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bituaries
Helen Dumovich
Shelton resident Helen S. Du-
movich died of natural causes at
Mason General Hospital on Mon-
day, January
22. She was 90
and had lived in
Mason County
for the past 75
years.
She was born
on June 29, 1916
in Seattle to Jo-
nas and Valen-
tine Holmgren.
She worked
as a nurse for
many years for
Dr. Linkletter in Helen S.
Shelton. Dumovich
She enjoyed
the outdoors
and playing with her dogs.
Her husband, Ivan Dumovich,
preceded her in death in 1980.
Surviving are son Ed Kneeland
of Shelton and Kodiak, Alaska; sis-
ter Edith George of Seattle; grand-
children Chris, Paige and Sonja
and great-grandchildren Jon and
Austin.
Viewing will be from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. on Monday, January 29, at
McComb Funeral Home in Shel-
ton. A funeral service will be held
at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, January 30,
at Hope Chapel, 421 West E Street
in Shelton with Pastor Ken Nielsen
officiating. Burial will be at Shel-
ten Memorial Park.
Arrangements are by McComb
Funeral Home of Shelton.
Harold J. Zangl
Longtime Shelton resident Har-
old J. Zangl died on Tuesday, Jan-
uary 16, at Mason General Hospi-
tal. He was 74
and had lived in
Shelton for 41
years.
Mr. Zangl
worked for
Simpson Timber
Company for 39
years, retiring
in 1994. He also
served in the
National Guard
for 36 years, re-
tiring as a mas- ,
ter sergeant. Harold J.
He was born Zangl
in Antigo, Wis-
consin, on Au-
gust 26, 1932 to Reinhold L. and
Leone (Prehn) Zangl.
He married Joann M. Skog on
July 7, 1956 at Saint Michael's
Catholic Church in Olympia.
After retiring from Simpson,
Mr. Zangl was self-employed, car-
ing for and maintaining lawns in
Shelton and McCleary.
He was active with the parent,
teacher, student organizations at
Bordeaux and Evergreen elemen-
tary schools when his children at-
tended school. He was a member of
Saint Edward's Catholic Church in
Shelton and had been active with
the men's club and the Knights of
Columbus.
He was also involved with the
Mason County Senior Activities
Center, American Legion and
Shelton Moose Lodge. His passion
was spending time with his fam-
ily. He and Mrs. Zangl enjoyed the
many bus trips they took to,vari-
ous states.
Surviving are wife Joann M.
Zangl of Shelton; daughters Donna
Fussell and husband Mike and
Paula Adams and husband Phil,
all of Shelton, and Theresa Pugh
of Olympia; son Patrick Zangl
and wife Elizabeth of Kelso; seven
grandchildren; brothers Lawrence
Zangl of Sussex, Wisconsin, and
Phillip Zangl of West Bend, Wis-
consin; and sisters Alice M. Zangl
of Antigo and Mary Risch of Mil-
waukee, Wisconsin.
A funeral service was held Mon-
day, January 22, at Saint Edward's
Catholic Church. Burial was at
Shelton Memorial Park.
Memorial donations may be
made to Mason General Hospital
Foundation for the Karen Hilburn
Breast Cancer Fund, P.O. Box
1668, Shelton.
Arrangements are by McComb
Funeral Home of Shelton.
LOW COST
CREMATION
Complete $ 3 7 5
360-705-2857
or 1-800-575-8823 24 hours
Always low cost with dignity
AMERICAN BURIAL
CREMATION SERVICES
Kay F. Burkman
Kdy F. (Wood) Burkman, 68, a
Shelton resident for 42 years, died
in Olympia of cancer-related causes
on Wednesday,
January 17.
She worked
as a salad chef
for the Shelton
School District
for 20 years un-
til she retired in
1994.
She was born
on January 28,
1938 in Man-
istique, Michi-
gan, to Hazel
(McKenzie) and
Everett Wood. Kay F.
