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Roe, Charles “Bill” Thursday, 16 Sep 2004
Former Bainbridge Island resident Charles “Bill” Roe, age 83, died Sept. 16 at St. Peter Hospital in Olympia.
He was born in Buffalo, N.Y. Feb. 5, 1921 to Henry Preston and Marie Louise(Boulton) Roe.
He graduated from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario with a degree in metallurgical engineering.
Following college, he attended officers’ training at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis and entered the Navy. He served in the Pacific fleet during World War II, being discharged in 1946.
He married
Barbara Jean Wood of Burlingame, Calif. shortly thereafter.
The first job in his chosen field was at International Nickel in Port Colburn, Ontario. Later he worked for Bethlehem Steel in Baltimore, Md., and in Burns Harbor, Ind., where he retired as assistant general manager in 1983.
He and his wife moved to Hansville and later to Bainbridge Island. In June of this year, they moved to Panorama City in Lacey.
He is survived by his wife, Barbara; one son, James Preston Roe, Seattle; one daughter, Barbara Christine Roe, Seattle; one brother, John Roe, Plantation, Fla., and one grandchild, Alain Evan Yount-Roe, Seattle.
Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. Sept. 24 at Rolling Bay Presbyterian Church. Arrangements are under the direction of Kass Funeral Home.
Stutsman, Everett “Larry” Lee Thursday, 16 Sep 2004
Bainbridge resident Everett “Larry” Lee Stutsman, age 80, died Sept. 16 at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle.
He was born June 22, 1924 in Eagle Rock, Calif., to Clarence and Blanche (Adams) Stutsman.
He graduated high school in Grants Pass, Ore., and joined the Air Force flying Liberator B24s out of Italy. Upon completion of his Air Force duty in the late 1940s, he began a 50-year career in the insurance field.
In the late ’50s, he was introduced to the reinsurance field, and he became responsible for reinsurance negotiations both domestic and foreign.
He was an innovator in the insurance field, creating new products such as the Brush Fire Pool and the Watts Riot pool.
He was an independent thinker with a sharp wit, earning him the nickname of the “Quiet Tiger, ” along with significant recognition from Lloyd’s of London.
He enjoyed spending his summers fishing in Oregon. A natural athlete, he also enjoyed donating time to the YMCA. He played football in high school, bridge in his air force days, and golf over his lifetime.
He is survived by his wife, Von Stutsman of Bainbridge Island; two sons, Mike Stutsman of Bellevue and Mark Stutsman of Bainbridge Island; and five grandchildren, Kasey, Austen and Hunter Stutsman of Bellevue, and Blake and Rikki Stutsman of Bainbridge Island.
Visitation was 1-5 p.m. Sept. 21 at Kass Funeral Home, which is handling arrangements.
Howe, Arlene Faye Friday, 03 Sep 2004
Arlene Faye Howe of Poulsbo died Sept. 3. She was 67.
She was born Arlene Amundsen on Jan. 31, 1937 in Seattle. She graduated from Central Kitsap High School in 1955.
She married
Jack Howe on Aug. 18, 1956.
She worked for Lake Washington School District for 26 years and was very active in many charitable organizations and her church. She enjoyed gardening, travel, boating and Sinclair Island in the San Juans.
She is survived by her son Larry and his wife Kelly Howe; her daughter Debbie and her husband Neil Larsen; grandchildren Michelle, Nick and Jake Howe, and Allison Howe Larsen; and her sisters and their families, Ardie Allen of Bainbridge Island, and Marlene Salo of Poulsbo.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1995.
A memorial service was held Sept. 11 at Light of the Cross Lutheran Church. Memorial contribution can be made in to a charity of the donor’s choice.
Monceau, Catherine Ida Thursday, 19 Aug 2004
Former islander Catherine Ida Monceau died Aug. 19 in California. She was 74.
She was born Sept. 25, 1929 in Chicago, Ill., to Francis and Miriam Luthmers. She graduated from Immaculata High School in 1948, and from Northwestern University in 1952.
She taught from 1952 until her retirement in 1990, teaching in Chicago as well as San Francisco and Chico, Calif.
She earned a master’s degree in education from California State University, Chico, and continued her education in retirement by taking classes ranging from bird identification to art history.
