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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...

Dumisani Brandon "Dumi" Longwe

Dumisani “Dumi” Longwe was born in Malawi on November 17th, 1993. During the early years of his life, he lived with his beloved maternal grandparents where he was famously known as “grandpa walking...

Karen Gayle Giesa

Karen, aka Karen Giesa Sherwood, excelled at gymnastics in high school; her inverted aerials on the trampoline were exhilarating (and scary). After graduating from Interlake, she attended Western W...

Melinda Mickey

Melinda, aka Melinda Mickey Holt Nause, passed away unexpectedly at her home on December 30, 2022. She is survived by her twin sister Michelle, her son Michael, and many friends.

Timothy Reed Heath

Tim was in a very bad car accident when he was nineteen years old, and he suffered from its aftereffects for decades. He was living in a group home when he passed away in his sleep on December 5, 2...

Mary Bliss

Mary Bliss was born with a rare genetic disease she unfortunately shared with all of her siblings. But that never stopped her from living a full life. She was a police officer in Washington State f...

Gary Randall Walden

Gary started working for his family’s trucking company soon after high school, and he worked there for most of his life. With a brief break in the middle driving a semi for his friends’ band, Rail....

Nancy Wakefield

Nancy, aka Nancy Collins, attended Interlake on and off in the early 70s, although she did not graduate with the class of ‘74. She passed away in West Virginia in December of 2022.

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