Garfield Passages
The table below shows the names of some Garfield alumni who have passed away, along with the links to their full obituaries on the right. New Announcements: You can send information about a deceased classmate to Jackie Wright ’64, jwrightlady@hotmail.com for this page. The information should have the person’s name, graduating class, dates of birth and death, whether they belonged to the Garfield Golden Grads, and a link to their online obituary page from any newspaper or mortuary.
| Name | Class | Life Dates | GGG Mem- ber? |
Link |
| ABRAMS, ELIZABETH SHULMAN | 1942 | 4/23/1924-9/27/2023 | Seattle Times | |
| AMIRA, VICTOR | 1948 | 10/4/1931-12/16/2023 | Y | Seattle Times |
| ARAI, DONALD | 1933-5/8/2024 | Seattle Times | ||
| AVELO, ANGELA | 1964 | 1946-10/28/2023 | Higgins Mortuary | |
| BAINES, DIANE BRUDEVOLD | 1958 | 5/29/1940-3/6/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| BELL, CLYDE | 1976 | 4/18/1958-4/8/2024 | The Facts | |
| BENTLY JR., BRUCE | 1973 | 10/22/1954-12/24/2023 | The Facts | |
| BERGMAN, ABE | 1950 | 5/11/1932-11/10/2023 | Y | UW Newsroom |
| BERRY, MICHAEL | 1969 | 11/4/1951-6/9/2024 | The Facts | |
| BERRYSMITH, DON | 1954 | 5/6/1936-9/28/2023 | Seattle Times | |
| BIRKELAND, SUZANNE FRANZKE | 1953 | 5/25/1935-7/3/2023 | Y | The Natural Funeral |
| BLACK, MARY FITE | 1944 | 11/2/1926-5/6/2023 | Seattle Times | |
| BREAUX, WANDA WILBURN | 1965 | 3/1/1947-5/9/2024 | Dignity Memorial | |
| BRIGGS, LISA KAWAOKA | 1963 | |||
| BUFORD, GREGORY | 1966 | 1/8/1948-8/28/2024 | ||
| BURR, GAE GIBSON | 1947 | 8/22/1929-10/15/2023 | Seattle Times | |
| BYRD, HELEN HARRIS | 1968 | 2/17/1950-1/24/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| CAVENDER, WILLIAM | 1948 | 5/25/1930-10/9/2023 | Y | Seattle Times |
| CHIN, HENRY-HANK | 1948 | 4/13/1905-6/24/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| CHINN, ROBERT | 1948 | 8/27/1930-6/1/2024 | Y | Seattle Times |
| CHRISTENSEN, EDITH | 1945 | 3/6/1929-5/12/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| CLARKSON, ANDREA BRENNEKE | 1983 | 4/19/1965-3/5/2023 | Seattle Times | |
| COCKBURN, LYNN PIERSON | 1952 | 11/11/1933-2/25/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| COLLINS, JONETTA WALLACE | 1964 | 11/21/1945-12/25/2023 | The Facts | |
| DAVIS, MALIK | 1988 | 12/2/1970-2/21/2023 | Seattle Times | |
| DEBURLE, MARCHE N. | 2000 | 2/15/1982-4/11/2024 | The Facts | |
| DEWITTY, LAWANA REASE | 1969 | 7/23/1951-12/23/2023 | The Facts | |
| DRUXMAN, BARRY | 1964 | 1946-10//2023 | ||
| DUNCAN, DAVID | 1964 | 7/20/1946-3/24/2024 | The Facts | |
| EATON, CAROL HANSEN | 1953 | 12/26/1934-8/25/2023 | Dignity Memorial | |
| EGAN, THOMAS | 1953 | 10/23/1935-6/22/2023 | Seattle Times | |
| ELLIOTT, ELLEN | 1949 | 3/4/1930-7/16/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| ESKENAZI, JACK | 1941 | 1/12/1923-6/14/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| EZELL, GREGORY L | 1968 | 5/11/1949-5/4/2024 | The Facts | |
