Hallie Henkins, passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2012 at Island Health and Rehabilitation center on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was born on March 20, 1915 and was 96 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Benjamin Wainoris, passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2012 at Bailey Manor on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on July 14, 1920 and was 91 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Gary Ed Dennings, Gary Ed Dennings, passed away on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at his home in Silverdale, Washington.
Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend the visitation on Friday, February 3, 2012 at 11:00 AM followed by the funeral service at 12:00 Noon at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints/ Silverdale 4th Ward/Frontier Building. Interment will follow at Mountain view Cemetery in Poulsbo, WA.
Virginia Lee Johnson, passed away on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at her home in Poulsbo, Washington. She was born on July 6, 1920 in Cove Orchard, Oregon. She was 91 years of age.
Virginia lived in Poulsbo for the past eleven years, prior to that she lived in Eglon, Port Gamble and various towns in Oregon as a child. She served as a 4-H leader, Blue Bird and Camp Fire Leader and PTA President (Acorn Award). She was an outstanding mother and friend to many and was famous for her cookies and lemon pies! Virginia married John G. Johnson on June 2, 1939. They lived most of their married life in Eglon where they raised their two daughters. She was the "mom" of the neighborhood and helped raise many nieces and nephews. She also served as legal guardian to Robert (Bob) Cooper.
She was active in her community and church, teaching Sunday School, serving on boards and committees and as the church clerk for 29 years at the Suquamish United Church of Christ. When her husband retired from longshoring they traveled extensively throughout the United States, Europe and Central America. She was proud to say she had visited every state in the US. Following the death of her husband in 2000, she moved to Viking Park in Poulsbo where she resided until her death.
Virginia is survived by her children: Sally (Glenn) Nelson and Barbara Dean of Poulsbo. She also leaves behind her brother Donald Crabtree of Burien, WA, five grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren, also Bob Cooper (Diane) of Eglon, WA and many loving nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband John G. Johnson, parents Byron Crabtree, Sr. and Mary Crabtree, siblings: Byron Crabtree, Jr., Dale Crabtree and Doris Thompson.
Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend the Memorial Service on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 2:00 PM at The Suquamish United Church of Christ. A reception will follow. Memorial contributions can be made to Martha and Mary Health Care Services in Poulsbo. Please sign the online Guest Book for the family.
Dianne Elise Hoff, passed away on Friday, January 20, 2012 at Bailey Manor on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was born on January 31, 1934 and was 77 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Edith Rosetta Wellman, passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at Emeritus at Silverdale in Silverdale, Washington. She was born on June 4, 1916 and was 95 years of age. Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.
John Benjamin Vincent, died on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at The Wyatt House on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on September 1, 1915 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He was 96 years of age.
John was a resident of Bainbridge Island, WA and had also lived in Berkley, California and overseas in India and China. He was educated at Harvard University in Political Science. He later worked as a professional photographer and photo journalist.
John was a WII Veteran. He was a member of the Port Madison Yacht Club, was a summer sailing school instructor, a member of the Bainbridge Island Senior Center and St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. John took the first set of colored photographs of the Buddhist Caves at Tun Huang on the Silk Road in NW China. He was a published author. John will be greatly missed.
He was the beloved husband of Irene Voungehr Vincent for 57 years before she died in 1997. He was a devoted father, grandfather, loving uncle and loyal friend. His passions, in addition to his family and friends, were many and varied. He was a self-described "culture vulture" who particularly enjoyed the ballet, symphony and opera. He as an avid museum-goer. His travels were legendary and there were few places he had not been by the end of his 96 years. He also admitted to having "news-heimers disease" which kept him reading two or three newspapers daily as well as following PBS News. He spent many happy hours reading the newspapers in the Bainbridge Public Library. The Wyatt House became his home and the residents there his extended family during the last years of his life.
John is survived by his children: Jamini Vincent Davies of Pittsburgh, PA, Bronwyn Vincent (Sherwin Cotler) of Olympia, WA, Junda Matson of Oregon, John E. Vincent (Laurie) of Valley Glen, CA. There are six grandchildren: Malindi Nan Davies, Briony Davies Raymond (Luke), John L. Brottem IV (Kathryn Clark), Leif V. Brottem (Florentina), Catherine Matson and Trevor S. Vincent; great-grandchildren: Avery and Alexandra Brottem (twin daughters of John and Kathryn). John also leaves behind numerous nieces and nephews including E. Christopher Vincent (Jennifer) of Mercer Isl., WA, as well as family friends: Barbara Robbins, Kaili and Barry Cannon, George and Lind Carr. He was preceded in death by his dear wife Irene.
Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend the Memorial Service at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church on Bainbridge Island March 31 at 1:00. Memorial contributions can be made to the Bainbridge Island Public Library, 1270 Madison North, BI, WA 98110. Please sign the online Guest Book for the family.
Gloria Gayle Lutz Goller, passed away peacefully in Poulsbo on January 18, 2012. Gloria was born in Mandan, ND on August 17, 1915 to Laura Chapman Lutz and Rolland Ray Lutz. She was the eldest of four children, including Laurie L. Obergottsberger, George C. Lutz, and the late Rolland R. Lutz Jr.
Gloria attended Hamlin University and was a member of PEO Sorority/Sisterhood. In 1937 her family moved to Tacoma, WA. From a very young age Gloria showed musical talent and became well known for her beautiful soprano voice. After hearing her sing on the radio and in his church, a young banker named Louis Goller was captivated. He introduced himself and they soon became engaged and subsequently married January 6, 1940.
