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

Leslie Gordon Wing

Leslie Gordon Wing

Jun 6, 2019

Leslie Gordon Wing, 79, died of natural causes on June 6, 2019 at Life Care Center in Port Orchard after having suffered from a major stroke five years prior. He is survived by his wife, Kathy (Maully), his sons Torrey and Andrew, and their spouses and children. Leslie was born in 1940 and raised in Toronto, Canada. He moved with...

Marilyn Louise Kaes

Marilyn Louise Kaes

Jun 5, 2019

Marilyn Louise Kaes, a resident of Port Orchard for more than 46 years, passed away peacefully on June 5, 2019. Born September 24, 1934 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, Marilyn was the oldest of 5 children born to Gerald and Margaurite (Quinn) Thornton. Her parents moved their family to Boston, Massachusetts in 1939 where she grew up with her two brothers...

James Maurice Ringrose

James Maurice Ringrose

Jun 2, 2019

James was born November 2, 1924 in Redfield, South Dakota to Maurice and Elizabeth (Schmidt) (Ringrose) Bader. He grew up in Tacoma, WA, where he graduated from Bellarmine High School, and later attended Seattle University where he studied electronics. James was a smart and honest man with no guile, who was beloved of and respected by his family and friends....

John "Larry" Scott

John "Larry" Scott

May 23, 2019

John (Larry) Scott passed away on 5/22/19 surrounded by family and friends in his home he created on the Scott homestead Port Orchard, WA. He was born 12/27/1946 in Kadoka, SD. He is preceded by Mother Clara, Sister Kathryn & Son Lenny. He was a Son, Husband, Father & Friend. Larry served with the Navy from 1963 through 1966 as...

Donald John Weisberg

Donald John Weisberg

May 22, 2019

Don Weisberg was born in Duluth Minnesota on January 29th, 1944 and spent his childhood in Seattle. On Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 after a long battle with Parkinson’s, he peacefully left the ones who loved him. Don joined the Air Force after high school and proudly served 4 years in Okinawa as a dental assistant. Shortly after Don completed his...

Dorothy Jean Johnson

Dorothy Jean Johnson

May 19, 2019

Dorothy Jean Johnson played many roles in life. She was born to be a daughter, fortuned to be a sister, chose to be a wife, fated to be a mother, and was by nature to be a friend. This is her story. The Daughter Dorothy was born in the rural farmlands of Kansas to her loving parents Mervin and Wilma...

Anne Edith Sherwood

Anne Edith Sherwood

May 18, 2019

Ann Edith Sherwood was born on October 22, 1921 in Chester, Montana. She was the 8th child of Frank and Harriet Larman and was the only child in the family born in a hospital and who was christened. She attended school in a 1 room classroom in Kalispell, Montana until she was 13 years old. The family then moved to...

Allene Hall

Allene Hall

May 17, 2019

Allene Hall, 72, of Port Orchard, passed peacefully at Harrison Medical Center on May 17, 2019 and will be dearly missed. She was born on July 16, 1946 in Oquawka, Illinois. She worked for Admiral (Maytag) distribution in Galesburg, Illinois and later as a Dietary Aid in California & Washington. Allene was an avid collector of many Holiday items, Angel...

Richard James Lundberg

Richard James Lundberg

May 16, 2019

Richard James Lundberg, longtime resident of Port Orchard, died May 16th in the home that he built in 1950 on the Lundberg homestead. He was born in Boise, Idaho on September 19th, 1921 to Walter and Gladys Lundberg. The family moved back to Port Orchard in 1925 and he lived on the Lundberg homestead for the next 93 years. He...

Patricia Anne Fethiere

Patricia Anne Fethiere

May 13, 2019

Patricia Anne (Lovett) Fethiere, of Port Orchard, Washington, passed away May 13, 2019. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, on June 8, 1942, to William and Gertrude Lovett. She is a graduate of Roger Williams Hospital School of Nursing, University of Rhode Island and Arizona State University. She and husband William resided in Scottsdale, AZ for 42 years, before moving to...

