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James Anthony Taylor

Taylor was a longtime choir teacher at Bellevue High School, but also taught briefly at Interlake between 1992 and 93. He died of a heart attack in Bellevue on July 16th, 1999.

Steven Lee Sheley

Steven was a sergeant in the U.S. Army, and died on July 12, 1999, after falling into Lake Union. He is buried at Tahoma National Cemetery.

Todd Gerald Tracy

Todd died on June 14, 1999.

Don Martin

Martin (who once set a record with a 56 yard field goal while a kicker at UW) taught and coached at Interlake in the late 60’s/early 70’s. He died of a heart attack on April 20, 1999. He was 53.

Helen Kay Blakney

Helen was an interpreter for hearing impaired students at both Highland Middle School and Interlake. She died of myeloma on March 30, 1999. She was 57.

Cleo Renee Singletary

Cleo died of cancer on February 21, 1999. She was 42 years old.

Gordon Seeley

Gordon Seeley was a special education teacher at Interlake during the late 60s/early 70s. He died of liver disease on February 13, 1999.

Nam Chau Thi Tran

Nam, aka Nam Chau T. Anselmo, died on January 18, 1999.

David W. Fite

David, 41, was a major in the Washington Air National Guard. His unit, the 141st Air Refueling Wing, was based at Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane. He died on January 13, 1999 when a plane he ...

Thomas T. Maxand

Tom died on July 25th, 1998. He was 43 years old.

Dorn A. Anderson

Dorn was a manager at an equipment rental company at the time of his death. And he always seemed positive and upbeat, right up until the end. He ultimately committed suicide one night after drinkin...

David Oscar Filsinger

Dave passed away on June 19, 1998. He was 42 years old.

Maura Lucille Bartell

Maura, aka Maura L. Magnan, died on April 9, 1998 after a four year battle with breast cancer. She was 30 years old. Sadly, Maura isn’t the only member of her family on the IHS Memorial Wall. Her ...

Renee Lynn Higgins

Renee passed away in 1998. She was 36.

Linda Faye Hunter

Linda, aka Linda F. Guidry, passed away in Seattle in 1998 from complications of diabetes.

Gary Wayne Puckett

Gary didn’t technically graduate with the class of 1977, he only attended Interlake for his sophomore and junior years. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in North Dakota on September 26, 19...

Terry Nelson Riley

Terry suffered a heart attack at the age of 30, on August 13, 1997, and he died in the hospital five days later, on August 18, 1997. He was a law student at Portland’s Northwestern School of Law at...

Patrick Davis Beathe

Patrick lived in Oklahoma and he was a sergeant in the U.S. Army. He also spent time stationed in Kansas and Germany. He died after he left the service, on July 28, 1997. He is buried in Addington...

Michael R. Oertli

Michael died on July 4, 1997 of complications related to HIV/AIDS.

Tami-Lyn Klein

Tami-Lyn died in Montana on May 14, 1997 (?).

Janet M'Lee Ward

Janet died of breast cancer in April of 1997.

Cherrye L. Mitchell

Cherrye was the wife of former IHS Football coach Brian Mitchell, and she was also the IHS cheer advisor. She worked diligently to direct kids into activities and athletics to keep them off the str...

LaMonica Quimby

LaMonica died of appendicitis on March 30, 1997.

Robert Codomo

Robert died on January 29, 1997.

William H. "Bill" Taussig Jr.

Bill died of a brain tumor on December 8, 1996.

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