She married
Eugene Richard Monceau on Nov. 24, 1956. They were married
for 24 years; he preceded her in death in 1981.
They lived in San Francicso and on Bainbridge Island, among other cities.
She enjoyed exploring and traveled extensively. She was a skier, a tennis player and an outdoor enthusiast. She also liked such games as bridge and mahjong.
She is survived by a son, Peter Monceau, of Chico, Calif.; daughter Denise (Steve) Marine of Chico; grandchildren Henry and Samuel Marine; and sisters Ellen Compere of Eagle River, Md., and Nora Carey of Rock Hall, Md.
A wake was held Aug. 23 at St. Thomas Aquina Newman Center, with a funeral mass at the center the following day.
Pembroke, Jill Thursday, 23 Sep 2004
Jill Pembroke died Sept. 23 at her home on Bainbridge Island after a long battle with cancer. She was 56.
She was born March 5, 1948 in Libertyville, Ill., to William Lyman and Susan (Beach) Miller.
She attended Northern Illinois University and earned two degrees in English literature.
She worked in public relations for 20 years, starting with Burson Marsteller in Chicago before moving to Portland, Ore. in 1986 to work for what is now Waggener Edstrom.
She left in 1993 to take a job with Central Point Software. When that company was purchased a year later, she decided to start a business “rather than become a part of another feckless bureaucracy.”
As a small company, Pembroke Resources was one of the first to leverage use of the Internet to communicate with clients and the media.
She lived in the Silverton area from 1992 to 2000. During this time her company employed and trained several local workers, teaching them how to make a living on the Internet.
She moved herself and her business to Bainbridge Island in April 2000, shortly before her cancer diagnosis. She was active in the company before the illness forced her to retire.
She was known for her skewed sense of humor; one of her favorite jokes during her recent treatment had to do with a doctor with a thermometer behind his ear.
She also owned more than 30 cars and found an appropriate name for each one, most recently a Toyota she called Dingle. She also had four cats and two dogs.
She is survived by her husband, Charlie Bermant of Bainbridge Island; daughter and son-in-law, Jessica and Danny Anslinger of Boise, Idaho; her mother, of North Fort Meyers, Fla.; cousin Teresa Smith of Beavercreek, Ore.; and aunts Dorothy Blahuta, Laurie Gable and Florence Chiodo, all of Oregon.
Her father and brother, William Lyman Miller III, preceded her in death.
Arrangements are under the direction of Kass Funeral Home.For additional information, contact charlie@pemboke.com
Jarvis, Delores Adelaid Sunday, 26 Sep 2004
Former island resident Delores Adelaid Jarvis, 87, died Sept. 26 at Blossom Creek Alzheimer Care Facility in Wenatchee.
She was born Jan. 30, 1917.
She lived on Rockaway Beach from 1962-2003. She was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church.
She is survived by her two sons and their wives, Lewis “Bim” and Lois Farley of Wenatchee and Tom and Char Truax of Everett; and eight grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Services will at 3 p.m. Oct. 2 at Bethany Lutheran Church. She will be buried in the family plot at Fraternal cemetery in Chelan.
Droge services Thursday, 29 Jul 2004
Services for Eileen Langohr-Droge will be held at 3 p.m. Sept. 12 at Eagle Harbor Congregational Church.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Helpline House and the Senior Center.
Langohr-Droge died July 29 at age 87.
Franklin, Susan Jane Thursday, 02 Sep 2004
Dr. Susan Jane Franklin, age 87, of Bainbridge Island, died Sept. 2 at Island Health and Rehabilitation Center.
She was born Oct. 9, 1916 in Tulsa, Okla., to Frederick and Jane (Alexander) Oiler.
She graduated from the University of Southern California School of Dentistry in 1951. She practiced children’s dentistry in Torrance, Calif. from 1957-1982.
In later years, she played golf three times a week at Alondra Golf Course in Torrance. She was a positive person who encouraged people to make the most of their lives through hard work and perseverance.
