Obituaries

Bob and Kay Sarver Laid to Rest; Former Owners of Sarver's Market

After a 74-year marriage, the Kirkland couple died within hours of each other, reports the Seattle Times.

Bob and Kay Sarver, longtime Kirkland residents and former owners of Sarver’s Market on Market Street, were laid to rest Friday. They died within hours of each other last month, he at 92 and she at 93.

An obituary of the couple recalling their lives and 74-year marriage appeared in the Sunday Seattle Times and can be found here.

"They were together every day of their lives except when he was in the Navy," daughter-in-law Sandy Sarver of Kirkland was quoted as saying. "I never thought of them as individuals. I always thought of them as one. "They were joined at the hip."


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