In 1948 they moved to Bainbridge Island, where Louis started the Island’s first bank, with Gloria’s encouragement. She became active in music and helped found the Bainbridge Light Opera, which later became Bainbridge Performing Arts. She sang with the Seattle Symphony and after studying in New York, performed concerts. Her interest in religion goes back to many generations of ministers within the family. She and Louis joined St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, where she was life professed as a Franciscan Sister in 1982, after many years as an Associate of that Order. She went on to establish The Little Sisters of St.Clare, a Franciscan Order recognized by the Episcopal Church (USA).
Gloria and Louis raised three sons, David (Lynn) of Hawaii, Jeffrey (Carrie) of Port Ludlow and Joel (Cathryn) of Florida. She was predeceased by a daughter, Karyn, who lived for one day. There are nine grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.
Gloria lived a very full and rewarding life. With three boys, she stayed busy on Bainbridge Island and in later years, she and Louis spent winters in Arizona. After sixty years of marriage, Louis passed away in 2000 and she stayed active until she became incapacitated by a fall. She touched countless lives, was much loved and will be missed by many.
Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral Service on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 1:00 PM at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church on Bainbridge Island. Interment will follow at Kane Cemetery on the Island. A reception will be held at the church. Instead of flowers, remembrances may be made to the St. Barnabas Building Fund.
Richard S. White, was born in New York City in 1920 to Margaret Connick and Paul Marcy White. He graduated from Phillips Academy (Andover), Hamilton College and Yale Law School, where he was a member of the board of the Yale Law Journal and won the prize for best mock court presentation to a jury.
With the outbreak of World War II, Rich joined the Marine Corps and studied Japanese at the U.S. Navy Language School at the University of Colorado in Boulder. He became a Marine combat intelligence officer serving with the 28th Marine Regiment, which captured Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. As he put it, Rich was "lucky enough to survive." He was awarded a Bronze Star for his efforts at talking Japanese soldiers out of their caves (oral advocacy at its best). His interpretation of a captured Japanese map disclosing details of the defenses on Mt. Suribachi materially aided the successful conclusion of the battle.
After completing his military service with a stint in peacetime Japan, Rich finished law school at Yale in 1946 and left New York "for the wilds of the Pacific Northwest." He was admitted to the Washington bar in 1947.
In 1952 Rich joined the Seattle law firm now known as Helsell Fetterman LLP. His long and distinguished career as a commercial litigator at that firm for six decades emphasized construction, utilities and antitrust work. His antitrust work included cases in the flour, sugar, milk, telephone, beer, whiskey, beef, sports, timber, mint oil, peat moss and cruise ship industries, among others. Rich also represented the City of Seattle as special counsel for the construction of Gorge Dam and in contractor claims for City Light involving Ross Powerhouse and raising Diablo Dam on the Skagit River, and in obtaining Federal Power Commission licenses for Boundary Dam and High Ross Dam.
Rich liked to say that he never had a dull moment since he started practicing law and never regretted leaving Manhattan for the Northwest. He passed away on January 17, 2012, after a short illness. An active attorney right up until the end, Rich's hard work, integrity and vigorous advocacy were an inspiration to everyone who knew him. He was loved and admired by colleagues and adversaries alike for his good humor and personal warmth.
With his years of service in the military and decades spent upholding justice, Rich lived a life dedicated to his family, his community and his country.
Rich is survived by his daughters Sarah, Chris, Meg and Mary and son Sam, grandchildren James, Kate, Kelsey and Julian, stepchildren Palmer and Polly Pettersen, and Palmer's children Mick, Piper and Erin. Rich was preceded in death by his first wife Kathrin ("Kaki") and his second wife Sue, and by his daughter Ann, and his death was followed shortly thereafter by the death of his daughter-in-law Nita.
A celebration of Rich's life is planned for Saturday, February 18, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, 1310 Madison Avenue, Bainbridge Island. A reception will follow the service, at a location to be announced. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be sent to the "Richard S. White Fellowship" fund, c/o Helsell Fetterman LLP, 1001 Fourth Avenue, Suite 4200, Seattle, WA 98154. The fund was established in 2010 in honor of Rich and his desire to encourage diversity in the study of law.
Curtis G. Bradford, passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2012 at His Residence Kingston, Washington. He was born on December 09, 1945 and was 66 years of age. Arrangement are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Daniel A. Garcia, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 14 at Wyatt House on Bainbridge Island, where he had been a resident for the past two years.
Dan was born in Sacramento, California in 1929, the fourth and last child of Cornelio and Consuelo (Melendez) Garcia. Dan and his siblings Manny, Jess and Mary grew up in Chicago, Illinois, where Dan attended St. Ignatius High School, and received a rigorous education that included Greek and Latin. Dan adored his older brothers, who both saw action during World War II, Manny as an Air Force pilot and instructor, and Jess as an Army paratrooper.
Dan attended college and then Loyola University Dental School, where he met and fell in love with Judith Mejias of San Juan, Puerto Rico, the only female student in the class of 400 students. Judith and Dan married in Chicago, and after his Army service during the Korean War, they settled in San Juan, where they opened a dental practice. Dan called his time in Puerto Rico “an eternal vacation” and in 1956 and 1957, welcomed daughters Marla and Denise.
