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Helen Louise Peters
A memorial service for Helen Louise Peters, of Sequim, is scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, at Sequim Valley Chapel. The Rev. Rod Scherencel of the Forks and Port Angeles Seventh-day Adventist Churches will preside.
Burial was Jan. 28, at Sequim View Cemetery.
Mrs. Peter died Jan. 25, 2000. She was 91.
She was born Nov. 1, 1908, on Lost Mountain Road in Sequim, to James and Ellen Agusta Tiller Craig. She attended school at the Dungeness Schoolhouse and two years in Kelso.
She married George Ogden, who preceded her in death in 1974. She and Clayton "Pete" Peters married April 14, 1988 in Port Townsend.
Mrs. Peters was a waitress at the Poodle Dog restaurant in Fife and the New Yorker in Tacoma.
She and Pete were active dancers in the Clallam County area. They often drove their convertibles in the Irrigation Festival Parade, transporting various officials, including the mayor.
Mrs. Peters loved to make custom, handmade, doll clothing.
In addition to her husband at the family home, Mrs. Peters is survived by daughters Barbara Macdougall, of Tacoma, and Billie Sivula, of Eatonville; sister Pearl Miller, of Touchet; seven grandchildren; seven step-great-grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; nine step-great-grandchildren and one step-great-great-grandchild.
Memorial gifts may be made to Serenity House, 2602 1/2 W. 18 St., Port Angeles, 98362.
Sequim Valley Chapel was in charge of arrangements.
Shirley Annette Fountain Middleton
A memorial service for Shirley Annette Fountain Middleton, of Port Angeles, was held Feb. 5 at First United Methodist Church in Port Angeles. The Rev. Robert Rosas presided.
Mrs. Middleton died Jan. 29, 2000. She was 79.
She was born Sept. 26, 1920, in Seattle, to Frank O. and Doris Wright Fountain and moved with her family to Port Angeles in 1925.
As a girl she was active in Camp Fire Girls, and in later years she enjoyed being a Camp Fire and Girl Scout leader, teaching girls outdoor and life skills.
She graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1938 and married Kent Kendall in January 1942. He died in 1951.
She and Ernest Middleton married in February 1953.
Mrs. Middleton worked for City Fuel, Arden Farms, the telephone company and Fillion Jewelers in Port Angeles.
Mrs. Middleton was a strong believer in volunteerism and worked on blood drives, charity fund-raisers and with voting. She belonged to the Business and Professional Women's Club and enjoyed hosting University of Washington foreign-student tour groups sponsored by the club.
Her true joys in life were being with friends and family. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and a good friend. She will be missed by all.
Mrs. Middleton was a member of the First United Methodist and Congregational Church.
In addition to her husband at the family home, Mrs. Middleton is survived by daughters Janis Kendall Olts, of Sequim, and Peggy Wolczko, of Vashon Island; stepmother Eunice Mathews, of Olympia; brother Sherry Fountain, of Albany, Ore; half-brothers Marc Fountain, of Port Angeles, and Dirk Fountain, of Vancouver; half-sisters Sharon Madden and Karen Davis, both of Olympia; and three grandchildren.
Memorial gifts may be made to Childrens Orthopedic Hospital, P.O. Box C-5371, Seattle, 98105, or the American Heart Association, 4414 Woodland Park N., Seattle, 98103.
Drennan & Ford Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Gladys Mae Taylor
No service has been announced for Gladys Mae Taylor, of Sequim.
Mrs. Taylor died Jan. 30, 2000. She was 94.
Burial was at Mount Angeles Memorial Park.
She was born March 22, 1905, in Moscow, Idaho, to George Walter and Mellissa Mae Davidson Eaton.
She and Leslie S. Taylor married at Snoqualmie in 1925. Mr. Taylor preceded her in death in 1963.
Mrs. Taylor moved to Clallam County in 1939.
Mrs. Taylor is survived by 10 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and 14-great-great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Taylor was preceded in death by daughter Patricia Mae Spurrier.
