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Richard H. Severn

Rick died in a snorkeling accident in Hawaii in the late 70’s or early 80’s.

David H. Keys

David Keys was a reading assistant at Interlake in the early 70’s. He passed away in the early 80’s.

James Gary White

Jim passed away in the late ’70s

Edward B. Arthur, Jr.

Edward was killed in an auto accident in August of 1979. The car he was driving left the road and hit a tree.

Pamela Dawn Moore

Pam died on April 2, 1979, which was in the middle of her junior year at Interlake. A page dedicated to her was printed in the 1979 IHS yearbook, and can be found below.

Julie Marie Sumner

Beloved sister to Scott & Kelly Sumner. Awesome daughter to Gail & Gordon Sumner. Julie wanted to sail around the world before attending college. She was on a trimaran journey with her boyf...

Robert Jay "Bob" Bacon

Bob died in a car accident in 1979. He is buried in Sunset Hills Memorial Park in Bellevue.

Friso Wery

Friso (who some people knew as Cisco) died of cystic fibrosis during his senior year of high school, on October 8, 1978. In his honor, a tree was planted in the memorial garden with his name on it....

James Stanley "Jim" Stevenson

At Interlake, Jim was the captain of the undefeated Kingco champion golf team. He died after a motorcycle accident near Redmond in October of 1978.

Kirk William Edison

Kirk died in a skydiving accident on July 23, 1978, the summer after his sophomore year, when both his parachutes malfunctioned over the Issaquah Parachute Center. He was only 16 years old. In hono...

Charles McKenzie Clise

Charlie died in a car accident on the same day he graduated from college. He passed away on June 16, 1978. Sadly, his sister Nancy also died in an accident, two and a half years later. She is also...

Stephen Anthony Hallek

Steve was involved in a car accident on Sunday, February 12, 1978. He was a passenger in a vehicle that hit a patch of ice, and spun out of control and into a tree. He died in Overlake Hospital thr...

James Charles "Jim" Ingles

Jim, who broke the all time Kingco football rushing record his senior year at Interlake, was on a six-month Naval deployment to Spain and the Portuguese Azore Islands when he died in a plane crash ...

Peter Alexander MacNair

Pete died in a boating accident on Lake Sammamish the day before Halloween, on October 30, 1977. There is a memorial dedicated to him at Marymoor Park.

Richard C. "Dick" Warner

Dick Warner was a popular history and social studies teacher at Interlake from the late 60’s through the mid 70’s. He once even played the lead in the IHS stage production of “The Man of La Mancha....

Mathew Lundy Hyslop

Matthew died in Renton on March 26, 1976. He was a passenger in a car and he died when the driver got into an accident. Matt was 17 years old.

William Melvin Wales

William was killed in a car accident in Pittsburgh in February of 1976.

John E. McCabe

John committed suicide in Ivanhoe Park in Bellevue on June 21, 1975, which was soon after he graduated from Interlake. See the comments below for more info from his sister.

June Marie Gustafson

June was married and she worked in dentistry She died very unexpectedly of blood poisoning, sometime in the mid 70s.

Stephen Curtis Griggs

Stephen died on December 19, 1974. He was 22 years old.

David John Scheurell

David died in a car accident in Kirkland on October 26, 1974. He was driving westbound on Northeast 72nd Place when his car jumped a curb and rolled down an embankment. He was only 20 years old.

John Clendon "Hoss" DeRoulet, Jr.

John was murdered by fellow IHS student William Gregory Warren on July 28, 1973. His body was found the next day in Frink Park on Lake Washington in the Leschi area. He had been shot six times in t...

Clayton Dale Carlisle

Clayton was a forestry management major at the University of Washington. He passed away in a tragic helicopter accident on July 16, 1973, while trying to fight a forest fire near Sulton Lake. While...

James Randall "Randy" Sharp

Randy committed suicide in December of 1972, and his funeral was later held at St. Louise.

Erik Edvard Helppie

Erik was the first Interlake ASB President, and he was also a well-known nationally ranked debate champion. He died of cancer on August 3, 1972, just three years after he graduated from high school...

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