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Victoria Dowling Victoria Dowling, 91, died peacefully Jan. 3 at Alpine Way Retirement Center in Shelton. She was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1920 to Walter and Adelaide (Car- leton) Powell and later the family moved to Seattle. She attended Bryant El- ementary School and Roos- evelt High School. She met her husband, Don Dowling, while attend- ing the University of Wash- ~ington. They were married in 1942. After gradua- tion she worked in the field of nutrition Victoria and was an active Dowling school board member in the Snoqualmie Valley• She spent 20 years teaching math and English and was a counselor at Ho- quiam Junior High School. Her husband and she built their retirement home on Hood Canal• She was active in the lo- cal community, and donat- ed her time to the Friends of Hoodsport Timberland Library. Fire District 17, PEO, Lilliwaup Commu- nity Club and the Retired Teachers Association of Washington. In addition to her community activi- ties, her family shared that she enjoyed gardening, bird watching, cooking and spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She is survived by her son; Don Dowling (Pat) of British Columbia; daugh- ters Nancy Dowling (Peter " Jonesl of Devon, England and Diana Chittick (John) of Lilliwaup; seven grand- children and seven great- grandchildren. A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m., on Sun- day, Jan. 15, at Fire Dis- trict 17 Fire Hall at Jorstad Creek near Lilliwaup. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory can be sent to Friends of the Hoodsport Timberland Library, PO Box 847, Hoodsport, WA or Mason County Literacy PO Box 2529, Shelton WA. McComb Funeral Home of Shelton handled the ar- rangements. Joseph Isaac Lescelius Joseph Isaac Lescelius, 84, died Wednesday, Jan. 4, at Mason General Hos- pital in Shelton. He was a resident of Shelton. He was born Sept. 1, 1927, in Portland, Ore., to Isaac and Saima (Pietila) Lescelius. He graduated in 1945 from L-Anse High School in L-Anse, ~Mich. and attended Suomi College earning a book- keeping certificate in 1946. Joseph He gradu- ated from Lescelius Northern Michigan College of Education with a bachelor's degree in 1956 followed by a master's de- gree from the University of Michigan in 1958. He served in the U.S. Army Korean conflict from 1950 to1952 and was hon- orably discharged at the rank of corporal• He married Lois Irene Sandifer in Detroit, Mich. in June of 1959. Lescelius worked for Re- vere Copper and Brass as a bookkeeper until he was called to the service. After college, he taught business at Lake Shore High School in St• Clare Shores, Mich. for 30 years until he retired in 1990. His family said he took great pride in teaching Driver Education and had a fondness fol He enjoyed hi classical mo~= tirement yem with his gran helping on hi~ farm• He enjc mals and also cats of his ow shared that h graduation ql. "Silence spea~ words," and il He was descr: et, gentle and and he was w that knew hii He is survi daughter Reb (Christopher) grandchildrei noyar of Ellei Timothy Pen( of Klam Ore. He was pre death by his brother Peter A private vice will be h~ date• Memorial ( be sent to the lege, 601 Qufi cock, MI 4993 McComb F of Shelton is t arrangement~ convenience o lences may be family at ww~ corn Denise Rene Denise Rer~ Black, 47, die Surprise, Ari~ tle with pancl She was bo 1964, in Shelt She is surv daughter Ash mother Norm (Gary); father Putvin IVivial Charlene Hat Miklethun (& ron Steinle ar (Tammy) and and nephews. A memoria held in Phoen ditional mem~ held at 2 p.m. at Mount Oliv Church, 206 t Ave. Shelton. James A. Br, James A. B died Dec. 18, hab on Bainb~ lung cancer. He was bor 1949, in Brer~ He served Vietnam and~ ter years in M He enjoyed in the woods mushrooms. His sons land, daughte Patti and sew children survi His parent~, er preceded hi A memoria: at 1 p.m. on J Valley Reside: James Edwa Connolly James Edw 87, died Dec. : causes. He wa of Lacey and dent of Shelto He was bor 1924, in Olym A. and Corinn Connolly. James Connolly mother's Fren family founde Logging Comt operating in 1~ Thurston corn He was raL, pia, attending Grade School tin's High Scb service in the Corps during II, he returne, pia, complete( degree at