In 1964, the family moved to Boston, Massachusetts, so that Dan and Judith could attend Tufts University Dental School for post-graduate degrees. Dan also attended the Harvard School of Public Health, where he earned an additional degree. He became part of the faculty of Harvard Dental School and a research scientist, focusing on the development of permanent, artificial tooth material. In 1975, Dan and Judith divorced. Judith preceeded Dan in death in 1999.
Upon retirement, Dan moved to Spain, where he spent 14 of the happiest years of his life. In Sitges, he met Isabel Erni, of St. Gallen Switzerland. Fluent in 6 languages, Isabel shared a love of classical music and Spanish culture with Dan. They moved to Sant Cugat, near Barcelona and spent many years enjoying trips to all parts of Spain, as well as Switzerland, Germany, Portugal, Italy and England. Dan was able to realize a lifelong dream, when he and Isabel attended a concert at the Berlin Philharmonic hall, “an ultra modern architectural gem, with perfect acoustics” in Dan’s words.
In 2007, Isabel passed away, and Dan returned to the United States, eventually settling on Bainbridge Island, with daughter Denise, son-in-law Eric Schmidt and granddaughter Lina Schmidt.
Dan loved his years on Bainbridge Island. An avid reader and student of history- particularly WWII and the Vietnam War- Dan spent many hours at the library. He enjoyed numerous concerts at Benaroya Hall and loved to poke around the shops of Winslow. In 2009, Dan, along with family and friends, took a last trip to Barcelona, revisiting his favorite tapas bars, shops, museums and archeological sites. Throughout the two weeks, he regaled us with stories, with his inimitable dry wit. It was a whirlwind trip and one that we who were fortunate to accompany him, will never forget.
Dan leaves behind his daughters, Marla and Denise, son-in-laws Steve Ehler and Eric Schmidt, and beloved granddaughters, Emily Ehler and Lina Schmidt. Dan was very proud of his extended family, including numerous nieces and nephews.
Our heartfelt appreciation goes to the staff at Wyatt House for their tender and compassionate care over the past two years.
Family and friends are invited to attend a reception on Friday, January 20, 2012 at 12:30 PM at The Wyatt House.
In lieu of flowers, please make any donations in Dan’s name to the Bainbridge Island branch of the Kitsap Regional Library. Sign the online Guest Book for the family.
Lorna Hill, passed away on Friday, January 13, 2012 at her home in Poulsbo, Washington. She was born on April 15, 1934 and was 77 years of age.
She was a member of the Suquamish Tribe and raised in Indianola, WA along with her six siblings.
She enjoyed hiking through the woods and making new trails. Her favorite thing to do was swim at the Indianola dock in the Summers. She was an excellent harvester when it came to Clam digging or Fishing. She found her love of Catalog Shopping at a young age she would sit for hours putting together outfits from various vendors. She moved to Seattle in her mid 30's to finish raising her children.
She spent half of her life at home on the Rez and the other half in Seattle, moving home to the Rez in the final years of her life where she found her first job as a Greeter at the Clearwater Casino. There she would meet many new friends and become reacquainted with old ones. Her fellow employees gave her the nickname "Hollywood" as she was always dressed as one with absolute style and her trademark shades! She was considered by many as "Mom" or "Grandma".
She enjoyed her travels with the tribal elders especially her best friend Betty Peck, traveling with her sons to Florida (Bryan) Hawaii (George). She was an absolute animal lover having an average of no less then 10 pets at a time mostly cats/dogs and an occasional rat or hedgehog. She enjoyed yard/garage sailing and going to her favorite stores Ross/Goodwill, when not working/shopping she enjoyed working in her beautiful gardens and decorating the house. Her favorite shows were Criminal Minds, Law Order, CSI Miami; Vegas; New York, ID Tv, the History Channel and of course Channel 9. She loved music from the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, Eminem, Tupac, Big Band music and of course Elvis!
She loved all of her Grand/Great/Great Great Grand Children immensely. Even in her final months She lived her life in the moment never fearing the inevitable. Lorna is survived by her siblings: Marilyn Wandrey (Doug) and CeCelia Hawk both of Suquamish, children: Bryan R. Gladstone (Julia) of Port Orchard, WA, Clyf H. Gladstone and Mark A. Lewis (Lisa) of Suquamish, Bardow M. Lewis of Seattle, Carey J. Webster of Poulsbo, Matthew K. Hawk (Kim) of Suquamish, George C. Hill Jr. (Debra) of Indianola and Angela A. Hill of Poulsbo. She also leaves behind her best friend and travel companion Betty Peck. Lorna was preceded in death by her parents Lawrence "Web" Webster and Mary Webster, siblings: Lawrence Webster Jr., Clifford Webster, Dennis Webster also her husband George C Hill Sr. and son David Scott Hill.
Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend the visitation on Sunday, January 22, 2012 from 11 AM - 12:45 PM at The Suquamish Community House in Suquamish, WA. The funeral will begin at 1:00 PM. A reception will follow the service. Please sign the online Guest Book for the family.
Carol Jean Willits, 92, of Bainbridge Island WA, passed away January 11 2012, at Harrison Hospital, Silverdale WA, after a brief illness. Carol is survived by her husband of 62 years, Don, also of Bainbridge Island WA; her son Christopher, his wife Elizabeth, and their daughters Natalie and Grace, all of Bainbridge Island; and her son Patrick, his wife Debra, their daughter Samantha, and their son Orion, all of Ridgway CO.
