Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Bainbridge Island, WA, Kitsap County and Surrounding Cities
Ray G. Kummerow
Jan 18, 2019
Ray Gilbert Kummerow, 89, of Bainbridge Island passed away Friday, January 18th, 2019 at Harrison Medical Center, Bremerton, Washington. Born in Chicago, Illinois he was the son of the late Harold and Ruth Kummerow. As a teenager, Ray worked for the Idaho Forestry Department, where he became interested in the US Naval Academy (USNA) from working alongside WW2 vets. Ray...
Arleen Coral Tilden
Jan 18, 2019
Arleen Coral Tilden of Bainbridge Island passed away Friday January 18, 2019 at Madrona House. Born December 17, 1925 in Buxton, ND., she was the daughter of the late Olaus and Selma Pauline (Palm) Renslen and was 93 years of age. Additional information will follow. Arrangements are entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.
Mary Lynn Fusco
Jan 17, 2019
Mary Lynn Fusco of Kingston, WA., passed away Thursday January 17, 2019 at University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle after a long illness. Born in Wichita, Kansas she was the daughter of the late Curtis David Hastings and Maxine Bernice (Woods) Hastings and was 59 years of age.Additional information will follow. Arrangements are entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.
John A. Pappas
Jan 13, 2019
John A. Pappas of Monroe Wa., passed away January 13, 2019 at Evergreen Hospital in Kirkland after a long illness. Born March 5, 1938, he was the son of Nicholas and Mary (Poole) Pappas and was 80 years of age.John led a very interesting life in his younger years where he spent some time working within and later driving in...
Patricia Weld Wyman
Jan 12, 2019
Patricia Weld WymanOur beloved Pat passed away peacefully on January 12, 2019 after a ten-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was born Patricia Petrie in 1941,and lived in Pasadena, California until her mother died when Pat was 14. She moved to Bainbridge Island to live with her older sister Lenore and her husband Bill Weld, who later adopted her. She...
Frederic Henderson Burrow
Jan 11, 2019
Frederic H. Burrow August 16, 1935, to January 11, 2019The brilliant flame that was Frederic Henderson Burrow was extinguished with little warning after an acute illness robbed him of his reserves and his resolve. Born 8/16/35, he was the son of Frederic and Ruth Burrow, of Colorado Springs, CO. He died on 1/11/19, in Bremerton, Washington, not far from the...
Eloise Piedalue Mills
Jan 7, 2019
Eloise Piedalue Mills Born on December 7, 1927 in Libby, Montana to Dr. Robert J. Piedalue and Opal Townsend Piedalue. Died on January 7, 2019 at Virginia Mason Hospital following a heart attack.Graduate of Broadway High School and the University of Washington. Married Harry E. Mills on February 18, 1950 and lived on Bainbridge Island for the last 57 years....
Witold Cieplak
Jan 5, 2019
Witold Cieplak of Bainbridge Island passed away Saturday January 5, 2019. Born October 26, 1951 in GelsenKirchen, Germany, he was the son of the late Witold and Irene (Arns) Cieplak and was 67 years of age.Additional information and services will be announced later by the family. Arrangements are pending with and entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.
Bruce Michael Labombard
Jan 4, 2019
Bruce Michael LaBombard of Bainbridge Island passed away quietly Friday January 4, 2019. Born in Schenectady, NY, December 9, 1947, he was the son of the late Roderick Henry and Catherine Clare (Mills) LaBombard and was 71 years of age.Arrangements are pending with and entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.
Melba Rose Queener
Jan 3, 2019
Melba Rose Queener of Denver, Colorado and formerly of Bainbridge Island passed away Thursday January 3, 2019 in Colorado. Born in Bryte, CA September 9, 1922 she was the daughter of the late Otto J. and Bertha Ruth (Lee) Pfyffer and was 96 years of age.Local arrangements are pending with and entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.
William Henry Hemp
Dec 31, 2018
William Henry Hemp, age 90, passed away on Monday December 31st, 2018. William was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Norman and Mary (Wendler) Hemp and was the younger brother of Elizabeth Hemp (deceased), his beloved sister. He graduated from St. Joseph's Prep High School in Philadelphia after moving from St. Louis in 1936. He received a Bachelor's of Science...
Olga Mae Macferran
Dec 31, 2018
Olga Mae Macferran of Bainbridge Island passed away surrounded by her children Tuesday December 31, 2018 at the Madison Avenue House on Bainbridge. Born December 8, 1924 in Los Angeles, CA, she was the daughter of the late John and Olga (Maxwell) McLinn and was 94 years of age.Services and interment will be private at the families request. Arrangements are...
Annette Maria Cornpropst
Dec 27, 2018
Annette Maria Cornpropst, aged 93, passed on Thursday, December 27, 2018 at the Wyatt House on Bainbridge Island, Washington.She was born December 27, 1925 in Columbus Indiana to Charles and Letha Harrell. She married John D (Jack) Cornpropst on November 11, 1950 who passed on April 7, 1996. Annette is survived by 2 daughters, Luann Zirkle of Ohio, Patty (Norman)...
James Ethan Allen
Dec 25, 2018
James Ethan Allen of Bainbridge Island, WA passed away quietly early Tuesday morning at the Madrona House Assisted Living. Born in Santa Paula, CA July 17, 1926 he was the son of the late Ethan Lee and Stella Margaret (Hoath) Allen and was 92 years of age.A US Navy Veteran, James served his country during WWII. He later began his...
George Jackson Greenawalt
Dec 25, 2018
George (Jack) Greenawalt died peacefully at home on December 25, 2018. He was born August 1, 1927 in the mining town of Norway, Michigan. When he was two, the family moved to Jackson, Michigan where he graduated from high school in 1945. Jack enlisted in the Navy and served until 1946. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern...
Jerry "Red" Tange
Dec 24, 2018
A true Montana character, Jerry "Red" Tange passed away quietly on Dec 24, 2018 at home on Bainbridge Island, Washington at the age of 73. The oldest of five sons to John and Margaret (Gutsch) Tange of Plentywood, he spent his youth on the family farm his grandfather had homesteaded in the far corner of northeastern Montana. There, Red developed...
Mary Juanita Jones
Dec 20, 2018
Mary Juanita Jones of Port Gamble passed away Thursday December 20 at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Wa. Arrangements are pending with and entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.
Brenda Lorraine Kressler
Dec 20, 2018
Brenda Lorraine Kressler of Poulsbo passed away peacefully and surrounded by her loving family on Thursday December 20, 2018. Born in Marysville, CA December 20, 1960, she was the daughter William Van, Sr., and Opal (Rowland) Huffman and was 58 years of age. Brenda attained her Master's degree after which she entered the Healthcare field earning the title of Director...
Rita Mary Mcginnis
Dec 19, 2018
Rita Mary McGinnisNov. 14, 1933 - Dec. 19, 2018Rita was born in Philadelphia, Penn. the third of five sisters from parents John and Margaret McCrossin. The family moved to Southern California when she was a teenager. It was there that she met and married her husband.Rita was a prolific artist in all media, and found her greatest joy in painting....
William E. Minteer
Dec 19, 2018
Dr. William E. Minteer, III of Bainbridge Island passed away surrounded by his family on Wednesday December 19, 2018. Born December 18, 1943 in Albert Lea, Minnesota, he was the son of the late William Emmett, Jr. and Lois Mary (Weber) Minteer and was 75 years of age.Additional information will follow shortly. Arrangements are pending with and entrusted to Cook...