Mountain View Funeral Home: Xuan Thi Tran. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Betty J. Jorgenson.
Lakewood Lions Paint Boys & Girls Club offices in Lakewood Branch
Submitted by Eric Warn, Lakewood First Lions. On August 27, 2024, the Lakewood First Lions Club supported the Boys & Girls Club of Puget Sound by painting their Lakewood Branch’s workspace, called the Larry Saunders Office Suite. Saunders, who is deceased, was the Lakewood Police Chief, an Army veteran, a Lakewood First Lion, and Sally Saunder’s husband, who […]
For Lakewood, DeKoven is more than a street and business name
By Tim Marsh, Lakes High Class of 1966 Lakewood has DeKoven Drive and DeKoven Cleaners, but the DeKoven name has an interesting history. Learn about it through five advertisements and a story posted here: Sept 11, 1903, TNT/Tacoma News Tribune – THE DeKOVEN SCHOOL FOR BOYS NEAR AMERICAN LAKE
Lakewood students complete degrees at Wichita State University
Lakewood’s Emmalee A Buck is one of 493 students to graduate in summer 2024 from Wichita State University. Emmalee earned a Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice, Magna Cum Laude. Undergraduate students who have attained a grade point average of 3.9 out of a possible 4.0 received the summa cum laude award; those with an average […]
Obituary Notices – September 16, 2024
Mountain View Funeral Home: Paula A. Byers; John J Dombrosky; Galen Martindale; Amber Ruth Washington; Mountain View Funeral Home: Paula A. Byers; John J Dombrosky; Galen Martindale; Amber Ruth Washington.
TNT: After more than two years and $9.5 million, new Pierce County library opens this weekTNT:
Via Tacoma News Tribune: On Thursday, the Pierce County Library System opened a new interim Lakewood library on the corner of Gravelly Lake Drive Southwest and Alfaretta Street Southwest. It will be open seven days a week. Read more at The News Tribune website.
Obituary Notices – September 14, 2024
Mountain View Funeral Home: Alan Akers; Jon Thomas Kendall; Trang Thi Thuy Nguyen. Scanlin Cremation & Burial: Cathi Van De Grift.
Grave Grooming At Fort Steilacoom Park, Sept. 14
Submitted by Laurel Lemke. Join us on Saturday, September 14th, 2024, for a Grave Grooming event at the Historic Patient Cemetery, hosted by the Western State Hospital Grave Concerns Association. Enjoy beautiful weather with temperatures over 65°F. Learn more about Grave Grooming and its importance here: We appreciate your support in honoring the interred.
Letter: Tell the Lakewood City Council “No” on selling Public Waterfront Access
Submitted by John Burns, Lakewood. There is 86 feet of prime Steilacoom Lake waterfront property set aside by the State of Washington for your use. It is Public Property and that means it is there for you to use. It is a block or so away from my house at the end of 100th St […]