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Carol Jean Carlson

Carol Jean Carlson

Apr 5, 2021

Longtime Port Ludlow resident, Carol Jean Carlson, age 89, passed away on Monday, April 5, 2021 in Silverdale, Washington after a series of illnesses. Born to Anthony E. and Helen G. (Wilkins) Karnes in Ketchikan, Alaska, on November 22, 1931, Carol grew up in Juneau, Alaska, where she met her future husband, Bill H. Carlson, one day on the...

Joan Merridith Reed

Joan Merridith Reed

Mar 26, 2021

Joan Merridith Reed August 20, 1934 – March 26th, 2021 Joan Merridith Reed, known as Joanie to her loved ones, died March 26th, 2021, from a ten year long illness of Alzheimer’s disease. Joan was born August 20th, 1934, in Seattle, Washington, to Margaret McKay Merridith (Peg) and William Kenneth Merridith (Ken). Joan grew up in a logging camp...

Susan Kathryn Bassett

Susan Kathryn Bassett

Mar 18, 2021

Susan Kathryn Cullen Bassett died on March 18, 2021 of ALS at the age of 81 in Port Hadlock, WA. She was born 12/9/1939 in Madera, CA to father Eugene Raymond Cullen and mother Cora Betty Hughes Cullen. Raised in San Anselmo, CA, she attended Saint Anselm's Grammer school and graduated from Marin Catholic High School in 1957. She...

George Frederick Fisler

George Frederick Fisler

Mar 11, 2021

George Frederick Fisler, PhD On Thursday, March 11, 2021, George F. Fisler, professor, biologist and avid bird watcher, and loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away at the age of 89. George was born on November 29, 1931 in Saginaw, Michigan and raised in Pontiac, Michigan. After high school he attended Adrian College where he was on the...

Margery Ann Goodwin Brown

Margery Ann Goodwin Brown

Feb 25, 2021

Margery Goodwin Brown, 95, of Port Townsend, WA passed away February 25, 2021 at home with her husband of 72 years, Frank G. Brown, by her side. Margery was born to William H. and Hattie Horne Goodwin in Marblehead, MA where she graduated from Marblehead High School’s class of 1943. After graduation she earned her RN at Salem Hospital...

Kathryn Louise Hammond Cogswell

Kathryn Louise Hammond Cogswell

Feb 10, 2021

Kathryn (Kathy) Louise Hammond Cogswell passed away peacefully in Port Townsend, Washington on Wednesday, February 10, 2021. She squeezed in maximum mileage during her 77 years. Kathy’s journey began in Tucson, Arizona- born to Kathryn Louise and William Ira Hammond on May 28, 1943. She graduated from Tucson High, then attended University of Arizona where she majored in English,...

Ronald Edward Hoffman

Ronald Edward Hoffman

Feb 7, 2021

Ron Hoffman passed away February 7th, 2021 of cancer and a heart attack. Ronald Edward Hoffman was born in Bremerton, Washington on July 28th, 1960 to Wayne Eugene and Elizabeth Alma (Rutherford) Hoffman. The family moved to Brinnon in 1962. Ron attended first through eighth grade in Brinnon, then attended grades ninth through twelfth in Quilcene, where he graduated....

Richard Konizeski

Richard Konizeski

Jan 28, 2021

Richard (Dick) Konizeski, was a well known resident of Cape George having lived there with his wife Ruby for app. 40 years. He was born 9 March 1917 and died 28 Jan 2021. Just shy 5 weeks of his 104th birthday. He was well known in the Port Townsend community as the man who wears a beaver coat. Dick...

Irene Isabelle Date

Irene Isabelle Date

Jan 17, 2021

Irene Date died peacefully Sunday, January 17, 2021 at her home 21 miles SE of Quilcene, WA at the age of 99. Irene was born October 13, 1921, 5 miles north of Poulsbo, WA, at the family home of Paul and Dorthea Schechert. She graduated North Kitsap High in 1939 and went on to get her beauticians license in...

Richard Alan Maltby

Richard Alan Maltby

Jan 15, 2021

Richard “Dick” Maltby 6-7-1931 - 1-15-2021 Richard Maltby died on January 15th in Port Townsend, WA, after a long illness. He was born in southern California to Clifford Maltby and Alta Donnelly and grew up in Hollywood, California. He graduated from Hollywood High School and later Washington State University, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Police Science. His whole life...

