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

Donna Lee Soper

Donna Lee Soper

Sep 24, 2013

Donna L. Soper, 67 of Belfair, died in Bremerton, WA September 24, 2013. She was born February 24, 1946 in Bremerton to Nicolas & Lucile Wunder. She married Robert Soper on September 7, 1974 in Gorst, WA. Donna was a homemaker who enjoyed painting. She was a member of Gorst Community Baptist Church and a volunteer at Belfair Food Bank....

Doris Roberts

Doris Roberts

Sep 22, 2013

Doris Roberts of Bremerton died on her 97th birthday on Sunday Sep 22nd at Bay Pointe Retirement Community surrounded by family. Doris was born in Roscoe MO to William and Edith (Breeden) Fullerton. The family moved to Bozeman MT where she grew up, married her childhood sweetheart, Wendell, and raised a family of three girls. Doris was an avid gardener...

Waldon Laverne Smith

Waldon Laverne Smith

Sep 22, 2013

Waldon Laverne Smith, 81, of Port Orchard passed away peacefully Sunday Evening at Retsil Veteran’s Home. He was born in Donnybrook, North Dakota to Waldon and Irene Smith. On Aug. 28, 1958, he married the love of his life, Sylvia Carol Smith in San Francisco. Waldon, a decorated Army war veteran, spent 20 + years serving his country earning The...

Charlotte Louie Meeks

Charlotte Louie Meeks

Sep 17, 2013

Charlotte Louie Meeks died on Sept 17, 2013 surrounded by family members. She was born on Jan 8, 1924 in Wapato, WA to Samuel and Louie (Storbakken) Kocher and was one of five children. She was preceded in death by her parents, her siblings Arthur, Lorena and Loretta, her husbands Roy Lindberry and Loren Meeks, her son Steven Lindberry, her...

Lois Lorraine Zirkle

Lois Lorraine Zirkle

Sep 16, 2013

Lois Lorraine Zirkle, 77, of Port Orchard WA, formerly of Colfax, WA, died peacefully in her sleep September 16th, 2013 with her family by her side. Lois was born December 29, 1935 to Lloyd and Mildred Bridgewater in Colfax, WA. She graduated from Columbia Academy High School in 1953. Lois worked in Federal Service for the Navy as a medical...

David Oliveira Carvalho

David Oliveira Carvalho

Sep 13, 2013

David Oliveira Carvalho of Port Orchard, WA passed away at his home on Friday afternoon, Sept. 13, 2013, after a long courageous battle with cancer. David, 48, was born in Fall River, MA Aug. 3, 1965, to Maciel and Maria Carvalho. He was raised there and in Westport, MA with his siblings, brother Michael and sister Jessica. In 1981 they...

Albert "Bert" Lee Miller

Albert "Bert" Lee Miller

Sep 10, 2013

Albert (Bert) Lee Miller died on September 10, 2013 following a 19 year battle with cancer. He was born in Denver Colorado, January 19, 1941 to Robert and Dorothy (Speicher) Miller. He lived part of his childhood in Lodi California, and then moved to Bremerton Washington where he graduated from West High School in 1959. He married Patricia Mae Bard...

Bertha Lou Welch

Bertha Lou Welch

Sep 7, 2013

Bertha Lou Welch of Port Orchard May 20, 1938 to September 7, 2013 Beloved wife, mother, nana, sister, aunt and friend passed away surrounded by family on September 7. Born in Oklahoma in 1938 to Oscar & Maude Lebo, she moved with her family to Bremerton in 1943. She graduated Bremerton High School in 1956 and went on to Olympic...

Thorn W Cheyney Jr

Thorn W Cheyney Jr

Sep 5, 2013

On September 5, 2013 our Lord called Thorn W. Cheyney Jr. home. Thorn passed peacefully with the family at his bedside at the U of W Medical Center. Thorn gave everything he had to overcome his condition, but his time on earth had come to an end. When Thorn was five years old his family moved here to Washington State...

Barbara Fay Quick

Barbara Fay Quick

Sep 5, 2013

Barbara Fay Quick (Dones), 80, died September 5, 2013 at her residence in Port Orchard. Barbara was born July 30, 1933, in Fairmont, Minn to Fay and Hazel Rundle. On February 20, 1980 she married Robert Quick in San Diego CA. In her younger adult years Barbara trained and taught riding lessons in Port Orchard Wa. After retiring she loved...

