Remembering Neva “Sam” Topolski “Mimi” On May 25, 2023, Neva “Sam” Topolski, beloved wife, mother, Mimi, sister and friend, was called home by her Lord at the age of 60. Neva was born on October 24, 1962 at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada to Jack and Ruth Child.  The family eventually moved to Tacoma to be near family.  She attended Ford Middle School and Franklin Pierce High School with sisters Vicki and Kathi. (Her mom Ruth was...

  Lindsay Lauren (Miles) Cowley, age 42, passed away at St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor, Washington on 21 May 2023 from a lengthy illness. Family was at her side. Lindsay was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was raised in Poulsbo, Washington, and graduated from North Kitsap High School and Olympic College in 1998. She served her local community as Miss Poulsbo from 1997 to 1998. At the age of 20, she graduated from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah with a degree in...

Andrew Leo Allaire, Jr., 76, passed away on May 10th, 2023, in Fox Island, Washington. Andrew was called Andy by his friends and family. Andy was born on September 30th, 1946, to Andrew Leo Allaire, Sr. and Pauline Allaire in Gardner, Massachusetts. Andy had two brothers, Robert and Anthony, and a sister named Monique. Andy grew up, joined the Navy when he was 17, met Paula at Hospital Corp School, Great Lakes, Illinois, and fell in love. He served our country proudly and was honorably...

It is with immense sorrow that we announce the very sudden and unexpected loss of Robert F. Ciarelli. He passed away on April 23, 2023, at age 58. The world lost a precious stone. A stone that can never be replaced. Robert Francis Ciarelli was born June 11, 1964, in Suffern, NY, to Robert and Ann Ciarelli. He spent the early years of his life in Pearl River, New York, attending school and helping to care for his siblings, Palma and George. Rob graduated from Washingtonville High School in...

Davey L Smith, age 91, of Gig Harbor, WA was called home by the Lord on Wednesday April 19, 2023. He was born November 21, 1931, in Seattle, WA. Davey graduated from Roosevelt High School in Seattle in 1949. On May 19, 1956, he married Gertrude “Trudy” Raymond and spent the next 53 years together raising a family in Tacoma, WA. Davey worked for Pacific Northwest Bell for 33 years starting on the line crew and retiring in Marketing and Sales. During Davey’s retirement, he...

Ruth Waltman was born in Los Angeles, California on January 18, 1946. We met in the Neonatal ICU at Harbor General Hospital. We had the first of our many life-long lunches there. Ruth paid for the starving intern. Ruth was a social worker whose greatest professional joy was finalizing adoptions and bringing people together. She filled the world with compassion, kindness, and care. Ruth had no enemies, no harsh words. Ruth has given her legacy Matthew David Waltman and Daniel Nathan Waltman,...

Norm passed away peacefully in Tacoma, WA, April 13, 2023, two days after his 79th birthday. His wife of 46 years, Mary Ann, preceded him in passing in 2015. They lived in Federal Way and Gig Harbor since 1990. Norm was born in Bingham Canyon, Utah, on April 11, 1944, to Joseph Albert and Mayme Gonzales. He was proud to have boxed for the legendary Marv Jenson as a youth. Norm served in the US Army from ’65-‘71. He married the love of his life by eloping to Vegas in ’68....

On the 12th of April, 2023, Marilyn Bielstein of Gig Harbor, WA died at the age of 85. Marilyn was born to Helen and Wayne Mansfield in 1938. She earned her nursing degree in 1958 at St. Mary’s College of Nursing at the University of San Francisco, CA. In September of 1958, she married Air Force Lieutenant Lawrence E. Bielstein at St. Francis Catholic Church in Bakersfield, CA, and together they raised five children, Matthew, James, Elizabeth, Jennifer, and Laura. Marilyn loved...

Joan Margaret McCoy Larsen, 93, born in Elizabeth, NJ, most recently residing in Gig Harbor, WA died peacefully in her sleep on April 12, 2023. She was the feisty red-headed daughter of John and Margaret McCoy. She attended Saint Mary of the Woods College in Terre Haute, Indiana and graduated with a degree in Economics. Joan went on to work at a brokerage firm at the New York Stock Exchange for several years before beginning her family with her first husband Robert Martin, a Marine aviator...

Arlene Marie Babbitt, age 82 of Vaughn Washington, passed away peacefully at home on April 12, 2023, surrounded by her loving children. She was born on May 3, 1940 in Tacoma WA to parents Donald and Violet Visell and lived in Gig Harbor WA, for 49 years. After completing her dream home in 2010, she then resided on Vaughn Bay for 13 years. Arlene was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Martin Frederick Babbitt. They fell in love while Arlene attended Tacoma General School of...