Obituaries

Long time Burien resident Florene Smith passed away Monday, October 15, 2018 at age 94.  Florene was born in Seattle, Washington to David and Ida (Anderson) Nelson on February 11, 1924.  She was raised in the Green Lake area of Seattle and graduated from Roosevelt High School.

Ida Mildred Nikula died on September 30, 2018 in Irvine, California. She was 94 years old. 

Jeff Jones, age 51, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on Tuesday, October 2nd at Swedish Hospital in Seattle. Jeff was born in Seattle on April 18, 1967 to John and Kathy Jones and lived almost his entire life in the city he loved.
 

Joyce Pavlick passed away in Wenatchee, Washington on September 4, 2018, where she had lived for the last 9 months near her children.  She was born on June 25, 1925 in the small town of Lansing, Iowa to Alice and Arthur Greenley.  Her family, including her grandparents and brother Bob, survived the early depression years by pulling together to run the family hardware store.  During the war her family moved to San Bruno, California to find employment and Joyce worked for Pan American Airways.  In 1947 she married David Jessup and moved to West Seattle where she was blessed with four children

Roxanne, formerly of West Seattle, most recently Ellensburg, WA, was born at Providence Hospital in Seattle, WA on October 5, 1945 and passed away on July 28 in Yakima at the age of 72. 

She was active in the West Seattle communities, including recreational activities such as Hi-Yu, West Seattle and Roxbury bowling leagues, and the West Seattle Soccer Club, both as a player and booster club member.  Roxanne was also a long-time coach of the girls’ soccer team, the “Crickets,” sponsored by WS Bowl. 

Erick Anders TerLouw died August 25, 2018 at his family home in Buckley, WA with family at his side.  Erick was the second son of three, born January 5, 1963 in Eugene, OR to parents Joseph and Ruth (Anderson) TerLouw.  Erick moved to Buckley, WA in 1969 with his family.  He worked in construction all his life.  Erick lived several years in Leadville, CO building homes on the popular ski resorts.  Erick moved to the Burien/Des Moines area where he has lived for the last 20 years.  The joy of his life was outdoor activities including hiking, fishing, clamming, crabbing and oystering.  Erick

Hartsell Wilber Wood, Jr., 69, of Tukwila passed away July 21, 2018. He was born June 23, 1949 in Renton, WA. He was preceded in death by his parents, and two half-brothers.

He is survived by sister Sandra of Okanogan; two nieces: Sherri of Okanogan and Dawn of Spokane; one nephew: Robert of Omak; four great nieces: Tiara of Federal Way, Tamara and Lisandra of Okanogan and Scarlett of Omak; two great great-nephews: Damien of Federal Way and Grayson of Okanogan and a lifetime of good friends.

Antonia Lee Stegin otherwise known as "Toni" was born July 3, 1956 to William Edward and Dolores Elaine Peterson in Seattle, Washington. She was a beautiful, bubbly, fun loving, blue-eyed blonde. In her early years she grew up in Burien, Washington, attending Gregory Heights Elementary, Sylvester Junior High and Highline High School, graduating Class of 1974. It was then, in her teenage years that she met her lifetime love and future husband, Mark Frederick Stegin.