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Douglas Simmons,
May 2, 2001
Douglas W. Simmons, Sr., 74, died at his home in Port Orchard on May 2, 2001. He was born on November 18, 1926 in North English, Iowa to William W. & Frances E. (Blocher) Simmons. He graduated from South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard. Douglas married Violet Weisert in Bullhead City, Arizona on December 1, 1999.Mr. Simmons retired in...
Robert Bell,
Apr 30, 2001
Robert B. Bell, Jr, 22, of Port Orchard, Washington, died April 30, 2001, at his home.Robert was born April 24, 1979, in the Philippine Islands to Robert Bell, Sr, and Andrita Bugarian. He graduated from high school in Kerns, Utah. Robert worked as a laborer in manufacturing in Utah and most recently with the Interstate Protective Service at Puget Sound...
William Bean
Apr 28, 2001
William Joseph Bean, 77 of Bremerton, Washington died on April 28, 2001 at Martha & Mary Nursing Home in Poulsbo, Washington. He was born on March 15, 1924 in Price, Utah to Benjamin & Carrie (Evans) Bean. William married Enid Waterman in Salt Lake City, Utah on February 25, 1944. She preceded him in death in 2000. He graduated from...
Betty Abbott
Apr 27, 2001
Betty E. Abbott, 63 of Manchester, Washington died at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton, Washington on April 27, 2001. She was born on July 9, 1937 in Bakersville, North Carolina.Betty graduated from Bowman High School in Bakersville in 1955. She married Harold Abbott on November 23, 1957 in Washington, D.C. and was a homemaker.Suviving are husband Harold; daughter Michelle Cartwright...
Jean Martin
Apr 25, 2001
Jean L. Martin, 79, of Port Orchard, Washington died April 25, 2001 at home. Jean was born December 18, 1921 in Des Moines, Iowa to Ulysses A. Shipey and Vera A. Whittaker. Jean was preceded in death by her husband James in 1995.Jean was a Nurses Aid at Washington Veterans Home at Retsil, Washington for many years. She was a...
Donald Shaw
Apr 24, 2001
Donald V. Shaw, 71, of Port Orchard, Washington died April 24, 2001 at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton, Washington. Don was born November 18, 1929 in Portland, Oregon to Alfred & Mary A. (Parkin)Shaw.Donald was a 1st sergeant in the US Army from 1946 to 1970 he was involved in the Berlin Airlift. He then joined the reserves and was...
Akiko Tefft
Apr 22, 2001
Akiko Tefft, 67 of Port Orchard, Washington died at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton, Washington on April 22, 2001. She was born on January 17, 1934 in Osaka, Japan to Oshio-Chizumaro & Oshio-Kesami. Akiko married Hugh Tefft on January 30, 1976 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He preceded her in death in 1993.Mrs. Tefft was educated in Japan and worked as...
Ralph Wasmer
Apr 22, 2001
Ralph Edward Wasmer, 64 of Port Orchard, Washington died at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton, Washington on April 22, 2001. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on May 2, 1936 to Edward & Dora (Alcorn) Wasmer. He attended Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. Ralph married Hildegard Junker on November 14, 1964 in Alameda, California.Mr. Wasmer was a Photo Journalist...
Corbett Foyston
Apr 20, 2001
Corbett P. Foyston, 78 of Manchester, Washington died on April 20, 2001. He was born in Seattle, Washington on June 4, 1922 to Frank & Helen (Tuffley) Foyston. He graduated from South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard in 1941. Corbett married Phyllis J. Palmer in Burien, Washington on September 13, 1974.Mr. Foyston worked as a Heavy Equipment Operator with...
Jean Mcneil
Apr 18, 2001
Jean I. McNeil, 74, of Port Orchard, Washington died April 18, 2001 at Ridgemont Terrace Nursing Home in Port Orchard. Jean was born January 23, 1927 in Danielson, Connecticut to Laid & Winaford (Nash) Winchell.Jean went to High School in Stonington, Connecticut she married Thomas John McNeil in 1960 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Thomas preceded Jean in death in 1984.Surviving...
