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Pope Paul

Pope Paul

Apr 2, 2005

His Holiness Pope John Paul II May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005 Karol Jozef Wojtyla, also known as Pope John Paul II, was born May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, a small city near Krakow, Poland. He was the second of two sons born to Karol Wojtyla Sr., a retired army officer and tailor, and Emilia Kaczorowska Wojtyla, a schoolteacher....

Justin Koch-Brigham

Justin Koch-Brigham

Mar 30, 2005

Justin Ross Koch-Brigham of Port Orchard, Washington died March 30, 2005 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington due to injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. He was 19. He was born May 14, 1985 in Bremerton, Washington to Kimberly D. Koch and Larry D. Brigham, Jr. Justin never married. He attended South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard,...

Earl Dagnie

Earl Dagnie

Mar 24, 2005

Earl L. Dagnie March 27, 1910 - March 24, 2005 Earl L. Dagnie, 94, of Manchester died Thursday at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton. He was born in St. Louis to Peter and Anna (Cory) Dagnie, attended school in Marysville and received a GED diploma from South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard. He worked as an industrial electrician foreman and...

Bette Keefe

Bette Keefe

Mar 23, 2005

Bette J. Keefe, 70 of Port Orchard, Washington died on March 23, 2005 in Bremerton, Washington. She was born March 26, 1934 in Alley, Missouri to Charles & Velma (Dyer) Mahaney. Bette graduated from Prineville High School in Prineville, Oregon in 1952. She married James K. Keefe on September 25, 1954 in Portland, Oregon. She was a homemaker and a...

Alfred Ignacio

Alfred Ignacio

Mar 23, 2005

Alfred C. Ignacio of Bremerton, Washington died March 23, 2005 at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton. He was 57. He was born March 8, 1948 in Agana, Guam to Juan and Louisa (Cruz) Ignacio. He married Julita (Leon-Guerrero) Ignacio December 3,1993 in Port Orchard, Washington. He graduated from high school. Alfred served in the U.S. Army during the Viet Nam...

Donald Donoho

Donald Donoho

Mar 22, 2005

Donald Frank Donoho, 76, died in Port Orchard, Washington on March 22, 2005. He was born on February 20, 1929 in Seattle, Washington to Frank & Charlotte (Wheeler) Donoho. Donald attdended West Seattle High School in Seattle, Washington. He was preceded in death by his wife, Alberta. Donald worked as a Machinist for the Los Angeles Times for 41 years...

Douglas Hewitt

Douglas Hewitt

Mar 20, 2005

Douglas P. Hewitt, 58 of Lynnwood, Washington died on March 20, 2005 in Seattle, Washington. He was born on August 16, 1946 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania to Robert & Arlys (Setran) Hewitt. Douglas graduated from South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard, Washington in 1962. He worked as a Laborer with Sheltered Work Shop of Seattle. He was active with Special...

Stanley Moen

Stanley Moen

Mar 17, 2005

Stanley L. "Bompa" Moen of Port Orchard, Washington died of a heart attack on March 17, 2005 in Port Orchard. He was 78. He was born September 29, 1926 in Lignite, North Dakota to John A. and Thea (Solseth) Moen. Stanley married Ardell Gifford in Port Orchard, Washington November 17, 1956. He attended high school in Port Orchard. He served...

Cornell Janes

Cornell Janes

Mar 17, 2005

Cornell M. Janes LCDR, USN, Ret. October 6 1930 --- March 17, 2005 Cornell M. Janes, of Port Orchard, died on March 17, 2005 at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton of complications following a prolonged illness. He was 74. He was born in Pomona, California on October 6, 1930 to Milton Cornell and Mattie E.(Genung) Janes. He attended Monrovia Arcadia...

Joseph Kennedy

Joseph Kennedy

Mar 16, 2005

Joe Kennedy passed away peacefully of natural causes just before sunrise on Wednesday, March 16, 2005. Joseph Clair Kennedy was born in a farmhouse near Mendon, Ohio on April 15, 1918 to John and Cora Kennedy, the second of two boys. Growing up on the Kennedy farm, he attended school in Mendon and then on to College at Ohio's Bowling...

