Death notices as of July 22, 2012

Obituaries are condensed biographies of people's lives, written by the people who loved them. Like a memorial service, they tell us things we may not have known about the person, and may leave us wishing we had known them better.

Obituaries from The Seattle Times.

James Lailey 1959-2012 Moved to Seattle area in 1959 and graduated from Shorecrest High School.

Arthur D. "Art" Reddick 1914-2012 "Art and Edna lived in Bellingham and Richmond Beach, where their two children, Gary and Barbara were raised."

Dennis Norman Drake 1946-2012 Elder in the LDS Church.

Joyce E. (Davis) Pollino 1924-2012 of Shoreline.

Kim J. Preston 1956-2012 Lived in Shoreline 1984-2007. "Volunteer and coach for Richmond Junior Football and Richmond Little League. He served proudly as President of Richmond Little League from 2002-2007."

William R. "Bill" Shertzer 1925-2012 "During his career in Shoreline Schools, he taught 6th grade, was a Principal at Brookside Elementary, and became Assistant Superintendent, in charge of personnel."

Ellen Florence Hanvey 1921-2012  "Remembrance donations can be made in Ellen's honor to Shoreline Community College"

Donald R. Edwards 1917-2012  Died in Shoreline at age 90. Services at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Shoreline.

Gregory Lee Gilbertson 1947-2012 Went to school in Shoreline, attended Ridgecrest Baptist Church.

Gary Victor Wilgus 1939-2012 Celebration of Life held at Lake Forest Park Civic Club.

Ora June Erickson 1929-2012  Gifted artist. Services at New Hope Christian Center in Shoreline.

Leanne "Lanni" Peterson -2012 Services at St Luke Catholic Church, Shoreline.

Beatrice M. Williams -2012 aged 106. Services at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Shoreline.

Mary E. Irvine 1946-2011 Accomplished basket weaver and jewelry maker. Celebration of Life at Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Church.

Donald Gunnar Johnson 1928-2012  Shoreline resident. Long time employee of Washington State Dept of Game.

Lori J. Cella  1937-2012 Resident of Shoreline.

Harry Speiser 1921-2012 Memorials to be made to the First Lutheran Church of Richmond Beach.

F. Wesley Walls 1916-2012 Died in Shoreline. Minister and professor of political science, world traveler, long time student of world religions and political systems.

Priscilla Chong Jue  -2012 died in Shoreline after a long and happy life. Interests included  designing and constructing parade floats and costumes, ice skating, and Hawaiian Dance. Services at Crista.

Tommy M. Rizzuto 1938-1973 Lived in Lake Forest Park 45 years. Started Regal Construction and Regal Hardwood floors and worked until he was 73. Youth sports coach for decades.

Jess Kritsis -2012 Services at Evergreen Baptist Church in Shoreline.

William Joseph "Joe" Sadler 1937-2012 Died in Lake Forest Park. Rosary at St Mark in Shoreline. 

Larry Paul Erskine 1947-2012 Services at Berean Bible Church in Shoreline.

Joyce Elaine Chetnik 1926-2012 Retired from Shoreline Community College in 1981 after teaching business administration.

John A. Steed 1924-2012 Memorial at 1st Lutheran Richmond Beach.