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Janice Foley
Jul 11, 2007
Janice Elizabeth Foley passed away on July 11, 2007, of complications from lung cancer. Janice handled her illness bravely and tried to do as much living as she could up to the end. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother and friend. Janice was born February 4, 1937, in Spokane, Washington to Maxine Elizabeth (Horn) and Bernard Sparrow. Janice was raised...
Don Hanley
Jul 10, 2007
Don A. Hanley, 63 a resident of Port Orchard, died July 10, 2007 in his home of natural causes. He was born in Eufaula, Oklahoma to Herbert R. and Rose (Schested) Hanley on December 30, 1943. Don graduated from Marlow High School in Marlow, Oklahoma and went to receive a Bachelors Degree. After his tour of duty with the United...
Gilberte Maxwell-Groskopf
Jul 10, 2007
Gilberte "Gil" Maxwell-Groskopf, 79, a resident of Port Orchard, passed away at Ridgemont Terrace Senior Living Center in Port Orchard on July 10. Gil was born in New York City on July 28, 1927. After graduating from high school she moved to California where she met and married her husband Richard Maxwell in September of 1946. Following her husband's death,...
Steven Sanchez
Jul 8, 2007
Steven Baroga Sanchez, Jr. 51, a former resident of Port Orchard, died in Seattle of complications from diabetes. He graduated from South Kitsap HS in 1973 and received a Bachelors Degree from Seattle University in 1981. Mr. Sanchez worked primarily as a Youth Minster within the Roman Catholic Church throughout the Pacific Northwest and as a Journalist. He was an...
Bill Quinn
Jul 7, 2007
Bill C. Quinn "QuinnB", 72 of Port Orchard, WA died in Bremerton, WA July 7, 2007. He was born June 7th in Portland, Oregon and raised in Texas. He married his best friend Janet L. Thompson in Port Orchard on February 19, 2001. Bill was a union commercial sheet rocker for 43 years, retiring in 1998. He also worked as...
Thomas Williams
Jul 2, 2007
THOMAS EDWARD WILLIAMS, 49, A RESIDENT OF BREMERTON, DIED AT HARRISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ON JULY 2, 2007 OF NATURAL CAUSES. TOM WAS BORN FEBRUARY 1, 1958 IN PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA. HE GRADUATED FROM PINEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL IN WEST VIRGINIA IN 1976. A CAREER NAVY MAN, TOM SERVED IN THE U.S. NAVY FROM 1985 TO 2005, ACHIEVING THE RANK OF AK1....
Calvin Christie
Jul 2, 2007
Calvin W. Christie from Port Orchard, Washington passed away in Moscow, Idaho on July 2, 2007 of complications from Alzheimer's. Calvin was born February 17, 1929 in Astoria Oregon and moved with his family to Seattle when he was 5 years old. It was in Seattle that he met and married Mary L. Williams from Port Orchard, on February 14,...
Dean Carter
Jul 2, 2007
Dean M. Carter, 69, a resident of Port Orchard, died at his home on July second from heart failure. Dean was born in Bremerton in 1938 to Melvin and Mary (Rossi) Carter. He graduated from South Kitsap High School in 1956, After high school, he served in the National Guard from 1957 to 1965 achieving the rank of Sergeant. Dean...
Betty Luzik
Jul 1, 2007
Betty Ruth Luzik, 80 of Bremerton, Washington died at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton on July 1, 2007 of heart failure and Parkinson's Disease. She was born August 14, 1926 in Port Angeles, Washington. Betty graduated from South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard in June 1944. She worked at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard during World War II, where...
Chuck Guynn,
Jun 30, 2007
Chuck Guynn Sr. of Grapeview passed away at the age of 71 on Saturday, June 30th at his home surrounded by the love of his family. Chuck was born on March 5th, 1936 in Cherokee Iowa, but a born Texan at heart. Chuck served in the United States Air Force for two terms and resigned as a Captain in 1963....
