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Obituaries for Bradley-Kosec Funeral Home & Crematory

Fredrick Basford White

Fredrick Basford White

Dec 30, 2019

Honor is Not a Word, But a Way of Life Fredrick Basford White (Col. Ret.), a resident of Port Townsend, Washington died on December 30, 2019. Fred was born and raised in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, the eighth of nine children to Joseph Warren White and Rena Violet Bowering White. He grew up tending the family farm and working at...

Charlotte Clark

Charlotte Clark

Dec 30, 2019

Charlotte Clark June 25,1924 - December 30, 2019 “My name is Charlotte Clark. I didn’t receive my name, Charlotte until I was two years old. They just called me Baby. I was the youngest of six children all born in the period of eight years; Carl, Betty, Georgene, Richard, Vera and I. Our family was having a picnic and...

Barbara Hutmacher Maclean

Barbara Hutmacher Maclean

Dec 29, 2019

Barbara Hutmacher MacLean, journalist, artist, author and traveler, died after a short illness on December 29, 2019 in Port Townsend, Washington. She was 93. She was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1926. Self-educated, she had no interest in getting a formal education. She dropped out of her first year of college at Western Michigan College in 1946 when she...

Margaret Lucille  Hurlong

Margaret Lucille Hurlong

Dec 21, 2019

Maggi Lucille Hurlong, 67, of Port Angeles, WA, died Dec. 21, 2019. She was surrounded by her family after succumbing to a long battle with cancer. She was preceded in death by her parents, William and Alice Butler. She is survived by her son, Jason (Pam) Horton and daughter, Brandi (Travis) Hamon; four grandchildren, Lexy and Max Horton; Kym...

Barbara Jean Skinner

Barbara Jean Skinner

Dec 20, 2019

Barbara Jean Skinner died at her home in Port Ludlow, Washington, on December 20, 2019. Barb had battled brain cancer for 7 months with her characteristic courage and tenacity. Barb was born November 29, 1948, in Hudson, Michigan, where she began what became a consistent pattern of helping others and doing well. Barb proudly tells the story of raising...

Willard Boyd Grafmyre

Willard Boyd Grafmyre

Dec 9, 2019

Willard Boyd Grafmyre a legendary music promoter, known to Seattle as the “Mahatma of Rock” passed on Monday, December 9, 2019 at the age of 79 in Port Townsend, WA. He graduated from Queen Anne High School (Class of 1959) and studied at Pasedena Playhouse in California. Boyd was drafted shortly after and spent time serving his country in...

Vernon (Vern) Garrison

Vernon (Vern) Garrison

Dec 7, 2019

Fern, Vern, Vernace the Furnace, Big Pops, Burt, Moose, Big Kahuna, Lips, Vermin, dude with big legs, the guy who always wears bright-colored shorts all year… the King of Makawao was a stubborn pain in the ass, but we loved him. On Dec. 7, 2019, we lost him to a combination of construction dust, a few too many cigarettes...

David  Eston Abshire

David Eston Abshire

Dec 3, 2019

David E. Abshire was born in Long Beach, CA, on January 16, 1937 to Charles “Abby” and Mary (Brabb) Abshire. He died peacefully in his home in Port Hadlock, WA, on Tuesday evening, December 3, 2019. David grew up in Onalaska, WA, in a close family that included his brothers, Dennis and Nick. He joined the Navy in 1955...

Ruth Elaine Kvinsland

Ruth Elaine Kvinsland

Dec 2, 2019

When Ruth Elaine Kvinsland was born Saturday, May 8, 1943, in Bremerton, WA. When gas was .21 a gallon. She died December 2, 2019, at Harborview Hospital in Seattle, from injuries she received on Thanksgiving Day when her wheel chair took a wrong turn. Ironically, Thanksgiving week of 2013 was when she suffered a stroke during brain surgery and...

Norma Kay Minaker

Norma Kay Minaker

Nov 27, 2019

Norma Kay (Jackson) Minaker passed away at the age of 83 on 11/27/2019 in Port Townsend, WA. Norma was the daughter of Horace and Alice Jackson. Norma is survived by her children. Jim (Kelly) Minaker, JoAnn Minaker and Tim Minaker all of Port Townsend area. She has 6 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Her 3 great great grandchildren were...

James Earl Pickett

James Earl Pickett

Nov 15, 2019

Jim Pickett, 81, died Nov. 15, 2019 at home in Port Townsend. He had lived with Stage IV kidney cancer for twenty-eight years. Born in Wharton, Texas, he grew up in the small farming community of Lago, and worked in his father’s Pickett Hatchery and chicken feed store. He was a state winner in the 4-H Club and an...