Ralph Jay Wilson

Ralph Jay Wilson

Jan 10, 2021

Ralph J. Wilson passed away peacefully on January 10, 2021 at Liberty Shores Harbor House Memory Care in Poulsbo, WA at the age of 81. He was preceded in death by his parents, Glen and Ethel Wilson. Ralph is survived by his wife Janet of 63 years; four children; Tim Wilson, Tony Wilson, Debi Michel, and Dave Wilson; six...

Kianna Kaylee Brown

Kianna Kaylee Brown

Jan 9, 2021

Kianna Brown, age 29, of Graham, WA died unexpectedly on January 9, 2021, due to injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Born in Port Townsend, she graduated from Chimacum High School in 2010. She then moved to the Seattle area and worked as a project manager for an abatement company. Kianna settled in Graham, WA in 2019 with...

Ruth Patterson Porter

Ruth Patterson Porter

Jan 8, 2021

Ruth Patterson Porter of Port Townsend, WA passed away peacefully on Jan. 8, 2021. She was born in Butler, PA to Clarence Patterson and Ethel Patterson (nee Giles) on June 2, 1930. She married Merle Porter of Butler PA and they had two daughters. Ruth loved being with her family and friends, camping, hiking, biking, playing golf and swimming....

Claudette Dietlin

Claudette Dietlin

Jan 6, 2021

Claudette Dietlin Sep. 21, 1952 - Jan. 6, 2021 Claudette was raised in upstate New York and, although she graduated high school in Florida, she always identified as being from Little Falls, NY. She lived in many areas of the country, but settled in the Pacific Northwest in WA's Puget Sound region in the 1980s. During that time she...

Bonnie Bell Cox

Bonnie Bell Cox

Dec 29, 2020

Bonnie Bell (Luna) Hodges, Cox, age 92, passed away peacefully on the morning of Tuesday, December 29, 2020, at her home in Port Hadlock, Washington. Graveside memorial services will be held on January 8, 2021, at 1 pm at Sequim View Cemetery in Sequim, Washington. Bonnie is preceded in death by Russel Hodges (first husband), Luther Cox (second husband),...

Debra Kathleen Buchillo

Debra Kathleen Buchillo

Dec 22, 2020

Debra Kathleen Buchillo November 15, 1951-December 22, 2020 “Debbie or Deb” Debbie was born the second child of Leon “Gruts” and Elsie (Kilmer) Lopeman on November 15, 1951 in Port Townsend, Washington and passed away at her home, overlooking Sequim Bay after complications from a stroke due to a brief battle with cancer. She was born in Port Townsend...

Clifton Harper Rick

Clifton Harper Rick

Dec 12, 2020

Dear Family and Friends; During this joyous season celebrating Christmas and hopefully a better 2021, I am saddened to inform you of the passing of my dear husband of 56 years. Cliff passed away peacefully Saturday 12-12-2020 of sepsis, Parkinson's Disease and dementia. In the last year and a half Cliff's Parkinson's progressed and his athletic body declined. Cliff...

Marjorie M. Wille

Marjorie M. Wille

Dec 11, 2020

Marjorie M. Wille, 96, formerly of Port Ludlow, Washington, passed away Friday, December 11, at her daughter's home in Quilcene. She was preceded in death by her husband Raymond F. Wille (1984); her son, Raymond F. Wille, Jr. (1999); and her sister, Francis A. Merrell (2014). Born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, Marjorie was a daughter of the late Raymond R....

Gary Lee Jensen

Gary Lee Jensen

Nov 30, 2020

The family of Gary Lee Jensen of Port Townsend is saddened to announce his passing on November 30, 2020 at the age of 66. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 46 years, Colleen; Children, Kameo (Jason), Tanya (Elton), Shaun (Kellee); Grandchildren, Kenya, Kyrsten, Kalyssa, Kailyn, Kinsley, Chase, Charly, Devin, Dustin; Step Grandchildren, Lukas, Kaedynce, Chevy; Brothers...

Mary Lou Sanok

Mary Lou Sanok

Nov 25, 2020

Mary Lou Sanok (nee McManus), loving wife and mother of four children, passed away on November 25, 2020, in Port Townsend, WA. Her husband, Gregory Sanok, who passed away in 2012, was a United States Coast Guard Commander. She is survived by her children and seven grandchildren, Christopher Sanok (Joanna, Pascale, and Peter), Catherine Sanok (Will and Sylvia), Cynthia...

