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Jerry Thompson
Oct 6, 2010
Jerry Lynn Thompson, 69, of Port Orchard, WA passed away on October 6, 2010. Jerry was born on August 28, 1941 to Harvey and June (Sterett) Thompson in Denver, CO. Jerry was the descendant of English immigrants, William and Susan Thompson who homesteaded during the 1880’s in Colorado. William and Susan with the help of their 5 son’s built a...
Sandra Bethel
Oct 2, 2010
Sandra Ann Bethel of Gig Harbor passed away on 10/02/10. The daughter of Glenn (Jack) and Blanche Wescott she was born on 04/12/52 in Faulkton S.D. moving to Puyallup, WA in June of 1964 at the age of 12. She graduated from Puyallup High School in 1970 and in December of that year married Michael Bethel, the first two years...
Stanley Mcleod
Sep 30, 2010
Stanley Robert McLeod, 68 26 January 1942 – 30 September 2010 On September 30th at 7:18pm Stan McLeod passed away at Harrison Memorial Hospital from complications of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Stan was born in Butte Montana on January 26, 1942 to Stanley and Evelyn (Birkett) McLeod. Upon graduating from Butte High School, he joined the navy and spent two years...
Warren Pitt
Sep 30, 2010
Warren was born in Warren, Montana while his mother was chokecherry picking with her friends. Warren’s doctor then drove him and his mother in his new Cadillac to Lovell Wyoming where his birth certificate says he was born. This first drive began his love affair for cars, trucks and any kind of machinery. Warren moved all around the west during...
Harold Stimmel
Sep 29, 2010
Harold Fredric Stimmel, 95 of Port Orchard died September 29, 2010. He was born March 26, 1915 in Waitsberg, WA to Earl & Georgia (Austin) Stimmel. He attended Northwest Bible Institute in Seattle, WA in 1942. He married Vivian Gates on June 27, 1998 in Sandy, OR and she preceded him in death early this year. Harold worked for General...
Charles Rathbun
Sep 24, 2010
Ed Rathbun was born in the family home in Cedar Rapids, Nebraska to Lee and Ethel Rathbun, the eldest of their four children. He attended schools in Belgrade, Nebraska and graduated in 1937. Soon afterward, He moved to Portland, OR and found work there. Before long he moved to Bremerton and was hired at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. He left...
Muriel Riggs
Sep 24, 2010
Muriel June Riggs, 89, of Bremerton, passed away on September 24, 2010. She was born Muriel June Lund on June 9, 1921 to Arthur and Pauline Lund, in Port Orchard, WA. Muriel grew up in Port Orchard with her older sister Virginia, and graduated from South Kitsap High School in 1939. She attended Washington State University, and then worked for...
Muriel Canavan
Sep 24, 2010
Murial J. Canavan passed away, Sept. 24, 2010 with her children by side in Manchester. Born in Roslyn, S.D., she spent much of her childhood in Yakima. Her high school years were spent in Sumner, graduating in 1946. She moved to Sacramento, CA to marry Samuel Scott who preceded her in death in 1960. Muriel started as an office assistant...
Jerry Bowdler
Sep 23, 2010
Jerry R. Bowdler, 72 of Port Orchard, died in Gig Harbor, Washington on September 23 2010. He was born June 3, 1938 in Jasper, Alabama to James & Elizabeth (Davidson) Bowdler. He graduated from Butte High School in Montana and received a football scholarship to Weber State. He married Maxine Buckman on August 11, 1962 in Couer d'Alene, Idaho. She...
Pearl Ann
Sep 23, 2010
Pearl Ann Fee, 77, of Port Orchard died September 23, 2010. She was born July 8, 1933 in Port Orchard to Alfred & Myrtle Green. She graduated from South Kitsap HS in 1951. Pearl was a Court Administrator for the City of Port Orchard, retiring in 1981. She was a member of the Bremerton Singles Club, enjoyed the socializing and...
