Kip Marks | Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

Kip Marks

All are welcome to share a memory or a fun Kip story at his Celebration of Life.

Kip Marks

In Beloved Memory of Kip Marks

August 17, 1945 – January 17, 2025

Please come to Kip’s Celebration of Life at Camp Burton Lodge, May 3, 2025, 1:00 to 4:00 pm.

All are welcome to come share a memory or a fun Kip story. Hope to see you there.

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Obituaries

<em>Send us a river, like life soft </em>
<em>and wide so we might float </em>
<em>on down and sit on by </em>
<em>your riverside.</em> — Ian Francis Metler

Lewis Jennings — Celebration of Lewis Jennings

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