Carol Jean Carlson

Carol Jean Carlson

Apr 5, 2021

Longtime Port Ludlow resident, Carol Jean Carlson, age 89, passed away on Monday, April 5, 2021 in Silverdale, Washington after a series of illnesses. Born to Anthony E. and Helen G. (Wilkins) Karnes in Ketchikan, Alaska, on November 22, 1931, Carol grew up in Juneau, Alaska, where she met her future husband, Bill H. Carlson, one day on the...

Joan Merridith Reed

Joan Merridith Reed

Mar 26, 2021

Joan Merridith Reed August 20, 1934 – March 26th, 2021 Joan Merridith Reed, known as Joanie to her loved ones, died March 26th, 2021, from a ten year long illness of Alzheimer’s disease. Joan was born August 20th, 1934, in Seattle, Washington, to Margaret McKay Merridith (Peg) and William Kenneth Merridith (Ken). Joan grew up in a logging camp...

Susan Kathryn Bassett

Susan Kathryn Bassett

Mar 18, 2021

Susan Kathryn Cullen Bassett died on March 18, 2021 of ALS at the age of 81 in Port Hadlock, WA. She was born 12/9/1939 in Madera, CA to father Eugene Raymond Cullen and mother Cora Betty Hughes Cullen. Raised in San Anselmo, CA, she attended Saint Anselm's Grammer school and graduated from Marin Catholic High School in 1957. She...

George Frederick Fisler

George Frederick Fisler

Mar 11, 2021

George Frederick Fisler, PhD On Thursday, March 11, 2021, George F. Fisler, professor, biologist and avid bird watcher, and loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away at the age of 89. George was born on November 29, 1931 in Saginaw, Michigan and raised in Pontiac, Michigan. After high school he attended Adrian College where he was on the...

Margery Ann Goodwin Brown

Margery Ann Goodwin Brown

Feb 25, 2021

Margery Goodwin Brown, 95, of Port Townsend, WA passed away February 25, 2021 at home with her husband of 72 years, Frank G. Brown, by her side. Margery was born to William H. and Hattie Horne Goodwin in Marblehead, MA where she graduated from Marblehead High School’s class of 1943. After graduation she earned her RN at Salem Hospital...

Kathryn Louise Hammond Cogswell

Kathryn Louise Hammond Cogswell

Feb 10, 2021

Kathryn (Kathy) Louise Hammond Cogswell passed away peacefully in Port Townsend, Washington on Wednesday, February 10, 2021. She squeezed in maximum mileage during her 77 years. Kathy’s journey began in Tucson, Arizona- born to Kathryn Louise and William Ira Hammond on May 28, 1943. She graduated from Tucson High, then attended University of Arizona where she majored in English,...

Ronald Edward Hoffman

Ronald Edward Hoffman

Feb 7, 2021

Ron Hoffman passed away February 7th, 2021 of cancer and a heart attack. Ronald Edward Hoffman was born in Bremerton, Washington on July 28th, 1960 to Wayne Eugene and Elizabeth Alma (Rutherford) Hoffman. The family moved to Brinnon in 1962. Ron attended first through eighth grade in Brinnon, then attended grades ninth through twelfth in Quilcene, where he graduated....

Richard Konizeski

Richard Konizeski

Jan 28, 2021

Richard (Dick) Konizeski, was a well known resident of Cape George having lived there with his wife Ruby for app. 40 years. He was born 9 March 1917 and died 28 Jan 2021. Just shy 5 weeks of his 104th birthday. He was well known in the Port Townsend community as the man who wears a beaver coat. Dick...

Irene Isabelle Date

Irene Isabelle Date

Jan 17, 2021

Irene Date died peacefully Sunday, January 17, 2021 at her home 21 miles SE of Quilcene, WA at the age of 99. Irene was born October 13, 1921, 5 miles north of Poulsbo, WA, at the family home of Paul and Dorthea Schechert. She graduated North Kitsap High in 1939 and went on to get her beauticians license in...

Richard Alan Maltby

Richard Alan Maltby

Jan 15, 2021

Richard “Dick” Maltby 6-7-1931 - 1-15-2021 Richard Maltby died on January 15th in Port Townsend, WA, after a long illness. He was born in southern California to Clifford Maltby and Alta Donnelly and grew up in Hollywood, California. He graduated from Hollywood High School and later Washington State University, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Police Science. His whole life...