Carol was born to Emery and Leda Fae Whitaker of Shell Rock IA on September 27 1919. She graduated from Waverly (IA) High School in 1937, and shortly thereafter left the family farm to move to California. After World War II, Carol moved to Pomona CA to attend Thorn Business College. She met her future husband and life-long partner-to-be Don at the Willows Lounge in West Covina CA in 1948. They married in Santa Maria CA on December 17, 1949, and honeymooned in Santa Barbara CA.
Carol and Don began married life in Covina CA, where they lived, worked, and raised their two sons, until retiring in 1986. They moved to Lake Wohink, near Florence OR, in 1991, and to the Madison Avenue Retirement Center on Bainbridge Island in 2006. During their time in Covina, Carol worked and later managed Fidelity Land Escrow Co, Covina Branch, 1956-1968; managed South Hills Escrow Corp, Covina Branch 1968-1978; and owned and managed with her husband Don the Heritage Escrow Co, Covina, 1978-1986.
Carol was a member of the Covina Women’s Club, the Eastern Star, the Florence OR Elks Club, the Florence RV Club, and the Peace Harbor (Florence OR) Hospital Guild. In her professional life, Carol was renowned for her diligent work ethic, extreme attention to detail, personal service, and highest standards of honesty. In her personal life, she and Don will be remembered for quietly and unceremoniously choosing to serve as benefactors to provide for the college education of one of their young employees, Lilly Lu, of Monterey Park CA.
Among her family and friends, Carol will be remembered for her always smiling and caring joi d’vivre, and her never faltering love and devotion to those she loved. Carol literally never said a negative word about a friend or loved one. She was the queen of positive thinking. She will be remembered for her fondness for neatness, organization, white and blush wines, lobster, all things the color purple, her love for Don, and her unwavering love for her two sons. Indeed, the only thing on earth Carol loved more than her two sons were the women they married and the grandchildren they gave her.
A memorial service celebrating Carol’s life was held at the Madison Avenue Retirement Center, Bainbridge Island, on Sunday, January 15 2012.
Elvera Ina Dawson, known to her friends and relatives as “Evy”, was born of Finnish parents in Ironwood, Michigan in 1917. She came west at the age of 21. In 1941 Evy married Alfred Dawson and settled in Long Beach, California where they lived for 65 years. They had two sons, Christopher and Mark. When Alfred died in 2006 Evy moved to Bainbridge Island, Washington to be close to Mark and his family. Evy is survived by her son Mark (Rebecca), daughter-in-law Michal Ann, grandson Brian (Cecilia), granddaughters Marcey (Keith), Deva and Bryn, and five great grandchildren.
Evy was an avid reader throughout her life. She wrote both prose and poetry. She particularly enjoyed writing poems for her grandchildren. Evy was well known as an advocate for peace and helped create the Long Beach Peace Forum. Until she moved north, she was an active member of the Democratic Women's Study Club of Long Beach for many years. Evy always took note of the full moon each month. On the night of her death, January 9, 2012, it was shinning brightly.
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Donations in her remembrance can be made to: YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee Associations Office Chris Dawson Memorial Scholarship Fund 161 West Wisconsin Ave. Suite 4000 Milwaukee WI 53203
Dr. Brantley Holt Jr., died peacefully at home on January 9, 2012 surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Seattle on January 31, 1919. Brantley graduated from Ellensburg High School and went on to Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, graduating with his M.D. in 1943. Brantley served in the Navy during WWII. He moved to Seattle in 1952 and went into private surgical practice until 1986, when he retired to Bainbridge Island.
Brantley was preceded in death by his first wife Theodora Wolcott and his second wife, Anne Corbet Clark. He is survived by his children Brantley Holt III (Bonnie), Wolcott Holt (Elizabeth), Hillary Holt (Ruth), and his step-children Corbet Clark (Myra), Lucy Snow (Shira), Trip Clark (Barbara), Bruce Clark (Paige), and Tom Clark (Kate), sixteen grandchildren, and fifteen great grandchildren. The family wishes to thank Karen Tardiff for her loving support and care of Brantley over the last nine years, and his close friend Kate Webster.
An event celebrating his life will be held in March. The family wishes that any remembrances be made to Helpline House of Bainbridge Island. Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.
Glenn Farrell Vorwerk, passed away on Monday, January 9, 2012 at his home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on December 30, 1929 at Mount Vernon, Washington. He was 82 years of age.
Glenn graduated from Roosevelt High School and the University of Washington. He worked for Puget Sound Energy for 38 years. He was a past member of the Bainbridge Island Rotary Club, the Bainbridge Island and Poulsbo Chamber of Commerce and the Chief Kitsap Lions Club. Glenn was a fun loving person who enjoyed people and conversation. Having lived in Meyers Chuck, Alaska, Bucerias, MX and Yuma, Arizona, Bainbridge Island and the northwest was always considered "home".
He is survived by his spouse Peggy Vorwerk of Bainbridge Island, children: Van Vorwerk (Deanne) of Bothel, WA, Jama Fox (David) of Medina, WA and Nancy Hover (Adam) of Oak Harbor, WA. He also leaves behind his brother Bill Vorwerk (Madeline) of Seattle, WA. There are six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents William and Ruth Vorwerk.
