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Edward Nyman
Feb. 14. 1909 -- Jan. 26, 2002
At age 92, Edward Nyman died in Angeles Care Center, Port Angeles.
He was born in Sweden to Oscar and Hulda (Emmanuelsson) Nyman.
On June 23, 1938, he married Alma Magdalena Anderson in Obbola, Sweden, and served with the Swedish military before coming to Port Angeles in 1948.
Mr. Nyman purchased a share in Peninsula Plywood, where he worked until his 1971 retirement.
In addition to home carpentry projects, he was a life member of Elks Naval Lodge.
Mr. Nyman is survived by his wife in Port Angeles and, in Sweden, sisters Ingered Christianson and Elsy Rundman.
Services: Thursday, Jan. 31, at 1 p.m., memorial in Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel, 105 W. Fourth St., Port Angeles. Cremains will be placed in Mount Angeles Memorial Park, U.S. Highway 101 and Monroe Road, Port Angeles.
Darrell Leslie Reedy
June 8, 1912 -- Jan. 19, 2002
At age 89, Darrell Leslie Reedy died in Sequim.
He was born in Billings, Mont., to Archie M. and Mabel H. (Ruddell) Reedy.
During World War II, he was commissioned an officer in the Navy. Later, he was a professor of mathematics at university level.
He traveled extensively and was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Mr. Reedy is survived by his long-time friend, the Rev. Ted Herr of Sequim.
Services: At a later time, memorial will be announced. Sequim Valley Chapel is in charge.
James Edward Riley Sr.
Jan. 5, 1913 -- Jan. 27, 2002
Three weeks after his 89th birthday, James Edward Riley Sr. died in Sequim.
He was born in Casey, Okla., to James Edgar and Mamie (Carter) Riley.
During World War II, he worked in shipyards.
On Aug. 9, 1947, he married Martha Pratt in Deadwood, Ore.
Mr. Riley was employed in sawmills until 1951; then he was employed 22 years on dams in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California, before he was put on disability in 1973. After this, together with his wife, he worked as a janitor on the John Day and Dalles dams for several years.
The Rileys were snowbirds to Arizona for four winters before they settled in Clallam County in 1990.
He was a member of United Pentecostal church in The Dalles, Ore., and the carpenter's local at Lewiston, Idaho.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Riley is survived by sons and daughters-in-law James E. and Fran Riley Jr. of Sequim, Allen G. and Barbara Riley of The Dalles, Ore., and Thomas K. and Christal Riley of Raymond; daughter Martha M. Graimes of Sequim; 13 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services: Thursday, Jan. 31, at 11 a.m., graveside in Mount Angeles Memorial Park, U.S. Highway 101 and Monroe Road, Port Angeles, immediately preceding a noon memorial in Fairview Bible Church, 385 O'Brien Road, Port Angeles. Pastor J.D. Borders will officiate. Sequim Valley Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Clarence Edward `Ed' Skinner
Oct. 30, 1921 -- Jan. 27, 2002
Port Angeles resident Clarence Edward ``Ed" Skinner died at age 80.
He was born in Grantsville, Utah, to William Burton and Zina (Swenson) Skinner and grew up on a ranch near Ely, Nev.
From 1941 to 1946, he served as a Coast Guard flight engineer in Port Angeles where, on Feb. 27, 1946, he married Doris Green.
Mr. Skinner was employed by the Rayonier mill before working as a salesman for Sandison Bakery from 1948 to 1968. After this he drove log trucks until 1978 and, later, served as president of E&G Construction.
His special interests included ``running duck central" for the Great American Olympic Peninsula Duck Race and also donating much of his life to other activities of the Olympic Memorial Hospital Foundation.
He and his wife never missed a Seattle Mariners game and Mr. Skinner was a master of crossword puzzles. He was a woodworker who built several grandfather clocks and enjoyed classical music.
His survivors include his wife, son and daughter-in-law Bruce and Kathy Skinner, son David Skinner, and daughter and son-in-law Julie and Gailin Hester, all of Port Angeles; brothers Bud Skinner and Gene Skinner; sisters Maxine and Betty; and granddaughters Alison and Emily. He was preceded in death by brothers Robert and Don and sister Ruth.
