Death Notices as of November 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

Edward S. Soper  1923-2012  Active member of Lake Forest Park Presbyterian Church. Lived part-time in Mesa, Arizona. Career in real estate, specializing in farm land. He was a "very involved and active father, and volunteered as a Boy Scout Leader and basketball coach."

Donald Greaby  1925-2012  Retired Seattle firefighter, died at his resident at Cristwood. Attended Calvin Presbyterian Church.

Patrick William Richardson  1945-2012  Born in Lake Forest Park, he graduated from Shoreline High School in 1963. Enjoyed boating and golfing at Inglewood Country Club.

Margaret Mary Patterson "Margie" Segle  1924-2012  Died at her home in Shoreline, surrounded by family and friends. Margie and her husband Bob lived in their Shoreline home nearly all their married life. They were active at St. Mark's, volunteer at St. Mark's School, the Senior Center, and the Special Olympics.

Ann Marie McNeal Mayhle  -2012  Services at Shoreline Free Methodist Church.

Genevieve M. Beach  1913-2012  "Gen was also an active member of several senior writing programs and particularly enjoyed the writing and drama classes at Shoreline Community College."

Mona M. Coursey  aged 90. Lived in Shoreline for over 41 years. She and her husband ran a photo business, then she work at Crista Ministries for 17 years. Memorial services were held at Shoreline Covenant Church.

Rose Montanaro Falseni  1924-2012  Rose enjoyed her volunteer work at Calvin Presbyterian Church in Shoreline.

Charlie Yoder A Celebration of Life was held at the Richmond Beach Masonic Lodge.

Ricarda Cross Spee  1927-2012   Lived in Shoreline from 1996 to 2001. Volunteered for Senior Services, the Crisis Clinic, and worked at her son's business in Edmonds.

Stephen J. Carr  1918-2012  Died in Shoreline, services at St. Luke's. "Dad's three passions in life were Faith, Family and USC Football and not necessarily in that order."

Bergljot Krossen  1915-2012  Born in Norway, lived in Shoreline, then moved to the Norse Home in Seattle. Awarded the PTA Golden Acorn for volunteer service. Also volunteered at Ballard First Lutheran Church, the Norse Home, and Sons of Norway Leif Erikson Lodge,

Mark Allen Cornwall  1949-2012  Attended Shoreline Community College in the 1970s.

Capt. Don N. Johnson USNR (Ret.)  age 82. Officer in the Navy, four years in Alaska, and 28 in the Naval Reserve. Software engineer for Boeing for 35 years. Services at Lake Forest Park Presbyterian Church.

Marta Lee Matheson   1957-2012  Born Marta Lee Coumbe, she resided in Shoreline, Washington and graduated from Shorecrest High School. 

Robert M. Blumenthal  1931-2012  Worked for levy campaigns for the Shoreline School District. Skiier, hiker, salmon fishing from kayaks, mountain climber.

Ruth D. Wahl   1920-2012  Shoreline resident. Piano teacher and organist. Loved growing flowers and creating craft projects. Entombment and memorial services at Acacia in Lake Forest Park, and reception at Anderson House in Shoreline.

Stuart Scott Beckwith, Capt. USCG, (Ret.)  1925-2012  Services at St. Luke Church in Shoreline.

William Brees "Bill" Stoebuck  1929-2012   Lake Forest Park resident. Law professor at the University of Washington for 40 years.  He had many interests - photography to sailing to becoming a national expert in real property law.  "He co-authored a number of textbooks that were used in laws schools throughout the nation (and) ... helped to define Washington State Property Law."

"Active in the Lutheran church, Republican Party, Cascade Symphony Orchestra, and Seattle Yacht Club."