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Freda Echtle
Nov 3, 2014
Obituary Freda Bernice Echtle Freda, the second of seven siblings, was born in Rainier, Washington on July 15, 1923. She spent her formative years on the family farm in Yelm, Washington. Growing up, her most memorable chore was bringing the cows back from the oak grove to the barn each evening with her sister, Marian. After graduating from Yelm High...
Joan Emily Wilson
Nov 3, 2014
Obituary Joan Emily Wilson 5/15/1937 ~ 11/3/2014 Joan was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, to Walter William Wilson and Julia Leahy Wilson. Doris and Marjorie were her older sisters and preceded her in death. Joan attended Plainfield Public Schools. She completed her Bachelor and Masters degrees at Ohio State in 1966. This was her first real time away from home...
Agnes Margaret Kusske
Nov 3, 2014
Obituary Agnes Margaret Kusske Aggie was born on January 3, 1916 and passed away on November 3, 2014 in Tacoma, just 2 months shy of her 99th birthday. She was the youngest of the 6 children of George and Margaret Watts of Ellensburg, WA and graduated from Ellensburg High in 1933. In 1943, she married Ted Kusske. They moved to...
Anne Elizabeth Goslin
Oct 25, 2014
Obituary Anne E. Goslin Born in Columbus, Ohio January 11, 1955 Departed on October 25th, 2014, resided in Tacoma, WA Anne Goslin peacefully passed on October 25th, 2014 at University of Washington Medical Center after a long fight with Pulmonary Fibrosis and Lung Transplant surgery. Born in Ohio, to Bill and Elizabeth (Betty) Goslin, she was the second daughter, with...
Thomas Joseph Beritich
Oct 24, 2014
Obituary Thomas J. Beritich On October 24, 2014, Tom passed away with his family by his side. He was born on June 18, 1935 in Tacoma, WA to Kuzma and Jennie Beritich. He attended St. Patrick and Bellarmine Preparatory Schools. Tom started working on the family fishing boat at the age of 14; was later drafted into the United States...
Eloise Scheffer Mondau
Oct 24, 2014
Obituary ELOISE SCHEFFER MONDAU February 18,1928 - October 24, 2014   Eloise Scheffer Mondau passed away peacefully on October 24, 2014 at her family home of fifty-two years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Sybil Lowery Scheffer, and Richard Foy Scheffer as well as her older brother, Foy. She is survived by her husband, Steve Mondau and...
Catherine Jeanne Baird
Oct 21, 2014
Obituary Catherine Jeanne Norling Baird January 25, 1948 ~ October 21, 2014 Cathie passed away quietly in her own home, surrounded by family, the morning of October 21, 2014. Born in 1948 to Robert Norling and Mary Jeanne Cleary Norling, she was one of four children: Christine (Larry,) Robert Norling Jr., and Eric (Toni.) Cathie was raised in North Tacoma...
Frances Bernice Lowry
Oct 20, 2014
Obituary Frances Bernice Lowry Frances died peacefully on October 20, 2014, at the age of 91. She was born October 16, 1923 to Gordon and Helen Loyer. Frances grew up in Tacoma, graduated from Lincoln High School and then St. Joseph's School of Nursing in 1945. She worked for many years for the old Northern Pacific Hospital and Puget Sound...
Eileen Rose Toth
Oct 18, 2014
Obituary Eileen Rose Toth Eileen was born October 18th, 1946, and passed away peacefully on October 18th, 2014 after a brave fight with metastatic breast cancer. Eileen is survived by her daughters, Amy Atkinson (Colin) and Katherine Murto (Justin); brothers, Thomas Toth (Dorothy) and Richard Toth (Susan). Eileen was also blessed to have six grandchildren; Isabella, Sophia, Ava, Olivia, Theodore,...
Mary Ellen Adams
Oct 16, 2014
Obituary Mary Ellen Adams Our beloved mother, sister, aunt, grandma, and friend passed away in Tucson, Arizona on Thursday, October 16, 2014 at the age of 87. Mary Ellen was born to Sylvester and Grace Kintz, and was the youngest of three daughters. She was educated, married, and raised her family in Tacoma. Mary Ellen retired after 23 years of...
Coby Van Manen
Oct 16, 2014
Obituary Mrs. Jacoba Catherina Maria Keet van Manen (Coby) restfully passed in her sleep on October, 16, 2014 at St. Elisabeth Huis in Lage Vuursche, the Netherlands. She joins her beloved husband of 70 years, Sid van Manen, who preceded her in death on October 7, 2014. Born in Hilversum, the Netherlands on September 5, 1920, as the eldest of...
Burton Harvey Knox
Oct 11, 2014
Obituary Burton H. Knox Burton H. Knox, age 73, of Tacoma died peacefully in Tacoma on October 11th, 2014 from complications related to Parkinson's disease. He was born in Denver, CO on June 1st 1941. He married and moved to Tacoma in 1973 with his family where he settled and enjoyed many years. Burton served 4 years in the US...
Thomas Richard Harmon
Oct 9, 2014
Obituary Thomas Richard Harmon Captain Thomas Richard Harmon, US Army, Retired, passed away peacefully at the age of 91 on October 9, 2014 in Tacoma. He was born on April 23, 1923 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Tom joined the US Army on December 30, 1942 at the age of 19. He was very proud of his service having worked his...
Sid Van Manen
Oct 7, 2014
Obituary Mr. Sid van Manen, formerly of Mile Point, Ferrisburg, Vermont, died on Tuesday, 7 October 2014, in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, after a short illness. Born in Utrecht, the Netherlands in 1923, Sid took his family to the United States in 1960. He joined Simmonds Precision Products in Tarrytown, NY before being transferred to Vergennes, Vt. He was an integral...
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