All Obituaries

On behalf of our family, we thank everyone for your unconditional love and support as we mourn the loss of our dear Nakry Srey.       Nakry is survived by her parents, Sang Srey and Kat Tep, along with her brother and sister, Sarum Srey and Phearun Srey. She met her husband, Chandoun Srey, in Battambang, Cambodia, in 1974, had their firstborn son, Steven Srey, in 1997, and raised Vuthay Srey and Chanthan Srey as their own. Her grandchildren, whom she adores, are Charvy...

Ryan Standley Claunch was born February 3, 1984 in Salem, OR, the second child of Victoria and Larry Claunch.  Ryan was named after his two grandfathers.  He lived in Salem through his pre-school years eventually moving to Auburn, WA when he was 9 years old.  He graduated high school in 2002 at Auburn Adventist Academy. He then settled in downtown Seattle where he loved the heartbeat of city life. A darling and always-laughing child, Ryan loved to whittle wood with his...

Gloria Jean Jones ...(Pookie to most of us), left this plane of existence on August 17 2023 while in Hospice in Auburn WA. She passed as a result of complications of Colon and Liver Cancer. She was 76 Years old. Born on November 24th 1946 in Seattle, WA. Gloria was preceded in death by her loving Mother: Evelina Jones, her father: James Jones, her Brothers: Francis...AKA Bro and Donnie (Donald) Jones, her Nephews: Derrick Jones and Shaden Jones Her brothers in-laws Zeake Davis W.L. Holdman,...

In loving memory of Mary Sheldon, May 17, 1928-August 6, 2023. Mary Sheldon was born in Rumchen, East Prussia (now Lithuania). When the Russians invaded Lithuania, she was separated from her family and fled to East Berlin. She knocked on a stranger’s door, begging them to take her in. After the war, with the help of the Red Cross, she emigrated to Montreal, Canada to start a new life. She would not see her family again until the Iron Curtain was lifted. While working as a server at a...

Eusebio Zaire Massó was born on November 20, 2000, in Seattle, WA.  He came after a long labor surrounded by his family and his great grandmother Eleanor. During labor, she left his birth at one point because she was so worried at the loss of either his mother’s life or his life. When he survived, she named him Raffi, after a child she had lost. That was one of his many to be nick names.  His mother decided on Eusebio, the forefather of our family. He finally did make...

Vy Thi La passed away peacefully the morning of Saturday, July 29, 2023, at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle at age 86. A beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, she was survived by three sons, Hai, Long, and Thanh; seven grandchildren; and three great grandchildren. Vy was born July 20,1937 in North Vietnam. She spent her childhood and most of her adult life in Vietnam before immigrating to the United States in 1998. She lived with her youngest son and his wife in Bothell...

A self-made super woman, Sharalyn Ferrel, 74 years young, was a life blessing to the world.  A 1967 West Seattle Grad who went onto Occidental College and WSU, where she was president of Chi-Omega. After college, Sharalyn embarked on a 15-year banking career at WaMu and started her family in the process. Never idle, she got her passport at 50 and filled every page. From Chiapas adventures with her adoring girlfriends, the YaYas, to Habitat builds with her future partner Jack, Sharalyn...

Adolfo (Adam) Escalona peacefully passed away surrounded by family at the age of 88 on July 19, 2023 at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle after a brief illness. Born on December 15, 1934 in Cavite City, Philippines, he was the eldest of six children to Fortunato and Loreta (Custodio) Escalona. His grandfather, Macario Tolentino, helped raise him and he credits his grandfather with teaching him to be a good person and how to respect other people. As a young boy he endured the WWII...