Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Bainbridge Island, WA, Kitsap County and Surrounding Cities
Bertha Johnson
Nov 4, 2007
"Bert", passed away Sunday, November 4th, in her home surrounded by her loving family. After a 14 month battle against a cruel cancer, her body gave up but her spirit remained unbroken against a relentless foe.Bert was born Bertha Lucia Brazier in Missoula Montana on October 19, 1951 to Francis and Simone Brazier. They moved to Renton, Wa. early in...
Alvin Oya
Nov 2, 2007
passed away on Saturday, November 2, 2007 at The Messenger House on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was 83 years of age and a resident of Kingston, Washington where he lived for 65 years. Alvin was born on October 27, 1924 in Oakville, Washington to John Oya and Lena Pulsifer. He was a minister for the Assemblies of God Church for...
Dorothy Jeanne Mccarthy
Oct 30, 2007
passed away on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at The Messenger House on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was born on September 7, 1923 in Burlington, Iowa. Services are private with inurnment in San Jacinto, California. Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.
Robert Allen Stones
Oct 28, 2007
passed away on Sunday, October 28, 2007 at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton, Washington. He was 82 years of age and a resident of Bainbridge Island, WA.Bob was born on March 8, 1925 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Austin Alonzo Stones and Marian Ashbaugh. He was raised in Fruita, Colorado. In 1941 he was sixteen years old and was less...
Mark Daniel Edwards
Oct 26, 2007
"Danny", passed away on Friday, October 26, 2007 after an accident on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born at the Winslow Way Clinic on Bainbridge Island on April 3rd, 1983 to the welcoming arms of his parents, Kathy and Dennis Edwards.The third child of four, Danny exhibited at a young age his ability to win peoples' hearts with his mischievous...
Richard Sproul Potter
Oct 23, 2007
passed away on Tuesday evening, October 23, 2007 at Island Health & Rehabilitation on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was 68 years of age and born on .Richard was born to Harold E and Leona Potter in Tyler, Texas on July 28, 1939. He graduated from John Tyler High School, 1958 and North Texas State University, 1963. Potter worked as design...
Irene Ann Anderson
Oct 20, 2007
passed away peacefully in the early hours of the morning on Saturday, October 20th at Martha and Mary Nursing Home in Poulsbo, Washington. She had been living there since January, 2007.Born Irene Ann Wanago in Havre, Montana on January 31, 1928, where she spent her childhood growing up with two brothers in Montana. She finished school and married her husband,...
Doris A. Jones
Oct 19, 2007
passed away on Friday, October 19, 2007 at Fir Acres Health Care on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was 97 years of age.She was born in Nebraska on January 9, 1910, but lived in Everett, Washington since 1936. Mrs. Jones worked for many years in the field of child welfare, four years of which were as Chief Probation Officer, Snohomish County...
Karen Alice Zischke
Oct 19, 2007
was at home with her family and close friends when she passed away at sunset Friday, October 19th.Born Karen Alice LeGrand in Teaneck, N.J. on August 25, 1956, she spent her childhood growing up with six siblings in New Jersey. She completed college studies in environmental science and moved to Juneau, AK as a young woman, later moving to Sitka...
Rodney Benjamin Palmer
Oct 19, 2007
passed away on Friday, October 19, 2007 at his home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was 83 years of age.A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 2:00 PM at The Masonic Lodge, 1299 Grow Avenue on Bainbridge Island. Memorial contributions can be made to The Bainbridge Island Fire Department.Arrangements by Cook Family Funeral Home.
Lois A. Langdon
Oct 14, 2007
passed away on Sunday, October 14, 2007 at Bremerton Health and Rehabilitation in Bremerton, Washington. She was 89 years of age. She was born on March 15, 1918. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
David H. Whitlow
Oct 13, 2007
passed away on Saturday, October 13, 2007 at The Messenger House on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was 86 years of age and born on December 20, 1920. He leaves behind Olivia, his wife of 52 years, and their three children, Marc of El Sobrante, CA, John of Bainbridge Is, and Leslie of Kansas City, KN and their families.He was a...
Ruth Walbridge Godfrey
Oct 10, 2007
died October 10, 2007 at the age of 96 at Messenger House on Bainbridge Island. She was born in Chicago, Illinois, on April 23, 1911 to John Tuthill Walbridge and Mabel Thornton Walbridge. She attended MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois, as well as the Parsons School of Design in New York City. At a time when most women didn't travel...
John Michael Fliege
Oct 5, 2007
was born June 6, 1922 in New York to John Fliege and Alice (Malone) Fliege, John passed on October 5, 2007 at age of 85.John's father died when he was eight years old leaving his mother to raise him during the hard times of the depression. As a young boy John took odd jobs such as a paper boy and...
Janet Ruth Townsend
Oct 3, 2007
went home to be with the Father on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 from her home in Poulsbo, Washington.She was 75 years of age. She was born December 9, 1931 in Omaha, Nebraska to Edward and Minnie Brocker. She married Harold Oliver Townsend on September 27, 1952. They had and raised two children. They retired to Mukilteo, Washington in 1986. After...
Colleen Weeks
Sep 29, 2007
our loving Sister, daughter, aunt, cousin, friend, and fellow-worker, passed quietly from complications associated with cancer on September 29, 2007 at Swedish Hospital in Seattle Washington.Colleen was born March 14, 1953 in Cody Wyoming to Stanley Lynn and Katherine Olpin Weeks and later that year moved with her family to Walnut Creek California. She attended K-12 in Walnut Creek graduating...
Christopher Purser
Sep 26, 2007
(Infant) passed away on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at Harrison Hospital in Silverdale, Washington. Private burial will take place at the Port Gamble Tribal Cemetery in Kingston, WA. Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.
Mary Louise Rapada
Sep 21, 2007
passed away on Friday, September 21, 2007 at her daughter's home on Bainbridge Island, Washington.Mary lived on Bainbridge Island for the past 62 years. She was 93 years of age and born on March 25, 1914 in Chilliwack, British Columbia to Andrew James and Annie George. She was attended St. Cecilia Catholic Church on Bainbridge Island and was chosen "Mother...
Evelyn B. Shafer
Sep 19, 2007
passed away on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton, Washington. She was 92 years of age and born on November 22, 1914 to Frank Berkebile and Golda Arnold in Swanton, Ohio. She had lived on Bainbridge Island at the Madison Avenue Retirement Center for the past six years.She moved to the area from Los Gatos, California. Evelyn...
Dorothy Elaine Kennedy
Sep 19, 2007
passed away on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at Island Health & Rehabilitation on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was 84 years of age. Dorothy was born on March 23,1923. Services are pending. Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.