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Mary Louise Norton
Jan 1, 2012
Obituary Mary Louise (Murphy) Norton Died peacefully on January 1, 2012, the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, in Tacoma, WA. She was born in Bovill, ID to Daniel and Helen Murphy on April 4, 1920, but spent the majority of her childhood and young adulthood in Spokane, WA. She graduated from Lewis and Clark High School in...
Blanche Malfatti
Dec 30, 2011
Obituary Blanche (Dollie) Malfatti, 101 Washingtonian, was born in Aberdeen, WA. Her father, Louis Neimann, being a logger gave Dollie adventurous years in various logging camps - even the famous Camp Six. About 1925, she was happy to have pavement under her feet when mother Jenny decided a move to Tacoma and manage a hotel on 24th & Pacific. She...
Mary Louise Roberts
Dec 30, 2011
Obituary Mary was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa on October 5th, 1934 to Sicilian immigrants Antonio and Theresa Cash. She went to Our Heavenly Father on December 30th, 2011 due to complications from a stroke. She was raised in a Sicilian enclave in Council Bluffs along with her brother Leo (Lloydine) Cash, her sisters Josephine Garafalo, Angela Cash, Theresa Hecht,...
Thomas E Manley
Dec 29, 2011
Obituary Thomas Manley, 92 passed from this life, December 29, 2011. Loving husband of Elvira and father of four children: Tom, Mark, Paul and Janet; 8 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Funeral Mass will be celebrated Monday, January 2, 2012, 11:00 am at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, 7112 S. 12th St. Tacoma, WA 98465. Reception following at the church.
Rena Eva Nigg
Dec 28, 2011
Obituary Rena Eva (Moran) Nigg 1/19/1924 - 12/28/2011 I was born 1/19/1924 in Garyville, Louisiana to Albert and Ursula Moran. I was born the 5th of 12 children. We moved to St. Amant, LA, where we sharecropped strawberries. I went to school to the 10th grade, and quit to work in the fields. My brother Morris joined the Marines and...
Sr. Winifred Gray, (Sr. Mary Emmanuel) O.P.
Dec 27, 2011
Obituary Sister Winifred Gray (Sister Mary Emmanuel), age 88, a Dominican Sister of Tacoma died peacefully December 27, at St. Joseph Residence in Seattle. Sister Winifred was born in Glasgow, Montana on September 19, 1923. Her parents, Thomas Gray and Rosalie (Smith) Gray, a brother Earl Gray and a sister Betty (Gray) Danielsen, preceded her in death. She graduated from...
Dorothy Edith Lisicich
Dec 25, 2011
Obituary Dorothy Edith (Nykoruk) Lisicich Dorothy Edith (Nykoruk) Lisicich passed away peacefully at age 87 at home with family on December 25, 2011. Dorothy was born to Ukrainian immigrants James and Edith Nykoruk on September 30, 1924. She was a proud South Tacoma resident and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1942. During her high school years Dorothy worked part-time...
Margaret Carper Bergstrom
Dec 24, 2011
Obituary Margaret (Marge) Carper was born and raised in Syracuse, Nebraska. After graduating from St. Joseph's School of Nursing in Denver, Colorado, she served as a Civil Service nurse at Ft. Eustis, Virginia. She married her beloved husband, Lt. Colonel Richard (Dick) Bergstrom, on June 20, 1952, and together they raised their five children: Dianne, Richard, Dean, Eric and Marianne....
Mary Isabel Ijames
Dec 24, 2011
Obituary Mary Ijames, enveloped in the love of her family, passed away on December 24th 2011. Mamie Isabel Doohan was born on February 26, 1922, to Dennis and Mary Doohan of Eatonville, Washington. She attended Weyerhaeuser Elementary School, graduated from Eatonville High School and Bates Business College in Tacoma. She worked as an executive secretary with the United States Service...
Patricia Joyce Yapachino
Dec 20, 2011
Obituary Joyce Yapachino, 85, passed away peacefully on December 20, 2011 to join her loving husband Armand and sons Neal and Gary. As executive secretary at the Tacoma Goodwill, she had a positive influence on those around her. Joyce was also the "Martha Stewart" of her generation. Her many talents included teaching flower arranging and cake decorating, quilting, painting, cooking,...
Richard John Powers
Dec 19, 2011
Obituary Dick Powers 1/23/34 - 12/19/11 O Captain! My Captain! The tugboat has set sail. Dick Powers surrounded by his loved ones died the morning of December 19th- a graceful and peaceful passage. Surviving Dick are his 4 children Jennifer Ryan (husband Phil), Keith Powers (partner Luca), Heather Powers, and Julia Powers. He will be missed by his 4 grandchildren...
Katherine Ann Evansich
Dec 16, 2011
Obituary Kate was born in East Helena, MT on August 25, 1913. She died in Tacoma on December 16, 2011 at the age of 98. Kate's family moved to Old Town when she was a child. In 1936 she married Joe Evansich. She was a devoted homemaker who loved to cook, garden and entertain. She and Joe were most happy...
George Peter Boscovich
Dec 15, 2011
Obituary George Peter Boscovich Born September 28, 1916 in Old Town - Tacoma, WA; died at 3AM Dec. 15th, 2011 at home, holding hands with Yvonne, his wife of 32 years. George was preceded in death by his parents, his four siblings, and his first wife Margaret. George was a generous, kind, loving man.. professional and trustworthy in his business...
Gerald Edward Rink
Dec 14, 2011
Obituary Beloved husband, father, brother and friend, Dad passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on December 14th, after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. Dad was born on June 19, 1931, one of five children born to Frank and Lena Rink. He was a lifelong resident of Tacoma and member of St. Patrick's Parish. A dedicated family man, Dad retired...
Alice Jean Vale
Dec 14, 2011
Obituary Alice Jean Vale age 87 died at home on Wednesday, December 14, 2011. Born Alice Karamatic in Aberdeen, WA on November 28, 1924 to Antone and Katie Karamatic, she grew up in Gig Harbor, WA where she graduated from high school and went on to graduate from the St. Joseph School of Nursing as a registered nurse. Alice married...
Marilyn Lee Bridgan
Dec 5, 2011
Obituary Marilyn Bridgan, beloved wife, mother, and grandma, passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus, Monday, December 5, 2011, following a brief, valiant fight with cancer. Born in Knoxville Tennessee, she came to Tacoma in the early 1970's as a very young bride and mother with her husband, who was stationed at Fort Lewis. Marilyn devoted 28 years to teaching....
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