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

Howard Vandeventer

Howard Vandeventer

Jan 11, 2000

Howard L. Vandeventer, age 79, died January 11, 2000 in Port Orchard, WA.  He was born June 21, 1920 in Perry, Iowa to John & Golda (Martens) Vandeventer.  He moved to Wilmington, CA at the age of 9 and graduated from Banning High School in Wilmington, CA in 1937.  He served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1942 to 1945....

Vernon Warmbo

Vernon Warmbo

Jan 8, 2000

Vernon A. Warmbo, 83, died at his home in Port Orchard, Washington on January 8, 2000.  He was born August 22, 1916 in Henning, Minnesota to Axel W. & Ethel (Simonson) Warmbo.  Vernon was raised in Henning and Grand Forks, North Dakota until he moved to Port Orchard in 1941.  He married Jean J. Taylor on February 9, 1994 in...

Willard Doggett

Willard Doggett

Jan 7, 2000

Willard L. Doggett, 60 of Port Orchard, Washington died on January 7, 2000.  He was born on June 4, 1939 in Wharton, New Jersey and was raised and educated in Daytona Beach, Florida.  Willard married Anita Louise Shook on July 18, 1975 in Port Orchard, Washington.  She preceded him in death in 1999.Mr. Doggett worked at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard...

Allan Loken

Allan Loken

Jan 7, 2000

Allan Aubrey Loken, 69 of Manchester, died at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton, Washington on January 7, 2000.  He was born on June 23, 1930 to Steffen & Olina (Falaas) Loken.  He was raised in Sacred Heart, Minnesota where he attended South Sacred Heart Grade School.  His education included the completion of his GED in the U.S. Air Force and...

Richard Mattson

Richard Mattson

Jan 6, 2000

Richard Mattson, age 60, died Jan. 6, 2000 in Port Orchard, WA.  He was born May 28, 1940 in Bronx, NY to Joseph and Helen (Campbell) Mattson where he was raised.  He served in the U.S. Army from 1958-1960 as a Chemical Corps - Decon Operator.  Most recently he worked at Johnson Controle at Bangor Submarine Base as a custodian.  ...

Mabel Spiese

Mabel Spiese

Jan 3, 2000

Mabel C. Spiese, 85, died at her home in Port Orchard, Washington on January 3, 2000.  She was born February 17, 1914 in Reading, Pennsylvania to John E. & Cora (Kummerer) Leese.  Mabel married Clair Spiese in Reading on December 25, 1924.  He preceded her in death in 1997.Mrs. Spiese was a telephone operator and church organist in Reading, Pennsylvania.  ...

Dorothea Rutherford

Dorothea Rutherford

Jan 2, 2000

Dorthea E. Rutherford, 79, died at her home in Port Orchard, Washington on January 2, 2000.  She was born January 31, 1920 in Dallas, Texas to William Gilchrist & Editha Mae (Hamilton) Campbell.  She was raised in Chihuahua, Mexico, home schooled in El Paso, Texas and graduated from Harden-Simmons University also in Texas.  Dorthea married Francis Rutherford on March 15,...

Iola Bradley

Iola Bradley

Jan 1, 2000

Iola L. 'Ollie' Bradley, 82 of Burien, died in Des Moines, Washington on January 1, 2000.  She was born January 14, 1917 in Blackfoot, Idaho to John & Sarah (Ivey) Loy.  'Ollie' was raised and attended school in Blackfoot also.  'Ollie' retired as an Evergreen worker from Pacific Coast Evergreen.  She was a member of the Port Orchard Eagles 'Rambling...

Zoe Schultz

Zoe Schultz

Dec 28, 1999

Zoe Eloise Schultz, age 82, died Dec. 28, 1999 in Bremerton, WA.  She was born July 18, 1917 in Ritzville, WA.  More information on services will be availabe at a later date.

William Hammel

William Hammel

Dec 28, 1999

William Gerard Hammel III, age 47, died Dec. 28, 1999 in Port Orchard, WA.  He was born May 12, 1952 in Pittsburgh, PA., to William Hammel, Jr., & Vera (Horne) Hammel where he was raised.  He graduated from high school in Pittsburgh, PA and Penn State College in Pittsburgh, PA.  He served in the U.S. Army from 1972-1976 at Ft....

