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WILLIAM H. VAN ALMKERK, III
William H. Van Almkerk, III was passed away Oct. 11, 2004, after a lifelong struggle with diabetes. He is survived by his wife, Deanna; son, August; and sister, Kathryn Erickson; as well as other family members. A memorial service will be held at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 1318 East SR532, Camano Island Wed., Oct. 20, 2 p.m. Remembrances may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 1701 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, VA 22311. Arrangements under the direction of Gilbertson Funeral Home, Stanwood.
KATHLEEN RICHARDSON
Kathleen (Lonseth) (Vroman) Richardson of Warm Beach, born Feb. 6, 1918 in Blaine, WA to Martin and Alice Lonseth, and lived at Point Whitehorn, near Blaine until her marriage to Harold Vroman. They moved to the Smokey Point area near Arlington in 1937, where they resided until Harold's married Earl Richardson. They resided in the Warm Beach area of Stanwood. Kay enjoyed many years of happiness working in her flowerbeds, and hunting and fishing in Eastern Washington. She is survived by her children, Allan (Patricia) Vroman, Arlene, Arlys (Harley) Miller, Wayne (Patti) Vroman and Arnold Vroman; 16 grandchidren and 21 great-grandchildren; stepchildren, Myrna (Bill) Harrison, Earline (Wayne) Johnson and Glenn Richardson; six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; two sisters, Gladys Lee and Edna (Frank) Dion, both of Ferndale; and many nieces and nephews. One brother, Marvin Lonseth, preceded her in born June 11, 1926, to Benjamin and Bess Wentland in Beach, ND. He lived on a homestead near Trotters until the family moved to Sundance, WY in 1928. In 1932, he began his education there. In 1933, the family moved to East Stanwood, where he finished grade school and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1944. Between his high school graduation and his college education, Ernest lived on the family farm and worked at logging, in a sawmill, and for the railroad.
His college education was interrupted by two years in the United States Army, September 1950 to September 1952. Stationed at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, he trained dental assistants. After his military service, he finished his college education, graduating from Walla Walla College in 1954. For the next four years, he worked as a farm hand at his in-laws in Granger, WA, until he had a nervous breakdown. After he got out of the hospital, he returned to the Wentland farm in Cedarhome.
Later he moved to Everett. For several years, he was janitor of the Forest Park Seventh-day Adventist Church, served as a deacon and Sabbath School teacher, and did janitor work at a laundromat. He was generous about giving people rides in his yellow pickup. He helped with construction of the Forest Park Adventist Church building.
In 1989, 30 years after his breakdown, he had a relapse. At that time, he moved to Woodinville, where he lived with his sister Vio-let until 2002, when he moved into The Cottages at Mill Creek, an assisted living center for Alzheimer and dementia residents. Ernest, 78, death are his parents; sisters, Matilda Servold (1977), Adeline Hockenson (1992), and Myrtle Jacobson (2002). The memorial service will be held Sat., Oct. 23, at 3 p.m. at the Forest Park Seventh-day Adventist Church, 4132 Federal Ave., Everett, WA. No flowers. Suggested memorial contributions can be made to one of the following or to a charity of your choice: Providence Hospice and Home Care of Snohomish County, 2731 Wetmore Ave., Suite #500, Everett, WA 98201; Compass Health, PO Box 3810, Everett, WA 98213-8810; Forest Park Adventist Christian School, 4120 Federal Ave., Everett, WA 98203.
WINIFRED L. GARNER
Winnie Louise Garner death by her husband of 32 years, Calvin "Jack" Garner. She shared in the lives of his three children and their families, who will also miss her. Winnie loved her little dog, Emily, the Seattle Mariners (with whom she was "disgusted" this past season), dill pickles, having her fingernails polished, wearing jewelry, winning at cards, doing crossword puzzles and crafts of all kinds. She had just finished reading the complete series of Nancy Drew books and had started on the Hardy Boys series. As a member of the Worldwide Church of God, Winnie especially enjoyed attending the annual Feast celebrations.
Early in her marriage to Jack, Winnie was introduced to motorcycle riding (she had her own bike) and was nicknamed Motorcycle Mama. When arthritis forced her to begin using a scooter chair, it was labeled "Hardly Davidson" and, like her blazing bike riding, she preferred using the horn to the brakes.
Winnie retired as a bookkeeper from Boeing. She had also worked for Pictsweet Foods and the Skagit Valley Medical Bureau in Mount Vernon. Her family and friends will miss her generous nature and thoughtfulness. She taught us by example about adaptability and accepting our circumstances without complaint. At 89 she was still youthful in heart and spirit, and we will miss her. No services are planned. Donations in her name may be made to Josephine Sunset Home (629-2126).