Services: Thursday, Jan. 31, from noon to 5:30 p.m., Celebration of Life at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Julie and Gailin Hester, at 3420 McDougal Ave., Port Angeles. Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Olympic Memorial Hospital Foundation, 939 E. Caroline St., Port Angeles, WA 98362.
ETHEL (SISK) SCHOTT
July 1, 1924-January 29, 2002
Ethel (Sisk) Schott passed away quietly in her son's Port Angeles home Monday surrounded by members of her family. A memorial service will be held at Independent Bible Church this Saturday, February 2, at 2:30 p.m.
Ethel was a creative, competent and independent woman. She loved life and she loved doing for herself. She had an incredible personal history that declares what a remarkable woman she was. She was a logger, a waitress, a carpenter, a seamstress, a college student, a jewelry artist, and a mother of four wilderness-reared, life-enriched and happy adult children. She's been widowed three times, served her community in a number of volunteer ways and was loved by all she met.
Born in Los Angeles, Calif., on July 1, 1924, Ethel's given name was Ofelia Espalin Molina. She was enrolled in school as Ethel due, in part, to her Mexican mother's inability to speak English. She was known as Ethel ever since.
During WWII, she was a riveter on Lockheed bombers, where she met and married Oscar Sisk, a tail-gunner on one of the aircraft. Oscar died in a logging accident in 1964. Years later, Ethel married George Marsh, the proprietor of Glacier Gold. She was widowed once again and later married John Arthur Schott of Lake Crescent. He died in 1992.
The last few decades of Ethel's life were full of volunteering and doing for others. She hand-sewed thousands of finger puppets for Children's Hospital, served in the Elks Emblem Club, and until a stroke prevented her from driving, she volunteered by driving shut-in elders to and from their appointments.
She loved old movies, Elvis Presley's gospel music, reading poetry to her children, sewing and singing ``Que sera sera."
She is survived by two sons, Oscar Sisk of Silverdale and Jim Sisk of Port Angeles, and by two daughters, Linda Cawyer and Nina Kelt both of Sequim. She has 17 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. She has an extended family of sisters, a brother, and their children, most of whom live in the Los Angeles, Calif. area.
In the way of memorial gifts, Ethel would have preferred a kindness shown to someone in need. Flowers are great and gifts to Children's Hospital or Hospice in her name would be appreciated memorials, but Mom was a doer and a leader by example. Do something kind for someone. She would have liked that.
In the last hours that she was with us, two deer came out of the woods and were feeding just outside the window. It added to the quiet and peaceful manner in which she departed.
Melvin Lloyd Beebe
Sept. 28, 1942 -- Jan. 30, 2002
Olympic Game Farm president Melvin Lloyd Beebe died in Sequim at age 59.
He was born in Forks to S. Lloyd and Catherine (Massey) Beebe.
Mr. Beebe served with the Army and was a member of American Legion.
In addition to loving sports, in general, he was an avid golfer, a member of the Dungeness Golf and Country Club, and a lifelong hunter and fisherman.
Mr. Beebe was also a member of Astara.
On April 19, 1992, he married Alice Richmond-Bromley in Gold Hill, Ore.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Beebe's survivors include his sons, Robert L. Beebe of Hanford, Calif., and James L. Beebe of Silverdale, both of whom are on active duty with the Navy; parents and brother Kenneth L. Beebe, all of Sequim; and two grandchildren.
Services: Saturday, Feb. 2, at 2 p.m., memorial in Dungeness Golf & Country Club. Sequim Valley Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 861, Port Angeles, WA 98362.
Clifton `Skip' Warren Greene
April 28, 1923 -- Jan. 29, 2002
Makah tribesman Clifton ``Skip" Warren Greene of Neah Bay died in Seattle at age 78 as the result of injuries received in an automobile crash.
He was born in Sekiu to Walter and Florence (Tucker) Greene and, as a child, lived in the tribe's last standing longhouse.
He was one of the last Makah to speak the old tribal language and was a well-traveled man who explored the globe, eager to experience life. During World War II, he served with the Army and, at various times, was employed as a fisherman, logger, iron worker and minister of the Lord. He also did stints in rodeo and the circus.
Mr. Greene's artistic ability included carving, working with leather, music and painting.
