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Donald Earl Collins
Jul 12, 2016
Donald Earl Collins, was born in Newton, Iowa on March 31, 1932. He was the sixth child born to Forrest Malcom Collins and Sarah Anne Dew. Don had 9 brothers and sisters in all: 94 year old Margery Ives lives in Port Orchard, Washington,.the following siblings presided him in death: Maxine Burk, lived all her life in Iowa. Dale Oliver,...
Margaret J. Dyer
Jul 9, 2016
Margaret Janice Dyer (Matteson) was born August 29, 1940 in Ortinville, Minn. She passed away on July 9, 2016 from multiple organ failure at St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor, Wa. she was preceded in death by her granddaughter Piper Ann Lowery, Twin sister Muriel workman, Oldest sister Beverly Port, mother Muriel Collette (Matteson) and father Percy Matteson. She is...
John "Ron" Hull
Jul 9, 2016
Ron, as he was known by, was born to John W. and Nina Hull on April 23, 1946 in Bremerton. He was the oldest of three boys. After school, Ron followed his older cousin Greg’s lead and joined the Navy in 1966. Ron planned to be a submariner but discovered the world of Navy Salvage Diving while stationed on his...
Charles "Chuck" Slaughter
Jul 1, 2016
Charles Slaughter, affectionately known as Chuck, was born in Streator, IL on February 2, 1947 to Charles R. and Betty B. (Snow) Slaughter. While serving in the Navy, on board USS Orion, (AS-18), a Submarine Tender normally of the Atlantic Fleet, moored for a while in Bremerton at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. It was during that temporary availability for his...
Gloria Kay Nelson
Jul 1, 2016
Gloria "Kay" Nelson, of Port Orchard WA died at Harrison Medical Center, surrounded by her family after a quick but hard fought battle with metastatic colon cancer. She was 77 years old. The oldest and only daughter of Harold and Dorothy Knutsen, formerly of Port Orchard, she was born in Yankton, South Dakota, June 24, 1939. Kay moved with her...
Stacy Ellen Peabody
Jun 30, 2016
Stacy Ellen Peabody, of Olalla, Washington, passed peacefully at home on June 30 after a very brief, but valiant battle with primary liver cancer. Stacy was loved by her many friends and family and will be forever missed. Stacy was born on February 2, 1950, to her parents Gerard C. R. Peabody and Virginia Kimball Peabody, at Fort Lawton Army...
Helen Edna Ristvet
Jun 27, 2016
Helen was born in Seattle, WA. She attended Brighton Public School in Rainer Valley. She completed all studies and was promoted up to Franklin High School. Her final year at Brighton, she achieved perfect attendance. On June 13, 1935 she graduated from high school. Helen married James Lloyd Kingston in 1937, he passed away on August 15, 1960. Her daughter...
Kristina Spangler
Jun 27, 2016
Kristina Spangler was born October 22, 1956 to Edwin and Ingeborg Buckheim in Los Angeles, CA. Growing up in Palm Springs, CA she sang opera as a child and modeled during her teenage years. She fell in love with animals and wanted to be a veterinarian. She participated in Marine Biology research trips to the Sea of Cortez. She raised...
Juanita Gumataotao San Agustin Babauta
Jun 23, 2016
Juanita Guamtaotao San Agustin Babauta also known as Beady was born on January 31, 1956 in Anigua, Guam. She graduated from George Washington High School. Retired from the Government of Guam, Public Works department as an Administrative Clerk 25 years ago. Beady entered her new life in heaven on June 23, 2016 at the age of 60 in Tacoma, Washington...
William "Bill" Ross Clarke
Jun 18, 2016
William (Bill) Ross Clarke (Port Orchard), 70, died unexpectedly of natural causes and went Home on June 18, 2016. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Clarke of Bremerton; daughters, Karen (Michael-Paul) Koontz of Port Orchard and Ellen (Brock) Moller of Bremerton, and grandsons, Brennan and Tyler Koontz and Braxton and Briggs Moller. Also survived by his sister Mary (Michael)...
