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Monday, May 01, 2017Richard K. Davis, longtime Malibu resident, died at home on March 24 at age 86.Davis was born in Bremerton, Wash. into a Navy family. His father died when he was six and his mother moved the family to Coronado, Calif., where he grew up. It was here he developed his lifelong love for surfing. He attended the New Mexico Military Institute for high school where he played football and basketball. He earned a full scholarship to Cornell University where he played lacrosse and developed his passion for the “Big Red” lacrosse team. After graduating with a degree in anthropology, he joined the Army as a 2nd Lieutenant and shipped off to Korea. After returning, he went to work for Sperry Rand Univac in New York City, beginning a career in the computer industry. While there, he also married Jane Kiely on May 4, 1957. In 1958, they moved to Berkeley where he earned an MBA in Operations Research from UC Berkeley and they also had the first of their six children. Upon graduating, they moved to Hinsdale, Ill., where he worked for Touche Ross (now Deloitte & Touche). After two years, they re...
Sunday, February 12, 2017Conroy, Walter J., 69, Shelton, died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, at Shelton Health & Rehabilitation Center. McComb & Wagner Funeral Home & Crematory, Shelton, 360-426-4803.Craighead, Owen, 92, Bremerton, died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, at Forrest Ridge Health and Rehabilitation, Bremerton. McComb & Wagner Funeral Home & Crematory, Shelton, 360-426-4803.Da, Chan, 78, Tacoma, died Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, at home. Funeral Alternatives of Washington, Lacey, 360-491-2222.Dollemore-Klemm, Susan Kay, 58, Belfair, died Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, at Harrison Medical Center, Bremerton. McComb & Wagner Funeral Home & Crematory, Shelton, 360-426-4803.Engh, Dick F., 96, Tacoma, died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, at Orchard Park Health & Rehabilitation, Tacoma. Funeral Alternatives of Washington, Tumwater, 360-753-1065. Evans, Sherry, 63, Lakewood, died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, at Franciscan Hospice House, University Place. McComb & Wagner Funeral Home & Crematory, Shelton, 360-426-4803.Greenberg, Harold Sidney, 86, Bothell, died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, at Overlake Hospital Medical Center, Bellevue. Funeral Alternatives of Washington, Tumwater, 360-753-1065.Keck, Jeffrey Brian, 65, Lacey, died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, at Providence St. Peter Hospital, Olympia. Funeral Alternatives of Washington, Tumwater, 360-753-1065.Marks, Marcia, 64, Olympia, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, at Providence St. Peter Hospital, Olympia. Funeral Alternatives of Washington, Tumwater, 360-753-1065.McMorris, Paul F., 80, Shelton, died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, in Shelton. Forest Funeral Home, Shelton, 360-427-8044. McMullen, Bruce Edward, 47, Yelm, died Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, at home. Funeral Alternatives of Washington, Lacey, 360-491-2222.Miller, Virginia Ida, 86, Olympia, died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, at home. Funeral Alternatives of Washington, Tumwater, 360-753-1065. Minnie, Raymond Frank, 76, Shelton, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, at home. McComb & Wagner Funeral Home & Crematory, Shelton, 360-426-4803. Moore, Ercle Chri...
Monday, November 21, 2016May 01, 2008 0 Georgene Ann Sewellof PoulsboMay 8, 1939to April 26, 2008Our dearly loved Mother passed away Saturday morning at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton, Washington, surrounded in love and support by her four boys, just short of her 69th birthday after a courageous battle with cancer.Ann Hicks was born in Portland, Oregon to George and Eleanor Hicks. She married and moved north to Seattle to complete her degree at Seattle Pacific University, majoring in Education.She is survived by her sister, Kathleen Hicks (Preston); ex-husband, Lonnie; sons: Troy, Brycen (wife Carolyn, grandson Mason), Quinn, Ragen (wife Heidi, granddaughter imminent); many nieces and nephews; countless friends and her cat Richie.A celebration of Ann's life will be held from 1 to 4 pm, Saturday, May 3, at Beck's Funeral Home, 405 5th Ave. S, Edmonds, Washington; (425) 771-1234.Please feel free to stop in anytime. Around 2:30 we will gather together to share memories of Ann.Donations in Ann's memory can be made to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.Ann, we love you and will miss you so much ?...
