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Local obituaries for the Seattle, Washington and surrounding areas


Henry Carl Hansen

Henry Carl Hansen

Feb 3, 1975

Henry was born in Aarhus, Denmark and came to Seattle in 1907.

Owner & Operator of Hansen's Georgetown Florists, which Henry and his wife Alice founded in 1943 in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle.

Father: Hans M. Hansen Mother: Anna Marie Daughters: Patricia Calkins, Anne Marie Barrigan, Julia McPherson, Laura Horrocks 16 Grandchildren 5 Great-grandchildren...

Lorne Clifford Howden

Lorne Clifford Howden

Nov 22, 1972

Lorne Clifford Howden

Birth: 24 Jun 1892 Canada Death: 22 Nov 1972 (aged 80) Seattle, King County, Washington, USA Burial Forest Lawn Cemetery West Seattle, King County, Washington, USA

Seattle Times November 24, 1972 Funeral services for Lorne C. Howden, 80, former co-owner of the Georgetown Funeral Home, will be tomorrow with burial...

Lawrence Lockwood Bleitz

Lawrence Lockwood Bleitz

May 23, 1968

Lawrence Lockwood Bleitz

BIRTH 31 Mar 1907 DEATH 23 May 1968 (aged 61) Seattle, King County, Washington, USA BURIAL Mount Pleasant Cemetery Seattle, King County, Washington, USA

www.findagrave.com/memorial/5331795/lawrence-lockwood-bleitz

Marjorie Josephine Sengstacken

Marjorie Josephine Sengstacken

Jun 1, 1967

Marjorie Josephine Sengstacken 1910-1967

Born to Harry & Mamie Sengstacken in Middletown, New York. She was a Nurse at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, WA.

Bleitz Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Interment - Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Burial Date: 6/11/1967

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5506810/marjorie-sengstacken

Jack W. Daniels

Jack W. Daniels

Nov 8, 1954

Jack W. Daniels

Birth: 30 Aug 1878 Middletown,New York, USA Death: 8 Nov 1954 (aged 76) Seattle, King County, Washington, USA Burial Forest Lawn Cemetery - Main Mausoleum Seattle, King County, Washington, USA

Jack was an pioneer undertaker in Seattle, Washington. He owned and operated Daniels & Brinton West Seattle Mortuary in West...

Irene Clay (Leeper)  Bleitz

Irene Clay (Leeper) Bleitz

Aug 7, 1952

Irene Clay Leeper Bleitz

Birth 1870 Indiana, USA Death 7 Aug 1952 (aged 81–82) Seattle, King County, Washington, USA Burial Crown Hill Cemetery Seattle, King County, Washington, USA

Wife to Jacob J, Bleitz, Mother to James Clay Bleitz, Lawrence Lockwood Bleitz,& Mary Jeanne Bleitz (Campbell) Grandmother to to Larry, Roger, Jeff, Mitch and Susan Bleitz...

Ernest Edward Mittelstadt

Ernest Edward Mittelstadt

May 26, 1948

Mr. E.E. Mittelstadt,  He was born around 1874, immigrated to the United States from Germany at the age of ten, settled in Wisconsin, and married Bertha Behm around 1896. Mittelstadt had established himself as an undertaker in Ballard by 1908. The Mittelstadts lived above the funeral parlor at 1766 NW Market Street. They had five children, four daughters, Alma,...

Jacob J. Bleitz

Jacob J. Bleitz

Feb 25, 1939

Jacob J. Bleitz - father, husband, friend, funeral director, embalmer, inventor, founder & owner of Bleitz Funeral Parlors in Seattle, Washington, passed away on Saturday, February 25th, 1939.

Born in Sandwich, Illinois to Jacob Bleitz Sr. and Katherine Bleitz nee Hiebeck.

Mr. Jacob Bleitz moved to Seattle from Wichita, Kansas where he worked as an...

George Felhosi

George Felhosi

1939 - 2024 George was born June 6th in Óbuda, Hungary, a small, unincorporated town North of Budapest. Born into a small family and the older brother of one sister, George fled Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. He was given two American dollars, so his father told him to run to the neighboring country of Austria with...

Evelyn Grace Gollinger

Evelyn Grace Gollinger

Evelyn Grace Gollinger, nee’ Splan, affectionately known as Evie, passed away peacefully in Shoreline, Washington, from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Born on June 30, 1929, in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, Evie's vibrant spirit and warm heart touched all who knew her throughout her 94 years of life. Evie's journey began as a tow-headed & bright-eyed girl in Michigan's Upper...

Beverly June Alger

Beverly June Alger

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Beverly June Alger, on September 26, 2023, in Seattle, at the age of 91, from cancer.

Very proud of her Norwegian heritage, she lived almost her entire life in West Seattle, and loved everything that it had to offer. She lived a long and full life...

Harriet Benjamin

Harriet Benjamin

Harriet Benjamin

Harriet, the eldest daughter of Harry and Vida Hundley, was born on June 28, 1939. She was raised in Belton, MO, a small mid-west town outside of Kansas City with her younger sisters Emma and Margaret, and her brother Mike. Their cousin Bill who would later become an important part of her life, would also...

Tommie Ruffin

Tommie Ruffin

Tommie Ruffin was born September 13th, 1945.

She attended Garfield High School in Seattle Washington and graduated from the Culinary Arts program at SCCC.

She later earned her Nursing certification, and spent her entire adult life working in the Elder Care industry.

She had 2 children: Floreen Jones (nee Harrell), and Leonardo Harrell....

Joseph "Joe" Sonntag

Joseph "Joe" Sonntag

Joseph "Joe" Sonntag was born on February 9, 1938 in Billings, MT, to Richard and Elizabeth Sonntag. He is survived by his daughters, Carolyn Sonntag and Jennifer Sipert, son-in-laws, Ian Menzie and Terence Sipert, grandson Tiago Sipert, siblings Louise Mehlert, Rich Sonntag, Linda Sonntag-Noble, Steve Sonntag, and many in-laws, nieces and nephews. Joe had a gentle, loving soul. He...

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