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Dorothy May Ryan
Mar 31, 2007
Obituary Dorothy was born December 5, 1924 in Onalaska, WA. She passed away March 31, 2007 at home with her family present. She was the daughter of Henry and Etta Fink. Her family moved to Tacoma, WA when Dorothy was a small child. She resided in the same house until her passing. Dorothy was an amazing woman. After her husband...
Zofia Bednarczyk
Mar 28, 2007
Obituary Zofia was born May 17, 1913 in Pielnia, Poland to Mikolaj and Ewa Slysz and died on March 28, 2007 at the age of 93 in Lakewood, WA. She moved to Tacoma in 1983 and was a member of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church. She is survived by her husband Adam Bednarczyk, Children; Kazimiera Wijas of Pielnia, Poland,...
Ralph Michael Baldasare
Mar 28, 2007
Obituary Ralph Michael Baldasare Ralph Michael Baldasare was born in Tacoma on December 4, 1926. He joined the Navy at the age of 17, and fought bravely. Ralph was awarded the Purple Heart for injuries occurred while serving his country. He was an astute business man and founded South Side Motors Inc. with his brother Phil. He continued participating in...
Salli Jean Mitchell
Mar 25, 2007
Obituary Salli Mitchell was born March 25, 1936 in Tacoma, WA to William and Erma Harris and died March 25, 2007 after an 8 year battle with cancer. She grew up near N 30th and Proctor attending, Washington Elementary, Mason Middle School, and Stadium High. As a freshman, she attended UW and became a member of Phi Mu Sorority, where...
Raymond William Ramsdell
Mar 23, 2007
Obituary "Our loss is Heaven's gain, no more pain?" Raymond William Ramsdell "Ray" Ray, surrounded by loved family and friends, peacefully passed away on March 23, 2007. Born in Washington on January 31, 1950, Ray spent the entirety of his life in the Puget Sound area. Beginning his path into a lifelong career, he started work for Moorehaven Inc. in...
Harold Frederick Phillips
Mar 23, 2007
Obituary Harold Fredrick Phillips, born Sept. 8, 1914 in Southampton, Long Island, New York died March 23, 2007 in Tacoma. He was the oldest and last surviving of the five children born to Fredrick and Elsie Phillips. Harold was an Army veteran of WWII and a retired plumbing contractor. He was an area resident since 1980. A true extrovert, always...
James P Healy
Mar 22, 2007
Obituary Honorable James Peter Healy Retired Superior Court Judge James P. Healy died Thursday, March 22, 2007, of a heart attack at Allenmore Hospital in Tacoma, Washington, in the presence of his wife and relatives, a week after abdominal surgery. He had celebrated his 90th birthday 10 days earlier. Born March 12, 1917, in Miles City, Montana, as the eldest...
Mary Patricia Foley
Mar 19, 2007
Obituary Mary Patricia (Pat) Foley Pat passed away on March 19, 2007. She was born on August 13, 1926. Her husband Richard preceded her in death. Pat was a long time resident of Tacoma, having moved here in 1949 from Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. She spent many years working as a court clerk at Remann Hall before retiring. Pat was a...
Theodore J Gallagher
Mar 15, 2007
Obituary Theodore Joseph Gallagher "PAPA" Ted & Marlys - Together Again Born October 23, 1922 in Ruston, passed away peacefully on March 15, 2007 in Tacoma. Ted and his Sisters were left at the Orphanage when the youngest was just 6 months old. Only 1 of the 4 were adopted. Ted not being one of them, was given a full...
Nevella Wanda Lemagie
Mar 13, 2007
Obituary Nevella left us on Monday, March 12th. She was born on a small farm near Morton, WA January 7, 1919 to Donna and Clarence Ross. The family moved to Tacoma and settled in the McKinley Hill area in the 1920's. Dolly; as she was known, attended Lincoln High School and Pacific Lutheran College, now PLU, graduating in 1938 with...
Anton Karlich
Mar 12, 2007
Obituary Anton Karlich born October 15, 1914 in Kukljicia, Croatia, died March 12, 2007 in Federal Way. He was a WWII veteran. Anton moved to Tacoma from New York where he had worked the docks as a longshoreman and in Tacoma he became a Commercial Fisherman. He was a member of the Slavonian American Benevolent Society, the Tacoma Elks Lodge...
Bronislaw Kaszewicz
Mar 11, 2007
Obituary Born July 26, 1922 in Poland entered his eternal home on March 11, 2007. He survived the second World War and German forced labor. He came back to Poland to marry his wife of 60 years Zofia. After all the years of farming and raising his four children; Janina, Stanislaw, Leokadia and Zbigniew, he came to the United States...
Catherine Evelyn Hunt
Mar 10, 2007
Obituary Catherine A. Hunt "Kay" Catherine was born in Puyallup June 9, 1923 to Ernest and Jennie Allison. She passed away peacefully, surrounded by loving family, on March 10, 2007. She graduated from Stadium High in 1941 and graduated from WSU in 1945, where she was president of Kappa Delta Sorority and Spurs. After graduation, she taught Home Economics at...
Elizabeth Mary Lowery
Mar 9, 2007
Obituary Elizabeth (Betty) Lowery was born on a farm in Wisconsin in 1922. She married her husband of 38 years, Leonard Lowery, and worked in several capacities included several years at both Centralia Plywood and Buffelen Woodworking Co. She is survived by 2 daughters: Mary Powers, of Warren, MI., and Margaret Geiszler of Eatonville, WA., and 3 granddaughters: Kristina Montey,...
Jack Burton Leek
Mar 8, 2007
Obituary Jack Leek Jack Leek, born 4/5/24, passed Thursday 3/8/07. He is survived by his loving wife Charlcie; sons Scott (wife Sheila) and Randy (wife Farida); grandchildren Shane (wife Tanja), Sandy (wife Michele), Sharene, and Sara (husband Justin); great grandchildren Sean and Logan. Raised in Tacoma, Jack graduated from Lincoln High School, and pursued his engineering degree from Gonzaga after...
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