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Leon Richard Fleming
Leon Richard Fleming,
70, died Sunday, July 24,
2011 at his home in Lost
Lake from mesothelioma.
He was born Septem-
ber 29, 1940 to Otis and
Alma (Edelmon) Fleming
in Hot Springs, Ark.
Fleming received an
honorable discharge from
the United States Army
after serving from 1960
to 1962.
He worked in the dry-
wall and painting busi-
ness for 35 years.
He enjoyed the out-
doors,
camp-
ing and
fishing.
He . was
a mem-
ber of the
Eagles
where he
played
Fleming cribbage
every
week, and
a member of the 40 et 8.
He enjoyed spending time
with his friends, family
and his little dog, Scoot-
er.
He was preceded in
death by his daughter
Mary Lynn.
Survivors include his
brother Roy Fleming
(Carolyn) of Gilberts-
ville, Pa.; his son Lance
Fleming of Union; his
daughter L0nna (Flem-
ing) Nichols of Kent; his
grandchildren Nicole
Hinton of Shelton and
Sarah Hinton and Angel
Hinton of Colo., Tia and
Madison Fleming of Shel-
,ton, Hannah and Morgan
Nichols of Kent; his spe-
cial friend Edward Je-
sus; and numerous great-
grandchildren, nephews,
nieces and cousins.
A celebration of his life
was held on Sunday, July
31.
Nichols of Caldwell, Ida-
ho; sister Dorine Nichols
of Nampa, Idaho; grand-
children Michael Bullock,
Micki Sjoblom, Susan
Sylvester, Scott Sylves-
ter and Roland Lafleche,
Stephanie Wood, and
Kimberly (Mark) Senner;
great-grandchildren Sean
Sjoblom, Rebecca, Jona-
than, and Sarah Senner
and numerous nieces,
nephews and cousins.
Her parents, brother
Lauren Nichols and an
infant grandchild preced-
ed her in death.
A memorial service will
be at 2 p.m. on Saturday,
Aug. 6 at the Church of
the Nazarene, 1331 Shel-
ton Springs Rd. Shelton.
Memorial donations
can be made to the
Church of the Nazarene,
1331 Shelton Springs Rd.
Shelton, WA 98584 or the
Voice of the Martyrs, P.O.
Box 443, Bartlesville, OK
74005-0443 '
McComb Funeral Home
of Shelton is handling the
arrangements. Online
condolences may be sent
to the family at www.mc-
combfh.com.
Martin J. UJim" Hart
Jr,
Martin J. "Jim" Hart
Jr., 82, died Thursday,
July 28, 2011 at Mason
General Hospital. He was
a resident of Shelton for
70 years.
Hart
He was
born May
16, 1929
to Mar-
tin J. and
Dorothy
(Hayssen)
Hart Sr.
in Port-
land, Ore.
H e
gradu,
ated from
Irene S. Reed in 1947.
Cathy Irene Howdeshell brothers Marvin and Nor-
Cathy Irene How- man Stewart.
deshell, 61, died Wednes- At Stewart's request,
day, July 27, 2011 at therewill be no services.
Providence St. Peter Hos- Memorial donations
pital in Olympia. can be made to Providence
She was a resident of Hospice, c/o Providence
the Squaxin Island for 25 St. Peter Foundation, 413
years. Lilly. Rd. NE. Olympia,
She was born on July WA 98506-5166.
21, 1950 to Dale K. andMcComb Funeral Home
Barbara (Lovitt) How- of Shelton is handling the
deshell inarrangements. Online
Olympia. condolences may be sent
S h e to the family at www.mc-
was era- combfh.com.
ployed as
a nurse's
aide.
She
married
Forrest
Howdeshell H o ffm a n
in the late
Agnes A. MeConnell
Agnes A. McConnell,
83, died Saturday, July
30, 2011 at the Living
Care Center in Port Or-
chard. She was a resident
of Lake Limerick for 30
1 9 7 0 s . years.
The marriage ended in She was born on June
divorce. 20, 1928 to Charles Bro-
The family said she din and Katherine (Fil-
loved babies and could erbo) Brodin in Lincoln
not pass up picking up City.
a new one. She enjoyed She graduated from
baby-sitting. She was a Cheney High School in
member of the 1910 In- 1946.
dian Shaker Church. S h e
She is survived by her m a r r i e d
mother Barbara How- Willi a m
deshell; brother Bruce E. McCo-
K. Howdeshell (Carol nnell in
Ann); sisters Deborah 1947 in
McLain, Toni LaFaire Cheney.
