Martinus “Maarten” Verburg
2023
Martinus “Maarten” Verburg, 56 years old, of Seattle, Washington, passed away on February 13, 2023 following a nearly year-long battle with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Born in Santpoort, The Netherlands to Martinus and Henrica Verburg, Maarten is survived by his wife Marcy Mabry, son Yoeri Verburg (Hoofddorp, The Netherlands), bonus children Jessica and Jakob Rugland & bonus mom...
Ronald Douglas Riedasch
2023
Ron was born December 11, 1942 to Glenn and Marjorie Riedasch in Seattle and raised in West Seattle with his sister, Eleen. He attended Lafayette Elementary, James Madison Junior High, and West Seattle High School, graduating in 1961. He went on to Washington State University, joining the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, and a prouder Cougar you would never meet! ...
Benjamin Florendo (Bennie) Guib Jr.
Dec 23, 2022
Bennie passed away peacefully on December 23, 2022, after a short battle with cancer. He was born and raised in Seattle to Benjamin Severino Guieb Sr and Adalor Ellen Quinn. He was the baby of the family of three children. He spent all his life in South Seattle attending Mercer Middle School and Franklin High School.
Bennie...
Catherine Macdonald
Dec 20, 2022
Catherine MacDonald was born April 5, 1927 at Doctor’s Hospital in New York City, NY. Cathe grew up in New Rochelle, NY with her two sisters and brother. In 1948 Cathe married Buzz Trohn and had two daughters, Leslie and Katie, and raised them in Armonk, New York.
Eventually moving to Denver, CO, Cathe continued to live...
Evon Marie Wells
Dec 7, 2022
Evon Marie Wells
On Wednesday, December 7, 2022, Evon Marie Wells better known as “Mom” to many, passed away peacefully at home at the age of 86.
Evon was born on June 5, 1936 in Crosby, North Dakota to Pearl E. MacLean and Lyle Chapman. Evon with her mother Pearl and sister Aris moved to...
Donna Jean Bystrom
Nov 26, 2022
Donna was born and raised in West Seattle, eldest of the two children of Irene and Howard Whittlesey. She attended school at Lafayette Elementary, and West Seattle HS, graduating in 1944. She went on to attend UW for a couple years and played saxophone in the band.
She was working as a clerk at Sears when she...
E. Odilia (Odette) Diaz
Nov 24, 2022
Odette was given her nickname, “Vida,” by her grandchildren. They thought it was her name because she would always greet them lovingly with “mi vida” (“my life” in Spanish). Vida was a central, loving figure for an extended family which now spans across the United States and the Americas. Vida passed away peacefully on November 24, at the age...
Norman Lee Garvin
Nov 21, 2022
Following a long bout with cancer, and hearing of Trump’s plans to run for office again, Norman left his earthly body to embark on his next adventure. He was 75 years old.
Although we are beyond heartbroken, we are so proud of him for making the brave decision to stop all the invasive treatments he endured for...
Mary Lou (Pappas) Dammand
Nov 20, 2022
On November 20, 2022, Mary Lou Dammand passed away peacefully at the age of 87. Mary Lou was born in Seattle, Washington on January 21, 1935, to John and Daisy Pappas. Mary Lou graduated from Lincoln High School in 1953 and went to Central Washington University. It was at college where she met the love of her life, Kenneth...
Nathan Lachendro
Nov 18, 2022
On November 18th, 2022, the world lost its brightest, most humble soul, when Nathan Lachendro, of Gig Harbor, WA, was taken too soon. He meant so much to so many, but he shined the brightest as husband and father.
Nathan loved airplanes. Professionally, aerospace was his calling and his life’s work. In 1996, he earned a Bachelor...
John Currie
Nov 18, 2022
John Edward Currie passed away peacefully on November 18, 2022 after struggling with Alzheimer’s disease for nearly two years. John was born in Colville, WA on May 17, 1943 to John and Floris Currie. He grew up in Eastern Washington in the small mining town of Metalline Falls. In his senior year of of high school the family moved...
Mary Frances Abernethy
Nov 14, 2022
Mary Frances Abernethy, 90, passed away on Monday, November 14, 2022. Mary was born on August 24, 1932 to Everett E. Herron and Mary Clark Herron on Beacon Hill where she attended Catholic school. The family moved to West Seattle where Mary attended Holy Rosary Catholic Girls High School until her graduation in 1950.
In 1955, Mary...
Barbara Del Sol Tamarack
Nov 11, 2022
BARBARA DEL SOL TAMARACK
FORMERLY BARBARA ANN TRUJILLO (THOMPSON)
A lover of angels and dolphins and all things sparkly, Barbara departed this earth after a long period of declining health. Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Ross and Mary (Gallegos) Trujillo, Barbara was the oldest...
Dirk Bidleman
Nov 3, 2022
In a lifetime filled with delightful incongruities, Dirk Bidleman–father, friend, and football fanatic–spent 61 years making sense of it all with humor, curiosity, and passion. Three years after being diagnosed with cancer, our Dad was a force to be reckoned with. In late October, he died as he lived: Relentless, fearless, and without regret. Dad’s final days were marked...
Mary Robinson Sive
Oct 24, 2022
Mary Robinson Sive, Aug. 9, 1923 - Oct. 24, 2022
Mary Robinson Sive, 99, longtime resident of Montclair, NJ, passed away peacefully at her home in West Seattle, Washington after a brief illness.
Mary was born in Berlin, Germany in 1923, and spent her early years in Graz, Austria, with her mother, Regina (Hammer) Robinson...
Joann Wallace Mcgovern
Oct 22, 2022
Joann Wallace McGovern of Federal Way, WA entered into eternal rest on October 22nd, 2022.
Joann was born in Deer Lodge, Montana on April 27th, 1949 to Harold and Grace Wallace.
When she was five years old, the family returned to Novinger, Missouri where she spent her childhood and teen years living on the family...
Kathryn Butzerin
Oct 22, 2022
Kathryn Freitas grew up in West Seattle and graduated as valedictorian from Holy Rosary High School in 1953. She received a scholarship to Gonzaga University where she met her husband of 52 years, Joseph Butzerin. Joe and Kathryn returned to West Seattle where they raised their six children: Joanne, Teresa, Carla, Peter, Robert, and Mary. Kathryn worked as teacher...
Barbara Lamont
Oct 17, 2022
Longtime resident of, and familiar friendly face in Conyngham, Barbara LaMont passed away at age 89 in her home in West Seattle on the morning of Oct 17th of natural causes.
Barbara was born of Noah & Mabel Ashworth on December 25, 1932, in Dobbs Ferry, NY and grew up in Worcester MA. In 1954, she married...
Patricia Ellen Bowie
Oct 14, 2022
Obituary for Patricia Ellen Bowie (12 Oct 1961 to 14 Oct 2022)
Patti Bowie, a devoted and loving mother, a professional director that everyone wanted on their team, and, most importantly, a faith-filled inspiration to all who knew her, died peacefully in Seattle, Washington on October 14th, 2022, after an eight-year battle with cancer.
Born...
Mary E. Santi
Oct 13, 2022
Mary Santi lived a life of great love and devotion, with music in her heart. In her 106 years with us, she blessed so many lives with her loving kindness to all. She was a strong, positive, caring, devoted daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunt, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Her love reached beyond family and friends to all she...