She graduated Burkman
from Manistique
High School, attended Northern
Michigan University and gradu-
ated from its licensed practical
nursing program.
She met her husband Vernon D.
Burkman at a dance. They were
married on August 23, 1958 in the
Manistique Presbyterian Church.
They were married for 48 years.
They moved to Washington
State in 1962 and raised a son and
a daughter.
She worked/br many years at
Michigan Schooleraft Memorial
Hospital in Manistique and Dick-
inson County Memorial Hospital
in Iron Mountain, Michigan.
After moving to Washington,
she was a stay-at-home morn un-
til her children were older. She
was a den mother for Cub Scout
Pack 110 and an assistant leader
for Br6wnies and Girl Scouts.
Retiring in 1994, the Burk-
mans looked forward to trav-
eling. They spent summers in
Shelton and Olympia, winters in
Yuma, Arizona, and loved spe-
cial moments with their families
in Michigan, North Dakota and
Washington.
Mrs. Burkman was a charter
member of Women of the Moose
in Woodland. She loved to read, go
camping with the Tramper Sams
club, do crossword puzzles, play
games with her grandchildren,
bake, have family gatherings and
get-togethers with friends, go to
the ocean, dig clams, travel in the
U.S. in the family motorhome,
hunt, fish and spend time with her
family.
She was preceded in death by
sisters Ida Mac Mattson, Fern Ma-
goon and Evelyn Magoon, brother
Everett Wood and her parents.
Surviving are husband Vern
Burkman of Shelton; son Arlan
Burkman and wife Susan of Ed-
gely, North Dakota; daughter Jodi
Burkman, Olympia; brother Lowell
Wood and wife Liz of Manistique;
grandchildren Amber, Holly, Ka-
tie, Adam and Jenny; great-grand-
daughter Madison; and numerous
nieces and nephews.
A memorial service was held on
Monday, January 22, at Hope Cha-
pel in Shelton. Pastor Amy Wyatt
officiated. Private inurnment was
at Shelton Memorial Park.
Memorial donations may be
made to: American Cancer Society,
Attention: memorials, 2120 First
Avenue North, Seattle, 98109;
American Lung Association, 2625
Third Avenue, Seattle, 98121-
1200; American Heart Association,
708 Broadway, Suite 330, Tacoma,
98402; or Mooseheart Moose Inter-
national, 155 South International
Drive, Mooseheart, Illinois 60539.
Arrangements are by McComb
Funeral Home of Shelton.
Ivan E. Thorsos
Ivan Edward Thorsos died on
January 18 of heart-related causes.
He was 88 and a Harstine Island
resident.
He was born
in Seattle on
March 21, 1918,
the eldest child
of Ivan Edwin
and Edna Mac
(Woods)Thorsos.
He had lived on
Harstine Island
for 32 years.
He grew up
in Lake Forest
Park and gradu-
ated in 1936 IvanE.
from Roosevelt Thorsos
High School,
where he partic-
ipated actively in three sports for
all four years.
He married Gwen Janes on
December 31, 1940. Shortly after
their marriage, he built a home in
Seattle's Boulevard Park, which
was sold when he.entered U.S.
Army service in World War II.
Mr. Thorsos worked for Safe-
way Scaffolding for 20 years, su-
pervising projects such as erect-
ing the scaffolding for the stands
at the Gold Cup hydroplane races
on Lake Washington in the 1950s.
He later founded All Aluminum
Products.
Beginning in 1946, he trans-
formed a small summer cabin
near Denny Park on Lake Wash-
ington into the home where he
and Mrs. Thorsos raised their four
children over the next 28 years. In
1958, they purchased acreage on
Harstine Island, which was then
served by the tiny ferryboat, Tiki
II. Upon retiring in 1974, they
moved permanently to Harstine
Island where he turned an old
farmhouse into a spacious retire-
ment home.
He loved his family, sports and
dancing with his wife. Other danc-
ers would frequently clear the floor
just to watch them.