Gabryel Christopher Mills

Gabryel Christopher Mills

Nov 11, 2019

Gabryel Christopher Mills, 18, passed away November 11th, 2019 in a tragic car accident with two of his close friends in Jefferson County, WA. Born April 16, 2001 to his mother Elisabeth (Motan) Mills in Port Townsend, WA and lovingly raised with both his mother and chosen father, Samuel Mills. Gabe was a very kind, generous and compassionate young...

Cameron Richard Davis

Cameron Richard Davis

Nov 11, 2019

Cameron Richard Davis, born 05 March, 1999, left us suddenly and tragically on 11 November, 2019. Born to Jill Reuther in Port Angeles, he was a happy, content, baby who grew to be an amazing young man. Funny, smart and kind, with a wild imagination and great love of silly jokes, Cameron was loved by many, and leaves behind...

Lillimarie Dawn Genaw

Lillimarie Dawn Genaw

Nov 11, 2019

Lillimarie Dawn Genaw 21, Passed away November 11th, 2019 in a car accident with two of her close friends in Jefferson County, WA. Born November 3rd, 1998 to her father Ben Neet and mother Yovonne Genaw in Port Townsend, WA and raised in Glasgow, Kentucky by Ben Neet, Dawn, and Jamie Brooks. She was a very Sweet, loving girl...

Constance (Kira) Nassikas Hohenadel

Constance (Kira) Nassikas Hohenadel

Oct 27, 2019

Constance (Kira) Nassikas Hohenadel, 75, of Port Townsend, WA died peacefully on October 27 at Jefferson Medical Center of pulmonary disease with her family at her side. In her final hours, she listened blissfully to her beloved Chopin and Joan Baez, while summoning the energy for a last cup of coffee—black—and a few uproarious laughs. (No cigarettes allowed in...

Dennis Rath

Dennis Rath

Oct 22, 2019

Dennis Rath, age 86, died on October 22nd at his Kala Point home in Port Townsend where he lived for 25 years. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, sons David and Stephen and daughter Cynthia, two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, one brother and two sisters. Dennis was born in Thunderhawk, North Dakota on March 27, 1933, one of...

Claudette Alice Belgard

Claudette Alice Belgard

Oct 19, 2019

Claudette Alice Undercoffler Belgard passed away at the age of 86 on October 19, 2019 surrounded by her children. Claudia, as she was known by friends and family, was the devoted wife of 43 years to her husband, Theodore F. Belgard and the loving mother of four children Regan Frick, Diana Reed, Ted W. Belgard and Erin Radcliff. She...

Fredrick Basford White

Fredrick Basford White

Dec 30, 2019

Honor is Not a Word, But a Way of Life Fredrick Basford White (Col. Ret.), a resident of Port Townsend, Washington died on December 30, 2019. Fred was born and raised in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, the eighth of nine children to Joseph Warren White and Rena Violet Bowering White. He grew up tending the family farm and working at...

Charlotte Clark

Charlotte Clark

Dec 30, 2019

Charlotte Clark June 25,1924 - December 30, 2019 “My name is Charlotte Clark. I didn’t receive my name, Charlotte until I was two years old. They just called me Baby. I was the youngest of six children all born in the period of eight years; Carl, Betty, Georgene, Richard, Vera and I. Our family was having a picnic and...

Barbara Hutmacher Maclean

Barbara Hutmacher Maclean

Dec 29, 2019

Barbara Hutmacher MacLean, journalist, artist, author and traveler, died after a short illness on December 29, 2019 in Port Townsend, Washington. She was 93. She was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1926. Self-educated, she had no interest in getting a formal education. She dropped out of her first year of college at Western Michigan College in 1946 when she...

Margaret Lucille  Hurlong

Margaret Lucille Hurlong

Dec 21, 2019

Maggi Lucille Hurlong, 67, of Port Angeles, WA, died Dec. 21, 2019. She was surrounded by her family after succumbing to a long battle with cancer. She was preceded in death by her parents, William and Alice Butler. She is survived by her son, Jason (Pam) Horton and daughter, Brandi (Travis) Hamon; four grandchildren, Lexy and Max Horton; Kym...

Barbara Jean Skinner

Barbara Jean Skinner

Dec 20, 2019

Barbara Jean Skinner died at her home in Port Ludlow, Washington, on December 20, 2019. Barb had battled brain cancer for 7 months with her characteristic courage and tenacity. Barb was born November 29, 1948, in Hudson, Michigan, where she began what became a consistent pattern of helping others and doing well. Barb proudly tells the story of raising...

Willard Boyd Grafmyre

Willard Boyd Grafmyre

Dec 9, 2019

Willard Boyd Grafmyre a legendary music promoter, known to Seattle as the “Mahatma of Rock” passed on Monday, December 9, 2019 at the age of 79 in Port Townsend, WA. He graduated from Queen Anne High School (Class of 1959) and studied at Pasedena Playhouse in California. Boyd was drafted shortly after and spent time serving his country in...

