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Charles P. Williams
Charles P. Williams, 80
died Sept. 16, at the Wash-
ington Veterans Home at
Retsil. He was a resident of
Belfair.
He was born Sept. 7, 1931
in Cortez, Colo.
He served in the Korean
War with the Baker Battery
300th Armored Field Artil-
lery Battalion from 1948 un-
til his honorable discharge in
1952.
He started his own busi-
ness, Williams Machine Co.,
in 1967 and in 1990 started
Grind-All Inc. from which he
retired in September 2009.
He was a
~Past Com-
modore of
the Tacoma
Yacht Club
and was a
member of
the Elks,
Knights of
Columbus
Charles and Ameri-
Williams can Legion.
He en-
joyed boat-
ing, fishing, and was always
thinking of projects to do as
he was skilled at evez3rthing,
his family shared.
He is survived by his wife
Janyce; daughter Joan (Guy)
Easter; step children Shawn
(Mike) Painter, Michael
(Mary) Murphy and Jason
(Sonic) Murphy; grandchil-
dren Josh Murphy, Gavin
Charles Easter, Kyle Mur-
phy, April Easter; sisters Al-
ice Kilman, Mary Knott, and
many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death
by his wif~ of 39 years Louise,
his parents, sisters Bertha
Whitton and Julia Sorg and
nephew Mark Kilman.
A Mass of the Resurrection
will be at 1 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 24, at Prince of Peace
Catholic Church in Belfair.
A reception will follow at the
church.
In lieu of flowers remem-
brances may be made in his
name to the Washington Vet-
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His parents and brother
Billy preceded him in death.
A Celebration of Life at 2
p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25 will
be at the Skokomish Grange
Hall.
McComb Funeral Home of
Shelton is handling the ar-
rangements.
For your convenience
online condolences may
be sent to the family at
www.mccombfh.com
Timothy John Emanoff
Timothy John Emanoff,
51, passed away Sept. 10 in
Olympia. He was a former
resident of Phillips Lake in
Shelton.
He was born June 10, 1960
erans Home at Retsil or the to Theodore Emanoff Sr. and
Nellie Sztuk.
He was a fireman for the
U.S. Forestry Service, a fish-
erman for Northern Eagle
Fishing Boat, and a carpen-
ter.
He enjoyed fishing, 70s
rock and roll music and cut-
ting firewood.
He is survived by brothers
Ted EmanoffJr. and Thomas
J. Emanoffi sisters Grace
Cloft, Gladys Merculief, Glo-
ria Garcia, and Carol Deuble.
Services have already taken
place. Arrangements are
with Funeral Alternatives of
Washington, Lacey.
Leonard "Len" Dale
Honeycutt St.
Leonard "Len" Dale
Honeycutt Sr., 86,
died Wednesday, Sept. 14 in
Olympia. He was a resident
of Olympia for six months
and previously lived in Shel-
ton for 15 years.
He was born June 4, 1925
to Murl and Ebba (Peterson)
Honeycutt in Colby, Kan.
He graduated from Machi-
as High School.
utt of Bellingham; daugh-
ter Cheryl Plumb (Mike) of
Manvel, Texas; step-son
Glenn Rands (Margarita) of
San Jose, Calif.; step-daugh-
ter Linda Krohn (Mike), of Los
Angeles, Calif.; brother Don-
ald Honeycutt of Lynnwood;
11 grandchildren; six great-
grandchildren and numerous
nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death
by his wives Dorothy and
Shirley Honeycutt; parents,
Murl and Ebba Honeycutt;
and sisters Lois Borland, Do-
ris Barnaby and Lilas Sand-
ers
A memorial services will
be held at 1,.p,m. on Satur-
day, Sept. 24, at the Hope
Chapel with"~ reception to
follow. McComb Funeral
Home of Shelton is handling
the arrangements.
Memorial donations may
be sent to Alzheimer's Asso-
ciation of Washington, 12721
30th Ave NE Suite 101, Seat-
tle, WA 98125. Online condo-
lences may be sent to the fam-
ily at www.mccombfh.com.
American Heart Association.
An online memorial can be
found at www.rill.com.
Richard "Dick"
Dean Dock
Richard "Dick" Dean
Dock, 75, died Wednesday,
Sept. 14 at home in Shelton.
He was a resident of Shelton
for 73 years.
He was born Oct. 27, 1935
to Donald and Velma (Ander-
son) Dock in Clark, S.D.
He graduated from Irene
S. Reed High School in 1954.
He was in the U.S. Navy
Reserves.
He moved to Shelton with
his family at the age of 2 to
the Skokomish Valley where
he grew up.
He was a produce manager
in the retail grocery business.
His family shared that he
enjoyed life
~ to the full-
est and in
his young-
er day he
enjoyed
cars and
driving. He
was a ter-
rific shuf-
fleboard
Richard
Dock p 1 a y e r,
playing on
leagues
for many
years and was honored in the
Shuffleboard Hall of Fame.