For many years he was a mem-
ber of the Masons, the Shelton Elks
and the Bayshore Golf Club, where
he hit a hole-in-one. He kept active
throughout his life and could still
do a headstand at age 80.
The Thorsoses celebrated their
66th wedding anniversary on New
Year's Eve 2006.
Surviving are wife Gwen Thor-
sos of Harstine Island; daughter
Janet Robbins and husband Ste-
phen of Carlsbad, California; sons
Eric Thorsos and wife Terry of
Woodinville, Kris Thorsos and wife
Deborah of Pacific and Ivan Thor-
sos and wife Nilsa of Glendale,
California; grandchildren Rachel
and Garth Robbins and Kathleen,
Eileen and Theresa Thorsos, and
step-grandchildren Carlos and
Danielle Ortiz, and Jonathan and
Nilsa Smith.
A memorial service will be held
at noon on Saturday, January 27,
at the Harstine Island Community
Hall, followed by a luncheon.
Memorial donations may be
made to Mason County Fire Dis-
trict 5, P.O. Box 127, Allyn, 98524.
Arrangements are by McComb
Funeral Home of Shelton.
William E. Farrow
William E. Farrow died of natu-
ral causes on Saturday, January
6, at his home in Shelton. He was
76. Arrangements are by McComb
Funeral Home in Shelton.
Donna Faye Decoy
Donna Faye Decoy, 73, a former resident of Montesano, died at the
Maple Glen Assisted Living in Shelton, Saturday, January 20, 2007.
She was born in Eau Claire,Wisconsin September 28, 1933.The fam-
ily came to Montesano when Donna was a child and she attended
Montesano schools.
She married Peter Kruger, Sr. in Kamilche in 1952 and they were
divorced in 1962. Donna returned to Aberdeen that year and was
married to William E. Decoy on July 3, 1964 in Aberdeen. Mr. Decoy
died here in 1995.
Mrs. Decoy had been a waitress in several restaurants including
the BeeHive Restaurant in Molatesano. She retired in 1998 having
waitressed at the coffee shop in Swanson's South Aberdeen store.
She had been a member of the Aberdeen Eagles and was an avid
reader. She also liked to do puzzles.
Donna is survived by three sons: Michael and Peter, Jr. Kruger,
both of Shelton and Clinton Kruger, Yakima; two step-sons: Rich-
ard Decoy, Las Vegas, Nevada and Steve Decoy; a daughter: Kathi
Kruger-Neilsen, Enumclaw, WA; a step-daughter: Connie Bohannon,
Port Orchard; two brothers: James Pierce in the Philippines and
Ron Pierce, Olympia; a sister: Carol Lundbom, Union, WA; and also
many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
A graveside service will be held at 3 PM, Friday, January 26th in
Fern Hill Cemetery, Aberdeen.
A card of condolence with a private message may be sent to the
family at www.fernhillfuneral.com.
Cremation arrangements were by Fern Hill Funeral Home,
Aberdeen.
Paid Obituary Notice
Page 10 - Shelton-Mason County Journal- Thursday, January 25, 2007
Mary Ellen Loften
Former Shelton resident Mary
Ellen Loffen, 81, died on Friday,
January 19, at Kennewick Life
Care Center in
Kennewick.
She was born
in Junction City,
Kansas, on Feb-
ruary 8, 1925
and moved to
Bremerton as a
young woman.
She mar-
ried Lyle Loften
on February Mary Ellen
8, 1943. After Loften
their marriage,
they worked in
Bremerton 29 years and raised a
family
She was a grocery clerk working
for years at TB&M grocery before
purchasing and operating her own
corner market.
Upon retirement, the Loftens
moved to Phillips Lake. Mrs. Loften
was instrumental in creating many
fond memories for her children and
grandchildren at their lake home
during the next 30 years.
Always one for a party and game
of cribbage, she enjoyed their an-
nual winter migrations to Yuma,
Arizona.