Monday, September 12, 2016Physics Club. He was looking forward to graduating in December.Spencer is survived by his parents, Donna, and John (Kim Janes) of Janesville; his brothers, Charles (Miranda) of Bremerton, Wash., and Nolan of Janesville; his maternal grandparents, Donald and Carol Mack of Sauk City; and his paternal grandparents, John and Janet Twining of West Salem. Spencer is also survived by many aunts, uncles, and cousins in Wisconsin, Illinois, Maine, and Virginia.A celebration of life for Spencer was held on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, at the Williams Center on the UW-Whitewater campus. The family has set up the Spencer Twining Memorial Fund at youcaring.com where donations will be used to honor Spencer through a scholarship fund and donations to causes that Spencer cared about.In lieu of flowers, please consider making a memorial gift to the Spencer Twining Memorial Fund through the UW-Whitewater Foundation at 800 W. Main St., Whitewater, WI 53190. At the family's behest, contributions made in Spencer's honor will be used to honor Spencer through scholarships and causes he cared about.Cesarz, Charapata & Zinnecker Funeral Home, Cremation and Pre-Planning Services is serving the family. For further information, please call (262) 542-6609 or for directions, an online obituary, or to leave a condolence, please visit www.WaukeshasFuneralHome.com.
Monday, September 05, 2016Joe Sutter, 95, the legendary Boeing engineer who led development of the 747 jumbo jet, died Tuesday in Bremerton, of pneumonia. Mr. Sutter’s team became known as “The Incredibles” for producing what was then the world’s largest airplane in record time — 29 months from conception to rollout.Marc Riboud, 93, celebrated French photojournalist who captured moments of grace even in the most fraught situations around the world, died in Paris on Tuesday. He had Alzheimer’s disease.Vera Caslavska, 74, a Czech gymnast whose seven Olympic gold medals in the 1960s made her a dominant figure in the sport and whose public opposition to the Soviet invasion of her homeland ended her competitive career, died Tuesday in Prague. She learned she had pancreatic cancer a year and a half ago.Justice Charles Z. Smith, 89, who rose from the poverty and racism of the Deep South to break ground as Washington’s first African-American state trial judge and Supreme Court justice, died last Sunday in Seattle. Justice Smith, a civil-rights activist, embraced several causes, including a long fight to win reparations f...
Monday, July 18, 2016Racine, Wisconsin. For two years of her life, she worked for the Electric Motor Cooperation in Racine as a telephone operator and receptionist. In January 1950, she moved to Bremerton, Washington, and worked in the office of Olberg Drug Store. In 1952, she worked for CPA Sam Berch as his office manager and she also did accounting and tax preparation. In 1952 he sold the business to Darrel Mickels and she continued her duties. For several years, she worked as the office manager and bookkeeper for Miche King Ambulance Service, he also owned a wrecking yard service, a taxi cab service and also a gas station in Bremerton, Washington. In 1973, she moved to Alameda County Fairgrounds in Livermore, California, and during this period of time, she managed a trailer court and handled horse barn stall rentals; this facility boarded race horses that competed at Golden Gate and Bay Meadows. After Alta and Bud retired, they enjoyed traveling in Wisconsin and they later made Sarcoxie their home, where she spent her last two years of work on the production line for Juvenile Shoes.In 1982, she started volunteer work as a Grey Lady, McCune-Brooks Hospital, Carthage, MO. Red Cross Representative for Sarcoxie, and was instrumental in getting blood drives started at Sarcoxie High School. She taught knitting and crocheting classes in her home and was always willing to help anyone plus shared her patterns. She belonged to many organizations, including American Quilters Association; National Quilting Association; Ozark Piecemakers Quilt Guild of Springfield; Ozark County Quilters of Cassville; Town and County Quilt Guild of Joplin; Mercy Prestige; Rhonda Fairchild Chapter of NSDAR, twenty-year member; Disabled Americans Veterans Auxiliary; VFW Auxiliary #492, Silverdale, WA; lifemember, 50 plus years; American Legions Auxiliary Department of MO, 50 plus years; Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary #192, Bremerton, WA, 62 year member; National Association of Federal Employees MOChapter #19, life member; Good Sams Club, Englewood, CO., fifty years; Round Prairie Extension Club of Sarcoxie, MO. Completed the yarn council of America course of Master Teacher of Crocheting and Knitting thru the Jasper...
