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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