Lived her life as a passionate advocate for all-things Orca, Lori Estep passed suddenly from heart complications in June 2012. Lori was very involved in WSHS right to the very end. Click here for her…
Author: West Seattle High Class of 1985
LARA KARENA BITENIEKS KELLOG (~1968 ~ APRIL 23, 2007)
Known by most of us as Lara Bitenieks, Lara passed in a tragic mountain climbing accident on the NE Ridge of Mount Wake in Alaska on April 23, 2007. Click here for the final photos…
JOSEPH EMMETT DEVINE, SR., MARCH 7, 1927 ~ JANUARY 10, 2007
Joseph Emmett DEVINE, Sr. Beloved husband, father, educator, grammarian, author and longtime Seattle resident, died on January 10, 2007 at the age of 79, after a brief illness. Joe Devine was born…
BRUCE CALDWELL (DECEMBER 17, 1947 ~ OCTOBER 1, 2005)
Written by Morgan Simonds, Oct 17, 2014, from Facebook, “RIP Bruce Caldwell. He was a good teacher. He was Laid back and pretty cool when I took his auto-shop and P.E. classes,…
MELANIE STEWART (~1967 ~ JANUARY 15, 2005)
Melanie Stewart passed away on January 15, 2005 after a six year battle with breast cancer. She lived in Georgia the last few years of her life and did not have any children….
BRUCE DU VALL (MAY 18, 1967 ~ MAY 18, 1989)
Bruce Du Vall was killed on his 22nd birthday, May 18, 1989. He was a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps and was participating in a routine ship-to-shore training exercise off the coast…