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John (Jack) E. Krause,
Lt. Colonel USAF (Retired)
Jack was born on
January 30, 1932. He
died in the comfort of
his own home in Shel—
ton on Monday, March
9, 2020. A memorial
Service will be held at
St. David of Wales
Episcopal Church on
Wednesday, March 18
at 1 p.m.
Jack was the fifth of
six children. He was a
1950 graduate of Mt.
Clemens High School.
in Michigan where he
served as a class officer,
captained the football
team and was inducted
into the NationalHonor
Society: He earned a
total of nine varsity let-
ters in football, swim-
ming and track, and he
was eventually induct-
ed into the high school’s
( Athletic Hall of Fame.
After high school,
Jack entered West
Point Military Academy
in 1950. He savored
military training and
athletics. He earned a
spot on the varsity foot-
ball team and earned
three varsity letters.
’ From West Point,
Jack realized his dream
of entering the United
States Air Force. He
earned his pilot wings
in 1955 and had a ’
prolific career as an in-
terceptor pilot, ground
attack pilot, aide-de—
camp, maintenance
officer, and test pilot.
He completed 150 spe-
cial operation night
interdiction missions in
Laos flying the A-26K
attack aircraft and was
awarded two Distin-
guished Flying Crosses.
His test flights carried
him to Mach 2 speed
over five dozen times.
Jack retired from the
Air Force in 1979. He
himself led the four-
ship formation of single
engine jets in a flyby at
his own retirement cer-
emony at McChord Air
Force Base.
After his retirement,
’ Jack launched into a
new flying career in
general aviation, de-
livering American and
British single and twin
piston and turboprop
engine light airplanes
throughout the world.
His travels took him to
forty-six countries, five
continents, and across
both oceans, including
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eight solo flights across
the Atlantic. He flew
for commuter lines,
freight companies, and
he operated an air taxi
service for dignitar-
ies. He was eventually
hired as a corporate
pilot for a large North—
west company. Jack
flew amphibious air-
craft in the Alaskan
bush while managing
the company’s private
fishing lodge for thir—
teen summers. Upon
retirement from corpo-
rate flying, Jack served
as the Standards and
Evaluation pilot for the
Washington State Civil
Air Patrol.
Eventually Jack
accumulated nearly
22,000 flying hours
in over 100 models of
aircraft doing what he
loved. He was eventu-
ally awarded the “US.
Department of Trans-
portation and Federal
Aviation Administra-
tion, Wright Brother’s
Master Pilot Award”
for his contributions to
aviation.
Jack was an active
member of the Shelton
Kiwanis Club and a life
member of the Ameri:
can Legion, VFW,
MOAA, Air Commando
Association, and the
Order of Daedalians.
Jack was a long-time
member of the Episco-
pal Church and would
often say, “The Chief
Pilot in the Sky has
been very, very good to 7
me.
In lieu of flowers,
Jack has requested
memorial gifts be made
to St. David of Wales
Episcopal Church,
324 West Cedar/PO
Box 339, Shelton, WA
98584.
Richard Lynn
Andrews
Richard Lynn An-
drews passed peaceful-
ly at home bn February
21, 2020. He was born
in Prosser, WA, while
his parents, Jess and
Margie Andrews, were
making their way to
Shelton. After graduat-
ing in 1960 from Irene
S. Reed High School in
Shelton, he joined the
National Guard.
Several years after
returning to Shelton,
he began logging and
started his own busi-
ness, Dick Andrews
Logging Company.
During that time he
was active with the
Mason County Forest
Festival, once serving
as Grand Marshall.
He was elected to Fire
District #16 (Westside/
Dayton) as a Commis-
sioner and enjoyed his
post for many years.
For more than 15 years
he owned and oper-
ated Washington Truck
Wreckers, whistling the
whole time.
Dick is survived by
his wife, Anne, and
his three children,
Heidi, Ben, and Sara,
seven grandchildren,
two great grandchil-
dren; and his youngest
brother. His parents,
his brother and his sis-
ter all preceded him in
death. He was 77 years
old.
Jay
Buttles
After a short battle
with cancer, Jay F.
Buttles passed away on
March 3, 2020, at his
home in Shelton, WA,
at age 71, surrounded
by his family.
Jay was born on
September 14, 1948,
V in Tacoma, WA, to his
father Gordon Buttles
and mother Arleigh
Buttles.
He grew up with
younger sister Leslie
and youngest brother
Scott. After high
school, Jay enlisted in
the Navy, and while
stationed in the Philip-
pines, he met Ceng, the
love of his life. They
were married on April
‘12, 1975, and remained
very much in love until
his passing.
Jay worked as a rig-
ger at the Puget Sound
Naval shipyard in
Bremerton for 47 years,
while also running Jay
Buttles Tree Services
for many years, even
after retiring from the
shipyard in November
2019.
Anyone who knew
Jay loved his jokes and
unique sense of humor.
He enjoyed being out-
doors and socializing
around a bonfire.
Jay especially loved
celebrating holidays
with his family.
Jay is survived by
his wife Ceng Buttles,
his sister and brother-
in-law Leslie and Rick
Aiken, along with Jay’s
two daughters and
son-in-laws; Jennifer
and Damon Higgins,
and Mary and Fairren
Good. Also survived
by Jay are his grand-
children and their sig-
nificant others, Saisha
Good and Jake Wilson,
Blaine Good, Fionn
Higgins, Kaiyah Good
and Cody Reandeau,
and CC Higgins.
‘Jay’s services will
be held at St. Edwards
Catholic Church in
Shelton, WA, on Fri-
day March 20, 2020, at
10 am. Following is a
graveside service at ap—
proximately 11:15 am.
at the Shelton Memo-
rial Park, then a recep—
tion at St. Edwards
Church. Jay’s family
invites all that knew
him to come celebrate
his life with them.
Ronald Melvin
Detrick
Ronald Melvin Det-
rick, 82, died peacefully
at home on Saturday,
February 29, 2020.
He leaves his wife of
62 years, Joan (Barn—
hart) Detrick; son, Mel,
daughters, Ronna and
Lorri, five grandchil-
dren, and many people
‘ he’s impacted through-
out his life.
Born in Portland,
Oregon, he spent his
childhood in Spokane,
WA, graduating from
North Central High
School. He received a
BA in Business from
Seattle Pacific College
and later completed
Graduate Studies in
Education at Whit-
worth College.
Education was the
most significant focus
of his career, complet-
ing 17 years as a high
school teacher. He
went on to spend eight
years as development
director for Whitworth
College, then fourteen
years in development,
missionary and consult-
ing work.
His passions in-
cluded photography,
volunteer EMT, sailing,
fishing, woodworking,
mentoring and travel-
ing to not only all 50
states, but Mexico and
many Asian and South
American countries.
His family, friends
and students will
name, into perpetuity,
the profound influence
he’s had on their lives
through his humor,
intellect, and deep
commitment to critical
thinking and conversa-
tions about faith, hope,
and the complexity of
life.
A celebration of
Ron’s life will be held
Sunday, March 15,
2020, at 2 p.m., at
Faith Lutheran Church
in Shelton, WA.