Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Bainbridge Island, WA, Kitsap County and Surrounding Cities
Willoughby Claire Kochenash
Mar 13, 2008
(Infant), passed away on Thursday, March 13, 2008 at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. She was born on February 25, 2008 at the hospital. Her family are residents of Bainbridge Island, Washington.Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral service on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 11:00 AM at St. Cecilia Catholic Church on Bainbridge Island, Washington....
Robert Lundt
Mar 12, 2008
passed away on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at The Messenger House on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was 88 years of age and born on October 5, 1919. Robert was a resident of Poulsbo, WA. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Josephine A. Dendor
Mar 10, 2008
passed away on Monday, March 10, 2008 at her daughter's home in Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was 96 years of age and born on November 12, 1911. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Eleanor E. Ratterman
Mar 10, 2008
"Betty", died March 10 at Island Health and Rehabilitation Center on the island. She was 88.Mrs. Ratterman was born in Stanley, N.D., and attended elementary and high schools in her home of Glasston, N.D., and in St. Thomas, N.D. She also attended the University of North Dakota. She served in the US Navy in World War II as a Pharmacists...
John Louis Johnsen
Mar 9, 2008
passed away on Sunday, March 9, 2008 at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton, Washington. He was 94 years of age and born on February 7, 1914 in Freeport, Long Island. John was a long time resident of Bainbridge Island prior to his move to Suquamish, WA.He is survived by his children and their spouses; Walt Johnsen (Bonnie), John Johnsen (Jennifer) and...
Fusako Horishige
Mar 8, 2008
"Sako", passed away suddenly on Saturday, March 8, 2008 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. She was 88 years of age and born on July 18, 1919 on Bainbridge Island, Washington.Sako lived on Bainbridge throughout her life. She was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church and enjoyed working in her garden, especially with her orchids and rhododendrons. She also...
Harold A. Herzog
Mar 7, 2008
born June 12, 1917 in Utica, New York, died peacefully in Poulsbo, WA on March 7. He and Nell, his wife of 65 years, raised four children.He is survived by Nell, their children Hal, Cathy Puma, Philip and eight grandchildren. He was preceded in death by their daughter Gwen. Even as a child Harold was drawn to the sky. When...
Gladys Hanna
Mar 7, 2008
passed away on Friday, March 7, 2008 at The Messenger House on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was 97 years of age and born on July 17, 1910, the middle child of seven, to Gurden and Lulu Merritt in Whiting, Iowa.She was raised on a farm without electricity or plumbing, field work was waiting for her each day after school and...
Richard M. Mccool Jr.
Mar 5, 2008
of Bainbridge Island, died peacefully of natural causes at Harrison Hospital, Bremerton, on the morning of March 5, 2008, with his wife and children at his bedside. A retired navy captain, Capt. McCool and his wife Carole Elaine, (married in 1945,) settled on Bainbridge Island when he retired from the navy in 1974.He was born in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, January 4,...
Helen Suryan
Mar 5, 2008
died peacefully at home on Wednesday, March 5, 2008, one week shy of her 84th birthday. Our beloved Helen was born to Mato and Kate Zitkovich on March 12, 1924, in Obuljeno, Croatia (a small hillside village near Dubrovnik). She was the fourth of seven children. Her early years were filled with hard work and hard times, growing up through...
Donald Gene Gibson
Mar 4, 2008
passed away peacefully, on Tuesday, March 4, 2008, at the Messenger House on Bainbridge Island, Washington.Don was born on October 24, 1931, in Kellerton, Iowa, to Leo and Bernice Gibson. Don was raised on a farm, where he helped the family from an early age. He attributes his hard work ethic to the rigors of farm life. He was the...
William Mcknight
Mar 2, 2008
passed away on Sunday, March 2, 2008 at his home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was 61 years of age and born on July 18, 1946. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Harmon Fredric Adams
Mar 1, 2008
passed away peacefully at his Bainbridge Island home on March 1, 2008 after a cruel yet short battle with pancreatic cancer.Harmon was born at home in Syracuse, NY on May 27, 1936. He was the first child of Frederick George and Esther Harmon Adams and was named after his two grandfathers. Harmon's family moved to Los Angeles in the winter...
Barbara L. Samuelson
Feb 26, 2008
passed away on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at her home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was born on August 3, 1943. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Jerome H. Joseph
Feb 25, 2008
passed away on Monday, February 25, 2008 at his home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Jerome was born on November 23, 1927.Services will be private.Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.
Andrew James Kleiven
Feb 23, 2008
(Infant), entered into eternal rest, February 23, 2008 at Harrison Hospital in Silverdale, Washington. He is survived by his parents, Adam and Tiffany Kleiven of Bainbridge Island, WA, sister, Victoria Kleiven and grandparents, James and Jill Hagar of Oak Harbor, WA and Diana and Carl Kleiven of Kingston, WA. There are many other loving family and friends.A Memorial Service will...
Joan Mcmicken Wilt
Feb 21, 2008
born July 11, 1924, passed away suddenly after cardiac surgery on February 21, 2008.Joanie was born in Seattle, just making it across the water in the nick of time, to Maurice R. McMicken and Constance Coleman McMicken. She and her sisters spent their early years between a home on 12th Avenue in Seattle and their Wing Point house. During the...
Edmund Carl Rediehs
Feb 20, 2008
passed away on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at Island Health & Rehabilitation on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was 100 years of age and born on March 30, 1907 in Hinsdale, Illinois to Fredrick Albert Rediehs and Eva Mochel.Edmund lived in the Chicago area for the majority of his life. He worked at the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago. He also...
Professor John Allen Strange
Feb 20, 2008
passed away on Wednesday February 20, 2008 in Seattle Washington. Born in Calexico California, June 26, 1943.Allen Strange lived an amazing 64 years contributing his life to music and the arts. Allen was a leading American composer and performer as well as a Professor of Music at San Jose State University in California. Involved with music technology since the middle...
Virginia E. Ives
Feb 17, 2008
loving Matriarch, 81, of Little Boston, WA died February 17, 2008.Born in Little Boston, WA on February 17, 1927, Virginia was the daughter of the late Foster and Clara (George) Jones, and an enrolled member of the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe; in 1943 she attended North Kitsap High School, followed by a commercial cook degree in 1969 from Edison Technical...