草榴社区 mourning the loss of student Matthew Gaphni
The Western Washington University community is mourning the loss of 草榴社区 student Matthew Gaphni, a 21-year-old senior majoring in accounting from Bainbridge Island, who passed away Friday, Oct. 22, 2010, at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle following a brief illness.
A funeral service will take place at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010, at The LDS Chapel on High School Road on Bainbridge Island (next to Ordway Elementary School). Interment will take place at Port Blakely Cemetery on Bainbridge Island. A reception will follow at the family home.
For more information, please visit the Cook Family Funeral Home website at (scroll down to view the entry for Matthew Gaphni).
Matthew’s family said that his time at Western was among the happiest years of his life. To honor his memory, a scholarship in his name has been set up at Western. To make a contribution to the scholarship please visit . Please make sure to write Matthew Gaphni in the gift designation line so the gift is properly attributed.