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James Manning
Apr 17, 2007
James Michael 'Jim' Manning, 48 of Olalla, Washington died April 17, 2007 in Bremerton, Washington of natural causes. He was born to John and Mary (Budreau) Manning on April 21, 1958 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Jim graduated from Holy Name Catholic High School in 1976 & was attending Olympic College in Bremerton at the time of his death. He married Colleen...
Donna Murray
Apr 16, 2007
Donna M. Murray, 78, died at her home in Port Orchard, Washington on April 16, 2007. She was born January 9, 1929 in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska to Ben & Ione (Cary) Jurgens. She graduated from Central Kitsap High School in 1947. On January 7, 1947 she married the love of her life Donald Murray, Sr. in Bremerton, Washington. She is...
Marjorie Hay
Apr 14, 2007
Marjorie Hay, age 77, died April 14, 2007 in Port Orchard, after a prolonged illness. She was born in Copley, OH, a small town west of Akron, OH on Aug. 31, 1929, and graduated from Copley High School in 1947. One of six children of Herman and Lucille Boehme, she was the only girl, but had no trouble holding her...
Helen Thomas
Apr 14, 2007
Helen L. Thomas, 79 of Allyn Washington died in Port Orchard, Washington on April 14, 2007. She was born February 29, 1928 in Marengo County Iowa to Lester & Mae (Siler) Lawson. She graduated from Montesano High School in Montesano Washington and married Harold Thomas on August 28, 1948 in Montesano. Helen was Assistant Vice President of Operations for Seattle...
Jack Prengel
Apr 14, 2007
Jack Prengel was born in Tacoma, Washington on January 19, 1925. He was in the Navy three years on the Summner, a 350 foot Geodetic Survey Ship, with a crew of 320 and 20 Officers. He was a Baker and a Deep Sea Diver planting dynamite under water to clear the way for large ships to go into the different...
Thomas Brackin
Apr 13, 2007
Thomas L. Brackin "Trey" died in a motor vehicle accident in Belfair on April 13, 2007. Trey was born in Clear Lake, Texas, but moved to Washington at the age of 7. Trey attended school in Grapeview and Belfair. Trey met his fiance, Nicole Ellis, in 1998 and they had their daughter, Tessa, in 2002. Tessa was Trey's pride and...
John Collins
Apr 12, 2007
John V. Collins, 88 of Port Orchard died on April 12, 2007. He was born January 31, 1919 in Everett, Massachusetts to William & Hester (Clarke) Collins. He graduated from Malden High School in Malden, Massachusetts and from the University of California at Los Angeles. He married Pedgie R. Worley on September 5, 1971 in Long Beach, California. John worked...
Marion Halbig
Apr 12, 2007
Marion Berling Halbig, 101, of Port Orchard, Washington died April 12, 2007 in Silverton, Oregon. Mrs. Halbig was born on July 14, 1905 in Port Orchard to John & Anna (Eriksson) Berling. Marion graduated from South Kitsap High School in 1923 and went on to attend the University of Washington, University of Alabama, and Idaho State University. Mrs. Halbig worked...
Carlton Johnson
Apr 12, 2007
Carlton Leonard Johnson was born on March 12, 1974, in New York City to the proud parents Mr. Leonard Carlton Johnson and Mrs. Cynthia La Verne Johnson. His mother moved to California when he was five years old. There he grew up and attended Longfellow Elementary and Davis Middle school in Compton, Ca. He graduated from High School in Hawthorne,...
James Mccollum
Apr 10, 2007
James "Mac" Lee McCollum, 79 of Port Orchard, died April 10, 2007. He was born April 21, 1927 in Kansas City Missouri to Cecil & Yulah (Hungate) McCollum. He married Dixie Lee Stacy March 31, 1961 in Concord California. Mac worked for 20 years for King County Corrections in Seattle. He retired from the U.S. Navy as an E-7 GMGC,...
