Mazen Issa Harb Obituary (1958 - 2016)

Mazen Issa HARB (1958-2016) Mazen (Mike) Harb, 57, of Shoreline, Washington passed away on Friday, April 29, 2016. Mike was born in the city of Jerusalem on June 22, 1958 and spent part of his childhood there before he and his family migrated to Saudi Arabia. The family subsequently immigrated to the United States and settled in Seattle in 1974. Mike attended Roosevelt High School in Seattle and graduated in 1976 after which he began working in the family business, Shoreline Family Auto Care and Sales, where he became an automotive expert and enthusiast. Mike traveled often to see family and friends in Chicago and Detroit where he met his wife-to-be, Hwayda Ghanayem. They were married in Detroit in 1983 and their first daughter--Gina--was born in 1986, followed by daughter Ranna, born in 1993. Collecting, repairing and restoring classic cars--particularly muscle cars--was a long term passion and Mike will be remembered by the Northwest network of "car guys" among whom he was a fixture for nearly four decades. He was also an avid gun collector, a fanatic fan of the Seattle Seahawks and a worshiper of Eastern Washington sunshine. Mike and his family maintain a vacation residence in Sunland on the Columbia River near the Gorge Amphitheater, a setting that he regularly visited and greatly enjoyed. Above all, Mike was the jovial center of his immediate and extended families, renowned for his compassion, generosity, hospitality and heart of gold. He was a loving husband, father, son, brother, cousin, uncle, nephew, brother-in-law, neighbor and friend. Mike is survived by his wife Hwayda; daughters Ranna Harb and Gina Polly (Harb); son-in-law James Polly; father and mother, Issa and Violet Harb; brother and sister-in-law Maher and Sona Harb; brother and sister-in-law Basil and Rachel Harb; sister Nola Harb; sister and brother-in-law Marlyn and Duane Loughery; and his many nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles and in-laws in the greater Seattle area, as well as in Utah, California, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Texas, Ohio, Maryland, and Ramallah, Palestine. Funeral Mass will be celebrated Friday, May 6th at 11:00 AM at St. Mark Catholic Church 18033 15th Pl. NE, Shoreline, 98155. For those able to attend, please wear Seahawks gear in his honor. Hoffner Fisher & Harvey Guestbook at harveyfuneral.com To send a flower arrangement in memory of Mazen Issa Harb, please click here to visit our sympathy store.