Donald Van Ruth
May 26, 2000
Donald Harold Van Ruth, age 80, died May 26, 2000 in Bremerton, WA. He was born May 11, 1920 in Nekooska, WI to Harold and Anna Van Ruth. Mr. Van Ruth was in the U.S. Army from 1940 - 1945. While in the U.S. Army, Mr. Van Ruth received the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Medal, and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with Bronze...
Lloyd Granquist
May 25, 2000
Lloyd W. Granquist, 74 of Belfair, WA., died May 25, 2000 in Tacoma, WA. He was born October 20, 1925 in Port Orchard, WA., to John and Edla Granquist. He attended South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard, WA.Lloyd married Betty Jo (Stanley) Granquist August 17, 1946 in Bremerton, WA. He was a sergeant in the US Army and received...
Mary Simpson
May 19, 2000
Mary Elizabeth Simpson, 76, died at her home in Port Orchard, Washington on May 19, 2000. She was born November 1, 1923 in Tacoma, Washington to John and Mary (Porter) Owens. Mary attended Stadium High School in Tacoma, Washington. She married David Simpson on October 18, 1946 in Tacoma, Washington.Mrs. Simpson was a 40 year member of First Lutheran Church,...
Annetta Guthrie
May 19, 2000
Annetta Marie Guthrie, 66, died at her home in Olalla, Washington on May 19, 2000. She was born in Corvalis, Oregon on February 12, 1934 to Louis & Marie (Vogelman) Howser. She graduated from Queen of Angels High School in Port Angeles, Washington. Annetta married Ray J. Guthrie in 1954 in Bainbridge, Maryland.Mrs. Guthrie worked for 20 years as a...
Clarence Friemuth
May 19, 2000
C.F. ''Bud'' Freimuth, 75, of Port Orchard died at home May 19, 2000. He was born November 27, 1924 in Davis, S. Dakota to Fred and Rose (Larson) Freimuth. He attended Brookings College in Brookings, S.D.He married Doris M. (Hillestad) Freimuth on January 9, 1944 in Reno, Nev. Mr. Freimuth was a shipfitter at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for 15...
John Godek,
May 18, 2000
John James Godek, Jr., 59, died at his home in Port Orchard, Washington on May 18, 2000. He was born on September 5, 1940 in Ypsilanti, Michigan to John F. & Helen (Makarewich) Godek, Sr. He graduated from Monroe High School in Monroe, Michigan in 1958. John married Eileen (Maloney) Randolph on December 8, 1977 in San Diego, California.Mr. Godek...
Herbert Wilson
May 16, 2000
Herbert Louis Wilson, age 75, died May 16, 2000 in Silverdale, WA. He was born March 1, 1925 in New York City, New York to Alfred and Kathryn (Bunn) Wilson. He was raised in Bayside, Long Island, New York. He graduated from New York College with a degree in mechanical engineering. He served 2 years in the United States Navy....
Olga Lundberg
May 16, 2000
Olga G. Lundberg, age 84, died May 16, 2000 in Bremerton, WA. She was born December 19, 1915 in Central Valley (Silverdale), WA. to Ole and Louise Fosberg where she was raised. She graduated from Central Kitsap High School in 1932. She married Maynard ''Swede'' Lundberg in Bremerton, WA on June 12, 1937. He preceded her in death in 1995.Mrs....
Thomas Beckley
May 14, 2000
Thomas K. Beckley, 74, died at his home in Port Orchard, Washington on May 14, 2000. He was born November 15, 1925 in Honolulu, Hawaii to Thomas & Rosalie Beckley. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in Honolulu. Thomas married Nancy A. Hill on October 25, 1962 in Reno, Nevada.Mr. Beckley worked for 37 years as a Shipfitter at Puget...
Dorine Porter
May 14, 2000
Dorine G. Porter, 70, died at her home in Belfair, Washington on May 14, 2000. She was born in Wenatchee, Washington on August 13, 1929 to Glen & Myrtle (Hutt) Bruce and was raised in Seattle, Washington.Dorine married Richard A. Porter on January 6, 1951 in Seattle, Washington. He preceded her in death on May 9, 2000. Mrs. Porter was...
