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Steven Bricio Balderas
Oct. 10, 1960 -- May 3, 2004
Steven Bricio Balderas, 43, died in his Irondale home of liposarcoma, a form of cancer.
He was born in Port Townsend, the son of Bricio Joseph and Angelica Mary (Cerna) Balderas.
He graduated from Chimacum High School in 1979.
After attending business college in Seattle, he returned to the Peninsula, where he ran Balderas Sporting Goods, had a video game route and opened an arcade.
At the time his cancer was diagnosed in 1996, Mr. Balderas worked for Super Value and QFC. He was a member of the Retail Clerks local.
In addition to keeping the scorebook for the Chimacum's high school basketball team, he loved Little League sports and had a passion for professional baseball -- especially the Seattle Mariners -- as well as basketball and football.
He was affiliated with Boy Scouts of America, helped with the Elks Scholarship program, and liked to travel with his family.
In 1991, Mr. Balderas married
Tamera Ann Pettett in Chimacum.
Survivors include his wife; son Timothy William Pettett of Port Angeles; daughter Nicole Marie Balderas of Irondale; father Bricio Balderas and companion Jackie Stevenson; grandfather Serafin Balderas of Parker; brother and sister-in-law Robert and Jamie Balderas of Everett; brother Jim Balderas of Seattle; and one grandson.
He was preceded in death by his mother, brother Raymond Balderas and grandparents Josefa Cerna and Don Bricio A. Balderas and Do^pba Josefa.
Services: Held May 8 at St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church, Port Townsend. Kosec Funeral Home, Port Townsend, was in charge of arrangements.
Betty Louise Blazer
May 1, 1926 -- May 9, 2004
Betty Louise Blazer died in Olympic Medical Center, Port Angeles, of respiratory failure at age 78.
She was born in Salt Lake City, and was raised by George and Mattie Hill from age 9.
She graduated from West High School in Salt Lake City, then took a six-month course at Merritt Hospital in Oakland, Calif.
She moved to California in 1950 and to Alaska in 1968.
She married
Clifford Blazer in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1968.
Mrs. Blazer was a medical secretary for most of her working years. She owned a medical office temporary service in Alaska in 1981-82.
The Blazers moved to Sequim in 1983.
Mrs. Blazer and her husband enjoyed traveling together. They visited all 50 states and all Canadian provinces, as well as the Yukon and Northwest Territories.
She loved music and was a member of community choruses in Livermore, Calif., and Anchorage, Alaska.
She was also past president of the Livermore Business and Professional Women and past district recording secretary for the San Francisco Bay Area District of Business and Professional Women.
On the Olympic Peninsula, Mrs. Blazer was a member of the Port Angeles Senior Center and Sequim Prairie Grange as well as an advisory board member for the Sequim Order of Rainbow for Girls and Sequim chapter of Eastern Star.
She is survived by stepdaughter Connie Hayes of Canyon Country, Calif., one stepgrandchild and two step-great-grandchildren.
Her husband died Feb. 11, 2001.
Services: None. Sequim Valley Chapel is in charge.
Memorials: Any Clallam County firefighters and/or paramedics unit; Clallam County Sheriff's Department K-9 Unit, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles, WA 98362; or charity of choice.
Frances S. Butcher
June 30, 1910 -- May 9, 2004
Sequim resident Frances S. Butcher died in Olympic Medical Center, Port Angeles, of a cerebral vascular accident. She was 93.
She was born in West New York, N.J., to John and Nellie (McAllister) Hanet.
She married
Arthur Shumway in 1931, and spent her early years traveling the globe, including China, as she accompanied her husband on his Navy duty. He died in 1974.
She married
Harold Butcher in 1979 in Laguna Hills, Calif. He died in 1982.
Mrs. Butcher, who moved to Sequim in 2000, enjoyed bowling, which she continued doing until she broke her hip last year.
She is survived by daughter Lee Stanley of Sequim; daughter and son-in-law Susan Shumway and Joseph Soto of Thousand Oaks, Calif.; four grandsons and three great-grandchildren.
