Death notices as of September 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

Maurice "Maury" S. Green  1914-2012  A semi-professional magician, he donated his skills to many organizations, including the Shoreline Adult Day Health Program.

Kurt W. Morgan  1962-2012  Graduated from Shoreline CC in music and sang with the Seattle Opera for two years.

James Louis Tucker, M.D. aged 93.  A pediatrician, "passed quickly Friday night, 8/17, having held and carefully examined his 10th newborn Great Grandchild, Henry." Services at Lake Forest Park Presbyterian Church.

Randall L. "Randy" Thompson  1959-2012  Grew up in Lake City and attended Watson Groen Christian School (now Shoreline Christian).

Ann Katherine Fox  1941-2012  Taught in Shoreline Schools from 1971 to 1972.

Sylvia Carlson Reddie  1925-2012  While raising a family and being active in PTA, she graduated from Shoreline Community College.

Susan Summers Torrance  1948-2012  "Susan created the EarthART Project, an elementary school visual art program combining art and science that continues to thrive in the Shoreline School District."

Sabalita Atayde Maravilla  1936-2012  Funeral mass at St Luke Parish in Shoreline. Burial at Paranaque City, Phillippines.

Annabelle Nabors Buchanan  aged 88  Long-time Shoreline resident, she worked 25 years for The Daily Racing Form. Survived by her husband of 68 years, Fred, five children and extended family.

Loved dancing, singing, crocheting, and the racetrack.

Michael Dennis Kemp  1950-2012  Spent most of his life in Lake Forest Park, attended Shorecrest High School. Lived in a mountain cabin near Ronald, WA, and became adept at surviving in winters with 7 foot snowdrifts with a snowmobile as his only transportation.

Ronald L. Meicho  1956-2012  Passed away unexpectedly while on a camping/canoeing adventure with his children. Graduated from Shoreline High School. Loved building and sailing model boats.

Eric Neil Buckmaster  1970-2012  In a fatal ATV accident while on vacation in Idaho. Professionally, he was a Chief Engineer for major buildings. In private life he was an avid outdoorsman who loved camping, motorsports, target shooting, and ran marathons, participated in triathlons, and endurance bicycle races.

Lora Pishue Wilson  1949-2012  Lived in Shoreline with her husband and daughter since 1986. Active in Daughters of the Nile and Rainbow for Girls. Teacher in Mukilteo School District.

Charles E. Young  1932-2012  Lake Forest Park resident had a degree in theology, played trumpet in a band to pay for school. Career as master cabinetmaker, but was proficient in landscape design and computer engineering.

Donald Edward Whitney  1948-2012  Passed away after a long battle with pancreatic cancer, leaving behind his wife and their 11 year old son. Services at Ronald Methodist Church in Shoreline.

Stella Jeanette Fitzgerald Roberts  1935-2012  Graduate of Shoreline Community College with an Associate degree in Paralegal in 1987.

Ronald James Stelzner  1958-2012  Graduated from Shorecrest High School in 1976. Survived by parents in Lake Forest Park.

Edith Pope Patten Obituary  1923-2012  As a child, caught rattlesnakes by hand on desert field trips. A childhood of travel "gave her a sense of independence and a love of the wilderness." Helped start the Seattle Association for Childbirth Education, was one of the first Head Start teachers in Seattle.

Had a stroke in 1969. It took years to regain speak and movement, but she never missed a dance class. Services at Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Church.