Myrna Aileen Israel, 70, was a travel agent, a local civil-rights activist during the '60s, a reading tutor to disabled children, and the founder of the local branch of Jewish Marriage Encounter.
Dorothy Cadzow Hokanson, 84, was a longtime University of Washington music instructor and composer. She wrote children's piano pieces, songs, and an opera.
Eyada.com, which once claimed to be America's most listened-to Internet radio station, shut down last Tuesday, citing a collapse in ad sales from other dot-coms.
Roy Robinson, 73, ran used-car lots on Aurora before taking over the Chevrolet franchise in Marysville, first of a string of new car and RV dealerships. Robinson also co-owned Everett's KRKO radio station, which aired countless ads for his "Low, Low, Low Overhead" car stores.
Kevin Paul Kelley, 51, was a news cameraman for KOMO-TV for over 20 years.
George E. Keith, 73, was a stockbroker and financial adviser. According to his Seattle Times obit, "He never changed companies, but the company name on the door changed several times, including E. F. Hutton, Shearson Lehman, and Smith Barney."
C. Mike Berry, 81, was president of Seafirst Bank in the '70s, before Seafirst was acquired by Bank of America. Berry later co-founded Pacific Northwest Bank, the biggest remaining locally owned commercial bank.
Fred Neil, 64, was a folk singer-songwriter whose "Everybody's Talkin'" became a cover hit for Harry Nilsson in 1969.
Stanley M. Thurman, 77, founded a regional hardware and home-improvement chain that merged into the Pay 'N Pak organization (which now exists only on the web).
Thomas V. Giddens Jr., 56, was described in his paid Times obit as follows: "Tom got a positive rate of climb, his gear is up, and he flew away on July 9, 2001."
Garrett Eddy, 85, ran the Seattle-based company Port Blakely Tree Farms. There, according to the Times, he "was a pioneer in tree research and in making logging more environmentally sensitive." He also donated millions for bird research at the UW.
Get, another of the East Pine Street retro-home-decor boutiques, is calling it quits.