(Frank), Rebecca Wet- S h e
kins (Joe Fritsch); nieces worked at
and nephews Aimce Ca- the Tim-
zalet, Christina How- McConnell bers Res-
deshell, Brianna Doyle, t a u r a n t
Ryan Doyle, Tristan as a cook
Howdeshell, Bruce K. and later worked at Simp-
Howdeshell, II, Carlee son Timber Company as a
Howdeshell-Watkins, custodian.
Madeline Watkins; her She enjoyed flowers,
Squaxin Island family camping, bowling, watch-
Lisa and Tony James, ing the Mariners, and
children Patrick Brae- watching her grandchil-
se, Lisa Eaton, Malachi dren in sports or any ac-
Johns, Tonya and Beau tivities. Her family said
Henry, children Darina that she was a true angel,
Bracse, Michael Henry, giving and unselfish and
Tiana Henry, Terence will be missed.
Henry, Lea Krise, Jessi- She is survived by her
ca and Jay and children daughter Peggy Robert-
Arrangements were He served in the U.S..Sal~tana, Angel, Jaimce., son (Joe) of Shelton;
handled by Forest Funer- Army from 1951 to 1952 JaCkson ~ndChristi#m. ~ son, Robert McConnell
al Home in Shelton. The ~ and served in South Ko- ~-~6~;"'~a~i, ~2 ~'~.~ (Konnie) ~f ?-~ ~#tle;~
family expressed its grat- ~: rea. Howde'b~611 precedeE'he~ daughterZi~-l~W Ginger
itude to hospice for every-
thing they did for Leon.
Wyla Ellen Munuluk
Barney
Wyla Ellen Munuluk
Barney, 86, died Monday,
July 25, 2011, at home in
Shelton. She was a resi-
dent of Christmas Village
in Shelton for 33 years.
She was born June 30,
1925 to
Walter
E. and
Beulah
B. (King)
Nichols in
Kotzebue,
Alaska.
Her fam-
ily moved
Barney to Idaho
when she
was 3.
She graduated from
Leavenworth High School
in Leavenworth and at-
tended the Northwest
Nazarene College, Nam-
pa, Idaho, and then ob-
tained her bachelor's de-
gree from the University
of, British Columbia.
She married Willis
Barney on June 12, 1945
in Nampa, Idaho.
She taught school in
Canada from 1968 to
1969, but was mainly a
homemaker and wife of a
pastor, raising three chil-
dren.
She was a member of
the Nazarene Church and
her family said she was
strong in her faith. Her
hobbies included garden-
ing, cooking, rock hound-
ing, sewing and music.
She played the organ and
the vibraharp. Her fam-
ily shared that she was
an avid reader and was
a huge science fiction fan
and loved the Star Trek
series.
She is survived by
her husband Pastor Wil-
lis Barney of Shelton;
daughters Wyla Wood
(Charles) of Shelton and
Francie Sylveeter (Jim)
of Monroe; son A 1
Barney (Lee Lafleche)
of Olympia; brother Will
He never married.
Hart was born in Port-
land, Ore. and moved to
Shelton in 1941.
As a young man he
worked in his father's
sheet metal shop after
graduation. After serv-
ing in the Army he re-
turned to start his own
sheet metal shop and
he did heating work. He
was well known in Shel-
ton as the "furnace guy."
His family said that he
went above and beyond
to make sure clients were
warm, often times going
out at all hours of the day
or night to pick up parts
and to make repairs.
They said he was a regu-
lar at Nita's Waffle Shop
to start his day with her
breakfasts and to read
the paper.
He was a member of
the First Baptist Church
where he was involved as
an offering counter and
was active in the mission
trips. He made several
trips to Belize, Honduras
and Nicaragua, helping
build churches. He was
a Boy Scout leader for
Troop 10 for nearly 10
years. He enjoyed work-
ing on the computer,
hiking, reading and was
interested in genealogy,
making books for all of
his family.
He is survived by
his brother Jerry Hart
(Joane) of Shelton and
sister Pat Crow (Cecil)
of Shelton and numer-
ous nieces, nephews and
cousins. A memorial ser-
vice will be held at 1:30
p.m. Thursday, August
4, at the First Baptist
Church located at 428 W.
Cota Street in Shelton.
