Obituaries

We laid to rest our loving mother who entered heaven peacefully on August 27th, after a long battle with lung disease. She was preceded in death by August (Kossy), her loving husband and best friend of 56 years. Mary was born Jan 8, 1926 to Aytch and Margaret Griffin in Moorhead, Minnesota. They moved to Seattle when she was a teenager and she graduated from Holy Rosary High School. Mary met Kossy, her sailor, in the Drift On Inn in the late 1940's and they married May 6, 1950. Mary was a devoted mother and grandmother who provided unconditional love and guidance.

Passed away August 20, 2007 at age 89 after a long struggle with emphysema and most recently lung cancer. Born on St. Valentine's Day in 1918, Nita grew up in Seattle and graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1936.

Before getting married, she worked at Woolworths and the Coon Chicken Inn. She married Leonard Dugan in 1941 and was the mother of three daughters. In her early years, she enjoyed gardening, bowling, knitting, making doll clothes and playing the piano.

Age 59, died August 16, 2007, at Whidbey General Hospital, after a long battle with COPD, with his lady Kay-ce by his side.

Denzil came to Seattle from Idaho, finding his calling in creative hair design. He loved to compete and achieved recognition in national and international hair shows. Denzil was the first person to introduce synthetic nails to the state of Washington.

Age 79, was born and raised in Austin, Minn. Oct. 4, 1927.

At 18 he was drafted to the Korean War and returned west, to Seattle, where he met and married Lorraine in 1951. He was a longtime resident in West Seattle and a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church from the very beginning of the Parish. He helped build the school and church where his family attended. He worked at Hormel & Co. for 40 years and was loved and respected by all that knew him.

The Lindenauer family expresses their thanks for all the loving condolences received on the death of Col. (Chaplain) J.M. Lindenauer July 29, 2007.

Born in Sidney, Nebraska on July 5, 1928, she died peacefully, and unexpectedly, in her sleep on August 20, 2007.

She is survived by her four children, Michael Plant, Kathleen Hunt-Paez, Vicki Hunt, and Claudia O'Neill; one son-in-law, John O'Neill; two daughters-in-law, Karen Hunt and Poorly Plant; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry Denver Hunt; her son, H. David Hunt; and her grandson, Michael Wayne Thompson.

A Memorial Eucharist Service/Celebration of Merril's life will occur on Sunday, September 2, at 2 p.m.

Monroe Perrine

Fran died August 7, 2007, after a long struggle with dementia.

Fran was born March 19, 1923, in Melrose, Massachusetts, to Paula Lange (Clough) and Perley Monroe Bartlett. She and friend Carol (Buck) Scheerer came west to stay for a year, both married, Fran to M. Jordan Perrine, and almost became Westerners. Fran put her experience to use at Boeing Flight Test and became a shift supervisor. On "retiring" to home she bore daughters Jill Elizabeth Tiffany and Rebecca Ann Perrine.

The Lindenauer family expresses their thanks for all the loving condolences received on the death of Col. (Chaplain) J.M. Lindenauer July 24, 2007

Longtime West Seattle resident and neighborhood native, died July 16, 2007 at Virginia Mason Medical Center after a stroke. Born on January 22, 1927, he was the son of Canadian ﾎmigrﾎs James Nelson Woodside and Carol Gavinjack Woodside whose home was on Palm Avenue Southwest. for many years.

Was born in Seattle, March 31, 1928 and passed on July 6, 2007. Residing most of her life in West Seattle, she was a "Gulch Girl" and attended West Seattle High, class of 1946.

She enjoyed bowling, was a long time member of the West Seattle Eagles, a Den Mother for the cub scouts, a licensed hairdresser, and a gifted artist.