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Murray R. Bowes
Oct 8, 2008
of Orcas Island, WA passed away after a long illness. He was born in Battle Creek, MI in 1947 to Donald and Elayne (McClish) Bowes. He attended high school in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, and spent his summers as a youth sailing in Canada. He graduated from Kent State University with a degree in business, and from the University of...
Huan-Hsin Shyu
Oct 6, 2008
was born on July 13, 1918 in Thailand. When he was 9 years old, he and his younger brother moved to Canton, China to live with relatives. The Sino-Japanese War broke out when he was in high school. Upon graduation from high school, he joined the Chinese Army Whampoa Military Academy, which was lead by General Chiang Kai-Shek. He served...
John Jacob Crane
Sep 29, 2008
passed away on Monday, September 29, 2008. He was born on December 28, 1949 and was 58 years of age.John is survived by His wife Jane, their children; Cari and Andrew Crane, also his sister Karoline Johnson. Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend the Memorial Service on Friday, October 10, 2008 at 2:00 PM at Grace Episcopal Church,...
Donald R. Parker
Sep 26, 2008
passed away on Friday, September 26, 2008 at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Washington. He was born on July 26, 1931 and was 77 years of age. Donald was a resident of Bremerton, Washington.Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend the Memorial Service on Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 2:00 PM at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Kenneth Langran
Sep 20, 2008
passed away on Saturday, September 20, 2008 at his home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on July 23, 1934 and was 74 years of age. Graveside Services at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, Washington are pending. Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.
Larew Warren Wheaton
Sep 18, 2008
"Larry", of Poulsbo, died peacefully on September 18, 2008. He was born May 9, 1926 in New Jersey to Lillian and Edmund Wheaton. He attended New Jersey College of Engineering and received his Masters in Engineering from Yale University. He was a retired Major in the US Army and retired from his job as a financial analyst with Chevron Oil...
John Thomas Sharp
Sep 14, 2008
beloved husband, father and grandfather passed away Sunday September 14, 2008. John led a full and enriched life. The son of John Robert Sharp and Laura Ellen James Sharp, he was born in Dalhart Texas on November 16,1924. John attended college at West Texas State College and Antioch College in Ohio. He obtained his medical degree from Columbia University, served...
Lenora S. Dunlap
Sep 13, 2008
passed away peacefully on September 13, surrounded by her family.She was 88.Lenora was born in Nocona, Texas on April 12, 1920 to Gladys Russell Salmon and Harold (Harry) Salmon. She grew up on a ranch and spent her early years riding horses, reading and being part of the large extended Salmon family. In the late 1920s, she and her older...
Bob M. Bowman
Sep 13, 2008
passed away on Saturday, September 13, 2008 at Island Health and Rehabilitation on Bainbridge Island, WA. He was born on November 25, 1924 in Portland, Oregon. Bob lived on Bainbridge Island for many years. He was a gifted carpenter who loved his work and enjoyed his sports. He is survived by his brothers and their wives, Norman and Ellen Bowman...
John K. Langan
Sep 11, 2008
born October 18, 1919, in Springfield, Illinois, grew up in Odell, Illinois and left us peacefully September 11, 2008 on his beloved Bainbridge Island, Washington.Jack retired from the US Navy after 20 years including service during WWII and the Korean War. The first member of his family with a college degree (Master's in Educational Psychology. He began his career as...
Margaret Ove Smith
Sep 11, 2008
96, of Bainbridge Island, Washington passed away on Thursday, September 11, 2008. She was born in August of 1912, in Ramona Acres (Los Angles County), California to Reverend Thorlief T. Ove and Gunda Johnson Ove. Margaret had two half-brothers - Bjarne F. Ove and Gerhard O. Ove - one brother, Harold T. Ove, and one sister, Katherine Ove Pearsall.Margaret was...
Jack Chamberlin
Sep 2, 2008
an innovative and irascible, entrepreneur who turned his love of horses into a successful hay business, died Tuesday at his home surrounded by his loved ones on Bainbridge Island. True to his spirit, he died listening to "Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys," by Waylon Jennings and a cowboy hat next to his side.He was 64...
Ruth Lundy Palmer
Aug 30, 2008
passed away with her loving family by her side on Saturday, August 30, 2008 at her home in Silverdale, Washington. She was born on October 19, 1924 in Portland, Oregon to Charles Curtis Lundy and Dora Abigail Edwards. She was 83 years of age. Ruth was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Silverdale Fourth...
David Howard Beasley
Aug 28, 2008
was the first born child to Warren and LaVerne Beasley. He was born in Galen Montana on October 15, 1938, and lived in the area for most of his early years. He loved the Mountains and rivers of Montana especially at the Family Cabin at Jamestown Lake. In his youth he enjoyed Church activities, DeMolay, automotive courses, and being a...
Bela Szigethy
Aug 26, 2008
born on December 23, 1910 as the fourth child of a shoemaker´s family in Szekelyudvarhely, at the time in Hungary, he was valedictorian of his high school class at the Reformed Hungarian Collegium, whereupon in 1928 he entered the Theological Seminary in Kolozsvar, by then in Romania. From 1932 to 1933 he was assistant pastor in Bucharest, Romania, then studied...
Patricia Moran
Aug 22, 2008
passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family after a three year battle with cancer. She is preceded in death by her husband Reeves, daughter Mary Katherine "Kitty" Moran and brother Gaylord Sterling Jr.Born in Tacoma, Washington to Gaylord and Gladys Sterling, she spent her formative years in Ellensburg and graduated from high school in 1943. She attended the University...
Ora I. Brumbelow
Aug 19, 2008
Ora beloved "Little Gramma", passed away at the age of 97 on August 19 ,2008. Ora was born in DeLeon, Texas on July 22,1911 to Eugene Gillock and Josie Bloyd. She had 2 siblings, Clifton Gillock and Odette Bell. Ora was rasied in DeLeon and lived there until 1943. She married Carl Duke, a childhood friend, on December 5,1927 at...
Addison F. Muzzy
Aug 19, 2008
passed away on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at The Harbor House Care Center in Poulsbo, WA. He was 95 years of age. Addison lived in the area for eight years. He lived in Bellingham, WA prior to his move.He was a WWII Veteran, Army Air Corp P-38 Mechanic. He worked in the Maintenance and Carpentry fields for 30 years. Addison...
Louise Richer
Aug 17, 2008
was born in Canon Falls, Minnesota, April 28, 1917. Her mother was Gerthe Johnston. She lost her father, George Dahl, in World War I. She was adopted by her step-father and later moved to Everett, Washington, as Louise Soneson.She worked in her future brother-in-law's bakery and married Allan Richer after World War II. She has lived in an assisted living...
Walter D. Mckerchar
Aug 12, 2008
died on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton, Washington. Walt was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 8th 1929.He enlisted in the Coast Guard at the age of 15 to serve in World War II. He attended MIT, and became an electronic engineer, specializing in electromagnetic. After working in a number of aeronautical companies, he moved...
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