Janese Mitcham
March 29, 1940 – June 10, 2024
Janese Carnahan Mitcham, 84 of Sequim, WA passed away peacefully on Monday morning, June 10, 2024 in her apartment at Fifth Avenue Senior Independent Living. Born in Marysville, CA on March 29, 1940, she was the daughter of the late James M. and Imogene E. Carnahan.
Janese was a 1958 graduate of Marysville High School, Marysville, CA. She went on to attend the Mt. Zion Hospital School of Nursing in San Francisco, CA where she completed and earned her RN certification. She also earned a BS in Business Administration from Pacific Christian College, Fullerton, CA (Hope International University). She worked in many areas of nursing including as Director of Nursing Services and as a Nursing Consultant. She spent the majority of her career in the Long-Term Care field as a Nursing Home Administrator and served as the first RN and first female President of the California Association of Health Facilities. She finished her career by teaching the next generation of Certified Nursing Assistants. She truly enjoyed her career and the many opportunities it gave her to help others.
She was a past Honor Queen, Grand Bethel Marshall and past Bethel Guardian of the International Order of Jobs Daughters. She was an animal lover who loved raising/training her dogs and participating in dog shows for many years, including a Grand Champion. She was an avid reader and seamstress and also treasured her time visiting with her family and friends. She was an adored wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
Surviving are her husband Gerald E. Mitcham of Sequim, WA; one daughter, Sara A. Nicholls (Kennis), of Sequim, WA; two grandchildren, Aaron R. Nicholls (Evelyn) of Seattle, WA and Blaine J. Nicholls of Poulsbo, WA; two great-grandchildren, Sydney and Maxwell Nicholls; one brother James E. Carnahan of Reno, NV and several nieces and nephews.
Deceased in addition to her parents is her previous husband, Robert B. Lubeck and one sister, Barbara Joan Carnahan Carlin.
Family and Friends will gather for Celebration of Life, Saturday, July 6, 2024 at 2 pm at Fifth Avenue Senior Independent Living, Sequim, WA.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the Sequim Free Clinic or your local animal shelter.
Patricia “Pat” Lou Starr (Horner)
March 12, 1950 – June 1, 2024
Photo courtesy of Patricia “Pat” Lou Starr (Horner) family / Patricia “Pat” Lou Starr (Horner)
Pat suddenly passed away while on her favorite hike in Dosewallips Park on Saturday, June 1, 2024. She was hiking with her only nephew, Kelsey Horner who carried her down the mountain on her last day, and now her beautiful soul is free.
As a renowned watercolor artist, Pat’s life was a vibrant canvas.
The paintings of nature glowed with her inner life and connections to her spirit world. She helped build an award-winning advertising agency in Bellevue, WA, a timber frame home in the woods in Duvall, and an abandoned 100-year old farmhouse into a mountain retreat in Eastern WA. Pat’s joy was being with her poodle Circe, training her, and living in Sequim with the surrounding trails of the Olympic Peninsula at her doorstep. She was most of all a beloved, empathetic, and insightful mental health counselor and a healer for hundreds of her clients for over 30 years.
She leaves behind a great circle of friends from the art world, the dog world, grateful clients, lifelong friends from college, cousins in Minnesota, extended Subert family, her brother Gary, nephew Kelsey and niece Lauren.
Lastly, she leaves behind her poodle Circe, and her partner of 40 years, Michael Subert who will cherish all the memories of the most beautiful and caring woman who has ever been put on this earth.
Pat will forever be in all of our hearts.
Dallas Reynolds
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Dallas Reynolds passed away on May 27, 2024, peacefully in his sleep. He was 88.
He is survived by his wife, Betty, brother Robert and sister Kathryn. He also leaves a stepdaughter, Belinda, stepson and family, Jeff and Kim. He has three granddaughters, Xisa, Kelsey and Lilly and many beloved nieces and nephews. Dallas lived in the Sequim area for many years and retired from Greywolf Elementary School as its head custodian around 2000.
He enjoyed camping, boogie boarding, woodworking, model boat building and spending time with his family, extended family and friends. A celebration of life for him will be Saturday, July 6th at Pioneer Park in Sequim from 1-3 pm.
James V. Larsen
James V. Larsen of Port Angeles died of age-related causes on June 27, 2024. He was 72.
Larsen was born Aug. 4, 1951.
There will be no funeral at his request. Sign an online guestbook for the family at drennanford.com.
