• Chow was advocate for Seattle Asian Americans
SEATTLE -- Ruby Chow, a longtime matriarch of Seattle's Chinese American community, a successful restaurateur and a pioneer in Washington state politics, died Wednesday at age 87 of heart failure.
• David Ira Lightner
A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 14, 2008, in Rose City Funeral Home for David Ira Lightner, who died June 2 at age 58.
• Donovan Earl Reynolds
Donovan Earl Reynolds died June 3, 2008, at age 80.
• Earl M. Alber
Earl M. Alber died May 31, 2008, of pneumonia at age 92.
• Earl M. Alber
Earl M. Alber died May 31, 2008, of pneumonia at age 92. Earl M. Alber was born Oct. 17, 1915, in Lenore, Idaho. He owned a gas station and service garage in north Seattle. He moved to Milwaukie about 10 years ago. In 1960, he married Edith Sommers.
• Fitzgerald expert, author dies at 76
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Matthew J. Bruccoli, a University of South Carolina English professor who wrote and edited about two dozen books on author F. Scott Fitzgerald, has died at his Columbia home. He was 76.
• Florence Larama
Florence Larama died June 1, 2008, of congestive heart failure at age 89.
• Harriette M. Riedel
A Mass will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 11, 2008, in St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church in Redland for Harriette M. Riedel, who died June 6 at age 83.
• Harry H. Shawhan
Harry H. Shawhan died June 4, 2008, at age 93.
• Herman D. Schenk
A Mass will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 11, 2008, in St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Milwaukie for Herman D. Schenk, who died June 6 at age 93.
• Joanne Margaret Vearrier
A gathering will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 11, 2008, in Fir Lawn Mortuary for Joanne Margaret Vearrier, who died June 6 at age 84.
• John T. Augustine
A graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, 2008, in Crescent Grove Cemetery in Tigard for John T. Augustine, who died May 28 at age 52.
• Kelley's poster art images gave psychedelic era a public identity
Alton Kelley, 68, a graphic artist whose mind-blowing posters and album covers for the Grateful Dead, Big Brother & the Holding Company and legendary San Francisco concert halls ushered in the psychedelic rock era, died June 2 of complications of osteoporosis at his home in Petaluma, Calif.
• Leonard Francis Thorne
A service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, June 13, 2008, in Willamette National Cemetery for Leonard Francis Thorne, who died May 31 at age 83.
• Mark B. Ballard
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 14, 2008, in West Hills Covenant Church in Portland for Mark B. Ballard, who died May 20 of cancer at age 54.
• Mary E. Randolph
A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Monday, June 9, 2008, in Mt. Scott Funeral Home for Mary E. Randolph, who died June 5 at age 52.
• Neoma Menold
Neoma Menold died June 1, 2008, of cancer at age 91.
• Ohio hematologist cracked the code of clotting
Dr. Oscar D. Ratnoff, whose insightful research into how the blood coagulates helped reveal the "waterfall" biochemical response involved in the body's reaction to wounds and trauma, died May 20 in Cleveland. He was 91.
• Richard McKonly Sr.
Richard McKonly Sr. died June 5, 2008, at age 80.
• Roba M. Rathkey
A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 14, 2008, in McMinnville Cooperative Ministries Church for Roba M. Rathkey, who died May 31 at age 82.
• Sociologist helped craft 'don't ask, don't tell'
CHICAGO -- Sociologist Charles Moskos, an expert on the attitudes of servicemen and women who helped formulate the "don't ask, don't tell" policy toward gays in the military, has died.
• Steven E. Wymore
Steven E. Wymore died June 4, 2008, at age 62.
• Theater pioneer Sills left improv as his legacy
CHICAGO -- Without Paul Sills, the founding Chicago father of improvisational theater, there would be no Second City. No "SCTV." No "Saturday Night Live." No "30 Rock."
• Thomas B. Stoelting
Thomas B. Stoelting died June 3, 2008, of cancer at age 73.
• Tim Sidney Killingbeck
A service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 10, 2008, in Willamette National Cemetery for Tim Sidney Killingbeck, who died June 2 at age 62.