Persime "Amy" Gervacio Andrews

Persime "Amy" Gervacio Andrews

Sep 2, 2013

Persime “Amy” Gervacio Andrews, 71 of Olalla, died in Gig Harbor on September 2, 2013. She was born May 20, 1942 in the Philippines to Aproniano & Juana (Zabala) Gervacio. She married Jimmy Dale Andrews September 1, 1968 in the Philippines. Amy loved gardening, camping, fishing, and animals. She especially loved spending time with her grandchildren who called her “Lola”....

Margaret Lucille Lewandowski

Margaret Lucille Lewandowski

Sep 2, 2013

Margaret (Lucille) Lewandowski, a longtime resident of Port Orchard, died peacefully in her sleep on Monday, September 2, 2013 at the age of 90 with her devoted husband at her side. Born February 24, 1923 in Bismarck, North Dakota, she was the only child of Paul and Monica Robidou. It was love at first sight when she met Stanley, her...

Barbara J Dahl

Barbara J Dahl

Aug 30, 2013

Barbara Dahl passed away August 30 at Orchard Pointe Memory Care in Port Orchard under Hospice care. She was 88 years old. She was born October 21, 1924 in Allyn, WA. She was the eighth of nine children born to John and Johanna Reed. As a child the Reed family traveled around to different towns as her father found work...

Selma Gunhild Digerness

Selma Gunhild Digerness

Aug 30, 2013

Selma Gunhild Digerness, 95, of Port Orchard passed away Friday, August 30, 2013. Born May 13, 1918, in Ray, North Dakota, she was the daughter of Halvor T. and Clara Elaine (Hovdenes) Digerness. During World War II, she worked as a welder at the Eagle Harbor Shipyard on Bainbridge Island. In 1948 after returning to North Dakota, Selma relocated to...

Chuck Fredrickson

Chuck Fredrickson

Aug 30, 2013

Chuck Fredrickson, 77 of Port Orchard, died at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on August 30, 2013. He was born September 18, 1935 in Denver, CO to Arthur & Ruth (Smith) Fredrickson. He graduated from Vacaville HS in 1953 and married Edith on October 1, 1954 in Seattle. Chuck worked for the City of Seattle as an Automotive Machinist from...

Grace Ann Ellis

Grace Ann Ellis

Aug 26, 2013

Grace Ann Ellis was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister who will be missed by many whose lives she touched. She passed away peacefully in her sleep on August 26, 2013 at her home in Port Orchard, Washington. She was born on March 10, 1943 in Burlington, Washington to Elmer Knutzen and Helen VanDusen Knutzen. She graduated valedictorian from...

Robert Kenneth Freimuth

Robert Kenneth Freimuth

Aug 25, 2013

Robert K. Freimuth, 65 of Port Orchard, died August 25, 2013. He was born in Watertown, SD on August 24, 1948 to Clarence & Doris (Hillestad) Freimuth. He graduated from South Kitsap HS in 1971 and Olympic College in 1972. Robert worked as CEO for United Food and Commercial Workers Union for 30 Years. He was President of Alaska, Spokane...

Jennifer Jo Kono

Jennifer Jo Kono

Aug 25, 2013

Jennifer Kono, 51, of Port Orchard died August 25th at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton. Jennifer was born May 1, 1962 in Windom, Mn to Gerald & Lorraine (Ross) Halverson. On March 17, 1984 she married Alan Kono who died in 2005. Jennifer was a Pharmacy Tech for Group Health for 23years. She left Group Health after Al's death and...

Amelia Julia Nalley

Amelia Julia Nalley

Aug 23, 2013

Amelia “Mimi” Julia Nalley, 91, died in Port Orchard on August 23, 2013. She was born December 14, 1921 in Hollywood, California to Alex & Catherine (Morbelli) Cuneo. She graduated from Hollywood High School in 1939 and married Robert L Nalley September 25, 1946. He preceded her in death in 1989. Mimi worked as a Surgery Scheduler for more than...

Ashleigh Camille Williams

Ashleigh Camille Williams

Aug 22, 2013

Ashleigh Camille Williams "Sweetest One" was born June 16th, 1992 in Tacoma Washington to Jesse and Tammy Williams. Ashleigh was raised in Port Orchard Washington, graduated from South Kitsap High School and received her A.A. through Running Start. Ashleigh then attended Baylor University in Texas and studied abroad at St. Andrews in Scotland. Ashleigh graduated from Baylor University with a...

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