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Obituaries
i I
Vickie M. Myers
Retired registered nurse Victo-
ria M. "Vickie" Myers died of natu-
ral causes on Wednesday, Novem-
ber 14, in Centralia. She was 76
and had lived in Shelten the past
27 years.
She was born
on March 23,
1931 in Fort
Madison, Iowa,
to Catherine
and Lawrence
Luetkehans.
She gradu-
ated from Fort
Madison High
School in 1949
and from Saint Vickie M.
Mary's Nursing Myers
School in Quin-
cy, Illinois, becoming a registered
nurse in 1951.
Mrs. Myers worked as a reg-
istered nurse in hospitals in Illi-
nois as well as for Lewis County
Mental Health in Chehalis for 20
years.
She married Russell Lee Myers
on September 5, 1953 in Fort Mad-
ison. He preceded her in death on
January 30, 2005.
Mrs. Myers enjoyed sewing,
water-skiing, paddle boating and
kayaking, jogging, exercising, golf,
dancing and the sun. She was a
devout Catholic and served her
community by volunteering at a
food bank, helping with elections
and volunteering to take people's
blood pressure.
Surviving are brother Maynard
Luetkehans of Wheaten, Illinois;
sister Donna Cox of Monmouth,
Illinois; sons Russ Myers and wife
Penny of Yakima and Doug My-
ers and wife Sue of Onalaska; and
daughter Sue Sheppard and hus-
band Larry of Pullman.
Also surviving are grandchil-
dren Dana (Sheppard) Gibson and
Erin Sheppard of Spokane, Jamie
Myers of Seattle, Mark Myers of
Maul, Hawaii, Anthony Myers
of Tacoma and Jerrod Myers of
Olympia.
She was also preceded in death
by her parents and brothers Toby
and Jim Luetkehans.
A funeral service has been
scheduled for 1 p.m. on Friday,
November 30, at Saint Edward's
Catholic Church in Shelton. Fa-
ther Ron Belisle will officiate.
A reception will ibllow at Lake
Limerick Country Club, 790 East
Saint Andrews Drive.
Memorial donations may be
made to the Saints' Pantry food
bank, P.O. Box 1064, Shelton,
98584.
Arrangements are under the
direction of Cattermole Funeral
Home in Winlock.
Jesiah Bankemper
Jesiah Whip Bankemper, a
3-month-old infant boy, died of
yet- to-be-determined causes on
Wednesday, November 14, in
Shelton.
He was born
on August 5 to
¢lexanderBrew-
er and Danein
Bankemper. He
loved being with
his family, his
survivors said. :
Surviving are
his parents of
Shelton; grand-
parents Tracy Jesiah
Bankemper of Bankemper
Shelton, John
and Nancy Burruss of Benton
City and Teresa Holt of Shelton;
and numerous aunts and uncles.
A memorial service was held
on Tuesday, November 20, at the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints.
Memorial donations may be
made to a charity of the donor's
choice.
Arrangements are under the di-
rection of McComb Funeral Home
of Shelton.
Vivian P. Nilsen
Vivian Pearl Nilsen, a Shelton
resident for 30 years, died of natu-
ral causes on Wednesday, Novem-
ber 14, at her home. She was 93.
She was born on December 27,
1913 in Calgary,
Alberta, Canada,
to Benjamin and
Fannie (Colvin)
Potter. The fami-
ly moved to Port-
land, Oregon, in
1922.
She married
Bjarne Nilsen on
May 24, 1941 in
Portland.
She was a ::: '
homemaker but
also worked with ii:
her husband in
his fish and crab Vivian P.
canneries. She Nilsen
was first lady
of Westport when Mr. Nilsen was
mayor for 14 years and fire chief for
29 years. She organized the first li-
brary at Westport and was presi-
dent of the Grays Harbor County
Council of Parents and Teachers.
She was a member of the Order
of the Eastern Star and an officer
of its Hoquiam and Shelton chap-
ters. She was also appointed to be
the grand representative of Nova
Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
She was involved in politics with
the Republican Party for many
years and was an elections board
member in Grays Harbor County.