Services will be private. Memorial contributions can be made to a charity of choice. Please sign the online Guest Book for the family
Esther Lauretta Osborne, eighty-eight year old sister, auntie, cousin, friend, registered nurse, cat fancier and health advocate passed away January 7, 2012. Esther Osborne was born July 20, 1923 in Upland, Indiana. She loved life, rode horseback in the wheat fields of North Dakota, cultivated her musical gifts in many church choirs, and developed her scientific skills in various educational venues and professional positions.
After the death of her mother, Mabel Stafsberg Osborne, Jud, North Dakota, Esther lived with her aunts in North Dakota and Iowa, while her father was a minister. When she was eleven, Esther rejoined her father, the Rev. Basil Osborne and stepmother Sylvia Strom Osborne, a teacher in their North Dakota hometown. Three sisters were born to the family in which Esther loved and respected. After receiving her nursing training in Idaho in 1945, she accepted the call for Army nurses during the Second World War. She worked in Alaska with the United States Health Department for six years. Upon leaving Alaska, she returned to her home in Seattle. She worked twenty-years of clinical nursing with the Veterans Administration and worked for Boeing as a clinical nurse at various sites around Seattle. She was well respected and loved for her precision and memory of medical data. From the early 1970’s she became a Siamese Cat breeder. She was proud of her Orientals and she enjoyed taking them to shows where they would win many ribbons. She was an avid member of Cat Fancy Association where she met many of her friends. Esther’s lovely voice and gracious manner was known in the choir at First Covenant Church in Seattle, Washington where she worshipped and sang.
Her three sisters are Vera Osborne Patten of Windsor, California, Polly Ann Osborne Naylor of Murrieta, California and Joy Osborne of Berkeley, California. They will miss her keen sense of humor, gift of music, and astute medical knowledge. There is a constellation of nieces, nephews and cousins that continue to honor Esther. She truly appreciated the support and love of all of her friends and helpful neighbors.
A Celebration of Life will be held at the First Covenant Church of Seattle, 400 East Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98122-3616 (206-322-7411) January 21, 2012 at 10 am and internment of ashes will be near her mother in North Dakota. Any memorial gifts honoring Esther Osborne may be sent to Seattle Union Gospel Mission or Wycliff Bible Translators.
Inez Angeline Rogers, passed away on Friday, January 6, 2012 at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Washington. She was born on April 24, 1942 in Centralia, Washington and was 69 years of age.
Inez worked as the senior cook for 15 years for the Port Gamble S'Klallam Elders.She loved flowers, birds, family, friends and God. Inez enjoyed watching birds feed from her bird feeders. She also enjoyed sitting at the beach with her family and laughter and peace. She was a special person who loved everyone and will be dearly missed.
Inez is survived by her children: Gary Wellman (Tracy) and Sheree Fulton (Mickey) of Little Boston, also Ronald Rogers of Seattle and Lee-Ann Rogers of Little Boston. She also leaves behind her sisters: Rose Purser and Betty George and her many loving nieces and nephews and close family and friends. She has 17 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Inez was preceded in death by her parents: Fred J and Inez L Wellman, brother: Fred Terry Wellman, twin sisters: Darlene Seachord and Marlene Moran and daughter Misty L. Rogers.
Family and friends are invited to attend the Memorial Service on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 1:00 PM at The Port Gamble Gym. Please sign the online Guest Book for the family.
Kit S. Taylor, Kit S. Taylor passed away on Friday, January 6, 2012 at his home in Kingston, Washington. He was born on October 11, 1942 and was 69 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Teofilo R. Dosono, passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Washington. He was born on July 17, 1922 and was 89 years of age.
Filo was a World War II Veteran. He enjoyed gardening, reading, music, playing the mandolin, fishing and carpentry. He was a hard worker and very religious.
Filo is survived by his wife Juanita Doliente Dosono of Poulsbo, children: Imelda Dosono (Francisco Fuentez) of Poulsbo, Natividad (Bob) Leitz of Sequim, Saturnino (Rowena) of Poulsbo/Bainbridge, Florencio (Susan) of Poulsbo, Teresita (Francis) Barcena of Poulsbo, grandchildren: Gary (Olive) Arreola of Poulsbo, Archie (Shirley) Arreola of Poulsbo, Nona Grace Arreola (Jon Fairless) of Burien, Richard Kevin Dosono of Bainbridge, Kenny Dosono of Bainbridge, Heidi Anne Dosono of Poulsbo, Lesly Marie Barcena of Poulsbo, great-grandchildren: Marck Leonard Arreola of Poulsbo, Kimberly Arreola of Poulsbo and Collin Baker of Burien. He also leaves behind many nieces and nephews: Cathy, Irene, Lea, Glen, Sonya, Marco, Lorena, Josie, Jose, Ben, Rey, Felix, Elmer, Dominic, Lisa, Eddie and all grandchildren and great-grandchildren on his siblings side. He was preceded in death by his parents Edisto and Nicolasa Dosono, siblings: Pantaleon and Thomas Dosono, Asuncion Dosono Donia and Alberto and Felipe Dosono.
Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend the visitation on Friday, January 13, 2012 from 4-9 PM with the Recitation of the Rosary at 7 PM at St. Cecilia Catholic Church on Bainbridge Island. Friends and family will be welcome to share golden memories at 6 PM. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 11:00 AM at the church. Interment will take place at Seabold Cemetery on Bainbridge. A reception will follow at the Filipino American Community Hall. The 9th day Rosary will take place at the Hostmark apartment Community Center at 5pm. Please sign the online Guest Book for the family.