St. automobiles• married Patricia Sullivan, he was also known for his story and whom he met in grade love of "all things stereo." es. His re- school. They recently cel- He is survived by his s were spent ebrated their 65th anniver- daughters Shannon Erick- ~children and sary. He was recalled into son of Belfair and Melissa daughter's the Marines for the Korean Erickson of Spain: brother Ted all ani- War, rising to the rank of Gordon of Oregon; sister had dogs and captain and the young fam- Judy Ford of Mexico and a. His family ily lived in Virginia and numerous nieces' nephews is high school California. and stepchildren. Lotation was, In 1953, he and his Lewis Funeral Chapel ;s louder than brother Jack purchased the handled cremation and a fit him well. Shelton Meat Company, a private family service will bed as a qui- business founded by their be held at a later date. sweet man grandfather and ran it ~11 liked by all until 1968 when Mason David Earl Gault 1. General Hospital was built David Earl Gault, 53, eed by his on the property. After that died Saturday, Jan. 7, ecca Penoyar he worked as Director ofpeacefully at home in Lil- of Shelton; Planning for Mason County liwaup after a brief battle , Patrick Pe- (1968-1980) and for the with cancer. He lived in the sburg and Energy Facility Site Evalu- Colony Surf Community on yar (Aurora) ation Council of the State Hood Canal with his long ath Falls, of Washington, retiring in time companion Adriane 1986. Myers. ceded in He lived across the He was born at Olympic rife Lois and street from Shelton MeatMemorial Hospital in Port Company and the hospitalAngeles on Nov. 29, 1958, tmily ser- for nearly 40 years before to Esther B. (Bascom) ld at a later retiring to Hood Canal and Forsyth and the late Earl eventually Panorama in (Lefty) K. Gault. onations may Lacey. He attended school Suomi Col- His family shared that in Port Angeles. Gault my, St. Han- his life was focused on fam- worked construction for 0. ily, community and work.several years around west- meral Home They said he appreciatedern Washington. He also tandling the the outdoors, especiallyworked at a fishing lodge in • For your time at the family cabin a~ Alaska, the Rayonier clean- aline condo- Stetson's on Hood Canal up site in Port Angeles, and sent to the and he enjoyed travel. He other odd jobs in Eastern ~.mccombfh. was active in St. Edward's Washington, Idaho, and in Shelton and St. Mi- Texas• He met Adriane chael's in Olympia catholic while working as caretaker e Black parishes, the Mason Coun- at the Colony Surf Com- ee (Putvin) ty Historical Society, where munity where he settled for Dec. 22, in his Marine Corps uniformthe duration of his life. He ., after a bat- is on display, the Knights was an active member of eatic cancer, of Columbus, 4th Degree AA for many years. He also m June 10, and the Skookum Rotary enjoyed the outdoors walk- on. Club of Shelton, of which ing, hiking, camping, and xed by her he was a founding member, clamming with his family ey Putvin; He was elected to the and dogs. Bisom Port of Shelton Commis- He is survived by Adri- Richard sion. ane Myers of Lilliwaup; his 1); siblings He is survived by his mother Esther Forsyth of son, Travis wife Pat; daughters MaryPuyallup; sisters Marilyn lgela), Sha- Beth Davis (Charles) and d Ted Putvin Anne Bell (Michael); son many nieces Michael (Neill); daughter- in-law Catherine; six grandchildren, five great- service was ix. An ad- ,rial is being on Jan. 14 e Lutheran ,. Wyandotte mghton roughton, 62, tt Island Re- idge Island of May 12, erton. wo tours in ~pent his lat- ason County. working nd picking ~yne and Ry- es Paula and ral grand- ve him. and a broth- m in death. will be held m. 21 at the ~ce in Belfair. rd grandchildren; siblings Jo- sephine McNeil, Jack C6/i: nolly (Tuey) and Jill Hani- gan (Robert); numerous nieces and nephews and a large extended family• His son James preceded him in death. Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at noon on Friday, Jan. 6, at St. Mi- chael's Catholic Church, 1055 Boundary St. SE, Olympia followed by lunch at the church and burial at Calvary Cemetery in Tum- water• The family suggests memorial donations to the James A. Connolly Memo- rial Fund supporting John Paul II High School, P.O. Box 3248, Olympia, WA 98509 or St. Martin's Uni- versity or the Mason Coun- ty Historical Society. The family wishes to thank the excellent care- givers at NorFlor Manor in Lacey. Douglas Newell ard Connolly, Erickson 11 of natural Douglas Newell Erick- s a residentson, 63, died Thursday, former resi-Nov. 10, of natural causes a. at his home in Allyn. on March 6, He was born Aug. 24, )ia to James1948, at Harrison Hospital Bordeaux in Bremerton to Gordon M. Erickson and Virginia His fa- (Carlson) Erickson. ther was He grew up and attend- the third ed school in Bremerton, genera- [~~[~i~a~ living at tion of a ~ [~ the family pioneer- [~~l home in ing fam- ~ Bremerton ily who as well as arrived in the "canal Olympia house" on from Mas- the North sachusetts Shore in 1868 of Hood and his Douglas Canal in ~h Canadian Erickson Belfair. t Bordeaux His any in 1890, training Jason and as an electrician during .ties. his employment at PSNS ed in Olym- and his enjoyment of travel St. Michael's led him to a wide variety md St. Mar- of jobs in Egypt, Mexico, ~ol. After Greece, Spain and power U.S. Marine plant/hydroelectric dams in Norld War Arizona and Colorado until [ to Olym' his disability retirement in his college early 2000. ~artin's and His family shared that Parrish (Greg) of Port An- geles and Marcia Hughes of Puyallup and their fami- lies. A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. on Satur- day, Jan. 14 at the Camp- fire Club House, 619 E. 4th Street in Port Angeles Forest Funeral Home of Shelton is handling the ar- rangements. Dirk Jan Groenhuizen Dirk Jan Groenhuizen, 82, died Saturday, Jan. 7, at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia. He was a resident of Shelton. He was born Aug. 7, 1929, in Amsterdam, Neth- erlands to Frederick and Cornelia (Eijsink) Groen- ~hnizen. He graduated from an engineer- ing pro- gram in Holland in 1948. He Dirk lived in Groenhuizen Gronigen Holland and joined the Dutch Merchant Ma- rines because he wanted to travel the world, his family said. He married Cora Van Schaik in Pretoria, South Africa in January of 1949. The family moved to Lusaka, Zimbabwe where he worked for the Shell Oil Company. After Africa, the family stayed in Holland, then moved to the USA in 1964. He lived in California until 1983 then moved to Shelton. He work for Dutch Inter- ocean Lines as an engineer in 1949, Mechanical Engi- neer for Leland-Alamb in South Africa, supervisor for Shell Oil Company at Lu- saka Airport in Zimbabwe and designer for General Wax candle making com- pany and did landscape and maintenance for Wash- ington State Patrol Acad- emy. He enjoyed readi~g, mu- sic and traveling the world when he was in the Dutch Merchant Marines• He is survived by his sons Frits Groenhuizen of San Francisco, Calif. and Eric Groenhuizen (Cindy) of Simi Valley, Ca- lif.; daughter Dina Koenen of Shelton; grandchildren Michelle, Michael, Beth and Nicole Koenen, Brandi (Chad) Corriveau, Crystal and Brent Groenhuizen, Christine (Jered) Borden, Megan Grey; great-grand- children Anastasia and Elizabeth Conner, Jocelyn, Robert and Maverick Bor- den and Olivia Corriveau. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frederick and Cornelia Groenhuizen, wife, Cora Groenhuizen, daughter, Yvonne Gray and grandson, Robert Gray. Memorial Donations may be sent to: The Ameri- can Cancer Society, 2120 1st Ave N. Seattle, WA 98109 A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Satur- day, Jan. 14 at the Hope Chapel 421 W. "E" St. Shel- ton, WA. McComb Funeral Home of Shelton is handling the arrangements. For your convenience online condolences may be sent to the family at www. mccombfh.com. See Obits on page B-8 William Henry "Bill" ' "Bill" Smith was born on November 9,1917 and Shelton on December 11. 