The Nilsens moved to Shelton
in 1977 and lived on Hammersley
Inlet. Mr. Nilsen preceded her in
death.
Surviving are daughter San-
dra Haroldson and husband Ron
of Kirkland; grandchildren Tonja
King, Elisa Johnson, Stian Nilsen,
Kris and Erik Nye and Sara Al-
drich and 14 great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death
by her nine siblings.
A funeral service was held on
Wednesday, November 21, at Hope
Chapel in Shelton. Pastor Ken
Nielsen officiated. Burial was at
Shelton Memorial Park.
Arrangements are by McComb
Funeral Home of Shelton.
Friends have
books for sale
The Friends of the Library in
Shelton will hold their monthly
book sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on
December 1 at the library.
Those who stop by can stock up
on bargain-priced books.
Members of the organization
will have their monthly meeting
on that same day. They raise funds
to support special library projects
and activities of the library.
The William G. Reed Library is
located at 710 West Alder Street
in downtown Shelton.
Smash helps
Saints' Pantry
(Continued from page 9.)
the contributions and to inform the
students that their gifts are needed
by the 250 local families that are
supported by the food bank. Har-
vest Northwest has supplied them
with turkeys on Thanksgiving Day
of previous years but will not be
doing so this time around.
Northwest Harvest is the only
statewide hunger relief agency
in Washington. It operates a food
bank in Seattle and secures 18 mil-
lion pounds of food for distribution
throughout the state, with a ware-
house in Grays Harbor County
shipping salmon and a warehouse
in Lewis County shipping fresh
vegetables. Given its statewide
reach, the rapid rise in gasoline
prices is an issue of some concern.
"We felt like somebody stole our
turkeys," Hinck told the Timber-
wolves.
Christmas may come but once a year,
but it will continue for quite some
(Continued from page 1.)
preparations for the arrival of
Santa Claus by boat at about 6
o'clock on Friday for the second
annual tree lighting ceremony
in Union. Persons wanting to see
the big tree in Union illuminated
with five miles of lights are in-
vited to assemble from 5 to 7:30
p.m. on November 23 at the A1-
derbrook Resort & Spa.
The yule tree is from the Bat-
stone tree thrm in Shelton, was
cut by a crew from Green Dia-
mond Resource Company and
was transported by Northwest
Helicopter. Marty McCormack of
Alderbrook said that payment for
the tree is going not to the Bat-
stone family but to United Way
of Mason County and the schol-
arship fund of the Freedom Alli-
ance, an organization that helps
the children of fallen soldiers pay
for college. This fund will also
benefit from proceeds from pho-
tographs taken at Santa's Work-
shop at Alderbrook between No-
vember 25 and December 16.
HELICOPTERS AREN'T re-
quired of those who get a U-cut
permit from the Olympic Nation-
al Forest, but persons who would
like to cut their own Christmas
trees are advised to use a four-
wheel-drive vehicle when ventur-
ing into the hinterlands. Permits
costing $5 each may be purchased
at the Visitor Information Center
in Hoodsport. U-cut permits are
available now through December
24.
"We allow one tree per house-
hold, and permits are valid for
specified areas," said Forest Su-
pervisor Dale Hem. "Maps and
information about cutting areas
will be provided with the per-
mit."
Hem said Douglas fir is the
most abundant and popular
Christmas tree species found on
the forest. Pacific silver fir may
be found along ridge tops at high-
er elevations, but accessibility
depends on snow and road condi-
tions. With fewer newly planted
areas, finding a Christmas tree
is getting more difficult than in
the past. Getting a tree early will
probably mean better access into
higher elevations and more avail-
able trees.
Officials of the national fbrest
are advising people to arrive at
the cutting area early in the day
Six stories in Shelton?
(Continued from page 1.)
he said, adding the Shelton Fire
Department doesn't have a lad-
der capable of extending beyond a
height of 30 feet.
"We're not prepared to spend a
million dollars on a ladder truck,"
as well as up to half a million dol-
lars to staff such a truck, Ghiglio-
ne said. The Olympia Fire Depart-
ment has a ladder truck and Shel-
ton has called on that department
for the truck's use three times
during Ghiglione's lengthy career
in Shelton.
