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Donald "Don" Chenoweth
Donald "Don" Chenoweth,
89, died May 30, 2011 at
home in Union. He was a res-
ident of Union for 23 years.
He was born February 2,
1922 to Jerome and Verna
(Bundy) Chenoweth in Chey-
enne, Wyo.
He grad-
uated from
Kapow-
sin High
School in
Graham.
H e
served in
the U.S.
Chenoweth Navy dur-
ing wwn
and was
discharged October 29, 1945.
He married Irene Jelovich
on May 8, 1971 in Coeur d'
Alene, Idaho. I-le was previ-
ously married to Lois (Patty)
Seeman in 1959. The mar-
riage ended in divorced. He
was a welder, worked in con-
strnction and as a real estate
agent.
He enjoyed fishing, boat-
ing, golfing and woodwork-
ing.
He is survived by his son
Bill Chenoweth of Puy-
allup; stepson Frank Jelov-
ich (Carol) of Burien; grand-
daughter Katrina Johnson
(David) of Graham and
grandson Lucas Jelovich of
Seattle. His parents, wife
Irene, brother Jack and sis-
ter Alberta preceded him in
death.
McComb Funeral Home of
Shelton handled the arrange
ments. A memorial service
was held at the Union Com-
munity Church Sunday June
5. Online condolences may be
sent to the family at www.
mccomblh.com.
Teresa (Terri) L. Metz
Teresa (Terri) L. Metz, 47,
died Saturday, June 4, 2011
in Bremerton after a coura-
geous battle with cancer.
She was born July 3, 1963
in Shelton to Phillip "Lowell"
and Linda (Todd) Hardie.
She graduated from Shel-
ton High School in 1981 and
went to work at the Bremer-
ton shipyard where she met
her husband Bob Metz. They
married in July of 1985.
She enjoyed working with
crafts, decorating her home
and working in her garden.
She was a huge soccer fan her
family shared.
She was a member of the
Bromerton Ladies Eagles
and worked for hospice for a
year before she became ill.
She is survived by her hus-
band Bob of Seabeck; mother
Linda Hardie of Grapeview;
sister Debbie Eaton (Allan) of
Shelton; brother Brian Har-
die; nieces Deidre and Alysse
Eaton of Shelton; grand-
mother Dorthey Todd of Shel-
ton; aunt Vivian Stephens
(Urbun) of Olympia; uncles
David Hardie (Wanda) of
Shelton and Elden Todd, Jr.
(Patti) of Bremerton.
A celebration of her life will
be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday,
June 12 at the Bremerton
Eagles located at 205 Sixth
Street on the corner of Sixth
and Washington. Please
sign the online guest book at
www.tuellmckeebremerton.
com.
www.mccombfh.com (360) 426-4803
George M. Radich Jr.
George M. Radich Jr., 79,
died Saturday, May 28, 2011
at Fir Lane Health and Re-
habilitation Center. He was
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years.
He was born on February
19, 1932 in Oakland, Calif. to
George M. Radich and Doro-
tha (Williams) Radich St.
He attended high school in
Astoria, Ore. and graduating
from Pacific University, For-
est Grove, Ore. in 1957.
He married Patricia Marie
Haberly in Astoria, Ore. in
1959.
Radich was a local optom-
etrist who began his practice
here in Shelton in 1963.
He served on the school
board and the port commis-
sion for many years and was
a member of the Shelton Ro-
tary and Lions Club. In his
younger days, he enjoyed
hunting, fishing, and play-
ing golf. He enjoyed going to
the casho and his local cof-
fee klatches~ where his social
personality, coupled with his
knowing nearly everyone, al-
lowed him to discuss politics.
He was also a very avid read-
er, his family shared.
His wife Patricia of Shel-
ton and daughter Carol of
Shelton survive him.
He was preceded in death
by his parents and son James
Robert Radich.
At his request, no services
will be held.
McComb Funeral Home
of Shelton is handling the
arrangements. In lieu of
flowers, donations may be
made to the charity of donor's
choice. For your convenience
online condolences may
be sent to the family at
mccembih.cem.
Terry L. Robinson
Terry L. Robinson, 70, died
May 25, 2011 in Shelton. He
was a resident of Shelton for
32 years.
He was born June 12, 1940
in Shelton to Cleave ~ Rob-
inson and Rosobelle (Roush)
Robinson,
He grew up in Shelton
and returned here after he
retired.
He was a supply sergeant
and motor pool truck driver
in the Army for 21 plus years.
His rank at discharge was SP
5 motor
He lnar-
tied Will-
mia Joyce
Allen on
June 9,
1962.