Monday, July 18, 2016Nickerson is survived by his wife Tess; sons Dominic and Michael; parents, Leighton and Anita Nickerson of Chandler, Arizona; sister, Beth Schureman (Dave) of Bremerton; brother, Steve Nickerson (Melanie) of Mukilteo; sister, Mary Whitley (Steve) of Renton; sister-in-law, Donna (Ricky) of Bothell; four nephews and three nieces; aunt, Gloria Jean Merriam (David) of Holyoke, Massachusetts; and cousins Jason, David and Adam Merriam of Massachusetts.A celebration of Frank Nickerson’s life will take place at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Rosehill Community Center in Mukilteo. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Lake Stevens. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Frank’s honor to the American Cancer Society.After graduating from Western Washington University, Nickerson taught in the Mukilteo School District for over 30 years. Teaching was a great fit for Frank, said his younger sister.“I think it just came naturally to him,” said Whitley. “He’s the oldest of four and he was always put in a position of having to mentor his younger siblings and take care of us. I’m the baby. He taught me how to drive. How to swim. He was that third parent. Both of our parents worked full time. It all kind of fell on him.”Whitley, whose husband Steve recalled that Frank’s first questions when they started dating were about his sports allegiances, remembered when Frank told her he got his first coaching job at Mariner High School.“I can still remember he was so excited and so nervous,” Whitley said. “My sister and I came to watch and sit in the stands and listen to what people were saying.”He was the head coach for Mariner before Kamiak High School was built, and was lured over to the Knights by then-Kamiak head coach Steve Merkley to run the Knights’ junior varsity team.“He loved baseball and you could tell in his eyes when he talked about it and his actions,” Merkley said. “He was a perfectionist though. If you didn’t do it perfect in his eyes you heard about it.”Merkley had planned to retire in 2013, but Frank convinced him to coach one more year so that his son, Dominic, could play for Merkley for one season.Then, Frank took over when Merkley did retire after the 2014 season.“That’s how we planned it,” Merkley said. “I was actually going to retire the year before but Dominic was going to be a sophomore and he said, ‘Can’t you just coach my kid one year?’ You never know how things are going to go, but I knew (Kamiak should make Nickerson the head coach). If they didn’t hire him then they were completely nuts.”Nickerson took over prior to the 2015 season, where he coached Kamiak — and Dominic — for the next two seasons.“He was a little bit harder on me on the field but it was understandable,” said Dominic, an outfielder and pitcher for the Knights. “He didn’t want to show that he was playing favorites. But I appreciated it. It showed how much he cared about how I did.”The Knights immediately took to their new head coach.“I always thought, growing up, I would finish out my baseball career with (Merkley) as my head coach,” said Connor Alexander, a senior pitcher on this year’s Kamiak squad. “Once Nickerson came in, it turned that around. It was an awesome two years of baseball and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”On the diamond, Frank Nickerson was known for being a little intense, but always positive.“One of his quotes that I always remember and still use is, ‘Earn, ...
