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MacDonald, Andrew Monday, 06 Nov 2006
Andrew G. MacDonald was born in Seattle on Nov. 27, 1986. He died Nov. 6, 2006, while on a hunting trip on Mt. Rainier with cousins and uncles when he was swept into the Cowlitz River after the riverbank collapsed beneath his pickup truck.
Mr. MacDonald graduated from Highline High School in 2005. He was Junior Class President, Freshman Prince and Homecoming King. He was involved in leadership, played soccer, wrestled and managed the girls’ soccer team. He was also voted student with the best laugh.
Mr. MacDonald attended OSC through the school district, where he trained to pursue his firefighting career. During that time he earned his EMT certificate on Vashon Island, and in November 2005 he graduated from the Black Diamond Firefighting Academy. His passion was to become a firefighter, but he worked full-time in the construction industry while working toward that goal.
Mr. MacDonald had many friends of all ages, who remember “Andy Mac’s” sense of humor and his big bear hugs that could bring a smile to anyone’s face. He had a profound love for God and his country, and he wasn’t afraid to stand up for what he thought was right.
He was a moral person who often committed random acts of kindness, including buying breakfast for a homeless person and helping strangers push a disabled car out of the road. Mr. MacDonald was always eager to help others in need.
From the age of two, Mr. MacDonald was a passionate Seahawks fan. He loved skateboarding, snowboarding, playing soccer, camping with the Merrell family on the Oregon coast, playing with his dog Gunner and spending time with “his girl” Andi.
Mr. MacDonald is survived by a loving family that includes his parents John and Becky MacDonald; sister Kelly; grandparents Bruce and Marilyn Fox and Gordon and Gloria MacDonald; uncles Bruce, Mike, Darren, Marty, Don Z. and Don W.; aunts Sheila, Lois, Diane, Lisa, Kathy, Mary and Leslie; cousins Sarah, Alex, Carl, Stuart, Paul, Thomas, Julie, Drew, Bryce, David, Kate, Stacie, Scott, Barrett and Clarice and many friends.
A memorial service will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, at John Knox Presbyterian Church in Normandy Park.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to King County Firefighters Association.
Scanlon, Michael L. Thursday, 02 Nov 2006
Services for Michael L. Scanlon of Vashon will be at 2:30 p.m. today, Nov. 8, at the West Seattle Senior Center, California Ave. S.W. and S.W. Oregon St.
Mr Scanlon died Nov. 2 at his assisted living home on Beacon Hill in Seattle.
He is survived by his wife Jodi and children Victoria and Max.
Hertzog, Richard Ernest Tuesday, 31 Oct 2006
Richard Ernest Hertzog died Oct. 31, 2006, at the age of 80 at the Franciscan Systems Hospice House in University Place after several months battle with multiple myloma (bone cancer).
Mr. Hertzog was born Aug. 14, 1926, in Salem, Ore., and as the son of a Methodist minister attended school in a variety of eastern Oregon and southern Idaho communities.
In 1945 he quit school to join the Navy and received his GED from Twin Falls High School following his discharge.
Mr. Hertzog spent his working life as an aeromechanic for Boeing and later as a joiner at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton.
Mr. Hertzog moved to Vashon Island with his wife Nanci in October 1956 and built a home on the beach at Dockton, where they resided until it was destroyed in a winter storm in January 1997.
A man who loved to fly, be it in little airplanes or down ski hills, Mr. Hertzog will be remembered by family and close friends sometime later this winter at Seventh Heaven at the Stevens Pass Ski Area.
Survivors include his wife Nanci of Orting, one brother, Donald of Lacey, one sister, Hellen Johnson of Des Moines, Wash. and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to Hospice House, 290I Bridgeport Way, 98466-4631, University Place, Wash.
Simpson, Patricia Caraher Saturday, 14 Oct 2006
Patricia Caraher Simpson died Oct. 14, 2006, leaving a lasting imprint on her family and the many friends and relatives whose lives she touched. Born Jan. 7, 1923, she was 86 years old.
