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Grace Burgaas

Grace (Marshall) Burgaas, 99, died peacefully Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004, at her home in Anacortes.

She was born March 3, 1904, in Cambria, Wyo., to Alfred and Frances (Turner) Marshall.

In 1922, Grace and her family moved to Anacortes, where she met Philip Burgaas at a picnic on March Point. They married on Aug. 22, 1924.

In Grace's early days, she worked in the local fish canneries. She also was very active in the Fishermen and Allied Workers Union.

At the beginning of World War II, Grace helped organize the local USO and was a volunteer in the Civil Defense program. Shortly after the war began, the family moved to the Seattle area and Grace worked at Boeing helping to build the B-17, KC-135, B-29 and XC-97. Her husband worked in construction, shipyards and the Boeing plant at Renton.

In 1948, the family returned to Anacortes, and Grace was an active member of the local Eagles Auxiliary. Because of a lack of work in Anacortes, she and her husband returned to the Seattle area. She lived there until 1996, then returned to Anacortes.

Grace was preceded in death by her husband; a sister, Margaret (Moe) Converse; a brother, Arthur Marshall; a foster sister, Helen (Cameron) Ferguson; and two sons-in-law, Al Avery and Al Lamb.

She is survived by her children, Elaine Avery and Phyllis Knickrehm and mate George Knickrehm of Anacortes; grandchildren, Laural (Avery) Parsons and husband Gary, and Philip Avery and wife Pat of Arizona, Marsha (Bullock) Flowers and husband John, and Ken Bullock and wife Laura of Anacortes; eight great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; one nephew, Nolan Marshall of Anacortes; one niece, Joyce (Moe) Padgett of Mount Vernon; and a foster son, Art Schank of Auburn.

Memorials may be made to Skagit Hospice, the Anacortes Community Forest Lands' conservation-easement program or a charity of choice.

At Grace's request, there will be no services. A celebration of her life will take place for the family and her close friends.

Arrangements were under the direction of Bleitz Funeral Home of Seattle.

Mae Montana Taylor

Mae Montana Taylor, 91, a longtime resident of Anacortes, died Jan. 22, 2004, at Crista Senior Community Center in Shoreline.

A full obituary notice will follow.

Arrangements are pending and in the care of Evans Funeral Chapel, Anacortes.

Fred House

Fred House, 56, a longtime resident of the Northwest, died suddenly and unexpect- edly on Wed-nesday, Jan. 21, 2004.

The son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry House, Fred was born Sept. 3, 1947, in Cornwall, N.Y. He was raised in Monroe, N.Y., where he lived throughout his high school years.

Following his graduation from Marist College in 1969, Fred joined the U.S. Navy. After obtaining his Ensign commission, he was assigned to Naval Flight Officer's School and earned his NFO Wings of Gold.

Fred was assigned to Attack Squadron 128, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, as a Fleet Replacement Bombardier-Navigator in the A-6 Intruder and received his advanced training in all-weather low-level attack flying.

When he graduated from VA-128, Fred was assigned to VA-52 Knight Riders aboard the USS Kitty Hawk in the South China Seas, which conducted air strikes over Vietnam. Fred completed two combat tours with VA-52 and flew more than 200 combat missions.

He was awarded two Distinguished Flying Crosses, nine Individual Air Medals, 19 Strike Flight Air Medals, three Navy Commendation Medals with the combat V‚ and numerous other individual, campaign and unit awards.

Following his combat tours, Fred was an instructor in the A-6 Intruder until his resignation from active duty in 1977. Fred continued his Navy connection as a simulator instructor and flight crew trainer at NAS Whidbey Island.

He also maintained a photography business until moving from Oak Harbor to Anacortes. Fred was employed at Sundowner Products, Inc. of Bothell as a custom cabinet fabricator.

He was the acting secretary/treasurer of his neighborhood homeowner's association. Fred also remained active in the naval aviation community, devoting much of his free time to maintaining the Intruder Association Web site and contributing to various Navy functions and projects.

Memorials are suggested to the Annabelle House Donation Account, The House Children College Fund, Account No. 141019042, Whidbey Island Bank, P.O. Box 320, Anacortes, WA 98221.

Fred is survived by his wife, Annabelle House of Anacortes; three sons, Andrew House of Ellensburg, Phillip Bernhardt-House of Cork, Ireland, and

Sherman House of Spokane; a daughter, Allison House of Hilo, Hawaii; and a sister, Susan Gagliardi of Clermont, Fla.

A funeral service took place Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004, at St. Joseph's Chapel, NAS Whidbey Island. Interment was at Grand View cemetery in Anacortes, followed by a reception at St. Mary Catholic Church of Anacortes. Arrangements were in the care of Evans Funeral Chapel, Anacortes.

