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James Dinwoodie Leckie
Aug. 21, 1926 -- Jan. 14, 2003
James ``Jim'' Dinwoodie Leckie, a 26-year resident of Port Angeles, died in Battle Ground of cancer at age 76.
He was born in Bellshill, Scotland, to Samuel and Jane (Dinwoodie) Leckie.
He served with the U.S. Navy from August 1944 through June 1946.
Mr. Leckie, who had been a corrections officer, also owned an appliance repair business and served as assistant cook at church camp.
For six years, he divided residency between Port Angeles and Battle Ground, and he permanently relocated there last year.
Mr. Leckie's favorite pastimes included hunting, fishing and mushroom gathering, as well as storytelling and traveling with his wife.
After the death of his first wife, Naomi, he married Philippa Loy, who survives him in Battle Ground.
He is, also, survived by sons James D. Leckie of Kalamazoo, Mich., Doug Leckie of Portland, Ore., and Sam and Gordon Leckie, both of Vancouver, Wash., Mike Leckie of Eugene, Ore., and Mark Leckie of Vermont; daughter Judy Burraston of Oak Grove, Ore.; stepchildren Dennis Moore, Melinda Oltmann and Brenda Wilson, all of Battle Ground; sister Jean Lanier of Portland, Ore.; 21 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
Services: Saturday, Jan. 18, at 11 a.m., memorial in Landmark Christian Assembly, 1504 W. Main St., Battle Ground. Pastor Ed Staton will officiate. Layne's Funeral Home, Battle Ground, is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Hospice Southwest, P.O. Box 1600, Vancouver, WA 98668; or Landmark Christian Assembly, 1504 W. Main St., Battle Ground, WA 98604.
Opal Lindquist
April 16, 1910 -- Jan. 14, 2003
Opal Lindquist died in Sequim of respiratory failure at age 92.
She was born in Callendar, Iowa, to Oscar S. and Rose Anne (Seibert) Thorsrud.
She became a registered nurse, working in Colorado.
Mrs. Lindquist, who was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, supported global Bible distribution.
She and her husband, Conrad Nils Lindquist, whom she married in Sedro-Wooley, provided foster care.
Mrs. Lindquist is survived by son Sidney; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Her husband died in 1989.
Services: Today, Jan. 17, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., visitation at Sequim Valley Chapel, 108 W. Alder St.; Monday, Jan. 20, at noon, graveside service in Sequim View Cemetery, corner of Sequim Avenue and Dungeness Way.
Ruth B. McAlpin
April 29, 1920 -- Jan. 12, 2003
Sequim resident Ruth B. McAlpin died of kidney failure at age 82.
She was born in Freeport, Ill., to William Bright and Neva Marie (Garrison) Fink.
She graduated from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago.
She married Clarence S. ``Scotty'' McAlpin in Long Beach, Calif., on Sept. 25, 1965.
Mrs. McAlpin was a medical secretary and transcriptionist in Downey, Calif., before moving to Sequim in October 1977.
Her favorite activities included doing counted cross-stitch, reading and participation in Sequim Community Evangelical Free Church, where she taught children in Sunday school served as librarian.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. McAlpin's survivors include sister Charlotte McClure of Silverdale, and brother Lowell Fink of Sequim.
Sister Wilma Fink preceded her in death in November 2002; brother Lyle Fink died in 1930.
Services: Sunday, Jan. 19, at 3 p.m., memorial in Sequim Community Evangelical Free Church, 921 E. Hammond St. Pastor John McArthur will officiate. Burial will be in Sequim View Cemetery. Sequim Valley Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Overseas Missionary Fellowship International, 10 W. Dry Creek Road, Littleton, CO 80120-4413; or Sequim Community Evangelical Free Church, 921 E. Hammond St., Sequim, WA 98382.
Veva Woods Nicholl
Sept. 17, 1897 -- Jan. 14, 2003
Viva Woods Nicholl died in Sequim at age 105.