Lucille Agnes Sosnosky

Lucille Agnes Sosnosky

May 13, 2019

Lucille A. Sosnosky was born December 13, 1930 to Mary and Joseph Miranda of Vallejo, CA. she passed peacefully in her home May 13, 2019 surrounded by her loved ones. An identical twin Lucille was number 6 of 11 children, all have preceded her in death except for her beloved brother Manny of CA. She was also preceded in death...

Michiael Leroy Smith

Michiael Leroy Smith

May 12, 2019

Michiael (Mike) L. Smith, born on August 11, 1954 in New Castle, Indiana, passed away at the age of 64 on May 12, 2019 in his home in Port Orchard, Washington following a decade long battle with cancer. Mike was a Marine Corporal who fought in the Vietnam War followed by a term in the Air Force Reserves. He was...

Eugene Michael Mendiola

Eugene Michael Mendiola

May 10, 2019

Eugene (Michael) Leon Guerrero Mendiola was born on January 9, 1969 to Melda Anne L.G. Mendiola and Joaquin P. Mendiola on his native island of Guam, USA. On Friday, May 10, 2019 at his residence in Tacoma, WA, Michael answered his Lord’s call to lay down and rest from his labors. As a child, he moved to Port Orchard in...

Celia Teresa Velasquez

Celia Teresa Velasquez

May 10, 2019

Celia Teresa Velasquez Born October 18 1935 passed away peacefully on May 10 2019 Born in Brownsville Texas then going on to become a resident of San Diego California for 60 yrs and Port Orchard Wa for nearly 4 yrs is predeceased by her husband of almost 50 yrs, Filomeno Velasquez. Son, Sergio Arambul and daughter in law Colleen Arambul....

Robert Lee Jones

Robert Lee Jones

May 4, 2019

Robert Jones, 84, a long time resident of Kitsap County; died May 4, 2019. Bob was born in Seattle in 1934 to Pearl and Lucia Jones. He attended South Kitsap Schools beginning with Waterman School and graduated with the class of 1953 from South Kitsap High School. Bob joined the US Army in 1955 as a teletype operator. After he...

Betty Sue Falk

Betty Sue Falk

May 3, 2019

Betty Sue Falk Born in Beaumont, Texas Oct. 16, 1924 She had a very close relationship with her family and recalled many wonderful memories of her early days. Some early memories included a love of writing. She wrote short stories. She also had a love of music and singing. She sang on the radio during the war – a song...

Charles Jackson Simmons

Charles Jackson Simmons

Apr 29, 2019

Charley was born on March 3, 1937 to Donna Jarvis and William Simmons in Greenville, SC. While Charley was growing up, the family lived in many interesting places including Puerto Rico and Hawaii because of his father’s work with the Soil Conservation Service. They finally settled in Spencer, WV where Charley, his brother Bill and sister Susan all graduated from...

Anna Jean (Caldwell) Ghormley

Anna Jean (Caldwell) Ghormley

Apr 28, 2019

Even though she did not live in Seattle, she was born in Seattle at Providence Hospital on Feb. 16, 1923 to Vernie Bradley and Ellen Bridget Caldwell. The family lived in Steilacoom, WA from 1923 to 1930 at which time they moved to 26th and Alder in Tacoma, WA where Vern owned and operated a small grocery store. In 1935,...

Melanie Lee Clauson

Melanie Lee Clauson

Apr 27, 2019

Melanie Lee Clauson was born in 1953 in Tacoma, WA, and passed away at her home on April 27, 2019 surrounded by family. Melanie was born to Floyd and Charlotte Soule. She was the fourth of four children. Melanie’s father was in the Army and she and her family grew up in many places, before settling down in Port Orchard....

Lowell C. Blankenship

Lowell C. Blankenship

Apr 17, 2019

Lowell Christopher Blankenship was born in 1963 in Bremerton, WA, and passed away peacefully on April 18, 2019, at his home in Port Orchard, WA. He was preceded in death by his by his mother, Sharon Kay (Main) Blankenship. He is survived by his father Gary and step mother Chris of Bremerton, brother, Adam of Tacoma; sister, Ellen, of Cannon...

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