Ralph Jay Wilson

Ralph Jay Wilson

Jan 10, 2021

Ralph J. Wilson passed away peacefully on January 10, 2021 at Liberty Shores Harbor House Memory Care in Poulsbo, WA at the age of 81. He was preceded in death by his parents, Glen and Ethel Wilson. Ralph is survived by his wife Janet of 63 years; four children; Tim Wilson, Tony Wilson, Debi Michel, and Dave Wilson; six...

Kianna Kaylee Brown

Kianna Kaylee Brown

Jan 9, 2021

Kianna Brown, age 29, of Graham, WA died unexpectedly on January 9, 2021, due to injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Born in Port Townsend, she graduated from Chimacum High School in 2010. She then moved to the Seattle area and worked as a project manager for an abatement company. Kianna settled in Graham, WA in 2019 with...

Ruth Patterson Porter

Ruth Patterson Porter

Jan 8, 2021

Ruth Patterson Porter of Port Townsend, WA passed away peacefully on Jan. 8, 2021. She was born in Butler, PA to Clarence Patterson and Ethel Patterson (nee Giles) on June 2, 1930. She married Merle Porter of Butler PA and they had two daughters. Ruth loved being with her family and friends, camping, hiking, biking, playing golf and swimming....

Claudette Dietlin

Claudette Dietlin

Jan 6, 2021

Claudette Dietlin Sep. 21, 1952 - Jan. 6, 2021 Claudette was raised in upstate New York and, although she graduated high school in Florida, she always identified as being from Little Falls, NY. She lived in many areas of the country, but settled in the Pacific Northwest in WA's Puget Sound region in the 1980s. During that time she...

Bonnie Bell Cox

Bonnie Bell Cox

Dec 29, 2020

Bonnie Bell (Luna) Hodges, Cox, age 92, passed away peacefully on the morning of Tuesday, December 29, 2020, at her home in Port Hadlock, Washington. Graveside memorial services will be held on January 8, 2021, at 1 pm at Sequim View Cemetery in Sequim, Washington. Bonnie is preceded in death by Russel Hodges (first husband), Luther Cox (second husband),...

Debra Kathleen Buchillo

Debra Kathleen Buchillo

Dec 22, 2020

Debra Kathleen Buchillo November 15, 1951-December 22, 2020 “Debbie or Deb” Debbie was born the second child of Leon “Gruts” and Elsie (Kilmer) Lopeman on November 15, 1951 in Port Townsend, Washington and passed away at her home, overlooking Sequim Bay after complications from a stroke due to a brief battle with cancer. She was born in Port Townsend...

Clifton Harper Rick

Clifton Harper Rick

Dec 12, 2020

Dear Family and Friends; During this joyous season celebrating Christmas and hopefully a better 2021, I am saddened to inform you of the passing of my dear husband of 56 years. Cliff passed away peacefully Saturday 12-12-2020 of sepsis, Parkinson's Disease and dementia. In the last year and a half Cliff's Parkinson's progressed and his athletic body declined. Cliff...

Marjorie M. Wille

Marjorie M. Wille

Dec 11, 2020

Marjorie M. Wille, 96, formerly of Port Ludlow, Washington, passed away Friday, December 11, at her daughter's home in Quilcene. She was preceded in death by her husband Raymond F. Wille (1984); her son, Raymond F. Wille, Jr. (1999); and her sister, Francis A. Merrell (2014). Born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, Marjorie was a daughter of the late Raymond R....

Gary Lee Jensen

Gary Lee Jensen

Nov 30, 2020

The family of Gary Lee Jensen of Port Townsend is saddened to announce his passing on November 30, 2020 at the age of 66. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 46 years, Colleen; Children, Kameo (Jason), Tanya (Elton), Shaun (Kellee); Grandchildren, Kenya, Kyrsten, Kalyssa, Kailyn, Kinsley, Chase, Charly, Devin, Dustin; Step Grandchildren, Lukas, Kaedynce, Chevy; Brothers...

Mary Lou Sanok

Mary Lou Sanok

Nov 25, 2020

Mary Lou Sanok (nee McManus), loving wife and mother of four children, passed away on November 25, 2020, in Port Townsend, WA. Her husband, Gregory Sanok, who passed away in 2012, was a United States Coast Guard Commander. She is survived by her children and seven grandchildren, Christopher Sanok (Joanna, Pascale, and Peter), Catherine Sanok (Will and Sylvia), Cynthia...

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