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Robert (Rob) P. Newkirk, long-time resident of Gig Harbor, passed to heaven surrounded by love May 15 at age 54 from esophageal cancer.
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6/27/22
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LuVerne Lois Wilson Petersen was born May 17, 1925, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, and died May 29 in Tacoma at age 97. She moved to Washington with her parents at the age of 17.
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6/27/22
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Community leaders, colleagues, former staff, friends and family gathered at the Key Peninsula Civic Center April 23 in gratitude for the humble, kind-hearted country doctor who practiced medicine as …
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6/1/22
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Born Lillian Marie Ryan in Kansas City, Missouri, March 26, 1946, Lulu Smith died at home in Lakebay surrounded by family April 22. She was 76. She was blessed with four children who continued to …
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5/31/22
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On April 11, LuElla went to be with her Lord after being diagnosed with congestive heart and kidney failure.
Born LuElla Meyer Oct. 2, 1925, she grew up on a farm near …
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4/24/22
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William “Bill” Scott passed into the arms of Jesus, surrounded by his loving family, March 31, at Tacoma General Hospital. His father was Douglas E. Scott, one of the last heroes …
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4/24/22
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Longbranch resident Doug Sylvers died peacefully Feb. 21. He was 85.
Born in 1937 in Minneapolis, Doug graduated in 1959 from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science degree in …
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3/26/22
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Key Peninsula native Willow Meyer died unexpectedly in her Tacoma home Jan. 21 of natural causes. She was 42 years old. Willow was born in the family home on Glen Cove in the summer of 1979. She …
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2/22/22
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Born in Austria May 25, 1970, Stefan Fritz came to live in this country at age five. He enjoyed a happy childhood on the Key Peninsula, in Alaska and in Austria. He died in Lakebay Dec. 20, …
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1/23/22
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Dulcie Jean (Van Slyke) Schillinger, 93, died Dec. 7 at Saint Anthony Hospital. She was born the daughter of a pioneer and a farmer in Vaughn Sept. 27, 1928, just two years after electricity arrived …
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1/23/22
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Norma died peacefully at home near Wauna Jan. 5 at the age of 92. She was born May 22, 1929, in Tacoma to Alice and Norman Wilder, who owned and operated the Wilder Berry Farm in Puyallup and Tacoma …
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1/23/22
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Linda Conner Smith
Born in Dallas, Texas Oct. 9, 1941, Linda Conner Smith died peacefully attended by family Jan. 6.
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1/13/22
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Lila Lee (Smith) Abraham born Nov. 22, 1930, in Yakima to Jim and Betty Smith, passed away quietly in the company of her family Oct. 23. She was raised in Kellogg, Idaho, and Yakima as her father …
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12/2/21
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Born Oct. 10, 1942, in Morton, Washington, to parents Alfred and Helen Jorgenson England, Clifford B. England aka “Buck,” age 79 of Home, died Nov. 11 at St. Anthony Hospital following …
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12/2/21
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Randy Bart Hindman of Gig Harbor died Oct. 15 at the age of 66. A warrior throughout life, Randy triumphed whenever life threw him a curve ball and persevered despite the odds.
He loved hunting, …
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12/2/21
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Marianne was born in Lakebay to Ernest and Irma Nordquist Sept. 2, 1936. She died peacefully in Renton, surrounded by family Nov. 10.
Marianne graduated from Peninsula High School Class of …
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12/2/21
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Carolyn and David Wiley celebrated 60 years of marriage on June 10 and we’re so glad they made it. They were married in Irving, Texas, though a longhorn steer on the highway tried to stop the whole affair.
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6/9/21
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Har ry was born at Madigan General Hospital Center on Fort Lewis May 2, 1934. He died peacefully of natural causes at St Anthony in Gig Harbor Jan. 7, 2021 at the wonderful age of 86, earning his …
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2/24/21
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Mark John Nelson of Gig Harbor died peacefully Oct. 28 surrounded by his loving family in the comfort of his home. He was 57 years old.
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2/24/21
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