Memorial donations
can be made to the Plrst
Baptist Church Missions/
Honduras, 428 W. Cote,
Shelton, WA 98584.
McComb Funeral Home
of Shelton is handling the
arrangements. Online
condolences may be sent
to the family at www.mc-
combfh.com.
in death.
A potluck memorial
service will be held at 1
p.m. on Saturday, August
6 at the Squaxin Island
Gym, 70 Squaxin Lane,
next to the tribal center.
McComb Funeral Home
is handling the arrange-
ments. Online condolenc-
es may be set to the fami-
ly at www.mccombfh.com.
Wendel K. Stewart
Wendel K. Stewart,
78, died Thursday, July
28, 2011 peacefully at
his home of four years in
Shelton, with his family
at his side.
He was born April 9,
1933 to
Robert
Lee and
Ruby
Fern
(Ebner)
Stewart
in Bar-
telsville,
Okla.
Stewart He was
a mem-
ber of the
U.S. Marines, serving
during the Korean con-
flict as a parachuter and
military police.
He married Kaye J.
Frisbee on January 29,
2003 in Nevada. "
He was a police officer
with the Seattle Police
Department until his re-
tirement.
He enjoyed fishing,
boating, gardening and
swimming.
He is survived by his
wife Kaye of Shelton; sis-
ter Norma Rolla of Bel-
levue; children
Brent Stewart of Seat-
tle, Bruce Stewart of
Renton, L y n e t t e
Stewart of Fall City,
Brian ~tewart o~ ]]onney
Lake; stepchildren Mi-
chael Rowley of Sumner,
James and David Rowley
of Everett, Ion Rowley
of Lynnwood and Teresa
Tegman of Everett and
$2,995 Simple Graveside Service
includes an attractive casket and professional services
of the funeral director and staff
eleven grandchildren.
He was preceded in
death by his parents and
McConnell of Buckley;
brother, Charles Brodin
(Lois); six grandchildren;
15 great- grandchildren
and several nieces and
nephews.
She was preceded in
death by her husband
William McConnell; son
William McConnell, Jr.;
sister Marie Derr and
brother Raymond Bro-
din.
A graveside service
will be held at 2 p.m.
Friday, August 5, at
Spokane Memorial Gar-
dens, 5909 S. Cheney-
Spokane Rd., Spokane,
WA 99209.
McComb Funeral Home
is handling the arrange-
ments. Memorial dona-
tions can be made to any
local food bank.
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Some history of Gordie Richmond Sr.
by Harvey Farrimond
There is not much I know about Gordic's service, he did not like to talk about it much.
but these are the things that he shared with me and some of the facts I have since
learned about the ship he served aboard.
Gordie was part of Ships Company aboard the USS Liscome Bay, CVE 56. The
Liscome Bay was an escort carder taking part in Operation Galvanic which was
the first operation against the Japanese in the Central Pacific. The objective of
the operation was the landings on Tarawa and Maldn atoll. On the morning of
Thanksgiving, November 24, 1943 they were preparing to launch the aircraft when
she was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-175 commanded by Lt.Cdr. Sumano
Tabata. The crew was at battle stations, which Gordic said was what saved him. When
the torpedo struck, it hit the magazine containing all the ammo and bombs for the
contingent of aircraft aboard. The resulting explosion blew the stern off the ship and
Gordie was blown off the ship into the water. He then swam away from the burning oil
on the surface as others of the crew were abandoning ship on the opposite side. The
other survivors swam in the opposite direction and were rescued by other American
ships in the task force. Of the Liscomc Bays crew, 272 survived while 53 officers and
591 enlisted were lost.
Gordie was picked up by the submarine, 1-175 and taken prisoner. Gordie told me
the Skipper of the submarine had studied in the United States prior to the war and
therefore treated Gordie with respect and warned him that things would change when
he was turned over to the guards in Japan.
O0rdie did tell me a few things about being a POW in Japml. They lived little bit
,office and the bugs and rats they could catch. I know Gordie could not stand the sight
,or smell office to his dying day. I also know there was torture, but Gordie would not
~talk about it.
'When Gordie was retuned to U.S. forces after the war the doctors told him that he
'would not live, that he was too wasted from his almost three years as a POW.
,A graveside service will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, August 8 at the Tahoma =
_~]Nati°nal Cemetery' l°cated at 18600 SE 240th Street' C°vingt°n' WA'
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