| FINSTER, DANNY RAY | 1968 | 2/8/1949-3/22/2024 | The Facts | |
| FRYE, REGINALD | 1956 | 5/18/1936-5/16/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| FOOTE, GAEL BURNS | 1953 | 2/14/1935-9/6/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| FUSILIER, PAULA | 1964 | 1946-9/2023 | ||
| GARRETT, THOMAS J | 1961 | 2/22/1943-4/22/2024 | The Facts | |
| GLENN, SONIA RAY | 1961 | 10/1/1943-9/21/2023 | Y | Seattle Times |
| GOLM, HANS-JOACHIM | 1960 | ?-2/4/2024 | Y | Neptune Society |
| HABIB, STANLEY | 1953 | 6/1/1935-6/21/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| HALGREN, JON | 1960 | 4/6/1942-1/11/2023 | Seattle Times | |
| HAMILTON, ANNE | 1952 | 4/17/1905-5/29/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| HANSEN, CHARLES | 1952 | 1/14/1934-2/13/2023 | Bothell Reporter | |
| HASEGAWA, KUMIKO | 1953 | 2/10/1935-2/7/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| HASSON, VICTOR | 1965 | 8/13/1947-5/14/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| HOLIFIELD, GEORGE | 1955 | 5/2/1935-8/7/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| HUMMEL, LEONARDO | 2008 | 1/6/1990-3/21/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| HURWITZ, JAY | 1961 | 5/13/1943-1/21/2024 | ||
| ICHIKAWA, JACK | 1951 | 10/1/1933-7/18/2023 | Seattle Times | |
| JACKSON, ROSEMARY GIPSON | 1967 | 12/14/1948-3/3/2024 | The Facts | |
| JENKINS, MILDRED | 1968 | 2/24/1950-4/25/2024 | Serenity Seattle | |
| JOHNS, ELLIOTT TERRANCE | 2001 | 6/3/1983-1/2/2024 | Legacy | |
| KACHLEIN III, GEORGE | 1952 | 5/12/1934-11/9/2023 | Seattle Times | |
| KATSMAN, ALVIN | 1940 | 9/8/1923-1/20/2024 | Y | |
| KIANG, NELSON | 7/6/1929-3/19/2023 | Y | Harvard | |
| KIMBROUGH, LEE | 1994 | 6/4/1976-5/12/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| KIZZIE, MARY HOLLAND | 1963 | 11/29/1944-2/19/2024 | The Facts | |
| KNERR, MARY ANN CLAWSON | 1947 | 2/8/1939-6/5/2023 | Legacy | |
| KRONFIELD, MICHAEL | 1986 | 5/3/1967-2/21/2023 | Seattle Times | |
| LABOW, ROBERT | 1958 | 4/26/1940-4/9/2022 | Seattle Times | |
| LAMPHERE, MARK | 1964 | 8/13/1946-8/18/2023 | Seattle Times | |
| LANGE, JR, EIVIND | 1943 | 12/28/1925-3/7/2019 | Y | Dignity Memorial |
| LIEBERT, THOMAS | 1960 | 7/2/1942-1/15/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| LOTZKAR, MARTIN | 1953 | 5/8/1935-4/24/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| MALIN, NATALIE THOMAS | – | Mercer Island Reporter | ||
| MATTHEWS, DUANE | 1947 | 10/3/1929-9/17/2023 | Y | |
| MEZISTRANO, LEON | 1948 | 1/16/1930-6/2/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| MITCHELL JR, HORACE | 1966 | 1/10/1948-2/20/2024 | The Facts | |
| MITCHELL, LINDA KELLER | 1977 | 2/22/1959-5/28/2024 | The Facts | |
| MUROTANI, CARI MUROTANI | 1963 | NW Asian Weekly | ||
| NAGAOKA, RICHARD | 1959 | 7/16/1940-4/29/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| NORDHOFF, ARTHUR NORDHOFF | 1947 | 9/11/1929-2/17/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| PARROTT, JOHN | 1953 | 4/20/1935-2/14/2024 | Y | Neptune Society |