Lillian Ethel Mullin

Lillian Ethel Mullin, 82, died Jan. 16, 2004, in Anacortes after a brief illness.

Lillian was born Oct. 2, 1921, in Bentonville, Ark., to Arthur and Jessie Brandon.

She married Charley Mullin on Jan. 10, 1940, in Bentonville and they later moved to Anacortes.

Lillian was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur and Jessie

Brandon; sister, Louise Cosby; sons; Roger and Allen Mullin; and daughter-in-law Jerrie Mullin.

She is survived by her husband Charley of Anacortes; sons, Charles of Las Vegas and Larry and Ken of Anacortes; daughters, Loretta Brokaw of Anacortes and Elsie Annett and her husband of Anacortes; nine grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

At Lillian's request, there will be no services.

Arrangements were under the care of Evans Funeral Chapel of Anacortes.

Albert Tillman

Albert Alvin Tillman, 75, co-founder of the National Association of Underwater Instructors and the Los Angeles County instructor program, died Jan. 16, 2004, in Seattle.

Albert Tillman was born Jan. 16,1928, in Los Angeles. At the age of 10 on the beach at Palos Verdes, Calif., he took a pair of goggles and made his first plunge beneath the water. This initial dive led to 65 years as a free diver and later a scuba diver and industry leader.

Tillman attended the University of Southern California, earning his undergraduate degree in political science (public administration) while playing football for the USC Trojans.

During World War II, he was drafted and served in the Pacific Theater. Stationed in Hawaii, he continued his diving and took classes at the University of Hawaii. After returning from the war he went to graduate school at USC and Loyola and earned his tuition by working as a professional wrestler.

In 1949, he married his high school sweetheart, Ruth McIntyre, who preceded him in death in 1994. They had two children during their marriage, Laura and Thomas.

In 1952, as sports director of Los Angeles County, he proposed setting up public training for the new Aqua-Lung equipment that was quickly gaining popularity with fellow free divers.

In 1953, he went to Scripps Institute of Oceanography with county lifeguard Bev Morgan to take a course designed for scientists by Conrad Limbaugh. Tillman and Morgan took this basic template and designed the first organized public classes in skin and scuba diving. The following year they implemented the first instructor-certification courses in the world. The Los Angeles County program continues as one of the most rigorous instructor programs in the world.

In 1955, Tillman went to work as a professor at California State University in Los Angeles. While there he created the first university degree program in recreation and leisure studies and wrote the first college text books in that discipline. He also started the first college scuba diving club in the United States. Tillman retired as an emeritus professor in 1984 and continued teaching part-time at the college level until 1995.

In 1959, Tillman was working part-time as a contributing editor for Skin Diver Magazine. Working with fellow editor Neal Hess, they created NAUI, the first international scuba diving certification agency. Tillman ran the agency part-time until 1969 and continued actively training dive instructors for NAUI until the mid-1980s. NAUI continues to be one of the largest training agencies and maintains offices worldwide.

In 1966, Tillman took a sabbatical from teaching and moved to Freeport on Grand Bahama Island. In Freeport he built UNEXSO, the world's first dedicated diving resort. In 1969 he sold UNEXSO and went back to teaching in California. UNEXSO remains one of the premier diving destinations even today.

In 1970, Tillman drove up the West Coast looking for a new location to build a diving resort. He ended up on Orcas Island and looked at the possibility of purchasing Rosario Resort. While on Orcas he purchased a farm out in the Doe Bay Area. This farm became the new home base for the Tillman family.

While Tillman continued to teach in California part of the year and travel around the world for the diving industry, he settled in on Orcas during breaks in his schedule and began writing and researching several book projects. Over the years, Tillman wrote books on diverse topics such as art, book collecting, recreation and diving. Several more books are partially done and will be completed by longtime friend and fellow diving pioneer, Zale Parry, and his son, Thomas.

In 1992, Tillman and his wife moved to Anacortes because of Ruth's declining health. They quickly became part of the community and Albert became actively involved in the senior center and other groups. And the community also helped care for Ruth until her death in 1994. Tillman continued work on his books and managed the Anacortes Book and Paper shows. He became well known in book-collecting circles as being the world's foremost expert on pop-up and movable books, with a personal collection of more than 5,000.

In 2000, Tillman flew to Grand Cayman Island to be one of the inaugural inductees into the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame, along with other pioneer divers such as Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Hans Hass, Sylvia Earle and Canadian underwater photographer Jack McKenney.

At the Hall of Fame event, Tillman became reacquainted with Jack McKenney's widow, Patricia McKenney, who was there to accept the honor posthumously for Jack. For Tillman it was "love at first sight," even though they had known each other through the diving industry for more than 30 years. After a short romance, Patricia and Albert were married at a small ceremony in Los Angeles. Patricia sold her home and moved to Anacortes.

