Kitsap County WA

Lee, Eileen Cochrane Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Eileen Lee, 91, a longtime Baker City resident, died at her home on Jan. 27, 2003. Her memorial service will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 1995 Fourth St. The Rev. Susan Barnes will officiate. At Mrs. Lee’s request, a private interment of her cremated remains will be at the North Powder Cemetery. Eileen was born June 24, 1911, in Baker City, the only child of Edgar and Susan Browning Cochrane of Haines. Eileen attended school in Haines until 1924, when her parents moved to Baker City. She was a 1929 Baker … Read more

Henry, Jim – Obituary

Baker City, Baker County, Oregon Jim Henry, 81, died at home on July 22, 2005, after a long battle with lung cancer. His graveside inurnment service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the military section of Mount Hope Cemetery. Father Camillus Fernando of St. Francis de Sales Cathedral will officiate. Military rites will be under the auspices of the National Guard and Doug Riggs will speak on behalf of the Baker Elks Lodge. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception after the services at the Eagles Lodge, 2935 H St. Jim was born on Aug. 17, … Read more

Moberry, June – Obituary

La Grande, Oregon June Moberry, 89, of Salem and formerly of La Grande died Jan. 9 in Beaverton. No service is planned. A family gathering will take place June 9 to plant a rose arbor. Mrs. Moberry was born June 9, 1917, the daughter of Oscar and Anna Hultman, in Ketchikan, Alaska. She was raised on Bainbridge Island in Washington, and married Ralph Moberry in 1951 in Seattle. She lived off and on in La Grande from 1955 to 2002 and was assistant manager of Founta Court. She belonged to the Christian Science Church and had two children, Carol Moore … Read more

Biography of Hon. Allen Weir

HON. ALLEN WEIR. – This universally known and universally respected maker of public opinion and founder of pioneer institutions in Washington Territory, of whom we present a portrait, was born in Los Angeles county, California, April 24, 1854, and is therefore in his thirty-sixth year. In 1860 the family removed from California to Puget Sound, arriving at Port Townsend June 1st of that year. They located on government land in the Dungeness river bottom in Clallam county, and there resided and “grew up with the country.” They were among the early pioneers of that section, moving in when there were … Read more

Kitsap County, Washington Cemetery Records

Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Following Cemeteries (hosted At Kitsap County, Washington Tombstone Transcription Project) Buena Vista Cemetery Burley Cemetery Colby (South Colby) Cemetery Fraola (Olalla-Fragaria) Cemetery Island Lake (Silverdale Lutheran) Cemetery Olalla Pioneer Cemetery Phinney Bay (Jackson) Indian Cemetery Following Cemeteries (hosted at Interment) Buena Vista (Port Gamble Historic) Cemetery Fort (Port) Blakely Cemetery Hansville Cemetery Hillcrest Cemetery Island Lake Lutheran (Silverdale) Cemetery Little Boston Cemetery Seabold Cemetery Washington Veterans Home (Retsil) Cemetery  

Cooke, Daisy Victoria Storey – Obituary

Mrs. Daisy Victoria Cooke, 78, of 410 S. 49th Ave., died Monday [September 19, 1977] in St. Elizabeth Hospital. Mrs. Cooke was born in Cumberland, Wash. Her parents, George C and Emma Storey, were Washington State pioneers. Mrs. Cooke was educated in Seattle Public Schools. On Sept. 19, 1922 she married Howard P. Cooke in Wenatchee. Today was their 55th wedding anniversary. They moved to Yakima 10 years ago from Port Orchard. She was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church, served as a musician for many drill and degree teams for fraternal organizations, was a member of the Veterans … Read more