Building and fire code regu-
lations are designed to protect
high-rise buildings seven stories
or higher, Ghiglione noted. The
city would have to look at a four-
or five-story building as if it was a
high rise, he told The Journal on
Tuesday. Performance standards
for such buildings include fire-
alarm and fire-suppression sys-
tems and building exits.
The current building height lim-
it in Shelton is 35 fet and there
are two buildings in the city that
contain three stories: the First
and Railroad apartments and Ma-
son County Building I on Fourth
Street, which has a mezzanine
level above the Mason County Au-
ditor's Office on the second floor.
MASON COUNTY has been
wrestling with how to develop its
campus for years, Goins wrote.
The county has suggested estab-
lishing a binding site plan with
review and approval by the city as
a means for approval of its master
plan. That master plan must ad-
dress building setback issues and
overall parking requirements at
each phase of development.
All elements of the master plan
must be approved by the city and
design review will also apply to
each structure at the time of de-
velopment, Goins' memo noted.
The other two proposed changes
to the city's development regula-
tions include creation of an Airport
Industrial Zoning District at Sand-
erson Field and an updated chap-
ter to the Shelton Municipal Code
to include the above two proposed
new zoning districts and changes
All of our staff reside in Mason County, adhere to the highest
standard of ethical practices and are committed to ensuring
that all of your needs are attended to.
Mason County's Only Crematorium
Our full service ofli:rs cremation, burial, memorial markers and I urplc (:ross Burial Insurance
Competitive Pricing
Pastor Ken Nielsen, funeral Pre-need and at-need arrangements available
director, 4-year employee
to the land use matrix that indi-
cates which land uses would be
permitted or conditionally permit-
ted within those zones.
The Airport Industrial Zoning
District would accommodate a
range of existing uses and permit
the establishment of other non-in-
dustrial uses at the Shelton air-
port, Goins' memo noted.
PATTI MILLER-CROWLEY,
the Port of Shelton's planning and
development manager, asked that
a similar industrial overlay zone
be established for the port's Johns
Prairie Industrial Park.
"However in this instance, the
same concept is difficult to support,
as the range of uses being consid-
ered at Sanderson Field doesn't
seem appropriate for the Johns
Prairie site, which seems better
suited for solely heavy industrial
that requires substantial acreage
for long-term growth that could be
stymied if provisions allowed an
expansion of non-compatible uses
in this area," Goins wrote.
The city commissioners took no
action Monday on the proposed
changes and continued the public
hearing to their meeting at 6 p.m.
on Monday, December 3, at the
Shelton Civic Center.
and not to
est roads in the dark. A
snowfall can block
so a cutter should let a
or relative know the
in case help is needed.
should be equipped for
travel with tire chains, a
and extra warm clothing.
THE HOODSPORT
located a few yards
way 101" on Lake Cushman
which is also known as
Route 119. Hours are 10
4 p.m. on weekdays, 9
p.m. on Saturdays
cember 24 and noon to 4
Sundays through
A Christmas tradition
standing is Soup and
the United Methodist
1900 King Street in
People are invited by the
gation to enjoy homemade
and listen to music for all
three occasions: 11:30
cember 7 with the Cecilia
Quartet; 6:45 p.m. on
14 with the Backwoods
mers; and 11:30 a.m. on
ber 21 with the chamber
of Shelton High School.
The Harstine Island
Club will present its
of Santa Goes on Strike
rected by Lorna Hink at 8
Friday, November 30,
day, December 1. A
be staged at 3 p.m. on
December 2, at 3 p.m.
is free. In addition, the
Community Choir will
free concerts at 7 p.m. on
ber 8 and 3 p.m. on
9. These entertainments
presented in the Harstine
Community Hall.
On Friday, December 7,
day before their first
the community hall, they
participating in the City of
ton's annual tree-lighting
mony. That same weekend,
ton downtown merchants
ebrate "First Friday 2007f ',
ing the
and dining event, which
Saturday, December 8, 25
and restaurants downtown
feature special prizes and
ties, including five grand
The Harstine
Choir and the Annas Bay
munity Choir will combine
than 60 voices and an
of accompanists for a free
of 21 classic Christmas
The program will begin at 3
on Sunday, December 16,
Shelton High School
at 3737 Shelton Springs
William H. Lindsay
William Hugh Lindsay, 89, passed away peacefully on Oct. 29,
exactly six months after the unexpected death of his beloved wife,
Belle.