Tillman in survived by wife, Patricia of Anacortes and her family; son, Thomas Tillman and his wife Stephanie of Orcas Island; daughter, Laura Winningham and her husband Jon of Anacortes; four grandchildren, Zachery and Sabina Tillman of Orcas Island and Michael and Brandi Winningham of Anacortes.

A private family services is scheduled for a later date.

Arrangements were under the direction of Evans Funeral Chapel of Anacortes.

Bruce Backlund

Bruce Edward Backlund, 61, of Anacortes, died Thursday, March 18, 2004, in a boating accident near Anacortes.

He was born Nov. 4, 1942, in Renton and attended schools in the Seattle and Bellevue areas.

After a 20-year career in the U.S. Navy, Bruce retired in July 1981 as a lieutenant commander.

In March 1981, he married Cynthia Gibbs McCloughen in Laguna Beach, Calif. Bruce, his wife and step-son, Bryson McCloughen, moved to Anacortes in the fall of 1981. The family lived on Guemes Island for the first few years.

Bruce was an active member of the Anacortes Yacht Club (past commodore 2000) and the Fidalgo Fly Fishing Club (past president). He also was a founding member of the now-defunct Anacortes Brewing Society (past president).

He was preceded in death by his mother, Sarah Clarke; his father, Everett Backlund; a sister, Sharon; and dear step-mothers, Henrietta Horne and Signe Hemmingson (aunt).

Bruce is survived by his wife, Cynthia of the family home; his step-son, Bryson McCloughen of Everett; and his beloved granddaughter, Cindy of Anacortes. He also is survived by his brother, James Backlund and his wife, Chris, of Vancouver, Wash.; his sister Sandy and her husband, Gordon Douglass, of Lacey; very special cousin, Shirley Lester of Billings, Mont.; brother-in-law, Douglas Gibbs and his wife, DeAnn of Conway; sister-in-law, Patricia Stephens and her husband, James of Val Verde, Calif.; his niece, Krista Graham (Jason) of Vancouver, Wash.; his nephews, Jim Backlund of Seattle, Jason Douglass (Kelly) of Snoqualmie, and Robert and Jeffrey Lester of Billings; additional cousins; god-children; and many friends.

Bruce, we will greatly miss you.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the American Heart Association.

A memorial service is 3 p.m. Saturday, April 10, 2004, at the Anacortes Yacht Club, 504 Seventh St., Anacortes.

William ‘Bill' Lavery

William "Bill" James Lavery, 84, of Anacortes died Wednesday, March 24, 2004, at Island Hospital in Anacortes after a battle with cancer.

He was born Aug. 5, 1919, in York, Ontario, Canada, the son of Ormand and Katherine (Smith) Lavery.

Bill was known for his firm handshake and warm grin, as he greeted all he met. He loved to visit and share stories of his travels and his testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Bill was in the U.S. Army during World War II. In his earlier years, Bill made a living as an aeronautical engineer, working on cutting-edge projects such as the F-111, the Viking Project and the famous SR-71 Blackbird spy plane. He worked for Hughes Aircraft and TRW.

Later, Bill went to work in the pioneering field of irisotology development. This was the dawn of laser-optical work.

In 1986, Bill and Gwendolyn were sealed for time and eternity at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Temple in Oakland, Calif.

Between retirements, Bill loved to travel and, after his last retirement, Bill and Gwen traveled a lot across the United States, Mexico and Canada, as well as other ports of call.

Bill enjoyed people, food that was good and the area he lived in on Fidalgo Island. He will be missed by all of his family and friends.

His son, Bill Lavery Jr, preceded Bill in death in 1970.

He is survived by his wife, Gwen of Anacortes; three sons and daughters-in-law, Larry and Linda Lavery of Acma, Calif., John and Diane Lavery of Paso Robles, Calif., and Jim and Kari Lavery of San Jose, Calif.; three daughters and sons-in-law, Nancy and Laton Farley of Laton, Utah, JoAnn and Ernie Revera of Farson, Wyo., and Laura Calderon of Fresno, Calif.; grandchildren, Melissa, Larry, Ray, Naomie, Kali, Julianna, David, Kippy, Brian, Wanda, Jimmy, Del, Wynn, Sabrina, Brenda, Kenny, Bob, Jerrelynn, Joy and Sol; numerous great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and cousins; as well as his sister, Marion Rickster of Bountiful, Utah.

A viewing for Bill took place Monday, March 29, at the Anacortes LDS Ward, followed by the funeral service. Interment took place at Fernhill cemetery of Anacortes.

Arrangements were in the care of Evans Funeral Chapel of Anacortes.

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