He also enjoyed boating, sail-
ing and going on cruises with
his close companion, Peggy.
He liked playing computer
games and playing cards.
The family said he had a
wonderful sense of humor,
liked telhng jokes and was
known to push ones buttons.
He delighted in taking the
time to keep in touch with
old friends and classmates
with just a phone call. His
cats, "Silky girl" and "Misty
mouse" brought him much
joy, his family said.
He is survived by his com-
panion Peggy Holman of
Shelton; son Richard Kal-
lay of Seattle; step-daughter
Dana Anderson of Shelton;
four granddaughters; 10
great-grandchildren and nu-
merous nieces, nephews and
cousins.
John Hoover
John Hoover, 91, died Sat-
urday, Sept. 3. He lived in
Grapeview.
Hoover was born October
13, 1919 in Cordova, Alaska.
His family said that as a
young man, he committed a
great deal of time to the pur-
suit of drawing and painting,
while he was working as a
taxi driver, drummer, digger
of razor clams and one of the
first ski instructors in Sun
Valley, Idaho. He worked as
a commercial salmon fisher-
man in the Alaskan waters.
Between fishing seasons in
the late 1950s he built a 58-
foot limit seiner in his back-
yard in Edmonds. He fash-
ioned timbers by hand, carv-
..... i::--- ing flowing
When he
,~I" %~i~ finished his
family said
!
he
realized
. ......... ~i" that it was
.... much like
creating
sculpture
,John and decid-
Hoover 'ed to turn
his career
toward the
S e
~ served in
the U.S.
Navy and
Coast
Guard for
22 years
before re-
tiring at
the rank
of Senior
Leonard Chief Petty
Honeyeutt Officer.
He mar- art of sculpting cedar.
ried Doro- His original art piece,
thy (Shipley) Honeycutt at the fishing boat Aldebaran
Lake Tahoe, Calif. and was was until recently a work-
previously married to Shirley ing fishing vessel out of
(Winger) Honeycutt until her Port Townsend. Hoover was
death, drawn to the color and leg-
He was a retired military ends that illustrated North-
veteran serving in WWII in west Coast and Alaska Na-
the U.S. Navy and finishing rive carvings. He employed
in the U.S. Coast Guard various Alaska Native tradi-
He was a member of the tions to create stunning con-
Shelton Elks and enjoyedtemporary art. He said, "the
music, woodworking, water idea of spirit helpers, the
sports, fishing and boating, close relationship between
He is survived by his sons man, animal and nature is
Leonard "Len" Honeycutt,real and meaningful to me;
Jr. (Debbie) of Rancho Cor- and like the Shamans of old,
dova, Calif., Jon Honeycutt of I try to make helping images
Shelton and Kevin Honeyc- for the soul," his family re-
ported.
Hoover created sculptures
in cedar and bronze, and was
one of the first to success-
fully blend traditional and
contemporary art. He spent
his lifetime reviving ancient
cultures as an artist, explor-
ing techniques of other in-
digenous peoples in Japan,
Taiwan and the Philippines.
Hoover's work is exhibited
around the world and highly
prized by collectors and mu-
seums, such as the Heard
Museum in Phoenix, the Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs and
the Smithsonian. His most
recent commissions include
an installation at the Alaska
Native Medical Center in An-
chorage and a bronze sculp-
ture installed in the Rose
Garden at the White House
in Washington, D.C.
Anchorage Museum cura-
tor, Julie Decker, wrote an
illustrated biography and ap-
preciation of the artist titled
"John Hoover: Art and Life"
and in May of this year, the
University of Alaska, Anchor-
age awarded him an Honor-
cry Doctorate of Fine Arts.
In August, his daughter
Anna, also an artist present-
ed a show at the Internation-
al Gallery of Contemporary
Art that included her father's
work. This exhibit will open
November 3 at the Burke
Museum in Seattle.
His fhmily shared that his
work is gentle, peaceful and
brings a place of calm and
clarity; a place to connect to
the past in order to live in the
present.
He is smarived by his wife
Mary; daughter Anna of
Washington, Martha Vlasoff
and Jane Allen of Cordova,
Grace Hoover of Anchorage;
sons Mark and Tony Hoover
of Cordova; ex-wife Barbara
Hoover of Cordova and nu-
merous nieces, nephews and
grandchildren.
William Schyler Jones
William Schyler Jones, 79!
died Wednesday, Sept. 14 at
Mason General Hospital in
Shelton. He was a resident of
Shelton.
He was born October 18,
1931 to Edward (Alice) Jones
in Ballard.
He graduated college with
an associate degree.
He served in the United
States Navy for 22 years and
was discharged at the rank of
Chief Petty Officer.
He married Ann Jones in
Seattle on June 10, 1955.
He had served on the USS
Princeton and USS 'Lexing-
ton and worked as well as
Amtrak's empire builder. He
was retired from the Navy
and retired as Chef-Amtrak
Railroad.
His family shared that
he taught
~his family
and friends
how to
have in-
tegrity,
strength
and love
thru his
examples.