2011 At Alpine Retirement Center. Bill was born to James D. and Martha M. (Tobey) Smith in Bucoda, WA where he lived with his parents in the Bucoda Hotel owned by his grandparents. He was the oldest of five children. The family later moved to Fredrickson where his father worked in the mill. Around 1929, the family moved to Fortson where Bill lived until around 1935. Bill graduated from Darrington High School in 1934 at the age of 16 and was class valedictorian. After high school, Bill started working with the Civilian Conservation Corp out of Darrington and numerous other places helping to build many public infrastructure projects including construction of the North Cascades Highway. After the Fortson mill burned down, the family moved to Hoquiam to seek employmentl From an early age, Bill was always very generous and the money he earned from the CCC that was to be for his college fund, he instead gave to his father, so his parents could buy their first home in Hoquiam. Employment with Paulson Logging helped him attend some courses at Grays Harbor Community College and University Of Washington. He went on to join the Army Air Corps at Tuflock Air Field, CA and later moved to Bremerton to live with his Aunt while he worked at the Bremerton Naval Shipyard as an Electrical Engineer. It was forttmate for Bill that his Uncle Mart'm and Aunt Frieda Smith lived in Skokomish Valley, as that was where he met the love of his life, Mary I Eager, and married in 1942. The joy of their life, a son, Micheal D. Smith, was born in October 1944. They lived in the Valley until 1955 when they built their own home in Shelton. He also began his own business as an Electrical Contractor in 1947 and actively worked through 2011. Bill had many interests including, fishing, hunting, smelt dipping, tree grafting, making apple cider from the apples in his orchard, gardening, and serving as the neighborhood's secret Easter Bunny. He was particularly fond of his fruit trees. He also enjoyed raising honey bees for honey and to help pollinate his fruit trees even though he was allergic to bees. There was ajoy in creating mason bee nests and bird houses out of old cedar shakes. Bill built a second home on Hood Canal in 1960 where he enjoyed spending time With his family, friends, many drop-ins, fishing, picking up oysters, digging geoducks, and fresh clams. His Grandchildren would report that he would always find entertaining activities for all the kids to participate in,such as, mak'mg homemade noodles, root beer, and pulling taffy. He was very fond of sweets and loved his strawberry, green river, and pineapple sodas. It would never fail that just before dinner; Bill would request a peanut butter sandwich and would still eat his dinner. Bill loved animals and had many pets throughout his life including everything from raccoons to pigs and chickens to cats and dogs and was known to take his dogs to the local drive-in for ice cream cones. As a youth, he began foraging and becoming an entrepreneur.., his first gallon of tiny wild blackberries went to his Mother and any following blackberries, mushrooms or huckleberries- he sold to help out his family. He started young with his generosity. Bill was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Shelton and the Rhododendron Society. He also served on the Peninsula Credit Union for close to 40 years. He gave of his time on the Mason County Shoreline Commission. A very selfless man, Bill spoke softly without a single curse, but carried a very BIG, BIG stick and when he spoke people always listened. He always had an answer for everything. Undeniable patience, teacher, mentor. He was a great story teller and prankster with a big smile and a twinkle in his eye. Bill would always prefer a glass of milk to any adult beverage and a good dessert instead of an after dinner smoke. When recently asked what hurts, Is it in your Spine or in your Hips? To his answer, "No, I just have a" REMINDER IN MY BEHINDER." Survivors include his son Mike (Judy) Smith, Olympia, WA; sister, Carolyn (Wally) Fisher, Olympia; brothers, Daniel (Marcia) Smith, Ellensburg, WA and James (Joan) Smith, Sunnyvale, CA; grandsons, Padraic (Brand;c) Smith, Olympia and Royce (Marlee) Smith, Olympia; great grandchildren, Tate, Tanner, Samantha, Aspyn and Alexandra, numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Mary in 2002 and sister Millie Putnam. A Celebration of Life will be held at Hope Chapel, 421 W. "E" St Shelton, WA on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 1:00 pm. Memorial donations can be made to the Nature Conservancy or Conservation District of Mason County; Stream Team of Mason County 450 W. Business Park Rd, Shelton, WA 98584. McComb Funeral Home was honored to serve this family. -- Paid Obituary Notice -- Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, January 12,2012 - Page B-7