Obituaries

Michael Earl Strong

Oct 1, 2021

Michael Earl Strong

July 3, 1934 – October 1, 2021

A Tacoma native, Michael E. Strong was born at St. Joseph Hospital to parents Earl and Cecilia (Hermsen) Strong. He attended Holy Rosary, Bellarmine Prep HS, and graduated from the University of Portland. In 1949, Michael was one of the few freshmen in school history...

Marsha D Antush

Sep 29, 2021

Marsha D. Antush,  80, died Sept. 29, 2021, in Tacoma.  She was born Nov. 22, 1940 in Aberdeen WA. A Graveside Service will be held Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, 1:00pm at Calvary Cemetery.

Please leave online condolences at www.gaffneycares.com. Arrangements by Gaffney Funeral Home, 253-572-6003.

George A Leone

Sep 29, 2021

George A. Leone

1949 – 2021

George Anthony Leone passed away on September 29, 2021, at home in the loving care of his family. He was surrounded with prayers, lots of love, and music.  He was 72 years old.  A native of Buffalo, New York, he was one of four sons of Charles H. and...

Elizabeth Ann (Williams) O'Keefe

Sep 9, 2021

Elizabeth “Beth” Ann (Williams) O’Keefe

March 3, 1965 -September 9, 2021

Beth O’Keefe, beloved mother, daughter, sister, and aunt, passed away on September 9, 2021, at the age of 56, after a valiant battle with metastatic colon cancer. Beth was born in Ashland, WI, and spent her earliest years in Superior, WI. At the age...

Michael Cleary Burkey

Sep 8, 2021

Michael Cleary Burkey

August 4, 1946 – September 8, 2021.

Born in Tacoma, the son of Louis and Theresa Burkey, Mike was the second oldest of seven children and one of a large family of loving grandparents, aunts and uncles and eventually 41 first cousins.  Mike attended Holy Cross and St. Patrick’s grade schools, graduated...

Frances A (Chapin) Bass

Sep 7, 2021

Frances A. Bass (née Chapin) passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 in Tacoma, Washington.  She was born on January 25, 1932 in Washington, D.C. and grew up in the city first near Capitol Hill and later in Hillcrest.  She graduated high school from St. Patrick’s Academy in 1950 and Washington School for Secretaries in 1951. She worked...

Addolorata (Dorothy) Maria Di Re

Sep 7, 2021

Addolorata (Dorothy) Maria Di Re was born on November 23, 1935 to Antonio and Anna Martelli in Cantalupo, Italy. She was the eldest of three siblings and was raised on a farm in Italy before moving to the United States in 1955.

In November of 1958 she married Joseph Di Re who followed her to Tacoma from...

Frank Yaconetti

Sep 6, 2021

Frank E. Yaconette, Jr. May 30, 1929  -  September 6, 2021

Frank E. Yaconetti, Jr., passed away peacefully in his sleep at Franciscan Hospice House, after a short illness, at the age of 92. A lifelong Tacoma resident and member of St. Rita’s Parish, he was married in St. Joseph Church in Mullan, Idaho in 1946 to...

Gary Charles Weisenberger

Sep 4, 2021

Rev. Gary Charles Weisenberger

Father Gary was born June 23, 1947 to Lucille Carmen Zellesma Weisenberger and Anthony Wayne Weisenberger. He was called home to the Lord on September 4, 2021. He is survived by many cousins including his cousin James Turowski of Seabeck, WA.

Father Gary was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of...

Victoria Mary Lukosh

Sep 1, 2021

Victoria Mary Lukosh July 10, 1919 - September 1, 2021

Our beloved Victoria Mary Soikowski Lukosh, wife of the late Stanley Lukosh, went into eternal rest on September 1, 2021 at 102 years old. A lifelong member of Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church, she was born in Carbonado Washington to Helen and Joseph Jankowski on July...

Mary Edna Siridakis

Aug 29, 2021

Mary Siridakis, beloved mother and grandmother, passed away peacefully on August 29, 2021 at the age of 95.  Mary was born in Everett, Washington to Vincent and Augusta Beuzer.  She grew up on McKinley Avenue in Tacoma adjacent to the family business, a grocery store next to the family home.  She attended Sacred Heart Elementary School and Aquinas High...

Judith Ann Streepy

Aug 27, 2021

Judi Streepy

October 16, 1946 - August 27, 2021

Judith Ann (Wasalino) Streepy was born at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tacoma, Washington on October 16, 1946 and passed away August 27, 2021 at Tacoma General Hospital. She was the daughter of Steve and Agnes Wasalino.

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Gary Michael Brumbaugh

Aug 25, 2021

Gary M. Brumbaugh

July 10, 1941- August 25, 2021

Tribute and Services

Gary Michael Brumbaugh, 80, passed away the morning of August 25, 2021 in Shelton, Washington. He was born to Michael and Antoinette Brumbaugh on July 10th 1941 in Everett, Washington. He graduated in May of...

Nicholas William Rathke

Aug 22, 2021

Nicholas William Rathke, son, brother, uncle and friend, died on August 22, 2021 in Tacoma, WA. He was born on April 29th, 1981, in Seattle, WA. Nick grew up in Allyn, WA and graduated from North Mason High School in 1999. He attended Western Washington University and Olympic College where he studied electrical engineering. He continued that work at...

Larry Joe Silver

Aug 11, 2021

Arrangements by Gaffney Funeral Home.

Robert Stumpf

Aug 2, 2021

Robert Stumpf passed away on August 2, 2021. He was welcomed into the world by Katherine and Anton Stumpf on May 12, 1934, in Huff, North Dakota. As a young boy, he went to church every morning with his family before school. He worked on the family farm and loved to tell the grandkids that he "earned a dollar...

James Francis Senko

Jul 30, 2021

James F. Senko died while working in his garden in Steilacoom, Washington on July 30, 2021.  He was 85 years old.  A native of Hillsboro, Oregon, he was a beloved father, loving husband, veteran of the Air Force, Boeing engineer and a devoted Catholic.

Jim entered the Air Force in 1959 following his 1958 graduation from the...

Jacqueline June (Forddred) Tebow

Jul 21, 2021

Jacqueline “Jackie” June Forddred Tebow died on July 21, 2021. Born December 5, 1952, in Tacoma, WA, Jacqueline spent much of her childhood in Tacoma and the surrounding areas with her family. After her father Kennor J. Forddred died in 1959, she and her mother Marian moved north to Seattle, WA, where her mother later married Jackie’s stepfather, Gene...

Blanche M Byrne

Jul 12, 2021

Blanche M. Byrne, born February 3, 1931 in Westmont, IL died July 12, 2021, at St. Clare Hospital in Lakewood.  Blanche married James “Jim” Byrne, February 11, 1950 and spent almost 59 years together before his death in 2008 just 3 months short of their 59th anniversary.  She retired from Transamerica in 1988 as an Insurance Underwriting Clerk. Blanche...

Daisy Olivia Chang-Radloff

Jul 10, 2021

Daisy Olivia Chang-Radloff, born in Colón, Panama, on November 2, 1927, passed away peacefully in her home, surrounded by her loved ones, on July 10, 2021. She was 93.

Everyone who was blessed to have known Daisy can attest to her immense love of life itself, her many children and grandchildren, her Catholic faith, and her beautiful...