Obituaries

May 4, 2025

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May 2, 2025

MARIE ANN (KURAN) LOPAT

DOB 12/8/34 ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL TACOMA

DATE DECEASED 5/2/25 TACOMA GENERAL HOSPITAL TACOMA

MARIE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF THREE CHILDREN BORN TO MATT AND VIOLET KURAN, BOTH OF CROATIA.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, HUSBAND TED LOPAT, SISTER STELLA KINKELLA SWANSON OF TACOMA AND BROTHER JOHN KURAN OF SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER CHILDREN VALERIE...

May 2, 2025

Mark Rehberger, age 75, died peacefully Friday, May 2, 2025 in the company of his loving wife of 53 years. Mark was a lifelong resident of McKinley Hill in Tacoma, and a proud graduate of Sacred Heart Parish School, Bellarmine Preparatory School, and Gonzaga University.

Mark was preceded in death by his beloved parents, Richard and A’Nell Rehberger. He is survived...

Apr 29, 2025

Gig Harbor resident for 44 years, Jim Friedman passed away on April 29, 2025 at the age of 77. He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Lin Spellman, two children, Micah Spellman (Nicole), Jeremy Friedman (Ilana), seven grandchildren, Roey, Nitai, Orianna, Zev, and Shea Friedman, Bastian and Caspian Spellman, and a brother Paul Friedman (Liz), and his twin...

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Apr 24, 2025

Aaron Michael Johnson of Fayetteville, Arkansas passed from his life unexpectedly at age 41 on April 24, 2025, in Tacoma, Washington. Aaron was born on September 23, 1983, in Fayetteville. He graduated from Fayetteville High School and thereafter embarked on his life adventure which took him on travels throughout the United States. Always the one to be sensitive to the...

Apr 22, 2025

Randy Warren Stanley, 73, passed away at home Tuesday April 22, 2025. He was a loving husband (Donna), father (Joshua, Kimberly and Katherine) and grandfather (Clara and Robert).

Randy grew up in East Tacoma as the Fifth youngest of nine children to Charles and Lois Stanley. Dad was a compassionate man who always gave when he could to those who needed...

Apr 18, 2025

Sharon Adelle Gohrick was born on March 2, 1938 to Edna May and Fred Oscar Gilseth in Mohall, North Dakota.

She spent the first several years on the farm with her family and three brothers playing as children do, until the family moved into town (Mohall) where she attended 3rd grade. This was where she met her future husband James Lee...

Apr 5, 2025

Apr 5, 2025

Melissa Joy McCann passed away peacefully at the age of 44 on Saturday April 5th after a long and courageous 5 year battle with breast cancer. She was born October 4, 1980 in Tacoma Washington where she lived until her sophomore year in high school.

During those years in Tacoma, she played all over the North End with her friends and...

Apr 4, 2025

Mary Lee (Mame) Matteson passed away peacefully April 4, 2025 at the age of 83. The second of six children of Royal and Mary Martin of Seattle, she attended Assumption School and Bishop Blanchet High School. At the University of Washington she met her husband Michael at a picnic at the Newman Catholic Student Center. After they were married, they...

Apr 2, 2025

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Mar 31, 2025

Norm was born in Tacoma Washington on February 21, 1933. He passed on March 31, 2025. Dad was 92.

The youngest of three children of Jack and Julia Christenson. Dad attended Holy Cross Catholic school for 8 years. Then moved to Mason Jr. High and finally on to Stadium High School, graduating in 1951.

After graduation, dad enlisted in the Navy and...

Mar 27, 2025

Dorothy B. Fermo (1920-2025): A Life of Devotion, Service, and Love

Dorothy B. Fermo passed peacefully into the arms of her Heavenly Father on March 27, 2025, at the remarkable age of 104. Born on November 11, 1920, in Tacoma, Washington to Francis and Josephine Blanchfield. Dorothy's century-long journey was marked by unwavering faith, dedicated service, and boundless love for her...

Mar 25, 2025

In Loving Memory of Mike McNerthney

The world became a little quieter, a little less full of jokes, and a lot less “witty and charming” on March 25, 2025, when Mike McNerthney, the legendary storyteller and dispenser of wisdom (and sarcasm), passed away peacefully at home. While we know he’s now regaling the heavens with his best tales—some true, some embellished...

Mar 23, 2025

Our beloved Fr. Gerard (Jerry) Chapdelaine, S.J. went home to the Lord late in the evening on Sunday March 23, 2025. He passed away peacefully with Jesuit brother Fr. Aaron Engebretson at his side, after a short battle with cancer. Fr. Jerry was a Jesuit for nearly 72 years and a priest for almost 59 years.

Fr. Jerry, one of seven...

Mar 23, 2025

It is with great sadness, but with Eternal Joy, that our beloved Barry Haggerty, our sweet Barry Boy, has gone home to Jesus.

Barry Kent Haggerty was born in Tacoma, WA on January 31, 1960 to his parents Wayne P. (Bud) Haggerty and Gloria (Nieland) Haggerty. He lived at home until age 8, at which time he moved to Yakima Valley...