Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Bainbridge Island, WA, Kitsap County and Surrounding Cities
James Lee Schoettler
Apr 12, 2017
Jim, passed to be with his Savior, Jesus Christ on April 12, 2017.He was born in Salem, Oregon on November 14, 1931 to Ruth Sadd Schoettler and LeRoy James Schoettler. Following the death of his father in 1944, Jim and his mother and sister, Shirley, moved to Tacoma to live with family. He attended Stadium High School and later graduated...
Aurel G. Lungu
Apr 10, 2017
passed away on Monday, April 10, 2017 at his residence on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on March 10, 2017 and was 84 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Raymond Chang
Apr 10, 2017
the Halford R. Clark Professor of Natural Sciences, emeritus, died last week on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on March 6, 1939 and was 78 years of age.Raymond lived under the shadow of war for most of his childhood. Following the Japanese invasion of China in 1937, his parents, along with their eight children, moved from Shanghai to the...
Jessica Lynn Santos
Apr 7, 2017
passed away on ​Friday, April ​7, 2017 in Suquamish, Washington. She was born on February 25, 1994 and was 23 years of age.​Jessica (Jess) was a giving person who loved her family and friends. She will be remembered for her funny, bubbly, goofy personality. The bonds she forged with those around her were like no other, and the faith and...
Robert Leigh Burger
Apr 7, 2017
passed away on Friday, April 7, 2017 at The Wyatt House on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was born on October 26, 1929 and was 87 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Kaye Frances (Klopfenstein) Mckerchar
Apr 5, 2017
age 87, passed away on April 5th, 2017 in Poulsbo, Washington joining her beloved husband Walt in heaven.Kaye was born on October 27, 1929 in Tacoma, Washington. She was the third of four children born to Catherine and Frederick Klopfenstein.In Tacoma, she attended local schools, including Annie Wright Seminary, and graduated from Stadium High School. She went on to attend...
James B. Pasnick
Apr 4, 2017
passed away on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at his home in Seattle, Washington. He was born on May 18, 1964 and was 52 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Irving Dibble Smith Jr
Mar 31, 2017
former Bainbridge Island resident/entrepreneur/father & friend passed on recently on Friday, March 31, 2017 at the age of 93 - following his wife DONNA LEE SMITH, who preceded him on August 21, 2016.He was born on November 4, 1923 to Irving D., Smith Sr. & Ruth Homan Smith in Seattle, Washington and was the grandson of King County Superior Court...
Thomas Macvane
Mar 31, 2017
Veteran, passed into the arms of our Lord March 31, 2017 at home surrounded by loved ones. Born Thomas Stanley MacVane to Henry and Eva Clarke MacVane on June 20, 1930 in Portland, Maine, he was predeceased by his beloved wife of 57 years, Charlotte Sears MacVane; his parents; and brother, Ritchie. He is survived by brother, Donny and his...
Larrie S. Schmidt
Mar 30, 2017
passed away on Thursday, March 30 , 2017 at Island Health and Rehabilitation on Bainbridge Island, Washington. She was born on June 25, 1944 and was 72 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Vivian A. Golding
Mar 28, 2017
passed away on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at The Caring Place Adult Family Home in Bremerton, Washington. She was born on November 4, 1930 and was 86 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Craig Truth Anthony Griffeth
Mar 28, 2017
47, passed away unexpectedly on March 28, 2017, following a long and courageous struggle with addiction.Truth, known as "Tony" as a child, was born on April 25, 1969 in Los Angeles, California and grew up primarily in Seattle and Anchorage, sprinkled with months living overseas with his family in Avignon, France, and Krakow, Poland. Truth battled his way back from...
Mary Shirley Barnett
Mar 28, 2017
died peacefully on March 28, 2017 in Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA.Shirley was born in Pittsfield, Maine to Ernest and Regina Shirley on November 4, 1926. She graduated from Higgins Classical Institute in Charleston, Maine and also graduated from The New England Hospital for Women and Children as a registered nurse in Boston, Massachusetts.She married Webster Gesner Barnett on...
Ruth Nagy
Mar 27, 2017
passed away on Monday, March 27, 2017 at her residence in Poulsbo, Washington. She was born on September 19, 1924 and was 93 years of age. The Mass of Christian Burial is pending at St. Olaf Catholic Church in Poulsbo, Washington and will be updated on the funeral home website. Arrangements entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.
Charles Garnie Quitslund
Mar 24, 2017
passed away on Friday, March 24, 2017 at his home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was 83 years of age. Born January 6th, 1934 in Portland Oregon to Phelps and Leona Quitslund, Garnie passed away on March 24th while tending to his garden. Ever the avid gardener, Garnie took great delight in sharing its bounty with friends and family. Visits...
Anne Bowden
Mar 22, 2017
passed away on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at Harbor House - Liberty Shores in Poulsbo, Washington. She was born on November 17, 1925 and was 91 years of age. Arrangements are pending through Cook Family Funeral Home.
Richard Alan Fallows
Mar 21, 2017
of Bainbridge Island,WA died on Tuesday March 21, 2017 at The Ridge in Silverdale,WA.He was born on February 15, 1943 in northern CA. He attended San Mateo High School where he met his wife to be Ronni Zemel (Fallows). He then attended University of California, Berkeley and did his professional study of dentistry at Northwestern University in Chicago IL. He...
Garet Benjamin Barney
Mar 20, 2017
passed away on March 20, 2017. He was 40 years of age.Garet was the son of Michael and Monte Barney, and he was born on August 24, 1976, in Pendleton, Oregon. His parents moved their family to Southern California when Garet was four years old. He graduated from Saddleback High School.Following high school, Garet was called to the New York,...
Thomas Anthony Coultas
Mar 20, 2017
died peacefully March 20, 2017 surrounded by his family at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle. Born on May 23, 1942 in Bemidji, MInnesota, Tom's family moved to Bainbridge I sland when he was six months old. He counted himself as a lifelong resident of Bainbridge, graduating from Bainbridge High School in 1960, and stayed close to his classmates, "The Untouchables,"...
Howard Junior Croker
Mar 19, 2017
left this life on March 19, 2017 and returned to the arms of his loving wifeRachel, who preceded him in death just three months ago.Born August 10, 1926 in Detroit, MI to Howard and Marion Croker, a US Navy family, Howard Junior spent his childhood on the move from Michigan to Massachusetts to his eventual high school graduation in San...