Bill was born in a Bishop, Calif. mining camp on Feb. 26, 1918,
William Rufus and Catherine Anne Lindsay. At the age of seven, he and
family moved to a remote fjord on British Columbia's glacial coastline to
company copper mining town of Anyox.
He attended school at the New Mexico Military Institute, and
from high school in 1937.
After graduation, Bill left for college at Washington State
A year shy of his degree, he decided to return to his first love, the sea.
manned the radio room on 30 different ships - on junkers, tramps,
liners and tankers all over the world.
In the early 70s, he headed north to explore the Canadian valleys
youth, and stumbled upon a place he could finally call home - the
Valley. He bought a piece of land outside of Mazama and built a
cedar chalet under the pines and the shadow of Goat Wall.
He married Patricia Belle Shomler in the summer of 1978. Bill and F
enjoyed many years of hiking and cross country skiing in
before they decided to move to "Windy Ridge" in Ellensburg in 1986.
traveled the world together after that, by air and by sea,
country to visit friends and relatives.
Bill finally fulfilled the promise he had made to his father to
his college education when, at the age of 71, he graduated from
Washington University in 1988, with a bachelor of science degree in
technology. At the age of 78, he again graduated from CWU with a degree
economics.
Bill and Pat spent their final years in Fawn Lake in Shelton, Wash.,
provided them with a warm community of friends and a beautiful place
they could take their daily walks around the lake.
These two wonderful people, who loved each other above all else,
found peace together once again.
Bill is survived by his daughters Patty Kuhnau, Michelle Merritt and
Parsoneault; his stepsons Michael Shomler, Matthew Shomler and
Shomler; his grandchildren; many beloved family members and friends.
- Paid Obituary Notice -
Page 10 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, November 22, 2007
Obituaries
i I
Vickie M. Myers
Retired registered nurse Victo-
ria M. "Vickie" Myers died of natu-
ral causes on Wednesday, Novem-
ber 14, in Centralia. She was 76
and had lived in Shelten the past
27 years.
She was born
on March 23,
1931 in Fort
Madison, Iowa,
to Catherine
and Lawrence
Luetkehans.
She gradu-
ated from Fort
Madison High
School in 1949
and from Saint Vickie M.
Mary's Nursing Myers
School in Quin-
cy, Illinois, becoming a registered
nurse in 1951.
Mrs. Myers worked as a reg-
istered nurse in hospitals in Illi-
nois as well as for Lewis County
Mental Health in Chehalis for 20
years.
She married Russell Lee Myers
on September 5, 1953 in Fort Mad-
ison. He preceded her in death on
January 30, 2005.
Mrs. Myers enjoyed sewing,
water-skiing, paddle boating and
kayaking, jogging, exercising, golf,
dancing and the sun. She was a
devout Catholic and served her
community by volunteering at a
food bank, helping with elections
and volunteering to take people's
blood pressure.
Surviving are brother Maynard
Luetkehans of Wheaten, Illinois;
sister Donna Cox of Monmouth,
Illinois; sons Russ Myers and wife
Penny of Yakima and Doug My-
ers and wife Sue of Onalaska; and
daughter Sue Sheppard and hus-
band Larry of Pullman.
Also surviving are grandchil-
dren Dana (Sheppard) Gibson and
Erin Sheppard of Spokane, Jamie
Myers of Seattle, Mark Myers of
Maul, Hawaii, Anthony Myers
of Tacoma and Jerrod Myers of
Olympia.
She was also preceded in death
by her parents and brothers Toby
and Jim Luetkehans.
A funeral service has been
scheduled for 1 p.m. on Friday,
November 30, at Saint Edward's
Catholic Church in Shelton. Fa-
ther Ron Belisle will officiate.
A reception will ibllow at Lake
Limerick Country Club, 790 East
Saint Andrews Drive.
