Dr. Robert L. Anderson
Our loving father, Dr. Robert L. Anderson peacefully passed away on Monday, March 10, 2014, with family members at his side. Dr. Anderson was born on April 7, 1919, in York, Nebraska. In 1931 his family moved to Seattle where he graduated from Roosevelt HS ‘37, became an Eagle Scout and later spent many years as a Scoutmaster. Dr. Anderson earned a BS in Anatomy in 1942 from the UW. He served with distinction as a Lieutenant, and later a Captain, with the 2nd Armored Division in Europe during WWII and was highly decorated for valor. He graduated from the UW SoD in ‘51 and served two years as a dental officer in the army during the Korean War. Dr. Anderson practiced in Seattle until his retirement in 1999 and served as President of the Washington State Dental Association in 1974. Dr. Anderson was preceded in death by his son James N. Anderson in 1952. He is survived by his wife of 71 years Doris (Lynnwood, Wash), children William, David, Donald Gregory, Debra, and Emilie, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. A loving and generous father, grandfather, and a great man, Dad will be missed by all as his memory lives on forever. No services will be held at his request.
Dr. Curtis Eugene Carlson
On Wednesday, March 19, 2014, Dr. Curtis E. Carlson of Seattle went home to be with his Lord and Savior. At 71 years old he joined parents, Kenneth and Dorothy (Johnson) Carlson, and sister, Patricia Joanne (Carlson) Grams, in eternity. He was born March 30, 1942, in Rockford, Ill. Carlson was first and foremost a beloved father, grandfather, husband, uncle and friend. He is survived by wife, Dr. Dona M. Seely; daughter, Jennifer (Micah) Theckston and grandson, Jonah; daughter, Gina (James) Rowles; and son, Erik Carlson. Carlson was a skillful and talented lifelong student of the dental sciences and committed to making a difference in his patients’ lives. He was both a periodontist and orthodontist, and in his last days was visited by numerous patients whose lives he touched with his expertise, jovial chairside manner and caring nature. In 1969, Carlson received a DDS from the University of Illinois Chicago Medical Center. From there he served in the U.S. Navy as an intern at Oaknoll Naval Hospital and as a dental officer on the U.S.S. Samuel Gompers. He attended the University of Washington for a combined four years of periodontal and orthodontic graduate school, while also serving on the periodontal faculty teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Dr. Carlson maintained a full-time private practice in Bellevue for forty years.
As an NRA member and avid fresh and saltwater fisherman, he loved most of all to use light tackle to catch salmon and steelhead not only in Washington but often traveling to Alaska and British Columbia in pursuit of the next big fish. His gourmet-tasting home-smoked salmon was eagerly shared with family and friends.
Dr. Frank Y. Kitamoto
Frank Kitamoto died after heart and kidney complications on March 15, 2014. A nationally respected Japanese American community leader, Kitamoto was born on May 28, 1939 on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He graduated as salutatorian from Bainbridge High School in 1957, went on to earn his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Washington in 1965, and Kitamoto returned to Bainbridge Island to begin his successful 48-year dental practice. Kitamoto was just two-and-half years old when he and 226 other Bainbridge Islanders became the first to be forcibly removed to concentration camps in 1942. His family was first incarcerated at Manzanar in California and later transferred to Minidoka in Idaho. Because of this unconstitutional incarceration, Frank shared his inspirational message of tolerance, liberty and human rights by speaking to hundreds of groups ranging from school age children to senior citizens. For his work, Kitamoto received numerous awards for his decades of service. Including among the many groups in which Kitamoto was most active during recent years were the Bainbridge Island Japanese Community, the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Association, Friends of Minidoka and the Bainbridge Island School District Multicultural Advisory Council. Kitamoto is survived by his wife Sharon and son Derek, Bainbridge Island; sisters Lilly (Mitsuhiro) Kodama, Bainbridge Island and Frances Ikegami, Bremerton; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents Frank Yoshito Kitamoto and Shigeko Kitamoto and sister Jane Akita.
Dr. James MacFarlane
Jim MacFarlane, died on Feb. 14, 2014, he was 72. He died of natural causes on vacation in Palm Desert with his wife of 50 years, Sue, and his son, Stuart, by his side. He was raised with his older sister, Marion, and younger brother, Don, embracing the beauty of the Pacific Northwest and achieving the honor of Eagle Scout. He at-
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tended Seattle’s Lincoln High School and the University of Washington, graduating from dental school in 1967. In 1968 he served as a dental officer in the U.S. Army in New Jersey and at the 12th Evacuation Hospital in Vietnam, returning to the island in 1969 to fulfill his dream of practicing dentistry and raising his family. MacFarlane’s life was defined by his love of family and friends, travel, sports and nature. One of his favorite early memories was winning the city championship as a varsity member of the Lincoln High School basketball team. He also rowed for the Green Lake and University of Washington crews and was an avid Husky and Seahawk football fan. MacFarlane met Sue Gearhart through the fraternity and sorority system where he was elected president of Alpha Delta Phi house. They were married July 31, 1964. His fraternity brothers remain family even to this day, returning to the island every Fourth of July to celebrate his birthday. His 50th birthday was particularly memorable as the island honored him in the annual parade as their “Hometown Hero.” Many knew and loved MacFarlane through the exceptional care and dedication he gave to his profession as a dentist. He belonged to the American Dental Association and Washington State Dental Association, and was president of the Kitsap County Dental Society. He was also a founding member of the Northwest Academy of Dental Science. He contributed extensively to the community through dental services and mentorship, as well as participating in various other organizations. Their retirement was spent fulfilling lifelong dreams that included international travel, missionary trips to Africa, summers at Priest Lake, Idaho, winters in Kauai and Palm Desert. He shared life with their grandchildren skiing, hiking, fishing, golfing, camping and teaching them about God through the natural world he so loved. He enjoyed playing golf at Wing Point Golf & Country Club with the “Golf Buddies”. However, there was no place more sacred to him than the family home he built with Sue on Puget Sound, where they created a lifetime of memories with family and friends. MacFarlane is survived by his wife Sue; son Stuart MacFarlane (Kathleen); daughter Katie Pearson (Kevin); daughter Darcy Wagner (Arnie); and six grandchildren – Key, 14, Anna, 13, Layton, 12, Taylor, 12, Tess, 11, and Camden, 10 – whom he adored and gave so much of his creative and energetic spirit and deep love. He is also survived by brother Don (Mary, son Kevin) MacFarlane; nieces Sharon Carlson, Joanne Huffman and family; and nephew Steve Carlson and family, all of Fairbanks, Alaska.
in memoriam anderson, carlson, kitamoto, macfarlane
In memoriam