Services: Memorial services will be held in southern California. Sequim Valley Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Charity of choice.
Genevieve Ides
May 16, 1941 -- May 10, 2004
Lifetime Neah Bay resident and Makah tribal member Genevieve Ides died at age 62.
She was the daughter of Harold J. and Isabell (Allabush) Ides.
Following her high school graduation, Miss Ides worked in the Makah forestry program, planting and thinning trees, but most of her years were spent kippering fish at the fish barrel across from the tribal clinic.
At low tide, she could always be found digging clams. In addition to being well-known for her kippered fish, she was noted for smoked clams and clam chowder.
Her greatest love was her two children and grandson.
Miss Ides' survivors, all of Neah Bay, include her son Marty A. Ides; daughter Cheryl L. Clark; mother Isabell Ides; brother Juluis Ides; sisters Doris E. Secor, Mattie L. McClintic and Mae Smith; and one grandchild.
Services: Today, May 12, 2-4 p.m., visitation in Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel, 105 W. Fourth St., Port Angeles.
Funeral on Thursday, May 13, at 1 p.m., in Assembly of God Church, Third and Fort streets, Neah Bay. Pastor Al Brown will officiate.
Leroy `Bud' Jagger
March 7, 1922 -- May 8, 2004
Port Angeles resident Leroy ``Bud" Jagger died at age 82.
Born in Port Angeles to Marion and Marica (LaCasse) Jagger, he left school in the 11th grade and joined the National Guard, in which he was mobilized into the Army during World War II.
As a boxer, he fought in Golden Gloves competition several times and was an Army lightweight boxing champion at Forts Worden, Flagler and Casey.
After the war, Mr. Jagger lived in Port Angeles and worked for the city before becoming a stevedore. He retired in 1982.
He promoted boxing matches, which were often held in the Masonic Temple in Port Angeles.
In addition to being a member of the Masonic and Elks lodges, Mr. Jagger belonged to the Eagles Club, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Cooties and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.
As a civic-minded volunteer, he drove the Kiwanis Sunday School bus for many years and was a volunteer fireman.
Mr. Jagger married
Helene Fredriksen in Seattle.
In addition to his wife, survivors include son William ``Bill" Jagger; brothers Jerry R. Jagger of Port Angeles, Cliff Jagger of Sedro-Woolley and Don Jagger of Winchester, Ore.; and sisters Norma Halle of Tacoma and Patricia Sharpe of Cave Junction, Ore.
Services: Friday, May 14, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., visitation in Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel, 105 W. Fourth St., where the 1 p.m. funeral will be conducted by members of the Masonic Lodge. Burial will be in Mount Angeles Memorial Park, Monroe Road and U.S. Highway 101.
Catherine Merrifield
June 28, 1919 -- May 11, 2004
Catherine Merrifield died in her Port Angeles home at age 84.
She was born to John Milton and Nannette May (Warner) Scott in Seattle, where she graduated from Roosevelt High School.
She married
Robert Lynn Merrifield on Dec. 29, 1941, in Boston.
Her husband died on Feb. 18, 1954. She moved to Port Angeles in 1955.
Mrs. Merrifield was an active bowler, spending 35 years keeping score for the Old-timers Bowling League.
She also attended Peninsula College and enjoyed reading, working crossword puzzles and crocheting, as well as spending time with her pets, which included a 24-year-old cat.
Mrs. Merrifield was a member of the Eagles Women's Auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, and Peninsula Evangelical Friends Church of Agnew.
Mrs. Merrifield's survivors include daughters Janna Wilkinson of Port Angeles, Barb Runyan of Sublimity, Ore., and Peggy Sanford of Joyce; brothers John M. Scott Jr. of Bremerton, Leroy Scott of Burien and William Scott of Puyallup; sister Virginia Keller of Port Orchard; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Services: At her request, none. Drennan-Ford Funeral Home, Port Angeles, is in charge.
Memorials: Hospice of Clallam County, P.O. Box 2014, Port Angeles, WA 98362.
