Obituaries
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Lanny Kee
— December 4, 2022
Lanny Kee, 84, passed away Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022. Lanny was born Jan. 11, 1938, to Warren and Elise (Hild) Kee in Trafford, Pa. He was the oldest of three […]
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Ralph Ellesworth Engle
— December 22, 2022
Ralph Ellesworth Engle – beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend – passed away due to congestive heart failure at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Wash., Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022. Ralph […]
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George Marshall Paris Jr.
— December 23, 2022
Born in Bothell, Wash., to George Marshall Paris Sr. and Nancy Clare (Mason) Paris Jan. 13, 1957, George was the third child in the Paris clan. He had two older sisters […]
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Jack Clifton
— December 23, 2022
Jack Clifton, formally named John William Clifton but always Jack to family, friends, and acquaintances, was born Jan. 24, 1926, in Berkeley, Calif., the son of Robert H. and […]
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Eliaser Loera
— November 16, 2022
Eliaser Loera was born Oct. 29, 1963, in Michoacan, Mexico to Rosa Arroyo and his father Eliaser Loera. Eliaser was the oldest of three brothers. He was raised in Compton, […]
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Joyce Fakkema
— November 30, 2022
Joyce Fakkema went to be with her Lord and Savior Nov. 30, 2022, at the age of 89. She was born in Lynden, Wash., Sept. 13, 1933, to Peter and […]
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Richard Arild Johnson
— November 7, 2022
Born of a Swedish immigrant father and a Canadian immigrant mother of Norwegian/Swedish descent, Richard Arild Johnson (Dick) was born in Seattle March 24, 1939 and died on Whidbey Island […]
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Lt. Matthew Driskell
— November 18, 2022
Lt. Matthew Driskell, 32, born in Saline, Mich., April 6, 1990, to Donald Blair Driskell and Gretchen Demarest Driskell, passed away Nov. 18, 2022. Matt graduated Saline High School in […]
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Joe Beckley
— November 11, 2022
Our dad, Joe Beckley, was reunited in heaven with our mom, Earlene, Nov. 11, 2022. What a reunion it must have been, as he’s waited 16 years to see her […]