Obituaries

Irene France Hallet, 78, passed away Sept. 22, 2006, following heart surgery at Providence-Swedish Hospital.

She was born in Seattle on June 15, 1928, to Frank and Irva Hallett. She was raised and attended school in Burien and graduated from Washington State University with an MS in Physical Education. Her first teaching position was at Mead High School near Spokane. She returned to the coast in 1955 where she taught at Port Townsend. In 1956 she began teaching phys ed and coaching interscholastic co-ed tennis at Highline High School.

"Cece" was the "heart" of Seahurst and her neighbors already miss her. After a brave, three-year fight with breast cancer, she passed away peacefully at 11:20 a.m. September 22.

Born on March 1, 1946, in San Mateo, California, she moved to the Seahurst Community in 1975. She was a flight attendant for Western/Delta Airlines for 34 years. She loved to play the piano and violin, ice skate, garden and paint. At the age of 60, she took up rollerblading! She was fluent in French and pretty good in many other languages. Most of all she was kindness personified.

Alice Elizabeth Passage of Des Moines, formerly of Auburn, died of pneumonia on Sept. 22, 2006, at Highline Hospital in Burien. She was 89. Alice was born Nov. 21, 1916, at Outlook, Wash., to Wilson and Ruby Dopps, who were farmers. She had two sisters, Nellie and Helen, and a brother, Dan, who are now deceased.

Alice grew up in Granger, Wash., where she attended school, graduating from Granger High School in 1934. She attended college at Washington State University where she graduated in 1938, majoring in Education and Speech.

Adolph W. Young, long time resident of West Seattle, passed away on September 8, 2006 in Seattle, WA. He was born in Anchorage Alaska on August 14, 1922. After high school he moved to Chicago, IL to attend the Sherwood School of Music where he met the love of his life Jean Brightwell. They married in Chicago on March 20, 1953. After Jean and Adolph graduated from the music school they moved to Seattle, WA where Adolph's father and two brothers resided. They settled in West Seattle and started their family.

Adolph worked for Boeing for thirty-five years as a shopkeeper.

Passed away Tuesday, September 12th at Providence Mount St. Vincent. She is survived by her son Paul, daughter-in-law Daris, and granddaughters Jessika and Jennifer (Carlos). Gertrud was born March 5,1921 in Graz, Austria the only child of Fredrich and Christine Lang. The family moved to Linz, Austria where her electrical engineer father opened an electrical design and parts shop. Trudi was the bookkeeper for the family business. She was an avid skier and tennis player and met her future husband, Herbert Smith, on a tennis court. The couple were engaged in 1954 and married in 1955.

Born June 27, 1982 to September 9, 2006. Loving daughter of Jose and Kathy and sister of Tonya, Shane, and Jose (JJ). Services will be held Saturday, September 23 at 1 p.m. at Foster High School, 4242 S. 144th in Tukwila.

Born in Kronstadt, Romania October 4, 1916

Departed September 4, 2006, Seattle, WA.

Service: Private

Maria Beldi was born in Kronstadt, Romania. The youngest of five daughters to Julia and Johann Nedwed. She was schooled in Kronstadt and enjoyed hiking, biking, running, swimming and alpine skiing.

In 1945, the Soviet Union occupied Romania. Maria and middle sister Elizabeth stayed behind to care for their elderly mother. They were captured and forced to work in Siberian Labor coal camps.

Long time West Seattle resident passed away peacefully on September 14th. Herb was born in the present day ghost town of Gilmore, Idaho on December 1, 1917. He was descendent of Martin Harris who helped to found the Mormon Church. Herb's family and his mother's family, the Neville's, moved to West Seattle via Model T Fords in 1923. Herb went to Gatewood Elementary and graduated from West Seattle High School where he met and married his devoted wife, Lorraine, of 66 years. Herb was proud to have served under John D. Bulkeley on the USS Endicott DD 495 as a welder during WWII.

Geraldine "Jeri" Proszek of Auburn died Sept. 15, 2006, in Auburn. She was 72.

Born July 20, 1934, in Boston, she lived in King County for more than 40 years.

She retired in 1995 from Boeing. She was a social director at Sienna Townhomes in Lakeland (Auburn).

Born June 27, 1982, to September 9, 2006. Loving daughter of Jose and Kathy and sister of Tonya, Shane and Jose (JJ).

Services were held September 23 at Foster High School in Tukwila