She was preceded in death by
daughter Linda Lee in 1958 and
husband Lyle Loften in 2003.
Surviving are sons Robert Loften
of Kennewick and Bruce Loften of
Shelton; daughter Sheri Adams of
Reno, Nevada; sister Lucille Hep-
tig of Saint George, Kansas; grand-
children Tony, Chris, Mark, Brian
and Craig Loften, Debbie Hays
and Brianna and Josh Adams and
10 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
10 a.m. on Saturday, January 27,
at Miller-Woodlawn Funeral Home
in Bremerton.
Memorials may be made to the
American Cancer Society, atten-
tion: memorials, 2120 First Av-
enue North, Seattle, 98109.
Arrangements are by Miller-
Woodlawn Funeral Home in
Bremerton.
Hap Saddler
Garold E. "Hap" Saddler died of
natural causes on Sunday, Janu-
ary 21, at Harborview Medical
Center in Seattle. He was 89 and
lived in Shelton four years.
He was born in Chappell, Ne-
braska, on May 14, 1917 to James
M. and Anna (Jacobs) Saddler.
He graduated in 1935 from Chap-
pell High School, where he was a
three-sport letterman.
He married Audrey Peyton in
Gordon, Nebraska, on December
10, 1939. They were married for
63 years.
Mr. Saddler moved to Wash-
ington in 1946. He worked for the
Benton County Road Department
for 27 years, retiring in 1980.
He enjoyed bowling, gardening,
farming, traveling and camping.
Surviving are wife Audrey Sad-
dler of Shelton; daughter Cheryl
Baddeley of Shelton; sons Garold
J. Saddler of Prosser and Rodney
E. Saddler of Longview; sisters
Dessie Redwine of Oshkosh, Ne-
braska, and Dorothy Ann Swanson
of Sterling, Colorado; six grand-
children and 14 great-grandchil-
dren.
A family gathering will be held
at a later date.
Arrangements are by McComb
Funeral Home in Shelton.
Sally M.
Sally Marie Bryant
and lung-related causes on
ary 10 at Capital Medical
in Olympia. She
was 71 and lived
in Shelton for the
past six months.
She was born
in Dallas, Tex-
as, on August 7,
1935 to George
Levi England
and Mary Lou
Bond.
She worked as
a waitress at a
small truck stop
in Dallas, where
she met a shy
mechanic named
Willie Newton
Bryant. Soon after, in 1948,
were married in Dallas.
She loved
Brown, watch "Ellen" on
spend time with her family.
Surviving are daughters
Owen, Kim Gee, Deanna
and Tina Wright;
Bill Bryant Jr., Sabrina
ich, Joshua Bryant, Tabitha
pa, Ronald Owen Jr., Sara
Christopher Ramsdell and
Wright; and
James Kroupa II and
janovich.
A memorial service will
at 3 p.m. on Saturday,
at 2431 SE Lynch Road,
Kathleen
N. Kathleen Martin died ofl
ral causes on
in Olympia. She was 87
lived in Shelton
for the past 12
years.
She was born
on March 29,
1919 in Holton,
Kansas, to Ray
Louis and Julia
(Eckert) Hin-
man. She gradu-
ated from Deni-
son High School
in Kansas.
She married
Wilbur "Bill"
Martin in 1938
in Holton and
lived all of her
married life on a farm
Denison. She was a
4-H leader and school cook at !
son for many years.
After Mr. Martin died in
she moved to Silverlake,
to be near a daughter and
work for the State of Kansas
poration Commission until
tirement. That daughter,
Sims, died in 1982. She
Shelton in 1994 to
daughter.
She enjoyed quilting, oil
watercolor painting, sewing
reading.
Surviving are daughter
Froehlich and husband
Shelton; sister Mary.Bell and
band Ralph of Oroville
grandson Jay Sims
of Holton; great-grandsons
and Jacob Sims of Holton;
merous nieces and nephews.
No services are planned
time. Inurnment will be in
at a later date.
