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

Donald Culbertson

Donald Culbertson

Jun 6, 2002

Donald S. Culbertson died June 6, 2002 in Bremerton, WA. He was 68.He was born April 11, 1934 in Cincinnati, OH to Dwayne and Madeline (Gillespie) Culbertson.He graduated from Lincoln High School in Seatle, WA. in 1951. He also graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle in 1959.He was in the U.S. Army from April 7, 1953 to January...

Harold Cronce

Harold Cronce

Jun 6, 2002

Harold E. Cronce died June 6, 2002 at the Port Orchard Care Center in Port Orchard, WA. He was 79. He was born October 23, 1922 in Mattoon, WI, to John and Nettie (O'Hergert) Cronce. Harold attended high school in Clintonville, WI, and married Darlene Ione Schuman June 16, 1951 in Bremerton, Wa. He was a cook in Tacoma, WA,...

Arne Petersen

Arne Petersen

Jun 3, 2002

Arne Petersen died June 3, 2002 at the Port Orchard Care Center in Port Orchard, WA. He was 78.He was born October 16, 1923 in Copenhagen, Denmark to Hans and Elizabeth (Pehrson) Petersen.He married Tove (Christiansen) Petersen November 1, 1947 in Copenhagen, Denmark.Arne was an upholsterer (Journeyman) and retired in 1987.He was a Free Mason for the Wayfarer Lodge in...

Mary Estep

Mary Estep

May 29, 2002

Mary "Ruth" Estep died May 29, 2002 at Trails End Lake, Belfair, WA. She was 83.She was born in Wilcox, NE January 30, 1919 to Eber and Mary Francis "Mamie" (Hopkins) Cory.She graduated from high school, and attended senior computing classes and various quilting classes after age 75.She married Arthur Ray Estep in Idaho on September 2, 1938.Mary was a...

David Libby

David Libby

May 25, 2002

David Allen Libby died May 25, 2002 at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton, WA. following a battle with lung cancer.He was born in Bangor, ME. December 8, 1935 to Levi and Bertha (Vintinner) Libby.He attended school in Maine and graduated in 1952.David married Beverly (Rhodes) Libby. They have celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary.He enjoyed a hobby car collection (Matchbox) and...

Harry Rodstol

Harry Rodstol

May 25, 2002

Harry was born to Ole & Pernille Rodstol along with his twin brother Henry to complete the Rodstol family at their Harper homestead. After the home was lost to a fire, the family later relocated to the property where Harry's older brother Leonard still resides today. Life was full of chores and responsibilities as laid out by his parents and...

Carol Eakin

Carol Eakin

May 25, 2002

Carol Anne Eakin died May 25, 2002 at her home in Port Orchard, WA. She was 56.She was born March 31, 1946 in Winnipeg, Canada to Robert and Maude (Shaw) Gorman.She graduated from high school in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.She was a former owner and operator of Advantage Travel in Port Orchard, WA. for 7 years and retired in 1997. She...

Thelma Riddle

Thelma Riddle

May 21, 2002

Thelma Louise Riddle, 76, of Silverdale, WA, a former resident of Buckeye, AZ, died May 21, 2002, at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, WA.She was born May 30, 1925, in Ritchie County, WV, to John and Lillie (Riggs) Lumpkin.Her husband of 38 years, John, preceded her in death. She is survived by one daughter Sheila Caratachea, of Silverdale, WA; two...

Rosetta Noehl

Rosetta Noehl

May 20, 2002

Rosetta "Rose" L. Noehl, 71, of Manchester, WA, died May 20, 2002, at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton, WA.Rose was born June 27, 1930, in Milaca, MN, to Ernest G. and Olive V. (Peterson) Anderson.She attended North Branch High School in North Branch, MN, and graduated from Pechastin High School in Pechastin, WA, in 1948.On May 10, 1950, Rose married...

Henry Rodstol

Henry Rodstol

May 20, 2002

Henry Edward Rodstol, 86, of Port Orchard, WA, died May 20, 2002 at the Evergreen Nursing Rehab Center in Olympia, WA.He was born August 11, 1915 in Harper, WA, to Ole Olsen and Pernille Sophia (Sather) Rodstol.Henry graduated from Vashon High School on Vashon Island, WA, in 1934.He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in the European Theater during...

