October 2007

Hawkins

Mary "Phyllis" Fletcher Hawkins, age 83, died October 6, 2007, in West Seattle.

She was born on November 7, 1923, the daughter of Thomas and Clara (Coy) Reeder.

Her parents were some of the earliest residents of Gatewood Hill in West Seattle. Her father built one of the nicest homes on Southwest Southern Street in 1912.

Donald was born May 3, 1942, in Aberdeen, to Hi and Angie Korbut. He died October 5, 2007, in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Donald is survived by his wife, Sue, of 31 years; two sons, Darin and Joshua; his sister, Diane (Stan) Schoolfield, of Vancouver, Wash., and their children, Erik (Mandy), Matt and Jamie (Pete), and many other loving family members and friends.

A Memorial Mass was held on October 13, 2007, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Burien.

Burgin

Sharon Elaine Burgin, born on Dec. 4, 1945, passed away on Aug. 7, 2007, at the age of 62.

Sharon was preceded in death by her father Elda Wall, and is survived by her mother Delores Wall, sister Roxi (Steve) Raub, daughters Londa Burgin, Brenda Keliiliki and Rainee (Monte) Hougardy, and by her grandchildren Jason and Jaime Bautista, Jordin Johnson, Kayla and Jesse Keliiliki, and Kyle and Kaitlyn Hougardy, and also by her great-granddaughter Alesya.

We love you mom and will always miss you.

Dawson

John T. (Tom) Dawson passed away peacefully in his sleep Sunday evening, October 7, from natural causes. He was born in Vail, Iowa, on October 19, 1924, to John and Helen Dawson. He grew up in Vail and became the youngest Eagle Scout, at that time, in Iowa history. He entered Iowa State College, only to have World War II interrupt his studies. He proudly served in the Army Air Corps in Okinawa as a gunner on B-29 bombers.

Don was born Jan. 30, 1933, in Thorpe, Wash. He died Sept. 21, 2007, in Burien, after an extended illness. He was preceded in death by his father, mother, two brothers, a sister, and Marge, his wife of 47 years.

Don graduated in 1951 from Enumclaw High School and then entered the Air Force. He was stationed in Morocco. After serving time in the military, he attended the UW, where he graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He then went to work for Boeing, for 32 years, in Space & Defense. Lunar Orbiter and the Morgantown P.R.T.

Passed away on August 31, 2007.

Born on March 14, 1916 in a Swedish farming community in McPherson, Kansas, the family moved to the Seattle area in the early 1900's. Martha with a clearly visible talent for music began a long career of study, performance and education. As a gifted pianist she studied in New York and was set to tour in Europe just prior to the onset of World War II. As that was postponed she returned to Seattle, met a Navy seaman (Armand Colang), married and eventually settled in Seattle at the end of the War.