She was born to Arthur David and Mary Emma (Woods) McMurray in Walhalla, N.D..
She studied music at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, until she returned home because of the death of her father.
To help her mother with expenses, she gave piano lessons and played the piano and organ for church services, dances, weddings and silent movies.
She married Lyle Charles Nicholl in Walhalla on May 3, 1922. At various times, the Nicholls owned businesses and lived in Langdon, N.D.; San Bernardino, Calif.; and Eugene, Ore.
After her husband's death in 1971, Mrs. Nicholl moved to Tucson and, later, Prescott, Ariz., to be nearer her daughter and son-in-law. When they retired to Sequim in 1988, she moved with them.
Mrs. Nicholl was the second resident in Sequim's Fifth Avenue Retirement Home, where she lived until moving into a private residential care facility in 1996.
She was a life member of Eastern Star, in which she held many offices, and a 60-year member of PEO, of which she was a charter member of the chapter in Langdon, N.D., as well as chapters CD in Prescott, Ariz., and HZ in Sequim.
Mrs. Nicholl is survived by daughter and son-in-law Marilyn and Keith Pardue of Port Angeles; two grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband in April 1971, and by two children.
Services: At her request, none. Olympic Cremation Association is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Cottey College, 100 W. Austin Boulevard, Nevada, MO 64772-2790.
Bernadette Smith
Dec. 17, 1914 -- Jan. 12, 2003
Cardiac arrest took the life of Sequim resident Bernadette Smith. She was age 88.
Her obituary will be published later.
Sequim Valley Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Martin `Marty' Terzieff
Sept. 5, 1932 -- Jan. 13, 2003
Port Townsend resident Martin ``Marty'' Terzieff died of heart failure at Kala Point. He was 70.
He was born to Jordan E. and Nellie (Neimeic) Terzieff in Metaline Falls, where he was raised.
He earned his bachelor's degree in education from Eastern Washington College of Education before doing graduate work at Eastern Washington, University of California at Berkeley, Stanford University and Brown University.
Mr. Terzieff served in the Army as a small-arms specialist in Aberdeen, Maryland and Germany from 1955 to 1957.
For 18 years, he taught in Edmonds schools; for five years, was employed by Department of Defense schools in Belgium; and for 12 year taught in Mead before retiring in 1994.
Mr. Terzieff had a major role in restructuring the Washington Education Association-Retired in 1996-98 and was a past president of WEA Retired. He also was a WEA board member and WEA Retired ambassador to the WEA board.
He was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Sequim.
He married Helen Loretta Urquhart on Dec. 27, 1961, in Spokane. She died April 7, 2002, in Port Townsend.
He is survived by brother Robert Richard Terzieff of Metaline Falls.
Services: Saturday, Jan. 18, at 1:30 p.m., memorial Mass in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 121 E. Maple St., Sequim. The Rev. Thomas Beattie will preside. Cremains will be scattered with those of his wife. Kosec Funeral Home, Port Townsend, is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Eastern Washington University Foundation, Intercollegiate Center for Education, 520 Fifth St., Cheney, WA 99004.
Vivian Horan
Dec. 9, 1912 -- Jan. 16, 2003
Gardiner resident Vivian Horan died in Sequim at age 90.
She was born to Arthur and Arvella (Wendt) Goodsell in Dumont, Iowa, which was her home before she earned her associate's degree in teaching at Drake University.
She taught for six years in Iowa. In 1944, she moved to Colorado, where she continued teaching.
She married Thomas ``Terry'' Horan in Denver on April 25, 1946.
Mrs. Horan ran the Crystal Lake Lodge in Colorado from 1963 to 1972.
In Sequim, Mrs. Horan was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church. She enjoyed crafts, quilting and sewing.
Survivors include son Bruce Horan of Englewood, Colo.; daughter Beverly Horan of Gardiner; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband.
