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Joyce Janet Schmitten
7/4/1917 - 9/26/2002

Joyce Schmitten age 85 of Wenatchee,
WA, born July 4,
1917 in Wenatchee, WA, the only child
of Ernest Foster and Karoline (Carrie)
Rumbolz. Joyce graduated from
Wenatchee High School in 1935. She
became engaged to Russell Irwin
Schmitten and was born June 20, 1942. When WW II
broke out, they moved to Vancouver, WA
where Russ worked for Keiser
Shipyards. After the war, they moved
back to Wenatchee in 1946 and bought an
orchard on Maiden Lane. Joyce and
Russell built a new house there in
1953. From 1960 to 1965 they owned and
operated Lyle’s Motel for 5 years.
Joyce was a member of the Beacon Hill
Grange for 25 years, Ladies Auxiliary,
Home Ec Chairman, a lifetime member of
the Astral Chapter, Order of Eastern
Star and Mid-Columbia Heritage
Society. As a member of Garden Club
she served as president two terms and
enjoyed doing luncheons, flower shows
and Apple Blossom corsages for the
royalty. She enjoyed sewing clothes
for her daughter and granddaughters,
making ceramics for the yard and
playing card with her husband and many
friends, many of whom they had known
since grade school. Joyce also enjoyed
the mountains, going on many picnics in
their jeep with family and friends.
She is preceded in passed away
peacefully on September 22, 2002
surrounded by his family at his home.
He had a long battle with M.S. and a
short battle with cancer. Stephen was
married Dorothy Tutkus on
December 26, 1961.
He is survived by his sons, Stephen and
wife Shannon, Richard and wife Jeri
Ann; daughter, Dorothy and husband Dan
Kovac; grandchildren, Mark, Casey,
Tyler, and Nicole; siblings, Bob, Bill,
Donna Weise, and Mary Meyer; and
adopted mother and best friend Eileen
Crowder.
He was preceded in died peacefully in the family
home, surrounded by his family on Sept.
28, 2002. Courageous in Born Juan Jose Diaz in Ribota, Spain on
October 6, 1942 to Timoteo Diaz Diaz
and Angeles Diaz Fernandez, Jose lived
in Spain, studied agricultural
engineering, and farmed the family
lands as a young man. Not content to
work the farm in his small village, he
journeyed to America under contract to
the National Range Association in 1969
and eventually came to live in
Pocatello, Idaho, where he met his wife
Emily Leach. They were death by his mother
and his father, and is survived by his
wife of 29 years and his children,
Timothy and Virginia, all of the family
home. He is truly loved and will be
missed by his wife's family, Virginia
Leach, his mother-in- law; his three
sisters-in-law, Elizabeth Chavez,
Deborah Hansen and Valerie Hodge; their
husbands and children and his many
cousins, both in Spain and in Florida.
His love extended with enthusiasm to
his many friends and all of his
extended family and his exuberant
enjoyment of life and its many moments
will be remembered and missed by all.
He was a most giving man, and was
always grateful for the friendships and
love which showered him in his life,
most deservedly.
There will be visitation hours from
10:00 to 1:00 on Tuesday, Oct. 1 at
Westford Funeral Home, a Catholic Mass
at Assumption Church on Tuesday, Oct. 1
at 3:00, with Christian burial at
Bayview passed away October 6,
2002 at Mt. Baker Care Center. She was
married Dalton Palmer October 8, 1930
in Bellingham. Thelma worked at St.
Joseph Hospital on the medical and
surgical floor with nursing students,
she worked at WWU as school nurse for
20 years and later worked for Westford
Funeral Home until her retirement. She
was a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church and St. Anne’s Guild, Sister
Xavier Auxiliary of St. Joseph
Hospital, Thursday Study Club, the
Music Club, Maple Leaf Chapter OES and
Lake Padden Ladies Nine Hole Club.
Thelma enjoyed knitting, needlepoint,
cooking and she loved her family and
animals.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, Dalton Palmer in 1950,
daughters Mary Finch in 1994 and
Virginia Palmer in 1940.
She is survived her daughter Margaret
and husband Rob Bloch of Bellingham,
WA, grandchildren Peggy Lane, Shawn
Byfield and Jim Finch of Mt. Vernon,
Ann Berger, Robin Somers and Michael
Bloch of Bellingham, and 11 great-
grandchildren.
Visitation will be held at Westford
Funeral Home 12:00 to 5:00pm Wednesday,
Oct. 9, 2002. Memorial may be made to
St. Lukes Foundation or St. Joseph
Auxiliary.

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