Obituaries

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Local Obituaries for Bainbridge Island, WA, Kitsap County and Surrounding Cities

Luke Yen-Hui Chadwick

Luke Yen-Hui Chadwick

Aug 22, 2009

died August 22, 2009 from acute respiratory failure after 3-months' hospitalization at the University of Washington Medical Center. He was 22 years-old and a 2007 graduate of Bainbridge High School. Luke was born Yu Yen-hui September 20, 1986 in Taipei, Taiwan. He came to Washington state to his adoptive parents, Cathy and Kent Chadwick, in 1988. By then he had...

Nathan Keliher

Nathan Keliher

Aug 21, 2009

passed away on Friday, August 21, 2009 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was born on June 18, 1983 in Seattle, Washington and was 26 years of age.Nathan was raised in Indianola and spent his childhood playing in the woods and on the beach with his cousins and siblings. He loved his hometown and his family. He was particularly close to...

Joanne E. Newland

Joanne E. Newland

Aug 20, 2009

passed away on Thursday, August 20, 2009 at Silverton Hospital in Silverton, Oregon. She was born on June 3, 1930 and was 79 years of age. Joan was a resident of Woodburn, Oregon. She graduated from Franklin High School and was formerly of Seattle, Washington and Kodiak, Alaska. She enjoyed raising her grandchildren, knitting, crafts, cooking, sewing, and playing the...

Russell R. Johnson

Russell R. Johnson

Aug 12, 2009

beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and uncle, passed away on August 12, 2009 at the age of 88. Russ will be remembered as a gentle, kind man of the highest integrity. Russ was born on January 30, 1921 in Williston, North Dakota to Roy S. and Frances Anne Johnson. He attended school in his hometown of Ray, N.D., graduating high...

Germaine Lambert Bauer

Germaine Lambert Bauer

Aug 9, 2009

was born in Manchester , New Hampshire on April 5, 1926 to Philippe and Adele Lambert. She received her education at St. Marie's Catholic School in Manchester. Mrs. Bauer came to Washington State when she married John M. Bauer on July 7, 1951, and spent the following years in Port Orchard, Washington. Mrs. Bauer was co-founder of the Chief Kitsap...

John F. Bedessem

John F. Bedessem

Aug 7, 2009

passed away peacefully on Friday, August 7, 2009 at his home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on July 10, 1933 and was 76 years of age. John was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was raised in La Crosse, Wisconsin, graduating from Aquinas High School, attending Notre Dame University , IN, West Point Military Academy, NY...

Georgia Louise Addington

Georgia Louise Addington

Aug 6, 2009

passed away on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. She was born on September 4, 1933 and was 75 years of age. She had moved from Anchorage, Alaska and had lived on Bainbridge Island for the past 28 years. She was a member of Island Church, The Eastern Star, was a volunteer for the...

Nancy Elizabeth Cave Lowery

Nancy Elizabeth Cave Lowery

Aug 4, 2009

beloved mother, aunt, neighbor, and friend, passed away August 4, 2009 at Swedish Hospital after a 7-month battle with lung cancer. She was 72.Nancy was born September 25, 1936 in Seattle, WA to Clinton and Myra Cave. She lived her entire life on Bainbridge Island as a third generation Cave family member dating back to the 1860's. Growing up during...

Earl R. Bailley

Earl R. Bailley

Jul 31, 2009

passed away on Friday, July 31, 2009 at his home in Hansville, Washington. He was born on November 11, 1927 and was 81 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.

Allan Burns Mccoskrie

Allan Burns Mccoskrie

Jul 31, 2009

of Bainbridge Island, died peacefully in his sleep July 31st at Messenger House Care Center after a lengthy bout with dementia. He was 69. He was born in Seattle to Burns and Esther McCoskrie who soon moved to Bainbridge Island where he grew up and graduated from Bainbridge High School in 1958. He spent four years in the Navy serving...

Richard Pearl

Richard Pearl

Jul 28, 2009

was born in Berkeley, California in 1926 to Hallet and William Pearl, the fifth of six children. As a boy, he loved spending time in the mountains and on the water. He sailed on the San Francisco Bay with the Sea Scouts, and spent most summers camping with his mother and brothers at Butte Meadows near Mount Lassen with little...

Michael T. Lynch

Michael T. Lynch

Jul 27, 2009

passed away on Monday, July 27, 2009 at his home in Kingston, Washington. He was born on March 27, 1956 and was 53 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.

Charles R. Drake

Charles R. Drake

Jul 26, 2009

passed away on Sunday, July 26, 2009 at Island Health and Rehabilitation on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on December 14, 1925 and was 83 years of age. He was a resident of Silverdale, Washington. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.

Kenneth H. Drummond

Kenneth H. Drummond

Jul 21, 2009

of Bainbridge Island, Washington, died with grace on Tuesday, July 21, 2009, surrounded by family. He was affectionately known to his old friends as "Ole Drum. Ken was born on January 19, 1922 in Riverside, California to Mary Holland Drummond and Finlay McKay Drummond. The youngest of three boys, he grew up in La Jolla where his mother operated the...

Linnea Giancola

Linnea Giancola

Jul 17, 2009

passed away on Friday, July 17, 2009 at The Hospice of Kitsap County Care Center in Bremerton, Washington. She was born on May 27, 1941 and was 68 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.

Raymond Hansen

Raymond Hansen

Jul 12, 2009

passed away on Sunday, July 12, 2009 at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton, Washington. He was born on December 9, 1918 and was 90 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.

Roxanne K. Pace

Roxanne K. Pace

Jul 11, 2009

passed away at the age of 94 on July 11th, 2009 at Island Health and Rehabilitation. Born on September 5th, 1914 to William and Anna Maria Kemp in Fort Collins, Colorado she attended 12 different schools between first and twelfth grades, graduating from Mount Vernon High School. As a young child she lived on Pleasant Beach where her father and...

Theodore Blaskie

Theodore Blaskie

Jul 10, 2009

passed away on Friday, July 10, 2009 at Island Health and Rehabilitation on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on December 27, 1918 and was 90 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.

Ryan Darrel Van Aken

Ryan Darrel Van Aken

Jul 7, 2009

passed away on July 7 2009, at Castle Hospital, Kailua, HI from heart failure. Word of Ryan's passing spread so fast that hundreds of people in the area that knew Ryan gathered together for an impromptu memorial service in his honor. Although Ryan was taken at the young age of 29 he had a multitude of friends because of his...

Patricia Jane Skinner Russell

Patricia Jane Skinner Russell

Jul 7, 2009

beloved mother, grandmother, aunt and friend, died July 7th in her Bainbridge Island home shortly after being diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. She was 97.Pat was born January 18, 1912 in the Ballard area of Seattle. Two years later her family moved to Bainbridge Island, where in 1929 she graduated from Bainbridge High School as Salutorian. She went on to study...

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