Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Bainbridge Island, WA, Kitsap County and Surrounding Cities
Alice Lorraine Magnusson
Apr 12, 2020
Alice Lorraine Magnusson, 92, a longtime resident of Bainbridge Island, Washington passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 12, 2020, at Martha and Mary Health and Rehabilitation Center in Poulsbo. Born in Seattle, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth Joyce and Hazel (Jesper) Kallgren. After graduating from High School, Alice went to work for the Telephone Company where she...
Marshall Jager Jacobsen
Apr 11, 2020
Marshall Jager Jacobsen, 77, of Bainbridge Island, WA., passed away quietly with his family at his side on Saturday, April 11, 2020, at Swedish Medical Center - Cherry Hill Campus in Seattle. Born in Seattle, he was the son of the late Marshall J. and Jane Constance (Knutson) Jacobsen. A United States Navy Veteran, Marshall spent his career with the...
Helen Louise Pollock
Apr 10, 2020
Helen Louise Pollock, "Louise" as she was best known, of Bainbridge Island, WA., passed away peacefully with her loving husband at her side on Friday, April 10, 2020. Born in Vancouver, WA., she was the daughter of the late Gerry Edwin and Helen Fay (Pifer) Woolf. A graduate of the University of Washington, Louise worked as an Executive Assistant in...
Kurt Enget
Apr 10, 2020
Kurt Enget, 49, of Port Orchard, passed away unexpectedly on April 10, 2020, at Harrison Medical Center. Kurt was born in Bremerton, WA to Chuck and Sandy Enget. He grew up in Port Orchard and graduated from South Kitsap High School. Kurt was preceded in death by his father and is survived by his mother. At the age of 16,...
Helen Lorraine (Matson) Bohlig
Apr 7, 2020
Helen was born July 24, 1919, to Austin and Christina Matson in Byron Township, MN. She was the eighth child of eleven, grew up on a farm, and went to a one-room schoolhouse where her oldest sister, Pearl, was one of her teachers. She was on the Waseca High School basketball team, graduating in 1937. On October 9, 1943, she...
Louise Lu Lawrence Simpson
Apr 6, 2020
Louise "Lu" Lawrence Simpson, 92, of Bainbridge Island, WA., passed away quietly on Monday, April 6, 2020, at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Wa. Born in Massillon, Ohio she was the daughter of the late Carl and Ruth (Moser) Lawrence. Lu worked as a Professor for her entire career. Preceded in death by her loving husband Altus in March of...
Harry E. Mills
Apr 6, 2020
Harry E. Mills, Jr. was born in Seattle on February 24, 1924, to Harry E. Mills and Jean Davidson Mills. He died at home, surrounded by his family, on April 6, 2020, at the age of 96. Harry was raised in the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1942. He began college at Washington State...
Katherine Sue Olson
Apr 5, 2020
Katherine Sue Olson, 84, of Bainbridge Island, WA., passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 5, 2020, at the Madrona House on Bainbridge Island. Born in Oak Park, Illinois she was the daughter of the late Walter Edward and Nellie Katherine (Perry) Roth. Katherine's family will provide additional information shortly. Arrangements are entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home of Bainbridge Island,...
Maryetta Frances Bauer
Apr 5, 2020
Maryetta Frances Bauer, 73, of Bainbridge Island, WA., and Montana passed away comfortably surrounded by those closest to her on Sunday, April 5, 2020. Born in Polson, Montana, she was the daughter of S.N. and Gladys (Petersen) McKinsey. Maryetta's family will provide her story very soon. Arrangements are entrusted to the Cook Family Funeral Home of Bainbridge Island, Wa.
Donald Raymond Cherek
Apr 5, 2020
Donald Raymond Cherek, 78, of Bainbridge Island, WA., passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 5, 2020, at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, WA. Born in Omaha, Nebraska he was the son of the late Raymond Lawrence and Agnes Ann (Rhody) Cherek. Additional information will be provided by Donald's family shortly. Arrangements are entrusted to the Cook Family Funeral Home of...
