Obituaries

1928-2006

Harry Belanger Retired USMC First Sergeant passed away on May 20, 2006 after a long battle with cancer. He was born on February 26, 1928 to Alaric Ellen Lomis Belanger in Seattle, Washington. He served as a Marine in WWII and the Korean War.

Memorial Services have been scheduled for 10 a.m., Thursday, May 25, 2006 at Bonney-Watson Washington Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in SeaTac, Washington.

He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Allene, four children Diane Belanger, Sharon (Al) Chafin, Harry Jr. (Karey) Belanger, and David Belanger.

Born January 11, 1927 in Bridgeport, Connecticut and grew up in Washington DC. Passed away peacefully in her sleep at Providence Mount Saint Vincent Nursing Home on May 12, 2006 Moved to Seattle in 1953 after marrying M.O. Spotanske in 1950. Her sisters, Edna, May, Dorothy and Florence preceded her in death. She is survived by her remaining sister, Alice Ford of Churchton, MD. Her children: Martin and his wife Sharon; Patricia; Roger and his wife Sue; and Catherine Spotanske Betts. Grandchildren: Lenny Vinson and his wife Michelle; Aaron and Justin Spotanske; and Billy Langdon.

Beloved mother, grandmother, and friend

Passed away May 13, 2006. Born in Everett to parents Leo and Leone Hayden, Dorothy became a life-long resident of West Seattle. She dearly loved her family and nurtured home and hearth with great care and devotion. Dorothy and her husband, Howard, maintained a family business in West Seattle for over 40 years.

1907 - 2006

Helen Iona Deets passed away May 10, 2006, in Burien, Wash. at 98. Helen was born May 15, 1907, the daughter of Iona Carolus Deets and Charles Tilden Deets, in Davenport, Wash. She worked for many years for the City of Seattle until her retirement in 1972. Helen shared residence and travel with Alpha Ritchey in West Seattle.

Helen is survived by her sister-in-law, Dorothy Deets of Bellingham, Wash.

Kathleen Metta (Morgan) Alberts passed away peacefully at her daughter's home in the Helena Valley of Montana on May 10, 2006. She had waged a courageous battle against myleo fibrosis.

Kathy was born in Helena, Mont., to Charles T. and Metta "Bobbie" (Johnson) Morgan on Feb. 28, 1941. She attended St. Helena's grade school and Cathedral High School, graduating in the Class of 1959. She briefly attended Carroll College, and in the early 1960s moved to Seattle where she was employed as a claims supervisor for King County Blue Cross/Blue Shield.

John E. Sandmark, 88, died May 13, 2006, at Highline Medical Center, Burien. Born June 2, 1917, in Moline, Ill., he was a 1935 graduate of Moline High School and a 1939 graduate of University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana. He lived in Kent from 1965 to 1990, and in Des Moines since 1990.

He was a retired financial analyst and a member of Saltwater Unitarian Church and the Puget Sound Jazz Society.

Born in 1918 in Silverton, Ore., Lloyd Cooley passed away peacefully on March 29 in Mt. Vernon.

He was a retired U.S. Navy and United Airlines captain, a former Highline School Board member and Washington State School Directors president, a college track star, and fisherman extraordinaire.

Lloyd was always more interesting than his accomplishments.

Don was born December 3, 1929 and died during surgery at Tacoma, Washington on May 3, 2006.

He was born to Frank and Alice (Pohlman) Casad in Natoma, Kansas moving to Steamboat Springs, Colorado when he was seven. While there, he spent eight years developing a joy for the outdoors.

In 1951 he married his sweetheart, Barbara, after meeting at Washington State University, and had three sons in the next five years.

Don was a talented man in many areas.

Anna Hansen Bendiksen. Born 9-28-1906 and died 4-21-2006. Beloved mother of Adele Styve, Grace Nash, Beverly LaVictoire, and Ben Alfred (who died in 1995). She is survived by 11 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-granddaughter. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ben, in 1982. She will be greatly missed by her loving family and friends. Anna Hansen was born in South Bend, Wa where she met and married Ben Bendiksen in 1925. They moved to Ballard in 1941, where Anna spent the remainder of her life.

Lloyd M. Myers 101, died on Vashon Island, Friday April 21, 2006. Lloyd was born May 23, 1904 in Calvin, North Dakota. In 1941, he married Ada Mae Parke from Devils Lake, North Dakota, and they moved to West Seattle. Lloyd worked for the Boeing Airplane Company until retirement in 1969. Lloyd continued to live in his West Seattle home after Ada died in 1994 until he moved to Vashon Island in 2004.