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...
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 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...
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 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 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...
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, 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 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 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...
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 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 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 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 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 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...
Marie Joy Baker was 71 yrs old and resided in Port Orchard, WA. She was born on September 13th, 1938 in Chicago, IL to Patricia and Carmello Scortino who have both preceded her in death, as did her grandson Jeremy, great grandson Shane, brother Tim & sister Mary. She went to South Kitsap High School and graduated from Bremerton Business...
Patti Morris, 62 of Port Orchard, Washington passed away peacefully on Sept. 8, 2010. Wife of Michael Morris and daughter of the late Joe and Juanita Groszek. Mrs Morris enjoyed mystery novels, crossword puzzles, photography, camping and fishing. She served as a corrections officer with Kitsap County for 30 years prior to retirement, and held the distinction of being its...
Vivian J. Thomson, 93, of Port Orchard, WA, died September 7, 2010 in Port Orchard. Vivian was born October 30, 1916 in Beaver Creek, OR to Herman and Hannah (Klinger) Moehnke. She graduated from Oregon City High School in 1934. In 1935, she married Walter Thomson who preceded her in death in 2004. Vivian had a passion for flower gardening. ...
On Monday, September 6, Lisa lost her battle with cancer. She went peacefully under the compassionate care of the doctors and nurses at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton. Lisa was surrounded by her loving family and friends. She will be missed terribly by her family and friends. We will have a hole in our hearts where a great woman once stood. ...