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Sue Reed
Jul 30, 2012
Sue Reed, 75 of Port Orchard, died in Bremerton on July 30, 2012. She was born August 3, 1936 in Chattanooga, TN to Ward & Margaret (Carlson) Hastings. She married Amos Reed on June 26, 1965 in San Mateo, CA. He preceded her in death June 29, 2005. Sue was a stay at home Mom providing love and fun and...
Lillian Chess
Jul 30, 2012
Lillian Yvonne Chess, 92 of Port Orchard, died July 30, 2012. She was born June 7, 1920 in Roseau, MN to Erick V. & Olga Y. (Nasland) Nordval. She graduated from Roseau High and later from Olympic College in Bremerton. She married William A. Chess on January 11, 1940 in Roseau and he preceded her in death in 1997. Lillian...
Feliza Acosta
Jul 26, 2012
Feliza G. Acosta, 80, a resident of Port Orchard, died in Bremerton on July 26, 2012. She was born June 19, 1932 in San Fernando, La Union, Philippines. She married Juanito (Mata) Acosta and attended Christ the King College in San Fernando PI. Feliza enjoyed cooking traditional Filipino foods, playing scrabble and reading. Surviving are son Johnthony Acosta; daughter Judith...
Terry Hammock
Jul 25, 2012
Terry Lee Hammock, 51, died at his home in Allyn, Washington July 25, 2012. He was born October 10, 1960 in San Luis Obispo, California to Kimberly Reed & Stacia Ann (Snyder) Hammock. He graduated from South Kitsap High School in 1980. Terry was an Iron Worker and Forklift Operator for 10 years in Delaware. He enjoyed Pro wrestling, Nascar...
Pamela Townsend
Jul 24, 2012
Pamela Lee Townsend, 63, a resident of Gig Harbor died of complications of ALS on July 24, 2012 at Franciscan Hospice House in Tacoma. She was born in Madison, WI on February 17, 1949 to Clayton and Leona (Hustad) Peterson. She graduated from Franklin Pierce HS in 1967 and Pacific Lutheran University in 1972 with a BA in English. She...
Michael Henderson
Jul 24, 2012
Michael David Henderson, 57, of Port Orchard, WA, passed away peacefully in the arms of his loving wife Jill Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Tacoma, WA, due to complications from leukemia. Mike was born to Robert and JoAnne Miles Henderson June 14, 1955 in Batavia, New York. He graduated from Batavia High School in 1973. Shortly thereafter...
Lois Grevstad
Jul 21, 2012
Lois Marie Grevstad of Bremerton passed away at the age of 73, on July 21, 2012 at Orchard Pointe Memory Care Community in Port Orchard, Washington. Lois married John K. Grevstad on June 28, 1975. They resided in Olalla until 1983. They moved to Manchester and lived there until 2006 when they moved to Bremerton. She worked at PSNS as...
Arlene Watson
Jul 18, 2012
Arlene Faye (Speer) Watson 73, a lifelong Port Orchard resident, passed away Wednesday morning July 18, 2012 at her home, due to natural causes. Arlene was born in Timber Lake, South Dakota on August 10, 1938. She arrived in Annapolis with 7 siblings and her Parents Lee and Ruby Speer Dec. 7, 1941. She attended schools in South Kitsap, graduating...
Norma Ritzman
Jul 11, 2012
Norma "Darlene" Ritzman of Port Orchard passed away at the age of 75, on July 11, 2012 at Franciscan Hospice and Palliative Care Center in Tacoma, Washington as a result of a series of strokes. Darlene was born on October 12, 1936 in Toledo, Washington to Kemp and Esther (King) Olson. She was an only child, but had many cousins...
Frances Haegele
Jul 8, 2012
Frances Annette Haegele, 75, of Port Orchard, Washington, was born March 2, 1937 in Texarkana, Texas, and passed away on July 8, 2012 in Gig Harbor, Washington. She was raised in Amarillo, Texas, where she met her husband Raymond A. Haegele Sr. while he was stationed at Amarillo Air Force Base. They fell in love and were married on December...
