|
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to parents Harold and Mary Moxon, the third of five children, Jeffrey Keith Moxon, of Gig Harbor, died at home May 26 surrounded by loved ones after a battle with …
more
7/30/20
|
|
Thomas Michael “Mike” Maroney of Lakebay, formerly of Helena, Montana, died July 2 at the age of 81. He was diagnosed with malignant brain cancer in March 2020. Mike was cared for and …
more
7/30/20
|
|
Elvin Floberg of Lakebay died at home June 16, three miles from the place he was born Nov. 26, 1925. He was 94 years old.
He attended grade school in Longbranch and Lakebay, and graduated from …
more
7/30/20
|
|
Obituaries
Mitch’s journey began March 19, 1954 in Tacoma, where he was born to parents Ray and Eulene Kiser. He died May 26 at age 66 after his cancer finally won.
Raised alongside his …
more
6/26/20
|
|
Born Oct. 26, 1953 to Fergus and Rita Brown in San Francisco, California, Ritajean Koehl died at home April 3 following a fierce battle against pancreatic cancer.
more
6/26/20
|
|
Obituaries
Ted Ralston was born August 24, 1948 in Seattle, the only child of Sam and Joy Ralston. Joanna Gormly was born in New Jersey, March 18, 1947, to Richard and Janet Gormly. Ted and …
more
6/26/20
|
|
Scott Allen Gallacher died unexpectedly April 30. He was 49 years old.
He was born in Portland, Oregon, Aug. 10, 1970 to James and Carolyn Gallacher. He graduated from Mariner …
more
5/29/20
|
|
James Bernard Jensen, also known as “Jim,” “Gym,” “Big Daddy,” “The Sheriff,” “Daddio” and a slew of other names, died at his home on the hill in Lakebay, where he …
more
5/29/20
|
|
Robert Harvey Maxson was born Feb. 1, 1947 in Greenwich, Connecticut. He died March 16 in Tacoma. He was 73 years old.
Harvey had a long career as a chef on the East Coast where he …
more
5/1/20
|
|
Marvin Warren Rowland was born January 22, 1944, to Emmitt Rowland and Verdna Mae Bryant in Macon, Georgia. He died April 3 at St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor. He was 76 years …
more
5/1/20
|
|
Longtime Longbranch resident John Graves died Feb. 16. He was 92 years old.
Born in Seattle, John attended Franklin High School and joined the Merchant Marines when he was only 17 …
more
3/27/20
|
|
Terrance “Terry” Lloyd O’Hara, born Nov. 14, 1934, in Lakebay, to Jim and Kathleen O’Hara of Vaughn, died Feb. 24 at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia.
Raised in …
more
3/27/20
|
|
Born June 4, 1928, in Providence, Rhode Island to Gladys Whitehead and Nelson Matteus Paulhus, Jacqueline Mae Traynor died at home in Vaughn Feb. 14.
She married Owen …
more
3/27/20
|
|
Peter Hitt, who swept many a chimney on the Key Peninsula for more than 30 years, died Feb. 5 in Gig Harbor from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 70 years old.
more
3/1/20
|
|
Craig Paul Hunter was born Aug. 8, 1950, to parents Paul and Lee Hunter in San Jose, Calif. and died at his Lakebay home Nov. 24.
His love of plants began early in life, earning a …
more
1/2/20
|
|
Born May 22, 1948, in Chelsea, Massachusetts to parents Henry and Gertrude Lick, Eric Von Lick died Sept. 10 at his home on Rocky Bay in Gig Harbor. Eric grew up in Seattle. During …
more
1/2/20
|
|
Mary Watson died Oct. 22 at her home on Rocky Creek on the Key Peninsula. She was 93 years old. She was a lifelong Unitarian Universalist and a member of the Tacoma congregation for …
more
12/6/19
|
|
Richard A. “Dick” Dixon died Oct. 3 after a year plus bout with cancer. He was born May 2, 1935, in Natick, Massachusetts, to Arthur and Avis Dixon.
Dick relocated to Washington …
more
11/1/19
|
|
Elsie Vezzani of Gig Harbor died Sept. 8, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born Nov. 19, 1933, in Colton, Washington, the youngest daughter of Frank and Teresa Busch. Elsie graduated …
more
11/1/19
|
|
Virgil Iverson was born in Bellingham, Washington on April 17, 1934 and died Sept. 3, 2019. He grew up in the town of Snohomish and graduated from Seattle Pacific University and Bethel …
more
10/1/19
|