He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars in Forks and the Indian Shaker Church.
Mr. Greene had married six times.
Survivors include his son, Walter, in the Midwest; brothers, Robert Greene Sr. and Elmer A. Greene, both of Neah Bay; Ivan L. Greene of Port Townsend and Everett N. Greene of Grants Pass, Ore.; sister, Mary Greene-McQuillen of Port Townsend.
Services: Monday, Feb. 4, at 1 p.m., funeral in the Neah Bay Assembly of God Church, Third and Fort streets. The Rev. Tom Jackson of the Shaker Church will officiate. Burial will be in Neah Bay Cemetery. Drennan & Ford Funeral Home, Port Angeles, is in charge of arrangements.
Una Catherine Parker
Jan. 16, 1911 -- Jan. 30, 2002
Shortly after her 91st birthday, former Jefferson County resident Una Catherine Parker died in Sedro-Woolley.
She was born in Peach to Ezra and Mae (Stiles) Parker.
On April 7, 1929, she married Royal W. Parker in Port Angeles. The couple then lived in Quillayute until they moved to Lyman in 1973.
During her lifetime, Mrs. Parker particularly enjoyed flowers, gardening and needlecrafts such as crocheting and embroidering.
Survivors include Gary Parker of Kent; daughter Opal Riggs of Sedro-Woolley; and sons and daughters-in-law Richard and Crystal Parker of Sequim; Walter and Phillis Parker of Sedro-Woolley and Elmer and Kathy Parker of Towanda, Pa. Also, 17 grandchildren, numerous great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband, who died Nov. 20, 1999, she was preceded by son and daughter-in-law Royal A. and Grace Parker; daughter-in-law Jackie Parker; sisters Mae Jacobs and Beulah Black; grandson Gary Joe Parker; and great-grandson Warren Marcotti.
Services: Friday, Feb. 15, at 11:30 a.m., inurnment in Tahoma National Cemetery, Kent; Saturday, Feb. 16, from 1-4 p.m., Celebration of Life in the home of Walter and Phillis Parker, 516 Nelson St., Sedro-Woolley. Lemley Chapel, also in Sedro-Woolley, is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Alzheimer's Association, 12721 30th Ave. NE, Suite 101, Seattle, WA 98125; or American Diabetes Association, 537 Roy St., Lower Level, Seattle, WA 98109.
Carl J. Slagle
Nov. 9, 1930 -- Jan. 29, 2002
At age 71, Sequim resident Carl J. Slagle died of complications of emphysema and heart failure.
He was born in Brevard, N.C., to John Wendell and Maggie Jane (Parris) Slagle.
Mr. Slagle was a career military man who served in both the Army and Air Force and was a veteran of the wars in Korea and Vietnam before retiring in 1968.
He also worked as a real estate broker and particularly enjoyed historical research, boating, sketching and guitar.
He married Peggy A. Cole in Las Vegas. In addition to his wife, survivors include sons Daniel Joseph Slagle of Salem, Ore., and John Douglas Slagle of Tigard, Ore.; stepson David Cole of Aurora, Colo.; daughter Karen Slagle of El Paso, Texas; brother David Slagle of Portland, Ore.; sister Dorothy Slagle of Klamath Falls, Ore.; and four grandchildren.
Services: Saturday, Feb. 2, at 11 a.m., funeral liturgy, followed immediately by reception, in St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, 121 E. Maple, Sequim. The Rev. Thomas Beattie will preside. Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 11 a.m., burial
with full military rites in Klamath Memorial Park, Klamath Falls, Ore. Drennan & Ford Funeral Home, Port Angeles, is in charge of arrangements.
ALICE LUCILLE SANDS SCHMIDT
Feb. 7, 1917 -- March 9, 2002
Born Feb. 7, 1917, to John L. and Edna Sund Sands. She was the last sibling of this West End pioneer family. Sisters Gladys Lushin, Ethyl Gullikson, Georgia Olson and Vivan Critchfield and brother Jack Sands preceded her in death.
