Death Notices as of December 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

Marley Anderson  1936-2012  Long-time Shoreline resident. Retired King County police sergeant.

Dru Brangwin  1986-2012  Shorewood graduate. Taught snowboarding, coached soccer, taught autistic children. "At 26, she had launched a life of passion and energy, with boyfriend Mat and beloved dog Kona by her side."

John R. Davies  1930-2012  Retired family practice physician, who lived in Shoreline and had his practice at Aurora Village Medical Center.  He and his wife Angela raised their children in Shoreline.

Norma Hazel (Dukes) Miller  age 94   Lived at Garden View Residential Care Facility in Shoreline.

Jean H. (Moar) McMullen  1926-2012  Passed away in Shoreline.

Joseph Merculief  1946-2012  Graduated from Shoreline Community College 1967,

Joyce Peterson Roloff  1926-2012  Retired librarian from Kellogg Middle School.

Sarah Adele Jacobi  1928-2012  Gardenview Care Center in Shoreline.

Betty J. Jones  aged 92  Services at Berean Church in Shoreline.

Marjorie Dolores Romano  age 70  Services at Bethel Lutheran Church.

Ron Richard  1940-2012  Shoreline resident. Former fire chief of Hat Island. Owner and founded of Industrial Rebuild. " Ron always focused on helping others, so in lieu of flowers, please consider a gift in Ron's name to a charity of your choice."

James W. Barton  age 74  died in Shoreline.

Adora Faye Nelson  1927-2012  Earned a nursing degree and married one of her patients. They moved to Shoreline in 1954 and raised a family of five children. Loves arts and crafts. Active in St. Luke Parish.

Linda Jean Wokal 1950-2012 Retired budget analyst for City of Seattle. Mother of two. Volunteer coach for the Special Olympics. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Shoreline Parks Specialized Recreation Programs.

Louis Edward CARTER, Jr.  1921-2012  Died in Shoreline. In 1946, he started his own business, L. E. Carter Co., which supplied paint and equipment to auto body shops for 48 years.

Geraldine 'Gerri' Martin  1932-2012  Long time resident of Shoreline.

Harriet Stelzner  age 74  Graduated from Shoreline CC Nursing Program in 1976 and spent many years working as an operating room nurse at Stevens Hospital and Everett Surgery Center.

Jeanne Dolores Farnam  age 83  Services at St. Luke. Worked in the Bremerton shipyards during WW II, she married and had eight children.

Elva Smith Rodley  1918-2012  She and her husband travelled the world. Services at First Lutheran Church of Richmond Beach.

Alfred E. Chapman  1940-2012  Died at home in Lake Forest Park. Services at St. Mark.

Johannes A. Biehl  1929-2012  Born in Germany, died in Texas. Services at the Shoreline Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Virginia Elizabeth Chambers  1926-2012  "In her teaching career, Virginia taught at schools of all levels, including Acorn Academy, Shoreline CC, The Overlake School, and the UW."

David A. Woods  1943-2012  He and his wife travelled the world, often by bicycle. Active at Calvin Presbyterian Church in Shoreline.

Weston G. Abbott  1953-2012  Died in Spokane. Services at Acacia in Lake Forest Park and mass at St. Mark in Shoreline.

Wesley "Ole" Orrestad  1918-2012  He "oversaw the construction of scores of buildings in the Western US including Shoreline High School" (now the Shoreline Center).