John E. Sandmark, 88, died May 13, 2006, at Highline Medical Center, Burien. Born June 2, 1917, in Moline, Ill., he was a 1935 graduate of Moline High School and a 1939 graduate of University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana. He lived in Kent from 1965 to 1990, and in Des Moines since 1990.

He was a retired financial analyst and a member of Saltwater Unitarian Church and the Puget Sound Jazz Society. He enjoyed basketball, ice skating, fishing, hunting, baseball and music.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Dorothy Sandmark, and second wife, Viola Sandmark.

Survivors include a son, Christopher Sandmark of Casper, Wyo., a daughter, Linnea Harris of Wichita, Kan., a stepson, Matthew Martinez of Spokane, and five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Saltwater Unitarian Church in Des Moines.

Arrangements by Marlatt Funeral Home, Kent.