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Monday, May 01, 2017Richard K. Davis, longtime Malibu resident, died at home on March 24 at age 86.Davis was born in Bremerton, Wash. into a Navy family. His father died when he was six and his mother moved the family to Coronado, Calif., where he grew up. It was here he developed his lifelong love for surfing. He attended the New Mexico Military Institute for high school where he played football and basketball. He earned a full scholarship to Cornell University where he played lacrosse and developed his passion for the “Big Red” lacrosse team. After graduating with a degree in anthropology, he joined the Army as a 2nd Lieutenant and shipped off to Korea. After returning, he went to work for Sperry Rand Univac in New York City, beginning a career in the computer industry. While there, he also married Jane Kiely on May 4, 1957. In 1958, they moved to Berkeley where he earned an MBA in Operations Research from UC Berkeley and they also had the first of their six children. Upon graduating, they moved to Hinsdale, Ill., where he worked for Touche Ross (now Deloitte & Touche). After two years, they re...
Sunday, February 12, 2017Conroy, Walter J., 69, Shelton, died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, at Shelton Health & Rehabilitation Center. McComb & Wagner Funeral Home & Crematory, Shelton, 360-426-4803.Craighead, Owen, 92, Bremerton, died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, at Forrest Ridge Health and Rehabilitation, Bremerton. McComb & Wagner Funeral Home & Crematory, Shelton, 360-426-4803.Da, Chan, 78, Tacoma, died Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, at home. Funeral Alternatives of Washington, Lacey, 360-491-2222.Dollemore-Klemm, Susan Kay, 58, Belfair, died Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, at Harrison Medical Center, Bremerton. McComb & Wagner Funeral Home & Crematory, Shelton, 360-426-4803.Engh, Dick F., 96, Tacoma, died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, at Orchard Park Health & Rehabilitation, Tacoma. Funeral Alternatives of Washington, Tumwater, 360-753-1065. Evans, Sherry, 63, Lakewood, died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, at Franciscan Hospice House, University Place. McComb & Wagner Funeral Home & Crematory, Shelton, 360-426-4803.Greenberg, Harold Sidney, 86, Bothell, died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, at Overlake Hospital Medical Center, Bellevue. Funeral Alternatives of Washington, Tumwater, 360-753-1065.Keck, Jeffrey Brian, 65, Lacey, died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, at Providence St. Peter Hospital, Olympia. Funeral Alternatives of Washington, Tumwater, 360-753-1065.Marks, Marcia, 64, Olympia, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, at Providence St. Peter Hospital, Olympia. Funeral Alternatives of Washington, Tumwater, 360-753-1065.McMorris, Paul F., 80, Shelton, died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, in Shelton. Forest Funeral Home, Shelton, 360-427-8044. McMullen, Bruce Edward, 47, Yelm, died Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, at home. Funeral Alternatives of Washington, Lacey, 360-491-2222.Miller, Virginia Ida, 86, Olympia, died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, at home. Funeral Alternatives of Washington, Tumwater, 360-753-1065. Minnie, Raymond Frank, 76, Shelton, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, at home. McComb & Wagner Funeral Home & Crematory, Shelton, 360-426-4803. Moore, Ercle Chri...
Monday, November 21, 2016May 01, 2008 0 Georgene Ann Sewellof PoulsboMay 8, 1939to April 26, 2008Our dearly loved Mother passed away Saturday morning at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton, Washington, surrounded in love and support by her four boys, just short of her 69th birthday after a courageous battle with cancer.Ann Hicks was born in Portland, Oregon to George and Eleanor Hicks. She married and moved north to Seattle to complete her degree at Seattle Pacific University, majoring in Education.She is survived by her sister, Kathleen Hicks (Preston); ex-husband, Lonnie; sons: Troy, Brycen (wife Carolyn, grandson Mason), Quinn, Ragen (wife Heidi, granddaughter imminent); many nieces and nephews; countless friends and her cat Richie.A celebration of Ann's life will be held from 1 to 4 pm, Saturday, May 3, at Beck's Funeral Home, 405 5th Ave. S, Edmonds, Washington; (425) 771-1234.Please feel free to stop in anytime. Around 2:30 we will gather together to share memories of Ann.Donations in Ann's memory can be made to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.Ann, we love you and will miss you so much ?...