Judge Theodore Ferdinand Spearman Jr., 64, died peacefully January 3, 2012 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with his wife and family at his side. He had been hospitalized since December 7 as a result of complications from a brain aneurysm.
Born in Seattle on January 10, 1947, Ted was adopted as an infant by Theodore Spearman, Sr. (1896-1984) and Nevada Letitia Jane (Roberts) Spearman (1897-2002) of Yakima, the finest parents imaginable for this lucky baby boy. As a young track star, he won the U.S. Junior Olympic championship in the shot put. A 1964 Davis High School graduate and Eagle Scout, he attended Yakima Valley College where he met Marie Annette Mullenneix, both 19 years old in 1966. Stanford University offered a track scholarship and Marie, knowing she had found her soul mate, followed Ted and watched him graduate in 1968. They married May 16, 1969 in Palo Alto, California.
His parents’ ardent work over many decades for the NAACP guided his career of obstinate advocacy for justice. Ted received his Juris Doctor at the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor in 1971, just a few months before their daughter Simone Letitia was born. Offered a partnership in a civil rights law firm in Detroit, Ted first practiced criminal and then civil law. He also enjoyed teaching as an adjunct professor at Wayne State University Law School. As a lawyer in Michigan, Ted successfully pursued civil litigation against the Detroit Police Department in multiple police brutality cases.
In 1983 the family moved back to Washington to be closer to aging parents. While studying for the Washington State Bar exam, Ted worked a summer learning carpentry, plumbing and electrical work with Marie’s Uncle John Mullenneix. Ted’s mother, then in her late 80s, had her son to herself once again.
After two trial runs with law firms in Seattle, Ted decided to captain his own ship as a sole practitioner of civil law on Bainbridge Island. Marie worked alongside as legal assistant, bookkeeper and office manager for 20 years. Ted represented personal injury and civil rights clients, often joining as co-counsel on difficult cases around the state involving police misconduct. Making lifelong friends with many among Bainbridge Island’s “live-aboard” community, Ted was passionate in his efforts to protect their right to moor in Eagle Harbor.
In 1998, Ted was a finalist for appointment as a judge to the United States District Court, Western Division. He was also appointed by the State Supreme Court to the Capital Counsel Qualification Panel, which oversees the development of attorneys qualified for appointment in death penalty cases. In 2004, he was appointed to the Kitsap County Superior Court by Governor Gary Locke and was twice reelected, unopposed. The Kitsap County community welcomed him as their first African American judge.
The best part of being a judge, Ted often said, was formalizing adoptions and presiding over weddings. His passionate work to better his community created lifetime friendships. Through 2010, he mentored a young boy during their lunch hours, and this past November he proudly completed a four-year term as trustee with the Legal Foundation of Washington, an organization promoting equal access to civil justice for low-income people.
Ted’s love of ideas, language and contemplation nearly steered him away from the law and toward graduate studies in philosophy, a lifelong fascination that guided his desire to be vigilant, to be observant and to “be here now.” A self-described student of Dharma, he read voraciously, explored the emotional peaks and troughs of golf, loved music and the natural joys of his Island home.
Always proud of his heritage and his parents’ commitment to racial justice, Ted was foremost a member of our human race. His mother and father’s genetic roots included African, European and Native American ancestry. Only recently did he learn his own genetic heritage combined Russian Jewish with Scots-African of Jamaica, West Indies. Above all else, Ted prized the sacredness of his wife and mate of 42 years, and their family—daughter Simone Spearman, son-in-law Jason Weaver, and granddaughter Saja Spearman Weaver, of Guerneville, California. Meditative and thoughtful, persuasive and kind, Ted lived the full life of a warrior poet.
Memorial services will be held Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. at the Suquamish Community House, Suquamish, Washington. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to the Kitsap County Juvenile Youth Fund, the YWCA of Kitsap County's ALIVE program or the Legal Foundation of Washington.
Longtime lawyer, Bainbridge Islander, civil rights champion and the first African-American to ascend to the Kitsap County Superior Court bench, died Tuesday night due to complications from a brain aneurysm. He was 64.
Appointed by then-Gov. Gary Locke in 2004 and subsequently re-elected twice to the bench, Spearman, a voracious reader, often quoted to his colleagues the principle that guided him more than any other was "to follow his bliss."
In life, he had two blisses: the family he loved and the bench on which he served. The former often shaped the latter. Spearman, who was adopted and raised in Yakima, believed that finishing adoptions was "his peak experience" as a judge, his family says, and that he felt family required love and nurturing, not necessarily genetics.
The 64-year-old, who each day talked with his daughter, Simone, by phone on his morning commute to Port Orchard, loved to reach out to youth in the criminal justice system to help them chart a new, positive course in life. And just as he worked to become a more patient and loving husband, according to daughter Simone, few judges were as compassionate as Spearman to both victim and defendant in a criminal case, according to Kitsap County Prosecutor Russ Hauge. His courtroom decorum was always one of professionalism and respect. "He was such a gentleman," Hauge said. "A consummate trial lawyer, he elevated everybody who practiced in front of him."
A graduate of Stanford University who earned his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 1971, Spearman and his wife, Marie, moved to Bainbridge Island in 1983. Longtime Mason County attorney Rob Wilson-Hoss first met Spearman soon after he moved to the area. Wilson-Hoss was enveloped in a big federal civil rights case, Davis v. Mason County. At its core, the case involved a hay wagon driver who a sheriff's deputy thought was eluding him and led to a bloody confrontation.