Vashon Island was her Roots and she will be buried there on Saturday, Oct. 21. A graveside service will be followed by a celebration of her life at the family home at Manzanita Beach. Family and friends are invited. Contact Vashon Funeral Home for details.
Mrs. Caraher Simpson’s ties to Vashon go back over a century to 1900 when her grandparents, Nels and Christina Mattson, came to Vashon. They had immigrated from Denmark in the late 1800s and arrived on the Island shortly after the turn of the century. They settled on Maury Island establishing a farm that straddled the land immediately south of Portage, having Quartermaster Harbor and Tramp Harbor as its boundaries. The home sat on top of a big hill; its foundation is still visible today.
Mrs. Caraher Simpson’s mother Ada, the youngest of 11 children, was raised at the Portage farm. In the early 1900s Ada married
Ralph Malone and Patricia was the fourth of their five children. About 1920 Ralph and Ada Malone began construction of what was to become known as The Homestead, a small home on the Quartermaster waterfront. This home remains in the extended family today.
Mrs. Caraher Simpson was educated in Seattle but spent her summers on the Island at The Homestead. In 1950 she moved to Vashon with her husband Mike Caraher to live year round. They raised their family of five children near The Homestead at Portage.
It was during this era that the family started the annual tradition of the 4th of July fireworks. Later, in the early 1980s, her son Jim Caraher and nephew Michael Malone rekindled the tradition, involving the Vashon Businessmen’s Association. Thanks to others the tradition has remained an important part of the Vashon Community.
Mrs. Caraher Simpson was also an integral player in the formation of the Vashon Island Golf and Country Club. With her husband Mike, who was the founding president, she spent many hours formulating the foundation of the club. She was recently honored at the 40th anniversary of the Vashon Island Golf and Country Club as one of the original founding members.
Mrs. Caraher Simpson was preceded in death by her husbands Mike Caraher and John Simpson, her son Thomas Caraher and granddaughter Anne Caraher. She is survived by her sister Betty Smith; children Suzan Hartley, Judi Williams, Jim Caraher, Kathy Caraher and Rene Simpson Harn. She also leaves behind a loving extended family and many friends.
Young, George A. Saturday, 30 Sep 2006
George Archibald “Blackie” Young was born in Lander, Wyo. March 7, 1922. He died Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006, at Vashon Community Care Center in Vashon, Wash. He was 84 years old.
Mr. Young was the son of James and Marguerite (Shumard) Young. He left home at the age of 14 to begin a life of many adventures. While hoboing around the country, he came upon a traveling circus where he quietly made friends with the elephants. A boss saw how well he got along with the elephants and offered him a job.
At age 17, Mr. Young lied about his age and enlisted in the Army. He was sent to France during World War II and was in the second wave that landed on Omaha Beach. He bore a scar on his chest where was wounded by an enemy’s bayonet.
When Mr. Young returned to the states, he went back to work for Barnum and Bailey’s Circus. His favorite elephant was named “One Eyed Babe.” Mr. Young and his elephants were extras in a couple of the Johnny Weismueller “Tarzan” films, and he can be seen dressed as a native in a scene in “Elephant Walk” starring Elizabeth Taylor.
Mr. Young later went to work for a California company that acquired exotic animals for zoos and movies. He assisted with the transfer of the animals from Africa and Thailand to California. In Africa he met Zulu warriors and chiefs. The masks and spears they gave him as gifts were some of his greatest treasures.
The only injury Mr. Young received while working with elephants occurred when he got between Babe and the wall of a railroad car and something scared the elephant. He was squished against the wall and suffered four broken ribs and a broken collarbone.
Mr. Young came to Camp Burton in 1981, where he was groundskeeper until his retirement at the age of 80. He never married
or had children, but he is survived by his adopted family Scott, Christy, Aaron and Chelsey Calhoun of Vashon; Kathleen Hendrickson of Vashon; Sandy Mattara, owner of the Burton Store, Vashon; and many co-workers and friends.
