All Obituaries

Robert Wm. Brown passed peacefully on April 5, 2019.  He was 87 years old.  Bob was born July 8, 1931, in Vancouver B.C. and immigrated to the United States in 1954.  That same year he enlisted in the USAF and retired in 1975 after 20 years of service as a Flight Engineer.  Bob’s next career brought him to the Bethel School District as a school bus driver and training instructor for 19 years where he influenced many young people.  As a freelance writer, he...

Harlan "Fuzz" Kaup died on May 17, 2019.  Dad was 79 years old.  Born in Alma, Nebraska, he graduated from Tacoma's Lincoln High School.  He was a long-time resident of both Tacoma and Spanaway.  Harlan, known by his coworkers as "Fuzz", spent most of his life working for, and eventually retiring from, the US Postal Service. Dad's life was filled with the love of his wife Laurel, with whom he spent 50 years, and that of his...

Carolyn (Whipple) Dingman; age 81, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend; passed away peacefully on May 13, 2019 with her daughter by her side.  Born on August 20, 1937 to Leon Whipple and Fern (Foster) Whipple, Carolyn was the middle child between siblings, Foster and Cherie.  After graduating from Ogden High School in 1955 she went on to attend Weber State University and then Brigham Young University where she received her bachelor’s degree in journalism. This...

He was sitting on the davenport in the living room and he was in love.  He had always held the belief that the Air Force gave him everything.  It had given him purpose, it had given friendships so strong they were kinships, and in its way, it had given him a perfect life.  Born on the day of love, February 14, 1933, to Ben and Mary Craven, Cecil Ben Craven had been devoted, kind, and loving from the start.  He simply knew no other way.  Whether it was a result of...

Virginia St. Peter (née Frase) came into the world on February 17, 1924 and left it on November 6, 2018.  She was 94 years old.  A beloved daughter and sister at the beginning of her life, she found love with Dennis St. Peter and easily transitioned into also being a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great-great grandmother.  She spent forty years of her life working and teaching in the dental industry and ninety-four years caring for...

Ernest Stanley Ostrom, "Stan", was born August 11th 1921 in Rockford, Illinois to Ernest Daniel Ostrom and Eugenie Weltzer. Stan was, and his family continues to be, very proud of his military career. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S Army after a dedicated 20 years of service, and served his country with tours of duty in Panama, Germany, and Korea. Stan married his high school sweetheart, Gloria Hope Garrison, March 24th 1945. They welcomed their daughter in February...

His hands were weathered and wrinkled but still strong.  They told his story without demanding words and this had always suited him as a simple man.  He knew that those at the top of the mountain didn’t fall there and his hands helped relay the story of his climb.  Ralph Edward Grinnell was born on January 25, 1929 on a reservation just outside of Mayetta, Kansas.  One of six children blessed to Carl and Dora Grinnell, he spent his first days knowing only the...

Ursula Berta Coby passed away peacefully on April 10, 2019 at the age of 89.  She had long been battling dementia and now her warrior soul has taken time to rest.  Born on May 9, 1929 in Marienburg, Germany, Ursula was an only child and spent her youth in the small village of Streckfuss, and eventually relocated to the city of Bamberg at the end of WWII.  In 1959 while still living in Germany she met and married Army Sergeant First Class John Everett Smith.  The two were...

Patricia Ann “Pat" Burnham Cary, passed away at 1:45 P.M. on Friday, March 15, 2019 at Madigan Army Medical Center.   She was 76 years old.  She was born on April 9, 1942 in McMinnville, Oregon to Richard Roy Burnham and Loraine Schneller Burnham.  After graduating from Labette County Community High School in Altamont, Kansas where she enjoyed hanging out with friends and participating in band, orchestra, Future Homemakers of America, 4H.  Patricia joined...

Mary Ann Morales, age 79, passed away Sunday morning, March 3, 2019 at her residence in Tacoma, Washington.  She is preceded by her sister, Ruth Ritch, Rebecca Hernandez, Daniel Guerra, Ismael Guerra, and Elias Guerra.  She was born on April 23, 1939 in San Jose, California, daughter of the late Louis and Apolonia Guerra.  Mary married the love of her life, Jose “Pepe” Morales on May 10, 1963 in Alameda County, California. Together, they then moved to Pomona,...