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Robert Murray Hayter
July 13, 1920 -- May 6, 2003
Port Ludlow resident Robert Murray Hayter died in his home at age 82.
He was born in Indianapolis. His parents divorced, and he moved to California at age 2. He was consigned to foster care and military boarding schools.
When he was 6, his father, Newman Montrose Hayter, married Flora Reedman and her ``Aunt Ess and Unk," Esther (Sutherland) and Harding Gow, became his surrogate parents.
The Gows sent him to Midland, a preparatory school in California, for his high school education. His summers were spent at their Orcas Island home, where he developed a lifelong passion for sailing.
Mr. Hayter set a cross-country track record while attending the University of Washington.
The day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, he enlisted in the Marine Corps. As a radioman with the 3rd Division Joint Assault Signal Company unit, he served on Midway and was in the first wave of campaigns at both Guam and Iwo Jima.
After the war, Mr. Hayter returned the University of Washington. Because of war injuries, he was unable to run track.
Between careers with Allstate Insurance and the Washington State Department of Licensing, he had a small farm on Lopez Island, where he served as a deputy sheriff.
Upon retirement, Mr. Hayter and his wife moved to Port Ludlow, which was their home for the past 18 years.
In addition to his wife of 55 years, the former Vivian Durocher, his survivors include daughter Robin Downey; sister Lilias Safran; two grandchildren and one great-grandson.
Services: June 16 at 2 p.m., memorial in Tahoma National Cemetery, 18600 SE 240th St., Kent; a reception will follow at Verrazano's Restaurant, 28835 Pacific Highway S., Federal Way. Kosec Funeral Home, Port Townsend, is in charge of arrangements.
Margaret Powell Matthieu
Sept. 6, 1910 -- May 14, 2003
Port Angeles resident and former City Councilwoman Margaret Powell Matthieu died at age 92.
She was born in Michigan to Edward and Caroline (Meyer) Powell.
She graduated from Sacred Heart Academy in Mount Pleasant, Mich., in 1928. She later received a bachelor of arts degree from Central Michigan Teachers College -- now Central Michigan University -- and a master of arts in education from the University of Michigan.
Her 36-year teaching career started in a one-room school near Mount Pleasant, then in fall 1948, she came to Port Angeles to teach English at Roosevelt Junior-Senior High School. She retired from Port Angeles High School in June 1972.
She married Clark L. Matthieu in Port Angeles in 1955.
Mrs. Matthieu was a member of Queen of Angels Church and Clallam County Retired Teachers Association.
Her community activities included six years on the Port Angeles City Council; membership on a steering committee for a community study of Port Angeles in the early 1950s; secretary of the Rosenheim Exchange Committee, the first sister city relationship for Port Angeles; and membership on the Port Angeles library board.
She belonged to the Klahhane Club, American Association of University Women, and Volunteer Reading Tutors of Clallam County. She tutored students studying English as a second language.
In retirement, Mrs. Matthieu continued tutoring and enjoyed traveling, gardening and reading.
She is survived by a sister, Anne Walters of Kansas City, Mo.
She was preceded in death by her husband; brothers Frank and Edward; and sisters Mary Barton and Trude Powell.
Services: Friday, May 30, at 11 a.m., funeral Mass in Queen of Angels Catholic Church, 209 W. 11th St., Port Angeles. A reception will follow in the parish hall. Olympic Cremation Association, Port Angeles, is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Clallam County Museum, 223 E. Fourth, St., Port Angeles, WA 98362; Hospice of Clallam County, P.O. Box 2014, Port Angeles, WA 98362; Sacred Heart Academy Foundation Inc., P.O. Box 522, Mount Pleasant, MI 48848; or charity of choice.
Douglas Alexander Smith
Jan. 13, 1913 -- May 19, 2003
Jefferson County resident Douglas Alexander Smith died in Seattle at age 90.
His obituary will be published later.
Services: Saturday, May 24, at 1 p.m., memorial in Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Egg and I Road, Chimacum. Kosec Funeral Home, Port Townsend, is in charge of arrangements.
Noel Fuller
Dec. 18, 1933 -- May 19, 2003
Noel Fuller died in Olympic Memorial Hospital, Port Angeles, from stroke and pneumonia at age 69.
She was born to Spencer T. and Helen (Hood) Adams.
During the last eight years, she was cared for by Dan and Anne Elliott.
Mrs. Fuller's hobbies included an interest in cats and collecting teddy bears.
She was a longtime member of the Port Angeles Church of Christ.
