April 2006

Farnam

(nee Karlberg)

Marge was born February 5, 1934, in Seattle. She died April 8, 2006, after a lengthy battle with MS. She was 72.

Marge graduated from Franklin High School in 1951 and was a member of their Alumni Society. She married Donald Farnam on December 19, 1958. They made their first home in the Wallingford area. Since 1965 they have lived in Normandy Park. She worked at Sears for seven years before opening Double F Ceramics with her husband.

Donald Roy Fisher was born Dec. 19, 1920, in Pueblo, Colo., to Robert S. and Anna Johanna (Kern) Fisher. He was the second of two children, preceded by his sister Mildred.

Don was raised by his aunt, Mrs. J. S. Harmon of Arlington, Texas. His love for all things aviation began as a small boy. He became an Army Air Corps officer in World War II and earned distinction as a pilot of a B-17, winning the Distinguished Flying Cross medal among others. He earned a B.S.

A teacher of English and drama with an emphasis on drama in Kelso and Tyee and Mt. Rainier high schools in the Highline School District, Dick had a great love of theater arts and participated in all phases from directing to acting.

He served in the U.S. Army, 92nd AFA, as a Sergeant First Class in Korea.

Dick spent a year in Japan teaching English at Tottori College. After returning from Japan, he worked at the airport in security.

Dick loved to travel and on his 70th birthday he traveled to Thailand and fulfilled his dream of riding an elephant!

Norma Carlsen was born on August 30, 1914 in Kalispell, Montana and passed away on April 11, 2006 in Seattle, Washington. She was preceded in death by her husband George B. and son David. She is survived by Bernie, Russell and families including eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. She was a retired teacher from Alki and Lafayette schools. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m., Wednesday, April 19, 2006 at forest Lawn Funeral Home with graveside service and reception to follow. Donations to Seattle Milk Fund or Alki Congregational Church.

The "Lady known as Lou" peacefully fell asleep April 3. She came to Seattle at the tender age of 19, hitchhiking with a girlfriend from her hometown of Mayville, Wisconsin. The youngest of eleven children, she was the last of her siblings to leave this earthly realm. Her nearest and dearest sister, Marge Lewis, had joined her in Seattle and they remained close until Marge's death in 2003. Her relationship with Marge's daughter, her niece, Shirly Miller, gave her great solace.

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Maye Kempski, 78, of West Seattle died peacefully at home on March 21 after a long struggle with pulmonary fibrosis.

Her tenacious spirit and iron will served her well throughout her life. During WWII at age 18 she was a true "Rosie the Riveter" at the naval shipyard in Bremerton. She had various jobs in Bremerton until she moved to West Seattle in 1983. She volunteered in the soup kitchen at Holy Rosary Parish until being hired as a medical receptionist.

She overcame many medical challenges and triumphed over several cancers.

Kris Prestrud passed April 6, 2006 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Son of Ken and Lois Prestrud. He is survived by wife Becky and two children Peter and Alise and sister Suzanne Anderson of Boulder, Colorado. Kris grew up in West Seattle, graduated Sealth High School 1973, WSU 1978 and lived in Jackson Hole over 25 years.