Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Bainbridge Island, WA, Kitsap County and Surrounding Cities
Francesca J. Hill
Mar 8, 2014
loving wife and mother, passed away suddenly from natural causes on March 8, 2014.She is survived by Lawrence - her husband of 43 years, her son Colin, hjs wife Daniela, and her sister-in-law Linda Marie Hill.A native of London, England-Francesca found her way to Bainbridge Island, where she lived in idyllic country bliss for 24 years. Always generous with her...
Gidsken Nekoline Bjorge Mccormic
Mar 8, 2014
mother to two, Grandma to six and "MorMor" to nine more, passed away on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at Martha and Mary Health Care Services in Poulsbo, Washington. She lived a life 100 years long in a fashion as remarkable as her name.Born to Karen and Waldemar Bjorge in a Norwegian community on Puget Island in the middle of the...
Dorothy Somes Dorffi
Mar 7, 2014
passed away on Friday, March 7, 2014 at Island Health and Rehabilitation on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was born on August 13, 1918 and was 95 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Leona Mae (Berg) Strickland
Mar 5, 2014
Momma, met Jesus & passed away in the arms of her daughters, Glenda & Cindy, with 3 grandchildren, Michael, Trisha & Rayna by our sides on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at her home in Suquamish, Washington. She was born on May 23, 1928 and was 85 years of age. Leona lived her first 16 years in Washington State. With her...
Sandra Lou Matson
Feb 27, 2014
passed away at her home on Thursday, February 27, 2014. She was born on December 14, 1953 in Seattle, Washington and was 60 years of age.Sandra worked as a Construction Estimator and was president of Matson Carlson & Associates, Inc.She is survived by her brother Kenny Matson of Seattle, WA, sister Laura Matson of West Seattle, WA, son Chris Petek...
Peter M. Maitland
Feb 27, 2014
passed away on Thursday, February 27, 2014 at Island Health and Rehabilitation on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on September 11, 1928 in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. He was 85 years of age.Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend the Memorial Service on Sunday, March 9, 2014 at 2:00 PM at Eagle Harbor Congregational Church on Bainbridge. Arrangements entrusted...
Hertha Schwarz
Feb 26, 2014
passed away on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at her home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was born on February 15, 1918 in Vienna, Austria. She was 96 years of age. Funeral Services and interment will take place in Brooklyn, New York. Local arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.
Max Howard Gano
Feb 21, 2014
passed away on Friday, February 21, 2014 at his home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on December 29, 1955 and was 58 years of age. There will be a private Celebration of Life. In lieu of flowers the family has requested donations to Arms Around Bainbridge, a local nonprofit who helped greatly during Max's illness [Click Here].Arrangements entrusted...
Lillian Blanche Jay
Feb 17, 2014
102, passed away peacefully on the morning of February 17, 2014. She was born in Ellensburg, Washington on April 10, 1911 and was raised in Western Washington.Blanche was the oldest of nine siblings, five sisters and three brothers. She is survived by three of her sisters, Lois Dodd, Virginia Teague and Delores (Doll) Jones, her son John Jay, five grandchildren,...
Belle Abrams
Feb 14, 2014
passed away on Friday, February 14, 2014 at Bailey Manor on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was born on January 18, 1923 in Seattle, WA and was 91 years of age. Belle liked to think of herself as a character. She liked to talk attending the University of Washington when tuition was only per quarter, her days as a shop...
Arthur Smaaladen
Feb 13, 2014
passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 13, 2014 at Montclair Park in Poulsbo Washington surrounded by his family. He was born September 26, 1914 in Petersburg, North Dakota to Even and Gustava (Tverberg) Smaaladen. He attended school in Petersburg, North Dakota.Arthur married Edna Knutson August 19, 1934 in Shelby Montana. They worked their way to Poulsbo where they lived and...
Patricia Brown Holman
Feb 10, 2014
passed away on Monday, February 10, 2014 at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Washington. She was born on May 25, 1952 in Colorado and was 60 years of age.She worked as a nurse throughout her life and concluded her career at Kitsap Mental Health. Patricia was a compassionate person about life and all it's aspects. She was a loving force...
Dorothy Tickler Nylund Meyer
Feb 8, 2014
on February 8, 2014, aged ninety-eight, joined her many family members and friends who proceeded her in her transition to heaven. She was born in Stephenson, Michigan on May 25, 1915 to William and Ursline TIckler. She spent her childhood years in Daggett, Michigan. She married Theodore Nylund and lived on a dairy farm in Daggett, Michigan while raising a...
Bradley Michael Trevathan
Jan 31, 2014
of Safford, returned to his Father in Heaven January 31, 2014, at the age of 18. Born in Sierra Vista on July 26, 1995, to Jamie Cuffee and Thomas Trevathan, Brad spent his early life in Benson. He moved to Safford with his family at the age of 10 where he attended Thatcher and later Safford schools. Brad was very...
Richard Keith Roberts
Jan 30, 2014
passed away on January 30, 2014. He was born on April 2, 1962 and was 51 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Glen Michael Fitch
Jan 26, 2014
passed away on Sunday, January 26th in Seattle, Washington. He was 56 years of age. He was born in Queens, New York, at St. Albans Naval Hospital on July 18th, 1957. As the oldest child of a Navy family he spent his earlier years living in San Diego, CA, Dutch Harbor, AK, and finally settling on Bainbridge Island, WA.Glen was...
David Zary Janich
Jan 26, 2014
passed away on January 26, 2014 at his residence on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on April 26, 1938 and was 75 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Ruth M. Hart
Jan 26, 2014
passed away on January 26, 2014 at The Messenger House on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was born on September 14, 1930 and was 83 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
John Paul Denardo
Jan 25, 2014
passed away on January 25, 2014 at Island Health and Rehabilitation on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on February 25, 1932 and was 81 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
James Polk Nieukirk Ii
Jan 18, 2014
passed away on Saturday, January 18, 2014 at his home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on June 27, 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was 94 years of age.James was trained in flying by the University of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Navy as soon as WWII broke out.. He was trained for frontline fighter planes and flew almost every...