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Eileen C. Johnston, 96, died on Aug. 21, 2022. She was born April 3, 1926, in Seattle, to parents Earl and June (Cheadle) Lightner. Eileen and Robert Trenton Fortin married in... — Updated 9/1/2022 Full story

Helen Beatrice (Bergam) Sevener was born Sept. 24, 1925, in Andes, Montana. She was the third of eight child of Henry Oliver and Cathryn Agnes Bergam. She lived on a farm in the... — Updated 9/1/2022 Full story

Kenneth Henry Eric Schaefer, age 89, died on May 29, 2022. In 1997, he moved to Centralia from Lynnwood to be with his partner, Joyce M. Butkus. They later lived in the Stillwaters... — Updated 8/25/2022 Full story

Jane Lindsey Simpson passed away on Aug. 9, 2022, from the consequences of pancreatic cancer. Jane was born on Aug. 20, 1942, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of... — Updated 8/25/2022 Full story

Nancy Ann DeFazio was born on Feb. 2, 1953, in Hamilton, Ohio, to John Vincent DeFazio and Ann Louise Antes. Nancy developed an early passion for the arts, crafting and honing her... — Updated 8/18/2022 Full story

On Aug. 2, 2022, Joy Helgeland – loving mom, sister, grandma, great-grandma and friend – passed away at Providence Hospital Everett at age 89. Joy was born Jan. 8, 1933, to... — Updated 8/18/2022 Full story

Susan Shipley was born Sept. 26 to Donald and Betty Carrington. Susan attended Ballard High School, where she was class president. She went on to work at the federal bankruptcy... — Updated 8/16/2022 Full story

Tracey Dean Hollcraft was born August 13, 1967, in Edmonds and passed away at midnight on June 18, 2022, after a long, hard-fought battle with cancer. He was the first of two childr... — Updated 8/11/2022 Full story

Pamela Beatrice Harold (nee Drake) passed away on July 6, 2022, at the age of 89. Born on Sept. 19, 1932, Pam grew up in the small town of Rossland, B.C. from 1932 to 1945, where he... — Updated 8/8/2022 Full story

Andy passed away peacefully on July 17 at the age of 87. He was born in Seattle, a graduate of Garfield High School, and attended Seattle University, where he met the love of his... — Updated 7/28/2022 Full story

June was born Dec. 3, 1926, and passed away June 30, 2022. She was a beautiful, kind, and gracious lady. She was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, coming to Seattle as an infant.... — Updated 7/28/2022 Full story

Alice Dobie Linton, age 85, passed away Wednesday July 13, 2022. Alice, with her husband, Jim, lived in Edmonds for 60 years. Alice was born in Gorebridge, Scotland, and came to... — Updated 7/28/2022 Full story

Carol Ann Kovach (Mottle) of Wenatchee passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on June 10. She is survived by her husband, Jim; their three children, Austin, Kirsten, and... — Updated 7/21/2022 Full story

Joan Loree (Stensen) Hoover died peacefully at home, surrounded by family, in Edmonds in May 2022 at age 94. Joan was predeceased by her husband of almost 70 years, Bernie; her... — Updated 7/14/2022 Full story

Kathleen "Kathy" Sharon Kobs died at the age of 84 at home with her daughter, Kris, by her side on June 11, 2022. She also had a wonderful week with her son and then grandson prior... — Updated 7/14/2022 Full story

On Friday, June 10, with errands finally complete, Dave started home not knowing his true destination that evening would be his heavenly home. There was no evidence he was avoiding... — Updated 7/7/2022 Full story

Kathleen (known as Kathy, Kate, or Katie) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and grew up in the nearby borough of Ben Avon. She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in... — Updated 6/30/2022 Full story

It is with the deepest sorrow that I must report what I consider to be the untimely demise of my beautiful wife after 29 years. Eleanor Ellie Schweihs was born in 1949 in Port... — Updated 6/30/2022 Full story

Charlotte Clark was always faithful to who and what she believed in: God, family, and country. Called home by the Lord on May 10, 2022, at the age of 91, she lived for 10 decades... — Updated 6/30/2022 Full story

A wonderful example of one of the best of the world's "Greatest Generation," a husband, father, grand- and great-grandfather, and friend in service to so many, James William Roumona... — Updated 6/30/2022 Full story

James Wright Wassall, 88, of Edmonds, Washington – beloved husband and father – passed away peacefully in his home on May 8, 2022, of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Fahr's... — Updated 6/9/2022 Full story

Gillian Hall of Edmonds passed away on Mother's Day, May 8, 2022, at the age of 83. Gillian was born on June 1, 1938, in the mountain resort town of Murree, India, to British... — Updated 6/9/2022 Full story

Adam William Huff, 43, passed away on March 21, 2022, at his home in Edmonds. Adam was born on March 15, 1979, in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Raised near Dallas and Tucson,... — Updated 5/26/2022 Full story

Martha Elizabeth (Hansen) Orvis "ran with perseverance the race marked out for her" and went to heaven on May 17, 2022 (Heb. 12:1). She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Dec.... — Updated 5/26/2022 Full story

In loving memory of E. Ann Brown, who passed away peacefully on May 6, 2022, with her family by her side. Born at Fort Benning, Georgia, in June of 1928, she grew up in Iowa,... — Updated 5/19/2022 Full story