Obituaries

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

Gisele Maheu

Gisele Maheu

Apr 9, 2012

passed away on Monday, April 9, 2012 at her home in Poulsbo, Washington. She was born on November 28, 1936 and was 76 years of age.Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend the Recitation of the Rosary on Monday, April 16, 2012 at 10:30 AM followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 AM at St. Olaf Catholic...

Carolyn June Pearl

Carolyn June Pearl

Mar 31, 2012

Longtime Bainbridge Island resident, died on March 31 after a yearlong illness. Loving family members were by her side.Carolyn was born in Seattle in 1936 to Virginia and Irvin Baltzer. She grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and Spokane. Many of her teenage years were spent helping her family build a 50' sailboat, the "Blue Jacket," and at...

Paul William Oden

Paul William Oden

Mar 30, 2012

passed away on Friday, March 30, 2012 at Bailey Manor Family Home, on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on February 28, 1948 in Vermillion, South Dakota. He was 64 years of age. He attended Dartmouth College, The University of Boulder and New York University. He spoke five languages. Paul worked as a lawyer specializing in tax, wills and probate...

Robert Golding

Robert Golding

Mar 29, 2012

passed away on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Tacoma, Washington. He was born on April 10, 1927 and he was 84 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.

Virginia Rose Morgan

Virginia Rose Morgan

Mar 28, 2012

was born September 28, 1920 in Elmira, New York to Dora and Grant Robyler.She graduated from Troy High School in 1937 and attended nursing school nearby. She moved to Canton, Ohio and worked briefly at Timken Roller Bearing where she met Lawrence (Pete) Morgan. They both joined the U.S. Navy and were married April 12, 1945, while on leave in...

Rachel Chouinard Hopkins

Rachel Chouinard Hopkins

Mar 27, 2012

died peacefully at Fir Acres Home, Bainbridge Island, on March 27. She was 84. Born January 12, 1928, in Lisbon, Maine, of French-Canadian descent, Rachel over the course of her life worked as a secretary at Walt Disney Studios, ran the first group foster home for teenage girls in San Mateo County, California, and volunteered as a docent at the...

Juan Ruiz

Juan Ruiz

Mar 26, 2012

passed away on Monday, March 26, 2012 at Island Health and Rehabilitation on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on December 8, 1929 in Iquitos, Peru to his parents Manuel Ruiz and Rosamira Reategui Ruiz. He was 82 years of age.Juan served in the Peruvian Air force as a waren officer and retired after 25 years of service. He played...

Edward Rollins

Edward Rollins

Mar 25, 2012

not only a legend in his own mind but a true island treasure died March 25, 2012.Eddie was born May 22, 1920 the sixth child of seven children to Mike and Anna Rollins of Minneapolis Minnesota. The army brought Eddie to Bainbridge and while clearing snow off the roads in Eagledale he met island born Helen Serol. Eddie was stationed...

Norma Dean Kuhlman

Norma Dean Kuhlman

Mar 25, 2012

passed away on Sunday, March 25, 2012 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, She was born on August 24, 1922 and was 89 years of age. Interment will take place at Port Blakely Cemetery on Bainbridge Island. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.

Carolyn Jean Marshall

Carolyn Jean Marshall

Mar 24, 2012

died March 24, 2012 in Silverdale, Washington at the age of 82. For the last nine years Carol lived at Emeritus Oaks of Silverdale, an Alzheimer's Facility. Graveside services will be held in Dayton, Washington.Mrs. Marshall was born on March 2, 1930 in Yakima, WA to Joseph and Betty Iles. The family moved to Dayton, Washington in 1940. Carol graduated...

Leo L. Stone

Leo L. Stone

Mar 18, 2012

passed away on Sunday, March 18, 2012 at The Messenger House on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on May 30, 1925 and was 86 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.

Carmen Louise (Williams) Lofte

Carmen Louise (Williams) Lofte

Mar 16, 2012

of Belmont California passed away peacefully in Silverdale Washington on March 16, 2012.She was born in Rockford Illinois on April 9, 1920 to US Army Colonel Franklin and Margaret Louise Williams. She graduated from Roosevelt High School, Honolulu Hawaii in 1937 and from the University of Oregon (Eugene) May 1942 earning a Bachelors Degree in English. She was a proud...

Alice Shea

Alice Shea

Mar 15, 2012

91, died peacefully in her sleep march 15, 2012.. She is with the savior, Jesus Christ, she came to love.She was born in Manitoba, Canada, august 8, 1920. Her parents emigrated from Poland. She spent her young adult life in Vancouver, Canada. In 1950 she married Don Shea and moved to Seattle and immigrated to the United States in 1953....

Cynthia (Sue) Leavenworth

Cynthia (Sue) Leavenworth

Mar 12, 2012

passed away on Monday, March 12, 2012 at Madison Avenue Retirement on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was born on November 9, 1926 and was 85 years of age.Sue led a glamorous youth before her recent days with a cane and walker! (Her own words.) Graduating from Finch Jr. College in NYC, she worked for Mademoiselle Magazine, then went home to...

Robert H. Kirchmann

Robert H. Kirchmann

Mar 9, 2012

passed away on Friday, March 9, 2012 at his home in Poulsbo, Washington. He was born on December 2, 1924 and was 87 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.

Cynthia Holmes Taylor

Cynthia Holmes Taylor

Mar 6, 2012

passed away on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at the Clear brook Care Center in Silverdale, Washington. She was born on March 22, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois and was 95 years of age. Interment will take place at El Camino Memorial in San Diego, California. Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.

Katherine Chen

Katherine Chen

Mar 4, 2012

passed away on March 14, 2012 at her residence, Liberty Shores/Harbor House in Poulsbo.Katherine was an accomplished concert pianist and had been involved with music all of her life, including teaching private and university piano students later in her career, both in Taiwan and the U.S.She is survived by her daughter Shaofang and husband Max Kruse of Penzberg, Germany, daughter...

William James Mcchesney, Jr.

William James Mcchesney, Jr.

Mar 3, 2012

"Bill", passed away on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton, Washington. He was born on March 25, 1942 and was 69 years of age.Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend the Mass of Christian Burial on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 10:30 AM at St. Olaf Catholic Church in Poulsbo, WA. A reception will follow at...

Carl E. Neuswanger

Carl E. Neuswanger

Mar 2, 2012

age 70, of Poulsbo Washington and formerly of Bainbridge Island , passed away March 2nd, 2012 under Hospice care, surrounded by his beloved family.Carl was born in Pocatello Idaho on December 18, 1941, to Frank R. Neuswanger and Marguerite Root Neuswanger. Carl was a WWII war orphan, his father having been killed in action on Armistice Day, 1944, while a...

Nancy Blessworth

Nancy Blessworth

Mar 1, 2012

passed away on Thursday, March 1, 2012 at Martha Lake Adult Family Home in Lynnwood, Washington. She was born on November 6, 1953 and was 58 years of age. Interment will take place at Port Blakely Cemetery on Bainbridge Island, WA. Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.