All Obituaries

Sister Mary Jean Meyer (Agnes), a Dominican Sister of Tacoma, died peacefully on August 10 at St. Joseph Residence in Seattle. A native of Bellingham, she was born January 10, 1927 to Edmund and Anna (Grismer) Meyer.   She attended Assumption School, Bellingham, and Bellingham High School.  After graduation in June 1945, she entered the Dominican Sisters at Marymount, Tacoma.  She received the habit in 1946 and received the name Sister Mary Jean. She made profession January...

Mike was born Thanksgiving, November 24, 1966, the youngest of 4 (Janell, Wendy, Alvin) to Morgan and Flora (Flo) Shirley Wilson on the Big Rez in Fort Defiance, Arizona. He grew up in Layton, Utah, graduated from Layton High School and attended DATC in Kaysville. Mike’s most important accomplishment was his daughters and his grandchildren, they were the pride and joy of his life. Family, loyalty, and resilience were what he lived his life by. He always saw the bright side, always had...

Obituary Clarence Richard Snodgrass passed away on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at home in Lakewood, WA with family by his side. He was born in Spalding, NE on July 2, 1933, the 2nd of six children. He graduated from Spalding Academy in May 1951 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy immediately after. He served in the Navy from 1951 to 1957. He was trained as a cryptographer and was stationed in California, Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Upon his honorable...

Obituary On Tuesday, July 30, 2019, Mark Conforti passed away peacefully in the same way he lived his life - surrounded by his family and friends. Mark William Conforti was born on April 8, 1959, at Fort Devens, Massachusetts as the oldest son of an Army officer. His family lived in many U.S. states, as well as abroad in Germany and Iran. They eventually settled in Lakewood, Washington where Mark was a member of the Lakes High School class of...

Janet was born in Seattle, WA to parents Charles Siverly and Juliette Gervais. Her childhood was nomadic with an adventurous father moving to various towns throughout Washington and Oregon. He gave her the gifts of a positive spirit and dreaming big. Janet graduated from Central Valley High and furthered her education at Gonzaga University and Pacific Lutheran University with a Bachelor of Science, Summa Cum Laude. She is a devout Catholic serving the Lord and instilling in her family the...

Obituary Georgina "Gina" Kaye (Bombardier) Slavich, age 73, of Tacoma Washington passed away Monday July 29, 2019 peacefully at home, surrounded by family and loved ones, after a courageous battle with cancer. Gina was born on December 23, 1945 in Tacoma Washington to Elvin George Bombardier (deceased) from Concordia, Kansas and Lenore Amelia Bombardier (deceased) from Olympia, Washington. Siblings; Jeanette Staudt (Ernie), Yvonne DePaul (Dennis)...

Obituary Susan Kathryn Chouinard passed peacefully on July 22, 2019 surrounded by her family. Sue was born October 8, 1939. She was born and raised in Tacoma. She was devoted to her Catholic faith and served as the Parish Administrator at St. Patrick Catholic Church for 27 years. Sue had a deep love for her family and enjoyed any opportunity to be at the family beach house. Sue was preceded in death by her husband Leo Chouinard, her son David...

Obituary Candace (Rova) MacPherson, shared 67 years of wisdom, compassion and humor with us until her soul launch on July 22, 2019. Living in true authenticity, Candace touched deep and meaningful places in the people she met and loved. Born in Portland, Oregon, she was raised and lived in University Place and Tacoma; she attended Curtis High School and Tacoma Community College, graduating with a Bachelors of Arts degree from Evergreen State...

Obituary Gerald (Jerry) Richard Lester, 74, was called home to the Lord on Friday, July 19th, 2019. He was surrounded by his family at St. Joe's cardiac care unit, where he passed peacefully after dispensing final advice to the girls and telling one last joke. He was born in Tacoma, WA January 16th, 1945 to Rex and Elizabeth (Betty) Lester. Jerry grew up in Tacoma and graduated from Bellarmine Prep, then continued his education in the ROTC program at...

Obituary Mary Jean passed away peacefully July 13, 2019. Mary Jean was born October 27, 1928 in Guttenberg, Iowa to Thomas and Mary (Kelly) Finnegan. The family later moved to Tacoma where Mary Jean graduated from St. Leo's high school, Class of 1945. Mary Jean lost both her parents by the age of 15, and nothing meant more to her than family. At the age of 16, she began her career in banking from which she retired after 44 years as a loan portfolio...