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Daniel Wittig
Dec 21, 2010
Daniel R. Wittig, 53 of Port Orchard, died in Bremerton on December 21, 2010. He was born January 13, 1957 in Milwaukee, WI to Charles & Lorraine Wittig. He married Kim Gumenberg on March 19, 1999 in Reno, NV Dan owned Olympic Auto Repair in Port Orchard for 21 years. He also managed Sears Auto in Silverdale, WA. Dan was...
Karen Murray
Dec 21, 2010
Karen Pearl Murray, age 70, died December 21, 2010. She is survived by all her siblings, three children; Billy (Long Beach, CA), Tony and April (Kitsap County), as well as many Grand and Great Grand children. At age 43 she survived gunshot wounds leaving her legally blind. Karen never lost her joy of living and especially cooking throughout her life....
Irvin Tiffany
Dec 20, 2010
Irvin Edwin Tiffany, 92 of Port Orchard, died December 20, 2010. He was born November 25, 1918 in Whitefish, MT to Flavel & Laura (Mero) Tiffany. He married Alice Edna Robertson in Coeur d'Alene, ID on September 6, 1940. They just celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. Irvin worked for 45 years as a Carpenter for Spokane and Kitsap Counties, retiring...
Mark Fredrickson
Dec 16, 2010
Mark Wayne Fredrickson, 54 of Port Orchard, died December 16, 2010. He was born September 2, 1956 in Sacramento, California to Gerald & Rosetta (Sarten) Fredrickson. He graduated from high school in Seattle. Mark worked as a Chef for 10 years at Timberline Lodge in Estes Park, Colorado. He was also a special needs coordinator with job placement and retraining...
Michael Fisher
Dec 15, 2010
January 18, 1953 - December 15, 2010 Michael Hess Fisher of Port Orchard died peacefully at home, in the arms of his wife Sandi and in the presence of family and friends, knowing he was loved and ending his courageous battle with cancer. Mike was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Wanda Alane Hess and Leo Leverne Fisher. He spent his...
Bonny Ransier
Dec 13, 2010
Bonny Kay Ransier joined her father in heaven on Dec. 13, 2010. Bonny began her life on Sept. 30, 1960, at Langley Air Force Base, Newport News, Virginia. First Daughter in a Navy family led her through out the U.S.A, settling in Guam for most of her young life. This is where she fell in love with sea, sun and...
Sharon Tang
Dec 11, 2010
Sharon Kay Tang, 61 of Port Orchard, died in Bremerton on December 11, 2010. She was born September 7, 1949 in Manteno, IL to Edmund John & Irma Mary (Mitchell) Myers. She attended Wilcox HS in Santa Clara, CA and married Clifford Tang on August 29, 1970 in Carson City, NV. Sharon was a homemaker who enjoyed quilting, crocheting, making...
Clarence Knight
Dec 9, 2010
Clarence D. "Bud" Knight, 90 of Port Orchard, died in University Place, WA December 9, 2010. He was born June 1, 1920 in Milton-Freewater, OR to Albert Ross & Clara Edith (Jones) Knight. He graduated from Farmington HS in WA in 1938 and married Alta Torrey in January 1942 in Coeur d'Alene, ID. She preceded him in death in 1999....
Walter Clapper
Dec 8, 2010
Walter Alvin Clapper, 70, of Olalla, WA passed away December 8, 2010 in Gig Harbor due to complications of congestive heart failure. He was born to Walter Alvin Clapper and Rita Elizabeth (Mitchell) Clapper February 22, 1940. The family settled in Gorst and then moved to Silverdale while he was a youth. He graduated from Central Kitsap High School in...
Hugh Wells
Dec 5, 2010
Hugh Wells was born September 8, 1933 in Tacoma, WA to John and Florence Wells and passed away December 5, 2010. He was raised in Tacoma with his 8 brothers and sisters. Hugh is survived by his brothers John (Carol) and Jim (Maxine) and by his sisters Florence (Bob) Guthrie and Mary (Donn McLaughlin) Haynie and numerous nieces and nephews. ...
