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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...
Margaret Hallan
Apr 10, 2013
Obituary Margaret Mary (Freeman) Hallan Margaret Mary (Freeman) Hallan was born on July 25, 1922 in Tacoma, WA to Robert James and Margaret Mary (Carr) Freeman and passed away on April 10, 2013 at Alaska Gardens in Tacoma. Margaret grew up in the Tacoma area and attended local schools. She married Eugene Othello Hallan on October 5, 1946 in Tacoma....
Georgia Mae Mcphee
Apr 9, 2013
Obituary Georgia Mae (Lynch) McPhee Georgia Mae Lynch was born to Phillip and Iris Lynch, on December 13, 1923 in Aberdeen, Washington. Losing her mother at a young age, it was her namesake and grandmother, Georgia Thompson, who raised her. She graduated from Olympia High School and Dietz Business College. On June 20, 1945 she married William A. McPhee, sharing...
Vera Carbone
Apr 7, 2013
Obituary Vera Carbone Vera Carbone, 86, a resident of Renton, Washington for over half a century, passed away Sunday morning, April 7th, at an adult home in Kent, Washington. Vera was born June 11, 1926 in Renton, the daughter of Robert and Jennie Brown. Vera worked for the Boeing Company as a riveter during WWII and later a supply tech...
Lois Tucci
Apr 3, 2013
Obituary Lois Louise Tucci Lois passed away peacefully on April 3, 2013 at home, with her family by her side, after a two year battle with cancer. She was born on August 24, 1947 in Tucson, Arizona to Hugh (Tex) and Margaret Horne. The family moved to Puyallup when Lois was 9 years old. Lois attended Puyallup High School and...
Patricia Jean Simons
Apr 2, 2013
Obituary Patricia Jean Simons Patti Simons was born in Tacoma, WA on October 30, 1940 to Mary and Wilbur Simons. She graduated from Wilson High School in Tacoma in 1960 and then moved to Mountain View, CA with her parents. Patti returned to Tacoma two years ago where, despite some health issues, she became an enthusiastic resident and participant at...
Douglas Paul Avery
Mar 30, 2013
Obituary Douglas P. Avery Douglas P. Avery was born in Tacoma, WA on January 15, 1938 and passed away on March 30, 2013. He graduated from Villanova University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Doug would also acquire a Masters Degree in this same field. He worked for North American Rocketdyne and Boeing for a number of years, but his...
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