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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 …
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5/29/20
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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 …
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5/29/20
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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 …
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5/1/20
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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 …
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5/1/20
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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 …
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3/27/20
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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 …
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3/27/20
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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 …
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3/27/20
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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.
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3/1/20
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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 …
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1/2/20
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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 …
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1/2/20
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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 …
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12/6/19
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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 …
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11/1/19
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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 …
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11/1/19
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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 …
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10/1/19
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Louis M. Padilla died July 30, 2019, following a five-week battle with cancer. He was 76 years old.
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10/1/19
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Bill was born May 26, 1950, to Clarence and Virginia Vanlaanen, and lived 69 years on the Key Peninsula until his death June 16. While growing up, he worked at his dad’s gas station …
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10/1/19
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Obituaries
Myrna Jean Williams died peacefully September 9. She was a 20-year resident of the Key Peninsula area. Prior to that she lived in Seattle and worked for various television and radio …
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10/1/19
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Born March 13, 1945, to John and Marie Chakirian in Bryan, Texas, Voski grew up in Cashmere, Washington. She died peacefully in her home in Lakebay June 9.
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9/1/19
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Born June 20, 1934, in Neah Bay, Washington, a community he talked about throughout his life, Richard Allan Van Cise died peacefully July 25. He treasured his family, each of whom he …
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9/1/19
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Longtime Key Peninsula resident Ruth Chambers, 85, died June 25. She was born March 1, 1934, in Yankton, South Dakota, to Roy and Anna Walling. She had three siblings: Madaline, Paul …
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8/1/19
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