Laura Josephine Reeves
April 18, 1912 -- April 26, 2004
Laura Josephine Reeves of Port Angeles died in Crestwood Convalescent Center at age 92.
She was born in Okanogan County to William Washington and Clara Josephine (Stauffer) Ulin.
Except for 10 years of missionary work in Liberia at age 70, she spent most of her life in Port Angeles.
She worked for juvenile detention until her retirement in 1976.
She was a 67-year member of Bethany Pentecostal Church.
Mrs. Reeves was divorced from her husband, Elvern Isaak Reeves.
She is survived by son Vernon Issac Reeves of Everett; daughters Laura Darline Erickson of Aberdeen and Donna Bernice Crall of Port Angeles; brothers Victor Ulin of Forks and Bill Ulin of Port Angeles; sisters Zella Sisson of Port Angeles and Roslie Gettings of Olympia; 14 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by brothers Wilmer Ulin and Dick Ulin; and sister Dorothy Ulin.
Services: Monday, May 17, 11 a.m., memorial in Bethany Pentecostal Church, 508 S, Francis St. Drennan-Ford Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials:
Klaus J. Steinhorst
July 24, 1946 -- May 10, 2004
Klaus J. Steinhorst died of injuries received at age 57 in an automobile crash on U.S. Highway 101 between Port Angeles and Sequim.
Services: Thursday, May 13, visitation beginning at 1:15 p.m., in St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 132 E. 13th St., and continuing until the 2 p.m. funeral in the church.
Drennan-Ford Funeral Home, Port Angeles, is in charge of arrangements.
BRIGADIER GENERAL EDWARD A. BAILEY
Brigadier General Edward A. Bailey, 89, of Sequim passed away Tuesday evening, May 4, 2004, at his home.
He was born in Coshocton, Ohio, on June 13, 1914, to Everett A. and Emma (Kreider) Bailey.
He was a member of the Junior National Guard while attending Coshocton High School. He was an Army Flying Cadet at Randolph Field, Texas, in 1932.
In 1934, he qualified by exam and was appointed by his congressman to attend the United States Military Academy at West Point, an institution he graduated from in 1938.
On June 14, 1938, he became a commissioned officer in the United States Army.
On June 15, 1938, he married
Jane Lewis Favor in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.
He was a 2nd Lieutenant in a Horse-drawn Field Artillery Unit at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. This unit later changed into a motorized battery, which he organized and trained.
Following promotions to 1st Lieutenant and then Captain, he was assigned to Fort Knox, Kentucky, in 1941 for experimental training and for reorganization of the Army.
He was associated with the 1st Armored Division. He was then assigned to the 5th Armored Division at Camp Cook in Lompoc, Calif.
He trained in the Mojave Desert until Christmas Eve 1942. On January 14, 1943, he shipped out on the USS Monterey and 12 days later arrived in Casablanca, Africa.
He led the 65th Armored FA BN through support of 4 Armies, 8 Corps and 18 Divisions in 406 days of combat in Tunisia, Sicily, D-Day Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe.
Lieutenant Colonel Bailey was promoted to Brigadier General on July 28, 1965. On August 1, 1968, he retired from the Army after 30 years, 5 months and 12 days on active duty.
He and his wife, Jean, moved to Sequim in 1969. Jean passed away on June 23, 1997.
He was a member of the American Legion and Warsaw Lodge No. 255 F&AM.
He is survived by his caregiver, Ella Frick, of Sequim and a brother-in-law, Charles L. Favor of La Jolla, California.
There is a graveside service Wednesday, May 12, 2004, at 10 a.m. in Prairie Chapel cemetery, Coshocton, Ohio. Visitation was on Tuesday, May 11, at Given-Dawson Funeral Home, Coshocton, Ohio.
There will be a memorial service at Sequim Valley Funeral Chapel at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to the Boys & Girls Club of the Olympic Peninsula, 400 Fir St., P.O. Box 4167, Sequim, WA 98382.
Sequim Valley Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