H e
spent most
of his ca-
Robinson reer in the
Army but
also was a
landscaper.
He enjoyed rocks, coin col-
lections and gardening. He
was an elder in the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints.
Survivors include his wife
Joyce Robinson; sons David
L. A. Robinson; Darin L. A.
Robinson of Shelton; Jeremy
A. Robinson of Chester, Va.
and Jonathan A. Robison
of west Valley City, Utah;
17 grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren survive
him.
He was preceded in death
by his parents and sister Ro-
mona Crim.
A memorial will be at 10
a.m. on Saturday, June 11 at
the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints located at
916 North 12th St., Shelton.
The Neptune Society is
handling the arrangements.
Memorial contributions can
be made to the Diabetes
Funeral Services
Foundation.
Johanna (Zimmerman)
Schmidt
Johanna (Zimmerman)
Schmidt, 80 died Wednesday,
June 1, 2011 in Yuma, Ariz.
from Parkinson's disease.
She was a resident of Shelton
for 15 years before moving to
Yuma in 1994.
She was bern Septem-
ber 2, 1930 in Kildeer,
N.D. to Johan and Sophia
(Scholkowsky) Zimmerman.
Schmidt graduated from
Killdeer High School in 1948.
She married Howard A.
Schmidt on September 15,
1948 in Dunn Center, N.D.
She was a housewife and
co-owned with her spouse
Schmidt's Grocery and Day-
ton Laundry Mat in Dayton
from 1972 to 1988. She and
her husband were the origi-
nal owners of the Loggers
Inn Tavern at Dayton, State
House
Tavern in
Olympia,
Drift Inn
Tavern in
Tacoma
and a Bar
Supply
Company.
After sell-
Schmidt ing the gro-
cery store
in 1988 she
worked as a cashier in the
Spronse-Roitz Store in Shel-
ton until she retired.
She helped with the for-
mation of the fire district in
Dayton.
She is survived by her
husband Howard A. Schmidt
of Yuma, Ariz.; daughters
Nancy Steinkamp (Terry)
of Yuma, Ariz., Gloria We-
ber (Keith of Tacoma and
Suzanne Hanson (Dave) of
Temecula, Calif.; sons Daniel
Sehmidt (Nancy) of Temecula,
Calif.,Geo eS nni&(Cathy
of Cornvine, Ar _z. Richard
Schmidt (Lori) of Bonney
Lake and Gregory Schmidt
(Connie) of Scottsdale, Ariz.;
brothers Raymond Zimmer-
man of Portland, Ore. and Ed-
ward Zimmerman of Yuma,
Ariz.; sister Ida Welden of
Chico, Calif.; 7 grandchildren
and 35 great-grsndchildren.
Her parents, son Garry
Schmidt and 12 other siblings
preceded her in death.
Memorial donations may
be sent to Crown Child Place-
ment, P.O. Box 25577, Yuma
AZ 85367.
V'wginia L. Woodard Jones
V"n inia L. Woodard Jones,
77, died May 3, 2011 of uatu-
ral causes at her home in Ea-
gle Point, Ore.
She was bern November
16, 1933 at home in Shelton
to George H. Woodard and
Hazel M. (Baker) Wagner.
She graduated from Irene
S. Reed High School in 1952.
She married Charles R.
Jones on September 10, 1955
in SheltorL
She worked aRer high
school as a waitress at Cote
Grill. Later she ran a daycare
in California.
Sbe enjoyed life, family and
ber dogs. She enjoyed can-
ning fresh veggies and fruits.
I-Ier family
shared that
she had a
passion for
camping
and espe-
dally fish-
ing.
She is
Jones survived by
her daugh-
ters Terri
Lynn Harper of Eagle Point,
Ore. and Brenda Marie Me-
lander of Burlington, Karl.;
brother Robert George Wood-
ard of Sun City, Ariz.; grand-
daughters Heather Harper of
Eagle Point, Ore. and Ginny
(Melander) Bruns of Colo.;
grandsons Derek Harper of
Eagle Point, Ore., Christo-
pher Bogdanof, Charles Me-
lander of Burlington, Kan.
and J. J. Melander of Bur-
lington, Kan.; great-grand-
child Kyle Bruns of Colo.; nu-
merous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, husband
Charles R. Jones, brothers
Alvin E. Woodard and Harold
E. Wilson and sister Doris M.
Brown.
No service is being held.
Her ashes will be spread at
her favorite fishing hole in
Washington.
Roger W. Veil
Roger W. Veil, 71, died
December 28, 2010 in Desert
Hot Springs, Calif. following
a ,stroke. He was a resident
of LakeLimerick and Christ-
mas Village in Shelton.