Mr. Young was a generous man who helped anyone in need. His hobbies included woodcarving, pen and ink drawing, making wooden birdhouses, model railroading and playing the pan flute.
Friends say Mr. Young loved Vashon and was devoted to his family and friends here.
A celebration of his life will be held at Camp Burton at a date to be announced.
“We’ll have good food, country western music, and remember George with laughter and tears, ” said a friend.
Shride, Philip R. Thursday, 28 Sep 2006
Philip Richard Shride was born on Vashon Island March 30, 1948. He died in Seattle Sept. 28, 2006.
Mr. Shride graduated from Vashon High School in 1965. He lived in downtown Seattle where he worked for the Seattle YMCA and was recently elected to the Frye Hotel tenant council.
Mr. Shride is survived by his parents Bonnie and Richard Shride, two sisters, Colleen McClure and Joanne Wind and a large extended family.
At his request there will be no services. Arrangements are under the direction of Island Funeral Service.
Lingen, Richard Earl Monday, 23 Jul 2007
Richard Earl Lingen, son of Norwegian immigrants Raynard Lingen and Breta Nese, died July 23, 2007, in Port Townsend.
Lingen was born Sept. 8, 1926, in Seattle, and grew up in Ballard. After he graduated from Ballard High School in 1944, he joined the United States Army and was stationed in a hospital in San Francisco during World War II as a pharmicist in a burn unit.
After he was discharged in 1946, he returned to Washington and attended the University of Washington, where he was a member of the crew team. He soon became interested in engineering and joined the Army Corps of Engineers, working in the Hoquiam, Wash., area.
On Oct. 23, 1948, Lingen married
his high-school sweetheart, Jackie Larson, in Moorehead, Minn. Then the couple moved to Chicago, where Lingen attended the Allied Institute of Technology, became a master machinist and earned a bachelor of science degree in tool engineering.
Upon graduation, the Lingens returned to Seattle, where Richard was employed by Boeing. There, he became part of a materials research team that pioneered systems in titanium development — in particular, for the Boeing Supersonic Transport.
In 1971, the family moved to Irvine, Calif., where Lingen worked for Stresskin Technology — a material manufacturer for the British and French supersonic transport passenger airlines.
Lingen returned to Seattle in 1975 and bought a small welding shop, Ironcraft, in West Seattle.
Lingen’s hobbies included woodworking, boat-building, beachcombing and fishing. Family members said he also had a lifelong passion for animals and their welfare.
Lingen retired in 1991 to the family’s beach cabin on Vashon Island. There he and his wife made their home at the end of the road. Family members said Lingen and all of his family loved their Vashon cabin retreat. For many years Lingen was active on Vashon with road work parties and other such community activities aimed at improving life for all.
He enjoyed just being with his family and neighbors. Certainly everyone enjoyed him and his enthusiasm for life on Vashon, said family members. It was a special place and he felt at home there.
His wife Jackie died suddenly in 1997, but Lingen remained at the cabin until January 2006, when he moved to San Juan Villa in Port Townsend. There he became a part of their community and truly enjoyed his final years in Port Townsend with loving caregivers at the San Juan Villa.
Lingen is survived by his children: Kathryn Howard and son-in-law Tom Howard of Port Townsend; Mark Lingen and daughter-in-law Gayle Lingen of Port Orchard.; and Doug Lingen and daughter-in-law Martha Lingen of Nevada City, Calif. Other survivors include his six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
A memorial for Lingen will be held at Trinity Methodist Church in Port Townsend at 2 p.m. on Sept. 8. The funeral home is Kosec Funeral Home of Port Townsend.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to an animal shelter of the individual’s choice.
Elliot, Jane Saturday, 14 Jul 2007
Jane Elliott, 91, died on Saturday, July 14, 2007, at the Everett Rehabilitation and Care Center in Everett, Wash.
Please call Island Funeral Service for service information.
Kermit Goering
Former Islander Kermit Goering died on Saturday, July 14, 2007, at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle.
Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Friday, July 20, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints’ Federal Way Stake Center.
Burial will follow at Tahoma National cemetery in Covington, Wash., at 11:15 a.m.