| PELLUM, GARY | 1984 | 8/17/1966-2/21/2024 | The Facts | |
| PELLUM, JERRY LEE | 1976 | 6/5/1958-1/31/2024 | Dignity Memorial | |
| PETERSEN, BETSY CUNNINGHAM | 1964 | 1946-3//2023 | ||
| PETERSON, LENNY | 1955 | 6/10/1936-6/24/2023 | NW News | |
| PLUNKETT, DEIRDRE | 1950 | 7/29/1932-10/27/2023 | Seattle Times | |
| POE, DONNA MAYES | 1953 | 11/15/1935-8/29/2021 | ||
| PRINGLE, BARBARA BOWDEN | 1944 | 5/11/1927-12/6/2023 | Y | Seattle Times |
| RAMOS, GEORGE | 1964 | 6/1/1946-8/17/2023 | Seattle Times | |
| REEDER, JILLAYNE PADOLL | 1964 | 8/3/1946-2/25/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| REIBMAN, CARRIE ADLER | 1946 | 11/2/1928-1/6/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| REUBEN, SYLVIA STATON | 1964 | 2/11/1946-6/27/2023 | My Keeper | |
| RILEY, JOHN (MIKE) | 1959 | 5/1/1941-9/28/2023 | Seattle Times | |
| RILEY, WILLIAM | 1948 | 8/26/1926-12/21/2023 | ||
| ROHRER, J. SCOTT | 1964 | 4/4/1946-10/9/2023 | Seattle Times | |
| ROUSSO, AZARIA | 1948 | 3/30/1930-7/19/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| RUSSELL, BRODERICK | 1974 | 9/29/1956-12/25/2023 | The Facts | |
| SAKAI, WARREN | 1960 | 3/19/1942-2/26/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| SAMUELSEN, TORLEIF | 2018 | 4/1/1999-7/1/2023 | Seattle Times | |
| SCHWEIKHARDT, JUDIE MCCAY | 1960 | Y | ||
| SEDLACEK, CHARLES | 1951 | 7/4/1933-9/28/2023 | Seattle Times | |
| SHIGAKI, JERRY | 1964 | 10/21/1946-10/5/2023 | Y | Seattle Times |
| SHIMIZU, CATHERINE YOSHIGURO | 1948 | 3/5/1930-12/8/2023 | Seattle Times | |
| SILVER, MICHAEL | 1967 | 11/6/1949-5/12/2024 | Seattle Times | |
| SILVERSTONE, DEAN | 1964 | 1946*-3/26/2023 | F4W Online | |
| SMALL, PHOEBE HARRIS | 1966 | 7/9/1948-4/42024 | Neptune Society | |
| SNYDER, LOYAL | 1957 | 4/12/1938-12/23/2023 | Seattle Times | |
| SPAETH, JAMES (DOUG) | 1960 | 9/6/1942-10/4/2023 | Y | Seattle Times |
| SPEAR, SONIA | 1932 | 5/5/1914-10/25/2023 | Seattle Times | |
| SPENCER, SUSAN HAWKES | 1943 | 12/14/1925-4/2/2023 | Seattle Times | |
| STERN, CORIE | 1963 | |||
| TAKATSUKA, LILY | 1942 | 9/1/1923-5/12/2023 | Dignity Memorial | |
| TATE, BETTY FISHER | 1966 | 9/22/1948-2/18/2024 | ||
| VAUGHN, ALVIN | -12/25/2023 | Seattle Times | ||
| WHEELER, JOHN W. | 1967 | 10/14/1948-5/31/2024 | The Facts | |
| WHEELER, ARTHUR | 1965 | 2/16/1947-7/4/2024 | The Facts | |
| WILLIAMS, BARBARA CRAGIN | 1951 | 3/2/1934-11/28/2022 | Y | |
| WILLIAMS, ROMAN | 1959 | 12/20/1940-7/10/2024 | The Facts | |
| WILLIAMS, BRUCE | 1966 | 11/10/1942-3/19/2024 | Dignity Memorial | |
| WILSON, DELVON | 1990 | 6/21/1972-1/9/2024 | The Facts | |
| WILSON, JACKIE | 1966 | 12/12/1948-5/5/2024 | The Facts | |
| WILSON, STEVEN | 1981 | 7/12/1963-8/1/2024 | The Facts | |
| WOOD, BONNIE TROTSKY | 1964 | 10/10/1946-12/13/2023 | Short FH | |
| YORK, DAVID | 1960 | 3/28/1942-2/26/2024 | Everloved |