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Martha Charles
Feb 7, 2009
83, of little Boston passed away peacefully in her home on Saturday, February 7, 2009. She was born July 7, 1925 at Point Julia to Ed and Irene Purser, both of Little Boston.Martha formally worked at the Pope and Talbot Saw Mill, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Martha and Mary Care Center. She enjoyed getting out and shopping at yard...
Mary Jane Mong
Feb 5, 2009
passed away on Thursday, February 5, 2009 at The Hospice of Kitsap County Care Center in Bremerton, Washington. She was born on June 21, 1915 in Edison, Washington and was 93 years of age.Mary had moved from Bow, Washington and lived in the Kitsap County area for the past 21 years. She was a member of the Poulsbo First Lutheran...
Ian Bunting
Feb 3, 2009
(Infant) passed away on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at The Naval Hospital in Bremerton, Washington. Graveside Services will be held on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 3:00 PM at Miller-Woodlawn Memorial Park in Bremerton, WA. Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.
Geneva Vivian Ives
Feb 3, 2009
85 of Little Boston, WA went to the Lord on February 3, 2009 at her home surrounded by loving family. Geneva was born to Clara and Foster Jones on April 18, 1923. The eldest of 13 children, she was the first Port Gamble SʼKlallam Tribal member to graduate North Kitsap in 1941. She married Joseph C. Ives on June 17,...
Frieda Herreshoff
Feb 1, 2009
passed away on Sunday, February 1, 2009 at her son's home in Kingston, Washington. She was 95 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Dale Norman Fox
Jan 29, 2009
a resident of Bainbridge Island for 60 years, died Jan. 29, 2009, at Hospice Care Center in Bremerton. He was 82 years of age.He was born Jan. 8, 1927, in Yakima to Norman and Esther (Strong) Fox. The family moved to Seattle when he was a toddler, and lived for a time during the Depression with his grandparents in a...
John C. Blunt
Jan 29, 2009
died at his home in Poulsbo, Washington, with his family nearby.J.C. was born June 18, 1928 in Chatham, New York. His father, Ira, was a professional singer and performed regularly for the "Coca-Cola Hour" on national radio. His mother, Marion, was an amateur poet.As a youth he was nurtured in the art of fishing and hunting, and his prowess as...
Roscoe Vernon Heins
Jan 28, 2009
local dentist well known for his charitable work in Kitsap County, died January 22, 2009 at age 91. He was born in Corder, Missouri, on September 15, 1917, the youngest of three sisters and four brothers. After his mother died, Roscoe's oldest sister, a newlywed at the time, began to raise him at the age of three. He lived his...
Samantha L. Dusinberre
Jan 23, 2009
passed away on Friday, January 23, 2009 at The Kitsap County Hospice Care Center in Bremerton, Washington. She was born on June 20, 1937 and was 71 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Robert Sharpe
Jan 11, 2009
passed away on Sunday, January 11, 2009 at The Harbor House in Poulsbo, Washington. He was born on March 7, 1917 in Juda, Wisconsin and was 91 years of age. Robert was a resident of Port Townsend, WA. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Marian R. Burgett
Jan 8, 2009
78, of Bainbridge Island, WA passed away at Island Health and Rehabilitation on Thursday, January 8, 2009. She was born in Seattle, WA on August 29, 1930, the only child of John and Marian E. (Coe) Reccheo. She grew up in Port Orchard and graduated from South Kitsap High School in 1950. She married Wayne G. Burgett on October 29,...
Mildred May Ostrand
Jan 4, 2009
was born May 26, 1910, in Eagledale on Bainbridge Island. Her parents, Charles and Jennie Lundgren, were Swedish immigrants who came to Washington territory in 1888 and to Bainbridge in 1892. She was the youngest of eight children.Mildred attended island schools and in 1928 was in the first class to graduate from the new consolidated Bainbridge High School. After attending...
Fredrick W. Harris
Jan 2, 2009
passed away on January 2, 2009 at his Bainbridge Island home. He is survived by his wife of 67 years: Maxine "Lida" Harris, children: Lane Harris (wife Marilyn), and Linda Papineau, grandchildren: Michael Hughes (wife Donna), Angela Lillie (husband Michael), and Tobin Harris, great grandchildren: Amanda Hughes, Katrina Hughes and Nova Hughes. Fred was born in Pratt, Kansas, on December...
Roy Berner Egaas
Jan 2, 2009
Lifelong Bainbridge Islander, passed away on January 2, 2009. He was born October 3, 1930 to Jacob B. and Selma H. Egaas. He grew up in the Rolling Bay and Seabold areas. He graduated from Bainbridge High School in 1948 and enlisted in the U.S. Air Force serving from 1948-1952. He was a test flight mechanic on the B-36 with...
Ruth Lord
Jan 1, 2009
died on Sunday, January 18 at Clearbrook Inn in Silverdale. She was 94 years old.Ruth was born in Mapleville, Rhode Island on July 27, 1914. Her parents were Jefferson B. Kimball and Florence Nightingale Heap. Jefferson Kimball worked as a designer in woolen mills throughout New England, including Pittsfield and Damariscotta, Maine. As a youth, Ruth and her three sisters...
Kenneth Fox
Dec 30, 2008
79, of Bainbridge Island Washington died at home on December 30, 2008, of mesothelioma.He was a naval engineer. He was born on January 18th, 1929, the second son of Herman and Gussie Fox, and he grew up in Mt. Kisco New York. He was educated in the University of Michigan and in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He served twenty...
Teresa K. Jacobs
Dec 20, 2008
née Sisler, crossed the threshold on the night of the winter solstice, 12/20/2008, age 62. In bed at home with her husband, children, and sisters by her side, she waited for breathing to cease. During the preceding weeks, speechless and increasingly paralyzed by brain cancer, she resolved life issues, reconciled and raised her relationships, and said silent goodbyes. Wife, mother,...
Nicholas M. Rerecich
Dec 15, 2008
"Nick" passed away on Monday, December 15, 2008 at his home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was 87 years of age and born on Bainbridge Island in 1921 to Anton and Maria Rerecich.He attended grade school on the Island and graduated from Bainbridge High School in 1939. After graduation, he worked as an apprentice cabinet maker in Seattle until he...
Orpha Elizabeth Young
Dec 14, 2008
passed away December 14, 2008 in Bremerton. Elizabeth was born into this world on October 6, 1914 at home in New Hampton, Missouri, the fourth child of Garner Franklin Young and Ida Mae Chipp. Eventually her family would grow to 11 children. Elizabeth's father was a farmer by choice, avoiding the indoor offices and the threat of tuberculosis, so prevalent...
Dennis Sponseller
Dec 12, 2008
passed away on Friday, December 12, 2008 at The Messenger House on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home
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