Memorial gifts may be made to Childrens Orthopedic Hospital, P.O. Box C-5371, Seattle, 98105.
Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Carmella K. D'Amore
A graveside service for Carmella K. D'Amore, of Sequim, was held Feb. 4 at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hill Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, Calif.
Mrs. D'Amore died Jan. 29, 2000. She was 85.
She was born Dec. 14, 1914, in Chicago, to Paul and Josephine Calabrese Scozzola.
She married Dan Paul D'Amore, who preceded her in death.
Mrs. D'Amore lived in Sequim for the past 10 years.
Mrs. D'Amore is survived by sons John D'Amore, of Port Angeles, and Daniel D'Amore, of La Crescenta, Calif.; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel was in charge of arrangements.
Robert John Mackey
At his request, no service is planned for Robert John Mackey.
Mr. Mackey died in Port Angeles Jan. 30, 2000, after a long illness. He was 77.
He was born Jan. 7, 1923, in Seattle, to Frank E. and Matilda K. Mackey. He attended Garfield High School in Seattle and joined the Civilian Conservation Corps at 16, working in Goldendale.
At 18, he followed his dream and headed for Alaska, "The Last Frontier," where he worked in a warehouse at Fairbanks.
When World War II broke out Mr. Mackey returned to Seattle, where he worked at Todd's Shipyards until he entered the U.S. Army on Feb. 22, 1943. He was an M.P., attached to the 8th Air Force in London, England. Later he was stationed in Germany, until Feb. 22, 1946.
After discharge from the Army, Mr. Mackey returned to Seattle, where he went to boat-building school on Elliott Bay.
He returned to Alaska in July 1947. With a new jeep and trailer loaded with necessary equipment and supplies, he left to homestead the quarter-section of land he had purchased on the Kenai Peninsula. There were no roads into Mackey's place and the two Mackey's Lakes. Soldotna was not yet a town.
Mr. Mackey worked in construction on the Sterling Highway, Elmendorf Airfield and retired from the Alaskan Pipeline in Valdez, Alaska.
He moved to the Sequim-Port Angeles area in 1998.
Mr. Mackey is survived by brother Charles E. Mackey, of Des Plaines, Ill.; sister and brother-in-law Margaret and Bob A. Massey, of Sequim; niece SuzAnne Wolf, of Salem, Ore.; nephews Don Nyden, of Seattle, Tim Nyden, of Lynchburg, Va. and Bob Nyden, of California.
Charlie Tilden Turbyfill
A memorial service for Charlie Tilden Turbyfill, of Sequim, is planned for 11 a.m. today, Feb. 9, at Sequim Bible Church. The Rev. Rick Finitzer will preside. Inurnment is at Sequim View Cemetery.
Mr. Turbyfill died Feb. 2, 2000. He was 88.
He was born Oct. 27, 1911, in Denver, Okla., to Marvin Tilden and Flora Gertrude Pucket Turbyfill.
He graduated from high school and had additional training for his work at a chemical research laboratory and for operating a Kentucky Fried Chicken business. During World War II, Mr. Turbyfill worked as a high rigger in a shipyard.
He and Helen Theadora Provines married June 26, 1933, in Cheyenne, Okla. Mrs. Turbyfill preceded him in death Jan. 28, 2000.
Mr. Turbyfill was head operator in chemical research for Texaco Chemical Research Lab and was owner of a Southern California Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise, owning and operating KFC stores in Corona and Norco, Calif.
He moved to the Sequim area in 1973.
He enjoyed gardening, keeping an immaculate garden on his two-acre property when he lived on Washington Harbor Road.
Mr. Turbyfill is survived by son Kelly Turbyfill, of Sequim; brothers Marvin Turbyfill, of Fruitland, Idaho, and Alvin Turbyfill, of Turlock, Calif.; sisters Alice Carpenter, of Ontario, Ore., and Rosabelle McCarberry, of Glendale, Calif.
Memorial gifts may be made to Sequim Bible Church, 847 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim, 98382.
Sequim Valley Chapel was in charge of arrangements.
