All Obituaries

Martin “Haleesea” Charles Starr, 71 of Auburn, WA entered into rest on August 2, 2018.  Martin was born May 30, 1947 to George and Leona Goudy Starr.  Martin was best known by everyone as “Bear” and was an enrolled Muckleshoot Tribal Member and Yakama descendant.  Bear was a US Army Veteran having served in the Vietnam War.  Bear enjoyed the outdoors as he spent 25+ years logging for Weyerhauser and Degrauss, hunting, fishing, and most of all...

Beverly Langdon of Auburn died peacefully at age 81 on Tuesday, July 31, 2018.  Beverly was born in Brainerd, Minnesota on January 16, 1937, the daughter of Arvo Hautala and Mae Jokenin. During her life Beverly was a woman of tradition, never owning a computer and reading her newspaper every day.  Beverly liked the outdoors.  She loved to camp, especially at Lake Roosevelt, and enjoyed the wildlife that came with being outside- in particular the birds and squirrels. ...

Phyllis Alaine McClelland Lambert was born Mar. 13, 1931 in Burlington, WA. She was the 2nd child of Sherman R. McClelland and Lula Belle Daves McClelland. The family moved to a 40 acre farm 5 miles from Mt Vernon, WA in 1932, where Phyllis lived until her marriage to Andrew J. Lambert on June 4, 1949. They had 4 children; Linda L. Lambert (Ronco), Larry L. Lambert, Lonnie L. Lambert and Nathan W. Lambert. Phyllis and husband Jack gave their hearts to the Lord on May 4, 1954. They spent the...

In Loving Memory   Kevin Thomas Forsman February 15, 1969 - July 26, 2018 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Kevin Forsman on July 26, 2018 after a very courageous, hard fought battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his loving family until the very end.  He will be so missed by all who knew him. Kevin was born February 15, 1969 in Seattle to Tom and Diane Forsman.  At age two his family moved to Spokane where Kevin grew up. Kevin attended St....

Ivis P. Kauzlarich, 84 of Buckley died July 25, 2018.  She was born June 21, 1932 to Ivan & Lucille Gamradt in Brainerd, MN.  Ivis loved to sing, enjoyed oil painting & reading.  She volunteered at St. Elizabeth Hospital & Enumclaw Senior Center.  She loved baking, always had cookies available.  She is preceded in death by her daughter, Melanie Kauzlarich July 14, 1981.  Ivis is survived by her son, Mark & his wife, Tanya Kauzlarich of South...

Sharyn Mae Thimmesch, 75 of Auburn, WA, died July 25, 2018 in Federal Way, WA.  She was born May 7, 1943  in Tacoma, WA.  Sharyn was raised in Enumclaw and graduated from Enumclaw High School in 1961.  After high school, Sharyn moved to Skyway, WA.  She worked for Boeing for 38 years and was a Supervisor at flight test.   She married John Thimmesch Sept. 3 1966.  They built a house on Lake Holm near Auburn in 1972 and lived there for 45...

Dale Fong died July 24, 2018 at home, surrounded by his family. He was 75. Dale was born January 12, 1943 in Portland, Oregon. Later moving to Seattle with his parents. In 1962, Dale graduated from Franklin High School. After marrying Connie in 1965 they moved to Enumclaw to raise their family. Dale was a longtime truck driver and proud Teamster.  He retired from the Boeing Company in 2003. Dale enjoyed spending time with his family as well as traveling, riding ATV’s, fishing,...

Thomas (Tom) Edwin Lindberg passed away at his home in Buckley on July 23, 2018. He was 65.   Tom was born in Seattle August 1, 1952. He graduated from Puyallup High School, class of '71. He studied forestry at Green River Community College and worked for Weyerhaeuser before going to work for The Boeing Company in 1979. Tom moved to Buckley in 1985, where he has happily been a resident for 33 years. He was a member of the Buckley Eagles Aerie 1387 and was well known and loved...

Dolores Laverne (Wood) Argersinger was born at home in Seattle, Washington on April 29, 1928 to Howard and Genivieve (Roginski) Womach and raised in Rainier Valley, Ravensdale and Enumclaw. Dolores graduated from Saint Edward’s Parochial School and Franklin High School. She married Charles Wood when he mustered out of the Army after WWII in 1947 and raised three children in Rainier Valley. She later divorced and married Floyd Argersinger in 1971. Dolores had a long career as an...

Wallace Raymond Strickland “Wally” passed away at his home on July 15, 2018. He was 78 years old. Born July 29, 1939 in Seattle, Wally grew up in Kent, WA. From an early age he loved horses, cows, roping and farming. Wally won many awards as a young man for raising prize steer and continued raising cattle, roping in his younger years and working on his property until the very end. Wally worked in the Seed, Feed & Garden industry his entire career and made many...