Michael Fields

Michael Fields

Dec 27, 1999

Michael J. Fields, 45 of Port Orchard, died at his parents home in Bremerton on December 27, 1999.  He was born November 3, 1954 in Bremerton, Washington to Delmar & Mary (Mason) Fields.  Michael graduated from West Bremerton High in 1973 and from the Apprentice Program in 1979 as an Inside Machinist at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.Mr. Fields worked...

Louise Rodstol

Louise Rodstol

Dec 27, 1999

Louise E. Rodstol, age 87, died Dec. 27, 1999 in Seattle, WA.  She was born March 14, 1912 in Eglon, WA to Augusta and Mary (Shoemaker) Maxwell.  She was raised in Harper, WA.  Mrs. Rodstol was a homemaker.  She was a past member of the Harper Evangelical Free Church; and attended Gatewood Baptist Church in Seattle, WA., for over 50...

Ivan Crawford

Ivan Crawford

Dec 24, 1999

Ivan Crawford, 91, died in Port Orchard on December 24, 1999.  He was born April 18, 1908 in Carmen, Oklahoma to Aldyn Timothy & Pearl Eulla (Burnaugh) Crawford.  Ivan also grew up in Carmen.He married Laura Opal Stufflebeam in Oklahoma in 1937.  They were divorced in 1955 (Laura remarried James A. Culp).During the 1920's and 1930's, Ivan was a Farmer...

Herbert Downing

Herbert Downing

Dec 23, 1999

Herbert L Downing, age 80, died Dec. 23, 1999 in Bremerton, WA. He was born Feb. 1, 1919 in Saffel, Arkansas to William & Sarah (Adams) Downing.  He served in the U.S. Navy for 20 years.  Mr. Downing served on the U.S.S. Nevada at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese hit in December 1941.  He served in the Pacific all through...

Ethel Johnson

Ethel Johnson

Dec 22, 1999

Ethel D. Johnson, age 81, died Dec. 22, 1999 in Port Orchard, WA.  She was born Oct. 30, 1918 in LaMoure County, ND to Olaf & Inga Johnson and she was raised in Lisbon, ND.  She married Dale Johnson January 26, 1941 in the Standing Rock Church in Fort Ransom, ND.  Mrs. Johnson moved to Port Orchard in 1958.  She...

Hal Wennerberg

Hal Wennerberg

Dec 21, 1999

Hal G. Wennerberg, age 70, died December 21, 1999 in Bremerton, WA.  He was born August 14, 1929 in Pendleton, Oregon to Hal and Elsie (Marlin) Wennerberg.  He served in the U.S. Marines from March 16, 1946 until May 26, 1947.  He worked as a Sheet Metal Foreman in shop #17 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard before retiring in...

Shari Simmons-Marshall

Shari Simmons-Marshall

Dec 19, 1999

Shari K. Simmons-Marshall, age 42, died December 19, 1999 in Bremerton, WA.  She was born January 27, 1957 in Lansing, Michigan to Beeman and Elaine (Parkes) Simmons.  She was raised in Gaylord, MI and graduated from Gaylord High School in 1975.  She graduated from Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa in 1984.  She worked as a nurse for the past 15...

Violet Sheridan

Violet Sheridan

Dec 19, 1999

Violet B. Sheridan, age 81, died December 19, 1999 in Port Orchard, WA.  She was born September 7, 1918 in Visalia, CA to John and Gertrude (Stover) Kloth.  She was raised in Visalia and graduated from Visalia High School in 1932.  She worked as a legal secretary in Visalia, CA.  She also worked as a homemaker.  She was a member...

Barbara Ruscin

Barbara Ruscin

Dec 18, 1999

Barbara Nadine Ruscin, age 55, died December 18, 1999 in Port Orchard, WA.  She was born August 14, 1944 in Beloit, WI to George Wallace Chaney and Emmalei Vandervort (Clymer).  She was raised in Evansville, WI and attended Evansville High School.  She was a past member of the Port Orchard Eagles Auxiliary.  She married Howard Ruscin on May 14, 1988...

Isabel Cruz

Isabel Cruz

Dec 17, 1999

Isabel Santos Cruz, age 70, died December 17, 1999 in Baltimore, MD.  She was born July 2, 1929 in Guam to Mariano Carbullido Santos (Theodora Cruz Babauta) where she was raised. She was a resident of Sinajana, Guam. She graduated from Western State College of Colorado in Gunnison, CO in 1952 and from the University of Guam with a Masters...

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