Alice attended the historic Sekiu School. She married Kenneth Schmidt in 1934. He died Oct. 31, 1974. She leaves daughter Buddean Carstensen, sons Neil Schmidt, Roger Schmidt, Reed Schmidt and Douglas Schmidt, 22 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren. Daughter Shirley Hoffman preceded her in death as well as great-grandson, Christopher Schmidt.
Alice was a very hard-working woman. During the war she ran a boarding house in Bremerton while raising six children and Ken was head painter at the shipyard. After the war, the family moved to Seattle where she and Ken ran a grocery store and then Quality Fruit Market on Aurora Avenue. After retirement from the fruit market, they started Greenbrier Wholesale nursery in Bothell. After Ken's death, she lived in Edmonds.
Alice's hobbies were gardening, baking, whittling and sewing. She made quilts for each grandchild and great-grandchild until she was no longer able to sew. She was known as ``Cookie Gran" because she always had fresh cookies ready for anyone who came to visit. In August 1999, she moved to Sequim to be close to her Sunny Farms family, Roger and Ellie Schmidt. She died March 1, 2002, at her home at Dungeness Courte.
Memorial service: Saturday, March 9, 11 o'clock at Floral Hills in Lynnwood.
Memorials suggested to Alzheimer's Association, 12721 30th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98125.
Donald William Fauth
May 29, 1942 -- Feb. 17, 2002
At age 59, Donald William Fauth died unexpectedly in his Port Townsend home.
He was born to Major James and Frances (Parker) Fauth in Carmel, Calif. He loved hot rods, drag racing, surfing, scuba diving, skiing, motorcycles and good music.
In 1960, he enlisted in the Navy and served as an engineman aboard the ships USS Talladega, Nichols and Terrel County.
While patroling the Long Tau River in Vietnam, he was wounded and spent the next 10 months in a military hospital before being discharged in November 1968. In addition to receiving the Purple Heart and medals for the Vietnam campaign, Vietnam service and national defense, he was awarded a Bronze Star.
Mr. Fauth purchased his first sailboat with Navy friend Derek Knudsen, then sailed to the South Pacific, Mexico, Hawaii, Honduras, Belize and the southern Caribbean.
In Tahiti, he met Linda Coats, whom he later married in Mexico. The couple lived in Hawaii for several years before moving to Whidbey Island.
From 1977-85, Mr. Fauth fished commercially in Washington and Alaska. Before moving to Port Townsend, he worked nearly 15 years for Crowley Maritime as chief engineer in Valdez, Alaska, and on various tugs in Prince William Sound.
Free time was divided between the twin passions of flying and sailing with friends.
Survivors include his best friend Deja Webster; parents of Kingman, Ariz.; brother James of Joshua Tree, Calif.; and former wife of Langley.
Services: Celebration of Life was held at Jefferson County International Airport. Kosec Funeral Home, Port Townsend, was in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Port Townsend Aero Museum, P.O. Box 101, Chimacum, WA 98325; or Domestic Violence Program, P.O. Box 743, Port Townsend, WA 98368.
Frederick Adolph Konis
Aug. 24, 1933 -- Feb. 27, 2002
Former Peninsula College instructor Frederick Adolph Konis of Camano Island died while vacationing in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. He was 68.
Born in Norfolk, Mass., to Adolph and Anna (Shurkus) Konis, he served with the Air Force from 1952-1972, retiring as a senior master sergeant.
After retirement, Mr. Konis came to the North Olympic Peninsula, where he taught business and data processing at Peninsula College from 1975 to 1977 and later worked for Port Angeles Realty. After moving to Spokane, he continued in real estate with Tomlinson-Black Realty.
Mr. Konis loved to travel and enjoyed a visit to Thailand in December. He also enjoyed working in and around his Camano Island home.
Survivors include his wife, Doris (Korupp) Konis; sons Tom Konis of Spokane, Troy Konis of Hermosa Beach, Calif., Jerry Davidson of Seattle and Rick Davidson of San Diego; daughters JoAnn Baker of Lopez Island and Lynn Franks of Everett; brother Robert Konis of Springfield, Mass.; and 10 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother, Andrew.
Services: Private, for family only. Arrangements by National Cremation Society.
Memorials: American Heart Association, 4414 Woodland Park Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98103; or American Diabetes Association, 537 Roy St., Lower Level, Seattle, WA 98109.
