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ALBERT THOMAS CARTER
Albert Thomas Carter (Big Al) died on July 15, 2004, at Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.
He was born on June 14, 1940, to Albert and Nealie Carter in East Lost Angeles, California.
He graduated from Montebello High School in 1958 and served in the United States Army from 1958 to 1962.
Al married
Gwen on October 19, 1962.
His wife, Gwen Carter, and daughter Teri Rowland of Port Angeles survive him, as do his daughters and sons-in-law, Cathy and Mike Farian of Vancouver, Washington, and Kellie and Richard Warnock of Langley, British Columbia; his eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild; sister and brother-in-law Judy and Nick VanderBruggen of Montebello, California; brother and sister-in-law Ted and Carol Carter of Tehachapi, California; seven nieces and seven nephews; and countless extended family members.
He is preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Delores Knecht.
Before moving to the Olympic Peninsula in 1988, Al and Gwen raised their family in San Diego, California, first as a skilled carpenter and then as a general contractor.
Al was a member of the Sequim Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite and the Shriners Nile Temple. He was also a member of the Sequim Presbyterian Church.
His hobbies included woodwork and reading books. He was a devoted and loving family man, and his greatest pleasure was spending his time with his wife and children and grandchildren.
His memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 31, 2004, at 1 p.m. at the Sequim Masonic Lodge at 700 S. Fifth Ave., Sequim, Washington.
In lieu of flowers, it is requested that donation be made to the Shriners Hospital for Children, 3101 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239.
Raymond Donald Bridges
June 26, 1919 -- July 16, 2004
Raymond Donald Bridges died of pneumonia in Port Angeles at age 85.
Services: Today, July 20, 3-5 p.m., visitation in Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel, 105 W. Fourth St., Port Angeles.
Funeral on Wednesday, July 21, at 11 a.m., in Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Omer R. Vigoren officiating.
Charlie C. `Jerry' Getz
Aug. 9, 1903 -- July 15, 2004
Charlie C. ``Jerry" Getz of Quilcene died in Jefferson General Hospital, Port Townsend, of congestive heart failure less than a month before his 101st birthday.
He was born in Blue Mound, Ill., to Conrad and Nancy Elizabeth (Spates) Getz and had a grade-school education.
After the death of Mr. Getz's mother when he was about 9, he worked for room and board with relatives until he was 11.
He moved to Miles City, Mont., at age 16, but the area was too barren for him. He moved to Pendleton, Ore., in 1922 and hired on as a ranch hand.
In 1923, he became a driver of draft horses for construction for the city of Longview. Later, he was assigned to the cook shack and learned to be a baker.
That training served him well. Mr. Getz went to Aberdeen and opened his own bakery in 1927.
When his second marriage, like his first, ended in divorce, he sold the bakery.
At the start of World War II, he moved to Bremerton, and opened El Rancho Riding Academy.
He married
Barbara J. Riner on May 17, 1947. The Getzes first moved to West Valley Road in Chimacum, then to a farm in Tarboo Valley in Quilcene, where he shod horses for more than 55 years.
Mr. Getz owned a large herd of beef cattle and acquired breeding stock for registered quarterhorses. In addition to attending county and state fairs, he spent many summers making pack trips on horses into the mountains for family and friends.
He was a member of the Rodeo Cowboy Association, who contracted and rode professionally for 10 years, doing trick and fancy riding.
He also was a member of the American Quarter Horse Association for 40 years and served as a 4-H horse leader.
In 1972-81, he was on the Jefferson County Soil Conservation Commission, and was entertainment manager on the Jefferson County Fair Board for seven years.
Mr. Getz was a founder of the Silver Spur Horse Club in Silverdale and taught horse-shoeing throughout the Kitsap and Olympic peninsulas.
In addition to his wife, survivors include daughter and son-in-law Linda J. Getz and Robert Hunter of Spruce Island, Alaska; three grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by daughter and son-in-law Patricia E. and Andrew Hyman; brother and sister-in-law Cecil Everett and Amy Getz; half-brother and sister-in-law Ora and Mollie Bauerle Getz; and sister and brother-in-law Lena May and Dewey Eads.
Services: At his request, none. Kosec Funeral Home, Port Townsend, was in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Quilcene Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 142, Quilcene, WA 98376; First Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 387, Quilcene, WA 98376.
Biff K. Hopkins
March 6, 1957 -- July 13, 2004
Chimacum resident Biff K. Hopkins died in Port Townsend of liver failure at age 47.
He was born in Whittier, Calif., to Robert and Nina Virginia (Snook) Hopkins.
He lived in Anaheim, Calif., for 30 years and in Sequim for eight years before moving to Chimacum about 10 years ago.
Mr. Hopkins worked as a parts technician at Aquatronics in Port Townsend for 10 years.
His hobbies included fishing, hunting and model cars.
He married
Rebecca Tilton in Las Vegas on June 13, 1981. They later divorced.
His survivors include daughters and sons-in-law Chey and Michael Cowan of Nevada and Jini Hopkins-Barnum and Allan Barnum of Georgia; daughter Holli Hopkins, mother Virginia Buck and brother Scott Hopkins, all of Washington; sister and brother-in-law Lynn and Jerry Peto and sister Renee DeGeorge, all of California; and three grandchildren.
Services: Services were held July 16 in Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Chimacum. Kosec Funeral Home, Port Townsend, was in charge of arrangements.
