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Bill Hough
Oct 7, 2012
Bill Hough, 57, of Bremerton, died October 7, 2012 at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton. Bill was born May 13, 1955 in Long Beach, CA to William & Donna (Webster) Hough Sr. He attended Morro Bay High School and upon graduation enlisted in the US Navy where he was an assistant gunners mate. Bill loved sport fishing and was Captain...
David Frank Guidi
Oct 5, 2012
David Frank Guidi, 57, of Port Orchard, WA, unexpectedly passed away on October 5, 2012, from a pulmonary embolism at St. Anthony's Hospital in Gig Harbor, WA. David grew up in Belfair, WA, and graduated from North Mason High School in 1973 where he participated in athletics and other school activities. He attended Olympic College for 2 years, transferred to...
Alana Ann Wright
Sep 30, 2012
Alana Ann Wright, 57, of Port Orchard passed away on Sunday, September 30, 2012. Alana was born in Logan, Utah, April 29, 1955, to Arthur and Dorothy (Watson) Campbell. The family moved from the farm when she was a baby to Cincinnati, Ohio where Alana lived with her five siblings. In 1967 the family moved to Seattle where she attended...
William Bellman
Sep 29, 2012
Bill went home to be with Jesus on September 29 after a brief struggle with lung cancer. He is survived by his wife, Joan, daughter, Kathy Tinoco (Joe), son Dan, three grandchildren Will (21), Steven (15), and Anna (12) and sister-in-law Carol Randall. He was preceded in death by his parents, Byron and LouAnna, brother Jerry (Bobbi), and twin brother...
Carl John Crimi
Sep 28, 2012
Carl Crimi, 61, of Tahuya died Friday 9-28-2012 at home. He was born in St Louis, Missouri, to Phillip and Mary Joyce (Conroy) Crimi. He married Dola Brown on July 3, 1987 in Grapeview, WA. Carl left high school and became a bosun’s mate in the navy in 1968. Before retiring, Carl was owner of Mr. C’s Auto Sales in...
Deborah Ann Guyll
Sep 25, 2012
Deborah Guyll passed away Tuesday morning, Sept. 25, 2012. Born Deborah Arrants April 10, 1952 in Bremerton to Joe and Luella Arrants, she was the 7th of 11 children and grew up in Port Orchard. Graduating from South Kitsap High School in 1970, she married her high school sweetheart, Paul Guyll in August 1971 and had two sons. Debbi is...
Lynn Jones
Sep 22, 2012
Lynn E. Jones, 63, of Port Orchard died Sept. 22, 2012 at the Franciscan Hospice House in Tacoma. He was born Nov. 23, 1948 in Bremerton to Gene and Grace (Maxwell) Jones. Lynn graduated from South Kitsap High School in 1967 and received his associated degree in English from Olympic College in Bremerton. He later graduated from nursing school in...
Harry William Balshuesman
Sep 21, 2012
Harry W. Balshuesman, 88, died in Gig Harbor on September 21, 2012. He was born on June 29, 1924. He served in World War II and the Korean War. He was on the U.S. S. Hornet when we delivered the first attack on Japan after Pearl Harbor. He retired from the Navy in 1951 and was a Life Member of...
Terry Bayne
Sep 20, 2012
Terry Young Bayne, 59, a resident of Clifton, CO, died September 20, 2012 in Port Orchard. He was born in Bremerton, WA on April 24, 1953 to Thomas and Dorothy (Butts) Bayne. He graduated from South Kitsap HS in 1971. He married Lee Ann (Wells) Bayne of Colorado in Eugene, OR. He worked for Johnson Controls in Bangor NSB as...
Gwendolyn Wolfe
Sep 18, 2012
Gwendolyn Kay Wolfe, 56, of Poulsbo, died September 18th at her daughters home in Seabeck. She was born January 27, 1956 in Sonoma, Ca to Joseph & Ivis (Buskirk) Demmick. She is survived by a son – Tom Kirk Jr of Englewood Fl; a daughter - Lena Watson of Seabeck; a brother – Mike Burdine of Las Vegas, Nv, 3...
Thelma Pearl Gorden
Sep 18, 2012
Thelma Pearl Gorden, 95, a resident of Port Orchard, died Tuesday, September 18, 2012 of natural causes in her home. She was born November 15, 1916 in Chatham, Ontario, CAN to Alfred and Alice Whatford, she was the last of four children. She was preceded in death by her husband Homer Gorden and three sisters. She moved to California in...
Violet Mays
Sep 17, 2012
Violet Lorraine Mays, 77, a resident of Port Orchard, died September 17, 2012 in Bremerton. She was born in Helena, Montana on September 2, 1935 to Lawrence and Dorothy (Hazen) Dempsey. She married Calvin E. Mays on September 3, 1960 and he preceded her in death in 1997. Violet was retired from the Shipyard in 2000 as a program analyst....
Chariessa Stichick
Sep 15, 2012
Chariessa M. Stichick, 64 of Port Orchard, died in Bremerton on September 15, 2012. She was born April 6, 1948 in Warren, OH to Emil & Virginia (Obletiloff) Malacky. She graduated from Hiram College in Ohio in 1970 with a degree in Elementary Education and married Nicholas Stichick on August 20, 1978 in Warren, OH. Chariessa was a teacher for...
Joyce Knapp
Sep 15, 2012
Joyce E. Knapp, 70, of Port Orchard, died September 15th at Life Care Center. She was born in Joliet, Illinois on October 27, 1941. Her career was in Mortgage banking and loved crafts, games and crossword puzzles. Joyce fought a strong and courageous battle with cancer. She is survived by 2 daughters: Karen Carlson-Bunce (Donald Bunce) and Kimberly Knapp-Foltz (John...
Dean Barker
Sep 7, 2012
Dean Rogers Barker was born in Puyallup on February 5, 1961 to Wayne R. and Shirley A. (Snyder) Barker. He spent most of his life in Western WA. Dean worked as an electrician and supervisor that helped the construction and modifications of many school buildings and edifices throughout Pierce County and was a skilled mechanic. He enjoyed fishing, camping and...
James Helgeson
Sep 5, 2012
James W. Helgeson, 73, a resident of Port Orchard, died September 5, 2012 at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Gig Harbor. He was born September 7, 1938 in Alexandria, Minnesota to Edwin and Ruth (Linseth) Helgeson. He graduated from Watford City HS in ND in 1956 and served in the United States Marine Corps for two years. After his service in...
Jacqueline Payne
Sep 5, 2012
Jacqueline S. Payne, 67, a resident of Bremerton died of heart failure in Bremerton on September 5, 2012 with her husband and other loved ones by her side. She was born February 28, 1945 in Bremerton to John R. and Mary (Fraser) Hines. She married James E. Payne in Long Beach, CA on December 27, 1965. She graduated from East...
John Gertsch
Sep 2, 2012
John William Gertsch, 80, passed away at his home in Port Orchard September 2, 2012. He was born August 20, 1932 in Darby, MT to Fred & Harriett Gretsch. John moved to Port Orchard at the age of 17 and worked at PSNS for a couple of years. He was a self-employed logger until 1983. After retiring, he loved working...
Nilda Randol
Aug 31, 2012
Nilda Randol (Reichard), 81, of Port Orchard, WA passed away on August 31, 2012 at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, WA. She was born March 5, 1931 in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. She served in the US Air Force from July 1956 to July 1959 where she met her husband Leroy D Randol. They were married on August 1, 1959. He...
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