His family
William said that
Jones all those
little funny
bits of wis-
and or The National Cancer
Association.
William R. Nolte
William R. Nolte, 85, died
Saturday, Sept. 17 in Shel-
ton. He was a resident of
Shelton for 35 years.
He was born April 28,
1926 to Ernest C. and Eva L.
(Pritts) Nolte in Everson.
He graduated in 1942
from Cowiche High School in
Cowiche.
He served in the U.S. Na-
val Coast Guard and at the
time of discharge was at the
rank of 3rd class petty officer.
He married Tanya Carl-
son in February of 1969 in
Aberdeen.
He was a salesperson for
Associated Grocers in the
beginning ,then with Keith
Uddenberg Co. which was a
retail grocery chain.
Nolte was an honorary life-
time member of the Elks and
a prior member of the Eagles
and the Moose. His hobbies in-
cluded fish-
~ ing, hunt-
ing, pool,
and wine
making. He
enjoyed his
boat and
spending
time with
his family.
He and his
William wife Tanya
Nolte did exten-
sive travel-
ing, visiting
Finland, Russia and many of
the United States. They went
on many cruises and wintered
in Yuma, Ariz.
He is sm~ived by hfs wife
Tanya Nolte of Shelton; son-
Dale Reed (Maria) of Aber-
deen; daughter Kathy Holden
of Ocean Shores; half brother
Harry Rainford (Gwen) of Ya-
kima; cousin Mickey Meador
of North Bend; grandchildren
Robert Reed (Erin) of Aber-
deen, Melissa Piller (Rob) of
Aberdeen and Michael Mar-
tinson of Ocean Shores; eight
great-grandchildren and
many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death
his parents and brother Er-
nest E. Nolte.
A memorial service will
be held at 11 a.m. on Mon-
day, Sept. 26 at the Hope
Chapel.
McComb Funeral Home of
Shelton is handling the ar-
rangements.
Memorial donations can
be made to Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research, J5-200,
98109-1024 or the Elks Chil-
dren's Memorial c/o Shelton
Elks, 741 SE Craig Rd. Shel-
ton, WA 98584
Online condolences may
be sent to the family at www.
mccombfh.com.
Earl Quentin Rodger
Earl Quentin Rodger, 86,
died Tuesday, Sept. 13 at
home in Shelton. He was a
resident of Shelton for two
years.
He was born June 5, 1925
to Earl C. and Mary M. (Ayer)
Rodger in Hardwick, Vt.
He graduated from St.
Johnsbury Academy in St
Johnsbury, Vt. in 1941 and
from the University of Ver-
mont in 1949 with a bach-
elor's degree in engineering.
He was a member of the
Merchant Marine transfer-
ring to the Army Corp of En-
gineers. And was a veteran
of WWII serving from 1942-
1945.
He married Christine
Grant in1948 in Danville, Vt.
Rodger v4orked as a struc-
tural engineer for the Boeing
Co., in Seattle, until his re-
tirement in 1988.
Rodger was a member of
the EAAP (Experimental Air-
craft Association Program).
His hobbies included boat-
ing, flying (owning a couple of
planes). He enjoyed reading,
playing bridge and World
War II history. His family
shared that he was a very
quiet and reflective man.
He is
~i~i!: s u r v i v e d
~1 by his sons
~i!J Robert A.
Rodger
~~~ (Joni) of
~~~ Lacey and
Richard
~Rodger
(Kelly)
Earl of Olym-
Rodger pia; daugh-
ters Susan
Watkins
(Jeff) of Shelton and Caro-
lyn Stegall (Larry) o r
Salem, Ore.; Sister Margaret .....
Guy of Levittoni Pc.; seven
grandchildren; twelve great-
grandchildren and numer-
ous, nieces, nephews and
cousins.
His wife and two sisters
preceded him in death.
A private family gather-
ing will be held at a later
date. McComb funeral Home
of Shelton is handling the
arrangements. Online con-
dolences may be sent to the
family at www.mccombfh.
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dom now make sense.
He enjoyed fishing, cards,
traveling, being with family.
He is survived by his wife
Ann Jones of Shelton; sons
Richard Jones (Brenda),
of Snohomish and William
Jones (Kerri) of Everett;
(daughter) Marchell Jones
(Charlee) of Yakima; 10
grandchildren Dustin, Chris,
Joshua, Christine, Amanda,
Natalie, Alex, Kayla, Jese
and Justin and seven great-
grandchildren Shawn, Jesse,
Aubrey, Chloe, Jemma, Kiera
and Evah
He was preceded in death
by his parents, daughter Lisa
Ann Ferguson, sister 'Bev
Staab and brothers Bob and
Richard Jones.
There will be an open
house celebration in his honor
from I to 4 p.m., Sunday, Oct.
2, at the Little Creek Casino
in Shelton. McComb Funeral
Home of Shelton is handling
arrangements. Memorial do-
nations can be made to the
National Heart Association
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