Mother Went Away Today
Mother went away today
She just seemed to slip away
Before my eyes could see
where she was going
Before I knew which way the
wind was blowing
She’d set sail
She made no preparation pack
As if she planned a pleasant trip
But it was clear this time
she’d not be back
As she departed on her ship
So her Captain only knows her destination
His vast experience my only consolation
For as they stand upon the bridge
And watch the waves of mystery parted by the bow
I know some distant shore beyond
the ocean’s edge
Will finally wash the sorrow from her brow
And someday I will follow her
Gladly go and know her once again in that beyond
But for this moment I must just become her emissary
To teach, to prove that life is never temporary
For there will always be a great tomorrow waiting
Standing far apart from any other
And I will always be anticipating
The time when I will once again
Be with my mother.
-- David Sprouse
EDWARD D. JONES
12/7/14 to 10/1/04
Edward Duane "Buck" Jones born on Dec. 7, 1914 to parents Bertha May Henderson and Llewellyn Christmas Jones in Chicago, IL. He graduated from high school in Downer’s Grove, IL spent nine months in the Civilian Conservation Corp during the Great Depression, then on to completion of bookkeeping and stenography courses at Bryant and Stratton Business College.
In 1933, after working six months in the Chicago loop, he caught a freight train out west, hopping off on skid road in Spokane. After pitching bundles of wheat, he headed to Brewster for the apple harvest. He was run out of the valley after agitating for pay increases and then headed to Camano Island, where land was $2 an acre and you could subsist on seafood. With a friend, he built a log cabin on Carp Lake, and the following spring, ventured north to Alaska to work in the fish canneries and later on schooners out of Seattle to commercially fish in Puget Sound and Alaska. He had saved enough by the fall of 1939 to begin fisheries studies at the U of W, eventually changing his major to pre-medicine.
A few days after Pearl Harbor, his 27th birthday, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corp. He was with Carlson’s Raiders (2nd Raider Battalion) in Hawaii, Bouganville and Guadalcanal, then reassigned to the 3rd Battalion in a new 5th Marine Division on Iwo Jima.
After the loss of their company commander, their platoon commander and the platoon sergeant above him, he and B.O. Queen took joint command of the remaining troops. It was on Iwo Jima that he took a bullet in the right shoulder while carrying a fellow soldier to safety.
Prior to his injury, he was at the base of Mt. Suribachi when the famous photograph of the flag raising was taken at its summit. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Silver Star for gallantry-in-action. The remainders of his troops and he received the Presidential Unit citation. After recuperation he returned to the U of W and joined Delta Upsilon fraternity to complete undergraduate and graduate studies in law. He met and death March 27, 2004. After died Sat., Oct. 2, 2004, in a local nursing home. She was death by her daughter, Irene Strocsher; and 14 brothers and sisters. At her request, no services will be held. Burial will be held in Holy Rood died peacefully at her daughter’s home after courageously battling colon cancer for eight months.
Predeceased by loving husband Cecil in 2001 after 53 years of marriage. Doris was the first death in 1959, Doris became the caregiver for her youngest brother, then age nine. When her father was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1974, she nursed him at home until his Born in Mount Vernon, Doris attended Stanwood schools and lived in Stanwood most of her life. She was hired by Twin City Foods as a seasonal truck driver in 1959. Doris progressed to forelady and dedicated herself to her work and her family, retiring from Twin City in 1992 after 32 years.
In retirement, Doris took up gardening and spent many hours enjoying her lovely garden and yard while spending time with her family. Doris and her siblings shared loving relationships, and they spent many happy times together. The family would like to especially thank Bill, Vicki amd Wendi Fure for their loving care. Survived by sister, Vivian Reece (Jim) of Marysville; brothers, Jim of Terry, MT, Bill (Vicki), and Jerry (Kathy) of Stanwood; dearly loved and missed by daughter, Susan Broz (Stephen) of Seattle and son Kenneth (Rene’ Cournoyer), of Tacoma; grandchildren, Stephanie Lilak (Dave) of Edina, MN, Michael Broz (Maria Roma) of Canton, MI, Kim Jordan (Paul) of London, Kristy Woodmansee (Mike) of Mount Vernon, and James Stanley of Camano Island; great-grandchildren, Katharine Allison of Edina, William Jordan and (following an anticipated October birth) Paige Margaret Jordan of London; many cousins, nieces and nephews.
The family wishes to express its appreciation to Swedish Home Care hospice nurse, Susan Gardiner, and Club 24 caregiver, Lanie Kehoe, for their compassion, dedication, and tender care. Graveside service was at Anderson Cemetery, Stanwood, Sat., Sept. 25 at 11 a.m. Friends and relatives are invited to write and bring a favorite memory of Doris for a memory book, or mail to Susan Broz, 5228 - 21st Ave. NE #3, Seattle 98105. Arrangements through Gilbertson Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Doris’s name to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N., Seattle, WA 98109, or to a charity of your choice.
IN LOVING MEMORY
DONNA MILLS
Aug. 4, 1923 - Oct. 6, 2001
We each have special memories of this woman that we knew.
Her beautiful spirit lingers, the seeds she planted grew;
The lives she touched have flourished,
Our love remains strong and true.
