2025 Last Ring Notices

Neil Swenson #2339, retired Seattle police sergeant, passed away on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at 89 years of age. Neil was hired on May 22, 1963, and retired after 32 years of service on December 30, 1995.

Ronald Schimke #2315, retired Seattle police officer, passed away on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at 86 years of age. Ron was hired on January 14, 1963, and retired after 25 years of service on January 20, 1988.

Leroy Habryle #2199, retired Seattle police detective, passed away on Sunday, March 23, 2025, at 88 years of age. Le was hired on October 16, 1961, and retired after 33 years of service on March 31, 1995.

Douglas Fritschy #2033, retired Seattle police sergeant detective, passed away on Thursday March 20, 2025, at 86 years of age. Doug was hired on March 16, 1960 and retired after 26 years of service on April 19, 1986. Per Doug’s wishes there will only be a private service.

Paul Knapp #2160, retired Seattle police major, passed away on Sunday, February 23, 2025, at 86 years of age. Paul was hired on October 2, 1961, and retired after 27 years of service on December 30, 1988.

Paul Henry Knapp was born in Seattle on July 08, 1938, to Joseph Henry Knapp and Marie Elizabeth (Francis) Knapp. He was the fourth child to be born into the family. Four more were born and Paul ended up being 1 of 8 kids - Jimmy, Frank, Rosemary, Paul, Harry, John, and twins Eileen and Kathleen.

Paul wanted to enlist in the Marine Corps, and eventually served in The Corps for 4-years at different locations stateside and in the Pacific. He extended his service for a year (5-years total) to obtain an assignment as a Marine Guard at the U.S. Embassy in Rangoon, Burma where he was promoted to a Sergeant. Paul was very proud of his Marine Corps service.

Paul had long-wanted to be a Seattle cop. However, when he was discharged from The Corps, he discovered that he had not yet reached the minimum age for entry into the Police Academy. He was about a year short. So he drove a bus in Seattle for about that period of time, both to earn a wage and to study/learn more about the Seattle streets - believing that this knowledge would be beneficial to him in the future. After completing the Police Academy, Paul became a part of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) and retired after a 28 year career. Paul enjoyed his police work and was very dedicated to it.

After his retirement from the SPD, Paul enjoyed home gardening, extensive research on family genealogy work and traveling to many places in Europe - including a trip to Norway where his wife, Sandra, met her cousins for the first time. Paul also worked with his brother John in the income tax business and eventually started his own tax office. Despite Paul's busy schedule, he and Sandra always made time to use their season tickets for Sounder soccer games.

Paul, at age 86, passed away in Seattle, on Sunday February 23, 2025. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Sandra, daughter Melissa and grandchildren Ellie, Chase, Eva and Aiden. Along with his parents, Paul is preceded in death by his son Christopher, brother Jimmy, his sisters Rosemary and Eileen. Also surviving Paul are his brothers Frank, Harry and John and his sister Kathleen.

Paul will be greatly missed by his family and friends

SEMPER FI PAUL

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.

Martin "Marty" White #3956, retired Seattle police detective sergeant, passed away on Saturday, February 15th at seventy-four years of age. Marty was hired on March 26, 1976 and retired after twenty-five years of service March 27, 2001. Per Marty's wishes, there will be no services.

MIilton (Mel) Rasmussen Jr. #2227, retired Seattle police officer, passed away on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, at 88 years of age. Mel was hired on February 26, 1962, and retired after 25 years of service on March 18, 1987.

Thomas Sutton #2421, retired Seattle police patrol officer, passed away on Saturday, February 1, 2025, at 81 years of age. Tom was hired on August 3, 1964 and retired after 30 years of service on January 8, 1995. Per Tom’s wishes there will not be a service.

Michael Hagler #3397, retired Seattle police patrol officer, passed away on Wednesday, January 22nd at seventy-eight years of age. Mike was hired on April 17, 1970 and retired after thirteen years of service on January 20, 1984. A service will be held in Kennewick on Friday, February 14th beginning at 11:00 am (with viewing at 10:00 am) at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, 820 S. Buntin St.

Timothy Perry #2602, retired Seattle police patrol officer, passed away on Saturday, January 4, 2025, at 86 years of age. Tim was hired on August 24, 1966 and retired after 24 years of service on December 30, 1989.