She is survived by one son, Richard Dale Franklin, Columbus, N.C.; six daughters, Lois Speer, Bainbridge Island; Sue Carolyn Boyd, Ogunquit, Me.; Kathleen Perry Boyd, Morro Bay, Calif.; Susan Lynne Moise, San Marcos, Calif.; Leta Jane Rogers, Austin, Texas; Jeri Ann Fisher, Houston, Texas; 17 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter.
Arrangements are under the direction of Kass Funeral Home, Bainbridge Island.
Kelley, Elizabeth “Betty” McMicken Sunday, 15 Aug 2004
Former islander Elizabeth “Betty” McMicken Kelley died Aug. 15 at her home in Wyncote, Pa. She was 86.
She was born in Seattle on Sept. 28, 1917 the oldest daughter of Maurice McMicken and Constance Coleman. The family moved to Wing Point on Bainbridge Island in 1922. The McMickens were founding members of the Wing Point Golf and Country Club and longtime residents of the region.
She graduated from Seattle High School and then earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University of Washington in 1940.
During World War II, the family home on Wing Point served as the island USO club for military personnel in the region, especially the Bremerton Navy Yard. Many servicemen en route to the Pacific Theater met her and her two sisters on the dance floor.
She was trained in aircraft recognition by the army and served as a night spotter from midnight to 6 a.m. on a remote observation post near Battle Point on Bainbridge Island. She later also taught aircraft recognition.
By day, she and her sisters were employed at the Winslow Shipyard that manufactured minesweepers during the war.
She also wrote a newspaper column “The Island Girl, ” depicting news and events on Bainbridge Island and the Seattle area.
She married
Louis Erwin Kelley, a navy engineering officer attached to the destroyer USS Ralph Talbot, in 1942 and moved east in 1946 where she resided ever since.
She was fond of recalling easterners who wondered what it was like growing up in the “wild west” in the 1920s and 1930s. “How did you do it?”, they would ask, astonished.
“Well, we took the car and went to the market like everyone else, ” she would reply with a willing and wry smile.
She was active in community volunteer work, local schools, the Women’s Club of Wyncote, and especially the Bookstore of Jenkintown, Pa., where all proceeds were donated to benefit the Abington Public Library. She was active in little theater and had numerous acting roles in productions with the Wyncote Players.
She enjoyed preparing presentations for the local book club and was a contributing patron of many charitable groups, which included the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Southwest Indian Foundation in Arizona.
She is survived by her sisters Alice McMicken Koch and Joan McMicken Wilt, both of Bainbridge Island, her three children Constance Kelley Sargent of Hamilton, VA, Maurice McMicken Kelley, of Wyncote, Pa., and William Louis Kelley of Geneva, Switzerland, and three grandchildren Sarah Elizabeth Sargent of Minneapolis, Minn., Matthew David Sargent of Berkeley, Calif., and Patrick Srndor Kelley of Geneva, Switzerland.
A Roman Catholic memorial service was held Aug. 18 at the Immaculate Conception Church in Jenkintown, Pa., and her remains will be buried next to her husband, Lt. Cdr. Louis Erwin Kelley, USN Retired, in Arlington National cemetery, Washington, DC.
Memorial gifts can be made to the Bainbridge Island Historical Society.
Smith, Howard Earl Tuesday, 14 Dec 2004
Bainbridge Island resident Howard Earl Smith, age 80, died Dec. 14 at Virginia Mason Hospital, Seattle.
He was born Oct. 22, 1924 in Bremerton to Lionel and Elma (Bard) Smith.
Following graduation from South Kitsap High School in 1944, he served in the U.S. Air Force. He worked for the Kitsap County Road Department for nearly 30 years before retiring in 1979.
During his retirement years, he remained active as a heavy equipment operator for local contractors and for Wilkins Distributing in Port Orchard.
He raised quarter horses, and for 15 years traveled the country as an American Quarter Horse judge.
He is survived by his wife Sylvia, Bainbridge Island; daughter Tracy Adams and son-in-law Gerry Adams, Bainbridge; sister Elsie Sarb and brother-in-law Elmer Sarb, Port Orchard; and granddaughters Madison and Mackenzie Adams, Bainbridge.
Private family services will be held later. Remembrances can be made to Virginia Mason Hospital, 925 Seneca St., Seattle, WA 98111.
Arrangements are under the direction of Kass Funeral Home.
