Death Notices as of April 21, 2014

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

Neil William Lieurance  1943-2014  Retired Shoreline School choir director. See previously published obituary here.

Robert Short, PhD  1936-2014  Retired Shoreline Schools principal. See previously published obituary here.

Bradford Mark Harrison  age 64  Long-time Shoreline resident, living in Orting.

Jean Morris Boley  1918-2014  She "actively participated in community activities wherever they lived, including early efforts to incorporate what was then the Shoreline District as a city."

Gene Ann Frostad  1941-2014  Graduated from Shoreline College in 1973.

Haruo "Ham" Kumasaka  1918-2014  Survived the 1919 influenza epidemic. Spent World War II in the Minadoka internment camp in Idaho. Ham and wife Minnie were married 64 years, living in Europe, and all over the US. Spent their final years in the Anderson Assisted Living in Shoreline.

Marcile C. Mack  1919-2014  Dean of the School of Performing Arts at Seattle University.

Selmer Dahl  Age 79  1961 graduate of Shoreline High School.

Karen Ann Toreson  1944-2014  Professor of Business Technology at Shoreline CC for 27 years.

Jodi Anne (Humphries) Knudson  1964-2014  Jodi "thrived on being part of her Lake Forest Park community and especially enjoyed her work in the Lake Forest Park Elementary school office." She died after a "13-year war with metastatic breast cancer ... her husband, Steve, passed away just six months ago after a hard-fought battle with an aggressive brain cancer. Steve and Jodi, two people who were so loved by so many, leave behind two beautiful teenage daughters who share their parents' positive attitudes, sense of compassion and ambition to make the world a better place."

Norma Couvelier Johns  1928-2014  Private graveside services at Acacia in Lake Forest Park. Memorial service at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Shoreline. Donations can be made to her team "Cousins for the Cure" in the Cancer Relay for Life.

Margaret Kathleen (Kay) Bartholomew 1922-2014  Charter member of Calvin Presbyterian Church. Taught in Shoreline School District. A finalist for National Teacher of the Year, Kay enjoyed a reception on the White House lawn with First Lady Pat Nixon. See previously published obituary here.

Richard Sacksteder "Richard lived his 92 years to the fullest with joy, enthusiasm and humor". A "dedicated career educator with the Shoreline School District" he was an active member of the Seattle Classical guitar society and Scandia Dance.

Janith M. Fales  Age 73  Passed away peacefully in Shoreline.

Patricia M. Amundsen  1927-2014  Services at St. Luke Catholic Church in Shoreline. 

Martin P. Olsen  1947-2014  Counselor at Shoreline Community College for 35 years.

Helen C. Green  Age 98  Taught elementary school for 30 years. Services at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Shoreline, where Helen was a long-time member.

Veronica A. (Medalia) Johnson  1932-2014  Rosary and funeral mass at St. Luke Catholic Church in Shoreline.