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 ...

Debbie, who was better known as Dr. Debbie Montague, was the Director of Instrumental Music at North Creek High School in Bothell, and she was a beloved music teacher in the Northshore School Distr...

Janine, who was also known as Janine Holum Steiner, passed away on October 1, 2020.

Maggie was a guidance counselor at Interlake between the years 1972-75, and she later counseled at the University of Washington Law School. She died on August 22, 2020, after a brief illness. She ...

Tony was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer in August of 2009, despite being only 45 years old, healthy, and having no family history. Yet despite being given only nine months to live, he manag...

We all knew Robert Harris, who went by the nickname of “Hard Rob.” He was that funny, quirky guy that always walked around with a smile on his face, or would take out his false tooth to get a laugh...

Mark excelled in baseball at IHS, in fact his picture still stands on the wall in the Interlake Hall of Fame. After high school, he continued to play baseball for UW, EWU, Edmonds CC and later, sem...

Diane, aka Diane Friedenbach Juenger, passed away on June 25, 2020, after a year long battle with cancer. As her husband Tom put it so beautifully, Diane was the the world’s best mom, a great frien...

Ellen, aka Ellen Gifford Gilbert, was blessed with a sharp wit and a great sense of humor. She loved travel, skiing, white water rafting, and Motown music. She was the life of the party, as her fri...

Ryan played football and ran track for four years at Interlake. He also held a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, where he learned the tenants of Courtesy, Integrity, Perseverance, Self-Control, and Indomi...