Vernon (Vern) Garrison

Vernon (Vern) Garrison

Dec 7, 2019

Fern, Vern, Vernace the Furnace, Big Pops, Burt, Moose, Big Kahuna, Lips, Vermin, dude with big legs, the guy who always wears bright-colored shorts all year… the King of Makawao was a stubborn pain in the ass, but we loved him. On Dec. 7, 2019, we lost him to a combination of construction dust, a few too many cigarettes...

David  Eston Abshire

David Eston Abshire

Dec 3, 2019

David E. Abshire was born in Long Beach, CA, on January 16, 1937 to Charles “Abby” and Mary (Brabb) Abshire. He died peacefully in his home in Port Hadlock, WA, on Tuesday evening, December 3, 2019. David grew up in Onalaska, WA, in a close family that included his brothers, Dennis and Nick. He joined the Navy in 1955...

Ruth Elaine Kvinsland

Ruth Elaine Kvinsland

Dec 2, 2019

When Ruth Elaine Kvinsland was born Saturday, May 8, 1943, in Bremerton, WA. When gas was .21 a gallon. She died December 2, 2019, at Harborview Hospital in Seattle, from injuries she received on Thanksgiving Day when her wheel chair took a wrong turn. Ironically, Thanksgiving week of 2013 was when she suffered a stroke during brain surgery and...

Norma Kay Minaker

Norma Kay Minaker

Nov 27, 2019

Norma Kay (Jackson) Minaker passed away at the age of 83 on 11/27/2019 in Port Townsend, WA. Norma was the daughter of Horace and Alice Jackson. Norma is survived by her children. Jim (Kelly) Minaker, JoAnn Minaker and Tim Minaker all of Port Townsend area. She has 6 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Her 3 great great grandchildren were...

James Earl Pickett

James Earl Pickett

Nov 15, 2019

Jim Pickett, 81, died Nov. 15, 2019 at home in Port Townsend. He had lived with Stage IV kidney cancer for twenty-eight years. Born in Wharton, Texas, he grew up in the small farming community of Lago, and worked in his father’s Pickett Hatchery and chicken feed store. He was a state winner in the 4-H Club and an...

Gabryel Christopher Mills

Gabryel Christopher Mills

Nov 11, 2019

Gabryel Christopher Mills, 18, passed away November 11th, 2019 in a tragic car accident with two of his close friends in Jefferson County, WA. Born April 16, 2001 to his mother Elisabeth (Motan) Mills in Port Townsend, WA and lovingly raised with both his mother and chosen father, Samuel Mills. Gabe was a very kind, generous and compassionate young...

Cameron Richard Davis

Cameron Richard Davis

Nov 11, 2019

Cameron Richard Davis, born 05 March, 1999, left us suddenly and tragically on 11 November, 2019. Born to Jill Reuther in Port Angeles, he was a happy, content, baby who grew to be an amazing young man. Funny, smart and kind, with a wild imagination and great love of silly jokes, Cameron was loved by many, and leaves behind...

Lillimarie Dawn Genaw

Lillimarie Dawn Genaw

Nov 11, 2019

Lillimarie Dawn Genaw 21, Passed away November 11th, 2019 in a car accident with two of her close friends in Jefferson County, WA. Born November 3rd, 1998 to her father Ben Neet and mother Yovonne Genaw in Port Townsend, WA and raised in Glasgow, Kentucky by Ben Neet, Dawn, and Jamie Brooks. She was a very Sweet, loving girl...

Constance (Kira) Nassikas Hohenadel

Constance (Kira) Nassikas Hohenadel

Oct 27, 2019

Constance (Kira) Nassikas Hohenadel, 75, of Port Townsend, WA died peacefully on October 27 at Jefferson Medical Center of pulmonary disease with her family at her side. In her final hours, she listened blissfully to her beloved Chopin and Joan Baez, while summoning the energy for a last cup of coffee—black—and a few uproarious laughs. (No cigarettes allowed in...

Dennis Rath

Dennis Rath

Oct 22, 2019

Dennis Rath, age 86, died on October 22nd at his Kala Point home in Port Townsend where he lived for 25 years. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, sons David and Stephen and daughter Cynthia, two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, one brother and two sisters. Dennis was born in Thunderhawk, North Dakota on March 27, 1933, one of...

Claudette Alice Belgard

Claudette Alice Belgard

Oct 19, 2019

Claudette Alice Undercoffler Belgard passed away at the age of 86 on October 19, 2019 surrounded by her children. Claudia, as she was known by friends and family, was the devoted wife of 43 years to her husband, Theodore F. Belgard and the loving mother of four children Regan Frick, Diana Reed, Ted W. Belgard and Erin Radcliff. She...

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