Tim Arnold
Sep 22, 2010
Timothy Scott Arnold passed away at 10:52 p.m. on September 22nd at home with his family by his side. He died peacefully after battling brain and lung cancer since his diagnosis in November of 2008. Thanks to his unwavering spirit and great care from Dr. Brian Kim, he was with us for many months longer than originally expected. Tim was...
William Pruissen
Sep 20, 2010
William Pruissen, 84 of Port Orchard died in Bremerton on September 20, 2010. He was born April 12, 1926 in Lake Park, Iowa to Gerrit & Sadie (Post) Pruissen. He attended Hinkley High School in Hinkley, MN and married Ardith Brooks in Port Orchard in 1961. She preceded him in death in 2006. William graduated from the apprentice program at...
William Chynoweth
Sep 19, 2010
William John Chynoweth, 70 of Manchester, WA died at the Hospice Care Center in Bremerton on September 19, 2010. He was born September 14, 1940 in Ishpeming, MI to William T. & Jane (Pascoe) Chynoweth. He graduated from Thomas Downey HS in 1958 in Modesto, CA and attended the University of CA at Berkley. He married Jean Davis on December...
Ruth Weatherill
Sep 18, 2010
Ruth Virginia Weatherill died quietly at her home in Port Orchard on September 18, 2010. She was 87. Ruth was born on October 7, 1923 in Sidney, Nebraska to Bernard Hassenstab and Theresa Donnelly Hassenstab. When she was a young child, the family moved to Silverton, and then to Salem, Oregon where Ruth attended Catholic and public schools. She married...
Hazel Morton
Sep 15, 2010
Doris Hazel Morton, 86 of Port Orchard, WA and Amarillo, TX for 35 years died after complications from a heart attack on September 15, 2010. She was born in Littlefield, TX to William Henry and Clara LaVada (Gray) Flippin, March 19, 1924 along with her twin brother Harold. On May 31, 1941 she married Newton Turner Morton in Snyder, TX....
Grant Brown
Sep 13, 2010
Grant G. Brown, Sr., 82 of Port Orchard, died in Bremerton on September 13, 2010. He was born January 14, 1928 in Bremerton, WA to Charles & Odie (Royal) Brown. He graduated from Bremerton High in 1946 and married Doris Haydock on October 30, 1954 in Bremerton. She preceded him in death in 2008. Grant worked for 24 years as...
Brent Bayliffe
Sep 12, 2010
Brent Richard Bayliffe, 30, a resident of Port Orchard, died in Tacoma on Sunday, September 12, 2010. He was born in Bremerton on June 12, 1980. He received a GED and later went back to school and became a Certified Nursing Assistant. He was going back to school to further his education. He worked as a care giver and really...
Jack Romano
Sep 12, 2010
Jack John Romano of Port Orchard, Washington died of natural causes March 17, 2004 at Harrison Memorial Hospital. He was 51. He was born July 30, 1952 in Jamaica, New York. Jack graduated from Apple Valley Senior High School in Apple Valley, California in 1970. He served 20 years in the U.S. Navy from 1970 - 1993. He attained rank...
Elsie Hansen
Sep 11, 2010
Elsie Ray Hansen, 78 of Bremerton, died September 11, 2010. She was born February 13, 1931 in Butte, MT to LeRoy & Audry (Campbell) Bradley. Elsie worked as a Floral Designer. She is survived by daughters Connie (Bob) Garrett, Lynn (Mark) Drew, Tammy Riggle, Jody (Mark) Hays, and Donette Johnson; 18 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren; and special friends Karen Schauer...
Faliticus Mcmurray
Sep 9, 2010
Faliticus Hatch McMurray, nicknamed "Peggie", passed away in the loving arms of her daughter, Martha, on September 9, 2010. She was born October 15, 1916 in Dallas, Texas where she graduated from Woodrow Wilson High. From 1933 to 1939 Peggie was employed as an office worker at various businesses while furthering her education and graduating from Rutherford Business College. It...
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