Memorial donations may be
made to the Saints' Pantry food
bank, P.O. Box 1064, Shelton,
98584.
Arrangements are under the
direction of Cattermole Funeral
Home in Winlock.
Jesiah Bankemper
Jesiah Whip Bankemper, a
3-month-old infant boy, died of
yet- to-be-determined causes on
Wednesday, November 14, in
Shelton.
He was born
on August 5 to
¢lexanderBrew-
er and Danein
Bankemper. He
loved being with
his family, his
survivors said. :
Surviving are
his parents of
Shelton; grand-
parents Tracy Jesiah
Bankemper of Bankemper
Shelton, John
and Nancy Burruss of Benton
City and Teresa Holt of Shelton;
and numerous aunts and uncles.
A memorial service was held
on Tuesday, November 20, at the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints.
Memorial donations may be
made to a charity of the donor's
choice.
Arrangements are under the di-
rection of McComb Funeral Home
of Shelton.
Vivian P. Nilsen
Vivian Pearl Nilsen, a Shelton
resident for 30 years, died of natu-
ral causes on Wednesday, Novem-
ber 14, at her home. She was 93.
She was born on December 27,
1913 in Calgary,
Alberta, Canada,
to Benjamin and
Fannie (Colvin)
Potter. The fami-
ly moved to Port-
land, Oregon, in
1922.
She married
Bjarne Nilsen on
May 24, 1941 in
Portland.
She was a ::: '
homemaker but
also worked with ii:
her husband in
his fish and crab Vivian P.
canneries. She Nilsen
was first lady
of Westport when Mr. Nilsen was
mayor for 14 years and fire chief for
29 years. She organized the first li-
brary at Westport and was presi-
dent of the Grays Harbor County
Council of Parents and Teachers.
She was a member of the Order
of the Eastern Star and an officer
of its Hoquiam and Shelton chap-
ters. She was also appointed to be
the grand representative of Nova
Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
She was involved in politics with
the Republican Party for many
years and was an elections board
member in Grays Harbor County.
The Nilsens moved to Shelton
in 1977 and lived on Hammersley
Inlet. Mr. Nilsen preceded her in
death.
Surviving are daughter San-
dra Haroldson and husband Ron
of Kirkland; grandchildren Tonja
King, Elisa Johnson, Stian Nilsen,
Kris and Erik Nye and Sara Al-
drich and 14 great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death
by her nine siblings.
A funeral service was held on
Wednesday, November 21, at Hope
Chapel in Shelton. Pastor Ken
Nielsen officiated. Burial was at
Shelton Memorial Park.
Arrangements are by McComb
Funeral Home of Shelton.
Friends have
books for sale
The Friends of the Library in
Shelton will hold their monthly
book sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on
December 1 at the library.
Those who stop by can stock up
on bargain-priced books.
Members of the organization
will have their monthly meeting
on that same day. They raise funds
to support special library projects
and activities of the library.
The William G. Reed Library is
located at 710 West Alder Street
in downtown Shelton.
Smash helps
Saints' Pantry
(Continued from page 9.)
the contributions and to inform the
students that their gifts are needed
by the 250 local families that are
supported by the food bank. Har-
vest Northwest has supplied them
with turkeys on Thanksgiving Day
of previous years but will not be
doing so this time around.
Northwest Harvest is the only
statewide hunger relief agency
in Washington. It operates a food
bank in Seattle and secures 18 mil-
lion pounds of food for distribution
throughout the state, with a ware-
house in Grays Harbor County
shipping salmon and a warehouse
in Lewis County shipping fresh
vegetables. Given its statewide
reach, the rapid rise in gasoline
prices is an issue of some concern.
"We felt like somebody stole our
turkeys," Hinck told the Timber-
wolves.
Christmas may come but once a year,
but it will continue for quite some
(Continued from page 1.)
preparations for the arrival of
Santa Claus by boat at about 6
o'clock on Friday for the second
annual tree lighting ceremony
in Union. Persons wanting to see
the big tree in Union illuminated
with five miles of lights are in-
vited to assemble from 5 to 7:30
p.m. on November 23 at the A1-
derbrook Resort & Spa.