Eugene Clare Darling
Apr 15, 2001
Eugene ''Gene'' Clare Darling, 74 of Bremerton, died at Forest Ridge Convalescent Center in Bremerton on April 15, 2001. He was born in Bremerton on August 31, 1926 to James & Birdie (Reynolds) Darling. Gene married Colleen Thompson on June 29, 1951 in Forks, Washington.Mr. Darling was employed as a Warehouseman for Turner & Peace in Seattle, Washington before his...
Markus Schmitter
Apr 14, 2001
Markus Thomas Schmitter, 39, died at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on April 14, 2001 of injuries suffered in an explosion at his residence in Tahuya, Washington 6 days earlier. He was born in Dulliken Switzerland on September 5, 1961 to Paul & Ida Rosa (Schleiss) Schmitter. Markus married Jill Luts in 1998 in Bremerton. Jill died of cancer on...
Michele Lamey
Apr 13, 2001
Michele D. Lamey, 48, of Southworth, Washington, died April 13, 2001, at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton, Washington, of breast cancer. She was born December 24, 1952, in Seattle to Kenneth and Lillian (Rutz) Moore. Michele graduated from Hazen High School in Renton, Washington, in 1971, and married Malcolm Lamey on May 22, 1979, in Seattle.Michele worked as a retail...
Leroy Ingles
Apr 12, 2001
Leroy Ingles, 84 of Olympia, Washington died on April 12, 2001 at Puget Sound Health Care Center in Olympia. He was born on July 31, 1916 in Rushville, Illinois to Frank & Nancy (Rittenhouse)Ingles. Leroy married Wyona C. Janke on April 22, 1945 in Napa, California.Mr. Ingles retired in 1965 after 30 years of service in the U.S. Navy. He...
Ruth Carrier
Apr 10, 2001
Ruth LaVerne Carrier, 76, of Port Orchard, Washington died April 10, 2001 at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton. Ruth was born September 11, 1924 in Santa Paula, California to Ernest & Myrtle (Guthrie) Baker Sr.Ruth went to Santa Paula Union High School and graduated in 1942. She also attended Pacific Union College in Angwin, California where she graduated in 1946....
Stuart ''Tex'' Marks
Apr 8, 2001
Stuart H. ''Tex'' Marks, 64, of Eugene, Oregon, died April 8, 2001, at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton, Washington.Stuart was born August 24, 1936, in Havre, Montana, to Charles and Helen (Kapernick) Marks. He graduated from Brownsville High School in Brownsville, Texas, in 1954 and from Pan American College in Edinburg, Texas, in 1958.On November 12, 1960, Stuart married Janice...
John Simpers
Apr 8, 2001
John L. Simpers, 54, of Tacoma, Washington died April 8, 2001 at St. Joseph Hospital in Tacoma. John was born September 11, 1946 in Walla Walla, Washington to Charles & Charlotte (Hill) Simpers.Mr. Simpers attended South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard, Washington where he graduated in 1965. He was in the Air Force from 1965 until 1969 he held...
Geraldine Harris
Apr 6, 2001
Geraldine ''Tutu'' Harris, 82, of Port Orchard died Friday, April 6, 2001 at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton. Tutu was born June 12, 1918 in East Bernard, Texas. She married John Harris in 1942 in Sequin, Texas and spent many years touring the world as an Air Force wife. Her husband John preceded her in death in 1974.Tutu lived in...
Elizabeth Larson
Apr 5, 2001
Elizabeth ''Betty'' Larson, 55 of Port Orchard, Washington died April 5, 2001 at her home. Betty was born April 5, 1946 in Glasgow, Scotland to Samuel & Elizabeth (Stewart) Hastings. She graduated from school in Glasgow.Betty married Hank Larson in September 1980 and they resided in Port Orchard until her death. She worked as a Retail Sales Manager and her...
Jean Walls
Apr 3, 2001
Jean M. Walls, 83 of Port Orchard, Washington died April 6, 2001 at Ridgemont Terrace in Port Orchard. Jean was born January 14, 1918 in Seattle, Washington to Albert & Jennie (Holman) Moore.She graduated from South Kitsap High School in 1936 & attended the University of Washington in 1939. Jean worked as a Registered Nurse for a period of time.Jean...
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