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Local Obituaries for Port Orchard, WA, Kitsap County and Surrounding Areas

John Jack Pykonen

John Jack Pykonen

May 19, 2008

We all loved you very much and you will be greatly missed. John Allen ?Jack? Pykonen, 80 of Port Orchard died at home on May 19, 2008. He was born August 10, 1927 in Tillamook, OR to William Erick & Mary Elta (Sheets) Pykonen. He graduated from South Kitsap HS in 1945 and later received an Associate Degree through work...

Brianna Carlson

Brianna Carlson

May 19, 2008

Brianna (Brock) Carlson died June 8, 2003 in Port Orchard, Washington. She was 24.She was born in Mt.Home, Idaho May 17, 1979 to Jack and Terry (Walberg) Brock.She graduated from South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard, Washington in 1997.Brianna married Nathan J. Carlson July 10, 1999 in Port Orchard, Washington.She was manager of Olympic Coffee in Port Orchard for...

Larry Hudson

Larry Hudson

May 19, 2008

Larry Hudson died of heart failure August 28, 2003 at the University of Washington Hospital in Seattle, Washington. He was 67.He was born September 6, 1935 in Absarokee, Montana to Clarence and Phyllis (Gourley) Hudson.Larry married Delores Payseno-Ahl July 5, 1984 in Reno, Nevada.He served the in U.S. Army from 1955 to 1957.Larry retired from Local 26 Plumbers and Pipe...

Lorraine Macpherson

Lorraine Macpherson

May 18, 2008

Lorraine Agnes (Allgaier) MacPherson passed from this life on May 18, 2008, with her older son at her side. Lorraine was born September 25, 1925, in Spokane, WA, to Leonard and Lyda (Sanger) Allgaier. Lorraine met Francis ("Mac"), her husband of 62 years, in Port Townsend. After they married in 1945, Lorraine and Mac moved to Port Orchard, WA, to...

James Millard

James Millard

May 18, 2008

James S. "Jim" Millard died peacefully of natural causes October 10, 2003 in Port Orchard, Washington. He was 90.He was born October 5, 1913 in Sparta, Wisconsin to Charles and Belle (Lanham) Millard.Jim married Roseann (Fischer) Millard in Boardman, Iowa on September 11, 1937.He graduated from high school in 1931 in Sparta, Wisconsin.Jim worked 25 years - until 1975 -...

Doris Caldwell

Doris Caldwell

May 15, 2008

Doris Loraine Caldwell, 87 of Port Orchard, died May 15 of congestive heart failure. She was born November 24, 1920 at home in Webster, SD to William and Ethel (Schliesman) Davis. She graduated from Thomas Acquinos Academy in Tacoma WA in 1938 and received a BA in Education from Central WA University in Ellensberg in 1944. Doris married Lee Caldwell...

Austin Skillman

Austin Skillman

May 14, 2008

Austin John Skillman, 7, of Port Orchard died May 14th, 2007. He was born August 29th, 2000, to Jeff and Sandy Skillman. Surviving are parents; Jeff and Sandy Skillman of Port Orchard; sisters; Misty Case, Pam Case, both of New Orleans, LA, Tasha Drath of Yelm, WA; brothers; Jamie Case of New Orleans, LA, and Jeffrey Skillman Jr. of Port...

Linda Butterfield

Linda Butterfield

May 14, 2008

Linda M. Butterfield died October 14, 2003 peacefully at her home surrounded by family after an extended battle with cancer. She was 51.She graduated in 1970 from Sunset High School in Hayward, California; and attended Bates Vocational College in Tacoma, Washington.Linda married Michael "Mick" Butterfield in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 20, 1995.Linda was a nurse for 7 years; and,...

Rocky Rushing

Rocky Rushing

May 11, 2008

Rocky L. Rushing, 50 of Port Orchard, died in Bremerton on May 11, 2008. He was born September 5, 1957 in Bremerton to Jack & Betty (Buckendorf) Rushing. He graduated from South Kitsap High School in 1976 & married Judy L. Nixon May 24, 1986 in Port Orchard. Rocky owned his own business for more than 23 years as a...

Arlene Helm

Arlene Helm

May 10, 2008

Arlene Hazel Helm, 88 of Port Orchard, WA died May 12, 2008. She was born January 20, 1920 in Lincoln, Nebraska to Edgehill Lee & Emma Rose (Cooper) Persinger. She graduated from Yakima HS in 1937 and married Kenneth Helm on February 3, 1975 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Arlene was a restaurant owner and chef for 50 years, retiring in 1979....

