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Esther Horlick Gens was born April 30, 1918 in Bronx, New York. Only twelve days shy of her 100th birthday, she died April 18, 2018 in Tacoma, Washington. She was remarkably extroverted, a great storyteller, and loved to sing. She was a World War II veteran of the Army, where she was a data processor. Esther cofounded the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, California, and was a regional and national officer of B'Nai B'rith Women. Esther is survived by...

Devoted husband, father and grandfather passed away at The Weatherly At Lake Meridian, Kent, WA, at the age of 91. Born to Col. Harold J. and Blanche L. (Wachendorf) Baum in Seattle, Peter grew up in the Magnolia area.  He fondly remembered family trips to Spokane, hunting for arrowheads along the Columbia, and raising prize-winning Scottish Terriers with his Dad. A Garfield High graduate, Peter served in the US Army in Berlin during the end of WWII. Peter...

Shirley Darlene Hanson was born October 28, 1927. She was 90 years old, but in spirit she would have chosen her 50s as her real age—truly young at heart. Shirley grew up with her Norwegian grandparents, Helga and Otto Hedemark, in Fargo, North Dakota; her mother Elsie Hanson was close by. Shirley was an avid reader and somewhat shy from a young age, but her true essence was how she made you feel—that she had been waiting all day to be with just you. Shirley would make any day,...

On March 13, 1944, Edward and Frances Ody welcomed their daughter, Judy, into their Cleveland, Ohio home.  Judy grew up in Cleveland, where she attended school and became interested in the field of nursing.  When she was in her twenties, Judy spent 4 and 1/2 years in the Panamanian Jungle, working as a nurse with the Cuna Indians.  While there, she met the love of her life, Bruce Booker, and one year later they were married.  Returning to the U.S. in 1972, they moved...