Death notices as of March 22, 2013

Obituaries are condensed biographies of people's lives, written by the people who loved them. Like a memorial service, they tell us things we may not have known about the person, and may leave us wishing we had known them better.

Obituaries from The Seattle Times

Steven Harold Hill  1952-2013  Services at Ronald Methodist Church in Shoreline.

Ruth Margaret Ellis  1925-2013  Shoreline resident. Member of Eastern Star and Daughters of the Nile.

Richard C. Hodgert  died 2013  Longtime Shoreline resident and employee at CRISTA.

Jeanne Lorraine Friend  age 90  Memorial services at St. Dunstan's in Shoreline.

Isabella "Izzy" Godfrey  1916-2013  "Known for her generosity and wonderful sense of humor." Services at Shoreline Covenant Church.

Grace McKenney  1912-2013  Administrative secretary for diplomatic corps, Grace worked all over the world.

Dale Elwood Smith  1925-2013  Lake Forest Park resident had a rewarding and distinguished career as a professor of prosthodontics at the University of Washington School of Dentistry.

Boyd Evan Pramhus  1936-2013  Lake Forest Park resident earned an AA in police science from Shoreline CC. Seattle police officer, US Marshall. Organized lawn mower drill team.

Elizabeth Dorothea (Dode) Eckmann  1917-2013  Shoreline resident. Founding member of St John Vianney Catholic Church. Services at St Mark Catholic Church, burial at Holyrood.

Virginia E. Hinze  1934-2013  46 years in Shoreline, she loved taking her grandchildren to the beach.

Elena Elizabeth Gentala  1917-2013  Graduated from the UW in Social Work, specialized in mental health and nutrition, a field in which she was well known for lectures and published articles. Services at Apostolic Lutheran Church in Shoreline.

Ina Ward Klepp  1920-2013  Ina and husband Knute owned and operated the Greater Seattle Ski School and conducted ski classes at Snoqualmie Pass for many years. Services at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Shoreline.

Barbara Rivett Furlong  "Passed away on March 3, 2013. She attended Cornish School of Ballet and was one of the lead dancers with The Seattle Aqua Theater at Greenlake. She studied ballet in New York under the direction of George Balanchine and Martha Graham.She also danced with the St. Louis Dance Theatre."

William James "Bill" Dow Jr.  Age 94, Lake Forest Park resident. Services at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Shoreline.

Robert Earl Jones age 75  Long-time music teacher in Shoreline School District.

Joseph Earl Miller  1922-2013  Travelled west by covered wagon. Was a Navy medic in WW II, wounded on Iwo Jima. Shoreline resident since 1962.