New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Rex Alden Brittain; Jun Hyuk Sul. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Suzanne Ballard Baldridge; Cecil Allan Cromwell. Mountain View Funeral Home: Diane Lynn Brown; Brent Jalmari Peltomaa. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Marvin Dale Keith. Powers Funeral Home: Josefa Sanggrador Tarin.
Lakewood’s Allen Realtors merges with Compass after 80+ year run
After more than 80 years of selling homes in Lakewood and greater Pierce County, ALLEN Realtors® has affiliated with Compass and will go by the name of The Harold Allen Team at Compass. The third-generation brokerage, founded in 1940, vacated its long-time office on Gravelly Lake Drive in Lakewood in May and its iconic […]
Obituary Notices – June 18, 2021
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Stephanie Jayne Lawrence; Joy Arlene Kooley. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Shanta Rae Stevens; Arnold David Cuff. Mountain View Funeral Home: Shirley Jean Jolliffe; Phylliss Rose; Irmgard “Irma” Willis. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Armand Bernhard Thompson Jr. Week’s Dryer Mortuary: James (Jim) Ewing Leisner.
Walk Tacoma: Pride Walk Launches on July 7
Tacoma, WA – Learn about the history of the Rainbow Center, the resource hub for the LGBTQ2S+ community that has served the South Puget Sound community for more than 20 years. Tour stops include previous office locations for the organization, event locales for Out in the Park & Tacoma Pride, and historical locations of gay-friendly […]
Obituary Notices – June 17, 2021
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Sandra Gail Oliver; Celerina Bulado Fernandez; Judy Ann Hammond; John Paul Aragon, Jr. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: William Henderson Sanders; Phyllis Joyce Harriage; Mathias Daniel Mahora Jr. Mountain View Funeral Home: Michael James Bramhall; Epifania Quiocho; David Martin Stephen. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Anneliese Wiscarson. Powers Funeral Home: Maxine Cleone […]
Call to Authors for FAB festival October 8-10
Submitted by Bob Lawrence. Call for Book Fest Table – Authors/Libraries/Association/Book Stores for the Lakewood Film, Art & Book FestivalOctober 8-10, 2021 at McGavick Conference Center at Clover Park Technical College. Our last annual festival was everything we hoped for: hundreds of visitors, special guest presentations, performances and 39 authors from 6 counties. This year’s […]
SONIC Drive-In donates to local area teachers this Teacher Appreciation Month
To honor the creative efforts teachers have made to maneuver their ever-shifting learning environments and keep students engaged this past year, SONIC® Drive-In donated $1.5 million to teacher requests on national education nonprofit site DonorsChoose on Teacher Appreciation Day, May 4. As part of SONIC’s ongoing Limeades for Learning initiative, the $1.5 million donation helped fund more than 7,000 teacher requests across […]
Obituary Notices – June 16, 2021
Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Marilyn Rae Lewis; Robert Leonard Jr. Mountain View Funeral Home: Cherie Jane Asher; Christy Michelle Curtis; George Edward Paige; Thomas “Chuck” Paschal; Linda Swain. Hill Funeral Home: Stanley Moe.
Steilacoom Department of Public Safety reports 112 incidents in last week
Reported on the Steilacoom Department of Public Safety Facebook Page, “Over the past week, 112 Public Safety incidents occurred in town, including the following: Emergency and patrol incidents – 7 medical aid responses – 29 suspicious circumstance/security checks – 3 responses for persons in crisis/welfare checks – 32 traffic stops – 1 missing person, later […]