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Helma Swan Ward
Jan. 31, 1918 -- July 9, 2002
Makah tribeswoman and cultural resource specialist Helma Swan Ward died in Neah Bay at age 84.
The lifelong Neah Bay resident, born to Charles and Ruth (Anderson) Swan, attended grade school in Neah Bay before going to boarding school in Tulalip, then training as a restaurant cook at Tacoma Technical School.
Previously the wife of Lyle Hunter of Neah Bay, she married Oliver Ward Jr., who died June 16, 1997.
Mrs. Ward was a cultural resource specialist from 1980 to 2002, teaching dance, song, art, ceremonialism, oral history and language at the Makah Cultural and Research Center in Neah Bay. Skilled at reading and writing the Makah alphabet, she also worked with many linguists and other scholars as a translator.
Mrs. Ward was a board member of the Washington State Folklife Festival and belonged to the Indian Shaker Church and Assembly of God.
Survivors, all of Neah Bay, include sons Arnold Hunter and Michael Hunter; daughter Lina Mae Markishtum and sister Bessie Bain; sisters Delores Swan of Portland, Ore., Joyce Smyth of Seattle and Fernelle ``Dicie'' Kauffman of Seattle; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband, family members who preceded Mrs. Ward in death include brothers Emil Swan and Levi Swan; sister Katherine Swan, parents, and grandparents Chestoka Peterson and Ellen Swan and Charles and Alice (Wellish) Anderson.
Services: Today, July 12, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., visitation in Drennan & Ford Funeral Home, 260 Monroe Road, Port Angeles; Saturday, July 13, at 1 p.m., funeral in Neah Bay High School gymnasium with the Rev. James Kallappa officiating. Burial will be in Neah Bay Cemetery. A dinner in the community hall will follow the services.
John White
John H. White
July 21, 1933 -- July 4, 2002
John H. White of Forks died from cancer at age 68.
He was born in Los Angeles to Adrian Callard Decousey and Helen Marie (Gotfried) White.
He was a welding equipment designer in California and a shake bolt cutter in Washington.
His marriage to Kay Marie Serine ended with a 1978 divorce.
Mr. White is survived by sons Emmett and John, both of Forks, and Robert of Salem, Ore.; daughters Shelly Janice Patz of Phelan, Calif., and Kellie Lynn White of Forks; brother Robert White of Corona, Calif.; sister Ann Seagraves of Oregon; and 10 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a grandchild.
Services: None at this time. Mount Olympus Funeral Home, Forks, is in charge.
CECILIE M. (ENDICOTT) POWELL
passed away July 9, 2002, at Hospice of Dayton, Ohio, just two days before her 93rd birthday. She was a resident of Sequim for approximately 30 years. Three months ago, she moved to Ohio to be with her family.
Cecilie was born in England and came to the United States as a small child. Her father was a chef on a cruise on which Mr. Firestone sailed. He asked to meet the chef and asked Mr. Endicott to come to the States to be his personal chef. They lived on the Firestone Estate and her father often accompanied Firestone, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison on hunting trips.
When Cis was 9, her father died in an auto accident and the family moved to California. Life took a drastic change. As a young woman, she joined the civil service. She spent her life traveling with her beloved husband, George K. (Bud) Powell, who preceded her in death in 1994. They married in 1951 in Tachikawa, Japan.
Cecilie loved and supported the fine arts and opera. Cis loved the game of golf. She was a member of the Dungeness Bay Golf Club, often serving as the Women's League president.
She leaves behind three stepchildren, K. Jean Cotterman and her six children, George T. Powell III and wife, Gwenda, and their daughter, and Leslie K. Powell and his six children. A total of 13 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren survive.
She will be remembered by a host of friends all over the world.
The family would especially like to thank Cis' wonderful friend, Peggy Fitzgerald. We could never thank her enough. Special thanks also to Ron Prince, Marjorie Benning and Dr. Mark Fisher.
Per Cecilie's request, she was cremated and there will be a small graveside service where she will be placed next to her life mate.
If there is a special story about Cis that you would like to share, please mail it to the Powell Family, P.O. Box 547, Dayton, Ohio 45401 or e-mail to forcis@dawnthomas.com.
Helen E. `Betty' Isenberger
Aug. 13, 1920 -- July 14, 2002
Port Angeles resident Helen E. ``Betty'' Isenberger died at age 81 after struggling with lung cancer for four years.
She was born to Warren Charles and Carrie Martha (King) Judd in Des Moines, Iowa, where she married Myron C. ``Ike'' Isenberger on Nov. 4, 1948.
In 1950, the Isenbergers moved to Port Angeles.
Mrs. Isenberger was matron at the Clallam County Juvenile Detention Center for eight years.
She was an active member of First Presbyterian Church, where she served as head of the Helping Hands program while a deaconess, president for missionaries' fund-raising crafts and president of Dorcas Circle, which sponsored Wednesday potluck suppers. She also cooked for the homeless at Friday night dinners in the Methodist church.