He was born October 25,
1939 in
Streeter,
N.D.
H e
served in
the Army
and was
stationed
in Hawaii.
Veil He mar-
ried Barba-
ra (O'Neil)
on March 12, 1992 in Tuk-
wila. She remembers their
19 years together fondly. His
previous wife was deceased.
He was a police officer
for the City of Seattle for 10
years and an engineer for
Baugh Construction for 32
years prior to retiring. Veil
was active in the commu-
nity, a volunteer for the food
bank and the Senior Center.
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He was involved at St. Ed-
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that he was proud of winning
first place for several years
for the Christmas lighting
at Lake Limerick. He was a
rock hound and also enjoyed
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He is survived by Bar-
bara Veil; son and daughters
Richard and Karen Brown
of Florida, Darlene Hilling,
Barbara Allais of Vancouver,
two brothers, one sister, eight
grandchildren and numerous
great-grandchildren.
His parents preceded him
in deattL
A memorial service was
held in Desert Hot Springs,
Calif. and burial was in Tuk-
wila in January.
Marian "Bhmehe" Wynne
"Blanche" Wyrme,
96, died Friday, May 27, 2011
at home near Steamboat Is-
land in Olympia. She was a
resident for 90 years.
She was born October 18,
1914 to Lawrence and Lula
A. (Storey) Beigh in New
Meadows, Idaho.
She married Dominic
Wynne in Olympia in 1935.
She was a rural mail car-
rier for 20 years in Olym-
pia; a homemaker; worked
at Holly Hill Filbert Farm
in Olympia for 12 years;
worked for OIympia Can-
nery Company for five
years; was a school bus driv-
er for Griffin School District
and worked for the Olympia
newspaper writing articles.
She usually worked three
jobs at a time.
'. She was a member of St.
Edwards Catholic Church in
Shelton and previously was
a member of St. Michaels
Catholic Church in Olym-
pia. She was a member of
the NALC
(National
Assoc.
of Let-
ter Carri-
ers) and
was one
of the old-
est mem-
Wynne bers of the
Prosperity
Grange.
She enjoyed fishing, travel-
ing the U.S., Mexico and BC
Canada, farming, haying
with her husband, crochet-
ing and doing crossword
puzzles.
She is survived by her son
Thomas L. Wynne (Charlene)
of Olympia; daughters Loret-
ta A. Whitt of Olympia and
• Ann Baker (Del) of Shelton;
12 grandchildren; 20 great-
grandchildren and numerous
nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in
death by her husband Dom-
inic, her parents Lawrence
and Lula Beigh, four broth-
ers and two granddaughters
Ebony Starr and Jennifer
Baker.
Mass was Friday June
3 at St. Edward's Catholic
Chur~in Shelto~ Memorial
donations may be sent to a
Charity of your choice.
McComb Funeral Home is
handt g the arrangements.
Online condolences may
be sent to the family at
mccombfh.con
KIMBERLY A. (CHAMBERLIN) BUZGO
Febramy 20, 1977- June ~ 2011
Kimberly A. (Chamberlin) Buzgo, 34, resident of Vancouver, WA for
the past 13 years, passed away on June 2, 2011. She was born on Feb. 20,
1977 in Dallas, TX and later raised in Shelton, WA by her father, Skip
and mother, Sue. She graduated from Sheltun High School in 1995.
Kim earned her B.S. in Psychology at the Washington State
University in 1999 and married Kurt Buzgo on July 20th, 1999.
Kim worked as a family mediation counselor.
She loved music and was involved in many choirs. She had a great
love for books. Kim was an empathetic listener and the sounding board
for all her friends. Currently she has been staying home to care for her
husband and daughter, the loves of her life.
Kim is survived by her husband, Kurt Buzgo and daughter, Kayla
Buzgo of Vancouver, WA; mother, Sue Chamberlin and father, Skip
Conklin of Vancounver, WA; brother, Stan Conklin (PVS) of Sacramento,
CA; sister, Sabrina Conklin of Sacramento, CA; grandfather, Bob
Chamberlin of Seqnim, WA; grandmother, Evelyn Conklin of Huntington
Beach, CA; aunt, Becky Gilman of Vancouver, WA; and several other
aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, niece and many, many loving friends.
She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Maxine Chamberlin;
grandfather, Stan Conldin; and mother-in-law, Bonnie Buzgo.
A memorial service will be held Sat., June 1 !, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. at
Evergreen Memorial Gardens, 1101 NE 112th Ave., Vancouver.
Please sign Kim's guest book at'. www.columbian.com/obits.
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