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? Jeanne Bernie Jeanne Marie Bernie, 85, died on May 5, 2012, at Panorama Convales- cent Center in Lacey. She was a resident of Shelton. She was born on Jan. 14, 1927, in San Francis-./ co to William L. and Olg~/ (Sosnowiski) Dunn. She married Jack Ber, me in Reno, Nev., and o the U./S. Army at age 17, ...9.1 servinJg three years dur- ing thte Vietnam War. He!began work as a fishers.man, later working in the; restaurant busi- ness.i At 51 he became a truclk driver. Upon retire- men|; he earned a degree in a~:counting and com- pute r science. Oia Nov. 23, 2003. he worked/ mar~ried Enid L. Seat in ~ as apdr- ~ Shelton. chasing He was agent rangements, a Past- for sev- Governor era[ large ...... ~ of Shel- elec~tronic ton's compa- Moose nies. She is survived by He is survived by wife Lodge, a She daughters Dixie Tan- Corinne Young McGrady member Jeanne was a ner, Sunny Matulovich of Lilliwaup; children of Simp- Bernie member and Sharon Neal; grand- Sean McGrady, Siobhan Paul son's of the Redchildren Bob, Cynthia, Benoit and Liam Mc- Pinochle Hat Soci- Thomas and David Iyall, Grady; brother Seamus YFennersten Club and ety. She enjoyed golfing Jonmarie Romero, Joseph McGrady; five grand- he be- and traveling around the Neal, and LeighAnne children, and numerous longed U.S. with her husband. (Neal) Orcutt; great- nieces and nephews, t,o Shelton Presbyterian She is survived by sons grandchildren Angee, A celebration of life ~3hurch. Patrick (Lyrmette) Bernie Richard, Jack (Bubba), will be held at 2 p.m. on He is survived by of San Ramon. Calif.. and Jake and Karalee Iyall, Saturday, at the Cowans his wife; sisters Carol Bill Bernie of Shelton; Emma and Naomi Neal, home. A reception will Bowen of Portland, Ore.. daughters Terry (Jerry) Robert Flores, and Lau- follow. Louise Evans of Anchor- Hinchcliff of Shelton, ren, Jordan and MitchellIn lieu of flowers, do- age, Alaska, Lura Ryder Sharon Cloward of San Orcutt. and nephews nations may be made to of Springvi!le, Utah Diego, and Kelly (Terry) Jesse. Harley and Bruce the Griffin School Band and Jo Anne Havens Ruppert of Poway, Ca- Lee. or Griffin Fire Depart- of North Pole, Alaska: lif.; grandchildren Me- She was preceded in ment. Please leave re- step-daughters Debhora lissa Johnson and Jason death by her parents; membrances at www. Dempsey of Florida and Hinchcliff of Shelton. husband John Clapson: funeralalternatives.org.Eugenia (Jim) Craudell Brandon. Brigette (Dan), brothers David. Harley, Arrangements have been ofYelm; grandchil- Chad Bernie of San Ra- Jack and Albert; and sis- made by Funeral Alternel- dren Corwyn Harry, mon, Chelsea Bernie of ter Becky. tives of Washington in Jared David and Mariah San Diego, Ashley Rup- A memorial will be Tumwater. Dempsey, Jennifer pert of Poway and Alissa held at a later date. Merrissa. Cody James Bernie of Chico, Calif.; Paul Wennersten and Emily Craudell; great-grandchildren Jerry Cowan Jr. Paul Jack Wenner- step-great grandchil- Dustin Pietroski and Da- Jerry Cowan Jr.. 75, sten. 66, died on May c), dren Jeanelle Marico kota Johnson of Shelton died on May 6. 2012. at 2012, at Providence St/.and Kiro Dempsey, and and Levi Hinchcliff of Providence St. Peter Hos- Peter Hospital in Olyrn-many nieces, nephews. Lacey. pital in Olympia. He waspia. He was a residenl~ of great-nieces and great- She is preceded in a resident of Olympia. Shelton. nephews. death by her husband. He was born on July He was born on Aug:. He was preceded in A service will take 12, 1936, in Deadwood, 31, 1945, in Salem. M~ar- death by his parents. place on July 2. 2012, at S.D., to Shirley and A1-ion, Ore.. to Mable Grace A memorial service St. Michaels in San Di- fred Cowan Sr. Hensley and Paul Everettwill take place at 11 a.m. ego. He graduated from Wennersten. today, at Shelton Presby- Condolences may be Shelton High School in He was raised in terian Church. A potluck sent to the family via 1954 and later joined the Homer. Alaska and joinedwill follow the service. www~mccombfh.com. :Navy ....... : " -: " °~H~ naarried Kathy Alfred "Jerry" Cowan, Jr. Jerry Cowan Jr., 75. passed away on Sunday, May 6. 2012 at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia. Washington of heart complications. Jerry was born July 12, 1936 in Deadwood. SD and moved with his mom and dad. Shirley and Alfred Cowan Senior. to Shelton. Washington in 1950. He graduated from Shelton High School in 1954. He then joined the Navy. Jerry met and married Kathy Keyes in 1962 and they lived in Olympia for 49 years. Jerry and Kathy enjoyed traveling, spending time with family and friends, and spoiling (loving) their precious grandsons. Jerry is survived by his wife, Kathy of Olympia: sons. Tracy Cowan of Olympia and Troy Cowan (Karla) of Olympia; grandsons. Coby Cowan and Zachary Cowan: brother. Gary Cowan (Carol} of Bremerton. WA: sister. Cheryl Ehler (Gary) of Bonney Lake. WA: brother-in-law. Rex Keyes (Oui) of Olympia: and five nieces and nephews. A celebration of Jerry's life will be held at the Cowan's home on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. Reception to follow. Please leave remembrances at www. FuneralAlternatives.org. Arrangements are with Funeral Alternatives of Washington. 