Charles Eikyu Arakaki
Apr 5, 2020
Charles Eikyu Arakaki, 87, of Bainbridge Island, WA., passed away quietly on Sunday, April 5, 2020, at the Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton Wa. Born in Waianae, Hawaii he was the son of the late Tokuki and Suye (Higa), Arakaki. Charles was employed by the United States Postal Service where he enjoyed a long career and from which he retired...
Michael Laird Logan
Apr 4, 2020
MICHAEL LAIRD LOGAN March 20, 1937 - April 4, 2020 Michael Laird Logan was born on March 20, 1937 in Glendale, California. He passed away on April 4, 2020 in Seattle, Washington at the age of 83 from complications after a surgical procedure. His home was on Bainbridge Island where he had lived for twenty-three years. Michael attended Glendale High...
Helen Jeanette Kinsley
Apr 2, 2020
Helen Jeanette Kinsley, 99, of Bainbridge Island, Wa., passed away on Thursday, April 2, 2020, at the Madison House on Bainbridge Island. Born in Los Angeles, Ca., she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Leonora (Reichert) Johnson. Helen was best known for her many years teaching piano and she will be sadly missed by all who knew her....
Margaret Therese Kirk
Mar 31, 2020
Margaret Therese Kirk, 95, of Port Ludlow, Wa., passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving children on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Born in Pittsburgh, PA., she was the daughter of the late Joseph H. and Margaret M. (English) Watterson. Additional information will be provided by Margaret's family shortly. Arrangements are entrusted to the Cook Family Funeral Home of Bainbridge Island,...
Richard Alan Sturdivant
Mar 30, 2020
Richard Alan Sturdivant, 62, of Bremerton, WA., passed away quietly on Monday, March 30, 2020, at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, WA. Born in Philadelphia, PA he was the son of Donald L. and Shirley A. (Firth) Sturdivant. Richard grew up in Warren Grove, NJ during where he joined and excelled in wrestling and soccer. A United States Navy Veteran,...
Allison Brown Hunter
Mar 30, 2020
Allison Brown Hunter, 77, of Bainbridge Island, WA., passed away quietly surrounded by her closest friends on Monday, March 30, 2020. Born in Philadelphia, PA., she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin, Jr. and Helen Emma (Young) Brown. After attending a couple of years of College, Allison decided she wanted to work as a "Stewardess" (in her words)...
Susan Jeswine O'Shea
Mar 28, 2020
Susan J. O'Shea, 75, of Bainbridge Island, WA., passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 28, 2020, at the Swedish Medical Center First Hill Campus in Seattle. Born in San Diego, CA., Susan comes from a multi-generational Washington Family and she was the daughter of the late Fred and Madelyn Jeswine. Susan served the Seattle community for many years as an...
Clarence Bud Johnson
Mar 26, 2020
Clarence Bud Johnson, P.E. June 8, 1929 - March 26, 2020 Clarence “Bud” Johnson died of respiratory and heart failure at Harrison Hospital at the age of 90. Bud was born on June 8, 1929, in St. Paul, MN, to Anna and Cass Johnson, where he grew up with elder sister Marlys (Miller, deceased). Bud attended Roosevelt Elementary and South...
Dan Armstrong
Mar 24, 2020
Dan Vernon Armstrong passed away at his home on Bainbridge Island early on March 24, 2020. He was holding hands with his sister, Deb, and his brother, Vince, as he slipped quietly from this world, his faithful dog, Finn, guarding by his bedside. A deadly battle with metastatic melanoma took him too soon, at only 64 years old. He was...
Virginia A. Cherry
Mar 23, 2020
Virginia Cherry, known as Jean, a resident of Bainbridge Island Washington, passed away peacefully on March 23, 2020. Jean was born in Nutley. New Jersey on June 9, 1930, and spent most of her life in Middletown, New Jersey where she had many long time friends and worked as an insurance broker. She was predeceased by her husband Jack Cherry...