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Jeffrey Robert Frazier
A memorial service for Jeffrey Robert Frazier, of Port Angeles, was held Sept. 2 at Harper Ridgeview Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Earl Rice presided.
Mr. Frazier died Aug. 27, 1998. He was 36.
He was born Jan. 15, 1962, in Prince George County, Md., to Billy Robert and Carolyn Faye Sharp Frazier.
Mr. Frazier worked for 16 years for the National Park Service Maintenance Division in Washington, D.C. He lived in Virginia all his life, until moving to Clallam County in October 1996.
He enjoyed bike riding and his computer.
Mr. Frazier is survived by his parents; a brother, Michael Frazier; and sister, Sherri Frazier, all of Sequim; a grandmother, Vivian Sharp, of Pearlsburg, Va.; and grandfather, Paul Osborne, of Elizabeth, W.Va.
Memorial gifts may be made to National Epilepsy Foundation of America, 4351 Garden City Drive, Londoner, Md., 20785-2267.
Conrad Z. Kirner
A memorial service for Conrad Z. Kirner, of Sequim, is scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at Sequim Masonic Temple on South Fifth Avenue.
Mr. Kirner died Oct. 20, 1998. He was 92.
He was born May 20, 1906, in Sequim, to Joseph and Mary Fowler Kirner and graduated from Sequim High School in 1926.
Mr. Kirner started to work in the logging camp of Nelson and Jones, located near the Diamond Point Road. He and Naomia J. Goforth met at the logging camp and married April 23, 1927, in Shelton.
When the Nelson and Jones camp closed, they moved to Discovery Bay, where Mr. Kirner worked on the new pipeline for the Port Townsend Pulp Mill, and then to Brinnon, where he again felled trees in a logging camp.
They moved to Sequim, where Dell Ray, his best friend, got him a job at the Sequim-Dungeness Creamery. Mr. Kirner made the creamery's famous cottage cheese. During the Depression, he earned only $80 a month at the creamery. The creamery was sold and Mr. Kirner returned to working as a faller in the woods until an accident and broken ankle caused him to retire in 1970.
Mr. Kirner was a 55-year member of Masonic Lodge 213, a 54-year member of Olympic Peninsula Shrine Club and a member of Order of Eastern Star Chapter 157. He was a board member of Rainbow for Girls Assembly 57 and a "Rainbow Dad." He served with Sequim Volunteer Fire Department for 25 years and as a Fire District 3 commissioner. Mr. Kirner was a Teamsters member.
In addition to his wife of 71 years, Mr. Kirner is survived by sons Harry Kirner, of Port Angeles, and Joseph Kirner, of Ferndale; a daughter, Evelyn Stringer, of Sequim; brothers John Kirner, of Sequim, and Douglas Kirner, of Perris, Calif.; 15 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Don A. Kirner.
Memorial gifts may be made to Rainbow for Girls Assembly 57, c/o Elliott Pearson, treasurer, 832 River Road, Sequim 98382.
Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel was in charge of arrangements.
Zita Santos
A funeral for Zita Santos, of Sequim, was held Oct. 27 at St. Luke's Episcopal Church. The Rev. Allan Hall presided. Burial was at Sequim View Cemetery.
Mrs. Santos died Oct. 19, 1998. She was 75.
She was born March 2, 1923, in Pittsburgh, to Antony and Mary Stanicz Bankowski.
She graduated from high school and met Tom Santos at Lake Tahoe, Stateline, Nev. They married Nov. 19, 1952, in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Calif. and settled in Palo Alto, Calif., where Mrs. Santos worked at an insurance agency and at the courthouse.
They took a long leave, stopping in Marathon, Fla., to fish and gather shells for a month, then went to Pittsburgh for Mr. Santos to meet her family.
Mrs. Santos learned to hunt and harvested her own antelope in Wyoming. She became an avid rockhound, covering 38 states in this pursuit.
In 1960 they settled on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe, where Mrs. Santos worked at the Winter Olympics and as a summer cocktail waitress. They wintered in Scottsdale, Ariz.
In 1971 they headed for Fairbanks, Alaska, pulling a trailer and fishing along the way. Mrs. Santos was seriously injured in an explosion and was hospitalized for seven and one-half weeks. They moved to Sequim in 1974.
Mrs. Santos was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, the National Grange, Washington State Grange, North Olympic Fruit Club, Macleay Community Club and a life member of Sequim Prairie Grange.
In addition to her husband at the family home, Mrs. Santos is survived by a stepson, Michael Santos, of Dutch Flat, Calif., and stepdaughter, Diane Stewart, of Port Costa, Calif.; a sister, Loretta Pietras, of Pittsburgh, and four grandchildren.