360-753-1065. ~-] Paid Obituary Notice -- [.~ John Henry Johnson John Henry Johnson passed awa~ in his home on April 7. 2012. overlooking the mountains and valley ~: in Wickenburg at the age of 82. He succumbed to a long battle with cancer with care from his wife• I companion and love. Sydney by his side. John was born on September i0. 1929 to John Jacob and Elin Matilda Johnson in Shelton and was : the youngest of four children, preceded in death by Sven and Elvera. survived by Lester who lives in Olympia. He grew up on Harstine Island were they farmed berries and grapes• His father was his last surviving parent passing away when he was 16. His extended family was the Scott family when he grew up on Harstine Island and moved with them to Belfair with lots of fond memories and stories, working in the woods, logging with the Scott family• In 1951 he married Barbara Ori and had three sons. During this time he was called to duty and served in the Korean War. In 1952. at the time of his discharge he was Sergeant John Johnson and served in Company A. Thirteenth Engineer Battalion of the US Army. He received the Korean Service Medal with two Bronze Stars and the United Nations Service Medal• Upon returning he became a Teamster with a career in fuel oil. heating and air conditioning• Always an excellent mechanic he could work on anything• On January 9th. 1982 he married Sydney Whisenant residing in Belfair on their horse ranch where Sydney taught horsemanship until they moved to Wickenburg, AZ. in 2009. Sydney still resides and enjoys the warm weather and her horses. He is survived by his wife Sydney, his brother Les. his son's Steve (Lenny), Ron, Jack (Kathy) and a stepson Lonnie Whisenanr (Sherry) all of Belfair. including seven grandchiluren and five great grandchildren. A memorial and celebration of John's eventful life will be held at the Harstine Island !E~rnest Van 1~_ ~r.l~.! ;~?y~s i~ ~9.~.:.,~hey lived Ernest )Mviri-'-~ ~'V~i~" '~ ...... it Olympi~a "fbr' ~9 years. ~ .... ' He enjoyed traveling Van Buskirk, 77, died on April 23, 2012, at home and spending time with• in Sheldon. his family and friends. He was born on April He is survived by his 12, 1935, in Vancouver. to wife; sons Tracy Cowan Ralph and Frances CHar- of Olympia and Troy ris) Van Buskirk (Karla} Cowan of Olym- He was a veteran of the pia; grandsons Coby and Vietnam War. He retired Zachary Cowan: brother from the U.S. Air Force Gary (Carol) Cowan of after 21 years of service. Bremerton; sister Cheryl He was also retired from (Gary) Ehler of Bonney the Puget Sound Naval Lake; brother-in-law Rex Shipyard. (Oui) Keyes of Olympia, He as survived by wife and five nieces and neph- Peggy Van Buskirk: ews. stepson David Herring A celebration of his life of Wisconsin" son Bruce will be held at 2 p.m. on Van Buskirk of Hawaii: Saturday, at the Cowan's daughters Therese (Tony) home. A reception will fol- Pinfold of England, low. Cheryl (Remy) Dewey of In lieu of flowers, do- Tacoma, and Kim Van nations may be made to Buskirk of Maple Falls: the Griffin School Band brothers MarvinVan or Griffin Fire Depart- Buskirk of Alaska and ment. Please leave re- Richard (Carolyn) Porter membrances at www. of Shelton; sister Barbara funeralalternatives.org. Stephens of Lakewood; Arrangements have been 10 grandchildren, seven made by Funeral Alter- great-grandchildren and natives of Washington in many nieces and neph- Tumwater. ews. He was preceded in Michael MeGrady death by his parents; Michael Robinson Mc- brothers, Jack, Gilbert, Grady, 78, died on May William and Floyd and 13, 2012, in Shelton. He sisters, Dorthy and Peg- was a resident of Lilli- gy. waup. Services were held on He was born in 1933, May 7, 2012, at the Ta- in New York, to Grace homa National Cemetery. and Patrick McGrady. He began his academic ca- Anna Clapson reer in a one-room school- Anna May Clapson, 93, house in Lilliwaup and died on May 8, 2012, in graduated from American Arlington. She was a resi- Community High School dent of Arlington. in Paris. In 1955 he grad- She was born on Nov. uated from Yale Univer- 27, 1918, in Raymond, to sity where he served as William Henry BorrOw ........ eaitor and columnist at and Willie Florence Bax- Yale Daily News. ter. He was a New York She was a member of Times bestselling author the Raymond Elks, the and popular Newsday Loners on Wheels RV newspaper columnist. He Club and the Shelton frequently contributed Walkie Talkies. to publications such as She loved Clothes and Playboy, The Saturday could put together a great Evening Post, Time and outfit. Everyone who New York Magazine. He knew her would say she won a Harvard Nieman really knew how to enjoy Fellowship in 1968 to life .................... 