Leslie Norene Jones
Jun 16, 2016
Leslie Jones of Port Orchard passed into the arms of her loving Savior June 16, 2016 surrounded by her family. She was born October 8, 1942 in Bremerton, Washington to Norman and Marie (Teitzel) Whitcomb. Leslie grew up in Manchester, Washington, attended South Kitsap schools, graduating from South Kitsap High School, class of 1960. After high school Leslie worked at...
Dixie D. Norton
Jun 14, 2016
Dixie was born & raised in Muncie Indiana. She grew up in a little 2 bedroom house that was originally a garage. She shared a very small bedroom with her sister and 2 brothers. The boys shared the top bunk and the girls shared the bottom bunk. However there was always family coming and staying with them which meant the...
Donald (Don) L. Winn
Jun 12, 2016
On June 12, 2016, Don lost his life after a short stay in a nursing home. Don was born October 29, 1931 to Durward F. Winn and Leona Winn in Colton, Nebraska. He graduated from Grants Pass High School in 1949, where he belonged to the ROTC. He joined the Army in 1952 until 1954, during that time he served...
Leroy F. Carlson
Jun 3, 2016
Leroy Frederick Carlson, 93, of Port Orchard, WA, went home to God on Friday, June 3, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Gig Harbor, WA. Leroy was born on December 24, 1922, in Yakima, Washington, where he was raised on the family farm and apple orchard. From an early age, he was both athletic and intensely studious. As a child, in...
Ruth Elizabeth Brooks
Jun 2, 2016
Ruth Elizabeth (Sowell) Brooks, 101 of Bremerton, died June 2, 2016. She was born in Wichita Falls, Texas on June 23, 1914. She was preceded in death by her husband William Maxwell Brooks; parents William Lewis Sowell and Georgia Narcissus Dearing; and son-in-law Gerald Frank Woehrle. She and Max had 4 children William (Sandra) Brooks, J.P. Max Brooks, Mary (Gerald)...
Florence V Cleofe
May 29, 2016
Florence Graida Verdan was born on April 23, 1947 in Atimonan, Quezon Province, the Philippines. She was born to Vicente and Gracia Verdan and was one of 8 children: Soledad, Juliana, Mario, Melchior, Florence, Divina, Felisa, and Filipina. She married Juancho Cleofe on June 24, 1967. As a navy wife, she and her husband travelled from navy station to navy...
Ethel Lucille Clark
May 26, 2016
Ethel (McInnes) Clark passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 26, 2016, at the age of 93 years old in Port Orchard, Washington. Ethel was born in Allen, Kansas on February 26, 1923. She moved from Kansas to California at the age of 13. After high school graduation she worked at Bank of America and ultimately met Richard (Dick) Ohlson at...
Carol Joann Olsen
May 25, 2016
Carol Olsen loved Jesus and spent her entire life taking care of her family and serving others: her family, church, students, and friends. She passed peacefully from this life into the next on May 25, 2016 in Port Orchard surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 14, 1940 in Sunnyside, Washington, where she grew up on her parents'...
Marla Dawn Lillybridge
May 20, 2016
Marla Dawn (Halvorson) Lillybridge, age 57, passed away at home on May 20, 2016 with loved ones present, following a 2 ½ year battle against triple negative breast cancer. Marla was born November 25, 1958, in Bremerton, WA to Manley and Delores Halvorson. She lived in Port Orchard, WA all her life and attended South Kitsap schools, graduating in 1977...
Robert James Brown
May 16, 2016
In Memory of Airman First Class Robert “Bobby” Brown Robert “Bobby” James Brown was born on December 20, 1995 in Wheat Ridge, Co to Jeff and Valeta Brown. Throughout his life, Bobby lived in several states including Colorado, Oregon, Nevada, Texas, Washington and most recently Alaska. As a result of this, Bobby experienced a wide variety of culture, nature and...
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