Spearman, a national expert in federal civil rights cases, was eager to help, Wilson-Hoss said. "He really helped us figure out what the heck we were doing," he said. As he grew to know Spearman, Wilson-Hoss realized, "Ted wasn't like anybody else. This was a guy who just really got the whole justice thing," Wilson-Hoss said. "He didn't err on the side of corporations or the little guy. He just had a unique way of looking at things."
In 1997, Spearman represented a disabled woman who'd been raped by a group home employee in Yakima; the state Supreme Court ruling he won was hailed as heightening the standard of protections for nursing and group home residents.
Gerald Elfendahl, a Bainbridge Island historian, remembers when, as a lawyer and resident of Bainbridge, Spearman argued before the City Council in the late '90s about the fate of the island's liveaboard community. "We should preserve and honor diversity in our community," Elfindahl recalls Spearman as saying. On a personal level, Elfindahl said Spearman had a special way of connecting with people. "He was the kind of person that when you walked in and talked to, you felt like you'd known each other your whole lives," he said.
Spearman also taught legal courses and chaired the state bar's civil rights committee, served on its disciplinary board and served on another board that develops lawyers for death penalty cases. In 1999, Spearman narrowly missed an appointment to become a federal judge in U.S. District Court. One of three finalists for the post, Spearman was thrilled just to be considered. "I need somebody to pull me back down to earth," he told the Kitsap Sun. "My feet aren't on the ground yet."
His shot at judge would come in March 2004, replacing retiring Judge Terry McCluskey. Much fanfare surrounded his appointment as the first African-American on the bench. When it came time to run for election that fall, Spearman called Ralph Munro, former Washington secretary of state and longtime Bainbridge resident. "When I endorsed him, he was really happy," Munro said. "He told me that he 'needed' a Republican on the list. I am darn glad that I gave him that name." Munro noted that he would become the "first judge of color west of Puget Sound (and) he turned out to be a very fine judge." "I am proud of his contributions to our county," Munro said.
Washington Court of Appeals Judge J. Robin Hunt knew Spearman on a personal level more than professional as the pair were close friends on the island. Hunt spent part of her Christmas singing "Silent Night" with Spearman at his bedside. She spoke of his "zest for life, love of his family and passion for the law. When I think of him, I think of this constant twinkle in his eye," Hunt said. "His big warm smile, generous heart and his exuberant nature."
In his personal life, Spearman loved nature, played golf, and held a penchant for Native American culture, Hunt said. He meditated each morning, was a student of Dharma and kept a strict vegan diet. He also loved music and played the flute and various types of drums, studied Dharma and tinkered with his Apple devices.Spearman watched with great awe the election victory of Barack Obama, the first African-American president — an event he never thought he'd see in his lifetime.
Spearman first ran into health problems in 2008, suffering a heart attack. But he rebounded until suffering the aneurysm in December 2011.
Spearman was optimistic about the future. As the keynote speaker at a Kitsap County ceremony honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 80th birthday nearly two years ago, he reflected on King but also looked forward: "Tomorrow will be as no other day before it."
Spearman is survived by his wife, Marie; daughter, Simone Spearman; son-in-law, Jason Weaver; and granddaughter, Saja Spearman Weaver. He was preceded in death by his parents, Theodore Ferdinand Spearman and Nevada Letitia Jane (Roberts) Spearman.
"His wife, Marie, was his soul mate, and her presence in his life comforted him and gave him great joy," said Presiding Kitsap County Superior Court Judge Anna M. Laurie. "His daughter was the bright light of his life. His granddaughter was the source of great pride and wonderment. His son-in-law gave him strength."
"His work as a Superior Court judge was also his bliss," she said. "We in his court family have a profound sense of emptiness from his passing."
Sandra McCollough, passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2012 at the Hospice of Kitsap County Care Center in Bremerton, Washington. She was born on July 7, 1947 and was 64 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
John D. Hair, John D. Hair passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2011 at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton, Washington. He was born on July 27, 1925 and was 86 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Wayne M. Jacobi, 86, seafarer, journalist, former press secretary to Gov. Dan Evans, and devoted husband died peacefully surrounded by his three children, Dec. 27, 2011 from pneumonia at Harrison Hospital.
Jake was born and raised in NE Seattle's Laurelhurst neighborhood, the son of Anath and Miller “Skipper" Jacobi. He attended Roosevelt High School where one of his buddies and lifetime associates was Dan Evans. A Boy Scout in Troop 144, he developed a love for the sea and handling small boats from his father, serving in the Sea Scouts under Skipper. After graduating from Roosevelt HS in 1943 he polished his seamanship with a stint in the USN in the Pacific from 1943 to 1945.
After the war, Wayne studied at the University of Washington's School of Journalism, rowed with the vaunted Husky crew, and married nursing student, Sarah Adele Sparks. He cut his journalistic teeth at The Bremerton Sun and other papers before he and Sarah arrived in 1955 on Bainbridge Island. There Wayne came under the tutelage of famed Bainbridge Review owner/editors, Walt & Milly Woodward. He was co-editor with them from 1955 until 1960. Walt and Jake shared a love of boats and is featured in Walter’s book Big Toot “No Friends Like Boating Friends” chapter where Jake’s boat performs a Woodward “rescue”. Wayne joined St Barnabas Episcopal Church to become a lay reader and advisor to the youth group under the Rev. Vincent Gowen. In these years, Wayne and Sarah bought and remodeled their historic home in Port Madison, became active in efforts to build a new Island Library, and each fall, skippered his father's boat through San Juan and Gulf Islands.