Survivors include one daughter, seven stepchildren, brother Spencer Adams of California, 19 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William C. Fuller.
Services: Tuesday, May 27, at 1:30 p.m., service in Church of Christ, 1233 E. Front St., Port Angeles. The Rev. Roger White will officiate. Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel, Port Angeles, is in charge.
Memorials: Church of Christ, 1233 E. Front St., Port Angeles, WA 98362.
Douglas A. Smith
Jan. 13, 1913 -- May 19, 2003
Port Ludlow resident Douglas A. Smith died in Providence Hospital, Seattle, from complications after open-heart surgery. He was 90.
He was born in Vernon, British Columbia, to Charles C. and Adeline (O'Neil) Smith. At age 3, he moved to Yakima.
He married Agatha Ledwich in Yakima on July 27, 1935.
Mr. Smith was in the fruit business until he moved to Port Townsend in 1966 and opened Victorian Village Mobile Home Sales.
He enjoyed model trains, fly fishing and growing roses. He also liked to travel back roads, and entertain family and friends with his dry sense of humor.
Survivors include his wife and son Demain L. Smith, both of Port Ludlow; son and daughter-in-law Dale and Sandi Smith of Port Townsend; daughter Karen S. Graham of Port Hadlock; six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by sister Beryl Turcotte and grandson Doug Smith.
Services: Saturday, May 24, at 1 p.m., memorial in Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Egg and I Road, Chimacum. Bruce Seton will officiate. Kosec Funeral Home, Port Townsend, is in charge of arrangements.
Mary Adele Clark
June 20, 1926 -- May 22, 2003
Mary Adele Clark, 76, died of cancer in Sequim.
She was born in New Haven, Conn., to George Eugene and Eula Frances (Davis) Matthieu.
She received a bachelor's degree from Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia in 1946, with majors in psychology and history and minors in Greek and art.
She married David Ridgley Clark in Seymour, Conn., on July 10, 1948.
Mrs. Clark studied architecture at Smith College and Syracuse University as well as in Dublin, Ireland. She specialized in school designs and worked for architectural firms around Amherst, Mass., for 35 years,
During World War II, she became a pacifist and later stood against the Vietnam war, initiating twice-a-year visits to Canadian Quakers with money for medical supplies for Vietnam. She promoted a weekly peace vigil on Amherst Common in 1966-1974.
Mrs. Clark, who served on the vestry, altar guild and as parish spiritual director of Grace Church, Amherst, was appointed by the bishop of Massachusetts to form a diocesan peace and social concerns committee.
She took her final vows as an Oblate Sister of the Love of God, an Anglican Carmelite order, in 1988, after having made 25 yearly visits to the convent in Oxford, England, and kept the order's vows at home.
In Victoria, she was a member of the Ecclesiastical Embroidery Guild at the Cathedral of Christ the King in 1971-72.
In Sequim, Mrs. Clark was a member of St. Anselm's Anglican Catholic Church.
In addition to her husband, survivors include sons John Bradford Clark of Amherst, Mass., and Matthew Ridgley Clark of Victoria; daughters Rosalind Elizabeth Clark of South Bend, Ind., and Mary Frances Clark of Seattle; brother George Eugene Matthieu Jr. of Salem, N.H.; and two grandchildren.
Services: Monday, May 26, at 10:30 a.m., funeral in St. Anselm's Anglican Catholic Church, 152 W. Maple St., Sequim. The Rev. George Brown will officiate. Burial will be in Amherst, Mass. Drennan-Ford Funeral Home, Port Angeles, is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Hospice of Clallam County, P.O. Box 2014, Port Angeles, WA 98362. Sign
Joseph Edward Dill
April 2, 1937 -- May 19, 2003
Joseph Edward Dill died in Sequim at age 66. He had colon cancer.
He was born in Ocean Park to Lester and Mary Frances (Weaver) Dill.
He served in the Army during the Korean War.
Mr. Dill was a log scaler in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska and Russia. After retiring, he moved to Maui, Hawaii.
Mr. Dill belonged to Holy Trinity Lutheran and Independent Bible churches in Port Angeles and Veterans of Foreign Wars at Anchor Point, Alaska. He was also a member of Elks.
He married Kay Hanson on Aug. 21, 1965. They divorced
in 1976.
Mr. Dill is survived by daughters Penni Dill of Sequim and Mary Dill of Portland, Ore., as well as one grandson in Sequim.
Services: Tuesday, May 27, at 11 a.m., funeral in Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel, 105 W. Fourth St., Port Angeles. Chaplain Dennis Niva will officiate.
