majority of his life on the Island.Tashio was the eldest son of Sadaji who emigrated in 1900 and Tsune Fujioka who emigrated in 1910 from Kumamoto, Japan to the US and disembarked at Victoria, BC. They settled on...
Auntie Earlma Martin
Feb 14, 2010
passed away peacefully at her home, in Suquamish, Washington, on Valentine's Day morning. She was born in Comanche, OK and raised across the Red River in Burkburnett, Texas. Her passions in life were her pets, playing bingo, and sewing. She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur & Mabel Strickland, her brothers, Glynn & William Strickland, and her only...
Barbara Jane Snellman
Feb 13, 2010
Passionately devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend set sail on her celestial journey February 13, 2010. She leaves ashore her beloved Finn, Mr. Robert V. Snellman, and Max, her cherished Jack Russell. Bidding her safe passage are her three surviving children and their families; Hollie Davis Bamford, her husband Mike and "Grams Bestest Boys" Matt, Pete, Kevin, Greg and his...
Richard Palmer Hollis
Feb 11, 2010
77, of Bainbridge Island, died peacefully in his sleep on February 11, 2010.Richard was a man of solid values and integrity. He could be counted on for anything. His word was his bond.Richard was a kind and generous man - a gentleman of humor and warmth to everyone he met. He was dearly loved by his family and friends who...
Edward Loverich
Feb 6, 2010
passed away on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Washington. He was born on September 23, 1948 and was 61 years of age. Edward lived for 30 years on Bainbridge Island, WA and 31 years in Everett, WA. He worked for the Washington State Ferry System from 1977-2007. He retired as Chief Engineer. He was...
Eva Maria Gabrielle Gerdts (Szelenyi)
Feb 4, 2010
died on February 4, 2010, after a 13 month struggle with Non Small-cell Adenocarcinoma. She was just a few days shy of her 61st birthday.Eva was born on February 18, 1949, in Langenargen, Germany, which in near the Austrian and Swiss border in southern Germany. She was the only child of Bela and Liesel Szelenyi. She emigrated from Germany with...
Richard W. Manuel
Feb 1, 2010
"Dick", passed away February 1, 2010 after a struggle with lymphoma. He was 82 years old. Eldest son of Emma Softy and Charles Nelson (both deceased), he is survived by his wife Marjorie, two sons, John and Bill, daughter Pat Saboda (Jeff), grandsons Matt and Kyle, and his brother Thomas and family in Bryn Mawr, PA.Dick made the local Sea...
James D. Estes
Jan 26, 2010
passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at Island Health and Rehabilitation on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on December 2, 1937 and was 72 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
June Muriel Mathisen
Jan 21, 2010
passed away on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at her home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was born on February 8, 1917 in Vancouver, British Columbia - Canada to George Edwin Butcher and Lucy Maude Muggeridge. She was 92 years of age.In June's youth, she moved to Seattle and attended school. She started coming over to Bainbridge Island when she was...
Barbara Van Nortwick
Jan 17, 2010
passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2010 at her home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was born in Sydney, Australia on October 5, 1937 and was 72 years of age. Barbara came to the US as a young woman where she met Bill, her husband to be. Barbara was an accomplished watercolor artist specializing in themes she was passionate about...
Eloise J. Robinson
Jan 10, 2010
passed away on Sunday, January 10, 2010 at The Hospice of Kitsap County Care Center in Bremerton, Washington. She was born on February 24, 1933 in Bellingham, Washington. She was 76 years of age. Eloise had lived in Bellingham for 18 years where she graduated from Bellingham High School in 1951. She also lived in Seattle, Bremerton and on Bainbridge...
Patty Cacak
Jan 5, 2010
passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. She was born on June 2, 1954 and was 55 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Harold Burns
Jan 5, 2010
passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at Martha and Mary Health Care Services in Poulsbo, Washington. He was born on December 23, 1921 and was 88 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Marguerite Klenck Lovejoy
Jan 4, 2010
passed away on Monday, January 4, 2010 at The Messenger House on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was born on July 21, 1922 in New York, New York and was 87 years of age and a resident of Bainbridge Island since 2007. Services will be private. Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.
Gary Wilfred Garrett
Jan 1, 2010
passed away on Friday, January 1, 2010 at Martha and Mary Health Care Services in Poulsbo, Washington. He was born on August 2, 1947 in Syracuse, New York and was 62 years of age.Gary was a resident of Bremerton, WA. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Dennis Robert Kuntz
Jan 1, 2010
age 63, passed away unexpectedly on January 1, 2010.Denny grew up in Dayton, Ohio and moved to Seattle to earn a B.S. in Oceanography from the UW. A resident of Bainbridge Island since 1975, he built a house for his family and worked in all aspects of design, construction and finish carpentry. Denny was at home in the outdoors, loved...