Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Bainbridge Island, WA, Kitsap County and Surrounding Cities

Paula Mary Murphy

Paula Mary Murphy

Feb 4, 2026

Paula Mary Murphy was born on March 18th, 1960, and passed away on February 4th, 2026.

Additional information to be provided by the family shortly.

Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home of Bainbridge Island, WA.

Joan Irma Bickerton

Joan Irma Bickerton

Feb 4, 2026

Joan Irma (Komedal) Bickerton, lifelong resident of Bainbridge Island, passed away at home on February 4, 2026.

Joan was born April 16, 1936 in her grandmother's home in Seabold. The oldest of three children born to Stanley and Virginia (Henderson) Komedal, she grew up in a close-knit community of family and neighbors back when the island was a simpler place. She...

Jane Ellen Allan

Jane Ellen Allan

Feb 2, 2026

Jane Ellen Allan was born on Janurary 28th, 1949, and passed away on February 2nd, 2026.

Additional information to be provided by the family shortly.

Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home of Bainbridge Island, WA.

Luanne Joy Smith

Luanne Joy Smith

Feb 2, 2026

Oh, what a life of adventure! It didn’t start that way. Luanne Joy Smith was born on the first day of the worst year of the Great Depression to Louis and Lillian Arnold. They lived in Langdon, North Dakota, a small rural town with a bowling alley and no stoplights. Luanne graduated first among her 35 classmates before making her...

Douglas Bruce Knight

Douglas Bruce Knight

Feb 1, 2026

Douglas Knight, a beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away peacefully at the age of 91 on Bainbridge Island.

Doug was born at the Swedish hospital in Seattle and spent his childhood surrounded by his mother Evelyn, father David, brothers Dave and Bob, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins in a tight-knit neighborhood in West Seattle. He graduated from Queen Anne...

Kathy Ann Purser-Sullivan

Kathy Ann Purser-Sullivan

Jan 29, 2026

Kathy Ann Purser-Sullivan was born on October 14th, 1960, in Bremerton, Washington, and passed away on January 29th, 2026.

Additional information to be provided by the family shortly.

Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home of Bainbridge Island, WA.

Alene Snaidman Levine

Alene Snaidman Levine

Jan 24, 2026

Alene Snaidman Levine was born on May 23, 1951, in Palo Alto, California, and passed away on January 24, 2026.

Additional information to be provided by the family shortly.

Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home of Bainbridge Island, WA.

Charles Joseph Bishop

Charles Joseph Bishop

Jan 20, 2026

Charles Joseph Bishop was born on June 22nd, 1941, in Gary, Indiana, and passed away on January 20th, 2026.

Additional information to be provided by the family shortly.

Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home of Bainbridge Island, WA.

Edward Morton Jennings, III

Edward Morton Jennings, III

Jan 18, 2026

Edward “Ted” Morton Jennings 3d, a versatile and forward-thinking English professor whose softspoken civic leadership strengthened the arts,community services, and public land conservation in New York’s Upper Hudson Valley, died peacefully January 18. His wife and three daughterswere by his side, at St. Michael Medical Center in Silverdale, Washington. He was 89 years old.

Ted was known for his gentle nature,...

Thomas Edgar Grice

Thomas Edgar Grice

Jan 18, 2026

LIFE OF THOMAS E. GRICE

Thomas E. Grice was born December 13, 1944, in Fall River, Massachusetts, and passed away January 18, 2026, in Bremerton, Washington.

Born to Stephen and Lillian Grice in Massachusetts, and then traveled to California with his family in 1952. Later in life he moved to Bremerton, Washington -- until his passing.

Tom was a proud veteran and joined...

Harold Martin Kempen

Harold Martin Kempen

Jan 15, 2026

Harold Martin Kempen, known as “Harry” in his younger years and later as “Hal,” passed away on January 15, 2026, surrounded by family. He lived a full life devoted to family and marked by love of learning, humor, hard work, and deep care for those around him.

Hal was the son of Pete and Marie Kempen, a young Catholic couple of...

Elaine Christensen Field

Elaine Christensen Field

Jan 14, 2026

Elaine Field passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Wednesday, January 14, 2026. She was born in Los Angeles, California to Esther and Milton Christensen on January 13, 1933.

Elaine was beautiful and elegant, a loving (and fun-loving) wife and mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, whom she was affectionately known by her family as "Eee". She was a powerful supporter...

Pamela K Trimble

Pamela K Trimble

Jan 12, 2026

Pamela K. Trimble was born on January 9, 1949, in San Francisco, California, and passed away on January 12, 2026.

Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home of Bainbridge Island, WA.

David Bruce Larimore

David Bruce Larimore

Jan 12, 2026

Family and friends are saddened to report the sudden passing of David Bruce Larimore on January 12, 2026. Dave, age 80, was a resident of Bainbridge Island for the last 36 years. He is survived by his brother, Michael Larimore, and sister-in-law Mary Anne Larimore of Cupertino, California, nephew James Larimore of San Carlos, California, and niece Elizabeth Larimore of...

Jean Dithridge Wohlsen

Jean Dithridge Wohlsen

Jan 10, 2026

Jean Dithridge Wohlsen was born on April 17, 1916, in Glen Osborne, Pennsylvania, and passed away on January 10, 2026.

Additional information to be provided by the family shortly.

Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home of Bainbridge Island, WA.

Suzanne Lake Haynes

Suzanne Lake Haynes

Jan 10, 2026

Suzanne Lake Haynes passed away peacefully at her home on Bainbridge Island, Washington, on January 10, 2026, surrounded by her loving family and devoted caregivers. Her passing marked the end of a life filled with grace, kindness, and beauty.

Born on December 5, 1937, in Palo Alto, California, to Martha Baker Lake and Richard C. Lake, Suzanne spent most of her...

Claus Vogelius Jensen

Claus Vogelius Jensen

Jan 9, 2026

Claus Vogelius Jensen was born on May 1st, 1933, in Frederiksberg, Denmark, and passed away on January 9th, 2026.

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Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home of Bainbridge Island, WA.

Standish Van Voorhis Jr

Standish Van Voorhis Jr

Jan 8, 2026

Standish Van Voorhis Jr. was born on June 2nd, 1943, in Boston, Massachusetts, and passed away on January 8th, 2026.

Additional information to be provided by the family shortly.

Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home of Bainbridge Island, WA.

Richard Warren Burress

Richard Warren Burress

Jan 7, 2026

Richard Warren Burress was born on April 23rd, 1937, in Oakland, California, and passed away on January 7th, 2026.

Additional information to be provided by the family shortly.

Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home of Bainbridge Island, WA.

Zonna Dee Cowell

Zonna Dee Cowell

Jan 7, 2026

Zonna Dee Cowell was born on June 6, 1939, in Chadron, Nebraska, and passed away on January 7, 2026.

Additional information to be provided by the family shortly.

Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home of Bainbridge Island, WA.