Obituaries

George Edris Austin, born June 1, 1918, died July 23, 2005.

An honorable man, he was born in Seattle to Signhild Lundberg and Herman Austin. He attended Lincoln High School and the University of Washington until entering the navy prior to World War II. He survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; there are now only eight crew members from the battleship USS Maryland still surviving.

After the war he worked as top salesman at Smith Gandy Ford in Seattle and Metke Ford in Bellevue.

Died one day after her 82nd birthday on July 19, 2005. Born in Battleview, North Dakota, she graduated from the Seattle University School of Nursing and was a longtime resident of the West Seattle area. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 51 years, Jack J. Sparks, in 1997, and her son, Michael, in 2000. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Charles and Diana Sparks, of Sammamish, Wash., and three grandchildren, Melissa Arias and Tony and Keenan Sparks. Private family services were held at Washington Memorial Park.

NICODEMUS-GROOM

Virginia Ann Nicodemus-Groom, age 72, was born July 12, 1933, in Locust Grove, Oklahoma, to James and Cora Nicodemus. She passed away peacefully at home on July 13, 2005.

Virginia is survived by her husband of 49 years, Kenneth D. Groom; her two sons, David J. (Chikako) and James L. Groom; a daughter, Lydia R. Nor; two grandsons, Zakarya M. K. and Abdelaziz S.K. Nor; and her cousins including the Blackwells, Sanders and Mayes.

A visitation was held July 19, 2005, at Bonney-Watson Washington Memorial, SeaTac.

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