Memorial donations
made to a charity of the
choice.
Arrangements are by
Funeral Home of Shelton.
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bituaries
Helen Dumovich
Shelton resident Helen S. Du-
movich died of natural causes at
Mason General Hospital on Mon-
day, January
22. She was 90
and had lived in
Mason County
for the past 75
years.
She was born
on June 29, 1916
in Seattle to Jo-
nas and Valen-
tine Holmgren.
She worked
as a nurse for
many years for
Dr. Linkletter in Helen S.
Shelton. Dumovich
She enjoyed
the outdoors
and playing with her dogs.
Her husband, Ivan Dumovich,
preceded her in death in 1980.
Surviving are son Ed Kneeland
of Shelton and Kodiak, Alaska; sis-
ter Edith George of Seattle; grand-
children Chris, Paige and Sonja
and great-grandchildren Jon and
Austin.
Viewing will be from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. on Monday, January 29, at
McComb Funeral Home in Shel-
ton. A funeral service will be held
at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, January 30,
at Hope Chapel, 421 West E Street
in Shelton with Pastor Ken Nielsen
officiating. Burial will be at Shel-
ten Memorial Park.
Arrangements are by McComb
Funeral Home of Shelton.
Harold J. Zangl
Longtime Shelton resident Har-
old J. Zangl died on Tuesday, Jan-
uary 16, at Mason General Hospi-
tal. He was 74
and had lived in
Shelton for 41
years.
Mr. Zangl
worked for
Simpson Timber
Company for 39
years, retiring
in 1994. He also
served in the
National Guard
for 36 years, re-
tiring as a mas- ,
ter sergeant. Harold J.
He was born Zangl
in Antigo, Wis-
consin, on Au-
gust 26, 1932 to Reinhold L. and
Leone (Prehn) Zangl.
He married Joann M. Skog on
July 7, 1956 at Saint Michael's
Catholic Church in Olympia.
After retiring from Simpson,
Mr. Zangl was self-employed, car-
ing for and maintaining lawns in
Shelton and McCleary.
He was active with the parent,
teacher, student organizations at
Bordeaux and Evergreen elemen-
tary schools when his children at-
tended school. He was a member of
Saint Edward's Catholic Church in
Shelton and had been active with
the men's club and the Knights of
Columbus.
He was also involved with the
Mason County Senior Activities
Center, American Legion and
Shelton Moose Lodge. His passion
was spending time with his fam-
ily. He and Mrs. Zangl enjoyed the
many bus trips they took to,vari-
ous states.
Surviving are wife Joann M.
Zangl of Shelton; daughters Donna
Fussell and husband Mike and
Paula Adams and husband Phil,
all of Shelton, and Theresa Pugh
of Olympia; son Patrick Zangl
and wife Elizabeth of Kelso; seven
grandchildren; brothers Lawrence
Zangl of Sussex, Wisconsin, and
Phillip Zangl of West Bend, Wis-
consin; and sisters Alice M. Zangl
of Antigo and Mary Risch of Mil-
waukee, Wisconsin.
A funeral service was held Mon-
day, January 22, at Saint Edward's
Catholic Church. Burial was at
Shelton Memorial Park.
Memorial donations may be
made to Mason General Hospital
Foundation for the Karen Hilburn
Breast Cancer Fund, P.O. Box
1668, Shelton.
Arrangements are by McComb
Funeral Home of Shelton.
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Kay F. Burkman
Kdy F. (Wood) Burkman, 68, a
Shelton resident for 42 years, died
in Olympia of cancer-related causes
on Wednesday,
January 17.
She worked
as a salad chef
for the Shelton
School District
for 20 years un-
til she retired in
1994.
She was born
on January 28,
1938 in Man-
istique, Michi-
gan, to Hazel
(McKenzie) and
Everett Wood. Kay F.
She graduated Burkman
from Manistique
High School, attended Northern
Michigan University and gradu-
ated from its licensed practical
nursing program.
