After graduating from Interlake, Joe joined the Navy. He was a custom millworker for most of his life, and was known for being able to build just about ANYTHING. He just had a knack for it. He was ...
D. Jean Hanson
Jean, who always went by her middle name, and was also known as D. Jean Herrick, grew up in Bellevue, and it was at Interlake where she developed her love of horticulture. In the 80s she establishe...
Mary Alice Venables
Mary was born on May 1, 1962 in Seattle. And she was part of a large and loving family, including three older sisters, one younger sister, and one younger brother. Not a typical middle child, Mary ...
Thomas Finley Flynn
Tom graduated from Lewiston High School in Idaho in 1950. He was an outstanding prep athlete as a teenager, competing in basketball, baseball, track, and golf. He was All-State two years in a row i...
Lynn Suzanne Peterson
Lynn, aka Lynn Suzanne Harris, was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints just before her senior year of high school. She then became very involved with the Bellevue Single A...
Roger Krening
Roger was only at Interlake for a short period of time - he was a P.E. teacher and football coach in the late 70s - but he later had a very prominent career in the Cle Elum School District. In Cle ...
Joan M. "Joanie" Soelter
Joanie passed away on July 14, 2023. Unfortunately Joanie is not the only member of the Soelter family to be on this page. Her younger sister, Sonia, passed away in 2020.
Chad Poyer
Chad passed away in Nevada on July 12, 2023.
Scott John Pelluer
Born in Yakima, Scott Pelluer was the oldest of three boys. He was a star football player at Interlake until his graduation in 1977, and he then became a four-year starter at outside linebacker for...
Bix Wang Men
Bix Men was an exceptional student, a top golf player, a loving son, an Eagle Scout, and a highly skilled programmer. After graduating from Interlake, he was accepted into the prestigious Informati...
Dean Scott "D-No" Patterson
Dean was in an ATV accident in May of 2023, and unfortunately he never woke up afterwards. He died about a week later because of his injuries, on May 28, 2023. He was 63 years old.
Paul Passarelli
Paul Passarelli was known around the Northwest as the lead singer for the bands Joker, Lipstick, October, 70 Proof, 80 Proof, Palooka, and most importantly, Flight To Mars, which he fronted for fif...
Laurie Jayne Bors
Laurie, aka Laurie Bors-Aves, attended Highline Community College after graduating Interlake. She then embarked on a career as an interior designer. She married her husband Morrie Aves in 1979 and...
Jon K. Garber
Entry coming soon.
Thomas John "Tom" Stevenson
Tom was an accomplished chef, gardener, painter, musician, and master of sarcasm who spent his entire life in the Seattle/Bellevue area. He gained a culinary arts certificate from South Seattle Co...
John Paul Batalis
John lived in Milton-Freewater, Oregon, and made his living as a photographer. Sadly, he passed away on March 23, 2023 at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla. He was 68 years old.
Lincoln Gerald "Linc" Hebert
Lincoln Gerald Hebert (Linc) passed away on March 12, 2023. He was 58 years old. He was born on June 2, 1964, in Spearfish, South Dakota to Margaret and Gerald Hebert. He moved to the state of Was...
Cassandra "Cassi" Sonnenberg
Cassi, who was also known as Cassi Carter, loved her years of work with the King County Sheriffs Department as a fingerprint technician. She also enjoyed cooking, following the Seattle Seahawks and...
James Edward "Jamie" McClinton
James’ father was a career military man, and his mother was a Red Cross nurse, so his family lived in many different areas over the years. Even though he was Class of 1978 he did not actually gradu...
Douglas Keith Bailey
Doug passed away on February 17, 2023, from complications of pneumonia. He leaves behind his wife of 42 years, Lori, three children, and six grandchildren.
Steven J. Utter
Steven J. Utter aged 64 passed away unexpectedly on February 7, 2023. He was born in Tacoma, WA, the son of Pete and Bettyann Utter. Steven grew up in Bellevue and graduated from Interlake High Sc...
Teri Roxan Gjerset
Teri, aka Teri Gjerset Morris, passed into heaven on February 6, 2023, after a fourteen-year battle with cancer.
Alicia D. Smith
Alicia, aka Alicia Smith Johnson, was living in Idaho in December of 2022 when she developed an encephalopathy (a disease that affects the brain). It was not curable and it quickly overtook her bod...
Jeffrey Brian Thieme
Jeffrey Brian Thieme was born on April 9, 1957 to Paul and Catherine Thieme in Seattle. He graduated from Interlake in 1975, where he met the love of his life, Debbie Welling (class of 76). In high...
David "Bruce" Kirbyson
David Bruce Kirbyson (known to everyone as Bruce) was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and he later lived in Calgary, Burnaby (BC), and then Bellevue. His nickname as a child was “Boo Boo”, and he had a...