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James Abbott
Jan 29, 2015
a 30-year resident of Bainbridge Island, passed peacefully, surrounded by family and friends, at Harborview Medical Center on January 29, 2015. Jay died from injuries sustained on January 25 while coaching the Gear Grinders, the Bainbridge Island middle-school mountain cycling team.Jay was born in New York City, NY on September 15, 1947 to Charles G. Abbott and Florence Van Hasslacher....
Craig Merrill
Jan 28, 2015
a 40-year Bainbridge Island resident, died peacefully at Wyatt House on January 28th from cancer. He was 79. A former director of the Bainbridge Island Senior Community Center (BISCC) and Island Volunteer Caregivers (IVC), Craig was also an active member of Grace Episcopal Church.Marriner Craig Merrill was born in Logan, Utah, July 7, 1935, to Marriner Wood Merrill and Claire...
Barbara Spillinger
Jan 28, 2015
84, died peacefully on January 28, 2015, at her home at Clearbrook Inn Assisted Living Center in Silverdale, Washington.Born on April 23, 1930, in Rahway, New Jersey, Barbara was the daughter of the late Colonel Harry Gordon Spillinger, USAF (retired), and Margaret "Peg" Swinton Spillinger of Bellevue, Washington.As a military dependent, Barbara moved with her Air Force family to Dayton,...
Florence Marie (Thies) Bobiak
Jan 27, 2015
passed away peacefully with her three children at her side on January 27, 2015. She was 90 years old.Florence was born in Clifton, New Jersey on May 16, 1924 to Emil and Irene Thies as one of three children. She was born into an affluent family that lost everything during the Great Depression; this, however, taught Florence about generosity and...
Donald Harrington
Jan 27, 2015
passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at Martha and Mary Health Care Services in Poulsbo, Washington. He was born on April 15, 1931 and was 83 years of age.Don had worked for S.S.C. & B. as an advertising executive and vice president. He started out in the mail room in 1956 and retired in 1989. He was also a...
Shannon Elaine Richardson
Jan 25, 2015
passed away on Sunday, January 25, 2015 at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Washington. She was born on September 27, 1982 and was 32 years of age.Shannon is survived by her parents: Connie J Randolph of Kingston, WA and Michael David Richardson of Pilot Rock, Oregon. She also leaves behind her life partner Gordon B Fulton of Kingston, WA, her...
Fusayo Tanaka
Jan 23, 2015
passed away on Friday, January 23, 2015 at the Madrona House on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was born on March 12, 1934 and was 80 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
John Granger
Jan 23, 2015
John Granger passed away on Friday, January 23, 2015 at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Washington. He was born on May 15, 1922 and was 92 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Scott Richard Brobyn
Jan 23, 2015
passed away on Friday, January 23, 2015 at his home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on March 18, 1963 in Coupeville, Washington and was 51 years of age. No services will be held. Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.
Lerae B. Esterberg
Jan 18, 2015
died peacefully at The Ridge, an Alzheimers care facility in Silverdale, with her daughter Wyn and granddaughter Asha, at her side. She and her husband of 67 years, Gordon, had lived together in their home in Kingston for more than 20. She had designed this home, as well as the log cabin they built in Edmonds in 1950. In her...
Marjorie Teske
Jan 16, 2015
passed away on Friday, January 16, 2015 at her home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was born on July 3, 1920 and was 94 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Karen Arlene Pedersen Silva
Jan 16, 2015
69, of Bainbridge Island, WA passed away at home on Friday, January 16, 2015 after a long battle with cancer.Karen was born on August 15, 1945 in Washington D.C. to the late Commander Richard and Gladys (Fischer) Pedersen, the 4th of 5 children. The family moved to Port Madison in 1947 and lived on the homestead that her grandparents, Carl...
Marjorie G. Sharp
Jan 15, 2015
passed away on Thursday, January 15, 2015 at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton, Washington. She was born on May 10, 1923 and was 91 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Asja Saulitis
Jan 13, 2015
passed away on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at Martha and Mary Health Care Services in Poulsbo, Washington. She was born on November 4, 1926 and was 88 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Nancy Frohning
Jan 13, 2015
passed away on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at Liberty Shores- Harbor House in Poulsbo, Washington. She was born on February 2, 1929 and it was 85 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home
Beverly J. Cook
Jan 12, 2015
loving Mother,Grandmother and friend, passed away after a lingering illness on Monday, January 12, 2015. She was born in Long Beach, California on September 4, 1940 to William Albert and Helen Iris White.In 1958 she graduated from Wilson High School in Long Beach and went on to attend Brigham Young University and Long Beach State College. She married Robert Edward...
James Gordon Bennett
Jan 10, 2015
(Jim) died peacefully on January 10, 2015 in Bremerton, WA at the age of 86, with his family at his side.Jim was born on November 5, 1928 in Palisades, New Jersey to James Gordon and Myra Elizabeth Bennett. Jim graduated from Hope College, Holland, MI and the University of Washington in 1955 with a Master's degree in Social Work and...
Robert Purser Senior
Jan 9, 2015
born on April 23, 1927 and pass away January 9th, 2015."What you do speaks so well I need not hear what you say." A hero to all his family: Sonny, born in a houseboat on Erlands Point, a lifelong Kitsap native, proud family man, U.S. Army veteran, and an esteemed Suquamish Tribal elder, passed away peacefully in his sleep at...
Betty Jane Johnson Behrns
Jan 7, 2015
88, was born March 27, 1926, at home in North Tonawanda, NY to William Charles and Agnes Gabrielle (nee Jacobson-Sudmann) Johnson of Bergen, Norway. Betty died on January 7, 2015, on Bainbridge Island, WA where she had lived since 2002 near daughter Kristine Behrns Carroll (David Adler) and granddaughter Sina O. Carroll of San Francisco. Betty died in care at...
Charles William Large Jr.
Jan 6, 2015
passed away on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at the Veterans Hospital in Retsil, Washington. He was born on January 15, 1954 and was 60 years of age.Family and friends are respectively invited to attend the Graveside Service on Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 12:30 pm at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, Washington. Arrangements are trusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.
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