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Davis, Rhodema Sunday, 28 Oct 2007
Rhodema Davis was born Feb. 11, 1918, five minutes before her sister Corabell. She died Oct. 28, 2007.
Rhodema was restricted in activity at the age of 12, when she was sent home to die of congestive heart failure, the result of strep throat and rheumatic fever. She survived, family members say, because of God’s grace, the daily care of her stepmother and her aunt, both nurses, and her sister Corabell.
Music was an important part of Rhodema’s life, much of it in tandem with her sister. They sang in the church choir and high school musicals, learned to play the piano and eventually became choir directors. Rhodema also played the bass viola, marimba and chimes in the school orchestra and band.
Trading places with her twin sister is how Rhodema met her husband Donald. The relationship led to marriage and two children, Earl and Donna Kay (DK).
Don died suddenly in the mid-1970s.
Church, music, family and friends were steadfast in Rhodema’s life. She encouraged music at all levels, including with her grandchildren.
While living in Belgium for two years (1982-1983), Rhodema joined the church bell choir. Her musical background allowed her to blend in with ease. The highlight of that experience was playing with the bell choir in concert at the Mons Cathedral. She continued to have an interest in the bells but wasn’t able to join with another group until she moved to Vashon and became a part of the Methodist Church Bell Choir.
Family members say Rhodema preferred to see the positive side of each person, an experience or situation. If she could find a way to help out she would.
Survivors include her sister Corabell Mecham, her nephew Jim Hannay and his wife Leslie, her daughter DK Davis-Moore and her husband John Moore, her son Earl Davis and his wife Linda, grandchildren Conor Moore and his wife Amanda, Christi Moore Lenz and her husband Brian Lenz, Amanda Renee Davis and great-grandchild Akeelah Moore.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Vashon United Methodist Church or Providence Hospice Foundation would be appreciated.
Schlamp, Marion Clarke Siceloff Wednesday, 05 Sep 2007
Marion Clarke Siceloff Schlamp, born April 30, 1919, died on Aug. 23, 2007.
Schlamp — the proud granddaughter of Vashon Island pioneers William Henry and Kate Clarke and Erland and Kari Klockstead and adoring daughter of Ross and Minnie Clarke — cherished her heritage and the Northwest.
Childhood stories of Seattle, Vashon and Camp Sealth abounded.
Family members reported she was a passionate student and loved her years at Bryant Elementary, Franklin High School and the University of Washington.
During high school Schlamp participated in debate and girls’ club and served as an all-city Camp Fire Girls officer.
At the University of Washington, she met her Sigma Kappa sisters, realized her goals to study English, speech and drama as an undergraduate student and education as a graduate student, and found the “fever” for Husky football.
Schlamp served as a local officer for the Pan-hellenic Council, national officer of Mortar Board, and is cited in Who’s Who for universities in 1939-40.
She fulfilled, with great dedication, her dream to become a schoolteacher: She taught for five years at Renton High School and 20 years at Shoreline High School.
As a longtime member of the Women’s University Club, Schlamp was well-known for her dramatic readings and book reviews.
She and Robert Siceloff Sr. were married
for 43 years. Their delights included their children, the “Silver Spray, ” Hood Canal and travel.
She and Kirk Schlamp had “13 wonderful years” together, enjoying friends, travel and their homes in Arizona and Poulsbo. Schlamp was a longstanding member of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church.
She is survived by children Ann Young and Robert Siceloff, and grandchildren Jake and Galen Douglas and Tyler, Kari and Katie Siceloff.
According to family members, Schlamp possessed great zest for life, gave generously of herself to family, friends and students, loved to have fun, and, at 88, retained both her humor and her goals.
Mange takk, tusen takk — “Many thanks” in Norweigan — for the example of a life well-lived!
Family services were held on Vashon.
The family extended special appreciation to professional caregivers Liz and Garrett and gratitude to Reverend Carlson of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit and Lisa and Dennis of Island Funeral Services on Vashon.
Remembrances in Schlamp’s name may be made to Husky Crew, Sigma Kappa or the Union Gospel Mission.
Horsting, Hermia Kolkman Sunday, 26 Aug 2007
Hermia Kolkman Horsting (born Dec. 11, 1914) died on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2007, in Medford, N.J. She was 92 years old.
She was born Hoek van Holland in the Netherlands and came to the United States as a newlywed in 1940 with her husband, Carel Willem Horsting, who died in 1999.
The couple are survived by three children, Eric Willem (Sharon Shaver), Paul Jan (Deborah), and Maryka (Sam) Horsting Bhattacharyya; and four grandchildren, Marina (Steven Hasslinger), Aaron and Katherine Horsting and Roby Bhattacharyya.
Horsting earned her master of science degree in pharmacy at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands.
She was an avid reader and created beautiful pieces that expressed her love of sewing, knitting and handicrafts. She was cremated at her request. A memorial service will be held soon.
Nordling, Alice Saturday, 18 Aug 2007
Alice Nordling was born on Dec. 21, 1920, in Big Sandy, Mo., and was raised on a farm in Fairfield, Wash., by her mother Saddie and father Perry Hagan.
She died on Aug. 18, 2007, in Seattle. Nordling fulfilled her dream to become a school teacher and taught at Greenlake Elementary School.
She married
Harold Nordling, and the couple moved to Vashon Island where she continued her teaching career.
She retired from being a 6th grade teacher in 1986. Nordling had a love for her home on the beach, as well as quilting and gardening. She was one of the founders and lifetime members of the Vashon Quilter’s Guild. She was a member of the teachers’ association and donated annually to her community church.
Family members said they will remember her as a generous and loving person who took time in teaching others.
