Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Bainbridge Island, WA, Kitsap County and Surrounding Cities
Benjamin Brown
Sep 4, 2007
passed away on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 at Island Health & Rehabilitation on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was 93 years of age and a resident of Bainbridge Island.Benjamin was born on April 17, 1914 in Trenton, New Jersey to Abraham Brown and Rachel Rosenthal.Until a few days before he died, Benjamin was fully engaged and enjoying life at the Madison...
John O. Daly
Aug 31, 2007
74, passed away August 31, 2007, at his home on Bainbridge Island, Washington, following a two-year battle with cancer.John was born November 11, 1932 to Virginia and Milton J. Daly in Ketchikan, Alaska. He was raised in Ketchikan, attending high school at Marmion Military Academy in Aurora, Illinois, graduating in 1950; and the University of Washington, graduating in 1958 in...
Richard T. Heffron
Aug 27, 2007
passed away on Monday, August 27, 2007 at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, WA. He was 76 years of age. He was born on October 6, 1930.He was resident of Bainbridge Island for the past five years, where he could be seen beachcombing, picking blackberries, and reading the NY Times. Richard started out as a documentary filmmaker for Guggenheim...
Lenore K. Carpenter
Aug 27, 2007
passed away on Monday, August 27, 2007 at The Messenger House on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was 88 years of age and a resident of Bainbridge Island. She was born on August 27, 1919. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
William Walker Griffin
Aug 19, 2007
Bill passed away on August 19, 2007 in his Cliffside home. He was 89 years of age.Born September 17, 1918 to Amanda and William Griffin in Atchison, Kansas. "Bill" attended Emporia State University nearby until joining the Army at the outbreak of World War II. Bill went to Officer Candidate School, then was stationed in Southern California, where he met...
Kathryn Emilie Gerstenberger
Aug 16, 2007
"Katie" passed away at her home surrounded by her father, mother and brother, in Poulsbo, Washington on Thursday, August 16, 2007. She was 12 Years of age, born on March 8, 1995.Katie is survived by her parents Gregg & Karen, brother David, grandparents Ed and Elaine Gerstenberger and Phil and Ellie Boren and also many other family and friends.Katie attended...
Janet Louise Mangrum Shields
Aug 16, 2007
passed away on Thursday, August 16, 2007 at her home in Poulsbo, Washington with her loving family by her side. She was 90 years of age and a longtime resident of Poulsbo.Louise was born on March 16, 1917 in Seattle, Washington to William Swinton Mangrum and Janet Pearson Broadfoot Mangrum. She moved to Poulsbo 67 years ago.She graduated from The...
Rosalyn Gale Powell
Aug 14, 2007
a long-time Bainbridge resident and well-known Northwest artist, died in her home on August 14 after a long illness. She was 78 years old. Born in 1929 near Salisbury, England, she began drawing at the age of 5 and moved to Paris at 19 to study portraiture. In 1952, on an extended visit to her sister in Seattle, she met...
Celeste Nichole Nellenbach-Mabe
Aug 6, 2007
passed away suddenly at her home in Kingston, Washington on Monday, August 6, 2007.She was born on March 12, 2007 in Silverdale, Washington to Andrea Nellenbach-Mabe and Damon Melton. She is survived her parents, also her grandmother Violet Mabe, grandfather Tom Crane, great-grandparents Lewis and Sandie Mabe and Virginia Lowe. There are many other loving aunts, uncles and great aunts...
John Douglas Wieben
Aug 5, 2007
86, died Sunday, August 5, 2007 at home after a long illness. He was born at home on December 12, 1920 in Seacaucus, NJ.He graduated from A.J. Demarest High School in 1937 and spent some time working in the financial district of New York City before he joined the Army on his birthday in 1939.He had a distinguished 30 year...
Toshiyuki Kawanishi
Aug 4, 2007
"Tosh" passed away peacefully on August 4, 2007 at Island Health & Rehabiliation Center on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was 85 years of age.Tosh was born on April 3, 1922, in Seattle, WA to Harry Teikichi Kawanishi and Fusa Tomikawa. He grew up in Seattle, graduated from Garfield High School and attended University of Washington until his internment at the...
Frank Torma
Aug 2, 2007
passed away on Thursday, August 2, 2007 at The Messenger House on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was 82 years of age, born on August 7, 1924 in Romania.He lived in Olympia for many years. Frank was a member of the United Churches of Olympia, WA. He enjoyed spending time with his many friends.He is survived by his son Tony Torma...
Raymond Smith
Aug 2, 2007
passed away on Thursday, August 2,2007 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington.He was 50 years of age and born on June 19, 1957 in Pensacola, Florida to Raymond & Melba Smith. He was a resident of Silverdale, WA and had lived in the area for the past 38 years. Ray was the owner of The Winslow Cutter at the...
Kevin Scott Haugen
Aug 2, 2007
passed away suddenly on Thursday, August 2, 2007 at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton, Washington. He was 45 years of age and a resident of Poulsbo, Washington.Kevin was born on May 16, 1962 in Tacoma, Washington to his parents Jerome D. Haugen and Jeannine C. Walker. Kevin worked as a technical representative for the Xerox Corporation. He loved to entertain and...
Arthur David Reese
Aug 1, 2007
"Art" passed away on Wednesday, August 1, 2007, at his home in Seabeck, Washington, at the age of 71. He was born on March 2, 1936, in Anaconda, Montana, to Arthur and Lenore "Peggy" Reese.Most of Art's years growing up, were spent in Spokane, WA, where he graduated from West Valley High School in 1954. After High School, Art enlisted...
Alton Bruce Jeffcoat
Jul 29, 2007
passed away on Sunday, July 29, 2007 at his home in Poulsbo, Washington. He was 68 years of age and born on December 12, 1938.Bruce was born in Montgomery, Alabama, son of the late John Orville Jeffcoat and Raleigh Corbin Jeffcoat. He spent his youth in North Carolina and Alaska before joining the US Navy and rising to Chief Warrant...
Joshua Levy
Jul 27, 2007
(known throughout his childhood as Will Breidenbach), passed away on Friday, July 27, 2007 in Spokane, Washington. Born on May 23, 1979, he was 28 years of age.Our beloved Josh was happiest in nature. He excelled in outdoor sports including snowboarding and river rafting, and was proud to have spent last summer with the U.S. Forest Service assistant as a...
Lawrence Robert Schwedes
Jul 24, 2007
passed away on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at The Messenger House on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was 84 years of age and a resident of Sequim, Washington. Lawrence was born on November 23, 1922.He was a man of many interests, many talents: small business owner (investment casting manufacturing company), scout leader for both his kids, photographer, observer of wildlife, student...
William Nolan
Jul 19, 2007
passed away on Thursday, July 19, 2007 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. He was 95 years of age, born on February 24, 1912. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Leo Leonard Lawrence Jr.
Jul 19, 2007
"Sonny" passed away suddenly on Thursday, July 19, 2007. He was 52 years of age and a resident of Suquamish, Washington. He was born on July 24, 1954 in Bremerton, Washington to Leo Leonard Lawrence and Virginia Adelaide Bullock.He graduated from North Kitsap High School in 1972 and later worked as a manager for the fishery & hatchery of the...