Mrs. Isenberger loved to cheer for the Seattle Mariners and was a former member of Eastern Star and Elks Naval Lodge. Other pastimes included crocheting and knitting.
Survivors include son and daughter-in-law William C. ``Bill'' and Cynthia Isenberger of Port Angeles; brother Warren Charles Judd of Livermore, Calif.; sister Maxine M. Stewart of Monroe; five grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Her husband died May 12, 1989. She is also preceded in death by daughter Myra Gene Thompson.
Services: Friday, July 19, 1-5 p.m., visitation in Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel, 105 W. Fourth St., Port Angeles; Saturday, July 20, 11 a.m., funeral in First Presbyterian Church, 139 W. Eighth St., Port Angeles. The Rev. Ted Mattie will officiate. A graveside service in Mount Angeles Memorial Park, U.S. Highway 101 and Monroe Road, Port Angeles, will be private.
Memorials: First Presbyterian Church, 139 W. Eighth St., Port Angeles, WA 98362; and Hospice of Clallam County, P.O. Box 2014, Port Angeles, WA 98362.
Bernard Jay McLean
Jan. 18, 1919 -- July 18, 2002
Former Port Angeles resident Bernard Jay McLean died of cancer in Rochester at age 83.
Mr. McLean was born in Sedro-Woolley to Arthur Wheaton and Etta Victoria (Goans) McLean.
On Aug. 16, 1942, he married Maxine Leonard in Port Townsend.
He lived in Port Angeles, then moved to Westport, where he owned and operated a motel until 1972. He later lived in Shelton and moved to Rochester last year.
Survivors include sons and daughters-in-law John and Mary McLean of Camano Island and Ken and Lisa McLean of Stockton, Calif.; daughters and sons-in-law Penny and Gail Johnson of Raymond and Judy and Curtis Anderson of Puyallup; 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife on Jan. 1, 1993, and by brothers Charlie, Dean and Donald and sister Ruby.
Services: Monday, July 22, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. visitation at Drennan & Ford Funeral Home, 260 Monroe Road, Port Angeles, followed by graveside service at 1 p.m. at Mount Angeles Memorial Park, U.S. Highway 101 and Monroe Road, Port Angeles.
Memorials: American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 861, Port Angeles, WA 98362.
Florence V. Ward
April 3, 1902 -- July 17, 2002
Olympic Peninsula centenarian Florence V. Ward died in Poulsbo of age-related causes.
She was born in Lapwai, Idaho, to Jesse and Jeannette (Enterkine) McClanahan and moved to Fort Flagler with her family in 1910 and to Quilcene in 1913.
She married Earl Ward in Port Townsend on Sept. 23, 1920.
Mrs. Ward was a member of Assembly of God Church in Quilcene and Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary.
Survivors include son Donald L. Ward of Quilcene; daughters Dorothy Marggraf of Port Hadlock, Marjorie Johnston of Port Townsend and Carol Borden of Poulsbo; sister Jessie Norquist of Modesto, Calif.; 15 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren and numerous great-great-grandchildren.
Her husband died in 1993; she is also preceded in death by her daughter, Earlita Rowland.
Services: Sunday, July 21, at 2 p.m., graveside in Quilcene Cemetery, followed at 3 p.m. with memorial in Quilcene Presbyterian Church, 294433 Highway 101. Pastor Dan Ward of Quilcene Assembly of God Church will officiate. Kosec Funeral Home, Port Townsend, is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Assembly of God Church, P.O. Box 515, Quilcene, WA 98376; or charity of choice.
Alice-Virginia Elizabeth Hackett
April 15, 1917 -- July 18, 2002
Alice-Virginia Elizabeth Hackett died of pneumonia surrounded by family members in her Port Townsend home. She was 85.
Born in Minot, N.D., to Thomas Warren and Ada (Shuttleworth) Hanes, she played basketball in high school -- long before it was popular for women to do so.
Mrs. Hackett received a bachelor's degree from Minot State Teachers College in 1938.
She taught for 40 years in North Dakota and Oregon. She had a passion for mathematics and was recognized for helping students with learning difficulties.
In 1949, she married Vern Wayne Hackett. The next year she began teaching underprivileged Navajo children in Utah.
Mrs. Hackett taught on the Chemawya Reservation in Oregon in 1954, then moved to Fort Apache and White River, both in Arizona, where she continued working with American Indian children.
After receiving her master's degree in education from the University of Washington in 1960, she and her family moved to Phoenix, where she taught at the high school level until her retirement in 1980.
She and her husband completed their dream home in Port Townsend in 1980, and she became active in Golden Age, the Port Townsend Senior Center and St. Mary Star of the Sea Legion of Mary.
She arranged music for her vocalist husband and they were once crowned Senior Royalty for the Port Townsend Rhododendron Festival.
In addition to her husband, survivors include son and daughter-in-law Michael Wayne ``Mike'' Hackett and Cherie Lonz-Hackett of Newport Beach, Calif., and brother and sister-in-law N. Bruce and Laurie Hanes of Gibsonville, N.C.
