All Obituaries

Sister Margaret J. Murphy, “Peg” was a native of Rockchapel, County Cork, Ireland, where she was one of eight children born in a family committed to peace and justice issues. She came to the U.S. in 1958 to join the Dominican Sisters of Tacoma. Following her profession in 1961 she began teaching. Her first assignment was St. Francis School, Bakersfield, CA. She also taught at Our Lady of the Lake, Seattle; in between Peg had two different assignments at St....

Edwin V. Ellsworth, a resident of Village Green Retirement Community, Federal Way, Washington, formerly of Tacoma died April 3, 2024. He was born March 8, 1928 in Tacoma to Edwin W. Ellsworth and Vera Highberg Ellsworth. He was raised in Tacoma and Steilacoom having attended Lincoln High School. Ed was employed as a furniture upholsterer having retired in 1980. He was predeceased by his parents, his wife Marlene Kalin Ellsworth. his sister Carol Ellsworth Sawtell,...

Mary Adelle Denend, a trailblazing mentor, artist, wife and mother, died April 1 in Tacoma after a decades-long battle with heart disease. She was 80. Born Jan 25, 1944, she grew up in Alder, Wash., helping on the family farm as the eldest daughter of Ambrose and Mary Potts. She was big sister in a family of nine children and five foster children, and graduated Eatonville High in 1962. She was nursing assistant at Children’s Orthopedic Hospital in Seattle,...

Doris Krilich died on March 29, 2024 after a brief illness. She lived independently until her death at age 97. Doris Young grew up in Gas City, Indiana with her brother, Bill, and sister, Helen. She attended Ball State University where she received a nursing degree in 1947. She completed her nursing residence at the Puyallup Tribal Hospital in Tacoma, Washington. During this time, she met her future husband, Paul Krilich. They were married 66 years before Paul died...

Tacoma, WA-Sister Jude Connelly, OSF, 83, died in Franciscan Hospice House on Holy Thursday, March 28, 2024. She had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 59 years. Sister. Jude was born in San Francisco, California. Her family moved to Washington where she was a member of Our Lady of Miraculous Medal Parish, Tacoma, and a graduate of Fife High School, Fife. She entered the congregation in 1962 and professed her first vows in 1965. She earned a BSN from...

Stanton “Stan” Schack passed away peacefully in his home on March 28, 2024 at the age of 94. He was born in 1930 in Iowa, grew up in Minneapolis until moving to the Pacific Northwest as a teen with his parents John and Louella who were employed in the War effort. He was a graduate of Fife High School and attended the College of Puget Sound. He married Maryanne Thomas of Tacoma in 1951, where they lived their lives and raised 4 children. He was a long-time roofing foreman for...