Obituaries

Rod Skoglund, born January 6, 1940, passed away the morning of June 24, 2018 from complications related to metastasized ocular melanoma and its treatment.  He was married to Janice Montgomery Skoglund for 50 years until her passing in May of 2014.  He is survived by his children, Paul Skoglund (wife Liz) of Bellevue, WA, Susie Young (husband Brian and daughters, Abbie and Zoe) of Portland, OR, and Scott Skoglund (wife Allison) of Seattle, WA; as well as by his brother Albert Skoglund (wife Ann) of Walla Walla, WA, and sister Donna Koziol (husband John) of Bend, OR.  

October 8, 1938-June 19, 2018

On June 19, 2018 surrounded by his family, Paul passed away after a long bout with Alzheimer's/Dementia.

January 12, 1947-June 6, 2018

March 10, 1933-May 30, 2018

Janet (Jan) passed away after several years of battling dementia. Her husband, Jack passed away three years ago and at that time she moved from Birch Bay to Seattle to be closer to family and friends.

Sandra Kay Beaucage passed away peacefully after a battle with liver cancer on June 8, 2018. Sandy was born in Washington D.C. on April 13, 1943. She graduated in the class of 1961 from St. Petersburg High School in Florida; married Robert (Beau) Beaucage shortly thereafter, and became a Coast Guard wife. They had two children together, Michele and David.

Claudia Altman died unexpectedly but peacefully in Seattle on April, 24th at the age of 84. Claudia is survived her husband, Leslie Altman, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. 

Lois A. Sundberg (Steinhoff-Trulin) passed at age 86, on Friday, May 25, 2018 in Renton, WA.  She was born at Virginia Mason Hospital, Seattle, WA on December 3, 1931, to proud parents: Doris G. and Clarence G. Steinhoff and was their only child.

Lois grew up in West Seattle, and graduated from West Seattle High School in 1950. 

The highlights of her working career were years spent at Fisher’s Flouring Mills, and Sears-Roebuck Co.  

Constance, 79, died peacefully on May 20, 2018. She was a resident of Des Moines, WA for over 50 years. She worked for Seattle First and Bank of America for 25 years. She was the friendly face who greeted you at the Des Moines branch. Before that she managed Greenacres Learning Center.

She spent her spare time knitting, quilting, antiquing. She loved spending time at the beach. And rumor has it she played a mean penny on the slot machines at the local casino.

Marguerite Johnson, known to friends as “Peggy,” passed away peacefully on May 12, 2018, at the age of 88.

Born on July 7, 1929 in Newton, Iowa to parents Henry and Marjorie Smith, Peggy moved with her family to Washington as a teenager. She married her high school sweetheart, Jack Johnson and raised two children, Christie and Gary. Peggy enjoyed cooking, travelling, entertaining and vacationing in Hawaii with friends and family.   

Elaine Joann Edwards, age 82, went to be with her Lord and Savior on May 19, 2018 at Swedish Hospital. She was born on July 15, 1935 in Badger, Minnesota, the daughter of Hilmer and Malla Jensen. Elaine graduated with honors from West Seattle High School in June 1952 and went on to Seattle Pacific College where she graduated Cum Laude with a BA in Education in June 1956. She married William Edwards and together, they enjoyed 62 years of wedded bliss. Teaching was Elaine’s passion! For more than 25 years she led the Primary Sunday School Department of The Berean Bible Church.