Monday, September 12, 2016Physics Club. He was looking forward to graduating in December.Spencer is survived by his parents, Donna, and John (Kim Janes) of Janesville; his brothers, Charles (Miranda) of Bremerton, Wash., and Nolan of Janesville; his maternal grandparents, Donald and Carol Mack of Sauk City; and his paternal grandparents, John and Janet Twining of West Salem. Spencer is also survived by many aunts, uncles, and cousins in Wisconsin, Illinois, Maine, and Virginia.A celebration of life for Spencer was held on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, at the Williams Center on the UW-Whitewater campus. The family has set up the Spencer Twining Memorial Fund at youcaring.com where donations will be used to honor Spencer through a scholarship fund and donations to causes that Spencer cared about.In lieu of flowers, please consider making a memorial gift to the Spencer Twining Memorial Fund through the UW-Whitewater Foundation at 800 W. Main St., Whitewater, WI 53190. At the family's behest, contributions made in Spencer's honor will be used to honor Spencer through scholarships and causes he cared about.Cesarz, Charapata & Zinnecker Funeral Home, Cremation and Pre-Planning Services is serving the family. For further information, please call (262) 542-6609 or for directions, an online obituary, or to leave a condolence, please visit www.WaukeshasFuneralHome.com.
Monday, September 05, 2016Joe Sutter, 95, the legendary Boeing engineer who led development of the 747 jumbo jet, died Tuesday in Bremerton, of pneumonia. Mr. Sutter’s team became known as “The Incredibles” for producing what was then the world’s largest airplane in record time — 29 months from conception to rollout.Marc Riboud, 93, celebrated French photojournalist who captured moments of grace even in the most fraught situations around the world, died in Paris on Tuesday. He had Alzheimer’s disease.Vera Caslavska, 74, a Czech gymnast whose seven Olympic gold medals in the 1960s made her a dominant figure in the sport and whose public opposition to the Soviet invasion of her homeland ended her competitive career, died Tuesday in Prague. She learned she had pancreatic cancer a year and a half ago.Justice Charles Z. Smith, 89, who rose from the poverty and racism of the Deep South to break ground as Washington’s first African-American state trial judge and Supreme Court justice, died last Sunday in Seattle. Justice Smith, a civil-rights activist, embraced several causes, including a long fight to win reparations f...
Monday, July 18, 2016Racine, Wisconsin. For two years of her life, she worked for the Electric Motor Cooperation in Racine as a telephone operator and receptionist. In January 1950, she moved to Bremerton, Washington, and worked in the office of Olberg Drug Store. In 1952, she worked for CPA Sam Berch as his office manager and she also did accounting and tax preparation. In 1952 he sold the business to Darrel Mickels and she continued her duties. For several years, she worked as the office manager and bookkeeper for Miche King Ambulance Service, he also owned a wrecking yard service, a taxi cab service and also a gas station in Bremerton, Washington. In 1973, she moved to Alameda County Fairgrounds in Livermore, California, and during this period of time, she managed a trailer court and handled horse barn stall rentals; this facility boarded race horses that competed at Golden Gate and Bay Meadows. After Alta and Bud retired, they enjoyed traveling in Wisconsin and they later made Sarcoxie their home, where she spent her last two years of work on the production line for Juvenile Shoes.In 1982, she started volunteer work as a Grey Lady, McCune-Brooks Hospital, Carthage, MO. Red Cross Representative for Sarcoxie, and was instrumental in getting blood drives started at Sarcoxie High School. She taught knitting and crocheting classes in her home and was always willing to help anyone plus shared her patterns. She belonged to many organizations, including American Quilters Association; National Quilting Association; Ozark Piecemakers Quilt Guild of Springfield; Ozark County Quilters of Cassville; Town and County Quilt Guild of Joplin; Mercy Prestige; Rhonda Fairchild Chapter of NSDAR, twenty-year member; Disabled Americans Veterans Auxiliary; VFW Auxiliary #492, Silverdale, WA; lifemember, 50 plus years; American Legions Auxiliary Department of MO, 50 plus years; Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary #192, Bremerton, WA, 62 year member; National Association of Federal Employees MOChapter #19, life member; Good Sams Club, Englewood, CO., fifty years; Round Prairie Extension Club of Sarcoxie, MO. Completed the yarn council of America course of Master Teacher of Crocheting and Knitting thru the Jasper...