Lynn Mueller
May 9, 2000
Lynn Charles Mueller, age 80, died May 9, 2000 in Bremerton, WA. He was born January 12, 1920 in Cass County, North Dakota to Leopold & Thelma (Lindemann) Mueller. He was a member of the U.S. Navy and served in Okinawa until the end of WWII and then returned to work at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard as a pipefitter. He...
Richard & Dorine G. Porter
May 9, 2000
Richard A. ''Dick'' Porter, age 70, died at home in Belfair, Washington on May 9, 2000. His wife, Dorine G. Porter, also age 70, died at home on May 14, 2000. Dick was born in Seattle, Washington on March 2, 1930 to Elvern & Lucille Porter. Dorine was born in Wenatchee, Washington on August 13, 1929 to Glen and Myrtle...
Richard Porter
May 9, 2000
Richard A. Porter, age 70, died May 9, 2000 in Belfair, WA. He was born March 2, 1930 in Seattle, WA to Elverne and Lucille Porter. He was raised in Seattle and graduated from Lincoln High School in Seattle, WA., in 1948.He married Dorine (Bruce) Porter January 6, 1951 in Seattle, WA. Mr. Porter was a member of the National...
Doris Miller
May 9, 2000
Doris K. Miller, 79, died at her home in Long Branch, Washington on May 9, 2000. She was born in New Effington, South Dakota on December 8, 1920 to Peter Spethmann & Anna Anderson. Doris was raised in New Effington where she graduated from high school and attended Teachers College. She married Glen A. Miller on April 28, 1959 in...
Irene Lambert
May 4, 2000
Irene J. Lambert, age 79, died May 4, 2000 in Port Orchard, WA. She was born June 20, 1920 in San Francisco, CA to John Casperson and Mildred (Zelms) Ulving. She was raised in San Francisco, CA. She married George Lambert in California on Feb. 12, 1938. Mrs. Lambert worked as an artist. She specialized in handcrafted natural shell art....
Jerome Willis Darling
May 2, 2000
Jerome ''Jerry'' Darling, 79 of Port Orchard, died at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton on May 2, 2000. He was born in Brookfield, Missouri on January 15, 1921 to Sanford & Stella (Blakeley) Darling. Jerry was raised in Kansas City, Missouri. He married Valeria Belle Mawhiney in 1939 in Brookfield, Missouri.Mr. Darling retired from the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in...
Helen Young
May 1, 2000
Helen Kathrine Young, 68, died at her home in Port Orchard, Washington on May 1, 2000. She was born on July 9, 1931 in Ardmore, Oklahoma to Luther & Hettie (Hawkins) Thomison and was raised in Oklahoma. Helen married Henry Joe Young in Gainesville, Texas on May 21, 1946.Mrs. Young was a homemaker and was also retired as a Bookkeeper...
Michael Schilling
Apr 28, 2000
Michael D. Schilling, 43 of Port Orchard, died at University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, Washington on April 28, 2000. He was born on March 21, 1957 in Lansing, Michigan to Rex & Marjorie (Bruns) Schilling. Mike was raised in the South Kitsap area graduating from South Kitsap High School in 1975 and Olympic College in Bremerton in 1985....
Glenda Cook
Apr 27, 2000
Glenda E. Cook, 88, a former long-time resident of Grants Pass, OR., passed away at Ridgemont Terrace Nursing Home in Port Orchard, WA on April 27, 2000.She was born in Hollywood, CA on August 12, 1911 and moved to Grants Pass in Dec. 1946. Glenda worked at the Golden Rule Department Store, Rogue Valley Poultry, and was the Office Manager...
Allen Conner
Apr 25, 2000
Allen H Conner, age 80, died April 25, 2000 in Bremerton, WA. He was born November 28, 1919 in Desdemona, TX to Emery and Cassie (Lambert) Conner. He graduated from Hobbs High School in Hobbs, New Mexico in 1936.Mr. Conner married Vivian Mattson in Seattle, WA., on April 8, 1942. He served in the Coast Guard. Mr. Conner was in...