The yule tree is from the Bat-
stone tree thrm in Shelton, was
cut by a crew from Green Dia-
mond Resource Company and
was transported by Northwest
Helicopter. Marty McCormack of
Alderbrook said that payment for
the tree is going not to the Bat-
stone family but to United Way
of Mason County and the schol-
arship fund of the Freedom Alli-
ance, an organization that helps
the children of fallen soldiers pay
for college. This fund will also
benefit from proceeds from pho-
tographs taken at Santa's Work-
shop at Alderbrook between No-
vember 25 and December 16.
HELICOPTERS AREN'T re-
quired of those who get a U-cut
permit from the Olympic Nation-
al Forest, but persons who would
like to cut their own Christmas
trees are advised to use a four-
wheel-drive vehicle when ventur-
ing into the hinterlands. Permits
costing $5 each may be purchased
at the Visitor Information Center
in Hoodsport. U-cut permits are
available now through December
24.
"We allow one tree per house-
hold, and permits are valid for
specified areas," said Forest Su-
pervisor Dale Hem. "Maps and
information about cutting areas
will be provided with the per-
mit."
Hem said Douglas fir is the
most abundant and popular
Christmas tree species found on
the forest. Pacific silver fir may
be found along ridge tops at high-
er elevations, but accessibility
depends on snow and road condi-
tions. With fewer newly planted
areas, finding a Christmas tree
is getting more difficult than in
the past. Getting a tree early will
probably mean better access into
higher elevations and more avail-
able trees.
Officials of the national fbrest
are advising people to arrive at
the cutting area early in the day
Six stories in Shelton?
(Continued from page 1.)
he said, adding the Shelton Fire
Department doesn't have a lad-
der capable of extending beyond a
height of 30 feet.
"We're not prepared to spend a
million dollars on a ladder truck,"
as well as up to half a million dol-
lars to staff such a truck, Ghiglio-
ne said. The Olympia Fire Depart-
ment has a ladder truck and Shel-
ton has called on that department
for the truck's use three times
during Ghiglione's lengthy career
in Shelton.
Building and fire code regu-
lations are designed to protect
high-rise buildings seven stories
or higher, Ghiglione noted. The
city would have to look at a four-
or five-story building as if it was a
high rise, he told The Journal on
Tuesday. Performance standards
for such buildings include fire-
alarm and fire-suppression sys-
tems and building exits.
The current building height lim-
it in Shelton is 35 fet and there
are two buildings in the city that
contain three stories: the First
and Railroad apartments and Ma-
son County Building I on Fourth
Street, which has a mezzanine
level above the Mason County Au-
ditor's Office on the second floor.
MASON COUNTY has been
wrestling with how to develop its
campus for years, Goins wrote.
The county has suggested estab-
lishing a binding site plan with
review and approval by the city as
a means for approval of its master
plan. That master plan must ad-
dress building setback issues and
overall parking requirements at
each phase of development.
All elements of the master plan
must be approved by the city and
design review will also apply to
each structure at the time of de-
velopment, Goins' memo noted.
The other two proposed changes
to the city's development regula-
tions include creation of an Airport
Industrial Zoning District at Sand-
erson Field and an updated chap-
ter to the Shelton Municipal Code
to include the above two proposed
new zoning districts and changes
All of our staff reside in Mason County, adhere to the highest
standard of ethical practices and are committed to ensuring
that all of your needs are attended to.
Mason County's Only Crematorium
Our full service ofli:rs cremation, burial, memorial markers and I urplc (:ross Burial Insurance
Competitive Pricing
Pastor Ken Nielsen, funeral Pre-need and at-need arrangements available
director, 4-year employee
to the land use matrix that indi-
cates which land uses would be
permitted or conditionally permit-
ted within those zones.
The Airport Industrial Zoning
District would accommodate a
range of existing uses and permit
the establishment of other non-in-
dustrial uses at the Shelton air-
port, Goins' memo noted.
PATTI MILLER-CROWLEY,
the Port of Shelton's planning and
development manager, asked that
a similar industrial overlay zone
be established for the port's Johns
Prairie Industrial Park.
