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Patricia Jane Skinner Russell
Jul 7, 2009
beloved mother, grandmother, aunt and friend, died July 7th in her Bainbridge Island home shortly after being diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. She was 97.Pat was born January 18, 1912 in the Ballard area of Seattle. Two years later her family moved to Bainbridge Island, where in 1929 she graduated from Bainbridge High School as Salutorian. She went on to study...
Ryan Darrel Van Aken
Jul 7, 2009
passed away on July 7 2009, at Castle Hospital, Kailua, HI from heart failure. Word of Ryan's passing spread so fast that hundreds of people in the area that knew Ryan gathered together for an impromptu memorial service in his honor. Although Ryan was taken at the young age of 29 he had a multitude of friends because of his...
Harriet E. Jensen
Jul 6, 2009
passed away on Monday, July 6, 2009 at The Messenger House on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was born on November 21, 1925 and was 83 years of age. She was a resident of Bremerton, WA. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Roger William Strange
Jul 4, 2009
passed away on Saturday, July 4, 2009 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. He was born on July 4, 1948 and was 61 years of age. He was formerly of Kentucky. Roger lived to help people, he always thought of others before himself. He liked buying cars at auctions to fix and resell. Roger loved telling jokes and making...
Steve C. Gregory
Jul 2, 2009
passed away on Thursday, July 2, 2009 at his home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on December 12, 1955 and was 53.Steve grew up in Carlsbad, California, where he surfed and body surfed, and was a member of the Oceanside Lifeguard Service before moving to Washington in the early 1980s, where he lived, worked, and raised a family....
Lois A. Johnson
Jun 30, 2009
passed away on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at The Messenger House on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was born on October 20, 1923 and was 85 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Barbara Kuehnoel
Jun 28, 2009
of Bainbridge Island, WA. slipped quietly away on June 28, 2009. Born in Seattle on Jan. 9, 1928 to Fredrick and Agnes Henricksen, Barbara attended Lincoln High School in Tacoma and graduated from the University of Washington. It was there one star sprinkled evening that she walked down the stairs at the Sigma Kappa sorority and into the heart of...
James E. Greiter
Jun 27, 2009
62, passed away on Saturday, June 27, 2009 at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Washington. He was born January 23, 1947 in Aurora, Illinois, the son of Edward and Francis (Webber) Greiter.Jim attended high school in Batavia, Illinois. He served in the U.S. Army in the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1967.On May 20, 1977, Jim married his best friend...
Janet Young
Jun 26, 2009
87, of Bainbridge Island died on June 26, 2009. She is survived by her husband of 66 years, James Young, son Jay Young (Merrilee Conway), daughter Margaret Hansche (Brian Hansche), and grandchildren Rebecca Encinas (Ben Encinas), Eric Hansche, Ross Young, and Mia Young.Janet's family were early settlers on Bainbridge Island dating back to 1869. Janet was active in the Bainbridge...
Merle E. Shaffer
Jun 14, 2009
passed away on Sunday, June 14, 2009 at Island Health and Rehabilitation on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on August 24, 1923 and was 85 years of age.Merle lived in the area for the last 40 years. He was a member of The Eagles, Sons of Norway, Elks, Gold Wing Road Riders Association, Society of Logistic Engineers. He retired...
Eunice Mion
Jun 14, 2009
93, died peace-fully in Carlsbad after having lived a full life.She was born in Goldsboro, NC to Alonza and Elizabeth Wallace McDermon. After her father died, she was raised in an orphanage with her sister. She went on to study nursing at the Univ. of North Carolina in Chapel Hill where she met her husband, Angelo.During the war she drove...
Claude L. Sells
Jun 10, 2009
passed away on June 10, 2009 at his home in Silverdale, Washington. He was born on September 10, 1936 and was 72 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Alger Terrace Kuchin
Jun 9, 2009
born Algieras Patras Kucinskas, on Dec 23, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, died at home in Bainbridge Island, Washington, June 9, 2009 at the age of 93. He was the son of Lithuanian immigrants, Peter and Grace Kuchin. His father had immigrated from Lithuania, reportedly to avoid the Russian draft. His mother was born in Scotland prior to her families move...
Henry Cragerud
Jun 8, 2009
was born in Seattle on May 4, 1931, and raised on Bainbridge Island. He was born to Henry and Eleanor (Woodrow) Cragerud.Henry was a 50 year member of I.B.E.W. Local 77. He was instrumental in starting Emergency Medical Service in Kitsap County and neighboring counties on the Olympic Peninsula. He helped bring the 911 system to Bainbridge Island. He was...
Henry Carr
Jun 6, 2009
passed away on Saturday, June 6, 2009 at his parent's home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was a resident of Dallas, Texas. He was born on October 25, 1954 and was 54 years of age. Services will be private. Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.
Charles Elliot Munat
Jun 6, 2009
"Chuck" died on June 6, 2009, at Island Health and Rehabilitation Center on Bainbridge Island, from complications of Lewy body dementia, from which he had suffered for many years.Chuck was born on April 25, 1934, in Chicago, Illinois, to Stanley Hermann Hinz Munat and Margaret Katherine (Colahan) Munat. He attended public schools in Chicago, graduating from Harper High School in...
Faye Ione Holland
Jun 3, 2009
passed away on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at her home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was born on April 18, 1919 in Tacoma, Washington and was 90 years of age.Faye lived on Bainbridge Island for the past 24 years. She was a prominent artist and gave lessons to many on the Island over the years. Throughout her life, she also...
Les Meyers Jr.
Jun 3, 2009
passed away on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at his home in Seattle, Washington. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Maxine Dorothy Eastman
Jun 1, 2009
passed away on Monday, June 1, 2009 at Island Health and Rehabilitation on Bainbridge Island,Washington. She was born on August 31, 1926 in Pe Ell, Washington and was 82 years of age. Maxine is survived by three children: Her Son; Robert L. Eastman Jr., his children Kimberly Morlock, her husband John, her daughter Courtney, Robert L. Eastman III, his wife...
Dr. Robert F. Goad
May 31, 2009
passed away after a sudden heart attack while he was mowing his lawn at his home in Shelton, WA, where he stayed to be on medical call at Mason General Hospital. His great heart gave out on him, while dressed in the famous, cozy green hospital scrubs which he, laughingly wore everywhere.He was the first-born son of Samuel Terry Goad...
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