Zenida Veselovsky
Dec 3, 2010
Zenida T. "Zee" Veselovsky of Port Orchard passed away on December 3, 2010 at Harrison Medical Center after a brief illness. She was 93. Born on October 11, 1917 in East Vandergrift, PA to Ambrose and Ursula Stankus, Zee was one of five children. In 1941, she married Andrew Veselovsky, also of East Vandergift. The couple had two children, Kathleen...
Richard Fulton
Dec 3, 2010
Richard “Dick” Fulton was called home to heaven by his Lord on December 3, 2010 in Bremerton, Washington. Born to Frank and Bertha Fulton on April 3, 1927 in Raymond, Washington, Dick joined the US Army in 1948 for a period of 18 months and went on to graduate from Kent-Meridian High School in 1949. He married Mildred Kinkade in...
Niels Nielsen
Dec 2, 2010
Niels was born in Kalundborg, Denmark to Olga and Poul Nielsen. He is survived by his wife Margie; sons Erik (Carrie) and Paul (Ashley); grandchildren Taylor, Cameron, Delaney, Koben and Claire; niece Karina & her family; brother Axel in Denmark. Niels and his wife were on a cruise on the Rhine River when he had a heart attack. We docked...
Christian Casad
Nov 26, 2010
Christian Cory Casad of Port Orchard, who spent his entire law career in the Kitsap County Prosecutor’s Office and rose to the position of Case Management Division Chief, died unexpectedly November 26, 2010, while in Lac Vau Dejes, Albania. He was visiting his daughter, Carolyn and son-in-law Ndue Shkoza. Chris was born in San Diego on June 2, 1953, to...
Martha Hillius
Nov 22, 2010
Martha “Marti” Virginia Hillius, 75, of Belfair died at Harrison Memorial Hospital November 22nd, 2010, of natural causes. She was born on February 9th, 1935 in Yakima Washington. Proceeded in death by her parents Buzz and Marie Walker and daughter Vikki Perrault. Martha is survived by Pearson C. “Pete” Hillius, her husband of 37 years and her children; Dena Meigs,...
Richard Potter
Nov 19, 2010
Richard Charles Potter, 88, succumbed to pancreatic cancer in his home in Port Orchard, Washington. Born in Portland, Oregon, he lived most of his life there, except for three years in the US Army in WWII, and the last three years in Port Orchard. While in the Army SGT Potter served in the 778th Tank Battalion, 11th Armored Division, 3rd...
Gary Mcgee
Nov 18, 2010
Gary Edward McGee, 53 of Port Orchard, died November 18, 2010. He was born September 25, 1957 in Bremerton to Mac & Ethel McGee. He graduated from South Kitsap HS in 1975 & attended Olympic College. He married Judith Mecham April 7, 1979 in Port Orchard. Gary worked for 28 years as an Engineering Technician at Keyport. He also served...
Patricia Bixenmann
Nov 15, 2010
Patricia A. Bixenmann, formerly of Belfair, WA died November 15, 2010 in Olympia, WA. She was born April 16, 1922 in Puyallup, WA and was the youngest of 10 children born to Teofil & Cecilia (Jezierski) Baginski. She married Robert L. Bixenmann in January 1944 in Tacoma. He preceded her in death in 1981. Patricia was a homemaker & volunteer...
Donnie Grant
Nov 9, 2010
Don Grant 61, of Port Orchard died Tues., Nov. 9, 2010 at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton. Don was born May 24, 1949 in Pasco, WA to Carl and Virginia (Walton) Grant. He attended schools in Yakima, graduating from Eisenhower High School in 1967. Following graduation he entered the U.S. Marine Corps and served from 1967 to 1973. Don married...
Margaret Hedges
Nov 8, 2010
It is with great sadness that the family of Maggie Hedges lets you know of her passing. She made her homecoming on November 8, 2010. Loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, she will be missed by all who knew her. Maggie was born on December 19, 1926 in Los Angeles, California, to Margaret and Verne Miller and spent her...
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