Obituaries

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.

McClure

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.

R. Stan Seymour, born in Seattle on Dec. 6, 1916, passed away in Gig Harbor on Dec. 11, 2007. Miriam, his wife of 65 years, preceded him in death in July of 2007. Family members include his son Ric Seymour, daughter Lucinda Wingard, and son-in-law Joel Wingard, all of Gig Harbor. Stan's five grandchildren are Tyler, Gabriel, Adiza, Joshua, and Adam.

Stan earned a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington a few months before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

R. Stan Seymour, born in Seattle on Dec. 6, 1916, passed away in Gig Harbor on Dec. 11, 2007. Miriam, his wife of 65 years, preceded him in death in July of 2007. Family members include his son Ric Seymour, daughter Lucinda Wingard, and son-in-law Joel Wingard, all of Gig Harbor. Stan's five grandchildren are Tyler, Gabriel, Adiza, Joshua, and Adam.

Stan earned a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington a few months before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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

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.

Stephen Hill

West Seattle native Stephen Hill, 47, died from natural causes Nov.

Lois Mae Baulig was born on February 14, 1930, in Aberdeen, and passed away on December 10, 2007, in Des Moines.

She is survived by her husband, Gerald "Jerry" Baulig, son Tom Baulig, daughter Jane Kenniston and mother Emma Hubert.

She will be laid to rest at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent. Please send memorial donations to the Washington Humane Society and the National Osteoporosis Foundation