Jerry Prowse
Apr 9, 2007
Jerry Leon Prowse, 65, died in University Place, Washington on April 9, 2007. He was born on February 5, 1942 in Lebanon, Oregon to John & Ione (Reed) Prowse. He graduated in 1960 from West Bremerton High School and attended Olympic College in Bremerton. Jerry retired in 1993 after 30 years as a Nuclear Ship Scheduler at the Puget Sound...
Harry Tobias
Apr 9, 2007
Harry Clair Tobias, 88, of Bremerton, died from cancer April 9 at his home in Bremerton, with his family at his bedside. He was born in Albany, Oregon, to Harry R. and Ella Tobias, the third of five children, and attended Garibaldi High School. He married Lillian Marie Vaughan, his wife of 61 years, in 1946. Harry served in the...
Max Meigs
Apr 5, 2007
Max E. Meigs, 74, died at his home in Port Orchard on April 5, 2007. He was born September 26, 1932 in Fredonia, KS to Clifford & Ida (Yates) Meigs. He served as Fire Chief in Bremerton, retiring in 1979. Max loved his family and was a Go-To-Guy for advice. He enjoyed cooking, eating apple pies, and gardening. Surviving are...
Louis Landis
Mar 31, 2007
Louis Alvin Landis, 72 of Lake Stevens, Washington died in Port Orchard, Washington on March 31, 2007. He was born on August 7, 1934 in Whiteson, Oregon to Fred Eugene & Sophia (Roth) Landis. He graduated from Tillamook High School in Tillamook, Oregon in 1952. Louis was a self-employed Truck Driver for more than 35 years, retiring in 2002. He...
Winnifred Miller
Mar 30, 2007
Winnifred Jane Miller, 88 of Belfair, Washington died at Ridgemont Terrace in Port Orchard, Washington on March 30, 2007. She was born on August 10, 1918 in Warren, Manitoba, Canada to Matthew & Susannah (Jones) Nichol. She married Albert Miller in July 1954 and he preceded her in death in 1988. Winnifred co-owned and operated the family farm in Manitoba,...
John Vail
Mar 30, 2007
John Thomas Vail, 61 of Port Orchard, Washington died at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Washington after battling cancer. He was born in Alamogordo, New Mexico on March 16, 1946 to Hilton & Hazel (Boyd) Vail. He married Luanne Peters on April 5, 1986 in Moses Lake, Washington. John graduated from Pacific High School in San Bernardino, California in 1964...
Frankie Bland
Mar 28, 2007
Frankie Lee Bland 74, died at his home in Port Orchard, Washington on March 28, 2007. He was born on September 16, 1923 in Baker, Oregon. His father was Frankie Lee Bland, Sr. Frankie worked for 32 years as a Painter at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Naval Subase Bangor, and Naval Undersea Warefare Center at Keyport, retiring in...
Victoria Dobbins
Mar 22, 2007
Victoria Dobbins, 94, died at her home in Port Orchard, Washington on March 22, 2007. She was born in Sequim, Washington on June 5, 1912 to Otto J. & Camilla (Pedersen) Sporseen. She graduated from Sequim High School in 1930 and married Nathaniel (Pete) Dobbins on April 30, 1938 in Seattle. He preceded her in death in 1995. Victoria and...
Theodore Bertsch
Mar 17, 2007
Theodore L. "Teddy" Bertsch, 65 of Port Orchard, Washington died in Bremerton, Washington on March 17, 2007. He was born on November 27, 1941 in Vallejo, California to Theodore & Anita (Rathjen) Bertsch. Teddy graduated from Vallejo High School in 1960. He worked for 33 years as a Planner & Estimator Pipefitter at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton,...
John Myhre
Mar 16, 2007
John Kenneth "Ken" Myhre, Capt. (SS) USNR (Ret.) passed away in early March of 2007 at the age of 85, due to heart disease. Ken was born in Great Falls, Montana in 1921 to Ellen (Stuhlmann) and Asger Myhre who were both immigrants from Denmark. In 1924 the family moved to the Lake Burien area south of Seattle, Washington. Ken...
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