She met her husband Vernon D.
Burkman at a dance. They were
married on August 23, 1958 in the
Manistique Presbyterian Church.
They were married for 48 years.
They moved to Washington
State in 1962 and raised a son and
a daughter.
She worked/br many years at
Michigan Schooleraft Memorial
Hospital in Manistique and Dick-
inson County Memorial Hospital
in Iron Mountain, Michigan.
After moving to Washington,
she was a stay-at-home morn un-
til her children were older. She
was a den mother for Cub Scout
Pack 110 and an assistant leader
for Br6wnies and Girl Scouts.
Retiring in 1994, the Burk-
mans looked forward to trav-
eling. They spent summers in
Shelton and Olympia, winters in
Yuma, Arizona, and loved spe-
cial moments with their families
in Michigan, North Dakota and
Washington.
Mrs. Burkman was a charter
member of Women of the Moose
in Woodland. She loved to read, go
camping with the Tramper Sams
club, do crossword puzzles, play
games with her grandchildren,
bake, have family gatherings and
get-togethers with friends, go to
the ocean, dig clams, travel in the
U.S. in the family motorhome,
hunt, fish and spend time with her
family.
She was preceded in death by
sisters Ida Mac Mattson, Fern Ma-
goon and Evelyn Magoon, brother
Everett Wood and her parents.
Surviving are husband Vern
Burkman of Shelton; son Arlan
Burkman and wife Susan of Ed-
gely, North Dakota; daughter Jodi
Burkman, Olympia; brother Lowell
Wood and wife Liz of Manistique;
grandchildren Amber, Holly, Ka-
tie, Adam and Jenny; great-grand-
daughter Madison; and numerous
nieces and nephews.
A memorial service was held on
Monday, January 22, at Hope Cha-
pel in Shelton. Pastor Amy Wyatt
officiated. Private inurnment was
at Shelton Memorial Park.
Memorial donations may be
made to: American Cancer Society,
Attention: memorials, 2120 First
Avenue North, Seattle, 98109;
American Lung Association, 2625
Third Avenue, Seattle, 98121-
1200; American Heart Association,
708 Broadway, Suite 330, Tacoma,
98402; or Mooseheart Moose Inter-
national, 155 South International
Drive, Mooseheart, Illinois 60539.
Arrangements are by McComb
Funeral Home of Shelton.
Ivan E. Thorsos
Ivan Edward Thorsos died on
January 18 of heart-related causes.
He was 88 and a Harstine Island
resident.
He was born
in Seattle on
March 21, 1918,
the eldest child
of Ivan Edwin
and Edna Mac
(Woods)Thorsos.
He had lived on
Harstine Island
for 32 years.
He grew up
in Lake Forest
Park and gradu-
ated in 1936 IvanE.
from Roosevelt Thorsos
High School,
where he partic-
ipated actively in three sports for
all four years.
He married Gwen Janes on
December 31, 1940. Shortly after
their marriage, he built a home in
Seattle's Boulevard Park, which
was sold when he.entered U.S.
Army service in World War II.
Mr. Thorsos worked for Safe-
way Scaffolding for 20 years, su-
pervising projects such as erect-
ing the scaffolding for the stands
at the Gold Cup hydroplane races
on Lake Washington in the 1950s.
He later founded All Aluminum
Products.
Beginning in 1946, he trans-
formed a small summer cabin
near Denny Park on Lake Wash-
ington into the home where he
and Mrs. Thorsos raised their four
children over the next 28 years. In
1958, they purchased acreage on
Harstine Island, which was then
served by the tiny ferryboat, Tiki
II. Upon retiring in 1974, they
moved permanently to Harstine
Island where he turned an old
farmhouse into a spacious retire-
ment home.
He loved his family, sports and
dancing with his wife. Other danc-
ers would frequently clear the floor
just to watch them.
For many years he was a mem-
ber of the Masons, the Shelton Elks
and the Bayshore Golf Club, where
he hit a hole-in-one. He kept active
throughout his life and could still
do a headstand at age 80.
