Jim McDowell died April 27, 2021, at the age of 78 in Sequim, Washington, of cancer. He was born in Portland, Oregon, graduated in the second class of Jesuit High School, and served four years in the US Air Force, including a year as a communications technician in Vietnam. He attended Multnomah College in Portland and Southern Oregon State College in Ashland. He worked at Lockheed in California, ran “Jim’s VeeWee Madness” in Ashland, specializing in the repair of...

John Gerard Walsh (Jack) was born on September 1, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, the third child of John and Dorothy Walsh.  He grew up in Maywood, Illinois attending twelve years of Catholic school.  His Catholic faith continued to be one of the constants in his life.  He never missed attending Sunday Mass, even when travelling, and once he retired, he usually attended daily Mass, as well.  He was very proud of being Irish. Jack had a very interesting career, working mostly...

Leland Arthur Jones (Lee) passed away in Sequim, WA on March 10 at the age of 95 after a life well-lived. He was born in 1926 in Burke, SD, the first child of Arthur and Freda Jones. When he was 5, the family moved to a farm near Dupree, SD, where Lee grew up and graduated from the local high school in 1944. He volunteered for the Navy, serving for two years. Prior to enlisting, he met a young woman who would become his wife and love of his life, Lois Ann. During his time in the Navy, he and...

Wolfgang Born was born June 12, 1940 in Dresden Germany to Annaliese and Paul Born. He died at home, surrounded by family, on March 4, 2021 in Sequim, WA. Wolfgang’s father died in World War II on the Russian Front when he was only 4 years old. He felt sadness about losing his father his entire life, and always felt a responsibility for looking after his mother and younger sister. Wolfgang’s mother and grandmother raised him and his sister in the Catholic Faith. They...

Darrell Buckner Hansen passed away at the age of 89 on February 23, 2021 in the comfort of his own home, surrounded by family. Darrell was born September 27, 1931 in Mount Vernon, Washington in his grandmother’s house to John Henry Hansen and Mary Teien Hansen.  He went to went to school in the Highland High School District. He spent the summer between his Junior and Senior year working at Bar 41ranch in Cle Elum, Washington. He enjoyed the “horse” lifestyle so much...

On September 19th, 1964,Raymond Glenn Shook entered this world in Riverside, CA as the first born son of Edwin G. Shook and Patricia M. (Gibbons) Shook. He grew up in Corona, CA before moving with his family to Price, UT in 1971. He graduated from Carbon High School in 1983. During his life span he lived in CA, UT, WY and Vienna, Austria before settling in Sequim, WA. In 2002 he lost his right leg during a life altering work accident that almost took his life....

  Warren Sumner Mills III aka: Mike, Millzy, SP, The Daddy, Pops, Captain Greyskull has joined the infinite party in the stars.    To fully honor and put into words what an amazing man, husband, father grandfather and friend would take lifetimes to tell.    Mike truly lived and loved from the core of his being. His dedication to his family and friends ran deeper than the ocean. There was not anything he would not do to care for us.    In...

          Barbara Jean Webster of Poulsbo died peacefully on January 7, 2021. She was 83.   Barbara was born in Port Orchard, Washington to Charles and Violet Swan on March 19, 1937.  She graduated from North Kitsap High School in 1955. She married Kenneth Webster in March, 1957.  Barbara worked at McGavins Bakery for 13 years, followed by 10 years as a Supply Supervisor at PSNS. She was very involved with 4-H, and served as the Kitsap County...

Winifred Mayes Winifred Mayes, an elite cellist, teacher, and orchestral pioneer who inspired several generations of young cellists, died on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 in Sequim, Washington.  She was 101. The cause of her death, at home, was congestive heart failure, although she battled myasthenia gravis for many years.  Through all of her health issues, Wini consistently maintained a cheerful spirit, always engaging her many friends and acquaintances. A native of Yakima,...

Catherine Marie Muller (77) passed away December 4, 2020 peacefully asleep in her Sequim home of more than 30 years. She was born on January 5, 1943 to the late Edward and Ann Muller in Philadelphia PA, and is survived by her brother James Muller of Bellevue, and her two children John Hagedorn of Needles CA and Karin (Rob) Mattson of Tacoma WA. She has two grandchildren Nicole and Connor Mattson, and their significant others Ryan Carlson and Touyen Lam. She didn’t live in...