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Fr. Oliver Lee Hightower
May 7, 2013
Obituary Reverend Oliver Lee Hightower US Army Lieutenant Colonel Chaplain Retired Pastor Saint John Bosco Parish Retired Father Oliver Lee Hightower was born in Havre, MT on July 19, 1935 to Oliver and Mary Hightower and died in DuPont, WA on May 7, 2013. He grew up in Butte, Montana where he attended Butte Central High School. He went to...
Edmund B. Ganley
May 6, 2013
Obituary Edmund Benedict Ganley Edmund Benedict Ganley, 72, of Tacoma, Washington, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 6, 2013 at Tacoma General Hospital surrounded by his family. Edmund is survived by his wife Maureen of 42 years, daughters Mary Ellen (Michael), Karen, and Susan (Darren); brother, Peter and sisters, Inez and Mary Jane. He was a proud "Pop-Pop" to five...
Christopher Greer
May 6, 2013
Obituary Christopher Adam Greer Service Details Funeral services will be held Wednesday May, 15, 2013 11:00 am at the 1002 So. Yakima Ave. Chapel. Inurnment at Ft. Logan Cemetery in Colorado. Please leave online condolences at www.gaffneycares.com. Arrangements by Gaffney Funeral Home, 253-572-6003. A Life Celebration® Home.
Donald Clarence Peterson
May 5, 2013
Obituary Donald Peterson Donald Peterson Passed away peacefully on May 5, 2013 at the age of 92 in his home, surrounded by his family. At the end he faced death just as he faced life, with dignity and humility. Don was born April 11, 1921, in Ironton, Minnesota to CJR and Stella (Carr) Peterson. His early years were spent in...
Charles Mettler
May 5, 2013
Obituary Charles "Charlie" Joseph Mettler August 24, 1928 ~ May 5, 2013 Service Details A life-long Fife, Washington resident "Charlie" was a community business leader, in business as Mettler Trucking and Mettler Lumber Inc. for over 60 years. Charlie was frequently seen around town sharing coffee and bakery goods with friends and business associates.
William Edward Legacy
May 1, 2013
Obituary William (Bill) Edward Legacy Long-time resident of Tacoma passed away at the age of 88 on May 1, 2013. He was born in Tacoma on July 24, 1924. Bill attended Clover Park High School and was a member of the radio club. He served his country during World War II as a radio operator in the Navy stationed in...
Irene Faye Bailey
Apr 26, 2013
Obituary Irene (Faker) Bailey Our Lord invited Irene (Faker) Bailey to celebrate her eighty first birthday in heaven on April 26, 2013. She was born on that day in 1932 in Yates Center, Kansas and was a much beloved member of one of the largest extended families in Washington State (the Faker clan). Preceded in death by her husband, Graydon...
Melvin Ray Mackay
Apr 20, 2013
Obituary Melvin Ray Mackay Melvin Ray Mackay, son of Melvin Hoyt Shields and adopted son of Roland Russel Mackay, was born May 14, 1945 and passed away April 22, 2013. He attended Bellarmine Preparatory School and St. Martin's College. A devoted father, Mel loved spending time golfing, hunting, and fishing with his sons, and adored spoiling his daughters. Always a...
Helen Lavone Umbriaco
Apr 19, 2013
Obituary Helen L. (Woods) Umbriaco Born July 23, 1914 in Tacoma, WA and passed April 19, 2013 in Puyallup, WA, 3 months short of her 99th birthday. Helen was born to May Lenore Bole and Henry Woods and spent most of her childhood living in Seattle. She moved to Tacoma to live with her Grandma Bole as a teenager where...
Walter Govan Kilby
Apr 18, 2013
Obituary Walter G. Kilby 8/1/1924 ~ 4/18/2013 Walter G. Kilby, age 88, was born in Seattle, Washington on August 1, 1924 to Grace and Richard Kilby. Walter passed away on April 18, 2013 in Tacoma, Washington. All of Walter's childhood years were spent growing up in Tacoma. His summers were spent in Sequim with cousins, at his Uncle Ray's dairy...
Rev. John Edward Koehler
Apr 15, 2013
Obituary Fr. John E. Koehler Fr. John E Koehler, 79, died April 15, 2013. Born in Toledo, OH he moved to Tacoma in 1940 when his father came to Tacoma to manage the Tacoma Tigers. Fr. John graduated from St. Leo's Grade school; and Bellarmine High School before attending the Jesuit Novitiate in Sheridan, OR. He was ordained in the...
Mary Mcdonald
Apr 14, 2013
Obituary Mary Janet Dargan McDonald, 80, known as Tunie, died Sunday, April 14, 2013 in Lakewood, Washington. The daughter of the late William V. and Edna (Monahan) Dargan, she was born on May 26, 1932 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was raised in Salt Lake City, Utah and attended Barat College in Lake Forest, Illinois majoring in elementary education....
Ruth Ann Kors
Apr 11, 2013
Obituary Ruth Ann Kors After a 24 year strife with Alzheimer's disease, Ruth Kors, 85, gracefully passed away on April 11, 2013. For the past 7 ½ years, in Ruth's later stages of her disease, she has received the utmost tender and loving care provided by her daughter-in-law, Belinda Kors, with Ruth's son, Joseph, by her side. Ruth was born...
Mary Jane Joyce
Apr 10, 2013
Obituary Mary Krilich Joyce Mary Krilich Joyce, 83, died April 10, 2013. She was the firstborn child of immigrants Anton and Anna Katich Krilich, born into a world that revolved around family and faith. Mary was a proud graduate of Ruston Elementary, Mason Junior High, Stadium High School, and the College of Puget Sound. She met her future husband, Burt...
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