Services: Today, July 23, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., visitation in Kosec Funeral Home, 1615 Parkside Drive, Port Townsend; at 7 p.m., the Rosary recited in St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, 1335 Blaine St., Port Townsend. On Wednesday, July 24, at 10 a.m., the Rev. Raymond Heffernan will celebrate Mass of Christian Burial. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. A reception will follow in St. Mary's Social Hall.
Jolene Knight-Hoover
July 26, 1937 -- Dec. 23, 2001
Jolene Knight-Hoover died in Sequim of cancer at age 64. Her obituary was published Dec. 25, 2001.
Services: Friday, July 26, Celebration of Life with celebrants gathering at The Point, John Wayne Marina, 2577 W. Sequim Bay Road, Sequim, at 1 p.m. for an event that will continue until 4:30 p.m. Drennan & Ford Funeral Home, Port Angeles, is in charge of arrangements.
Donald Rhys Lewis
Oct. 23, 1919 -- July 2, 2002
Port Townsend resident Donald Rhys Lewis died of congestive heart failure at age 82.
He was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Laurie Hamilton and Edith Monroe (Duncan) Lewis and was a Spitfire fighter pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1939-41.
He received his bachelor's degree from Upper Canada College and his master's degree in civil engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mr. Lewis lived in Europe, Africa and the United States during his career years as a dredging engineer, international engineering consultant and as port manager in Portland, Ore.
He loved the sea and retired to Port Townsend in 1975.
Mr. Lewis, who was a history buff, was an avid reader and had a strong interest in breeding horses and cattle.
He was a member of the Episcopal Church.
On Aug. 18, 1951, he married Georgina Putt in Casablanca, Morocco. She died Sept. 1, 2001.
Survivors include son and daughter-in-law Dr. Peter D. R. and Anita Lewis and daughter Julie L. Young, all of Port Angeles; brother Roderick Lewis of Montreal, Quebec; and five grandchildren.
Besides his wife, he was preceded in death by brother Duncan Lewis and sister Laureen Lewis.
Services: Private service in the family home. Kosec Funeral Home & Crematory was in charge.
Kenneth B. Park
July 12, 1917 -- July 21, 2002
Kenneth B. Park died of cancer in his Port Townsend home. He was 85.
He was born in Hancock, Minn., to Archie Clayton and Estella (Feigal) Park.
Mr. Park married Beverly Maxine Bummer in the chapel at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu on April 11, 1953.
From 1939 to 1964, he served on active duty in the Army Air Corps and the Air Force, serving in Korea, Vietnam, Guam, Saipan, the Philippines, Australia, Java, Capetown, South Africa, and Thule, Greenland, before retiring as a senior master sergeant.
Originally a radio operator-gunner on B-17s, Mr. Park switched to telemetry and tracked some of the first space vehicles from South Africa.
The Parks moved to Port Townsend in 1986.
As a golfer, he hit a hole in one at age 83, and was an excellent bowler and a life member of the National Rifle Association. Mr. Park was also a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Elks Lodge.
He is survived by his wife of Port Townsend and sister Janice Henderson of Las Vegas. His brother, Russell, preceded him in death.
Services: At his request, none. Kosec Funeral Home, Port Townsend is in charge.
Walter L. `Walt' Ratcliff Jr.
Aug. 31, 1930 -- July 18, 2002
Surrounded by his family, former Port Angeles resident Walter L. ``Walt'' Ratcliff Jr. died at age 71 in Bellingham.
He was born in Grand Junction, Colo., to Walter L. and Edith Pearl (McQuiston) Ratcliff Sr. After a divorce, his mother married Carl Holm, and in 1941 the family moved to Port Angeles, where her son carried the name Walt Holm when he graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1948.
In 1949, he joined the Navy, from which he retired in 1968 and settled in Bellingham. Mr. Ratcliff worked for Intalco Aluminum Corp. until retirement in 1986.
Mr. Ratcliff married Verda G. Lindsay on June 25, 1951.
In addition to his wife, survivors include son and daughter-in-law Carl and Rochelle Ratcliff of Bellingham and son and companion Lyle Ratcliff and Terry Tyll of San Diego; daughter and son-in-law Jody and Jack Slemp of Ferndale; sister-in-law Susan Ratcliff of Colorado Springs; and three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by half-brother Scott Ratcliff of Denver and brother-in-law Carl L. Lindsay and sister-in-law Freeda Lindsay, both of Raytown, Mo.
Services: Sunday, July 28, 1-5 p.m., Celebration of Life at the family home, 2463 Heather Drive, Ferndale. Jerns McKinney Funeral Chapel, Bellingham, is in charge.
Memorials: Whatcom County Hospice, 800 E. Chestnut St., Suite 1C, Bellingham, WA 98225; The Diabetes Association, 6315 Fleming, Everett, WA 98203; or American Heart Association, 4414 Woodland Park Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98103.