Beverly Burns

Beverly Burns

May 10, 2008

Beverly C. Burns, 69 of Port Orchard, WA died May 10, 2008. She was born November 3, 1938 in Creston, Iowa to Jerald & Marjorie (Smith) Gustin. She graduated from Butte High School in Butte, Montana in 1956 and married Robert D. Burns on May 29, 1961 in Deer Lodge, Montana. Beverly retired as a Retail Supervisor for K-Mart. She...

Richard Way

Richard Way

May 4, 2008

Richard "Rich" Frederick Way, 61, a resident of Port Orchard died peacefully in the hospital surrounded by family on May 4th, 2008 after a courageous battle with cancer. Rich was born in Bournemouth, England on July 16, 1946 and moved to Seattle when he was 9 years old. Rich grew up in North Seattle and attended Lincoln H.S. After H.S....

William Ralph

William Ralph

May 3, 2008

William Edwin 'Bill' Ralph, 87, a resident of Port Orchard, died of natural causes at the family home on May 3rd. He was born in Pistol River, Oregon on November 27, 1920 to Enos Austin & Minnie Susan (Melville) Ralph. He married June Merchant on September 10, 1942 in Portland, Oregon. Bill served his country in the U.S. Navy during...

Carl F Reece

Carl F Reece

Apr 30, 2008

Carl F. Reece, 92, died at his home in Port Orchard, WA on April 30, 2008. He was born June 11, 1915 in Wibaux, Montana to James and Minnie (Holmes) Reece. He married Lorraine Lindberg in Tacoma, WA on July 24, 1942. Carl worked as a Design Engineering Technician at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton for 30 years...

Fred Smithson

Fred Smithson

Apr 29, 2008

Fred A. Smithson, 84 of Port Orchard, Washington died in Bremerton, Washington on April 29, 2008. He was born December 22, 1923 in Woodruff, Arizona to Dennis & Lorena (Weech) Smithson. He attended Common Schools of Navajo County, Arizona. He married Virginia Sutherland on April 22, 1983 in Seattle. Fred worked as a Truck Driver for Safeway & Sears in...

Lt Melvin Fingarson

Lt Melvin Fingarson

Apr 27, 2008

Lt Col Melvin H. Fingarson, retired, age 56, of Port Orchard died Sunday April 27, 2008. He was born July 29, 1951 in Bremerton to Melvin H. and Evelyn Swalling Fingarson. He attended school in Port Orchard, graduating from South Kitsap High School in 1969 before attending W.S.U. where he double majored in political science and finance, and received an...

Patricia Scheftic

Patricia Scheftic

Apr 25, 2008

Patricia Ann Scheftic, 55, died at home in Bremerton on April 25, 2008. She was born September 29, 1952 in Dilley, TX to Refugio & Katherine (Castillo) Olivas. She graduated from Apostolic Bible College in Bremerton in 1983 with a degree in Bible Theology. She married Michael J. Scheftic on September 10, 1983 in Bremerton. Patricia was a Pastor's wife...

James Lafountaine

James Lafountaine

Apr 23, 2008

James Donald LaFountaine, 72 of Port Orchard, died in Bremerton of cancer on April 23, 2008. He was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island on February 11, 1936 to Albert and Irene LaFountaine. He served in the United States Air Force and was Roman Catholic. James is survived by his loving wife Aurelain, five children and twelve grandchildren. Private services were...

Florence Darling

Florence Darling

Apr 22, 2008

Florence Colleen Darling, 78 of Bremerton died in Port Orchard on April 22, 2008. She was born July 28, 1929 in Poulsbo, Washington. She graduated from Central Kitsap High School in Silverdale, Washington in 1947 and married Eugene Clare Darling on June 29, 1951 in Forks, Washington. He preceded her in death in 2001. Colleen worked as an Avon Sales...

Bernard Rutledge

Bernard Rutledge

Apr 17, 2008

Bernard Dale Rutledge, 76 of Bainbridge Island, Washington died on April 17, 2008. He was born February 29, 1932 in California to Abraham & Julia Rutledge. Bernard worked as a Logger and ran his family owned ranch. He also served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Bernard worked as a Cub Scout Leader. Surviving are sons Richard Rutledge...

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