Julie L. Krohn
Feb. 25, 1947 -- July 15, 2004
Julie L. Krohn died after a long illness in her Port Angeles home at age 57.
She was born in Ann Arbor, Mich., to Lawrence H. and Nancy J. (Hascall) Krohn.
She attended the University of Michigan and the University of Arkansas.
Ms. Krohn was an artist and entrepreneur who lived in Boulder, Colo., and Fayetteville, Ark., before she moved to Port Angeles.
Following a union with Michel Wynn that ended in divorce, she married
A.B. ``Bruce" Cully in Fayetteville, Ark., on June 14, 1981.
She moved to Port Angeles in 1998.
Ms. Krohn's survivors include her husband and daughter, Chelsea Krohn-Cully, both of Port Angeles; son and daughter-in-law Michael and Renee (Kasperek) Wynn and mother, Nancy, all of Ann Arbor, Mich.; sister Sara T. Krohn of Northampton, Mass.; and one grandson.
She was preceded in death by her father, Lawrence, and sister, Susan Krohn.
Services: Memorial potluck in Fayetteville, Ark, on July 31. Memorials in Port Angeles and Michigan to be announced later.
Cremation was under the direction of Drennan-Ford Funeral Home, Port Angeles.
Memorials: Clallam County Humane Society, 2105 Highway 101 W., Port Angeles, WA 98363. The family requests no flowers.
Joseph C. Lassiter
March 4, 1940 -- July 9, 2004
Joseph C. Lassiter died of a heart attack in his Sequim home at age 64.
He was born in Atlanta to Joseph Hillard and Letha (Turner) Lassiter.
He was in the Navy in 1957-63, including service aboard the USS Gyatt.
Mr. Lassiter then worked as a machinist with Boeing Co. in Portland, Ore., and Seattle.
He loved the outdoors, especially fishing, and devoted the past 15 years as caretaker and companion to his mother.
The marriage to his wife, Ann, ended in divorce.
Survivors include daughter Jessica Lynn Jones of Charlestown, Ind.; mother Letha; sisters Julia Berger of Poulsbo, Jewell VanOss of Port Angeles and Susan Koharian; and three grandchildren.
Services: Sunday, July 25, 1 p.m., celebration of life at 3430 Mill Creek Court, Port Angeles, followed by a reception in Erickson Park, Race and Second streets, Port Angeles. Private burial will be at sea. Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel, Port Angeles, is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Charity of choice.
Dorothy Jean Layton
Aug. 8, 1932 -- July 12, 2004
Former Peninsula resident Dorothy Jean Layton died in Kingman, Ariz., at age 71.
She was born in Motely, Minn., to Walter Raymond and Ethel Irene (Cornhel) Barnes.
She married
Dudley Layton in Union Gap on April 3, 1950.
Mrs. Layton was a resident of Sequim in 1956-85, and worked in the Olympic Memorial Hospital cafeteria for seven years.
Survivors include her husband; sons David Layton of Wauconda and Joe Layton of Sequim; daughters Linda Crawford of Archer City, Texas, and Patricia Benoff of Port Angeles; brothers Harold Barnes of Port McNeil, British Columbia, and Robert and Roger Barnes, both of Sequim; 14 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services: At her request, none. Cremation was under direction of Sutton Funeral Home, Kingman, Ariz.
George Robert Wasicek
Jan. 21, 1924 -- July 17, 2004
Sequim resident George Robert Wasicek died in Port Angeles at age 80.
He was born in Milwaukee to George Peter and Louise (Bauer) Wasicek.
He married
Marylin C. Ossoff in North Hollywood, Calif., on Jan. 26, 1952.
Mr. Wasicek served with the Marine Corps in World War II and the Korean War.
After he retired as a hardware sales representative, he worked a few days a week with his wife in her Port Angeles shop, A Corner-Copia Of Flowers.
Mr. Wasicek's pastimes included playing bridge.
Survivors include his wife; daughters Sharon Nealon, Gail LaGrotta and Eileen Engle, all of southern California; twin sisters Charlotte Weisse of California and Corene Sniderwin of Wisconsin; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services: At a later time, there will be a military service. Drennan-Ford Funeral Home, Port Angeles, is in charge.
Memorials:
Marjorie Willis
Jan. 30, 1919 -- July 13, 2004
Former Port Townsend resident Marjorie Willis, 85, died in Martha and Mary's Health Center, Poulsbo, of Alzheimer's disease.
She was born to Arthur Raymond and Jennie Mae (Mole) Thatcher in Omaha, Neb., where she married
Kenneth Willis on March 2, 1940.
Mrs. Willis worked in the medical field, ending her career after 18 years at O'Connor Hospital in San Jose, Calif.
She was an oil and watercolor artist, seamstress, and singer and piano player who continued harmonizing to music long after contracting Alzheimer's disease.
When she lived in Port Townsend in 1994-1999, she was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Willis' survivors include son and daughter-in-law Steve and Shirley Willis of Stockton, Calif.; daughter and son-in-law Linda and Bob Maguire of Port Townsend; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Her husband died Dec. 24, 2000.
Services: July 30, 2 p.m., memorial in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 1020 Jefferson St., Port Townsend. The Rev. Russ Minter will officiate. Burial will be in the church columbarium.
A reception at the home of Bob and Linda Maguire, 314 Polk St., Port Townsend, will follow the service.
Kosec Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Martha and Mary's Health Service, Alzheimer Unit, 19160 Front St. NE, Poulsbo, WA 98370; or charity of choice.
