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Local Obituaries for Tacoma, WA, Pierce County and Surrounding Cities

Esther Geneva Seaholm

Esther Geneva Seaholm

Sep 29, 2023

An obituary is not available at this time for Esther Geneva Seaholm. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Robert Casey Lane

Robert Casey Lane

Sep 26, 2023

Robert Casey Lane, beloved husband of Molly, proud father of Katie, Betsy, George (Cielito), Margaret (Charlie), Robb (Alia), John (Miles), even prouder grandfather of his ‘very nearly perfect’ grandchildren Amanda, Madeleine, and Sean Lane, Casey, Kathleen, and Mari Brown, Gracie and Clem Lane, Angela Lane, and Claudia and Ryan Modarelli, died on September 26, 2023, after a long illness....

Richard Lloyd Smith

Richard Lloyd Smith

Sep 26, 2023

Richard Lloyd Smith, 73, passed away in Tacoma, WA on September 26, 2023. He was born October 17, 1949. He was a resident of Tacoma all of his life.

Richard was married to his loving wife Linda Kay for 30 years.

Richard graduated Lincoln High School in 1967 and PLU in1977 with a Bachelors degree...

Florence Olsen

Florence Olsen

Sep 25, 2023

An obituary is not available at this time for Florence Olsen. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

William Biaggio Cammarano Jr.

William Biaggio Cammarano Jr.

Sep 21, 2023

William “Bill” Cammarano, Jr. died on September 21, 2023 in the company and care of his wife and children. Eighty-eight years previous to this he was born to William, Sr. and Louise Cammarano in Tacoma, WA. They gave him a sister Toni and the two spent their early years playing in the yard of their home in Brown’s point...

Geraldine Florence Woods

Geraldine Florence Woods

Sep 19, 2023

An obituary is not available at this time for Geraldine Florence Woods. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Philip Barry Bourne

Philip Barry Bourne

Sep 18, 2023

Philip Barry Bourne passed peacefully on September 18, 2023, in Hermosa Beach, CA. He was born in Toledo, Ohio on March 29, 1931 to the late Malcolm Graham and Helen Kane Bourne. He attended Canterbury School in Milford Connecticut and graduated from Duke University. He married Mollie O’Connor of Dunkirk New York in 1953. Living in Cleveland, Ohio; Pittsburgh,...

Roberta Elaine Doyea

Roberta Elaine Doyea

Sep 18, 2023

Roberta passed away peacefully with her family and lifelong friends by her side, September 18, 2023, at the age of 66, in Tacoma, WA.  She fought a courageous 15-year battle with NMO/TM and lung cancer.  Ultimately, her long hard fight ended after she suffered a stroke during a surgical procedure.

Roberta was born in Goldendale, WA to...

Marianne Burns

Marianne Burns

Sep 16, 2023

Marianne Burns passed away peacefully on September 16th, 2023, surrounded by her family. She was 94 years old. Marianne was born to Mike and Emily Berry, on December 24th, 1928 in Tacoma, Washington. Although mom left us today to be with the Lord, she will leave behind a legacy of living a life filled with grace, humility and strength....

Tami Sue Love-Thomas

Tami Sue Love-Thomas

Sep 13, 2023

An obituary is not available at this time for Tami Sue Love-Thomas. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

David Sinclair Canwell

David Sinclair Canwell

Sep 9, 2023

An obituary is not available at this time for David Sinclair Canwell. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

David Sinclair Canwell

David Sinclair Canwell

Sep 9, 2023

An obituary is not available at this time for David Sinclair Canwell. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Thomas Parnell Holt

Thomas Parnell Holt

Sep 8, 2023

Thomas Parnell Holt passed away on Sept. 8, 2023, at 89 years old due to health complications. He was in the comforting care of the adult family home where he had been living for the past two years with his family nearby. Tom was the youngest of five children born to Fred M. Holt, a talented musician, and Margaret...

Donald Jay Walton

Donald Jay Walton

Sep 5, 2023

An obituary is not available at this time for Donald Jay Walton. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Gary Edward Zanuzoski

Gary Edward Zanuzoski

Sep 5, 2023

Lakewood, Washington - Gary Edward Zanuzoski passed away unexpectedly at home on Tuesday, September 5, 2023 due to pulmonary heart disease.

Gary's story begins in Lakewood, Washington. He was born to Edward and Dorothy Engoe Zanuzoksi. The Engoe and Zanuzoski families established deep roots in Tacoma's south end beginning in the early 1900s.

Gary acquired...

Rachel Bernice Minnitti

Rachel Bernice Minnitti

Sep 5, 2023

Rachel Minnitti. 2/27/26 to 9/5/2023

Rachel Minnitti has moved into her waterfront condo in heaven on September 5th 2023. It took God, 97 years (2/27/26), to make it perfect for her. Her husband Samuel and daughter Kathleen have been waiting to be united with her. I am sure they will have a spaghetti dinner waiting.

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John Austin Murphy

John Austin Murphy

Sep 1, 2023

John Austin Murphy was born December of 1944, in Minneapolis, Minnesota to James Vincent and Virginia Marie (Murray) Murphy. He recently celebrated 54 years of marriage to the love of his life, Elizabeth (Mitchell). John is preceded in death by siblings Virginia E, Rita, Sarah, Thomas, and Daniel. He was a proud father of Teresa Sodon and husband Mike,...

Colin Charlton

Colin Charlton

Aug 21, 2023

An obituary is not available at this time for Colin Charlton. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Needham Edgar Ward

Needham Edgar Ward

Aug 20, 2023

Needham Edgar Ward was born on April 29, 1946, in Portland, Oregon, and passed away on August 20, 2023, in Tacoma, Washington. Son of Agnes and Needham Ward, he grew up in Seaside, Oregon, attended the University of Portland, and graduated from medical school at the University of Oregon. Specializing in cardiology, Needham provided care to his patients and...

Franklyn Hugh Bishop

Franklyn Hugh Bishop

Aug 19, 2023

An obituary is not available at this time for Franklyn Hugh Bishop. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

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