Tiffany, aka Tiffany K. Akridge, married fellow ‘86 grad Christopher Akridge after graduating from Interlake, and they eventually had two children together. Tiffany then spent the next eighteen yea...

At Interlake, Bill earned the nickname, “Bill the Cat” (or just “Cat” eventually) from the popular cartoon strip Bloom County, due to often showing up at school injured or on crutches from his earl...

Dennis Barger was a fixture at Interlake from the early 80s through the early 90s, where he taught distributive education and marketing, managed the student store, and was also the advisor for the ...

Matt was an elite athlete at Interlake. He was a star player on the football, basketball, and baseball teams, and was actually drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1990 Major League Baseball draft....

Daniel was a junior at Interlake, and he was known as a respectful, kind, funny, humble and hard-working young man, who was excited about his future because he had just purchased his first car. Sad...

Jim Morgan taught history for many years in the Bellevue School District, in fact he was part of the original 1967 Interlake staff. He started at Sammamish, then transferred to teach at Interlake w...

Carol, aka Carol Bliss Pieratt, died of a stroke on June 13, 2021. She was 58 years old. Sadly, Carol isn’t the only member of her family on the IHS Memorial Wall. Her older brother Kevin, and her...

Traci was raised in New Mexico by her grandparents, and then moved to Bellevue at age 14, where she stayed with her sisters, as well as various families in foster care. She eventually found a perma...

When Tom’s family emigrated to the U.S. from Thailand, they first settled in Hollywood, where they ran four bars, including one on Sunset Boulevard, where a young Tom Suanpirintra swept the floors....

After graduating from Interlake, Waylon attended the Culinary Institute of Seattle, where he learned his skills as a chef and cultivated his love for cooking. This led to numerous jobs in the resta...

Rick was raised in Fairbanks and Anchorage as well as Bellevue, and he lived in Alaska for most of his life. A fine athlete, he held high jump records in high school, and he also loved playing bask...

Lara passed away in early May of 2021.

Jenny had Down Syndrome, autism, and other special needs. She was quite the character and with doting mother Sabina always by her side, the pair were well known on Mercer Island. She was a regular ...

Steve died of a heart attack on Friday, April 16, 2021. He was 55 years old.

Sheila, aka Sheila Marie Hawkins-Wimberley, knew she wanted to be a teacher from a very early age, and it was while she was a student at Central Washington that she found her true calling– in Speci...

Scott was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma in 2019, and he fought it for two years before it eventually spread to his lungs and his liver. Sadly, he passed away on February 18, 2021. He had j...

Vicki Lee Brennan, of Kirkland, died in her sleep on February 12, 2021 from a brain aneurysm. She was 58 years old.

Daniel was born on September 30th, 1967 in Redondo Beach, California. He was the youngest of eight born to Louis and Ralphlita Contreras. Dan lived the majority of his life in Bellevue, surrounded ...

My brother, Steven James Armer, Interlake High School class of 1972, passed on from lung cancer on January 21, 2021. A Celebration of Life service was held on Feb. 27, 2021, at Wintonbury Church in...

Christine, aka Christine Elaine Taylor, was born December 21, 1964 in Seattle, and was raised in Bellevue. She graduated from Interlake in 1983. She went on to earn an ADN in nursing in 1990 and wo...

Kelly was born in Portland and grew up in Bellevue. After graduating from Interlake in 1981, she became a flight attendant, and wound up traveling the world. She then decided to move closer to fami...

After graduating from Interlake, Patrick earned a triple major at Arizona State University - in Economics, Political Science, and Math. All with a 4.0 GPA. He then earned a PhD in Economics. He lat...

Rich was full of life and energy and ambition. He was a teacher and administrator for thirty-five years. He also had several side businesses, and wrote several books. In 2013, as a reward for retir...

Keith graduated from the University of Washington in 1987 with a BA in graphic design, and he later worked at several Seattle advertising agencies and design firms. His favorite job title was Trans...

Bobby was born in Tacoma and lived in Puyallup until he was thirteen years old. He then moved to Bellevue where he attended and graduated from Interlake. Bobby was ten pounds when he was born and ...