Obituaries

Born August 16, 1923 in Ketchikan, AK. Died April 7, 2018 in Seattle WA.  The third of ten children born to Florence Grace (Johnson) Morgan, family was very important to Earl.

Loving husband, father and brother, Richard was born in Utica, New York February 6, 1947 to Leo and Mary Borek; he moved to Washington in the 1980’s.  He passed quietly at his home in Des Moines, WA on March 29, 2018.

Ruth Porter passed away on April 4, 2018. Ruth was born in Seattle on May 27, 1926 then moved with her mother, Crescent Adams, to Butte, Montana as a young child. She spent her childhood in Butte as well as White Sulphur Springs, MT.

Rhea Davis was born in Portland, Oregon on July 27, 1916. She was the youngest of three children in a humble, working class family. Her father made a living as a carpenter.

Eleven days short of her 89th birthday longtime Ballard resident Marion Hafterson died, leaving her husband of 53 years James Hafterson, daughter Gretchen, grandchildren Camilla and Alarik, sister Cynthia of NH and nieces and nephew.

Eleven days short of her 89th birthday longtime Ballard resident Marion Hafterson died, leaving her husband of 53 years James Hafterson, daughter Gretchen, grandchildren Camillla and Alarik, sister Cynthia of NH and nieces and nephew.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland on January 14, 1947 to Melvin Paul Espy and Eleanor Olive Gaines, she was named Jeanne Eleanor Espy at birth. Jeanne was the youngest of three children; sister Irene who passed away in early 2017 and surviving brother Wayne Espy.

Karin E. McElevey peacefully passed away on the night of February 25, 2018 in West Seattle, WA surrounded by her family shortly after being diagnosed with Acute Lung Cancer. She leaves us all behind with fond memories of her love and laughter.

Kenneth Finke, 78, of Burien, WA passed away from Multiple Myeloma Thursday, March 15, 2018 at home surrounded by his family.

Fay L. Burgett Chaplin passed away at the age of 102 at her home in Des Moines, WA, on March 3, 2018, after a brief time in hospice. She was born May 27, 1915, in Sioux City, IA, to Milbray Parker Burgett and Eva Anna Myers Burgett, the sixth of 10 children.