Sutton, Daniel Huston – Obituary

A former Walla Walla resident, Daniel H. Sutton, 85, of Port Orchard, died at his home there Wednesday [April 27, 1971]. Born Sept. 1, 1884 in Whittier, NC, Sutton came to the northwest in 1906. He was a self-employed painter and carpenter before his retirement and had lived in Baker, Ore. before coming to Walla Walla in 1955. He moved to Port Orchard in 1967. Sutton is survived by two sons, Theodore Sutton of Adams, NY and David Sutton of Walla Walla; six daughters, Mrs. Orville (June) Ott and Mrs. E. A. (Jeanne) Robanske, both of Walla Walla, Mrs. Percy … Read more

Christensen, Joyce Mary “Joy” Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Baker County, Oregon Joyce “Joy” Mary Christensen, 62, of Baker City, died June 3, 2003. In lieu of a memorial service, a picnic will be held in her memory for friends and family sometime in July. For more information, please call Dan Christensen at 425/880-4949 or Wes Christensen at 523-5561. Joy was born on Oct. 24, 1941, in Butte, Mont. She spent her childhood moving around with her parents, working ranches all over the western United States and Canada, where she acquired her love of horses. She later married and settled in the Baker area where she raised … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Noah S. Kellogg

NOAH S. KELLOGG. – This renowned prospector, whom Fortune has singled out as her favorite from among many thousands, was born in Ohio in 1829. In 1852 he began the journey across the plains, reaching Council Bluffs that year, and coming on to Portland, Oregon, in 1853. He terminated his trip at the Sound the same season. The next year he engaged in lumbering at Port Gamble, and continued in that business until 1870, spending one year, 1860, in the Boise basin. Since 1870 Mr. Kellogg has devoted the most of his attention to mining, traveling in British Columbia, California … Read more

Filer, Peter Louis – Obituary

Services were held Saturday for Peter Louis Filer, Methow Valley pioneer who passed away at the age of 88 years [January 17, 1951] at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ora B. Voight, Bremerton. Born April 9, 1862, in Dallas, Texas, Mr. Filer came to Washington in 1887, then but a territory. He stopped for a time in Ellensburg, coming on to Methow, where he took up a homestead on Beaver Creek and where he and his family lived for many years. Here he was engaged in cattle raising and ranching. He also was one of the first mail carriers … Read more

Hess, Virginia “Ginger” N. Mrs. – Obituary

Virginia “Ginger” N. Hess, 84, of Port Orchard, Wash., died in Port Orchard on May 14, 2006, due to natural causes. Funeral Mass will be said on Friday, July 28, 2006, 9 a.m. at St. Francis desales Cathedral, Baker City, Ore., with graveside services immediately following at the Haines Cemetery, Haines, Ore. Virginia’s family is having a luncheon for family and friends at the Haines United Methodist Church after the graveside services. Virginia was born April 9, 1922, in Haines, Ore. She married Larry Hess June 19, 1943, in Portland, Ore., He died in 1976. She graduated from Muddy Creek … Read more

Wimp, Debra Lynn “Debbie” – Obituary

Debra Lynn Wimp, (Debbie Cote Mitchell), 44, a former resident of Anchorage, Alaska, died Nov. 7, 2000, at Meadowbrook Place. Her graveside funeral was at 2 p.m. Friday at Mount Hope Cemetery. Pastor Roger Scovil of the Baker City Christian Church officiated. Ms. Wimp was born May 28, 1956, at Bremerton, Wash. She was raised in Baker City and attended Baker schools. She was a “rebel in pink.” With her quick wit and zest for life, she made friends easily. She loved to be surrounded by people and made many lifelong friends along the way. Her friends and her sister, … Read more

Holman, Vivian D. Harrison Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Vivian D. Holman-Harrison, 83, of Baker City, died April 28, 2003, at St. Elizabeth Health Services with her two children by her side. At her request, there will be no service. Disposition was by cremation at Gray’s West Pioneer Crematory. Vivian was born at Bremerton, Wash., and raised at Portland with her two sisters, Evelyn and Margaret. Vivian’s life as a young girl was anything but ordinary (just like her). With a fun-loving, seam-stress/dancer mother, who immigrated from Hungary, and a father who had come from Germany, Vivian was taught to go after her dreams and passions … Read more