Monday, July 18, 2016Nickerson is survived by his wife Tess; sons Dominic and Michael; parents, Leighton and Anita Nickerson of Chandler, Arizona; sister, Beth Schureman (Dave) of Bremerton; brother, Steve Nickerson (Melanie) of Mukilteo; sister, Mary Whitley (Steve) of Renton; sister-in-law, Donna (Ricky) of Bothell; four nephews and three nieces; aunt, Gloria Jean Merriam (David) of Holyoke, Massachusetts; and cousins Jason, David and Adam Merriam of Massachusetts.A celebration of Frank Nickerson’s life will take place at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Rosehill Community Center in Mukilteo. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Lake Stevens. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Frank’s honor to the American Cancer Society.After graduating from Western Washington University, Nickerson taught in the Mukilteo School District for over 30 years. Teaching was a great fit for Frank, said his younger sister.“I think it just came naturally to him,” said Whitley. “He’s the oldest of four and he was always put in a position of having to mentor his younger siblings and take care of us. I’m the baby. He taught me how to drive. How to swim. He was that third parent. Both of our parents worked full time. It all kind of fell on him.”Whitley, whose husband Steve recalled that Frank’s first questions when they started dating were about his sports allegiances, remembered when Frank told her he got his first coaching job at Mariner High School.“I can still remember he was so excited and so nervous,” Whitley said. “My sister and I came to watch and sit in the stands and listen to what people were saying.”He was the head coach for Mariner before Kamiak High School was built, and was lured over to the Knights by then-Kamiak head coach Steve Merkley to run the Knights’ junior varsity team.“He loved baseball and you could tell in his eyes when he talked about it and his actions,” Merkley said. “He was a perfectionist though. If you didn’t do it perfect in his eyes you heard about it.”Merkley had planned to retire in 2013, but Frank convinced him to coach one more year so that his son, Dominic, could play for Merkley for one season.Then, Frank took over when Merkley did retire after the 2014 season.“That’s how we planned it,” Merkley said. “I was actually going to retire the year before but Dominic was going to be a sophomore and he said, ‘Can’t you just coach my kid one year?’ You never know how things are going to go, but I knew (Kamiak should make Nickerson the head coach). If they didn’t hire him then they were completely nuts.”Nickerson took over prior to the 2015 season, where he coached Kamiak — and Dominic — for the next two seasons.“He was a little bit harder on me on the field but it was understandable,” said Dominic, an outfielder and pitcher for the Knights. “He didn’t want to show that he was playing favorites. But I appreciated it. It showed how much he cared about how I did.”The Knights immediately took to their new head coach.“I always thought, growing up, I would finish out my baseball career with (Merkley) as my head coach,” said Connor Alexander, a senior pitcher on this year’s Kamiak squad. “Once Nickerson came in, it turned that around. It was an awesome two years of baseball and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”On the diamond, Frank Nickerson was known for being a little intense, but always positive.“One of his quotes that I always remember and still use is, ‘Earn, ...
