Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Bainbridge Island, WA, Kitsap County and Surrounding Cities
Lola Hamrick
Mar 3, 2011
passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2011 at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton, Washington. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend the Memorial Service on Friday, March 25, 2011 - 4:00pm at Grace Episcopal Church of BI, 8595 N.E. Day Road, BI, WA 98110. (Church Website). Please sign the online Guest Book for...
Laurence Leroy Johnson
Mar 2, 2011
passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton, Washington. He was born on August 8,1927 in Seattle, Wa and was a resident of Poulsbo, WA. He was 83 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Elmer Macki
Mar 2, 2011
aged 84, died the first week of March 2011, peacefully at home. The cause of death was congestive heart failure. Elmer was born on August 28, 1926, only son of Andrew and Elizabeth Macki in West Seattle.He joined the Merchant Marine in 1945, and always noted that in terms of percentage, more merchant marines lost their lives in the Second...
Margrethe Bang-Knudsen
Feb 27, 2011
passed away on Sunday, February 27, 2011 at Martha and Mary Care Center in Poulsbo, Washington. She was born on November 14, 1912 and was 98 years of age.Born Margrethe Rasmussen in Copenhagen, Denmark, (Grethe) attended Aarhus University and trained as a kindergarten teacher in Germany. She graduated from Froebel Seminary in Copenhagen, where she was one of the first...
Richard Mcnamara
Feb 27, 2011
passed away on Sunday, February 27, 2011 at the Hospice Care Center in Bremerton, Washington. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Mable Roberta Purser Cordero
Feb 26, 2011
Age 85, from Suquamish, Washington, passed away at sunset Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 2:15PM in Bremerton, Washington of natural causes.Born August 11, 1925 in Kitsap County to Dora Peterson Henry and Robert (Brown) Purser. She was married July 13, 1945 to Robert Cordero. She was employed at Keyport as a Rosie Riveter and as a homemaker. She loved spending...
Melissa Linn Snyder
Feb 25, 2011
passed away on Friday, February 25, 2011 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. She was born on September 14, 1972 in Bellingham, WA to Denis L. Snyder and Mary K. Hoffmann. She grew up on Bainbridge Island and graduated from Bainbridge High School. She was 38 years of age. Melissa enjoyed working with children, loved flowers and was the...
Elsa L. Wasankari
Feb 25, 2011
passed away on Friday, February 25, 2011 at Island Health and Rehabilitation on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was born on June 28, 1938 and was 72 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Richard H. Clucas
Feb 19, 2011
long-time resident of Bainbridge Island, transcended on February 19th , leaving a loving family and his dog, Max.He spent his childhood in the Los Angeles area, enlisted in the Navy at 17, and later graduated from Occidental College with a degree in Economics.Dick and a good friend began their careers with Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. They left to found...
Wilburn Laverne Smith
Feb 18, 2011
was born October 23, 1919, on the 120-acre family farm in Pearson, Arkansas, to Milton and Izorah Smith. He was the ninth of nine children. He grew up working the farm: plowing, planting corn and potatoes, and picking cotton. His family raised hogs and had their own smokehouse.Wilburn went to elementary school in Pearson, in a two-room schoolhouse, and went...
Edward Clayton Summers
Feb 17, 2011
passed away on Thursday, February 17, 2011 at The Wyatt House on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on August 16, 1908 and was 102 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Stacie Lynn Olsen
Feb 14, 2011
our baby, passed away on Monday, February 14, 2011 at her home in Silverdale, Washington. She was born on February 3, 2011 at Harrison Hospital in Silverdale. She leaves behind her loving family. Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral service on Monday, February 21, 2011 at 2:00 pm at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day...
Minneta Marie Wolff
Feb 12, 2011
Minneta Marie Wolff passed away on Saturday, February 12, 2011 at The Harbor House in Poulsbo, Washington. She was born on June 21, 1923 in Iola, Kansas. She was 87 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Jean P. Walker
Feb 12, 2011
passed away on Saturday, February 12, 2011 at her home in Hansville,Washington. She was born on August 14, 1923 and was 87 years of age. Services and interment will take place in Portland,Oregon. Arrangement entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.
Earl Stover
Feb 12, 2011
Earl Stover, 92, died on February 12, 2011 at Martha & Mary Rehab Center in Poulsbo, WA. Born November 30, 1918 in Creighton, Nebraska, the 2nd of 11 children of William and Mary Stover. After he graduated from St. Ludger Academy, he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and was stationed in Red Wing, MN. In 1938 he moved to...
Deanna L. Bjornson
Feb 5, 2011
passed away on Saturday, February 5, 2011 at her home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was born on March 25, 1938 in Sand Point, Idaho to Arthur and Myra Wendt. She was 72 years of age. Deanna loved gardening, camping and especially her trips to Hawaii. She is survived by her husband Roland Bjornson, children; Lynn Freeman, Terry Bjornson and...
Doris S. Druschel
Feb 4, 2011
passed away on Friday, February 4, 2011 at Crista Shores Care Center in Silverdale, Washington. She was born on January 22, 1916 in Fort Benton, Montana and was 95 years of age. Services will be private. Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.
Vera Gladys Zellanack
Feb 3, 2011
passed away on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at The Wyatt House on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was born on 11-2-1919 in Bath, England and was 91 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Rudolph C. Meyer
Feb 2, 2011
passed away on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. He was born on December 12, 1929 and was 81 years of age. Rudy was a person who loved life. He was a friend to everyone he knew. He had a great sense of humor and could talk for hours with others on a variety of...
William Reynolds Smith
Feb 1, 2011
"Bill", passed away on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at his home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on September 10, 1925 in Bucknell, Iowa to John Henry and Mary Frances Smith. He was 85 years of age and was the 8th of 12 children in the family. Bill lettered in multiple sports before graduating from Valley High School in...