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Leona Ruth Ness Sande
Jul 1, 2015
After a long life filled with family, faith and happiness, Leona Ruth Ness Sande, passed away on July 1, 2015 at the age of 96. Leona was born on July 28, 1918 into a loving Norwegian family. Her parents, Sigurd and Jennie Ness raised Leona and her siblings Nora, Esther, Signe and Owen on a chicken farm north of Stanwood....
Preston Dale Tilley
Jun 30, 2015
Preston Dale Tilley, 80. died June 30, 2015 in Everett, Washington, with his beloved family at his side, after a short illness. Dale was born on January 3, 1935 in Boise, Idaho to Edna and Preston Tilley. He was the youngest of four children: sister Vera, brother Ronald and sister Muriel. Dale went to Twin Falls schools, graduating from Twin...
Karl-Ake H Omnell
Jun 30, 2015
Karl-Ã…ke Omnell DDS PhD Former Dean, School of Dentistry, University of Washington and former Dean, School of Dentistry, Malmo, Sweden. Karl-Ã…ke was born August 22, 1926, in Lulea Sweden. He graduated from the Royal Dental School in Stockholm in 1950 and started working in private practice but soon became engaged in research and the academic field of dentistry. The relatively...
Raymond Ignatius Trampush
Jun 20, 2015
Raymond I. Trampush went to his eternal rest on Saturday, June 20th, 2015. He passed peacefully in his home surrounded by loving family members just weeks before his 94th birthday. He was born Raymond Ignatius Trampush on July 31, 1921 to Alozje (Louis) and Helen Tomsha Trampush in Valley (Stevens Co) Washington. Raymond was the sixth of seven children born...
Phyllis Aloha (Horgen) Peterson
Jun 17, 2015
Phyllis was born in Tukwila, Washington to Hannah and Nelius Horgen. In her early years, the family moved to Clark Forks, Idaho and Anacortes before returning to Seattle in 1927. Her father was killed in an accident while dredging the Swinomish Slough in La Conner in 1931. With her mother and sister Lillian, they operated "The Owl Cafe", serving the...
Toni Ann Chambers
Jun 10, 2015
Toni Ann Chambers born Toni Ann Garcia passed away suddenly in the early morning on June 10th, at the young age of 60. She was born in Richmond CA on May 11th, 1955. Toni and Randy were married on August 14th 2010 at St Aidan's on Camano Island, where she was member and active in many charitable activities. Her career...
Christofer James Loreen
May 31, 2015
Christopher James Loreen, 29, died accidentally May 31, 2015 while removing a tree for a friend. He was born March 12, 1986 to Jerry and Diane Loreen. He attended school in Stanwood and Marysville. He loved his work and was happiest when up in a big tree. He leaves his father Jerry Loreen, brother Cory, mother Diane Fredrickson, grandmother Hazel...
Lee H Cossitt
May 28, 2015
Lee H. Cossitt, born Minnie Lee Hankins, age 98, passed away May 28, 2015. She was born November. 17, 1916 in Paris, Texas to parents Effie Mae and Rufus Leslie Hankins. She grew up on a farm with her three sisters, Martha, Myrle and Mary, and one brother Jack Thomas. Lee attended East Texas State Teacher's College where she graduated...
Hermann Ernst Wild
May 12, 2015
Hermann Ernst Wild, 78, passed away May 12, 2015. Hermann was born March 4, 1937 to Hermann Martin Wilhelm Wild and Ilse Dempsey Wild who immigrated from Germany. Hermann went to Masonic Homes in Elizabethtown, PA until 1955. He graduated from high school in 1956 in Philadelphia. In 1956 he enlisted in the US Air Force. During his 8 years...
Merle C Bruce
May 8, 2015
Merle C Bruce, 94, of Camano Island, died Friday May 8, 2015 in Seattle at The Stratford Assisted living Facility where he has lived since December 1, 2013. He passed away peacefully in his sleep. He was born August 7, 1920 in Red Oak, Iowa. He leaves his beloved daughter, Jeannine K. Forhan of Seattle; two of his three grandsons,...