Thomas Lou
Jul 4, 2012
Thomas Lou, 81 of Manchester, WA, died in Seattle on July 4, 2012. He was born May 31, 1931 in Seattle, WA to Yee & Mae (Chin) Lou. He graduated from Franklin High School in Seattle and married Francis Lee on October 16, 1953 in Reno, NV. Thomas served in the U.S. Army for 2 years during the Korean War...
Wilma Laird
Jul 3, 2012
Wilma Laird, 66, of Port Orchard, WA, died Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, WA. She was born Feb. 4, 1946 in Bonifay, FL to Glen and Flora Henderson and raised in the Niceville, FL area. The family moved to Kitsap County in 1980 where Wilma pursued her career of electronics and quality control while going...
Helen Elkin
Jun 28, 2012
Helen Jean (McLean) Elkin, 72, a resident of Port Orchard, died June 28, 2012 from complications after surgery. She was born August 5, 1939 in Butte, Montana to Alex and Helen (Collins) McLean. She attended schools in Seattle and Butte. She was married to her husband, David Elkin, for 42 years. Helen loved making Teddy Bears by hand and collecting...
Carolyn Carbajal
Jun 28, 2012
Carolyn Carbajal, 65, of Port Orchard, WA was born November 19, 1946 in San Diego, CA and died June 28, 2012 in Gig Harbor, WA. She was a retired RN, avid hobbyist, and a dog lover. She was a resident of Port Orchard for over 40 years. Carolyn is survived by her husband Richard of 47 years of marriage; 3...
Alice Buller
Jun 25, 2012
Alice Ruth Elmore Buller, 90, formerly of Bremerton, died in Kirkland, Washington on June 25, 2012. She was born March 25, 1922 in Caldwell, Idaho to Lon & Edna (Baker) Elmore. She graduated from Caldwell High School and married Kenneth Buller in 1941 in Caldwell, Idaho. He preceded her in death in May of 2011. Alice was a homemaker whose...
Nina Hull
Jun 20, 2012
Nina Etta Hull, 86, a resident of Bremerton, died June 20, 2012. She was born in Philipsburg, MT December 2, 1925 to Wayne and Flossie (Morgan) Fessler. She attended Colby Grade School and South Kitsap HS and was married to John W. Hull for 67 years. Nina was the first youth Curley Creek Grange Master and 70 year Grange member....
Gladys Lair
Jun 14, 2012
Gladys Marie Lair, 99, a resident of Port orchard, died at Orchard Pointe Memory Care in Port Orchard, WA on June 14, 2012. She was born in Draper, SD to Joshua A. and Mary E. (Reynolds) Robertson on July 29, 1912. She was the 10th of 11 children. Married to Don Lair in 1931. He owned a trucking business until...
Elmer Bishop
Jun 14, 2012
Army Sgt. Elmer H. Bishop, Jr, born on March 20, 1929 in Pawtucket, RI to Winifred and Elmer Bishop, Sr, passed away suddenly on June 14, 2012 at St. Anthony's Hospital in Gig Harbor, WA. He proudly served in Italy shortly after World War II. He retired in 1979 as a Correctional Captain from the then Federal Penitentiary at McNeil...
Gabrielle Cave
Jun 14, 2012
Gabrielle Lynn Peters Cave (Gabbie) was born on July 22, 1992 in Tacoma, WA. She lived most of her life in Seabeck and attended schools in the Central Kitsap School District. Gabbie passed away on June 14, 2012 in Bremerton. She is survived by her loving parents John Michael Cave and Wendy Lynn Peters Cave; her sisters Haylie Cave, Cassandra...
Curtis Mcgilvrey
Jun 13, 2012
Curtis Alan “Mac” McGilvrey, 65 of Tahuya, WA, died in Bremerton on June 13, 2012. He was born October 20, 1946 in Van Nuys, CA to Robert & Grayce (Meyers) McGilvrey. He graduated from Kitsap High and Welding Trade school in 1965. Curtis worked at many of the shipyards in the area including Lockheed, Nicholson, Lawrence & Pac Car, retiring...
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