Gertrude was born on February 16, 1922 in Kippenhein, Germany. She passed away in her home in Port Orchard on June 27, 2018. She is survived by her sons; Rinor Ross, Gerry Ross, Steven Ross and Michael Ross as well as her grandchildren Carly Ross and Joshua Ross. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald Ross on March...
It is with great sadness that the family of Shirley Ann Pugh announces her passing on June 25, 2018 at the age of 83 years (young). She was preceded in death by her parents, Monte and Dorothy Keough, husband Robert Carlman, husband James Pugh, granddaughter Rashelle Carlman, and brother in-law Patrick McManus. She is survived by her sisters Norma (husband...
Richard Alan Hargrave, 84, of Port Orchard, Wash., passed away peacefully June 24, 2018 at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton, Wash. Mr. Hargrave is a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars, where he earned several medals, including the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He was born in Yuba City, Calif., to William and Jean (Anderson) Hargrave. They moved to...
William C. Balyeat Sr. (Bill) 89, Passed Away on June 24, 2018. He battled a Heart Condition but still lived a full life of travel, family activity and boating. He was born on in Port Angeles, Washington to Earl and Vannie Balyeat. Bill is survived by his beloved wife Mary Ann. He is also survived by 2 sons, William Jr....
Denise went to be with the lord June 23, 2018 surrounded by her loving family. Denise was born April 17, 1954 in Stonewall, Manitoba. She married in June 1976 to Gary McGaughey. Denise was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She loved to spend time with her family, especially her children and grandchildren. Denise spent her working career as a...
Joseph Lloyd Sherk, 75, of Bremerton, died June 23 from complications of Alzheimer’s. Joe was born to Lloyd and Evelyn Sherk on June 6, 1943 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. When a childhood bout of rheumatic fever derailed his early athletic aspirations, he decided if he couldn’t play sports, he’d write about them. After graduating from South Kitsap High School in 1961,...
Donna Fay Harty was born August 3, 1938 to her parents Hewitt Oliver “Hoop” and Mamie Lucile (Graham) Robinson, in Missoula, Montana. They moved to Port Orchard Washington in 1941, where she grew up. She graduated from South Kitsap High School in 1956. After graduation she found a lifelong love for boating and the water with her future husband. In...
Terry Richard Hale Age 72, passed away unexpectedly from natural causes on Monday, June 18th, doing what he loved. He was riding his mountain bicycle in Port Townsend with grade-school buddies, doing a 15-mile ride. Born and raised in Tacoma, he leaves behind his loving family and wife of 50 years, Ragnhild (Roni) Hale. Terry retired as the Director of...
McGee, Jack H. ~ Of Port Orchard, WA age 92 died Sunday June 17, Father's Day 2018 at Harrison Memorial Hospital Bremerton. Jack was born at home in Flint Michigan April 19, 1926, the son or Arile and Doris (nee Hackett) McGee . Jack lived in Flint and on a beautiful farm in Linden MI , retiring in Port Orchard...
My mother, Charla Miles was born on September 14th 1929 to Fredrick Rudolph Bauer and Mary Rose Webb in Lead, South Dakota. She was born with a twin sister who passed away at an early age. She also had an older sister, Darlene and an older brother, Kenneth. Every time we would complain about our food my mother would remind...
James Roger Jones passed away the morning of June 12, 2018 of a heart attack. He was born March 14, 1933 in Tacoma, Washington to Wallace B. Jones and Veronica Ruth(La Plante) Jones. Jim attended Clover Park High School. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in January of 1951. As soon as he turned 18, he was sent over to...
Russell O. Barringer, 95, of Port Orchard, passed away on June 12, 2018. Russell was born in Ruthven, Iowa on May 14th, 1923. He was the fifth of five children born to Leroy and Hallie Barringer. He quit school at a young age to work on the family farm and joined the Army during WW#2. After the Army he discovered...
Beloved: Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, Sister, Daughter and Friend. Jana Lou Strotz, 75, of Bremerton, WA, went home to be with Jesus on June 11th 2018. She lived at Stafford Belmont, Bremerton, WA. She was born August 24, 1942 in Blackwell, OK, to Alvin Charles and Laura Evelyn (Dirham) Steele. She is preceded in death by her parents, two brothers,...
Andrew Loch, 92, of Port Orchard, went to be with his Lord and Savior, June 11, 2018. Andrew was born June 6, 1926 in Bemidji, Minnesota, the son of Peter Loch and Katherine Smitch. He married Colette Loch, June 26, 1963 in Port Orchard. They are the parents of six children, Thomas Andrew (Geni) Loch of Tacoma, Peter David (Pam...
Madison Meredith Saling Beautiful 16 year old girl Sweet 16 Madison was on the school honor role at South Kitsap High School and Cedar Heights Middle School. Madison was a peer mediator at Burley Glenwood Elementary. She was member of AVID at South Kitsap and really still is. She has always been a good student and her teachers respected and...
James ‘Jim’ Thomas Hasslinger died on June 10, 2018 at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, WA at 3:10pm. At 76 years of age, he died following the somewhat sudden onset of an, as of yet, unexplained illness. He was surrounded by family at the time of death. Jim was the second of three children born to Bernard Lawrence Hasslinger (deceased)...
Aalijah Grace Neujahr was born on Friday, June 8, at 7:55 a.m. to parents Paul and Christina Neujahr at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Tacoma. She weighed 3 pounds and was 16.5 inches long. Aalijah’s name means Yahweh is God. Shortly after Aalijah was born it was discovered that she was born with a rare fatal chromosomal disorder called Triploidy....
Gary Leigh Wernet age 75, passed away on June 10, 2018. Gary called Kitsap County home for most of his life. He was born in Mason City, Iowa May 30, 1943 to Leonard and Leona Wernet. Gary moved his young family from Iowa to Washington in 1967. He worked for Boeing until starting his career in public service as a...
David passed away at St. Anthony’s Hospital. He is preceded in death in his wife Jonell. David is survived by a brother Jerald, sons Rick and Kirk, grandsons Denis and Sean.
James Shepard, 75 of Port Orchard, went to be with his Lord and Saviour on June 6, 2018. Jim was born on 22 April 1943 in Norfolk, Virginia to Harry Shepard and Thulla Thomas. He married Lynn Hershelman on 16 January 1982 after meeting in the Navy at Hospital Corpsman School in Great Lakes, IL. They travelled with the Navy...