Memorial gifts may be made to the St. Luke's Building Fund, 525 N. Fifth Ave., Sequim 98382.
Sequim Valley Chapel was in charge of arrangements.
Henry Buss
At the family request, no service is planned for Henry Buss, of Sequim. Mr. Buss died Oct. 20, 1998. He was 88.
He was born Jan. 20, 1910, in England, to James and Edith Ethel Palmer Buss.
Mr. Buss was a high school graduate.
He married Lucille Buss, who preceded him in death in 1987.
Sequim Valley Chapel was in charge of arrangements.
Janice L Eberle
A memorial service for Janice L. Eberle, of Gig Harbor, was held Oct. 23. Mrs. Eberle died Oct. 19, 1998. She was 41.
She was born in Port Angeles on April 22, 1957, and graduated from Port Angeles High School in 1975 and cosmetology school in 1977.
Mrs. Eberle was a member of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe in Sequim; the Washington State Cosmetology Organization and the Hair Fashion Committee. She also was a member of the Tacoma Affiliate of Mount Rainier Chapter of Cosmetology; the Port Angeles Chapter of International Order of Rainbow for Girls and the Gig Harbor Chamber of Commerce. She attended the Methodist Church.
In addition to her husband at the family home, Mrs. Eberle is survived by a daughter, Heidi Melosa; her parents, Lyle and Patricia Prince, of Sequim; sisters Julie Powers, of Olympia, and Beth Anders, of Port Angeles; and a brother, Cliff Prince, of Port Angeles.
Memorial gifts may be made to the American Cancer Society, Harbor of Hope, 1515 Broadway, No. 200, Tacoma, 98402, or Heidi Melosa Education Fund.
Haven of Rest Funeral Home in Gig Harbor was in charge of arrangements.
Vera Belcheff Huggins
A memorial service for Vera Belcheff Huggins, of Sequim, was held Oct. 26 at St. Luke's Episcopal Church. The Rev. Allan Hall presided.
Mrs. Huggins died Oct. 19, 1998. She was 78.
She was born Feb. 13, 1920, in Grand Harbor, N.D., to Christ and Mary Zerencheff Belcheff, graduated from high school and worked as a beautician.
She and Oscar M. Huggins married Feb. 15, 1943.
She moved to the Sequim area in 1973.
Among her many hobbies, Mrs. Huggins enjoyed golf, traveling, cooking, crafts, knitting, crocheting, sewing and dancing.
Mrs. Huggins was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church.
In addition to her husband at the family home, Mrs. Huggins is survived by a brother, Sam Belcheff, of Arizona; a sister, Helen Day, of Renton; four nieces and nephews and many great-nieces and nephews.
Memorial gifts may be made to The Hope Heart Institute, 528 18th Ave., Seattle 98122.
Sequim Valley Chapel was in charge of arrangements.
Niel Merlin Lavin
A memorial service for Niel Merlin Lavin, of Sequim, was held Oct. 26 at Sequim V.F.W. Post 4760. Burial was at Sequim View Cemetery.
Mr. Lavin died Oct. 20, 1998. He was 77.
He was born June 25, 1921, in Tripp, Wis., to Samuel M. and Lucille Richardson Lavin.
Mr. Lavin attended schools in Tripp, Wis., and graduated from high school there. In 1939 he joined the "CC." He served in the Army from 1942-45 and then returned to Wisconsin where he worked as a plumber until 1952, when he moved to Anchorage, Alaska.
He and Lavina Hills married Nov. 8, 1972, in Palmer, Alaska.
Mr. Lavin moved to Sequim after retiring in 1975.
Mr. Lavin served as VFW Post 4760 commander; 14th District VFW commander; and Cooties of Post 4760 seam squirrel; and was a Master Mason in Sequim; a member of Nile Temple in Seattle; Peninsula Shrine Association; Scottish Rites in Bremerton; Sequim Elks; Port Angeles Eagles; Sequim Prairie Grange; Olympic Peninsula Footprints Association and Sequim American Legion.
In addition to his wife at the family home, Mr. Lavin is survived by sons Michael Lavin and Ned Lavin, both of Anchorage; a daughter, Virginia Robinson, of Trapper Creek, Alaska; a stepdaughter, Thelma Fernandez, of Ridgeport; brothers James Lavin, of Anchorage, and Glen Lavin, of Superior, Wis.; 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to V.F.W. Post 4760, General Fund of Niel Lavin, P.O. Box 427, Sequim, 98382.
Sequim Valley Chapel was in charge of arrangements.