Lillian Moore

Lillian Moore

May 20, 2002

Lillian Marie Moore died May 20, 2002 at Belmont Nursing Home in Bremerton, WA. due to a long term battle with cancer. She was 81.She was born February 20, 1921 in Portland, OR to Henry and Marie (Selle) Rutz.She attended school in Portland, OR.Lillian married Kenneth (Bud) C. Moore October 22, 1938 in Portland, OR.She completed 8th grade in Portland,...

Robert Stemen

Robert Stemen

May 19, 2002

Robert Stemen, 85 passed away at Forest Ridge Nursing Home, May 19, 2002 after several years of ill health.Robert was born September 25, 1916, to Verly and Katherine Stemen (Etsel) in Toledo, Ohio. He met and married Ina Alliene (Fansler) in Oregon on February 22, 1941. She preceded him in death in April of 1995.He worked for over 20 years...

Mary B

Mary B

May 18, 2002

Mary Bogdanoff Rio died May 18, 2002 in Port Orchard, WA. She was born March 3, 1919 in Wailua, Hi to Stephen S. and Prascovia B. (Zaloga) Bogdanoff.She attended high school in Hawaii. Mary was a homemaker and her interests were in family and church. She was a member of Christian Life Center in Port Orchard, WA. She is survived...

Laurie Storey

Laurie Storey

May 16, 2002

Laurie Alexis Storey, 52, of Gig Harbor, WA, died May 16, 2002, at home in Gig Harbor.Laurie was born May 11, 1950, in Enumclaw, WA, to August and Donna (MacKay) Opitz. She graduated from Cleveland High School in Portland, OR, in 1968.Laurie worked in retail sales and as a credit support staff person. She enoyed camping and outdoor activities with...

Kenneth Solene

Kenneth Solene

May 16, 2002

Kenneth Robert Solene died May 16, 2002 at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton, WA. He was born March 23, 1936 in Bellingham, WA. to Albert and Evelyn (Compton) Solene.He was married to Linda (Baldwin) August 1, 1981 in Belfair, WA.Kenneth graduated from Bellingham High School in 1954 and attended the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. for 2 years.He served...

Elizabeth Spicer

Elizabeth Spicer

May 16, 2002

"Elizabeth Spicer, loving wife, mother, big sister, and friend was born May 19, 1914, in Russellville, AR, and went to our Lord on May 16, 2002, in Port Orchard, WA. Elizabeth was married to Herbert D. "Buddy" Spicer in 1950, moved from Port Arthur, TX, to Bridge City, TX, in 1954, and lived there forty-two years until three years after...

Bernard Caughey

Bernard Caughey

May 15, 2002

Bernard J. Caughey died May 15, 2002 at Washington State Veterans Home at Retsil, Wa.He was born August 1, 1909 in Muskegon, MI. to Benjamin and Helen (LeTart) Caughey.He married Elaine M. Sagaser.Bernard attended high school in Muskegon area in Muskegon, MI., attended the University of Michigan at Lansing, MI., and graduated from the University of Santa Clara in Santa...

Beverley Miller

Beverley Miller

May 15, 2002

Beverley Jean Miller died May 15, 2002 in Port Orchard, WA. She was 73. Beverley was born in Glenwood, Iowa on February 21, 1929 to Thorn and Ruby (McAlexander) Cheyney.She was married to Donald George Miller in Port Orchard, WA. July, 1948.Beverley graduated from South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard, WA. in 1946.She was the former head cook at...

Robert Hansen

Robert Hansen

May 12, 2002

ROBERT (BOB) L. HANSEN06 FEBRUARY 1930 - 12 MAY 2002LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER, PAPPA AND FRIEND God has requested his assistance in Heaven to fix his car, no one else will do. He is now in a Pinochle Tournament with his borthers John, Dale and his grandson Steven, God Bless them all. He was helpful to many people. He was a...

Wilma Coull

Wilma Coull

May 12, 2002

Wilma V. Coull of Port Orchard, WA died Sunday May 12, 2002. She was 94 years old.Wilma was born on February 3, 1908 in Selby, South Dakota. She grew up, graduated from high school, met and married Henry Coull (1926), and had the first of three daughters in Selby. Mrs. Coull and family moved to Baldwin Park, CA. in 1929....

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