Obituaries

Nettie J. Drisko passed away 19 October 2006. She was born 91 years ago in Goldfield, Colorado on 26 June 1915. Her parents Robert Blair and Martha Torrance moved the family to Ballard around 1920. She graduated from Ballard High School. She was preceded in death by her brother James, her sister Bertha, her first husband Emmett O'Brien and her second husband Clarence Drisko. She is survived by her brother Robert Blair (Mary Jane), son Jim O'Brien (Barbara), daughter Janet Halemba (Ron), and step-son Dan Drisko.

Dorothy J. Limbert, age 82, died on Oct.12, 2006, in Burien. Born on August 23, 1924, in Elk, Wash., she has resided in the Seattle area for over 60 years, and for the last 50 years in the house she shared with her husband, Harvey.

She attended Washington State College (now University) where she studied home economics, and went on to work at The Boeing Company and Sand Point Naval Station, serving as a computer programmer.

A long time resident of Ballard, Dave passed away at home on Oct. 2nd, at the age of 60. Memorial Services will be held at 3 pm on Fri. Oct. 27th, at Westgate Chapel, 22901 Edmonds Way, Edmonds, WA. Memorials may be made to CAMP ACCESS, a summer camp for kids in wheelchairs 16410 NE 84th St, D474, Lake Stevens, WA 98258.

Donovan D. Hanson, M.D., M.Div., age 66, went home to be with the Lord on Oct. 9, 2006.

The Reverend Dr. Hanson served in the Navy for over 10 years and then established his OB/GYN practice in Burien. He later attended Regent College and received his Master of Divinity. After retiring from over 30 years of medical practice, Dr. Hanson established Ruach Adonai Ministries, a non-profit organization through which he served not only the church but also communities locally and worldwide. He loved volunteering in schools and hospitals and was an avid backpacker.

After battling cancer for over a year, Bob left us to be with the Lord last Sunday, October 15, 2006. He was at peace in his home on Lake Burien and was surrounded by his family. He was greatly loved and will be greatly missed.

Bob was born in Salina, Kansas, March 29, 1927. He was the youngest child having an older sister and brother. In 1940, at the age of 13, he and his family moved to the Northwest and settled in Vancouver, Wash. He attended Vancouver High School where he excelled in all sports, lettering his first year.

Van der Velden

a/k/a Joan M.

Baumgartner, M.D.

At age 81, Joan van der Velden passed away on Oct. 14, 2006. Joan was born on Christmas Day, 1924, to Frank and Marguerite Baumgartner in Toledo, Ohio.

Joan was a true pioneer, graduating in 1950 from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago as one of only three women out of a class of 176. After residency in New York City, she returned to Toledo to practice Anesthesiology. She married Hans van der Velden in 1959 and moved to Seattle by way of Jackson, Mich., in 1961.

April 3, 1917 - October 7, 2006

Harry was born in Seattle, the youngest of Bruce and Lillian Lewin's six children. He graduated from West Seattle High School and worked as a truck driver in the family business prior to being drafted into the Army to serve in Europe during WWII. After the war, Harry began what would be a long career with the City of Seattle. Harry married fellow West Seattle High graduate Jennie Hughes in 1954 and fathered three daughters. After a long battle with breast cancer, Jeannie died in 1974 and Harry was left to finish raising three teenage daughters.

My mother passed away peacefully this morning (9/27/2006) around 8:30am at the Odyssey Health Care Hospice in Las Vegas, Nevada. She will be cremated in Las Vegas and her remains will be sent to Forest Lawn Funeral Home and Cemetery in Seattle, Washington where she will join my father. She was a loving and caring mother and lived a long and productive life. Martha will be fondly remembered by all her family and may friends.

Martha McKenzie born June 11, 1914 in Seattle, Washington and passed away September 27, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

March 8, 1938 - October 5, 2006

A long-time resident of West Seattle worked at West Seattle Hospital as a Nurse in the late 70's early 80's (15 years of Nursing.) A Bartell Employee for 16 1/2 years in Jefferson Square. Long time member at the West Seattle Eagles.

Born in Fosston, MN. She came to the west when she was only 16 years old and called Seattle home.

A wonderful mother to Scott Acopulos and Julie (Acopulos) Dodson.

Memorial held at West Seattle Eagles October 22nd, 2-5pm.

No flowers make donations to Northwest Kidney Center.

Marion Douglass, the grande dame of the Beach Drive dead-enders, passed away at her home on September 28, 2006. Friends and family � two-legged and four-legged � will miss her dearly. Marion and her identical twin, Madge were born in April, 1917. They were raised in Seattle with her brother, Stuart, and older sister, Jean. Marion spent much of her professional career as an illustrator and display artist for the Bon March/ before retiring to her home on Beach Drive.