Claude Hunt
Jun 24, 2007
Claude Wiseman Hunt, 82 of Tacoma, Washington died June 24, 2007. He was born January 22, 1925 in Bison, South Dakota to Fred & Ione (Tate) Hunt. He married Doris Bailey on February 4, 1947 in Port Townsend, Washington. She preceded him in death. Claude worked as a Woodworker at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, retiring in 1991....
Walter Turk
Jun 22, 2007
Walter E. Turk, 87, of Belfair, Washington, passed from this life to eternity on June 22, 2007. Walter was born on October 9, 1919 in Crosby, Minnesota, to Carl and Frances Turk. He was the second of four sons. In the 1930s, he worked his way from Minnesota to Washington, finally settling in Bremerton. Walter served in the U.S. Army...
Floyd Williams
Jun 21, 2007
Floyd Williams, 82, of Grapeview, died June 21st at Ridgemont Terrace in Port Orchard. He was born February 11, 1925 in Salida, CO to Harmon & Alice (Norris) Williams. On December 8, 1950 he married Verna Bland in Bremerton. Mr. Williams was a PT Boater in the U.S. Navy during WWII and a firefighter with the city of Bremerton for...
Rita Brignone
Jun 19, 2007
Rita Brignone, 85, of Port Orchard, died June 19th at Forest Ridge Health & Rehab in Bremerton. Rita was born March 5, 1922 in Tunis, Tunisia, North Africa to Ignace & Lucie Gilardi. On April 13, 1943 she married Pierre Brignone in North Africa. Rita was a seamstress working together with her husband Pierre in his Tailor business. He died...
Tenisha Anderson
Jun 16, 2007
Tenisha Kathryn Anderson 26 of Port Orchard, Washington died June 16, 2007 in Port Orchard. Tenisha was born June 19, 1989 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Richard and Jeanette Anderson. She graduated from high school. She worked in sales in the family business. She enjoyed cooking, decorating, taking care of her nieces and nephews, and taking loving care of her...
Dillon Coburn
Jun 16, 2007
Dillon (Don) B. Coburn of Longbranch was born March 5, 1922 and passed peacefully into heaven on June 16, 2007, following a brief battle with lung cancer. He grew up in Minnesota and graduated from high school in 1940. After trade school, Don moved to Oregon and was drafted into the Army Air Corps in 1943. He married Coline Gillis...
Lois Luke
Jun 15, 2007
Lois A. (Vandeberg) Luke, 71, a resident of Manchester, died on June 15th at The Franciscan Hospice House in University Place, WA of lung cancer. She was born in Williston, ND to Michael and Margaret (Mott) Kellar. She attended Williston High School and graduated from there in 1953. Lois married George R. Luke Feb 25, 1982 in Hawaii. He preceded...
David Haines
Jun 11, 2007
David R. Haines, 56, of Port Orchard, WA, formerly of Stamford, CT and Greenwich, CT, died June 11, 2007 at his home. David was born October 1, 1950 in Lima, Peru to George R. and Beatrice N. (Olliver) Haines. He graduated from Greenwich High School in 1968 and attended both Norwalk Technical School in Norwalk, CT and Iona College in...
Martha Watts
Jun 8, 2007
Martha C. Watts, 86 of Port Orchard, Washington died at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington on June 8, 2007. She was born January 4, 1921 in Tacoma to Joseph G. & Elida (Engstrom) Johnson. She graduated from Stadium High School in 1939. Martha married George Watts in Tacoma on July 13, 1940. Martha worked as an Office Manager...
Jackie Reid
Jun 7, 2007
Jackie E. Reid, 75, longtime resident of Port Orchard, passed on to be with his Lord on June 7, 2007. He was born in Republic, WA on April 30, 1932 to Albert and Marie (Gariano) Reid. Jackie served in the US Army and while stationed in Germany, he met his wife Anni. He worked as a carpenter in Kitsap County...
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