1969. . .... William Mullaney Brickert William Mullaney Brickert, longtime Mason County resident, passed away in Shelton.WA on May 1. 2012 at age 89. Born September 16. 1922 in Tenino, WA, to Wendell Harrison and F:rances Marie (Mullane~) Brickert, Bill and family moved to Centralia where he graduated in 1940.5th in his class. His senior year he was elected team captain of the 1940 track: team and was also a member of the elite Kl fights of"C", and of the National Honor Soc iety. Bill was awarded the Kiwanis Cup for be ing the athlete with the highest grade point ave;rage, as well as the Centraiia Chronicle Journalism Cup for being a scholar athlete and journalist. He wrote for the Centralia Chronicle his junmr and semor years and ~0ecame the sports editor pro-tem from 1940-1941. That same year Bill attended Centralia Junior College before interrupting his college education to serve irt the Marines during WWII. Bill met his sweetheart. Dottie Fox in 1942. They married June 3.1944 in Seattle. WA before residing in Bremerton where Bill was a Washington State Health Inspector. Bill completed his education at WSC in Pullman• He was named Captain of the 1945 Washington State College Track and field team and was the Pacific Coast Conference Northern Division undefeated quarter-mile champion. Graduating in 1945 from WSC in 1945 with a degree in PE and minors in Biology, Chemistry and Psychology. Bill taught and coached in Milton-Freewater, OR. and Cle Elum, Wa. before making Shelton their forever home with his wife, Dottie and children Wendy, Brian an d Mike. There he spent the next 26 years teaching and coaching. In 1960 Bob Sund and Bill organized the Shelton Invitational Track Meet that today is the oldest running meet of its kind in the State. They also collaborated on a Track and Field coaches' handbook detailing techniques for specific events. It has been used as a coaching tool by college track and field programs as well as the national programs of Australia, Canada, Iceland and Newfoundland. When Bill retired in 1980 he continued to coach track and field at Capital High ' School in Olympia for a full decade, while also a Shelton High School assistant football coach for the next 20 years. Bill served as president of the Washington State Coaches Association 1972-73. In1993 he w as accorded the coveted Gold Helmet Award by the Washington State Football Coaches Association and inducted into the equivalent of the organization's Hall of Fame for assistant coaches. Bill in 1972 was one of the founders, organizers, and first president of the Washington State Track Coaches Associatiora that in 1995 honored him among the first group inducted into the State Hall of Fame. Other organizations in which he participated were: Junior Chamber of Commerce-president; Elks; Masons-Worshipful Master I981. Bill is survived by his wife of 67+ years, Dottie, daughter Wendy (Brickert) Selde (Gerald) of Kelso, sons Brian (Chriss) of Shelton, and Mike (Diane) of Wise river, MT; gra,ndchildren Dan Brickert (Dea Dea) of Longview, David Brickert (Darcy King) o'f Mesa AZ, Joy (Russell) Fulling (Greg) of Shelton, Donovan Russell (Jena Burt) o'lf Griffin, Ryan Selde of Kelso, eleven great grandchildren and 1971 foreign exchange student, Per Nolen of Sweden. Bill was preceded in death by his twin sisters Barbara Lee (Brickert) Schoelkopf (Richard), Ruth Marie (Brickert-Rectorj, Albrecht Morgan) and stepmother, Rae (Malcom) Brickert. Burial at Shelton Memorial Park will be held Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 1:00 PMI and is open to friends and well-wishers. A memorial service and reception is to be held Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 2:00PM at the Shelton Seventh Day Adventist Church located 210 West Shelton Valley road. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Shelton High School Football Program or Shelton High School Track and field Program at 3737 N Shelton Springs Rd. Shelton, Wa 98584 Paid Obituary Notice -- Community Club Saturday July 21th 2012 at 1:00 PM IS t ating I • ,, PaidObituar~Notic:d~'Z_ .... t " ~v OREST A Reputation Built on Service • A Full Service Funeral Provider • Direct Cremation $777.00 Shelton - (360) 427-8044 Funeral Alternatives proudly serves all faiths, venues and cemeteries Special Burial & Cremation Packages for Families using Shelton Memorial Park RAL. Worthy of Your Trust Competitive Pricing o Pre-Arranged Planning Send obituaryinformation to: obits@masoncou nty.com. Deadine is 2 p.m. the Tuesday before publication. Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, May 17, 2012 - Page B-7