Gladys Quillen Wheeler
May 7, 2015
Gladys Quillen Wheeler, 81, of Stanwood, WA, took her journey home on a beautiful sunny day, the kind of day she loved, on May 7, 2015. Mom, Grandma, G-G-Mom was born in Long Beach, CA on November 3, 1933, the only child of Hugh and Beulah Fick McKay. Born in the middle of the Great Depression, she was 9 when...
Bernard A Berg
May 1, 2015
Bernhard (Bernie) A. Berg passed away peacefully in his home on Camano Island, Washington on May 1, 2015. Bernie was born November 14, 1936 in Seattle, to the parents of Axel and Olga Berg, 3 sisters Delores Gabrielsen, Aileen Miller, Alyce Isaacson and 1 Brother Gerald (Jerry) Berg. He grew up in the Roosevelt area where he pursued and eventually...
Lois Mae Schei
Apr 29, 2015
Lois Mae Schei, 84, of Stanwood WA, passed away peacefully with her family at her side April 29th 2015. Lois was born in North Dakota May 29th 1930. She moved to the Arlington area as a child and attended Arlington High School. After graduating she married Alfred Schei of Stanwood. The couple was married for 65 years until his passing...
Olga M Sande
Apr 27, 2015
Olga Sande, 83, of Stanwood went to the Lord April 27th in her home. She was born in Norway February 21, 1932. She was preceded in death by her husband Gordon Sande. She is survived by her family Patricia Thornton, Betty & Thomas Griffith and Linda & Bill Duncan and many grand and great grandchildren. Services will be Tuesday, May...
Kathryn Pauline Thoreson
Apr 26, 2015
Kathryn Pauline Thoreson, 87, died April 26, in Mountlake Terrace, Washington. She was born in Fergus Falls, Minnesota on May 31, 1927, a daughter of Anton and Valdine Hanson, the fourth of ten children (two of whom died in infancy). From a young age Kay was deeply devoted to her family and her Lutheran faith. After graduating from Fergus Falls...
John Scott Delzell
Apr 26, 2015
To the Friends and Family of the Artist John Delzell (Muhler) Camano Island, Washington June 26, 1954 – April 26, 2015 What Happened With a sad heart, we want you to know that we lost our dear, sweet John from a sudden heart attack on Sunday, April 26, 2015. John and his wife Jenna and their daughter Maria were enjoying...
Roy Hubert Morgan
Apr 24, 2015
Roy was born Feb. 24, 1038 in Waynesville, N.C. to Ester Cope (Morgan) and Jason Morgan. He left N.C. in 1958 to come to Washington State to get work in the logging industry. He spent his working years logging until a logging accident in Alaska forced him to retire. Roy's passion was bluegrass music. He was one of the founding...
Evelyn C Pittson
Apr 22, 2015
Evelyn Celia Pittson (Horjus) of Arlington passed away peacefully at her home on April 22nd 2015 surrounded by her family. She was born on August 15th, 1933 in Grand Rapids, MI to Walter and Cornelia Horjus. She married Charles, (Pat) Pittson on July 31st, 1965 in Darrington, WA. Together they raised four children on their family farm near Darrington, WA....
Charles L Anderson
Apr 22, 2015
Charles L. Anderson was born in Seattle on September 13, 1930 and was welcomed into glory on April 22, 2015. He grew up in the Fremont area, the youngest of five children born to Charles W. and Ruth Anderson. The family moved to Friday Harbor in 1944 when "Charlie" was 13 years old. He graduated from Friday Harbor High School...
Clyde Blanchard Hall Jr.
Apr 22, 2015
Clyde Hall went peacefully to be with his Lord and Savior at his Stanwood home April 22, 2015 at the age of 89, with his family at his side. Clyde is predeceased by his parents, brother John R Hall of Richardson, Texas, and grandson Troy Cayford of Stanwood. Clyde is survived by his loving wife Trude of 60 years. They...
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