In 1960 at the Seattle Times, Wayne mixed his love of things nautical with the profession of journalism. He covered the maritime beat and move into political reporting which led to him leaving the Times for the 1964 “Dan Evans for Governor” campaign. He was Gov. Evans press secretary in the first Evans administration. He left in 1968 to return to Bainbridge and begin working for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer covering mainly city and county politics until retirement in 1989. His last career as grandfather was probably his most enjoyable. Wayne enjoyed fishing, cross country skiing, and backpacking, was an ace crossworder and read the entire Jack Aubrey series about the Royal Navy in the days of Nelson and other volumes of seafaring lore.
Wayne is survived by Sarah, his wife of 61 years; his children Martin, Carol, and Anne and his devoted grandchildren Jennifer, Julianna, and Nathan Sackeyfio, and Andrew, Wesley, and Madeline Stone.
Remembrances can be made to: St Barnabas Outreach fund or Wolf Haven International at www.wolfhaven.org in Wayne’s name.
A celebration of Wayne’s life will be held at 1:30 PM, Saturday, February 11, 2012, at St. Barnabas Church, 1187 Wyatt Way NE, Bainbridge Island. Funeral arrangements are by Cook Funeral Home where you may sign the guestbook online at www.cookfamilyfuneralhome.com/obits.
Joseph James Russo, passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at his residence in Poulsbo, Washington. He was born on November 9, 1937. He was 74 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
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Virginia Lee Johnson, passed away on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at her home in Poulsbo, Washington. She was born on July 6, 1920 in Cove Orchard, Oregon. She was 91 years of age.
Edith Rosetta Wellman, passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at Emeritus at Silverdale in Silverdale, Washington. She was born on June 4, 1916 and was 95 years of age. Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.
John Benjamin Vincent, died on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at The Wyatt House on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on September 1, 1915 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He was 96 years of age.
Gloria Gayle Lutz Goller, passed away peacefully in Poulsbo on January 18, 2012. Gloria was born in Mandan, ND on August 17, 1915 to Laura Chapman Lutz and Rolland Ray Lutz. She was the eldest of four children, including Laurie L. Obergottsberger, George C. Lutz, and the late Rolland R. Lutz Jr.
Richard S. White, was born in New York City in 1920 to Margaret Connick and Paul Marcy White. He graduated from Phillips Academy (Andover), Hamilton College and Yale Law School, where
Daniel A. Garcia, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 14 at Wyatt House on Bainbridge Island, where he had been a resident for the past two years.
Lorna Hill, passed away on Friday, January 13, 2012 at her home in Poulsbo, Washington. She was born on April 15, 1934 and was 77 years of age.
Carol Jean Willits, 92, of Bainbridge Island WA, passed away January 11 2012, at Harrison Hospital, Silverdale WA, after a brief illness. Carol is survived by her husband of 62 years, Don, also of Bainbridge Island WA; her son Christopher, his wife Elizabeth, and their daughters Natalie and Grace, all of Bainbridge Island; and her son Patrick, his wife Debra, their daughter Samantha, and their son Orion, all of Ridgway CO.
Elvera Ina Dawson, known to her friends and relatives as “Evy”, was born of Finnish parents in Ironwood, Michigan in 1917. She came west at the age of 21. In 1941 Evy married Alfred Dawson and settled in Long Beach, California where they lived for 65 years. They had two sons, Christopher and Mark. When Alfred died in 2006 Evy moved to Bainbridge Island, Washington to be close to Mark and his family. Evy is survived by her son Mark (Rebecca), daughter-in-law Michal Ann, grandson Brian (Cecilia), granddaughters Marcey (Keith), Deva and Bryn, and five great grandchildren. 
Dr. Brantley Holt Jr., died peacefully at home on January 9, 2012 surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Seattle on January 31, 1919. Brantley graduated from Ellensburg High School and went on to Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, graduating with his M.D. in 1943. Brantley served in the Navy during WWII. He moved to Seattle in 1952 and went into private surgical practice until 1986, when he retired to Bainbridge Island.
Glenn Farrell Vorwerk, passed away on Monday, January 9, 2012 at his home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on December 30, 1929 at Mount Vernon, Washington. He was 82 years of age.
Esther Lauretta Osborne, eighty-eight year old sister, auntie, cousin, friend, registered nurse, cat fancier and health advocate passed away January 7, 2012. Esther Osborne was born July 20, 1923 in Upland, Indiana. She loved life, rode horseback in the wheat fields of North Dakota, cultivated her musical gifts in many church choirs, and developed her scientific skills in various educational venues and professional positions.
Inez Angeline Rogers, passed away on Friday, January 6, 2012 at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Washington. She was born on April 24, 1942 in Centralia, Washington and was 69 years of age.
Teofilo R. Dosono, passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Washington. He was born on July 17, 1922 and was 89 years of age.
Judge Theodore Ferdinand Spearman Jr., 64, died peacefully January 3, 2012 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with his wife and family at his side. He had been hospitalized since December 7 as a result of complications from a brain aneurysm.
Wayne M. Jacobi, 86, seafarer, journalist, former press secretary to Gov. Dan Evans, and devoted husband died peacefully surrounded by his three children, Dec. 27, 2011 from pneumonia at Harrison Hospital.