Memorials: Hospice of Clallam County, P.O. Box 2014, Port Angeles, WA 9 8362.
Joseph Jonathan `Joey' Helgeson
March 7, 1978 -- May 21, 2003
Lifelong Joyce resident Joseph Jonathan ``Joey" Helgeson died in Port Angeles of complications from cystic fibrosis. He was 25.
The son of David T. and Mary L. (Thurman) Helgeson Sr., he was born in Port Angeles.
Mr. Helgeson attended Joyce Bible Church and enjoyed motocross, racing remote-controlled cars, hunting and fishing.
In addition to his mother, survivors include brother and sister-in-law David T. and Julie Helgeson and sisters and brothers-in-law Wendy and Larry Grasser and Kim and Joel Randrup, all of Joyce; and grandmother Nova Bliss of Port Angeles.
His father died in 1996.
Services: Saturday, May 24, at 1 p.m., memorial in Joyce Bible Church, Highway 112 (west of Joyce General Store). Drennan-Ford Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 6931 Arlington Road, Bethesda, MD 20814; or University of Washington Division of Pulmonary Medicine, P.O. Box 356522, Seattle, WA 98195.
Tom S. Johnston
Feb. 15, 1941 -- May 19, 2003
Sequim resident Tom S. Johnston died in University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, at age 62.
He was born in Seattle to Thomas W. and Iris Dorothy (Churchill) Brady, and later took the surname of his stepfather.
He served in the Army from 1959 to 1961.
He married Linda K. Martin in Puyallup on April 1, 1961.
Mr. Johnston was owner of T&L RV Repair and worked as an auto and recreational vehicle repair technician in Port Angeles.
He lived in Sequim for 34 years.
Mr. Johnston's interests included drawing and painting, crabbing, camping, fishing, hunting bowling and hot rod cars.
He was a member of Dream Builders of Port Angeles and the Sequim Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Mr. Johnston is survived by his wife; son and daughter-in-law Rick and Colleen Johnston of Tacoma; son Kevin Johnston of Port Angeles; sons Randy Johnston and Nick Johnston, both of Sequim; daughters Jamie Johnston of Olympia and Julie Johnston of Sequim; daughters and sons-in-law Teresa and Rod Schmidt of Maryland and Amy and Brian Matney of Port Angeles; mother Dorothy Johnston of Tacoma; brothers Mike Brady of Tacoma and Dan Brady of Minnesota; sister Shari Johnston of Roy; and 13 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his father and by son Tony Johnston.
Services: Tuesday, May 27, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., visitation in Sequim Valley Chapel, 108 W. Alder St.; Wednesday, May 28, at 11 a.m., funeral, and reception, in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 815 W. Washington St., Sequim. Burial will be in Dungeness Cemetery.
Memorials: Linda Johnston, c/o Sequim Valley Chapel, P.O. Box 297, Sequim, WA 98382.
Douglas Carl Baker
April 29, 1917 -- May 19, 2003
Douglas Carl Baker died in his Port Angeles home of natural causes. He was 86.
He was born in Bellingham to Carl Solon and Dorothy Nellie (Head) Baker.
He graduated from Forks High School, and earned his bachelor's degree in business and economics from University of Washington in 1939.
During World War II, he was a first lieutenant in the Army, serving in the South Pacific from 1941 to 1944.
Mr. Baker, a certified public accountant, started his own business in 1946. He worked in Germany for five years with the United Nations, then in 1953 joined Larkin and Baker.
He founded Baker, Overby and Moore in 1976 and retired in 1999.
Mr. Baker, who was a founder of Crestwood Convalescent Center and active in its affairs until it was sold in 1975, was also on the board of Makah Forestry Enterprises for 15 years.
He was a 63-year member of the Elks Naval Lodge, a 55-year member of American Legion and a 47-year member of Port Angeles Rotary Club.
He enjoyed traveling and eating in restaurants.
The wives from Mr. Baker's two marriages both preceded him in death.
His survivors include his companion of eight years, June Taylor, and sister and brother-in-law Marie and Frank Paynter of Port Angeles.
He was preceded in death by sister Betty McLeod.
Services: Tuesday, May 27, at 1 p.m., memorial followed by reception in Elks Naval Lodge, 131 E. First St., Port Angeles.
Memorials: Elks Naval Lodge, 353 E. First St., Port Angeles, WA 98362; or Hospice of Clallam County, P.O. Box 2014, Port Angeles, WA 98362.
The family requests no flowers.