The Thorsoses celebrated their
66th wedding anniversary on New
Year's Eve 2006.
Surviving are wife Gwen Thor-
sos of Harstine Island; daughter
Janet Robbins and husband Ste-
phen of Carlsbad, California; sons
Eric Thorsos and wife Terry of
Woodinville, Kris Thorsos and wife
Deborah of Pacific and Ivan Thor-
sos and wife Nilsa of Glendale,
California; grandchildren Rachel
and Garth Robbins and Kathleen,
Eileen and Theresa Thorsos, and
step-grandchildren Carlos and
Danielle Ortiz, and Jonathan and
Nilsa Smith.
A memorial service will be held
at noon on Saturday, January 27,
at the Harstine Island Community
Hall, followed by a luncheon.
Memorial donations may be
made to Mason County Fire Dis-
trict 5, P.O. Box 127, Allyn, 98524.
Arrangements are by McComb
Funeral Home of Shelton.
William E. Farrow
William E. Farrow died of natu-
ral causes on Saturday, January
6, at his home in Shelton. He was
76. Arrangements are by McComb
Funeral Home in Shelton.
Donna Faye Decoy
Donna Faye Decoy, 73, a former resident of Montesano, died at the
Maple Glen Assisted Living in Shelton, Saturday, January 20, 2007.
She was born in Eau Claire,Wisconsin September 28, 1933.The fam-
ily came to Montesano when Donna was a child and she attended
Montesano schools.
She married Peter Kruger, Sr. in Kamilche in 1952 and they were
divorced in 1962. Donna returned to Aberdeen that year and was
married to William E. Decoy on July 3, 1964 in Aberdeen. Mr. Decoy
died here in 1995.
Mrs. Decoy had been a waitress in several restaurants including
the BeeHive Restaurant in Molatesano. She retired in 1998 having
waitressed at the coffee shop in Swanson's South Aberdeen store.
She had been a member of the Aberdeen Eagles and was an avid
reader. She also liked to do puzzles.
Donna is survived by three sons: Michael and Peter, Jr. Kruger,
both of Shelton and Clinton Kruger, Yakima; two step-sons: Rich-
ard Decoy, Las Vegas, Nevada and Steve Decoy; a daughter: Kathi
Kruger-Neilsen, Enumclaw, WA; a step-daughter: Connie Bohannon,
Port Orchard; two brothers: James Pierce in the Philippines and
Ron Pierce, Olympia; a sister: Carol Lundbom, Union, WA; and also
many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
A graveside service will be held at 3 PM, Friday, January 26th in
Fern Hill Cemetery, Aberdeen.
A card of condolence with a private message may be sent to the
family at www.fernhillfuneral.com.
Cremation arrangements were by Fern Hill Funeral Home,
Aberdeen.
Paid Obituary Notice
Page 10 - Shelton-Mason County Journal- Thursday, January 25, 2007
Mary Ellen Loften
Former Shelton resident Mary
Ellen Loffen, 81, died on Friday,
January 19, at Kennewick Life
Care Center in
Kennewick.
She was born
in Junction City,
Kansas, on Feb-
ruary 8, 1925
and moved to
Bremerton as a
young woman.
She mar-
ried Lyle Loften
on February Mary Ellen
8, 1943. After Loften
their marriage,
they worked in
Bremerton 29 years and raised a
family
She was a grocery clerk working
for years at TB&M grocery before
purchasing and operating her own
corner market.
Upon retirement, the Loftens
moved to Phillips Lake. Mrs. Loften
was instrumental in creating many
fond memories for her children and
grandchildren at their lake home
during the next 30 years.
Always one for a party and game
of cribbage, she enjoyed their an-
nual winter migrations to Yuma,
Arizona.
She was preceded in death by
daughter Linda Lee in 1958 and
husband Lyle Loften in 2003.