Family members of Goering still live on Vashon.
Dally, Father Peter Friday, 06 Jul 2007
Father Peter Dally was born May 14, 1928, to George and Emma Dally in Freeport, Ill. He died at home in Olympia on July 6, due to complications of multiple myeloma.
Father Dally grew up in Glendale, Calif., and received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington in 1950 and a theology degree from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley in 1953.
He was ordained an Episcopal priest in Corvallis, Ore., in 1953. He married
Mary Lue Vincent at St. Christopher Episcopal Church in Port Orford, Ore., in 1957.
He was rector of the Church of the Epiphany in Chehalis and pastor of Holy Cross Polish National Catholic Church in Pe Ell, Wash., from 1959 to 1963.
Father Dally assisted at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Lakewood from 1963 to 1964. In 1964, he became vicar of the Church of the Holy Spirit on Vashon. He served as Vashon Island Fire & Rescue’s first chaplain, founded the Bishop’s Guild for Blind Persons and for years ran a sailing camp for blind teenagers at which the young people learned to sail and waterski.
In 1981, Father Dally resigned as an Episcopal priest to enter the Pastoral Provision, a special program under Pope John Paul II, through which Episcopal priests could be ordained Catholic and remain married
. The family was received into the Catholic Church at St. John Vianney on Vashon.
In 1983, Father Dally and his wife moved to Tulsa, Okla., where he was ordained in 1985. He served in various capacities there until he retired in 1998.
Throughout his 54-year ministry, Father Dally promoted understanding and brotherhood among all Christians, his family said.
Father Dally and his wife returned to the Pacific Northwest in 2001 to live in Olympia. He was licensed to serve as an Eastern Rite Catholic priest in addition to his Roman Rite faculties. In his retirement he assisted at St. George Byzantine Catholic Church in Olympia.
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and The Patriarchal Order of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem.
Survivors include Dally’s wife, Mary, son John and daughter-in-law Sherry of Vashon, daughter Monica of Kona, Hawaii, daughter Tess and partner Lena of Homer, Ak., son Kurt of Seeley Lake, Mont., grandchildren Paul and Caitlin Dally of Vashon, and sister, Sister Elsbeth of Jerusalem, Israel, a nun in the Order of Discalced Carmelites.
Father Dally was an iconographer and landscape artist and enjoyed sailing, his family said.
A Byzantine wake will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 10, at St. George Byzantine Catholic Church in Olympia.
Divine liturgy will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Lacey at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 11. Father Dally will be buried at Floras Creek cemetery in Langlois, Ore., at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 13. Remembrances may be made to St. George Byzantine Catholic Church or Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Skiatook, Okla.
Robert D. Olson Sr.
Robert D. Olson Sr. was born January 7, 1934, to Alfred and Yetive Olson of Burton. He died June 30, 2007, in Centralia, Wash.
After graduating from Vashon High School, Olson served a tour of duty in the U.S. Army. When he returned to Vashon, he became a resident King County Deputy Sheriff from 1957 to 1963.
He moved to Alaska in 1963 and joined the Alaska state police. He was a state trooper until 1969, when he was appointed United States marshal for the district of Alaska. He served there until 1977.
In 1978, Olson became security inspector for the Federal Aviation Administration. When he retired from that post in 1991, he returned to Washington and accepted a post as manager of the Kelso-Longview Regional Airport. He worked there until 2004.
Olson is survived by his daughter Dana of Longview, Wash., his son Robert Jr. of Portland, Ore., and stepson Ron Martin of Mentone, Calif. Other survivors include his sisters Peggy Cory of Ronald, Wash., and Joyce Johnson of Cle Elum, Wash., and his brothers Ted of Vashon, and Clifford of Olympia. Olson’s grandchildren are Samantha, Tamara, David and Melissa, and his great grandson is Trenton.
At Olson’s request, there will be no services. Following cremation, his ashes will be taken to Alaska and scattered along the Yukon River.
Remembrances may be made to the Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Association, of which Olson was a lifetime member.
