Shelton-Mason County Journal - Dedicated to the citizens of Mason County, Washington since 1886

Jerri passed away peacefully in her home in North Bend, Oregon on Nov. 20, 2021 with her husband Glen by her side. Jerri Lee was born on July 10, 1950 in Shelton, WA. She grew up on Mason Lake and...

December 2, 1935 – September 17, 2021 A dewdrop fell And a dewdrop vanished That is me. -Toyotomi Hideyoshi Yoshiko "Yoshi" Crowell was born Yoshiko Amino on December 2, 1935 in Yokohama, Japan to...

Gerald Leon Salisbury passed away from cancer on October 25, 2021, at the age of 84. He was born in Dodge City, Kansas, to Lucy and Loren Salisbury. Jerry grew up in Puyallup, Washington and...

Bernie Dorcy, age 95, passed away on November 18, 2021, after suffering a recent stroke. He was a man of abiding faith, devoted to his family, and the service of others. He is survived by his five...

Graydon Joel Holden passed away October 14, 2021, at age 82. Graydon was born August 1, 1939, in Anoka, MN. He was the eldest child of Graydon Joseph and Margaret [Kolstad] Holden, with three younger...

Robert Kline Bonnett, III, passed November 9, 2021 from esophageal cancer. Written in his own words, "Bob" was born February 27, 1952 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Betty and John R. Bonnett, he was the...

Bob passed away at Alpine Way assisted living facility on November 8th, 2021, with his children, Rob and Pixie by his side. Born May 16th, 1943 in Silsbee, Texas, Bob lived the majority of his adult l...

Rose Else Sheary was born Rose Klein in Herrenberg, Germany on November 14, 1943. Rose had been a resident of Washington since 1971, living in many different places, but most recently called Shelton h...

Geral was born at home in Utica, Montana to Russell and Cora Rodgers. He lived in Shelton since 1942. He passed away at St. Joseph's Hospital in Bellingham in his sleep. In 1944, he married June...

Patricia Jean Stratton passed away after a long illness, September 30, 2021, surrounded by her loving family in Shelton, Washington. Pat was born March 22, 1930 to George and Mildred Coons in Tacoma,...

Don Jones passed away at his home with family by his side on October 8, 2021. He was 72. Don was born in Spokane, Washington in March of 1949. He moved to Belfair, Washington in the 1970's. He worked...

Mary Ellen Haefliger, a former resident of Shelton, WA who moved to San Antonio, Texas in 2011, died at age 76 from kidney failure and pneumonia on Friday, October 15,2021, at a San Antonio hospital....

James "Jim" Dalton Edwards a local retired shellfish farmer and outdoorsmen died unexpectedly on Thursday, September 30, 2021, at the age of 82, at his home in Shelton, WA. Jim was born in grand...

Debra Lynn Cermak-Goldy passed away, loved and surrounded by her children on October 24th, after a brief cancer battle. She was 54 years old. Debbie was born Debra Lynn Cermak to Wayne and Barbara...

Leah Allen from Federal Way, WA, passed away from complications after having hip surgery on October 26, 2021. She was born in Havre, Montana in 1932. Parents were Gerald and Stephana (Vylasek) Needham...

James Clark Brooks was born March 25th, 1949, and passed away from lung cancer on March 21st, 2021. He grew up on Spencer Lake. He was in the Navy from 1968 to1972, and was a Veteran of the Vietnam...

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of an amazing woman, Donna Lee Coma on October 21, 2021. Donna was born July 3, 1942, in Vancouver, WA to Frances L. Lockard and Elmer V. Wilson....

William George Timm was born December 22, 1926, to William Gottleib Timm and Margaret Jeffers Timm on his maternal grandfather, George Jeffers' farm outside of Amherst, Wisconsin. His first teacher...

It's been a year now since Lon Pettitt passed away. Lon was a husband, father, uncle, grandfather, great grandfather and friend. Lon served in the Marines, earned his master's degree at the...

Muriel June (Rediske) Mullen, 100, who resided at Maple Glen Senior Living, Shelton, WA, since 2014, died Tuesday, October 19, 2021, at Avamere Transitional Care of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA. She was bo...

John W. Gilmore, of Shelton, WA, passed away on October 7, 2021. John and his family moved to Edmonds, WA, in 1966, when he was hired to head up the newly launched marketing arm of the Downtown...

Dean Matthew Johnson passed away on Friday October 15th, 2021. He was born in Long Beach, California on September 8th, 1956, to Lee Roy and Laura Johnson. Dean was the youngest of three children. He s...

Lee F. Chapman passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 23, 2021, at Maple Glen Nursing Home in Shelton, WA, at the age of 89. Born to Ivyl and Wilma Chapman on October 31, 1931 in Arlington, SD...