Surviving are sons Robert Loften
of Kennewick and Bruce Loften of
Shelton; daughter Sheri Adams of
Reno, Nevada; sister Lucille Hep-
tig of Saint George, Kansas; grand-
children Tony, Chris, Mark, Brian
and Craig Loften, Debbie Hays
and Brianna and Josh Adams and
10 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
10 a.m. on Saturday, January 27,
at Miller-Woodlawn Funeral Home
in Bremerton.
Memorials may be made to the
American Cancer Society, atten-
tion: memorials, 2120 First Av-
enue North, Seattle, 98109.
Arrangements are by Miller-
Woodlawn Funeral Home in
Bremerton.
Hap Saddler
Garold E. "Hap" Saddler died of
natural causes on Sunday, Janu-
ary 21, at Harborview Medical
Center in Seattle. He was 89 and
lived in Shelton four years.
He was born in Chappell, Ne-
braska, on May 14, 1917 to James
M. and Anna (Jacobs) Saddler.
He graduated in 1935 from Chap-
pell High School, where he was a
three-sport letterman.
He married Audrey Peyton in
Gordon, Nebraska, on December
10, 1939. They were married for
63 years.
Mr. Saddler moved to Wash-
ington in 1946. He worked for the
Benton County Road Department
for 27 years, retiring in 1980.
He enjoyed bowling, gardening,
farming, traveling and camping.
Surviving are wife Audrey Sad-
dler of Shelton; daughter Cheryl
Baddeley of Shelton; sons Garold
J. Saddler of Prosser and Rodney
E. Saddler of Longview; sisters
Dessie Redwine of Oshkosh, Ne-
braska, and Dorothy Ann Swanson
of Sterling, Colorado; six grand-
children and 14 great-grandchil-
dren.
A family gathering will be held
at a later date.
Arrangements are by McComb
Funeral Home in Shelton.
Sally M.
Sally Marie Bryant
and lung-related causes on
ary 10 at Capital Medical
in Olympia. She
was 71 and lived
in Shelton for the
past six months.
She was born
in Dallas, Tex-
as, on August 7,
1935 to George
Levi England
and Mary Lou
Bond.
She worked as
a waitress at a
small truck stop
in Dallas, where
she met a shy
mechanic named
Willie Newton
Bryant. Soon after, in 1948,
were married in Dallas.
She loved
Brown, watch "Ellen" on
spend time with her family.
Surviving are daughters
Owen, Kim Gee, Deanna
and Tina Wright;
Bill Bryant Jr., Sabrina
ich, Joshua Bryant, Tabitha
pa, Ronald Owen Jr., Sara
Christopher Ramsdell and
Wright; and
James Kroupa II and
janovich.
A memorial service will
at 3 p.m. on Saturday,
at 2431 SE Lynch Road,
Kathleen
N. Kathleen Martin died ofl
ral causes on
in Olympia. She was 87
lived in Shelton
for the past 12
years.
She was born
on March 29,
1919 in Holton,
Kansas, to Ray
Louis and Julia
(Eckert) Hin-
man. She gradu-
ated from Deni-
son High School
in Kansas.
She married
Wilbur "Bill"
Martin in 1938
in Holton and
lived all of her
married life on a farm
Denison. She was a
4-H leader and school cook at !
son for many years.
After Mr. Martin died in
she moved to Silverlake,
to be near a daughter and
work for the State of Kansas
poration Commission until
tirement. That daughter,
Sims, died in 1982. She
Shelton in 1994 to
daughter.
She enjoyed quilting, oil
watercolor painting, sewing
reading.
Surviving are daughter
Froehlich and husband
Shelton; sister Mary.Bell and
band Ralph of Oroville
grandson Jay Sims
of Holton; great-grandsons
and Jacob Sims of Holton;
merous nieces and nephews.
No services are planned
time. Inurnment will be in
at a later date.
Memorial donations
made to a charity of the
choice.
Arrangements are by
Funeral Home of Shelton.
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