Obituaries

Edwin Burnell Fox was born on February 27, 1930, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Ed’s family moved to White Center in Seattle when he was in elementary school. After graduating from Highline High School, he served in the US Armed Forces from 1948-1952.

He met Geraldine (Gerry) May in 1953, and after a 3-month courtship, they married on February 12, 1954. Ed and Gerry celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary prior to Gerry’s passing in 2015.

FRANCIS (Bud) FREDERICK SCHWINGER, age 82, passed away on August 29, 2022.  A Memorial Celebration of Life Service will be held Saturday, November 12, 2022, 10am, at Fauntleroy Church, UCC, 9140 California Avenue Southwest, Seattle, WA 98136-2553

Nina Marie Daugs was born April 7, 1948, in Anchorage, Alaska. She passed away peacefully, October 10, 2022, at her home in Santa Barbara, California, surrounded by love, with her husband Dennis Daugs and daughter Jamie Kern Lima by her side. 

Melvin Ross Kimmel, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, and friend departed us in September 2022, to his glorious homegoing to be with his precious Lord and Savior. He was 90 years old.

For further details, please see website for The Co-op Funeral Home obituary section for Melvin Ross Kimmel at the following link:

www.funerals.coop

Memorial Services for Melvin Ross Kimmel will be held

All are invited to celebrate Clarissa Florence Booth-Somerville, who was a resident of White Center, Burien and SeaTac since the 1960s, on Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 2pm on Alki Beach between 62nd & 63rd Ave. S.W. For more information call her daughters at 907-280-8118 or email gatgyedmhanaax@gmail.com. 

Dennis N. Witheril, 79, passed away at his home in Enumclaw, WA on June 13, 2022.

Denny was born to Alfred Frederick and Evelyn Mae (O’Neil) Witheril in Grand Forks, ND. He married his “Bride,” Karen Kae Spicer in 1963 and their family was complete with the birth of their children Dennis Neil Jr. (Pete) and Victoria Kae.

Kevin Dean Kerstetter, aka “Papa,” age 63, passed away peacefully at his home in Wenatchee, WA with loved ones on the evening of Friday, June 24, 2022, at 08:56 PM after a courageous 3.5-year battle with Metastatic Prostate Cancer. 

Jeffery Scott Richter was born on November 29, 1966 in Seattle, WA to Marvin and Linda Richter.  He died at the age of 55 on Saturday, June 4, 2022 in Boise, Idaho. Jeff attended school at Highland Park Elementary and Denny Jr. High.  His first three years of high school were spent at Seattle Christian.  His senior year of high school was spent at Seattle Lutheran.  As a youth, he attended the now Community of Christ Church and enjoyed youth and family camps. Jeff spent 30 years as a Metro Transit employee driving thousands of miles delivering commuters to their destinations.

CELEBRATION OF LIFE

For Chris Chambers

Alki Beach Bathhouse

Saturday, May 7, 2022

3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.