Sylvia Elizabeth (Tuttle) Timmerman, passed away on Monday, May 25th, in Bremerton, WA, after a short battle with an aggressive cancer.  Sylvia was born on May 13, 1935, in Seattle and was a lifelong resident of Washington.   Sylvia was the daughter of Hiram and Sylvia Lindstrom Tuttle and grew up in Kirkland, graduating from Lake Washington HS in 1953.  She went on to the University of Washington where she majored in Elementary Education.  She was a member of Sigma...

June Westhaver passed away on April 27, 2020 of Dementia related illness.  She was born Sept. 27, 1928 in Cumberland, B. C. Canada to William and Jenny Vahle. She became a Registered Nurse, training in Canada. She met her future husband on a blind date.  She worked in Canada before immigrating to the US.  She became a US citizen. She retired from nursing from Harrison Hospital in Bremerton after working in the Ob GYN Dept. She participated in a nursing strike for better pay...

Thomas Berg 1922-2020 To say that Tom Berg’s death at an age just shy of 98 years was unexpected is a testament to the man’s life and work ethic. In the few days preceding his passing April 24, he and his wife of 21 years, Lesa Barnes, hauled 1,600 pounds of yard waste to the county facility. He baked a chocolate cake and he and Lesa enjoyed every crumb. He unburied a cinderblock retaining wall and moved the blocks away for another project. He axed apart two stumps. He downed...

Charlotte Mary Marsh passed away surrounded by family on April 22, 2020, at the age of 76, of congestive heart failure. Charlotte was born July 28, 1943, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Charles and Rose Hrack. Charlotte graduated from Magnificat High School in 1961 and later earned an associate’s degree. She married Thomas Marsh in 1962 and raised her children in northeast Ohio, working for many years as a secretary in special education. A devoted Catholic, she was active in her church...

James (Jim) Anthony Longin, 78, died peacefully on Monday, February 24, 2020, surrounded by family in his Port Angeles, Washington home. He fought briefly through the end stages of cancer with strength, humor, relentless positivity.  Jim was born to Charles Longin and Ann (Vavrosky) Longin on September 8, 1941, in Lewistown, Montana.  His young life consisted of school at St. Leo’s, lots of baseball, and some good punches and lots of love for his brothers, Tom and Ed. ...

Martin Anderson passed away on February 22, 2020 in Port Angeles, WA. He was born in Bellingham, WA on April 2,1931. He was preceded in death by his parents, Elias & Ida Anderson, and his wife, Maureen Sanford Anderson. Martin graduated from Mount Baker High School in 1949, attended Washington State College and the University of Washington. He served in the US Air Force from 1952 to 1956 followed by a career in the timber industry.   He is survived by his brother...

On February 19, 2020, Melvin Charles Swegle crossed the river of life at Forks Community Hospital and Long Term Care. We give our thanks to the staff at Forks Community Hospital and Long Term Care, for the wonderful care he received in his last days.  Melvin Charles Swegle was born in Sequim, WA to Charles and Bernice Swegle. He was a fun-loving man. He served his country in the Korean War as a transporter of officers. When he returned home from Korea, he worked with his father as a...

Madelyn was born November 22, 1940 in Port Angeles, Washington to Virgil Connoly Layton and Estella Ilean Moniz. Madelyn was the granddaughter of Joseph J. and Isabel Constance Goncalves Moniz, both of whom immigrated from Portugal in 1889 to settle in Blyn, Washington on Chicken Coop Road. Madelyn had no siblings or children of her own. She grew up on the family homestead in Blyn and graduated from Sequim High School in 1958. Clubs she belonged to were the Ever-ready 4H Club,...

Ho-tze “Jerri”, “Yoriko” Johnson, 88 of Bremerton, WA got her wings on Friday, February 14, 2020. Born in Tokyo, Japan she was the eldest of 7 children. She worked as an OB nurse until moving to the United States and proudly became an American citizen. She retired early from Duty Free International Sales in Honolulu, HI to help raise her grandsons. Beloved mother of Tei Habenicht of Bremerton, WA and Kevin Johnson of Honolulu, HI. She is survived by her cherished...

Francis Lynn Bawden passed away surrounded by family, due to natural causes, on 02/02/2020 in Port Angeles, WA, a few days shy of his 87th birthday.  Lynn and his late sister Barbara were born to the late Francis Richard and Fay Leslie (Lerch) Bawden in Oakland, CA, where he was an accomplished athlete in high school, lettering in both track and football.  His love for nature was ignited when he was introduced to Yosemite National Park by his parents in the mid 1940s on a...