Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

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

Clifton B. Steele

Clifton B. Steele

Mar 28, 2010

passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 28, 2010 at his home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Born on January 30, 1922 he was 88 years of age.Clif attended Santa Ana High School, Class of '39 and the University of Oregon '43, and had been an active participant in his fraternity Phi Delta Theta for the past 65 years.Along with his partner...

Dorothy V. Peterson

Dorothy V. Peterson

Mar 25, 2010

passed away on Thursday, March 25, 2010 at Island Health and Rehabilitation on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was born on September 14, 1917 and was 92 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.

Donald Chapman

Donald Chapman

Mar 23, 2010

passed away on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. He was born on June 7, 1927 and was 82 years of age.Mr. Chapman was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. He practiced architecture as a principal since 1956. He headed projects in Hawaii, the Pacific Basin and Far East areas, including Tahiti, Kwajalein, Midway,...

Henry Ford Adams

Henry Ford Adams

Mar 21, 2010

passed away on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at his home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on November 6, 1927 and was 82 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.

Janice Bon

Janice Bon

Mar 16, 2010

passed away on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at her home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was born on January 16, 1956 and was 54 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.

Irene Daisey Purser

Irene Daisey Purser

Mar 16, 2010

passed away on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at her home in Kingston, Washington. She was born on September 14, 1922 to Ellen and Peter Jack (Jackson). She was 87 years of age. She was committed to helping family during the holidays with food basics and other necessities. Irene loved to crochet, play bingo and go to the casino. She was...

Leeann Chin

Leeann Chin

Mar 10, 2010

77, an entrepreneur who founded a chain of successful restaurants in the Minneapolis area, wrote three Chinese food cookbooks and starred in a PBS cooking series, died Wednesday, March 10, on Bainbridge Island near Seattle after suffering complications from liver cancer, her family said.A native of Guangzhou, China, Chin immigrated to Minneapolis in 1956 with her husband, Tony. A pioneering...

Marvin Lawrence Krasnansky

Marvin Lawrence Krasnansky

Mar 8, 2010

of Bainbridge Island, WA passed away Monday evening, March 8, at his home. He enjoyed a long career in journalism and investor relations, including the Easton (PA) Express, the Lancaster (PA) New Era, the Wall Street Journal, The New York Stock Exchange, Paine Webber Jackson and Curtis, Becton Dickinson, and McKesson Corporation. In 1984, as a vice president of McKesson,...

Ted Edgar Hunting

Ted Edgar Hunting

Mar 5, 2010

passed away on Thursday, March 5, 2010 at The Hospice of Kitsap County Care Center in Bremerton, Washington. He was born on July 10, 1939 and was 70 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.

Carl Erickson

Carl Erickson

Feb 27, 2010

passed away on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at his home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on July 27, 1927 and was 82 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.

Donald Martin Erickson

Donald Martin Erickson

Feb 26, 2010

of Poulsbo passed away due to brain cancer on February 26th 2010 surrounded by family and friends. He was born on November 14th, 1941 in Olympia, WA to Howard and Elsie Erickson. Don graduated from Franklin High School in Seattle in 1958. Don and his wife JoAnn have been together since they were 14 and 15 years old. They got...

Donna A. Mcvey

Donna A. Mcvey

Feb 24, 2010

passed away on Wednesday, February 24, 2010, at Martha and Mary Health Care Services in Poulsbo, Washington. She was 80 years of age.She was born on March 23, 1929, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Walter Mahonri Arnold Jr. and Mabel Isabel Hall Arnold. The family later moved to Tacoma, Washington. Donna attended High School at Stadium High School in...

Caroline Julia Mellor

Caroline Julia Mellor

Feb 19, 2010

died peacefully on February 19, 2010 on Bainbridge Island, WA at the age of 90. She was born August 19, 1919 into a large and loving Italian family in St. Louis, Missouri. During the last 6 years, she made her home on Bainbridge to be near her daughter Linda Owen, son-in-law Jeff Owen, and granddaughter, Lindsey Toler.For over 30 years,...

Carolyn Jo Couch

Carolyn Jo Couch

Feb 18, 2010

passed away on Thursday, February 18, 2010 at her home in Bremerton, Washington. She was born on August 15, 1937 and was 72 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.

Arthur Nicholas Mirkovich

Arthur Nicholas Mirkovich

Feb 17, 2010

68, died February 17, 2010Art was born on August 22, 1941 and was the youngest of three children. He took great pride in his Croatian heritage and in being a life long resident of Bainbridge Island. He was involved in recording his family's history on the Island and in the local fishing community. He graduated from Bainbridge High School in...

Ingrid Johanna Hathaway

Ingrid Johanna Hathaway

Feb 16, 2010

passed away on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at The Hospice of Kitsap County Care Center in Bremerton, Washington. She was born on March 22, 1929 in Milspe, Germany and was 80 years of age. She was a resident of Olympia, WA. Ingrid lived in the areas of Sequim, Federal Way, Whidbey Island and Lacey, WA. She was a homemaker and...

Tashio Fujioka

Tashio Fujioka

Feb 15, 2010

a long time resident of Vashon Island, WA, passed away Feb 15 after a short illness. He was 97 and lived the majority of his life on the Island.Tashio was the eldest son of Sadaji who emigrated in 1900 and Tsune Fujioka who emigrated in 1910 from Kumamoto, Japan to the US and disembarked at Victoria, BC. They settled on...

Auntie Earlma Martin

Auntie Earlma Martin

Feb 14, 2010

passed away peacefully at her home, in Suquamish, Washington, on Valentine's Day morning. She was born in Comanche, OK and raised across the Red River in Burkburnett, Texas. Her passions in life were her pets, playing bingo, and sewing. She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur & Mabel Strickland, her brothers, Glynn & William Strickland, and her only...

Barbara Jane Snellman

Barbara Jane Snellman

Feb 13, 2010

Passionately devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend set sail on her celestial journey February 13, 2010. She leaves ashore her beloved Finn, Mr. Robert V. Snellman, and Max, her cherished Jack Russell. Bidding her safe passage are her three surviving children and their families; Hollie Davis Bamford, her husband Mike and "Grams Bestest Boys" Matt, Pete, Kevin, Greg and his...