Marlene Stratton

Marlene Stratton

Mar 14, 2005

Marlene M.(Marty) Stratton of Belfair, Washington died March 14, 2005 at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton, Washington due to kidney failure. She was 66. She was born May 11, 1938 in Oakland, California to Alfred J. and Mabel C. (Soares) Perry. She married Bobby L. Stratton in Fremont, California September 21, 1957. Marlene graduated from Washington Union High School in...

Gary Cole

Gary Cole

Mar 14, 2005

Gary Kieth Cole, 59, of Port Orchard died March 14, 2005, of a heart attack at his home. Born in Northwood, N.D., on August 4, 1945, to Richard and Doris (Nash) Cole, he graduated from Central Kitsap High School in 1964. On Dec. 6, 1969, he married Shirley Collins in Bremerton, WA. Mr. Cole served in the U.S. Army for...

Marisa Caruso

Marisa Caruso

Mar 12, 2005

Marisa Elizabeth Caruso, 19 of Port Orchard, Washington died on March 12, 2005 in Cheney, Washington. She was born on January 23, 1986 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Marisa graduated from South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard in 2004 and was a Freshman at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington. She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority. Marisa worked...

Lorraine Macgeorge

Lorraine Macgeorge

Mar 8, 2005

Lorraine MacGeorge, 94 of Port Orchard, Washington died on March 8, 2005. She was born in New York, New York on August 21,1910 and also attended high school there. Lorraine married Kenneth MacGeorge and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Eagles Auxiliary in Port Orchard, the Eagles Kitchen Band, and the VFW Auxiliary. She enjoyed playing the...

Bessie Alexander

Bessie Alexander

Mar 1, 2005

Bessie Leon Alexander, 101, died March 1, 2005 at her home in Port Orchard, Washington. She was born in Hickman, Nebraska on August 16, 1903 to Howard and Julia (Liesveld) Martin. Bessie married Harry Ozenbaugh on March 31, 1924 and J.H. Alexander on March 14, 1960. Bessie was a homemaker and a member of Prundale Grange in California for 50+...

Joseph Morgan

Joseph Morgan

Mar 1, 2005

Joseph Howard Morgan, 86, died March 1, 2005 at the Washington Veterans Home in Retsil, Washington. He was born February 26, 1919 in Irwin, Iowa to Joseph Harlan & Elizabeth Ann (Paden) Morgan. He graduated from Albert Lea High School in Albert Lea, Minnesota in 1938. Joseph worked as a Rigger at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and also as...

Michael Coleman

Michael Coleman

Feb 28, 2005

Michael Allen Coleman, 53, died at his home in Port Orchard, Washington on February 28, 2005. He was born November 30, 1951 in San Diego, California to Vernon & Bernice (Hohl) Sterling. Michael was truly a gift from God. A man who showed by word and example what a husband, father, grandfather and friend should be and a shining spirit...

Richard Brose

Richard Brose

Feb 28, 2005

Richard Milton Brose, 81 of Port Orchard, Washington died in Bremerton, Washington on February 28, 2005. He was born on October 14, 1923 in Bemidji, Minnesota to Otto & Marion (Till) Brose. He graduated from high school in Minnesota in 1940. Richard married Patsy McCleod on August 22, 1947 in Corpus Christi, Texas. Mr. Brose worked as a Sheet Metal...

Leona Roberts

Leona Roberts

Feb 26, 2005

Leona V. Wright Roberts, of Belmont Terrace, Bremerton died February 26, 2005. She was 97. She resided in Port Orchard, Washington before residing at Belmont Terrace. She and her husband Oral lived in Marysville, West Seattle and had an 80 acre strawberry farm. They moved to Bremerton in 1950; and, moved to Manchester after building their home. After Oral's death...

Linda Solene

Linda Solene

Feb 23, 2005

Linda M. Solene of Belfair, Washington died of a heart attack in Bremerton, Washington on February 23, 2005. She was 52. She was born June 9, 1952 in Bremerton, Washington to William and Bonnie Baldwin. Linda married Kenneth Solene August 1, 1981 in Belfair, Washington. He preceded her in death in 2002. She graduated from North Mason High School in...

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