Upon Nordling’s request, her ashes will be scattered at her home on Sylvan Beach.
Nordling is survived by her children Roger and Sherrie Nordling, and three grandchildren: Travis, Marnie and Jenny Nordling.
Other survivors include four great-grandchildren, a brother Bud Hagan and several nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22, at the Presbyterian Church. Arrangements were entrusted to Island Funeral Service.
Mahoney, Harriet Tuesday, 07 Aug 2007
Harriet B. Mahoney died on Aug. 1, on Vashosn Island.
Leon Rosser, 88
Leon Albert Rosser was born Dec. 12, 1918, in Norman, Okla. He died at home on Vashon on Sat., Aug 4.
A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 12, at the Vashon Methodist Church at 17928 Vashon Highway S.W. Memorials may be made to the Vashon Methodist Church.
A full obituary will follow in a later issue of The Beachcomber.
Wright, Murray Saturday, 06 Apr 2002
Murray Wright, formerly of Vashon, died April 6, 2002, at home in Yuma, Ariz. He was 78 years old.
Mr. Wright was born Nov. 27, 1923, the 10th of 13 children born to Arthur and Nora Macdonald Wright.
The family migrated to the United States in 1925. He lived his early years in Seattle.
During World War II, he served in Germany and in the Battle of the Bulge effort.
A son, Gordon “Corky” Wright, died in 1975.
Mr. Wright lived 35 years on Vashon Island before moving to Quilcene and Yuma in 1994. He was a High Priest in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
His greatest pleasure was his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Over the years, he was active in the Vashon Saddle Club, the Vashon High School Booster Club, the Boy Scouts and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Survivors include his wife Frances of Yuma, three brothers, George, Erick and Reg Wright, all of the Seattle area, and one sister, Myrtle, of Vancouver, British Columbia; two sons, Larry of Federal Way and Richard of Tacoma; three stepchildren, Sandra Hood and her husband Steve of Elmer City, Wash., Brian George and his wife Carrie of Quilcene, Wash. and Kirk George of Seattle. He left three grandchildren, Michael and Reno Wright and Rainy Six; seven step-grandchildren, Reagan and Blues Wright, Reno and Lauren Wright, Alix Little and Madeline and Emma Jean Six.
His ashes will be interred in Riverton Crest cemetery with his son Corky at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 11.
Campbell, Fred Duke Friday, 22 Mar 2002
Fred “Duke” Campbell, formerly of Vashon Island, died March 22, 2002, in Tacoma. He was 85 years old.
Mr. Campbell graduated from Stadium High School in Tacoma nd the University of Washington.
He was a Pan American pilot for 37 years and flew everything from clipper ships to 747s. He was in ROTC, and the Army Air Corps in World War II.
He had lived on Vashon Island for 32 years.
Survivors include his wife Vera, children China Campbell, Fred and his wife Kelly Campbell, Candy and her husband Jean Wilke, Richard and his wife Claudia Campbell, Pat Ridley, and Carol and her husband Tim Lloyd, sister Pat Burrus, and 11 grandchildren.
A celebration of his life will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 18, at the family home on Vashon Island. It would have been their 60th anniversary.
Memorial donations may be made to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center or a charity of choice.
Arrangements were entrusted to the Neptune Society of Everett.
Bryant, Jeanne Sunday, 06 Apr 2003
Jeanne Bryant died on April 6, 2003, after an extended illness.
She was born in Columbus Ohio of a New England Family. She came to Seattle during World War II to be part of the home front at the Boeing Company.
She met and married
James (Art) Bryant in 1957. She was mother to three children, Kathleen, Twyla, and Steven. The family moved to Dockton in 1966.
She was active in the Vashon Schools, a Vashon volunteer firefighter at the Dockton station and a supporter of Vashon Island Pet Protectors.
Her interests were genealogy, native culture and their crafts, and animals and birds.
She became a silversmith and weaver in the Navajo style. She was a member of the Navajo Club, assisting those relocated from the reservation when they were being educated in the USA.
She was foster mother to Marshallese youth, especially two who came and lived with the family in Dockton and attended Vashon High School.
At her request, her ashes will be interred in her family cemetery in Portsmouth, N.H.
She would be pleased to have friends assist Vashon Island Pet Protectors on her behalf. Vashon Island Pet Protectors, P.O. Box 245 Vashon, Wash. 98070
Donohue, Dennis Tuesday, 01 Apr 2003
Dennis Donohue of Vashon died in Seattle March 30, 2003. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 5, at the Episcopal church of the Holy Spirit. Arrangements by Island Funeral Service.
Stoltz, Jane Thursday, 27 Mar 2003
Jane Stoltz died March 27, 2003, after a short illness in Bellevue. She was 86 years old.
Mrs. Stoltz was born Oct. 4, 1916, in West Seattle. Mrs. Stoltz lived most of her life on Vashon Island.
Afflicted with blindness since she was 12 years old, friends say that didn’t stop her from raising her children, grandchildren, and a lovely garden. She also took walks along the highway and knew the edge of the road.
A friend recalled that Mrs. Stoltz was known for lending an ear to those in need and she had a bright smile and good cheer.
All of her children were raised on Vashon Island.
In later years, she became a snow bird with her husband Buster Stoltz and those trips were a joy to her, a friend said. He died earlier.
Mrs. Stoltz also enjoyed a special weekly lunch bunch group at island restaurants, the Vashon Senior Center and the Vashon Community Care Center.
Survivors include a sister Verna Boytler in Redmond; a brother Frank Rauen in California; four children, David in Florida, Jerry in Montana, Linda in Seattle and Tom in Montana. She had six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Mrs. Stoltz requested that there be no services.
Burial was in Vashon cemetery.