Services: There will be a memorial service in February. Kosec Funeral Home, Port Townsend, is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Dungeness Valley Lutheran Medical Clinic, 925 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim, WA 98382.
Edythe Aline Powers
Aug. 8, 1913 -- Jan. 1, 1903
Edythe Aline Powers of Port Hadlock died in Seattle at age 89.
Mrs. Powers was born to George and Maude (Dannett) Rice in Black Duck, Minn. She was married to Chester P. Powers for 73 years.
After living in Minnesota and North Dakota, the Powerses lived in Seattle, Hoodsport and Port Hadlock.
Mrs. Powers enjoyed reading poetry and novels.
Survivors include sons Allen Powers of Edmonds and David Powers of Port Hadlock, several grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
Her husband died July 2, 2002.
Services: None. Kosec Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Gary Ronald Quinn
Jan. 22, 1957 -- Jan. 11, 2003
Former North Olympic Peninsula resident Gary Ronald Quinn died of a heart attack at Hilton Head Island, S.C. He was 45.
He was born in Port Angeles, to Morris P. and Pauline J. (Hill) Quinn.
He graduated from Sequim High School in 1975, and from Sherman Chiropractic College at Spartanburg, S.C., in 1992.
Mr. Quinn's 1980 marriage to Gina Ferdig in Sequim ended in divorce.
He is survived by sons Michael Lee Quinn and Curtis Gary Quinn, both of Port Angeles; and father, sister Christy Mitchell and paternal grandmother Nawasa Quinn Look, all of Sequim.
Services: Jan. 25, at 1 p.m., memorial service in King's Way Foursquare Church, 1023 Kitchen-Dick Road, Sequim. Pastor Michael VanProyen will officiate. Inurnment will be in Mount Angeles Memorial Park, U.S. Highway 101 and Monroe Road, Port Angeles. Immediately following the service, open house at the home of Morris Quinn, 343 McComb Road, Sequim. Drennan-Ford Funeral Home, Port Angeles, is in charge of arrangements.
Marie Ingram
Feb. 12, 1920 -- Jan. 13, 2003
Former Port Angeles resident Marie Ingram died in Indio, Calif., of a heart attack. She was 82.
Mrs. Ingram was born in Carlsborg. She attended school to the eighth grade, went to night school for her high school diploma and attended some college.
In 1941, she married Frank H. Ingram in Port Angeles.
Mrs. Ingram was a bookkeeper and deputy city treasurer for Clallam County for 25 years prior to her retirement.
She was a longtime member of Peninsula Golf Club and continued to play after retirement when the Ingrams moved to Indio, Calif., where she lived for the past 22 years.
Mrs. Ingram belonged to Brotherhood of Teamsters local 589 and to California Women's Par 3 Association.
Survivors include sons Dennis Ingram of Port Angeles and Gary Ingram of Indio; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Her husband preceded her in death on Dec. 14, 1994.
Services: At her request, no services. Hemet Valley Mortuary in Hemet, Calif., is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 861, Port Angeles, WA 98362.
Caiden William Weems
March 24, 2000 -- Jan. 17, 2003
Caiden William Weems of Port Angeles died in Seattle as the result of a fall.
Caiden was born to Laura A. Strunk and William P. Weems.
He was born disabled, but did not let disabilities slow him down. He moved around quickly, even with his walker.
Caiden enjoyed the park, visiting with his grandparents and animals.
His family remembers that he was very inspirational to others and that his presence lit up a room.
Survivors include his mother and father; maternal grandparents Katherine and Alan Marshall and Carl Strunk; paternal grandparents Anita Weems and Bill ``PT'' Weems. All are of Port Angeles.
Services: Wednesday, Jan. 22, noon funeral service at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 Lopez Ave., Port Angeles. Burial at Mount Angeles Memorial Park. Drennan-Ford Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Children's Hospital, Orthopedic Dept., P.O. Box C-5371, Seattle, WA 98105-0371.
