Obituaries

Davis R. Steelquist, a longtime Burien and Des Moines resident, died December 14, 2007, after a progressive illness. He spent the last three years as a resident of Crista Senior Community in Shoreline. In his professional career he was an executive at Olympic Steamship Corporation and senior manager at Showa Line.

Mr. Steelquist was born in Albany, Oregon, on January 2, 1922, the third child of Reuben Steelquist and Pauline Davis Steelquist.

Eve Schumacher-Barnes Of Lake Mary Fl, formerly a long time resident of West Seattle Went to be with her Lord December 5 2007. She was 90 years old. Born Dec 21.1916 to William and Emma Davidson of North Freedom Wisconsin. She moved to Tacoma WA and enrolled in Beauty school. She met and married C.E. Bud Schumacher and moved to West Seattle where she co owned the Cottage of Beauty salon on California Ave.

Gaye Nell (Lawhead) McClure, born July 6, 1943, in Alluwe, Oklahoma, to Anna (Clingan) and Lester Lawhead, died Monday, December 17, 2007 after an eight-month battle with pancreatic cancer.

She moved to Seattle in 1945 and attended Seattle schools, graduating from Chief Sealth High School in 1961. She met Melvyn McClure in 1962. They married August 24, 1963 in Seattle.

She worked at Boeing for five years before taking 15 years off to raise three sons - Doug, Steve and Brian.

Arthur Larson passed away peacefully on December 7, 2007 in his home at the age of 82 after a brief hospitalization for treatment of pneumonia. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 59 years, Jessie Leah Larson, on October 9th of this year. Arthur is survived by three sons John (Ana), James (Marilyn) and Todd (Maureen), three grandchildren Todd, Jr., Brianna and Caitlin, niece Marianne Rouse, nephew Edward Reichenback, Jr.

June 16, 1949 - November 26, 2007

JK passed away in the early morning hours of November 26 in his bed at home. John was a 13-year survivor of a Kidney and Pancreas Transplant.

John was born in White Center and was a proud and loyal member of that community for 58 years and was known as the leader of the herd. John was a free spirit who always marched to a different drummer.

He graduated from O'Dea High School in 1968, then attended Western Washington University in Bellingham for four years.

Vern Ballweg, born December 29, 1930 in Cavalier County, ND, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on December 19, 2007. He is survived by his loving and faithful wife of 56 years, Grace Elaine Reiste Ballweg. Other family members include his son, Kenneth L. Ballweg, daughter-in-law Lynn E. Herzberger Ballweg , daughter Linda M. Ballweg Williams, and son-in-law Charles I. Williams. Vern's grandchildren are Daniel, David, and Dale Ballweg and T. Justin, Christopher, and Digory Williams. He has one great-granddaughter, Milee Ballweg and a great-granddaughter soon to be born.

Margaret Ellen Fletcher Dorr-Folsom of Burien died of cancer on Sunday, December 16, 2007, at Stafford Healthcare in Des Moines at the age of 79.

Margaret was born in Dayton, Washington, on December 1, 1928. Her parents were Frank Victor and Lelah Anna (Swanson) Fletcher. She attended school in Dayton and Prescott, and graduated from Dayton High School in 1947. She was a princess on the Dayton Days court. Following high school, she attended Victor Beauty School in Walla Walla, and took some classes at Central Washington (College) University.

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Gaye Nell (Lawhead) McClure, born July 6, 1943, in Alluwe, Oklahoma, to Anna (Clingan) and Lester Lawhead, died Monday, December 17, 2007, after an eight-month battle with pancreatic cancer.

She moved to Seattle in 1945 and attended Seattle schools, graduating from Chief Sealth High School in 1961. She met Melvyn McClure in 1962. They married August 24, 1963, in Seattle.

She worked at Boeing for five years before taking 15 years off to raise three sons - Doug, Steve and Brian.

West Seattle native Stephen Hill, 47, died from natural causes Nov. 16 at his home in the Boston suburb of West Borough, Massachusetts where he'd resided for the past several years.

Born April 21, 1960, Mr. Hill grew up in West Seattle. He attended Jefferson Elementary and James Madison Jr. High before graduating from West Seattle High School in 1978.

Lois Mae Baulig was born on February 14, 1930 in Aberdeen, Wash. and passed away on December 10, 2007 in Des Moines, WA. She is survived by her husband Gerald "Jerry" Baulig, son Tom Baulig, daughter Jane Keniston and mother Emma Hubert. She will be laid to rest at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, WA. Please send memorial donations to WA Humane Society and the National Osteoporosis Foundation.