"However in this instance, the
same concept is difficult to support,
as the range of uses being consid-
ered at Sanderson Field doesn't
seem appropriate for the Johns
Prairie site, which seems better
suited for solely heavy industrial
that requires substantial acreage
for long-term growth that could be
stymied if provisions allowed an
expansion of non-compatible uses
in this area," Goins wrote.
The city commissioners took no
action Monday on the proposed
changes and continued the public
hearing to their meeting at 6 p.m.
on Monday, December 3, at the
Shelton Civic Center.
and not to
est roads in the dark. A
snowfall can block
so a cutter should let a
or relative know the
in case help is needed.
should be equipped for
travel with tire chains, a
and extra warm clothing.
THE HOODSPORT
located a few yards
way 101" on Lake Cushman
which is also known as
Route 119. Hours are 10
4 p.m. on weekdays, 9
p.m. on Saturdays
cember 24 and noon to 4
Sundays through
A Christmas tradition
standing is Soup and
the United Methodist
1900 King Street in
People are invited by the
gation to enjoy homemade
and listen to music for all
three occasions: 11:30
cember 7 with the Cecilia
Quartet; 6:45 p.m. on
14 with the Backwoods
mers; and 11:30 a.m. on
ber 21 with the chamber
of Shelton High School.
The Harstine Island
Club will present its
of Santa Goes on Strike
rected by Lorna Hink at 8
Friday, November 30,
day, December 1. A
be staged at 3 p.m. on
December 2, at 3 p.m.
is free. In addition, the
Community Choir will
free concerts at 7 p.m. on
ber 8 and 3 p.m. on
9. These entertainments
presented in the Harstine
Community Hall.
On Friday, December 7,
day before their first
the community hall, they
participating in the City of
ton's annual tree-lighting
mony. That same weekend,
ton downtown merchants
ebrate "First Friday 2007f ',
ing the
and dining event, which
Saturday, December 8, 25
and restaurants downtown
feature special prizes and
ties, including five grand
The Harstine
Choir and the Annas Bay
munity Choir will combine
than 60 voices and an
of accompanists for a free
of 21 classic Christmas
The program will begin at 3
on Sunday, December 16,
Shelton High School
at 3737 Shelton Springs
William H. Lindsay
William Hugh Lindsay, 89, passed away peacefully on Oct. 29,
exactly six months after the unexpected death of his beloved wife,
Belle.
Bill was born in a Bishop, Calif. mining camp on Feb. 26, 1918,
William Rufus and Catherine Anne Lindsay. At the age of seven, he and
family moved to a remote fjord on British Columbia's glacial coastline to
company copper mining town of Anyox.
He attended school at the New Mexico Military Institute, and
from high school in 1937.
After graduation, Bill left for college at Washington State
A year shy of his degree, he decided to return to his first love, the sea.
manned the radio room on 30 different ships - on junkers, tramps,
liners and tankers all over the world.
In the early 70s, he headed north to explore the Canadian valleys
youth, and stumbled upon a place he could finally call home - the
Valley. He bought a piece of land outside of Mazama and built a
cedar chalet under the pines and the shadow of Goat Wall.
He married Patricia Belle Shomler in the summer of 1978. Bill and F
enjoyed many years of hiking and cross country skiing in
before they decided to move to "Windy Ridge" in Ellensburg in 1986.
traveled the world together after that, by air and by sea,
country to visit friends and relatives.
Bill finally fulfilled the promise he had made to his father to
his college education when, at the age of 71, he graduated from
Washington University in 1988, with a bachelor of science degree in
technology. At the age of 78, he again graduated from CWU with a degree
economics.
Bill and Pat spent their final years in Fawn Lake in Shelton, Wash.,
provided them with a warm community of friends and a beautiful place
they could take their daily walks around the lake.
These two wonderful people, who loved each other above all else,
found peace together once again.
Bill is survived by his daughters Patty Kuhnau, Michelle Merritt and
Parsoneault; his stepsons Michael Shomler, Matthew Shomler and
Shomler; his grandchildren; many beloved family members and friends.
- Paid Obituary Notice -
Page 10 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, November 22, 2007