Lopez, Dorothy I. “Dee” Burke Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Baker County, Oregon Dorothy I. “Dee” Burke Lopez, 86, of La Pine, a former Baker City resident, died Jan. 8, 2006, at her home with her daughter and son-in-law by her side. Her memorial service will be at noon Feb. 13 at the Maywood Park Campus of Mount Hood Community College, 10100 N.E. Prescott St., in Portland. She was born on June 16, 1919, at Baker City to Henry and Isabelle Smith Burke. She founded the creative writing department at Mount Hood Community College in 1966 and taught there for 37 years. She also taught creative writing at … Read more

Bowman, Goldie Marie Emery – Obituary

Funeral for Goldie Marie Bowman will be 10 a.m. Monday at Folsom-Bishop Funeral Chapel, Pendleton, with burial at Olney Cemetery, Pendleton. Mrs. Bowman, 79, Pendleton, died Wednesday, June 19, 1985, at her home. She was born Aug. 4, 1905 at Bremerton, Wash., the daughter of Charles and Mary Abigail (Sevy) Emery. On Feb. 25, 1925 she married Robert L. Bowman. The couple celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary this year. The Bowmans farmed on the Bowman family ranch until retirement but continued to reside at the ranch. Mrs. Bowman enjoyed sewing, cooking, and mountains and berry picking, and being with her … Read more

Biography of John M. Thomas

JOHN M. THOMAS. – Mr. Thomas was born in Nicholas county, Kentucky, July 8, 1829, and is the youngest son of a family of seven children. When he was four years old his parents moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, where his father died a year later. In 1844 he went to an older brother in Kentucky, where he remained for five years, and in October, 1849, returned to Indianapolis. On March 30,1852, he went to St. Louis, and one month later to St. Joseph, and there joined a friend from Indianapolis; and together they started with ox-teams for Oregon. At Fort … Read more

Tibbs, Eugene “Curt” – Obituary

Eugene “Curt” Tibbs, 71, a former Baker City resident, died Feb. 3, 2008, at Belmont Terrace in Bremerton, Wash., after a courageous battle with cancer. At his request, there will be no service. He was born on Jan. 12, 1937, to James and Lilah Tibbs at Baker City. The family lived at Sumpter at the time of his birth. He attended various schools in Baker Valley. Curt worked in logging and as a millwright and welder in Oregon and Washington. He retired from Centralia Mining Co. in 1999 and moved to the Bremerton area to live near his daughter and … Read more

Chandler, John Patrick “Pat” – Obituary

John Patrick “Pat” Chandler, 70, of Bainbridge Island, Wash., died March 30, 2009, at the University of Washington Hospital surrounded by family and friends. Friends are invited to a celebration of Pat’s life at the Kiana Lodge, Sandy Hook Road N.E. in Poulsbo, Wash., on April 19, 2009, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Born September 30, 1938, at Baker City to Orville and Bell Armstrong Chandler, Pat was the third of four siblings to grow up on the family cattle ranch in the beautiful foothills of the Elkhorn Mountains. As a youngster, Pat shared in the arduous work of … Read more

Yocom, Ward Alva – Obituary

Ward Alva Yocom, 80, died Wednesday [October 27, 1982] in a Reno hospital. A native of Ellensburg, Wash., he was born June 28, 1902. He served in the Army during World War II. From 1951 to 1964, he lived in Port Orchard, Wash., with his family. He was an electrician for I.B.E.W. in Seattle, Wash., traveling extensively throughout the U.S. In 1964 he moved to Reno, though he continued to travel. Surviving are his widow, Dorothy, and daughter, Judy Zuppan, both of Reno; son, Bruce Lantz of Yelm, Wash.; daughters, Bonnie Younghans of Sparks, and Vickie Perdue of Fallon; and … Read more