Kate Bronwyn Oakley died unexpectedly May 12, 2002. She was 24 years old.She was born July 16, 1977, in Bellingham.Ms. Oakley graduated from Olympia High… Continue reading
John Elwood Van House died April 19, 2002. He was 75 years old.A celebration of his life will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 24,… Continue reading
Thomas Patrick White died April 18, 2002, on Vashon Island of a heart attack. He was 55 years old.Mr. White attended St. Paul’s Riverside Elementary… Continue reading
Dorce A’Lee Myron Bradburn died April 13, 2002, on Vashon. She was 76 years old.She was born June 25, 1925, to Eli Myron and Pauline… Continue reading
Murray Wright, formerly of Vashon, died April 6, 2002, at home in Yuma, Ariz. He was 78 years old.Mr. Wright was born Nov. 27, 1923,… Continue reading
Dave LeCompte died March 27, 2002, in Tucson, Ariz. He was 47 years old.Mr. LeCompte was born March 22, 1955, in Boston, Mass.Mr. LeCompte’s attachment… Continue reading
Douglas DenHerder of Joyce, Wash., died March 22, 2002. He was 48 years old.Mr. DenHerder was born Sept. 7, 1955, in Portland, Ore., the son… Continue reading
Fred “Duke” Campbell, formerly of Vashon Island, died March 22, 2002, in Tacoma. He was 85 years old.Mr. Campbell graduated from Stadium High School in… Continue reading
Aaron M. Sherman died in his home March 14, under the care of his three children and with the support of hospice. He was 95… Continue reading
Robert R. Burdette died March 11, 2002, in Las Vegas, Nev. He was 52 years old.Mr. Burdette was born Dec. 15, 1949, in Portland, Ore.,… Continue reading
Thomas Wesley Airhart died March 8, 2002, in Seattle, after a brief illness. He was 89 years old.Mr. Airhart was born Oct. 13, 1912, in… Continue reading
Kata Shapiro of Vashon died March 3, 2002, after a battle with breast cancer. She was 55 years old.Mrs. Shapiro lived on Vashon for the… Continue reading
John W. Desrosiers died March 1, 2002. He was 68 years old.Born in Fall River, Mass., in 1933, Mr. Desrosiers settled on Vashon with his… Continue reading
Margeurite Palmer, formerly of Vashon Island, died on Feb. 28, 2002, in Moraga, Calif., where she had been living for the past two years. She… Continue reading
James R. McCarthy died in his home on Vashon Island Feb. 27, 2002. He was 81 years old.Mr. McCarthy was born May 23, 1911, in… Continue reading
Alma D. Kelby died Feb. 13, 2002, at the Vashon Community Care Center. She was 88 years old.Mrs. Kelby was born in Quincy, Wash. on… Continue reading
Donna Keim, of Vashon Island, died Feb. 12, 2002. She was 45 years old.She was born April 15, 1957.A memorial service was Monday at the… Continue reading
Robert E. Van DeVanter, islander, 77Robert E. Van DeVanter, a long-time islander, died Feb. 8, 2002. He was 77 years old.Mr. Van DeVanter was born… Continue reading
Sadie Sorge, teacher, 83Sadie Sorge of Vashon died in Seattle Feb. 7, 2002. She was 83 years old.She was born June 9, 1918, in Paris,… Continue reading
Donald W. Frazier, engineer, 86Donald W. Frazier, formerly of Vashon Island, died Feb. 5, 2002, of congestive heart failure. He was 86 years old.Mr. Frazier… Continue reading